Another attempt

today, i shall write about matrimony. this inspiration came from an episode of the simpsons i just watched where marge wonders wad her marriage to homer is going to. you know, theirs is a unique one. u get me dont u? so anyway, it got me thinking.

I have friends. My friends have very different views of marriage. For one, karla is sure that one day, she'll get married and have kids. Gennie too and, believe me, she has been very very descriptive about her fairytale wedding.

There has been some rising concerns over the birth rates in singapore which leads to, of course, the marriage statistics. (now we dont want unmarried mothers all over the place, do we?) this has lead the singaporean government to setting up the SDU and, recently, the romancing singapore campaign in the hope that marriage would look like a better and more wonderful prospect. i think its a funny idea, but then again, thats like having your parents matchmake you with someone, only you dont feel obligated to agree to the governments choice.

then there is the issue about singaporean men and women. certain issues surrounding men: "singaporean men are ugly" and "singaporean men are too unromantic/unchivalrous/what-nots". issues surrounding the women: "women are too choosy"
i do think singaporean men, for most part, are ugly. look around. singaporean guys too, although no one in my class looks that bad, yet. lets just say that they are unappealing. especially the way that they dress. have u seen them when they are casually dressed? they look like apeks even though they are like 20+ and some of them have the most outrageous hairstyles and hair colour. compared to the women, they are constantly looking for ways to make themselves look better. Slimming treatments, facials, manicures, pedicures, diets. at least they try. not guys.
i heard somewhere that the typical singaporean man will propose to his unfortunate victim by asking her if she wants to apply for a hdb flat with him or not. hahaha. can u imagine? anyway, i do hear and see cases where after the honeymoon, the romance just dies out. just like that. you see, it would work fine if this was in our grandparents time, where you are obligated to stay married. thats the general idea anyway. But now, it is not uncommon to hear of divorces left, right, center. Especially after the children comes.
women too choosy? well isnt that the guys fault? would you hear of an employee of a supplies company saying to his superiors, "Aiyah boss, they dont want us to supply them, they too choosy lah." The superiors will fire your ass left, right and centre. you are supposed to go all out and get that client, no? looking at the few paragraphs above, i am not suprised that singaporean women are too choosy. and in the olden days, women are required to get married because the general idea at that time is for a woman to become surgically attached to a male as soon as possible. it was a requirement, those who did not will suffer mass humiliation from the gossip swirling her state of spinster-ness.
******Bright idea Alert****** if the government wants to promote marriages, set up a commitee of makciks, atchis, and old chinese aunties and unleash them onto diferent neighbourhoods to 'persuade' these bachelors and bachelorettes into marriage. see. the government should pay me like a million bucks for this bright idea, social coercion will work wonders i tell you.
back from the digression, theres also the issue of the slipping moral values. cohabition is not so frowned upon as much as last time. we often hear of one night stands (well i do,, anyway) where women and men troop to the clubs to spot the candidate where they'll shag the night through. What does this mean? that means that the part of sex that comes with marriage is not all sacred and secretive anymore. this means that one of the perks of marriage is also available for the 'unmarrieds' too. yes, i call it a perk because people seems to enjoy it so much.
Children dont seem so appealing anymore. they seem so rebellious and demanding. trust me. i've seen them. bleurgh. so another reason to get married crossed off the list.

i guess there is so solution... anyway if any of the government people sees this, remember my million dollars