3. If you put a frog into a very hot, near boiling water, it will jump out immediately. It may get some scald injuries, but it will still survive and live on. However, if you put a frog into a pot of cold water, and very slowly heat up the pot, the frog will not jump up. It will instead swim comfortably in the water, enjoying the increasing warm water, not realising that the end is near

4. When it realises that the water is getting too hot, it cannot jump out anymore because half of it was already cooked. Ultimately, of course, the frog dies, not knowing why it has to be so in an environment which was so comfortable initially.

5. In many instances, we humans are like the frog in the pot. In global warmings, we do not care until the pot (in this case, the globe) we live in gets too hot. We will realise the danger, but by then, it will be too late.

6. In our world, our economy is like the frog in the pot. We do not want to adopt competitive policies, because all of us are living in a very comfortable environment. When the economy really gets marginalised and we are left at the bottom of the ladder while others are all climbing up fast and past us. It is again a case of realising too late.

7. Many of our political leaders are also like the frog in the pot. They do not object to misdeeds, abuses and corruptions and when the country finds itself enveloped in a corrupt culture, it is again a case of being too late. It will take many generations to correct what could have been corrected fairly easily at the very beginning.

8. Many of us are also like the frog. We are apathetic to the changes around us. We carry on our life as if nothing will change it. We are not bothered by bad politics, we are not bothered by corruption, we are not bothered about threats of globalisation.

9. We do not bother to register to vote, we do not bother to speak out, we do not bother to learn new things. Until one day, we will find that we are so far behind others, and that it is often too late. Hopefully, this anecdote of the frog can help some of us see the light and we must act before the pot gets too hot for comfort.

10. Life could pass me right by, I'd never care I won't worry about what isn't there You might wonder, but you can't ask me why I can't hear you, I'm watching life go by I'd look around, without a worry Not caring who's in a hurry Don't join in, it's really not bad If you just watch you can't be sad

11. Life could pass me right by, I'd never care I won't worry about what isn't there You might wonder, but you can't ask me why I can't hear you, I'm watching life go by I'd look around, without a worry Not caring who's in a hurry Don't join in, it's really not bad If you just watch you can't be sad