I always tell the younger ones to get their priorities right. Now it might be your work, later it might be your wife and maybe even later it may be your very talented foreign girlfriend. But for the PAP govt, it is always the economy that is the first priority – if they get this right they’re on their way to victory, or so they think.  First, we have SM Goh telling us not to get excited about the polls and concentrate on economic recovery. Today, we have PM Lee telling us that the elections are not “imminent” and we should worry about the economy, workers’ productivity and the continuation of calibrated immigration to top up the population.  Wait, you mean in the past it was not calibrated?! Maybe that’s why we have so many talented distractions around…so much so that husbands can’t be bothered to make babies with their wives? It’s a vicious cycle. So to solve it in a typical economic PAP way, we have to reduce the supply so only the rich can afford these talented distractions…calibrated immigration it’s called. Works out just fine, great policy planning.

But, just when they say elections are not imminent and tell us not get excited…as Riz Low would say, “Boomz”, they announced it and everyone is shell-shocked rushing to get the campaign going. Too little, too late sometimes.  So take it with a pinch when your elders tell you to prioritise, it’s all about discipline and making sure some work is done everyday so you don’t get shell-shocked when the teacher throws you a surprise test.