Even iron bowl can be smelted down...

"Ok meng, tell us what you want to be when you grow up."

"Chi-cher, i want to be like my daddy and mummy, study very hard, get very good result, study until i can get a good job. I want to be an engineer because daddy and mummy say Singapore lack of engineers. I want to work for the civil service. Then rise up to be the president."

"Urm...rise to be president? But..Singapore's man of power is prime minister..."

"I don't care! I don't care! Daddy and mummy say must be president...Miss Wee i want to be the president!!"

"Oh okok Meng, don't cry. Thanks, sit down. So class...."

20 yrs later.......

"The Thai baht has just slide against the Greenback. Speculator are selling asian currency. A crisis is looming..Shankar, Channel News Asia"

" Suharto has just stepped down, indonesia is in chaos now. Looters are pratically combing all shops..."

"We got to bite the bullet."

"Unemployment rate has gone up again, economist predict a worse senario next year.....Glenda Chong, Channel News Asia."

"The government has just released our 3rd quarter growth, it has shunk. No more double digit."

"We want to distribute the wealth of the nation, to the people."

"We are expierencing a structural change in our economy."

"Singapore is just a little red dot...."

"Mr Goh! Where is the 70million!!"

"Mary has a little lamb...little lamb..."
"Sir, something happened..."
"Powell, can't you see i am reading to the children?"
"But sir...."
"Fuck off "

peep peep!! peep peep!
"Eh world trade centre kena hit "
peep peep!! peep peep!
"Sentosa gt kena or nt"
peep peep!! peep peep!
"Dunno leh"

"Oh my god!!!"

BOOM!!!

"Jesus!!!"

BOOM!!!

"Mr president, something really happen to our world trade centre...they are hit"
"They are hit......are what?!!!!"
"Its best we stop reading and hurry back, air force one is waiting"
"Holy shit!Powell, why didn't you tell me earlier on....jesus...."
"I did but you...."
"Whatever colin..."

"My fellow america, this is the biggest crisis we have, terrorism has reached our doorstep. Islam is a religion of peace..."
"....its either you are with us, or against us..."

"We have detained 12 JI members under the internal security act..."

" and this blah blah blah..terrorist..blah blah blah"

"terrorist blah blah blah blah blah"

"iraq blah blah blah blah"

"budget deficit blah blah blah blah"

"PSA has just retrenched another 100 odd workers..."

"HDB retrenched workers......."

"GST will be raise to 5%......"

"阿扁说，我们是台湾国......."

"我们一再强调，只有一个中国，我们觉不容忍拆散祖国，台湾是中国的一部分"


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"Ok meng, tell us what you want to be when you grow up."

"Chi-cher, I really don't know. Civil job not safe, go out also scared bomb hit me....i think i just want to go China or India and work."

"Why you have this thoughts? China is a communist country..everyone still ride a bike!"

"Yes chi-cher, but it will be powerful..."

"Oh really?"

"Yes chi-cher, becos everything changes.."


Yes....Everything has changed.