Are you not Singaporean to not know our
own culture?
Our culture didn't start out with
1) Speaking extremely loudly in public venues, transportations
and such
2) Spitting phlegm in public like its free.
3) Hanging your own national flag in a foreign country in such a
way the locals can see it visibly
4) Thinking and believing foreign country is your own
country
Just imagine, if you were to move to some other countries, would
you not start learning and picking up their cultures and fit in. Or
would you insist on sticking to your own culture and hope that the
locals adapt to you. Like it or not, you are in a foreign place,
you have a choice to leave because you're not a citizen. Tell me,
what would you do in such a situation. Yes I do want an answer.
1) Can you deny the fact that it is common for Singaporean Chinese
ancestors to speak in a loud tone because they were from China? Can
you deny that your very own ancestors does not speak in a loud
tone? Just because you were brought up in a westernised education
and were educated to believe that it is rude to speak loudly in
public places or even at your own home, does that means you should
start despising on the lifestyle of your own origin race? Chinese
will still craved for rice for their meals and not potatoes
regardless of how many times their generations were brainwashed by
westerners....or should I say "the foreigners"?
2) Spitting phlegm in public used to be a common habit shared by
many Singaporean Chinese in Singapore. That is before the Singapore
Government had no choice but to impose a hefty fine in order to
educate Singaporeans to get rid of that habit. If it is happening
to the PRC, why is it difficult for Singaporeans to give them a bit
of our free understanding and room for improvement? Aren't they the
same as us before?
3) Hanging their national flags in foreign lands is a way of
showing their patriotism for their own countries. It does not
symbolise or carries any ill intentions towards the resident
country. If Singapore were to pride itself for being a truly
multi-racial and multi-cultural society, then why does educated
Singaporeans have such low tolerance towards other race and
citizens of other countries? I can tell you, this flag hanging
thing happens in many democratic countries around the
world...and not just in Singapore. And be mindful that it is not a
crime to hang the flag of any legal countries in Singapore. Look
elsewhere if that is not acceptable for you, but do you share the
same patriotism as them and hang your own national flag
overseas?
4) If you were invited to work, live, educate in another
country, would you not have the desire to also treat that country
as your own? I believed it is a normal and necessary behaviour for
all foreigners to treat their residing countries as their own to
avoid homesick as it can really get very lonely and miserable when
you are away from your own home country. Have you even experienced
that kind of feeling before? Do you even understand that
feeling?
Just imagine by yourself too.....how many silly Singaporeans
actually went overseas and tried to look for Singaporean cuisine to
dine? And it's so weird that I'm hearing things like this
"if you were to move to some other countries, would you not
start learning and picking up their cultures and fit in. Or would
you insist on sticking to your own culture and hope that the locals
adapt to you."
There's nothing wrong with giving people a bit of your
understanding and room for improvement if we ourselves are also
guilty of the same behaviour.
Singaporeans should behave like Singaporeans, and if
Singaporeans felt the need to ditch and lose their own Singaporean
behaviour in order to blend in or adapt into other
cultures, then I can say truly Singaporeans have no identity or are
even proud of being a Singaporeans.
And yet these Singaporeans demanded some form of
respect from foreigners who are proud of their home countries when
they themselves would not hesitate to betray and turn their back on
their home countries and stop behaving like a Singaporeans
when they are overseas or have lived overseas for a
long period of time.
This is really what makes people from other parts of the world
looked down upon overseas Singaporeans and this is also what gives
Singaporeans a bad name overseas.
You want an answer, then you also give me the answer to my
question. What is this Singaporean culture you were talking
about?
Told you that it would be interesting to find out, cos I know
you cannot produce the answer to my question. 