Fearful Sinkie Workers Think More Sheepish + Overwork Will Save Them

Recently there has been much talk in parliament about work-life balance & flexi work to encourage housewives back to workforce. The ruling Pro Alien Party wants to increase labour participation rates. Housewives are also a form of occupation(important one) but is not 'recognised' as it is not factored into GDP.

Grow GDP at all costs like cancer approach by the PAP is:

• Housewives go out work = more disposable income to spend = GDP up
• Hire maids or put kids in childcare = spending up = GDP up
• Hired caregivers buy & use toilet paper = GDP up

Housewives aside, this tiny island is ridden with fear among much of the populace. Following 2 quotes by Seth Godin pretty much sums up the fear contagion among sinkie workers:

"A workaholic lives on fear. It's fear that drives him to show up all the time. The best defense, apparently, is a good attendance record".

Many stupid sinkie workers think by not utilising their leave days, they will be less likely retrenched than their colleagues - 8 in 10 cleared less than three quarters of their annual leave.

"Are you going to succeed because you return emails a few minutes faster, stay at work 1 hour longer than anyone else? I think that's unlikely. When you push to turn intellectual work into factory work (which means more showing up & more following instructions) you're racing to the bottom".

A race to the bottom is what the ruling elites are good at- suppressing worker salaries in 1st world costs of living to compete with low wage countries.

Their mentality is not so much pro business but is more about pro factory instead.

Mass Pruning of Bookmarks Clutter

Is been a couple of days since the mass purge of bookmarks accumulated since 2006. It has become a nightmare for me. At times when i stumble upon a webpage i thought i might reference again i'll bookmark it. However during springcleaning it turns out i don't visit the vast bulk of those bookmarked pages again.

I figured i deleted around 70-80% of my bookmarks. Again it's back to Pareto principle of 80-20%. There's a feeling of being 'free up' after getting rid of so much clutter.

Is not just for bookmarks. At work the volume of emails are horrendous. Try drinking water from a fire hose. Many are scared of doing aggressive pruning. There are office workers buried under a mountain of work emails with a sizeable number of them unread.

Why work emails are horrendous in volume?

• CC & CC & CC boss to show boss one is doing work
• keep & keep just in case need to refer back to cover one's ass
• quote back the large chunk of irrelevant text

Do one need 10GB of email storage space? I would say more space encourages the hoarders to keep the clutter.

People need to realise that the situation now with so much info overload is not turning on more 'taps' to drink. It is deciding not to turn on certain taps at all.

More is not always better.

Era of Cheap Energy, Cheap Resources, Cheap Food Going to End

The end of cheap oil is another point i've often been hammering on:

• Super Hurricane Sandy & End of Current Economic Growth Model
• Desperate Oil Drilling by USA via Hydraulic Fracking

I dislike the 'Youth Olympics Games Overbudget' Minister but this is what he said in parliament yesterday:

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"I want to agree with Ms Penny Low's suggestion about trying to promote a less wasteful culture, a more sharing culture. And this concept about reduce, reuse, recycle -- it used to be in our value system.

I think most of us can remember our parents saying "Don't waste!", but somehow maybe as we became more prosperous, we've forgotten that imperative. I think in the future, the era of cheap energy, cheap resources, cheap food, are going to come to an end and we will have to rediscover the wisdom of our grandmothers, of not wasting."- Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for the Environment & Water Resources

Source: Govt to ramp up infrastructure to create self-sufficient, sustainable environment
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Don't waste!
Frugality is a forgotten virtue in Sillypore. With wide income disparities, many sinkies prefer to make themselves slaves with high debt in order to buy more & better stuff to impress others who are also frantically trying to impress others. Sinkies have bought so much junk that they even rent extra storage space. Tragic consequence of their stuff owning them instead of them owning the stuff.

Era of cheap energy, cheap resources, cheap food going to come to an end
End of cheap energy is the critical point. It takes energy from fossil fuels to create energy (solar energy from panels).

Expensive oil = higher costs for everything down the line. Domino effect.

I still stick to my view that property prices will crash severely or collapse. 30% elderly sinkies in 2030 will be forced to sell their residences in order to buy expensive food.

When old sinkies sell, foreigners would also join in the selling thus fueling the plunge. Foreigners would begin an exodus out of expensive Sillypore back to their home countries where food is cheaper. Take Malaysia for example where rice, sugar, cooking oil, cooking gas, petrol are subsidised. Their countries would also cushion their citizens with affordable resources.

Half Ass Approach in Salvaging Plunging Morale Among Sinkie Males

I received my $80 vouchers in the mail yesterday while 1 year clubhouse membership will be mailed at a later date. Clubhouse membership is of little use to me. When i went to Sim Lim Square to buy the graphic card, i popped in to Illuma mall to have a look. There's a roadshow selling the clubhouse membership there. So many sinkies are already killing themselves with long long hours of work. Where's the leisure time to go clubhouse?

They say vouchers are given as a form of recognition for national service & reservist duties. That is not the real reason. Real reason is morale is fucking low in the armed forces.

This picture widely seen on the internet by sinkie males is the epitome:

Jobs for Foreigners

NS for Singaporeans

And surprisingly today in parliament, a redundant Yes-men from the Pro Alien Party proposes a national defence tax on non-citizens .

The giving is a half-ass approach. Insincere. If they wanted to give they would have credit the $$ into our bank accounts. No sign-up = they don't need to give. Their $80 won't stop the continued plummeting support among NSmen towards the Pro Alien Party.

Tip to Maximise Voucher Value
Is best to spend it on groceries. Is a waste to spend it on overpriced items/services in high rental shopping malls. Boycott the blood leeching landlords.