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domingo, abril 11, 2004

[ 534. Face Off ]

If anyone has read today's New Paper, they would definitely not missed the article about China students lashing out on the local kids. Well, there was this China kid who happened to be a the same project team as one of our people. And apparently, he was feddup that that guy "wasn't contributing, causing a delay in our progress" and "was lazy and spent his time playing computers games." and God knows how it evolved to him asking Singaporeans to stop feeding on pigswill, stop being so complacent and think highly of themselves. And he's not alone in this, apparently other PRC scholars seems to agree.

I have personally my own grievences with Singaporeans. Maybe not during my project work time when everyone did their part, but there were many other cooperations that i was involved before. More often than not there will be one or two black sheeps who think they can jolly well blend into their background thinking no one would realized they've become a porcelain vase in the team. In any society of people, there will always be a spectrum of people. From the real outstanding to the downright descipable kinds, i'm declaring that it's normal if there's such diversity. Don't tell me that everyone in China is as outstanding as our dear PRC scholars. If that's so, what makes our PRC scholars so outstanding that they are given a scholarship / grant to come to our shores to lambast us?

The PRC scholars are really smart. Too smart for their own good at times. In the report, they magnified themselves as a result of contrast to our local lazybums. They turn around telling us that our TV programmes are boring and there are errors in the newspapers and magazines, and even lightning striking a tree got onto the headlines. What are they comparing our shows to? Their own shows? If that's the case, would they want us to produce gameshows where 3 schools send 2 schoolboys (who happen to wear socks to their knee level) each to solve math questions and walk away with a plastic plaque for the school? Or another of those half-hour scenic shows with monotonous voiceovers and guzheng playing in the background? I do not deny that the quality of local news has been on a steady decrease over the past few years, especially that of the chinese papers. This i guess would be attributed to the shift in the objectives of the newspaper itself in which i do not intend to speculate about. However, one important thing about newspaper is that the readers must understand whatever that's in the paper. And in that case, singaporean chinese print media has considered the language abilities of the locals and i dare say successfully catered to the needs of us. What i'm trying to say is, if the PRC scholars want quality chinese papers, you may consider asking your hometown papers if they do overseas delivery. As for our English print, there's no need to argue. I've seen other countries' papers before as well, and i say we are well above international standards.

These are the very people that our local government has went to sniff out their potential. That's why they were been offered the chance to study in Singapore. Perhaps back then, they pictured Singapore as a place where they could be offered education in English than back at home. And now, they come over, have some bad experience with our local teachers and ask us not to forget our roots. Yes, roots are roots. But our roots are right here in Singapore. If not for the venturing spirit of our grandfathers and beyond, they wouldn't have come here to earn a living. And we wouldn't be here today. And i think we ought to thank PRC for this also. If they didn't provided an employment for our forefathers, they wouldn't be in Singapore, and i may be speaking perfect Chinese with a slang today. Roots, you want to talk about roots, i'm telling you this: we are paying for your education, so don't forget your roots. Who's paying for your education? And i don't think our government is so altruistic. Chances are, you are expected to work here. So if you are thinking of leaving immediately after your graduation... fat hope.

I'm not saying the allegations made by our dear PRC scholar friends are not true. Even our own people has criticized ourselves before, and idiots like me start going all out to defend our actions like a spoilt brat. We as Singaporeans lack the drive, needs to mature and many more things that we have to do before we reach the next class of society. However, these are also true of our very own Chinese friends who had to say what they wanted to say about us. Talking about graciousness. How does it feel like if you invite someone to stay over at your house, and the person came over and start bitching to you about your house while he's in your house? Definitely not the smartest thing to do if you want to get out alive.

So please... "You are in my country, respect it PLEASE."

Shannon left at 10:27 a. m..

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gone.

will i be back?
i don't know.
maybe i've started elsewhere.
maybe never. again.

domingo, abril 11, 2004

[ 534. Face Off ]

the guy

his wishes

his horizons

people.

tags

gone. will i be back? i don't know. maybe i've started elsewhere. maybe never. again.

domingo, abril 11, 2004

[ 534. Face Off ]

the guy

his wishes

his horizons

people.

tags

gone.

will i be back?
i don't know.
maybe i've started elsewhere.
maybe never. again.