Personal Insights...

>on the topic of love..

I do agree with all the additional comments given.. each brings with it a different manner of pain in the area of love... unreturned love is a common suffering many of us can identify, or the fear of taking the plunge to be vulnerable and love someone even when its seems only naturally to do so... hmm..
but for me; the grief of loving someone who once loves u, is both a beautiful but very bitter moment to be in. Its coming to an understanding that you no longer mean much to the person anymore; its the combination of unreturned love, and @ times, loves that is useless and no longer of value to anyone.

oh well.. what is love.. for we are all so limited in the understanding and giving of love to one another.. love keeps us living for a greater purpose..

>>politics..
well, I watched with great intent and interest the interview with MM Lee, and the panel of journalist and young un-informed undergrads etc.. I was amused and do appluad the candid questions asked to the MAN of S'pore. I think honestly, MM Lee is a better icon that our merlion.. but I don't he can sell much key chains.. or soft toys..

I understand the uproar caused after the interview was being telecasted. As a very young person -23 yrs going thru my first general election; I too have certain questions to ask; but I do agree that the tone and manner of questions could be much improved upon. Its unfair for the older generation to typecast all younger S'poreans (even the journalist), as ppl who love to 'bash' the leaders that have moulded S'pore. Its not the case. But neither should have the younger journalists believe that all older generation voters don't appreciate the hardliner questions asked. The issue is the manner of questioning; interrupting MM Lee when he was answering, or not even doing your basic political homework and ask questions for the sake of questioning. In fact, I appluad MM Lee's often straight and candid response to questions that I have seen other foreign leaders rebutting in anger with the same tone and questions being asked. MM Lee was cool thru out. That's political class for you.

In fact; for certain questions being asked, I was literally squirming in my seat. I couldn't imagine the navity of questions asked; such as.. "should the PAP level the political playing field?"
or "is the standards that PAP are taking too great that we have no other choice to vote PAP?" I think a bigger variety of questions should be asked, such as the mulit-racial community fabric being challenge by growing threat of inter-race and religious threats around S'pore... on the issues of PAP dangling carrots of 'upgrading' .. is that the best reason to ensure voters are kept on no choice situation; no voting of PAP, no upgrading.. that's a bigger unfair challenge.. !! Come on.. there are so many better questions to ask, then keep asking when is MM Lee stepping down. Doesn't the man and his cabinet knows he's invalueable that's why he's still there. If he love power so much, he could have stayed in power for many more years that he did..

Politics at the end of the day, isn't just some people sitting ard , then during parliment starting discuss idealogy or complaining on issues, I don't wish to have a parliment that is like the British, where they talk alot; but do very little.. neither do I wish to have people of standards that fail to represent my thougths and asiprations for S'pore. I won't vote in lower-standard candidates juz becoz I want to see a fight like the parliment in Taiwan.

Let's recognize we are S'pore. There's a saying that goes; don't break what ain't broken.
To me, the PAP hasn't drop its standards in recruiting talent, the manner in which the government responses to crisis.. and a firm leadership that is able to stand up against international pressure... that's the Singaporean leadership I would support.

->>>bottom line, politics isn't thinking of castles in the air; but building the frameworks and hard labour to ensure that we have the luxury of building our own dreams together as a nation.