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I was reading about the history of Singapore from Wiki. After reading, I came to re-realize (I mean I know my history but upon reading, some of the thoughts return) that Singapore had gone through a lot to become what it is today.
For instances, how Sang Nil Utama found Singapore and gave the island the name Singapura meaning "lion city" in Sanskirt because he saw a lion; how Raffles reinstall the Sultan of Johor and in return, getting a grant to establish a trading post in Singapore; how Singapore fall during the Japanese invasion; how Singapore was expelled from Malaysia et al.
Strange how things seem to unfold. What will Singapore be named if Sang Nil Utama did not find the island? Will we ever still think that the British is not as infallible as we thought if Singapore did not fall during the invasion? Or will we still remain as docile servant to our British masters. Will we able to rise from a Third World country to a First World country as today if Malaysia did not expel us? Or we will have prospered more under Malaysian rule?
However, we can't go back to time, so we will never be able to find out the "what ifs". But today's sencerio is not independent of yesterday's and tomorrow future may vary on today's choices and events. Maybe things happened because they had to happen.
This reminds me of a phrase from an anime. "There is no such things as coincidences, there is only the inevitables".
For instances, how Sang Nil Utama found Singapore and gave the island the name Singapura meaning "lion city" in Sanskirt because he saw a lion; how Raffles reinstall the Sultan of Johor and in return, getting a grant to establish a trading post in Singapore; how Singapore fall during the Japanese invasion; how Singapore was expelled from Malaysia et al.
Strange how things seem to unfold. What will Singapore be named if Sang Nil Utama did not find the island? Will we ever still think that the British is not as infallible as we thought if Singapore did not fall during the invasion? Or will we still remain as docile servant to our British masters. Will we able to rise from a Third World country to a First World country as today if Malaysia did not expel us? Or we will have prospered more under Malaysian rule?
However, we can't go back to time, so we will never be able to find out the "what ifs". But today's sencerio is not independent of yesterday's and tomorrow future may vary on today's choices and events. Maybe things happened because they had to happen.
This reminds me of a phrase from an anime. "There is no such things as coincidences, there is only the inevitables".
posted by MF, Lim at 11:59 PM
1 Comments:
There will be situations we wish we can turn back the clock, for good things, we want to turn back and wish to relive it, for bad things, we wish we can turn back to rectify them.
But from another point of view, if we can turn back the clock so easily, our lives would be too perfect and it will be lack of flavors.
Cheers!
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