Saturday, July 21, 2007
my little ponderings..today i juz sat down n took some time off to wonder... there are things around me that i may or may not pick it up.. i dunno.. i am juz glad that my life is the way things is.
juz looking at stuff happening around the world recently.. domestically..the big thing rite now..even some of my frenz are still talking abt it.. tt little fiasco involving the little Leein the SAF. well some of my frenz are still in the SAF(regulars u see) and well given that the person involved is a white horse per se.. well realli big white horse...and he is as white as snow..figuratively speaking.. sAF personnel would definitely know what i mean. i am happy tho, finally someone is willing to speak up abt the lousy crappy officers we have in the saf.. well not every one is crappy.. but i met my fair share of CMI ones.. sadly those who can make it are mostly NSF.. good news is..in war..i am going to war with NSFs not regulars.. but well i digress.. thinking about it, if 2Lt Li Hong Yi took the matter up the chain of command, he could have covered his butt..which is very essential in the saf where u can get charged in almost everything. lookie at where has it ended up, 2 officers taking the fall, he has to be given a letter of reprimand. What he really did wrong was to email en masse to every tom dick and harry that has a OA account. its like washing the dirty linen in public.. well if that was his idea..he got it this time, the WHOLE world knows.. its even on international media. this is unacceptable. As an officer and a gentleman, he should be able to exercise proper judgement on the matter.
A letter of reprimand may seem quite light to some.. but well it depends on your view on it.. letter of reprimand is not as light as anything. it counts as a formal charge and a formal punishment compared to the informal ones such as confinement n extra duties.. so while he does not go into the slammer.. its a punishment that sticks with him for his life. A letter of reprimand will affect his career in the future..to what extent, i dunno..but well we'll wait and see.
well at least i am glad at least seemingly singapore does not practice nepotism(whether we do or not is up to your personal opinion, i shall not state mine here). it looks good on public image for singapore but the SAF has to take the fall. remember the L.I.V.E thingy we had back in service.. well I stands for image..and SAF's image has once again gone down the drain...
well whats done is done.. juz a little lesson to learn for us all.. dont ever jump the gun..think properly before you act. and most importantly apply the lessons learnt in the SAF: the 8th Core Value: "do anything but don't get caught".
juz my little 2 cents worth on it.. well at least its good that internationally we show that we are wad we say we are.. walking the talk not just talking the talk.. the whole fiasco will die down soon enough.. and well at least we now can say we are a democratic society..not even being the PM's son can let you escape from punishment.
