An ideal Singapore and wishes for the Nation
choongyong.koh August 9th, 2009
Do you have an ideal Singapore in mind, one place where you truly call home, no ifs no buts, no complains and nothing yuo need to tolerate, just somewhere that closely resembles your version of paradise? Ok, paradise is a mythical place and no where on Earth can truly claim to be the perfect paradise, but one can surely dream right?
Some young people penned down their vision of an ideal Singapore, and submitted their entries to an Essay Writing Competition organised by the Workers’ Party Youth Wing (WPYW). The deadline for submission is today – 9 Aug, so you could spend part of today to write a short 500-word essay and stand to win Borders gift vouchers worth as much as $150. Simply send the essay to essay@wp.sg, but of course you would want to read the Terms to Participants first. Alternatively, you can also go to WPYW’s Facebook page to vote on essays that you like.
Of course, not everyone has a flair for writing, but I am sure everyone has a desire/want/wish for the kind of country they want. Earlier this month, I started a hashtag (#ndp09wish) on Twitter to encourage people to condense these thoughts into the 140 characters of Twitter, and it is interesting to see the kinds of wishes people come up with. I copied some more interesting ones below:
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@anarchetype
I wish we can eat and drink on all public transport #ndp09wish 15 days ago -
@wpyw
A good wish! RT @csllim : I wish all Singporeans dare to wish#ndp09wish 16 days ago -
@dwcw
#ndp09wish I wish there would be no such thing as STOMPers. 16 days ago -
@josephinekoh
#ndp09wish I wish that the Singapore govt would love us more and that we learn to love one another. 16 days ago -
@sharoncsy
I wish for Singaporeans to not be afraid of realizing their dreams, even if it means dropping out of the ‘paper chase’. #ndp09wish 16 days ago -
@tweetsg
I wish smelly NS men can still take public transport #ndp09wish 16 days ago -
@wpyw
RT @eechuan : My wish for SG is for all to realise that there is more to life than GDP growth and $$$ #ndp09wish 16 days ago
To bring it one step further later, I was thinking it would be interesting to be able to add a little Singapore Flag in my Twitter avatar, just to display my patriotism and started a Twibbon called Singapore Wish, and a new hashtag (#sgwish), and hope that the wishes for Singapore goes beyond today. I view Singapore Wish as both our wishes for Singapore, and our aspirations for ourselves. Our hopes and dreams should not have a deadline. 
To add the Singapore Flag in your Twitter avatar, click on the following image:
So, beyond the celebrations today, why not spend some time to pause and reflect on your dream for the country and your dream for yourself.
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