"Oh shit."
Was the first thing that came into my head, after realizing someone dangerously close to The Family (I'm not out to them, yet) has stumbled upon this blog. A quick phone call was administered to the said person and it's sufficient to say that things turned out surprisingly well, she's fine with it and well, I'm relieved.
Sprayed my hair bright pink today, it later turned into a purplish shade (sadly).
Chatted a bit to a friend and went over his blog upon request. Looking through photos of the group he's in made me realize something: I'm actually glad I've moved away from KL in a way. I could never fit into the predominantly Cina cultured cliques back there no matter how accommodating they were, or I was. It was mostly due to language incompatibility (my mandarin is rudimentary at best, I can't manage canto at all) which becomes a huge barrier, to say the least.
Here, it's expected that you communicate using English, Singlish or otherwise, de facto. Mandarin is deemed of lower status and is scorned upon.
I love it.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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9 comments:
Now you know why I rarely hang out with my own race?! I am usually looked down upon for the simple reason of not being able to communicate in my own mother tongue.
But its not really bothering me. As people tell me, I am racist to my own race.
huh soooo..... I am considered as the lower status one :( !!!!!
haha....upon request huh!?!
but with ur frens still in msia tht misses u alot and wht did u said b4 u left msia??is tht u dont wan to go singapore and not looking forward to it...guess u change ur mind fast....
oh well,i do agree tht singapore is a better place for us who speak english.....but i grew up in msia,i had tht msia culture in me alry.....!
I MISS YOU!!
kanye west specs?
:)
Eh?
I thought one couldn't survive Singapore without Mandarin.
Never knew the devil you'd become.
burnt toast: nice line, haha. I've been called "color blind"- I don't really care what color of your skin is, all that matters is that we get along :)
famezgay: if you're able to properly construct a sentence that is at the very least, people are able to comprehend, then you're not. :P
jjg: it was a reflection, more like.
gladys: mine don't have the weird horizontal lines and mine look awesome. unlike his.
mervyn: yeah, if you interact with aunties all day long. there are malays/indians here too you know. caucasians are actually considered part of the "4 races that make up singapore" lol
and lastly, anon: and your point being?
OMG! Same here! I was severely discriminated here in KL for not able to speak/understand Mandarin, and especially Canto! Phuh! Maybe I need to migrate down south too... :p
"It's been a while
But I'm here now"
Gosh, I know it's random but I'm so jealous of you right now. I want to be in your shoes right now!!!
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