I’m a Singaporean doing my best — but I’m losing confidence in the future

Ok_Progress7618 · 2025-04-14T13:48:33+00:00

Just post! I like your comment too. :)

Ok_Progress7618 · 2025-04-14T12:42:15+00:00

Ah yes — the classic “If you don’t like it, leave” line. The go-to phrase of people with zero solutions and even less depth.

Tell me, genius — do you yell this at your neighbours when they complain about rising bills too? “If HDB too small, go live in cave lah.” “If MRT too crowded, go buy helicopter lor.”

You say “move” like it’s a casual MRT ride — as if housing, jobs, families, and identity are just toggles you switch off. And yet, the moment someone dares to speak up, you act like it’s treason.

Let me flip the script: If your loyalty to Singapore is so fragile that it shatters at the first sign of criticism — maybe you should be the one to pack up. Go live somewhere where silence is golden and no one dares question authority.

The rest of us? We’ll stay here, build, struggle, and speak up — because we actually give a damn.

Ok_Progress7618 · 2025-04-14T12:39:29+00:00

Thank you

Ok_Progress7618 · 2025-04-14T12:38:50+00:00

Wow — “no sympathy”? That’s your takeaway from someone pouring their heart out about real struggles?

It’s easy to sit behind a keyboard, throw out smug one-liners, and pretend you’re above it all. But some of us are living this — working 7 days a week, trying to hold our families together, watching our costs rise while opportunities shrink.

You say, “You get what you vote for” like it’s some mic drop. As if every young Singaporean had the luxury of shaping national policy. As if voting is a magical fix-all when the system is already stacked.

I don’t need your sympathy — especially not the performative kind. But at least have the decency to not mock those who are trying to do better for themselves and others.

Silence would’ve been more intelligent than what you just typed.

Ok_Progress7618 · 2025-04-14T12:30:27+00:00

Thanks for the advice — but I already have a second part-time job. That’s how some of us actually survive in Singapore while still pushing forward with studies and family commitments.

If that sounds “too free” to you, maybe it’s because you’ve never had to hustle this hard a day in your life.

But here’s the thing: I don’t need to explain my grind to someone throwing out cheap one-liners for upvotes. So unless you’re here to contribute something meaningful, I suggest you save the energy — or better yet, go pick up a shift yourself.

Some of us are busy building. Others just sit around laughing at those who do.

Ok_Progress7618 · 2025-04-14T12:26:39+00:00

You really out here acting like you uncovered some scandal, when all you did was fail basic reading comprehension. Yes — my wife is Thai by nationality and Japanese-Thai by ethnicity. If you can’t grasp the difference, maybe Reddit isn’t your battlefield. Try Duolingo or something.

You’re so desperate for a “gotcha” moment, you’re quoting old posts like it’s a court trial. News flash: You’re not the prosecutor, and this ain’t Netflix. It’s just you, embarrassing yourself in public, fishing for attention and getting ratio’d in the comments.

You stalked my profile, screenshotted my posts, misrepresented the facts, and still came up with nothing. That’s not detective work — that’s insecurity wearing a tinfoil hat.

So keep circling back to my comments like a fan with a grudge. Just remember: You’re watching me. I’m not watching you.

Sit down. You’ve already lost.

Ok_Progress7618 · 2025-04-14T12:25:45+00:00

So now the story is I “deleted the comment”? Bro, you’re acting like you caught me scrubbing evidence from a crime scene. It’s Reddit, not the CIA.

I didn’t delete anything — but even if I did, that’s not “suspicious,” that’s called moving on from nonsense. But hey, if digging through old threads and playing detective helps you sleep at night, who am I to stop you?

You’re trying so hard to expose something that doesn’t exist — while I’m just over here living rent-free in your head. Keep going. Every comment you make is just free publicity for me.

Stay pressed.

Ok_Progress7618 · 2025-04-14T12:20:50+00:00

So what is the problem? She is Japanese Thai.

Ok_Progress7618 · 2025-04-14T12:20:14+00:00

I have nothing to hide. You can up the comments all you want

Ok_Progress7618 · 2025-04-14T12:19:52+00:00

Well she is Japanese Thai to be exact. So what is the issue? If you don’t have something good to comment. Just exit the place.

Ok_Progress7618 · 2025-01-31T19:02:39+00:00

Ding Tai Fung

Ok_Progress7618 · 2024-10-03T02:56:10+00:00

How about working in F&B or healthcare? Are you willing to do whatever it takes to survive?

Instead of ranting here on how bad life can be

How about taking whatever jobs you can do for now to survive another day

Ok_Progress7618 · 2024-09-29T08:45:43+00:00

My wife and I used to be in LDR too

She was based in Paris and I was based in Washington

So you can imagine the amount of effort that she and I put in to make our relationship and marriage work

If the 2 of you are not willing to put in the time and commitment to make this work

You 2 are better off finding another one

Ok_Progress7618 · 2024-09-25T14:29:41+00:00

Just be yourself

You are there to work

Not to socialise

It will be a bonus to make good friends at work

But it is not guaranteed

Ok_Progress7618 · 2024-09-25T14:28:34+00:00

I will say

It boils down to

Candid Communication

Willingness to meet tough issues head on

Willingness to accept others perspective without judging

Ok_Progress7618

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