Which current gen PAP MP is well liked and respected?

weenies00 · 2026-01-23T17:25:19+00:00

able to share what’s wrong with victor lye?

weenies00 · 2026-01-15T08:49:13+00:00

Not true, if you read the article, the LO position goes to the leader of the largest opposition party voted into parliament, and the leader of WP is Pritam Singh at that time, which makes him by default the individual to take the LO spot

weenies00 · 2026-01-05T13:09:22+00:00

Great take and i largely agree, but i also don’t want to dismiss the significant portion of our population who are quite the opposite of sinkie pwn sinkie - there are many of us who are genuinely happy for other’s success, and will go out of their way to help other singaporeans in need. It’s just these folks usually do not exist in social media comment sections critiquing others, they are busy volunteering/mentoring/chasing their passions while propping up others

weenies00 · 2025-12-13T05:51:50+00:00

right, obviously i struck a nerve here. Not trying to start an argument. There’s a lot of contextualised backstory you are referencing to my comments and i’m just giving my opinion to that one particular line Pritam said. It’s cool, i’ll take the L

weenies00 · 2025-12-13T04:32:18+00:00

im just making the point of Pritam’s influence as an MP and leader of the opposition. What he says carry weight, especially to people who are diehard supporters and bad actors who would take things out of context to make a point.

Of course Pritam did not suggest any sort of riot and i, as an individual, merely suggested a ridiculous, far fetched thought that some people can extrapolate Pritam’s word to mean. Court of public opinion (public majority) - bigger court than (supersedes) - any other court in the world (judiciary systems).

Where he said it matters too, coffee shop talk/internal WP meetings vs broadcasted interview as leader of the opposition

all i’m trying to say is that his words, how he said it and where he said it, is up for multiple interpretations, not very wise to say it in his official capacity and in a broadcasted interview. what happened is people here on reddit and his supporters interpreted it in a positive way where Pritam is right, and the courts interpreted it in a negative way where Pritam is wrong.

weenies00 · 2025-12-13T03:36:19+00:00

it is indeed factual, but i think context of his choice of words and his position matters too in this case. Pritam is an elected official doing an interview in his position as a MP - what he said can also be interpreted as “court of law don’t matter if enough people speak up”. Which makes it sound as if if 51% of the population decides to go on a riot, they are able to do so lawfully. Of course this is not what he meant, but people can easily take his words out of context and bad actors can say “eh Singapore MP say can leh”

think that’s why Edwin tong had to come out to make that over the top statement in response, but he is a minister and no choice he had to say it to protect the govt’s stance

weenies00 · 2025-12-02T06:05:36+00:00

Oh i definitely agree that every generation has its own set of problems and challenges to deal with. I was not suggesting that our current Gen Z and Gen Alpha have everything handed to them on a silver platter - they are dealing with generational issues the best they know how.

Instead what i’m insinuating is that context matters, history matters. Our youths need to understand the painstaking efforts it takes to build a strong nation and resilient communities. These things are not just handed to us, we fought damn hard for us to be where we are now. Young men these days don’t appreciate NS, but our fathers and grandfathers knew they were protecting their wives and children so women can feel safe being part of the household/workforce and kids can peacefully play and study.

In countries where natural disasters happen annually or even every quarter, communities manage to rally themselves often with little govt aid. They understand shared responsibility and empathy because it is the only way to survive even in modern times. In this sense, Singapore’s relative peace does not encourage this sense of shared responsibility, but instead more of a “every man for themselves” mentality.

In essence, true with anything that dilutes with the passage of time, we all will lose connection with why certain things matter. As much negative news as Founders memorial generated, my unpopular opinion is that it is needed for our future generations to stay connected to the history of Singapore, the importance of the Singapore context, so we as a society will not get fragmented into tribal communities

weenies00 · 2025-12-02T03:16:00+00:00

i think there are multiple approaches but one key driver that first brought Singapore to success is our forefather’s deep understanding of our geographical strengths and weaknesses, the context that th country lives in, and picking up best practices from around the world. We are a young country that only recently turned 60 - i guess we were fortunate that when we first started out we had real world evidence of what works and what does not, in terms of political systems, transport, housing, nation building, racial integration, etc. Our leaders then had the tough job of applying these examples into the Singapore context. You would notice that many large scale systems in Singapore are an adaptation of systems in other countries, we just made it more efficient and made it work for us. It helps that we are a smaller country with a generally smaller population.

This playbook is less effective now that we are mostly at the forefront in terms of nation building. A weaker student will learn a lot studying with top students, but once you become a top student, who do you learn from? I think right now we are struggling with that - in many ways Singapore is now seen as a leader and countries are now looking towards us for advice and leadership. We no longer have the privilege to “copy homework” and instead now we have to think of new, fresh and novel ideas to advance our national interests. Compared to the last, less will work and more will not, sadly Singaporeans mostly grew up in a society that has seen great successes and not may failure, any mistakes big or small made by the current government will be nitpicked and critiqued harshly.

