Babies...

so the dust has settled after the National Day Rally 2008...
or has the NDR stirred more rounds of debates...
16 weeks of maternity leave...
6 days of paid childcare leave...
6 days of unpaid infant care leave for children below 2 years old
whole lot of tax incentives...
and other subsidies for artificial insemination procedures...
the Government has been incredibly successful in the past with most, if not all, their campaigns...
why they fail so miserably this time around??
have we found the root cause (or cost) of the problem??
or are we only scratching the surface of the issue??
instead of looking into the crystal ball for answers...
we went to ask the women’s group for solutions...
and hence, the results are as above...
what about the heads of the businesses and companies??
have they been consulted??
they are after all profit-driven...
and 16 weeks of maternity leave will definitely have a serious impact on their bottom line...
and what about the men??
and the singles??
have they been consulted??
unfortunately, i am a man and i am single...
double whammy for people like me then??

raising a kid is a lifetime commitment...
and not only about the initial 2 years...
how to make it affordable / easier for working mums is indeed a challenge...
i have no solutions too...

but like any other good Singaporean...
i will have to accept this little red dot for what it is...
and what it will become...
i have no plans to migrate to another country yet...
not that i love Singapore that much... maybe only on National Day...
but i could not bear to leave my loved ones behind...
my parents, my family and my friends...

whatever it is...
i will still not give up my seat to pregnant women on public transport...
they enjoyed the sex...
they enjoyed the goodies...
i did not...
so they better bear with it...