Racial harmony

There is heavy emphasis on racial harmony these days as threat of terrorism grew more likely with each passing day. Our leaders warned us that terrorists seek to segregate us by driving a wedge along religious and racial lines. With massive loss of lives that comes along with terrorist activities like Madrid bombing and Bali bombing, we knew that the stakes are high in this war against terror. We must not let the terrorist gain a single foothold in our nation. United we stand, divided we fall; this maxim is engraved since our childhood with stories like the Ten Brothers.
To those who believed that such incidents are distant to us and exaggerated, we are reminded that we came so close to suffering such terror ourselves, as close as Yishun Mrt getting targeted, a mere five minutes walk from my house. Should they succeed, i would have difficulty getting back from school. it is near indeed, so near that i would have heard the bang.
With foolishness and callousness, i once wondered how exciting it would be should the perpetrators were not stopped. Schools will be on hold, security checks everywhere and probably a rush to buy necessary supplies. it would be like in the movies, like doomsday is coming, like all we had worked for, studied for no longer means anything.

I tried so hard

And got so far

But in the end

It doesn even matter

I had to fall

To lose it all

But in the end

It doesnt even matter

with our efficient security forces, we have hold out so far, yet ...