| Well, i think he's (Emerald) right. Besides, to truly appreciate Singapore you got to NOT be born here. Or else you take everything for granted. |
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| @ Halberdier: LOL I even know where Singapore gets the bucks from XD (Dad was the embassador of Ukraine to S'pore. @_@ Too many stacks of papers about it at home not to notice XD) And yep, Ukraine should just stay hidden and quiet... (and here I go critizing it .... =P) @gecko: I end doing my homework at 4 am T_T Not cool AT ALL >.> JC equivalent I think...'cuz I graduate in a year....(even if by S'pore standarts I am in sec 3 XD) *heehee!* Of course! There are loads of ways to improve ANY country, I was just trying to say that Singapore should be taken TOO for granted. It has so many positive aspects so =P And I seriously dont think I was treated any different @_@(Remembers the one time I got scolded by a teacher because I was sitting down whie she was talking to me[in Ukraine this is encouraged >.>]) But you might be right (and proably are^^") so I'll be extra attentive when I come over in June-July ^^ @Shurtugal : I'm a she ^^ And I think we all take our homeland for granted. Like Hal said, it's only human. But I think we should try to understand that in most countries (for your case)and in some countries (in my case) people are way worse off... Mesa want's to be in Sinagapore now though XD Or Canada =P I need to get away from these people here in school >.> *grumble* |
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| @emerald WHAAT 4AM??? U SERIOUS??? oh my...i never studied or did homework past 2am myself. once the clock hit 2am i'd just take a shower and go to sleep...there's always copying from friends or handing in late work if you need to. XD so are u considered a singapore PR? and well, sometimes i think it's a characteristic of us chinese people...we're hardly ever happy with what we have and we'd strive for something better if it's within our means. it's a bit of a double-edged sword. |
greckoboy said: @emerald WHAAT 4AM??? U SERIOUS??? oh my...i never studied or did homework past 2am myself. once the clock hit 2am i'd just take a shower and go to sleep...there's always copying from friends or handing in late work if you need to. XD so are u considered a singapore PR? and well, sometimes i think it's a characteristic of us chinese people...we're hardly ever happy with what we have and we'd strive for something better if it's within our means. it's a bit of a double-edged sword. Yeah, but no way we can compare to the PRCs man... they slog like hell. |
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| @shu PRCs? people's republic of china? i assume you're talking about PSC scholars (edit: prc scholars woops. i shouldn't risk sounding like i'm making fun of psc scholars like erm a certain country leader's son...)... and yeah, those guys're so hardworking that people start thinking they're crazy. but the top sholars aren't even here...the best of them would stay in china. i tell people jokingly that the person with the best english vocabulary might just be from china and not england because someone among the billions of people there might just have mugged/memorised the entire oxford dictionary. XD |
greckoboyMay 26, 2008 6:10 AM
| It's got to do with the competitive spirit there. I read an article about it in the May issue of National Geographic. It seriously scares me. The chinese here and the chinese there are so different, we're poles apart. Or at least i am. I'd still rather be a chinese here than there. "Banana" and all. |
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| lol sometimes i wonder why these people can't just brush their teeth more thoroughly, drink more water, wear contacts and get a nice hairdo and stuff like that. surely it doesn't take too much effort...there's no need to sacrifice so much for success. some of the scholars would actually look pretty good if they made the effort. haha yes and i actually noticed their "potentials". call me shallow if u will but they've got quite a huge image problem to solve. |
| I get what you mean, Greck. I used to live in China and my maid there proudly told us she doesn't bathe for a month. Bleah..... |
| Singapore is awsome! |
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| Eh thanks! But technically, this post was originally meant for Singaporeans XD |
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| Or at least, in Emerald's case, where she stayed here before... |
| lol i just want to say that this is really the most evened out poll results on MAL that i've ever seen; where everything is spread out from 1 to 10 and the most common vote is the middle ground...it leans towards the higher scores a little but not by much... |
| That's my little brother, ignore him XD Just been over there this summer and I found it still ZOMG @_@ Believe it or not, I swear it is better than anywhere else, although now I have to agree, the educational system is something left to be desired. I find the Sec 3 and sec 4 organisation quite sloppy (or maybe that's just St.Marg's). Still, I wonder why some people rate it a 1.... It's not like you have a huge terrorist problem or something OR have evil propaganda.... (and yesh, I know about what happened)^^ Oh well, still enjoyed my stay~^^ |
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| Oh yes, i do whine about certain stuffs that they do around here. NS, education system, bla bla bla. But after reading all that intelligent, mind-boggling shanadigans by non other than my singaporean friends (who, i'm sure, victims of sg's vicious ed system). Oh, im proud of singapore. heh. i dont really have a definitive reason yet, but i took 6. Cheers guys EDIT: Didnt know that shanadigans (real word, schenadigans, maybe) had a meaning to it. Yosh, The meaning of this word totally changes the meaning to that forum post. Of course, i meant well. suman! minna-san! |
superYANNov 28, 2008 5:03 AM
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| I'm Born and breed in Singapore.. There's no perfect living place and Singapore is far from perfect. However, I do thank God, it's a safe country to live in. Living here is ok but I don't exactly feel proud being a Singapore. The gahmen makes it too easy for foreign talents to live/study/work/invest here. There's nothing wrong with that but I feel there's no big deal with being a Singaporean. So long as you have money to come to Singapore, it's really easy to become a Singaporean. Gong Li is a Singaporean now. :P |
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