Take a look at the Facebook post below. Read it. Let it sink in.
The photo shows a group of adults hanging out spontaneously.
Is this the Singapore we want? Where anyone, regardless of race, language, religion or nationality, can sit around and enjoy a cup of tea at the void deck on a Saturday morning? For absolutely no good reason whatsoever other than sitting down and drinking something just because?
And getting people you don't know to join you? The temerity.
Do note that this activity was carried out without the benefit of a big-budget committee driving the integration effort. More importantly, there is no media blitz to promote the benefits of "racial harmony".
But honestly, is this how we want to move forward as a country? To show progress by actually having an utter lack of pretension and not having everything orchestrated to the minutest detail?
Where it is okay to keep it real? To go with the flow? To show that you give a hoot about your community without actually looking like you give one? Where people actually don't spend time waxing lyrical about what we plan to do and actually doing it?
Are you ready for this newfangled thing called "Keeping It Real"?
Then share this post. And go forth and drink tea with strangers at the void deck.
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