www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

Just a mere 0.34%. Congratulations to Dr. Tony Tan now President Tony Tan. We should all close rank now and work with him. He can be a good President but Dr. Tan Cheng Bock would have been a "natural" to unify people because it takes many years on the ground to connect with people, to understand people. In other words, he already knew what had to be done as opposed to others having to find out what needs to be done. Singapore has lost such a great opportunity. It would also be wise to read that 65% of the people voted against the winner. Had Messrs Tan Jee Say and Tan Kin Lian not stood for election where would these votes go to? Some said he could go to either or become spoiled. My take is that Singapore is now divided into three camps. There is this die-hard pro establishment camp that will always vote towards the government line no matter what happens (35%). They wanted stability, fear changes, wealthy business people or they feel the establishment always have the...

Everything is out there. You now know who are the candidates and know them a little better. You hear some rumours, controversies and there were some hue and cry. Unions and clans gave endorsements, the hopefuls go around shaking hands. Every voter has a different reason why they may like to vote for a certain candidate. Strangely, everyone tried to distance themselves from a certain party or at least tried to show that they are independent or have an independent mind but they are all from the fraternity really. If not a political party or its affiliation or working with the government. I wrote a short article on it last week: http://gforce-guru.blogspot.com/2011/08/all-presidents-men.html . Based on looks alone, a few people told me that it has to be Dr. Tony Tan or for his experience but that is also quite possible that it is because he has the best press coverage over the years or in the news, a familiar face. Yet he is the closest to the government. If it were for looks, I ...

For those who do not work on Saturdays, 27 August 2011 will provide you a day of leave in lieu because of the Presidential Election. It used to be just that - a non-event but not this time as the remnants of the recent election had shown. In Singapore, we are always special. Talented students and clever children who do not fall in line may be deemed stupid or trouble makers in school just because their interest or passion some of which are not discovered does not match our system. Some of us at a much older age now have yet to discover our talents too. Floods in Orchard Road we react like it was a tsunami. Although I do not think it is proper to boo presidential candidates, it is still mild as in other countries hoodlums take to the streets. National Day was always a great spectacle for me on TV and my favourite portion was the army and uniformed groups matching and the military parading their equipment. I remember my late grandmother who was always telling who the President and P...

Has anyone told you that two weeks is a long time? If you had been away for a few weeks, you will return to a new Singapore. So many things that never changed for so many years that they become part of the furniture has all changed albeit too drastically. Isn't that what you had wanted. I do feel that Singapore will get better and grow stronger in this new world but it is really down to all of us! What else is happening? Macho Man Professional wresting great "Macho Man" Randy Savage has died after a car crash near his home. The colourful character with a husky voice and psychedelic costumes who seemed so indestructible has died from his injuries at 58. He fought with Hulk Hogan, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat and the likes during his time and won two WWE Championships, two World Heavyweight Championships and was Intercontinental Champions for more that a year. His signature accessories were sunglasses, bandannas and cowboy hats with a growling catch phrase o...

Feeling election fever withdrawal symptoms like after the World Cup? There is lesser talk shop debating and arguing with friends on politics. Sigh. Singaporeans should be more passionate about politics just like they are for soccer. Not once every 5 years! I have even forgotten about Mother's Day being too caught up with the elections. I love you mum! This was my tribute to all mothers! Thank God for mothers, I think what a country need sometimes is a mother - http://gforce-guru.blogspot.com/2010/05/mother.html I was a young man in my early 20s when I attended a political rally. It was an eye opener and also my political awakening when I saw my all time hero Mr. Lee Kuan Yew on stage delivering his speech. I saw him talking about Mr. Chiam See Tong, a guy too timid and too kind to be in politics for having only 5 O level passes while his selected candidate has a string of distinctions. For the record Mr. Mah never made it past Mr. Chiam as an elected MP and Mr. Chiam was returned ...