because he is clearly an idiot (to put it nicely).
May
28
Competition
Life shouldn’t be a competition. And really, it’s one thing to compete to see who has the better life. It’s ridiculous to compete to see whose life is worse. I read the comments on the whole teaching as a career issues on the ST online and I noticed a number of people whose main argument… Continue reading »
May
11
Sigh
A number of things happened today – small ones – that have put me in quite a negative mood. I can’t divulge details but essentially I am disappointed in a number of things today. It’s probably not a good idea to let me know that you don’t like certain races, especially when we are supposed… Continue reading »
May
08
Just say Malays are lazy
I read this in today’s ST Forum. I’ve reproduced it below. The naivety and the underlying racism of this letter is making me very upset. In the first place, has this guy never encountered people who have worked hard yet not achieved what they hoped to? Does he really think that hard work is all… Continue reading »
May
03
Just a quick one
I actually have a draft of my thoughts about the UN guy’s opinion of race / religion in Singapore, which obviously I found very interesting. As expected, the government has already made the requisite rebuttals and this has been followed up with two letters to the ST Forum supporting the idea that the UN guy… Continue reading »
Apr
16
When jokes are not just jokes
Some time ago, the Indian-accent was used on a radio show, resulting in some backlash from certain members of the audience. Naturally, there are also those who defended this form of humour, essentially saying that no harm was done and that we should lighten up. Here’s the part where I express my POV. Frankly, I… Continue reading »
Jan
20
Of Pigs, McDonald’s and Privilege in Singapore
Yes, I think it was quite silly of McDonald’s to not release a pig figure. I doubt that would have upset the Muslim community very much. Then again, you never know. Certainly, I did not expect the backlash from the Chinese community to be so vitriolic. Just look at the comments on Mr Wang’s blog… Continue reading »
Jan
16
Another Race Post
I just had to comment on this one in the ST Forum. Here it is for my records: Get real, race is important WHILE I agree with Ms Seah Su Chen, (‘Nationalism may suffer’, yesterday), that delineations along racial lines detract from the forging of a common Singaporean identity, a complete blurring of racial lines… Continue reading »
Jan
16
Double-barrelled Race, the ST Forum and Me
Instead of allowing a child to be culturalised with a particular race, the policy would make him feel a loss of identity as he is constantly labelled with the characteristics of two races and so must be attuned to the cultures of two races. Friends with mixed parentage have also voiced their concern to me… Continue reading »
Dec
30
Singapore and Race
Race matters in Singapore and don’t believe anyone who tells you otherwise. Yes, we are fortunate that there is hardly any overt displays of racism in Singapore but that doesn’t mean there isn’t racism in Singapore. Which is why, despite my initial positive feelings about the new decision to allow a child’s official race to… Continue reading »