i dont speak for all singaporeans.but since young i have heard
many anti prc sentiments, about how dirty they are or t hat they
have no education or are all criminals.
for a while i was in art school, i was also guilty of such anti prc
sentiments.
in fact i was put in my place by another prc when my "jokes" went
too far.
after army i was fortunate enough to work for a company that
allowed me to travel frequently abroad, mainly china and the
region.
it was the opportunity that made me realize that as far as beijing
and shanghai is concerned, they are much more diverse and advanced
than us singapore.
i feel that those who have such narrow view of prc probably havent
been to china,
haven spoken to chinese people who are equal to us.
ok maybe the foreign workers that comes from fujian or the shanxi
can be rather unciviliised as us, but why look at them like they
are another species?
arent we chinese like them? arent we once immigrants comming here
to earn a good living ?
if we think they are rude, what about us? we are rude too...
we dont smile to strangers or say hello or thank you, we dont know
much about good basic ettiquette, what so first world about
that?
u know some people dont even know im making small talk or
jokingwith them,
some people dont even look at me when i ask them questions.
now that is rude in our "first world society"
one guy said once here in this forum that we are a first world
economy with 3rd world society, that is very true indeed
