I <3 Singapore

Someone said I write well, after he read my blog. I assure everybody my essays are not of the same quality. Simply because I think faster than I type, so even faster than I write. And because they do not let us do literature essays on the computer. And so to get to the point, would the person tell me his blog if he has one? Just because I am curious, and when I run out of blogs to surf, I have new blood (or something like that).

I am all for Capital Punishment. Due to philosphy lessons and the recent australian drug-trafficking case, I have decided that my stand is firm forever more, untill more devil's advocates' come my way.

A Vietnamese-australian, Nguyen Tuong Van, was caught with 396g of heroin (26,000 doses) in 2002, Singapore, while in transit to australia. And as the law goes, he was/will be given the death penalty. However, this decision made by the Singapore court has been protested against strongly by many australians, (or perhaps only a small percentage, but when compared to Singapore, its still quite a number) who say that to give him the death penalty is uncivilised, uncultured, and uncalled for. After all, he does have an Australian passport. As like many other things, different people have different views and many will be sitting on that well-cushioned fence.

I for one think that just because that drug-trafficker is an Australian, therefore gives him the right to be free from Singaporean law. For one, he was in Singapore when he had the drugs on him. And secondly, just because he was from another country means he can escape the law of our country will mean that as long as drug-traffickers are not from Singapore, they can easily bring in drugs and bring them out. I do not want our lovely Singapore to turn into the kind of country where teenagers taking drugs are as common as them drinking water.

And I never thought about the real reason behind the Australian's outrage behind this case. (Except that they are proud, stuck-up, people with inflated egos and huge superior complexes. This only applies to the unreasonable people loudly protesting and obviously flaming my darling country.)
Untill I read this: ENVY BEHIND AUSSIE RAGE
The hysterical outbursts in the Australian press and silly comments by various do-gooders are basically due to two factors. Firstly, they think it wins votes, and, secondly, Australians simply envy Singaporeans.
We envy you for being able to walk your streets at night without fear of being attacked.
We envy you roaming the sands of Sentosa without worrying about discarded needles.
We envy you for having a prime minister who spends his time running the country, rather than defending convivted drug-runners.
We do not have any of these things in Australia, so we are jealous.
Ted Rehak-Tasmania, Australia

Oh how much I <3 Singapore.