NDP lost its patriotic spirit

The NDP theme songs of the past, such as 'Count on Me Singapore', 'Stand Up for Singapore' etc were great compositions which stirred the urge in Singaporeans to sing them. Up till this very day, I can still at least sing some parts of them, especially the chorus. Towards the new century, the NDP theme songs remained good, such as those sung by Kit Chan and Stephanie Sun.

However, in the most recent years, those theme songs had lost their meaning, and become half-bucket attempts perhaps by PAP in trying to cut budget while at the same time, appeal to the younger generations. Trying too hard maybe. But NDP theme songs should embody the inclusiveness of everyone who owned the country - not just PAP, but every Singaporean from all walks of life - and it should also embody the patriotic spirit.

The degenerating state of affairs in our NDP theme song, I personally feel, probably reflects the sort of ill sentiments increasing segments of Singaporeans have towards the state of affairs in Singapore. Hearing the theme song of this year, I couldn't help but shake my head. What has our country come to? Has the ruling regime had enough on their hands to piss off and turn off the people?

We can do well without this additional source of irritation which simply makes one feel less and less enamoured to even celebrate NDP, for this NDP in recent years has lost meaning for the common Singaporean, and simply degenerated into another grandoise event to prop up the PAP, especially with the massive dosage of monies thrashed into organising it, and having the SAF put up its military prowess to show how it has to help prop up a degenerating ruling regime.

I just wish to say, dear PAP, enough is enough. The daily bread and butter issues had already caused sufficient headache, and the attitudes by you chaps high up in the ivory tower aggravated the frustration. We don't need a controversial NDP song to further worsen the situation for all of us. Return us the Singapore we belong to and which rightly belongs to us.