Oh WEEE the delegates are here!! So god damn excited .. not. If I were the delegates, I would not be excited either.
At first I was pretty hyped abt e whole ting.. is been like.. 14 yrs? (if i got it correct) since any major org came here 2 haf meetings and conferences. Quite an achievement for a small nation. Smmore in Asia.
As more and more news of IMF came onto the news... the more embarassed I felt. As far as I agree that security is the top most priority, such extensive planning deserves a pat on e back... but... it gave me the impression that either the delegates are here 2 b endangered animals or jailbirds.
Picture a 10s news report on Singapore 2006 elsewhr. The 1st ting ey see is the gates. N yes.. silver shining gates. Might as well make it gold right ? Comfirm no one will protest since they will be busy scrapping the gold out.
Oh yes... : "I hope Singapore's authorities will change their minds and allow the people in that we have accredited as originally agreed" World Bank President said that.
Pretty ironic, something that us as citizens should be proud of is getting bad publicity. Sometimes I do wonder is there any sense in the whole thing. They started the whole Smile 2006 thing. Then they blockage almost the whole cityhall. What are we suppose to smile at now? The gates ? I think my teeth not so bright lo.. and the silver is glaring. It is so fucking cold and why dont they might as well build a Berlin Wall ?
I sincerely hope that the delegates will spend more money in Suntec. With all the blockage I think the shops are losing SG customers.
For the sake of security we sacrificed other things... just learnt a new phrase. Opportunity cost. Oh wells, what else can I say ? SG ... no matter how inflexible to the point of impossible is still my home country. What else can I say but " Ok what.. want come SG do the SG way..."