To one of our father of singapore
I was feeling sad after watching our former DPM Rajaratnam's funeral. I want to say thank you to him and other founders for giving me such a comfort home that I won't find it at other place. They transformed Singapore from a poor to a modernised, high-tech and rich country after 1965 in such a short period.
I was very touch after reading the orbituary from Channelnewsasia. According to CNA,
Mr Rajaratnam once said:
"Singapore is prosperous and people are leaving us alone because we are strong and nobody disturbs...
"Even elephants do not disturb a hornet's nest. The hornets are very small but if you go and disturb the hornets' nests, all the hornets join together and can make life miserable - no animal ever disturbs an hornet's nest though the nest is very small.
"So Singapore should be a hornet's nest, two-and-a- half million people, everyone is a bee with a sting."
There is another speech that he once said before, which i'm very strongly agreed with him. According to CNA, he said that, "if you are a Singaporean - two and a half million - no place to run - no more. Whether you are a Singapore Chinese, Singapore Malay and Singapore Indian, you cannot run away. This is your last stand, last outpost. So how do you do it?
"If you think of yourself as Chinese, Malays, Indians and Sri Lankans, then Singapore will collapse. You must think of Singapore - this is my country. I fight and die for Singapore if necessary."
Thank you sir. I respect you and honour you for what you have done. We will always remember you.



