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Thursday, October 28
singapore what?
i am a Singaporean.
what exactly does that mean?
i mean, they have Brazilian waxes, French fries, Spanish guitars, American idiots.. and what do we have? even our famous chicken rice is Hainanese. wassup man.
what exactly is a Singaporean identity?
chinese is going down the drain along with tradition,
and really, this "cosmopolitan city" nonsense is just a sham to cover up for our lack of identity. its a mix of traditional Asian culture; and Westernism, and unique though it may be, its abit like dipping a cheeseburger into laksa - decidedly weird.
fusion food, they call it. fusion culture? i guess that's not so bad. but if you think about it, why can't we have our own Singapor-ish? (well we tried with Singlish but failed miserably) why am i a chinese and a Singaporean at the same time? anscestors from China indeed. the Americans certainly dont give a damn where Christopher Columbus came from. but i'm not saying we should do that. after all, i am pretty proud of my Chinese heritage. problem is, are we proud enough to learn the language well?
here we are, half-baked Chinese, and yellowed Westerners. what a world.