Wow, I can't even start on how
ridiculously flawed your statements are.
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"?
I can't deny that my ancestors
weren't loud speakers and neither can you prove that, but I'll give
it the benefit of doubt. But just think, current Singapore,
Singapore created by the so hated PAP following western styles
instead of asian flavour. Is it not a fact that Singapore is a
country with its own unique culture that it's not fully asian nor
western?
I did not say I despise the China
PRs who speak in a loud manner, so don't put words in my words.
However, I can tell you that I dislike that alot. Do you speak
loudly when you're in public areas over the phone like its the most
important thing right now? Oblivious to everyone around you and do
not have the courtesy to get off the train to carry on your
commotion or lower your volume?
You do realise currently there is
this distinction between CHINA CHINESE and OVERSEAS CHINESE right?
Like the Chinese around the world would like to call
中国人 and 中華人
Speaking loudly is not a CHINESE
culture, its a CHINA CHINESE culture.
Do you dare tell me in
urbanized Taipei, the people are so rude they speak loudly on
public grounds?
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?
Okay, let me give you an
example.
I like eating on my bed and making
a mess of it, I go to my friend's house and ask to do the same but
he doesn't his room isn't the neatest, he eats on his own bed but
don't drop the crumbs on it. Am I to respect his decision not to
let me do it or do I still insist on doing it because I'm a guest
of the house or simply because he should give me his free
understanding and let me improve?
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?
I'm not the greatest patriot of
Singapore but I do have enough EQ not to hang another nation's flag
in a foreign country. It's not a matter of educated or not, simple
Emotional Quotation.
It's generally not a widely
accepted social behaviour in Singapore and like I said, we're not
fully westernised nor asianised. So I'm currently based in Japan,
it's rude not to set your mobile phone to Manner Mode when you're
sitted in the priority seats. So I decide not to do that and it
just so happens my phone rings loudly.
This would be socially acceptable
behaviour in Singapore but I don't do that in Japan because even
though they are a democratic country, I respect their rules and the
social mindset of the people.
Much like how women in Japan are
expected to follow a set protocols to speaking.
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?
I understand that feeling, when I
first arrived in Japan, I started questioning myself why am I even
here? I can't speak or understand Japanese to save my life. But
instead of demanding the people here to speak English in order to
communicate with me. I spend 4 hours each day studying Japanese and
now I can communicate easily with my Japanese friends.
I try to adapt but I don't force
the locals to adapt to my practise, it's against my own principles
to eat loudly but whenever I have my meals at a noodle house, I eat
as loud as I can and the Chef smiles at me.
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.
Regarding the above, Just
read the rest of my reply and try to think a little. Just because
some Singaporeans abandon their Citizenship, does it mean the rest
of Singaporeans are to be despised and not given any rights to
demand for anything?
Are you telling me that?
Wow.
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.
By saying I can't produce anything
abou Singapore Culture, are you inferring that Singapore do not
have any culture? Because honestly Singlish itself it's a culture
albeit substandard English.
Hmm....you really sounded like a sore loser if you cannot win
this argument, right from the beginning when you mentioned my post
is ridiculously flawed.
For someone who appears to welcome comments from others and
would like to have a good argument, your attitude in your reply
post already shows how ungracious you actually are.
Anyway, I'm not here to comment on the way you write your post
or how flawed it is. It's the poor attitude that you have shown me
in your reply that makes me feel like pointing it out to you. So
hope you can take note of it and you can realise how unnecessary
such comments really are.
1) Actually you're wrong to say Singapore culture is not fully
asian or western. The educational system in Singapore does lean
towards western than asian if you have failed to realise. The way
which you have exercised your freedom of speech is a product of
westernised education. Asian education produces people who are
alot more reserved...examples are everywhere around you in
Japan.
Do realise that there are Chinese in many countries around the
world. Chinese in Taiwan do not represent the source or the origin
of where Chinese came from. It's not a fair comparison if you
really have to use Chinese in Taipei, then how about Chinese in
other rural areas in Taiwan? If you have lived in Taiwan before,
you would have also noted the huge difference between the Taiwanese
people living in Taipei against other Taiwanese people NOT living
in Taipei.
Singapore has prided itself being a nation of multi-racial and
multi-cultural societies. Being a Singaporean and not able to have
the tolerance towards other race or culture does indeed revealed
your failure to behave as a Singaporean.
2) The examples which you have given me isn't relevant at all
because the main point is spitting phlegm
in PUBLIC. If you don't know what is the
meaning of public, then please do not try to have an argument or
conversation with me and your post was already meaningless right
from the beginning.
Singapore will imposed a fine on ANYONE who spit phlegm in
PUBLIC, regardless of where you come from or who you are!
3) Japan isn't a country that is tolerance towards foreigners
like Singapore. Further to that, Japan isn't known for being a
multi-racial and multi-cultural country like Singapore. You do
realised that you NEED to speak JAPANESE in Japan and behave like a
Japanese...regardless at work or school. But you don't have to do
that in Singapore....or even speak Sing-lish.
4) It's your own problem if you wish to discard your own
behaviour and stop being a Singaporean when you're in Japan.
Whenever I goes to Japan, I don't even feel the need to eat my
noodles loudly and the Chef still smiles at me even when I'm not
eating noodles.
People who aren't proud to be a Singaporean would naturally stop
being a Singaporean the moment they stepped out of Singapore, it's
already a commonly known trend. I'm not surprised by what you
did but that's your own choice.
What had Singaporeans abandoning their citizenship got to do
with the rest of the Singaporeans being despised? Who despised the
rest of the Singaporean?
If you were talking about those Singaporeans who left, might
possibly depised those Singaporeans who stayed ... then I think you
shouldn't allow yourself to be affected by Singaporeans who cannot
survive in Singapore but had to relocate themselves to Disneyland
or Fairyland or Merryland.
Singaporeans having the rights to demand for anything is really
??? to me. What do you mean by having the rights to demand for
anything? Since when you had any rights to demand for anything as a
Singaporean? If you didn't, then why do you suddenly feel that you
NEED to have some form of rights to demand for anything as a
Singaporean?
Singlish itself is not a culture and yet you claimed it to be a
culture. Do you know what culture really is or not?
And yes, Singapore does not have a culture and that's is
precisely why I said you will not have an answer to my question.
