*sigh* man.. this has gotta top it all.. both Lianne and Melvin are sick. While my dear is complaining of pain everytime he breathes, my best friend is vomiting all over the place.. *wrinkles nose* well, she ain’t really puking all over but, well, you get the point. Well, I hope the 2 of them will get well soon. Your birthdays are coming! You guys can’t be sick!

I was thoroughly annoyed today when I read this particular article submitted by a Straits Times reader. He brought up the issue of making National Service compulsory for ladies. Of course, the topic has been brought out for discussion time and again. It was not what he wrote about that annoyed me. It was his whiny, spoiled-brat, snotty attitude that irritated the hell out of me. It caused alarm to my parents when I glared at the papers and very nearly crumpled the offending article to throw it into the nearest bin. Then I very loudly announced that the guy who wrote it was “ a bloody idiot”.. much to the dismay of my parents coz we WERE in a public place. Just read the article. U’ll get what I mean. At least, Lianne will.

”It is high time that compulsory national service be introduced for women. Such a move will not only bolster our defence capability through increased manpower but also more importantly, it will accelerate the progress of gender equality.
In our society today, women are no longer expected to bear the responsibility of looking after children and home. Similarly, Men in Singapore should not be made to bear the responsibility of defending the country alone. Women should stop trying to obtain more rights without taking on more responsibilities
By having men and women undergo NS together, it will increase interaction between the sexes. This will forge better understanding between men and women. Hopefully, this will foster less chauvinistic behaviour in the men.
Furthermore, increased interaction may even increase the chances for women to meet their prospecti ve partners.
The benefits of NS, such as increased pay, easier admission to university and other government goodies, would no longer be confined only to the men.
Women would no longer complain about the “unfair” advantage the men gained owing to NS. Even the Malaysian government is planning to enlist women as well. Shouldn’t the Singapore government look into it too? – Han Yong Yuan

I shall repeat myself. He is a bloody idiot. I’m sure the Singapore government has already looked into the matter at hand more than once. Plus, if there really was a need to involve the ladies, I’m sure that action would already have been taken by our dear government. Is this moron trying to say that the guys are not capable enough?.. so much so that they need girls to defend the country? Has he not been paying attention to that “total defence” campaign? Does he expect all 18 yr olds to be packed off and sent to the army? Is the whole thing even economically viable? Females do contribute to the economy, ya know. So instead of working, he expects the 2 yrs to be spent learning how to throw stupid grenades.

Gender equality indeed. *scoff* we can never have true gender equality until the men can give birth. HE wants equality? Fine. Then let HIM be the one who gets pregnant. No matter how much housework the men do, it will never equate to that 9 months. He can’t compare it to bringing in the bacon for the house, cause ladies do work now. And they bring in money to the family all the same.

notice the sentence in bold? If he had been in front of me when I read that sentence, I could not have guranteed the continuity of his well-being. “ Increased interaction” and “ meet prospective e partners” indeed. I’m sure we have no problem meeting prospective partners, thank you very much. Is he perhaps, desperate for that so-called interaction? Coz I noticed he stressed a lot on that point.

and what? We absolutely have to enlist the ladies because the Malaysian government is planning to?! that one has to be the weakest statement in this whole article.

plus, one would HAVE to notice that the “more important” reason is gender equality. Why isn’t the defence of the country placed at the top? After all, that IS the main reason for enlisting ladies right?

*mutter* he IS a sniveling bloody idiot.