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What do Wee Ee Chong, Kasper Schmeichel and Lee Hsien Loong have in common?

They have outstanding fathers and are following in their footsteps. Both Wee and Lee have matched their fathers in term of acheivement. Wee Jr is currently the CEO of UOB and Lee Jr is currently the PM of Singapore. Both Seniors had assumed the posts before.

Kasper Schmeichel is a very promising goalkeeper with Manchester City. Apart from the similarities in terms of physical appearance, both Schemeichel senior and junior once played with Man City Football club. It's completely understandable that fathers are concern about their child's progression and success in life. The overwhelming similarities in career choice and progressions and so on is actually a very common issue. Say what you, it is inevitable that the seniors have a hand to play in moulding their sons. I don't deny the fact that the sons must have what it takes though.

I've met many of times young men and women that have been "brainwashed" into a certain career target or a certain track as determined by their parents. Now parents will argue that the child is theirs, they can "dictate" his career choice. I'm not sure if this is a good move. Even if the child express interests and is genuinely so, having such an illustrious parent, or for that matter any subject d of comparison is not a good thing. People don't realise it's futile to compare. No 2 individuals are indentical and no 2eras are the same. This isn't a good basis for comparison. I shan't talk about the pressure; that's another issue to discuss. It's just the world that we live in. We think that having competition is good. I need not list down the reasons, you go google or pick up any newspaper you can find articles of that nature.

The main issue I have here is that we seem to think compeition is always good and the final survivor is the best. But well, assuming this is correct, are we "competiting" with something in common?

Lee Hsien Loong will forever be compared with Lee Kuan Yew. Lee Hsien Yang is smart enough not to follow into the footsteps. Not that I think that he's not smart/capable enough but is there a need to subject himself to such kind of unfair comparison?

Ministers in the 60's do not draw millions of dollars, but ministers today do. Singapore of the 60's underwent turbulant times, but Singapore today is peaceful. Ministers of today must be compesated with millions of dollars in order to be efficient and clean and blah blah bah. Should we drawn into such a comparison? Should top civil servants be paid so much ? Should this and that... blah blah blah???

Well, at least there's one thing in common and somethings just don't change. We like to compare, whether or not if such and such a comparison is justified. From the very moment you're born, you're compared with some other babies as to who is heavier, who is cuter; after that you're compared of the age you start to talk or the age you start to walk . After which when you attened school, what grades you get and after grad, what jobs you get and how much you earn. And when you get have children of your own, ah... the comparison starts again.

I guess this is the something in common that we have. We just cannot accept the differences. =) Somehow