my blood pressure is genuinely higher than the price of a 5-room HDB in Queenstown right now.
I have this friend—let’s call him Kevin. Kevin’s lifelong ambition is to be a “crypto entrepreneur,” but his daily schedule is: sleep at 5 AM, wake up at 2 PM, order GrabFood (with delivery fee ($8) because peak hour), then play Valorant until the sun goes down. Then he will look at me and say, “Bro, why Singapore so hard to survive? Why government never help us? Why I not rich yet?”
KNN, you think money will drop from the ceiling of your HDB room like bird dropping is it?!
Let me tell you a universal truth, valid from Jurong East to Pasir Ris: No one, not even God, is going to reward a person who always sleeps until afternoon. Laziness is not a “vibe” or a “lifestyle choice,” okay? It is a disease.
The main reason why you are not rich? It’s not because of inflation, it’s not because of the ERP rates, and it’s not because your boss hates you. It is literally because you are lazy and you just want to sleep. While other people are waking up at 6:30 AM to squeeze MRT, drink Kopi O Siew Dai, and hustle for their future, you are still under your target-price HOVÅG mattress snoring like a broken chainsaw.
And don’t get me started on the combo. You know the type. Lazy and pui pui (fat/chubby)—99% of them all not reliable one!
Before the body-positivity movement comes after me, let’s be real. If you cannot even find the discipline to control your own mouth and stand up to walk 10,000 steps, how can anyone trust you to run a business or handle a high-stakes project? If I ask you to submit a report by 9 AM, you will still be in dreamland dreaming about anime waifus. You want to eat the high-SES wagyu beef but you have a low-SES work ethic. Mana boleh?!
Success in Singapore requires hustle. You want to be rich? You want to afford that entry-level Mercedes? Then stop sleeping like you are already dead.
The universe doesn’t owe you a single cent. If you sleep until the afternoon, the only thing you will achieve is a headache and a wasted life. Wake up, clear your mind, and go do some work la!
TL;DR: Stop sleeping like a pig and then wondering why your bank account looks like a phone number with only two digits. Move your backside and hustle!