Not all Chinese come from China!
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Will always remember this online conversation:
Me: From Singapore
Him: Oh, you wouldnt be so happy once china comes and take over.
Me: Huh? Why would China want to take over Singapore?
Him: You are Chinese rite? Therefore China wants to take over!
Me: You need to refresh your geography.
Him: MY geography is good.
Me: sigh.... -
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i tot singapore slingers is some foreign team thats sponsored by singapore money?? dunno why they wanna sponsor foraigners thoughOriginally posted by shawninoz:yes indeedy in australia
they seem to have a negative opinion about asians. Its the stereotypes that needs breaking though. in the media, we, as asians are portrayed as "we cant speak english". and we are also "little" in our height and weight compared to the cacausians.
Rhonda this doesnt help for you coming from melbourne where the premier is asian and he needs brushing up on his english
it was so funny hearing him speak on television the other day.
one more thing. ASIAN IS SUCH A BROAD TERM. gosh. and they think we are all the same.
singaporeans can be identified by their thick singlish accent haha
RHONDA. sports is very integrated into the culture here! esp rugby league and australian rules football. therefore it is important to support a team. ive been living in perth for a few years now, and i support West Coast EAGLES! yeeeha.
... and singapore slingers. to a extent, so much FT in it. get some local players. -
Was on the Green Tortise Tour of USA.
On the bus, was a nice young Taiwanese Descent Australian.
Very Cute, very young & very smart.
He had a lot of nice thing to say about Singapore wheres i was the one dissing Singapore.
His favourite description of Singapore: Its Clean & orderly. His Diss: Hot.
And he only finally Diss Singapore is when I brought up the recent Singapore's Execution of that Vietnamese Descent Australian that was trafficking drugs.
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And just the other day. I was keeping company of my baby neice and nephew at their gym class.
An elderly Caucasian spoke to me in Taiwanese accented Mandarin. And he knows Singapore!
I had a merry conversation with him where he tells us of how he actually approved of that canning of that American Teenager Michael Fay for his Vandalism in Singapore 10-15 years ago.
My sister later, was trying to stop me sharing this tidbit about Singapore.
Singapore is most likely the only country with the Law that: Oral Sex without Intercourse is ILLEGAL in Singapore. -
There are stereotypes everywhere
Like what my American friend once said,"We like to think of Chinese as an Asian who pronouces 'Fried Rice' as Fried Lice' and you Asians like to think of us Americans as white trash living out of a trailer."
Anyway we were talking about 'chinks' and 'red necks' so it kinda lead to that.
People stereotype because it is easy to assume. For example, going out with Kan_i and his wife is funny coz they are chinese but can't speak chinese and everyone in Singapore wants to speak to them in chinese
And not all Singaporeans and Malaysians can speak and understand Chinese well. SO told me one funny incident where he had to talk to this Beijing customer about the repairs they want them to work on. I was like "..... You have no Chinese colleagues in your team?" He said yes there are but they don't understand the PRC's heavy Beijing accent and couldn't make out what he was saying. Anyway my SO said the PRC could not help staring at him throughout the whole meeting especially when my SO spoke to him in fluent mandarin -
All chinese come from China wad.. their forefathers were once from China lei -
nono we all hail from africa(according to some research! so cannot say from china also. next time must say so you come from africa?Originally posted by DriftingGuy:All chinese come from China wad.. their forefathers were once from China lei -
Originally posted by hisoka:nono we all hail from africa(according to some research! so cannot say from china also. next time must say so you come from africa? thats a good one.
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Rhonda, next time an aussie asks you what Singapore is like, just answer "imagine Sydney. only better".
Yah what, it's the truth!
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*high 5's you!Originally posted by matchless:Rhonda, next time an aussie asks you what Singapore is like, just answer "imagine Sydney. only better".
Yah what, it's the truth! 
However, ai see... I'll be kicked right into the Yarra River, methinks! -
wah! your ingrish so gud huh?! i'm implessed lehs...Originally posted by Rhonda:Erm... I'm supporting a footie team because it's part of the culture here and you kinda MUST support a footie team one!
When people talk to you here, inevitably, they'll ask, "So, which footie team do you support?"
And if your answer is :
"Huh?"
"What's footy?"
"Wha?"
or worse,
"I don't watch footy!"
then, oh man, you're 'out' and so soooo not 'in'!
Part of the reason too why I had to adjust the way I speak - I'm slower, enunciate my words more, and sometimes add a drawl, because you need to communicate and be accepted as part of them, so they will feel more comfortable working with and interacting with you.
All in the name of assimilation! -
Actually, I've met lots of very interesting people from all walks of life in my job and I must say that I love the poor and humble over the rich hoity-toity folks.Originally posted by matchless:Rhonda, next time an aussie asks you what Singapore is like, just answer "imagine Sydney. only better".
Yah what, it's the truth!
