iCynical

Do not be cynical.
Do not be cynical.
Do not be cynical.
Skepticism is okay, but not cynicism.

Chanting the above became my daily ritual, before I read the local papers. But I knew I was a lost cause when I read the most interesting page 3 of The State's Times (How Prof. Thio Li-Ann would describe it... Heh.) this year.

SM's call to wealthy: Give 0.5% of annual pay to needy.
He hopes Singapore will one day become a country known for philanthropy.

Placed strategically beside the above article was this:

PAP moves to counter criticism of party, Govt in cyberspace.

I giggled, cried, laughed and went into spasms all at the same time. If you thought ROFL wasn't possible in real life, you would be definitely convinced otherwise.

So I speculated our dear president, Mr Nathan who drew $2.6 million in 2006 (with an impending increase of $200,000 this year) would be "compelled" to donate at least $13,000. If we were to assume that our various ministers will follow suit, the poor is set to have another windfall!

Woohoo!

And move over Xia Xue, get ready to be dethroned by kuanyew.blogspotless.com or choktong.wordbest.com!