Camp life had been like living in turbulent waters recently. Lots of things happened.
I just wonder, why do people need drastic things to happen before they will come to realise that they had to do something else, or if they had did THAT other thing, things wouldn't have gone awry.
I don't know if its just Singaporeans or humans by nature. It always takes something really drastic to knock the idea into them. It always takes a higher authority to step in before things will be done properly. People don't have the realisation, and they don't have the positive kind of attitude. Careful, thoughtful and planned. If everyone did their part, did things properly, many a times things would have been fine, or things wouldn't have developed to an extent that it cannot be salvaged.
I always believe that we must plan carefully before we do anything. Everything have to be accounted for properly, and that things must not be taken to lightly, especially in the aspects of safety. But I guess some people just believe that nothing will happen. Something must happen infront of them before they believe that it can, and it will really happen. Nicoll Highway is one good example. Same to SARS. People do not feel it unless it is already at its doorstep. 4 years ago during the SARS outbreak, everyone was really careful about themselves, their hygiene and everything. Now, when talked to about bird flu, they simply don't bother! Why? because the virus is thousands of kilometres away and they believe that they dont have wings powerful enough to fly themselves to Singapore.
That I beleive is one main factor why a lot of things go awry and out of hand. But what can be do? Most people are not pro-active and heck care by nature. Thats the root of the problems in humans. Money is not the root of all evil. Laziness and careless is.