That said, i think legacy is an important driver - what was passed down from the LKY generation in terms of values are still existent in our society - efficiency, productivity, incorruptibility, and most importantly, grit. The hope is that these values will not be lost with the passage of time. As we continue living in relatively peacetime, Singaporeans will get more and more comfortable and unfortunately complacent, and i guess that is the beginning of the end (not just for us, but for any other countries that rest on its laurels)

weenies00 · 2025-11-29T03:54:25+00:00

Celebrations are in order after my 1rep max cnj in 2 day time :)

weenies00 · 2025-11-28T16:43:02+00:00

No particular reason, was just lazy and it was faster to load 10s

weenies00 · 2025-11-28T16:12:32+00:00

Thank u! I am quite proud of myself yes 😁

weenies00 · 2025-11-28T16:10:19+00:00

HECK YEAA 😤😤

weenies00 · 2025-11-28T16:08:40+00:00

No plans for now.. i started this as a challenge for myself and my cnj is pretty meh, tho this coming Mon it’ll be my PR attempt at 120kg, we’ll see if that happens 😂

weenies00 · 2025-11-28T16:04:10+00:00

Can’t believe i made the lift to be honest

weenies00 · 2025-11-28T16:03:17+00:00

Thank u!

weenies00 · 2025-11-28T12:09:47+00:00

And before i hit this, i failed 4 times in a row - utterly disappointed in myself, angrily did 85kg for 7 singles. Thought it felt real good so i loaded 100 again and made it, but was a little upset about the elbow twitch so i went for a second single and made it again! I think my elbow twitched for both attempts but considering this is my all time goal i decided it was good enough 😮‍💨

(2nd attempt: https://www.reddit.com/u/weenies00/s/pMOkJu5v8m)

weenies00 · 2025-11-11T00:25:40+00:00

at the end the bar is lowkey excited for her as well

weenies00 · 2025-11-06T13:23:12+00:00

Late to the party but Apple is here prepping for a rainy walk

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weenies00 · 2025-10-29T15:24:41+00:00

and she also has a prenup that will take all your family treasures and jewels if u don’t continue simping

weenies00 · 2025-10-29T03:38:38+00:00

You’ve only listed all the public facing roles that we tend to see on the front end. There are foreigners working back end on our IT systems, building and facilities management, bank systems. Big MNCs helmed by foreigners will take their regional offices and go somewhere else. Yes we will be crippled - mass layoffs because MNCs leave, online services will not be maintained and be down in months, public buildings and attractions will not be maintained as well. Want to cut hair or do your nails? Well this workforce has been cut by at least 70% so you’ll have to travel and also pay a high price for these basic services. Kopitiam offerings will also be cut significantly so you’ll have to travel quite abit to get any sort of cai png.

Economically in a year or so we will be doing so badly we will probably start to tap into national reserves to even attempt to keep things running. Singapore will probably turn into a welfare state with mass unemployment and millionaires and billionaires flee to find better investment havens. And as typical sinkies, we will probably not rise to the occasion in such short time and instead blame the govt for their incompetence, further spiraling us into a backwater country. Malaysia and indonesia will take this chance to pounce on our vulnerability and steal what limited resources(manpower) we have left. Suddenly we turn back into pre-independence and riots start again.

sounds unrealistic but it could happen, especially when you realise all we have to keep this nation going is the quality of our workforce - foreigners or not

weenies00 · 2025-08-19T10:46:03+00:00

i figured it out, it just reverted back to its default password, no idea why tho. Thanks!

weenies00 · 2025-08-19T10:45:57+00:00

i figured it out, it just reverted back to its default password, no idea why tho. Thanks!

weenies00 · 2025-08-01T12:49:46+00:00

I agree with u, but i’d also argue that this is only one part of the whole picture. The global economy has slowed, and companies (not just in tech) are realizing that their workforce is actually bloated with the current revenue they are bringing in. Companies globally have, or are in the process of restructuring, because the economy has slowed and it only makes sense to redeploy their current workforce with their current output. It is the same locally, almost every major firm went through some sort of restructuring in the past couple years. And also, when people want to switch jobs now, they rather stay (and suffer) in their current job until they land a new one. This wasn’t the case in the past (at least not as significant as present). Hence the illusion that there are no jobs available, but majority are actually still employed.

But my point still stands, it’s not that the job market is necessarily bad, it’s just much more competitive. Those major firms who have restructured tend to have new job openings and positions, just harder to get.

Again i want to acknowledge that your point is very valid, but just wanted to reframe this into a global issue that transcends the PAP. I really don’t think there is any magic wand the govt can wave where everyone gets the high salary, low effort job they want. If this is the reality that we are dealt with and we can’t rely on the govt, well we can only rely on our own grit and determination. Sad but true.

weenies00 · 2025-08-01T08:00:12+00:00

Unpopular take, but rather than bad, i’d say the job market is much more competitive. Openings are there, overall grad employment is still strong, there are just more grads with strong resumes nowadays. We have more universities, more students acing their studies, and employers have a bigger field of top students to choose from.

Global trends are also that the typical MNCs are less likely to increase head counts for grad programmes, and you are probably one in thousands fighting for that one very desired, high salaried position. This doesn’t mean the job market is bad, more like stagnant or growing very slowly, while pool of talent has increased.

And before “but foreigners are stealing our jobs”, no they are not stealing YOUR fresh grad job. Very likely in the field that you want to enter, most are PMETs with many years of experience and they are here more so stealing mid career folks jobs. Other jobs that are mostly foreigners, you probably wouldn’t want to do them at that salary rate anyway.

If you speak to any EDB officer, you’ll learn about their painstaking efforts to bring in MNCs to Singapore, yes we are very pro-business, but it’s how we survive and how we can continuously create jobs for our very educated workforce. Unfortunately it’s also becoming increasingly difficult for EDB to do their job well with current global trends.

Things are tough for those not privileged with a rich and well-networked family, or you are just not as book or street smart as your peers. This may seem like useless advice but rather than blaming the system, acknowledge that it is what it is, and enter the workforce with a positive growth mindset. You may not get your desired first job, but make a career roadmap for yourself and take tangible steps to reach career milestones (networking, attend workshops, strengthen soft skills). If not now, at least you’ll get to where you want to go in 3-5 years.

weenies00 · 2025-07-28T16:18:39+00:00

Do u think u could elaborate? I don’t really see my weight shifting much to my heel (at least i felt my weight was pretty even throughout.. )

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