Go Ahead, Just Blame Us

Yup, we are the culprits. We are a major contributor to the declining birthrate in Singapore because we have doggedly stayed single. Can you blame us? Or at the very least, can you blame me?

Look at my working hours. If I work the early shift, I end work at 6PM. That gives me s.o.m.e time to go out with friends. Not for long because I will need to be home by 10PM else I would not be able to sleep early and concentrate at work, and being a pharmacist means I c.a.n.n.o.t afford to make mistakes at work. We're talking about humans lives here after all. If I work the late shift, I end work at 7PM, sometimes 7.30PM if the clinic finishes the last patient late. That's worse. By the time I get to anywhere, it will be 8PM. And I am suppose to have a proper dinner and have time to chit chat etc etc? So how exactly am I suppose to factor in time for a date? Weekends? Sorry, I am working a 5.5 workday week, and sometimes I have A&E duty on Sundays and public holidays too. My weekends are precious. They are reserved for family and friends.

Did I hear something? Work-life balance? Oh, that's nothing but crock. Tell a patient that I need to have work-life balance so from now on the pharmacy closes at 5.30 PM. I don't care if you have not collected your medicine, and that you have already ran out of medicine. My work-life balance is "very" important. Also please do not fall sick on weekends and public holidays. That way we can close our A&E pharmacy services and the single pharmacists can have more time to go out have dates or connect with people of the opposite sex. *roll my eyes*

Look at my work. After a day of working at the front line fighting with stupid Singaporeans, and questioning yourself why nobody taught those people that lying is morally wrong, do you think I still want to have kids? The patients exemplified that moral values are intended for la-la land. When you want to get something, use any form of trickery, or lies to get it. I am not bringing anybody into this world just so they can be similarly corrupted when they reach adulthood.

Besides, I think the world is over populated. Just because Singapore is not producing enough babies does not mean the rest of the world is not. We need to shift the people around. Maybe migrate more Indians or Chinese from India and China respectively to Singapore. After all, that's what our ancestors did.