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People in Singapore are SO CHILDISH.
People in Singapore are SO CHILDISH.
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Sigh. I don't want to comment on them.
But the western media did commit very big mistake when they link up the Olympics opening with the Communist rulers of China.
The Olympics show, was a musical, mega musical showcasing Chinese culture and roots which have for the past 100 years been buried and not exposed to the world for appreciation by the american and western powers. Hip hop, disco, rap, cowboy shows, WWI and WWII in the western front, and showing only west fights japs, etc were highlights of the past 100 years. The eastern versions and viewpoints were totally missing.
When the west started to use the culture show to bash the communists, they stepped into a pit they dug for themselves. Because, they are now bashing Chinese culture, and the newfound pride of not just 1.4 billion China Chinese, but also of the few hundred millions of overseas borned Chinese who are starting to rediscover themselves and hold their head high against the whites.
The west are too shallow to understand that. And now they will face the consequence of their mistake. Don't blame the Chinese if the west find themselves up against the natural enemies (muslims) and their FORMER ego stepping stones, the Chinese culture of 5,000 years.
What you referring to when you say Singaporean childish.
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I read alot of web sites the day after the ceremony and saw alot of mix reviews from Western reports. And through the days, I have seen more negative reports, and culminating in this slanted eyes pic,and the little girl fiasco.
All in all, the ceremony was a huge success that westerners find it difficult to understand how they have not been able to do it all their lives, adn are now picking holes at it .... so what if the ger is not the one who sing .... I am only interested in waht I see .... am I interested in the cockups that I dont see to produce this greatest event on earth ... no.
I in fact am extremely glad that a certain S. Spielxxx decide to leave Mr Zhang on his own to direct the show ..... Kudos to Mr Zhang, and showing the westerners that Asians can be one up on them.
I empathise with the London organisers, who must be now scrambling like hell to make sure theirs equal if not better this performance .... haha, best of luck to them, I think they really need it ... maybe they can get S. Spielxx and see whether he can do a better job ....
Bro, my point exactly. It is time the huge ang mo ego take a good look at themselves in the mirror. We are also heros, and they are as human as we are.
nahh ... angmos are not like that ... they juz do their best and don't stress themselves up abt doing better than the next guy ... they juz do what they can, without a perfectionist streak ...
all those kiasu, 'ai mian zi' behaviors belong to old fashioned chinese like the PAP & communist china governments ... even HK & taiwan no longer behave this way ...
Heh, you will be surprised.
Wah lau, you another one, do not think that Kiasusim is a oriental trait or a Singapore trait ... it is a worldwide thingy, in no country are they not kiasu, they just dont call it kiasu, bcos kiasu is hokkien.
FYI, reports abound fm western press themselves about London organisers problem hor ... what you think they mean, of course to be better than beijing lah.
I cant believe somebody can say Westerners are not Kiasu
actually the so-called western (white) superiority complex is a response to egoistic chinese behaviors ... some traditional chinese can be very arrogant, chauvinistic & egoistic too ...
by & large, the whites (esp the celtics/nordics) are easygoing, laid back folks ... who love nature & beer ... music, and having a good time ...
the mediterranean types & the jews are different though - uptight, bad tempered, matriachal (ie. their women are feministic) ...
well, different races have their own shortcomings ... and the chinese also have problem with ego, not just the westerners ...
Wah lau, you another one, do not think that Kiasusim is a oriental trait or a Singapore trait ... it is a worldwide thingy, in no country are they not kiasu, they just dont call it kiasu, bcos kiasu is hokkien.
FYI, reports abound fm western press themselves about London organisers problem hor ... what you think they mean, of course to be better than beijing lah.
I cant believe somebody can say Westerners are not Kiasu
kiasuism is solely a chinese trait.
That is what you get when you held a worldwide event in a country that do not understand graciousness, they take all chances to shame themselves to the world.
It is none of Mr Khoo Kah Liang's business. It is something between China and the Western media.
I no love China. So I tend not to symphatize with China or Mr Khoo Kah Liang.
Mr Khoo Kah Liang seems to be pro-China based on the letter.
I dont think you are Chinese ... so you are excuse for saying the above.
We Chinese have to take it as slamming Chinese as a race ...
(whether we are Sporeans or .... )
I suppose you have never seen Westerners or the other races rushing to Queues, when they are in front of alot of Asians, they will not do it, bcos they think they are high and almighty. When they are with their own kind ... it is like heck ....
no, the olympics is held in beijing, not singapore ... i don't take the criticisms personally ... neither do i feel proud abt any success ...
the sad part is - there are similarities betw the two governments ... :o
Huh, graciousness, hello, you are being ethnocentric ... this is their culture ... do not judge people using your own rules ... ie they have been spitting anywhere their entire lives ... and it is not considered ungracious over there, so how can you judge them based on your own rules.
western media reported that the policemen look stern & unfriendly ... lighten up ! they say ...
i understand the need to maintain security amidst threats of terrorism ...
but theres a eerie similarity between the way mainland does things & s'pore govt way of doing things ... too serious & always wanting perfection ...
I understand where you are coming from, actually I am proud of the similarity ... ie the authocratic rule .... I believe things can only get done when the decision are made fast and decisively. No point letting people who are not qualified make decision. And I believe our govt sincerely believe what they do is for the good of the country as a whole and not for specific people. That is good enough for me.
I different from you feel proud that the Chinese can produce something that has made the Westerners jealous, thus all this bashing
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