One day idea shared with me in the Lothlorien chat group is the idea that Singaporeans are like Kryptonians who are constantly under the Red Sun. This idea originally came from Superman comics. It is known that the Green Kryptonite can kill Superman, but Red Kryptonite can render him powerless and ordinary. Before Krypton was destroyed, the entire planet existed under the Red Sun, so Kryptonians are just ordinary people on their home planet. When Krypton was about to be destroyed, Superman's scientist parents sent him to Earth where he came under the influence of the Earth's Yellow Sun which gave him godlike powers. There are two useful applications of this theory :

1. a) Mediocre Singaporeans will do much better academically in a Western country like Australia

The original idea was a comment about just how brutal our education system is. Even when I was cramming for a 3-year Law School programme,...