solitarystar89

NOW, i can't help but feel that NKF and mediacorp are total frauds! getting an annual paycheck of $600,000 CEO who travels business-class, gross mismanagement of funds, glossy newsletters that mostly get chucked into the bin without a second look, lucky draws with grand prizes of cars, apartments and the ilk, oh, and performing artistes, those people who keep badgering audience to da dian hua actually get paid. (and i thought they are so kind)isn't this way too much and highly-expensive publicity? and i freaking can't stand that fact taht mediacorp is deliberately showing scenes of kidney-failure victims dabbing their moist, sanguine eyes to gain sympathy which leads to more donations flowing in. it's ugly, sheer pornography, like a haemophrite bearing hisher private parts for others to gawk at. utter humiliation.
these big-time cheaters, capitalizing on others' plight to send money down their pockets of countless filthy drains.
actually, come to think of it, such mismanagement of funds and donated items seem to be happening everywhere: necessities for tsunami victims are still lying in some warehouse somewhere singapore, aid for africa (mainly corruption), and NKF. somehow, in the wake of the unfortunate event, everyone gets so concerned over it, preparing aid as though they are preparing for some festive celebration (i mean the bustle, not the mood) and it just becomes the latest fad that everyone is talking about. like a festival, once the excitement dies down, people get on with their lives and forget about it. unlike a festival, aid for victims need a period of time to be raised, another period of time to implement, then observe to see how the reaction is taking place and take further action. all in all, giving aid is a slow and difficult process.
yet what many people are doing is merely throwing in money spontaneously and whatever that happens later on is none of their concern until someone decides to dig it up and talk about it. that's why corruption can take place easily. for aid to be applied effectively, we need firstly, transparency from the people predominantly in-charge.
more importantly, i think in all of us, there's a collective responsibility for society. poverty, kidney disease and what-nots are things that belong to all of us. a rich man can never truly be rich as long as there are poor in the society he's living in. in the same way, we are responsible for these people suffering from kidney failure and we can't turn our backs on them after donating some money, thinking that we have already done our part. otherwise, corruption will set in.
as for that toady CEO, i'm not speaking in his defence, but for people taking charge of charitable activities, how do we know how much salary is enough for them? and don't we need to credit them for what they have done? do it in terms of monetry incentives? i'm thinking in terms of you reap waht you sow. why should a charity funds manager get paid the wages of a roadsweeper when he is doing much more? this is the same as donating to charity. how do we know how much is enough? eat bread and water everyday so that we can give the rest to the needy? though clearly, this stupid CEO has gone over the board. [dumb ass, if you want to plunder, you could have done it in a more discreet way right? ]
of course, teh ideal situation is to get a capable CEO who's willing to get less so as to give more.
and what about politicians? should they be paid average wages so that the country treasury will have more money? or should they be paid according to how much work they do? but how do we measure teh amount of work done in this case? S$10 for every baby born, $20 for every mol of polluting gas less in the air, $30 for every day of smooth traffic? or $100 for every policy they implement?