Late-night musing

 A blogshop owner was commenting on her customers about how she could do so many correct stuff for one of them, but once she made a mistake, that was it.
The next thing she knew, her mistake would be publicized but none of her past nice/correct/thoughtful deeds would be mentioned. 

I've encountered that myself personally.

Reminds me of the pre-elections happenings nowadays.

How one female candidate seemed to be picked on for laughter/self-amusement by netizens (many of which are grown men, no less, and some whom have a big Twitter following), how some Singaporeans are saying how unhappy they are about this & that about the Government and how candidates' speeches are being dissected endlessly for some hidden/contrived political meaning or lack-of.

The weirdest thing I have read is how some people are saying MANY/AVERAGE Singaporeans are unhappy with the Government about this or that.
I wonder how many Singaporeans they polled on before they gained this statistics.
There are about 4 million of us, you know.
Your 'many' or 'average' is referring to which numerical representation exactly?
How varied are the segments polled?
Hmm...

I also wonder, if the female candidate in question is your kin, would you still find it necessary to poke fun at her, just so that your Twitter followers find your tweets interesting/amusing?

 Strange mindset you have there.

There are many who think setting up & operating a blogshop is easy. 

Even some NUS case studies that I have seen support that belief.

I can safely assure you, it's a fallacy.

The temptation of making seemingly-easy money might have prevented many from seeing the true grit behind a successful blogshop.

 It's not the first time I received emails from other blogshop owners who encountered problems in their operations and seeked help/collaborations. 

Every blogshop owner will have her difficult story to tell.
We can probably compile volumes of books with all our stories and rival the number of books in the 'True Singapore Ghost Stories' series.
Hey, sounds like a great business proposition. We can start off as e-books! ;P

Like what the blogshop owner said, if you think it's easy to multi-task, make money & not lose your sanity/patience/temper/personal life, try running one. 

If you think it's easy to be our Government and care for the needs of 4 million people, try being part of it.
If you are not able to be part of it, do other things that can supplement what you think our Government is not doing well enough.

Point is, do something to CHANGE it, if you really want Singapore to be a better place for all.

It's always easier to comment on the sidelines, without bearing the full responsibility.

Talk is cheap.

If you are paid a five-figured salary or more, do you really want to help run a nation?

Even if it's run by you, are you sure it will be a job well-done?

The Government is made up of humans. 

Humans can make mistakes.

You can forgive the people around you who make mistakes, and you don't write about them or give them unflattering nicknames on your blog/twitter/other online sites.
But yet, you find it so important & necessary to write about the Government?

Every word anyone writes publicly can influence others for the better or for the worse.

The way some people wrote is like encouraging others to go wreak havoc on our political system.

But not themselves.

What do you really want to change?
And just what are you trying to do?

Metta,
欣雨 Xinyu