I'll make it short and sweet.
National Day Parade disgusts me. Huge parts of our colonial history are conveniently left out, forgotten and played down.
You simply don't do that right in front of the City Hall. A monument from our colonial era, a reminder of how much the British and the Europeans had shaped our legislature and architecture.
Our history books and heritage had been tampered with, ostensibly to drum up support for the ruling party, and to ensure that our citizens remain shrouded by the illusion of asian values.
I studied in a school founded by a British man.
I cycle regularly to one of the first reservoirs of Singapore, which was designed a century ago by Robert Peirce. I use Thomson Road and Marymount Road on a daily basis. Thomson Road, according to Wikipedia, was responsible for the design and construction of a number of notable engineering works including bridges, roads, and hospitals. Why do our history lessons leave out such a big part of Singapore's history?
We speak British English and we do the Cambridge O and A Levels. We drive on the left side of the road.
But we don't speak of our colonial heritage. Not even in our history books. Not in what the Ministry of Education calls 'Social Studies'.
Why?
