Sorry, below my dignity to join. Grassroots volunteers are mainly there for benefits, business opportunities. the attitude and behaviou of the grassroots members living in my block make me puke!
i tot u also migrating u dpsNope. Not gonna help sinkies. They can help themselves. I'm looking to exploit and make money out of sinkies. They deserve it.
PAP is well organised.Sorry, below my dignity to join. Grassroots volunteers are mainly there for benefits, business opportunities. the attitude and behaviou of the grassroots members living in my block make me puke!
Vivian Balakrishnan also thought he could change PAP from within when he first joined.
Wah lau pple here really talk so much, u got time & heart be rc member of ur area lar.
Yes u need the heart as all the shiat u will kena, e.g. pple accuse u as pap dog & such.
And in busy period u might even need to help out in rc during weekdays night.

U shouldn't be accuse of anything until u sprout nonsense, like saying mrt is not crowded
joining grassroots is not a bad idea. but do take note, the majority of ppl who joined grassroots are PLPs or have personal interests in mind. if you are not with them (believe in PAP) then u are against them.
and the amt of PLP-ness is very very disgusting. i've seen it first hand. i just move into a new estate and there is no RC in place. one person keeps posting loudly on the estate's fb page claiming he's just there to help fellow residents. sure enough, when the time comes to form a RC, he voted himself to be the chairman.
things from there got ugly....very ugly. tried to sell propaganda on residents' fb page, stalk residents? (as my wife also join the RC, he openly ask her if i am pro opposition and i shouldnt do that). everyday PLP the MP machiam like his long time friend.
i found out from other RC members that he asked them to help out with the polling on GE, telling them its to help both sides but turned out every single piece of the oath form that polling agents need to sign is for the PAP only. yes he lied to the residents who are really interested in helping and gained PLP points.
when i heard the guy voted himself as the chairman, i already told my wife he have a hidden agenda and now the fox is showing his tail. and i wanted her to stay in her position in the RC as the voice of reason and not let the RC degrade into another brainless propaganda mouthpiece that only benefits the PLPs
last fri during GE as a polling agent, i had the chance to talk to my fellow WP polling agent. she was a grasssroot leader for 20 years till the 6.9m white paper.its pointless! its every man for himself remember. he's an opportunist, gunning the best benefits for himself! such is life in this meritocracy nation!
resistance is futile.
last fri during GE as a polling agent, i had the chance to talk to my fellow WP polling agent. she was a grasssroot leader for 20 years till the 6.9m white paper.
her exact words "when they brought up the idea to us, non of us were convinced but no one dare to speak up. i was the only one who spoke up against it. if we are not convinced ourselves, how can u expect us to sell the idea to the residents?"
subsequently, she started volunteering for the WP and some bigshot asked her to choose a side. she chose blue.
not all grassroots are bad. some really have the heart for the progress of the nation as a whole. the lady really inspired me to do more. volunteering as a polling agent in this GE might be one of the best thing that happened to me this year.