Singapore opposition icon J.B. Jeyaretnam dies fighting
Hands up if the last time you seen him in PERSON was at cityhall MRT up the escalator just before entering Raffle City shopping centre ?
Then you are in the very same position as me.
Hands up again if you gave some thought about this old man who holds a lousy printed book and shouting as if he would love you to buy a copy of it.
I gave it some thought. Not once but many times when i see him selling his books at the busiest corners at the weirdest times. Weird enuff i associated him STRONGLY with singapore politics ( even though i am not a singaporean) he brings me back to 1980s… and i associated him with my dad. because my dad talks semi fondly of him. His name rings a bell with me since i was sec 1….
I do not know a lot about JBJ. But i feel nostalgic when i see him. Thats why he is more an icon than a person to me.
Next time when i walk pass raffles city entrance i will think about him still. I may just ask myself subconsciously.. “eh .. why is that old man not here ? ”
Because perhaps an Icon never dies.
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Well said. =)
Sometimes I find it strange that he needs to sell books when his two sons are so capable…. oh well, game of politics… good old times, brother!