A British colleague, who's been in Melbourne for donkey years actually told me one night when we sat down for a chat that "here, they are more class conscious than we were back in Britain, bloody hell! You wouldn't think it'll be as bad, but I tell you, it's worse!" (I love her Brit accent! Especially when she says "Bloody Hell!" )
Now, that was something I didn't expect to discover here, because we tend to think of Aussies as 'easygoing', but now that I work and live in their midst, I'm starting to SEE. -
As I read your post, I nod my head so vigorously in total agreement with the points you have made that I almost cramped my neck!Originally posted by shawninoz:yes indeedy in australia
they seem to have a negative opinion about asians. Its the stereotypes that needs breaking though. in the media, we, as asians are portrayed as "we cant speak english". and we are also "little" in our height and weight compared to the cacausians.
Rhonda this doesnt help for you coming from melbourne where the premier is asian and he needs brushing up on his english it was so funny hearing him speak on television the other day.
one more thing. ASIAN IS SUCH A BROAD TERM. gosh. and they think we are all the same.
singaporeans can be identified by their thick singlish accent haha
RHONDA. sports is very integrated into the culture here! esp rugby league and australian rules football. therefore it is important to support a team. ive been living in perth for a few years now, and i support West Coast EAGLES! yeeeha.
... and singapore slingers. to a extent, so much FT in it. get some local players.
I truly hate how they lump ALL Asian-looking people together.
We are NOT the same! Oh for goodness' sakes! 
But it's alright... we have to forgive the ignorant!
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As I read your post, I nod my head so vigorously in total agreement with the points you have made that I almost cramped my neck!Originally posted by shawninoz:yes indeedy in australia
they seem to have a negative opinion about asians. Its the stereotypes that needs breaking though. in the media, we, as asians are portrayed as "we cant speak english". and we are also "little" in our height and weight compared to the cacausians.
Rhonda this doesnt help for you coming from melbourne where the premier is asian and he needs brushing up on his english it was so funny hearing him speak on television the other day.
one more thing. ASIAN IS SUCH A BROAD TERM. gosh. and they think we are all the same.
singaporeans can be identified by their thick singlish accent haha
RHONDA. sports is very integrated into the culture here! esp rugby league and australian rules football. therefore it is important to support a team. ive been living in perth for a few years now, and i support West Coast EAGLES! yeeeha.
... and singapore slingers. to a extent, so much FT in it. get some local players.
I truly hate how they lump ALL Asian-looking people together. We are NOT the same! Oh for goodness' sakes!
But it's alright... we have to forgive the ignorant! -
I am currently in NZ, and a lot of the ang mos here couldn't quite believe that we Singaporeans speak English and they keep asking my friends and I, "So, how do you all say 'hello' in Singapore". After many futile attempts in trying to tell them that we simply say "hello", may friends and I decided that we will tell them that its Kanasai
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Its quite bad that kids nowadays pick up the swear words from adults
So much so that they all know and use them in schools, and like one of my friend's Indonesian tenant, a schoolboy, pick them up and use them without even knowing what they meant
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Originally posted by wisefool83:I am currently in NZ, and a lot of the ang mos here couldn't quite believe that we Singaporeans speak English and they keep asking my friends and I, "So, how do you all say 'hello' in Singapore". After many futile attempts in trying to tell them that we simply say "hello", may friends and I decided that we will tell them that its Kanasai
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Originally posted by wisefool83:I am currently in NZ, and a lot of the ang mos here couldn't quite believe that we Singaporeans speak English and they keep asking my friends and I, "So, how do you all say 'hello' in Singapore". After many futile attempts in trying to tell them that we simply say "hello", may friends and I decided that we will tell them that its Kanasai
Wonder how that sounds like with a New Zealand accent! Hmm... I'll go try it on one of my New Zealand colleagues when I next meet them! -
Originally posted by wisefool83:I am currently in NZ, and a lot of the ang mos here couldn't quite believe that we Singaporeans speak English and they keep asking my friends and I, "So, how do you all say 'hello' in Singapore". After many futile attempts in trying to tell them that we simply say "hello", may friends and I decided that we will tell them that its Kanasai
reminds me of the Mr Bean movie... -
Missy turning evil tooOriginally posted by Rhonda:
Wonder how that sounds like with a New Zealand accent! Hmm... I'll go try it on one of my New Zealand colleagues when I next meet them!
I dunno but New Zealander seem to be pretty fast workers now
Or at least the plant we work with
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but but... but.. cult leader looks like she's from china
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realli?
i would have thought rhonda comes from Japan -
Originally posted by the Bear:but but... but.. cult leader looks like she's from china
(i think i must go hide in a bomb shelter)
YOu come here and you will be mauled to death, you! I will solve your backache problem forever by ripping your spine out, mortal kombat style!
Oh, it's so funny... this Japanese man literally bounced up to me, very happy, and started talking in Japanese to me and I wasOriginally posted by laurence82:realli?
i would have thought rhonda comes from Japan 
! When I told him, "Sorry, I'm not Japanese.", the disappointment on his face was so ... sad! 
When I told my friend, she said that he was probably single and feeling very lonely and was so happy when he thought I was a Japanese girl he could befriend! Poor bloke!
Lau, I've been mistaken for a Jap thrice since I came here liao! -
hey.. what do i work as?
cult leader does look like she's from china
seriously