tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post7028612419308207743..comments2024-03-29T15:10:48.844+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Don't be stupidChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-18041336235926922612017-03-09T18:47:10.874+08:002017-03-09T18:47:10.874+08:00Just a CHEE-HONG T(h)AT long ago - btw he was real...Just a CHEE-HONG T(h)AT long ago - btw he was really really chau-chee-hong in school, all of us in the '73 cohort know TAT - sold his soul to his late master then realized suddenly after his master died, that he grew up speaking 'direct' with his dead long-ago tzo-gkoong who came in a dream to berate him to threaten disowning him, take away his surname (i.e. "Bid farewell to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-81244392960083340002009-03-09T15:43:00.000+08:002009-03-09T15:43:00.000+08:00One has to succumb to the nannies if one's assets ...One has to succumb to the nannies if one's assets and monies are tied down, once these are tied down, one loses all the mobility and freedom. <BR/><BR/>You do what your nanny bring you, you try to be different? Then you will be subjected to names- calling from the nanny.Jaunty Jabberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954915133103758423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-7632806972809385192009-03-09T15:16:00.000+08:002009-03-09T15:16:00.000+08:00it is claimed that singaporeans like to be nannied...it is claimed that singaporeans like to be nannied. without the govt they will be lost.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-36277223291705808422009-03-09T14:35:00.000+08:002009-03-09T14:35:00.000+08:00Hi redbean,As citizen we tried hard to respect and...Hi redbean,<BR/><BR/>As citizen we tried hard to respect and not to mix the national agenda with our own personal agenda.....but, we were told to relate the size of our working-week with procreation of our next generation. And, we were kindly advised to relocate our parents or even ourselves when we have aged enough to some cheaper places. <BR/><BR/>Why interfere with our personal lives? Why hintJaunty Jabberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954915133103758423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-48541904914602660762009-03-08T10:10:00.000+08:002009-03-08T10:10:00.000+08:00hi mercedes, welcome to the blog.this PPS, i doubt...hi mercedes, welcome to the blog.<BR/><BR/>this PPS, i doubt he is speaking in his own capacity. if i am not wrong, his parents also spoke dialects and so did he. most of our parents and even our generation and some of the new generations speak dialects or know dialects.<BR/><BR/>in the brief stupid statement, i think he failed to deal with the emotional issues of dialect/mother tongue and the Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-87362898307741700982009-03-07T21:56:00.000+08:002009-03-07T21:56:00.000+08:004 years back I vacationed in a theme park for loca...4 years back I vacationed in a theme park for locals around KL. Was surprised to note that the security guards and cleaners spoke English. Of course we know all Malaysians, regardless of race, speak bahasa. And though their gahmen do not promote mother tongues, the malaysian all spoke mother tongues. And we know every malaysian teochew, hokkien, cantonese, etc do speak dialects plus mandarin too.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07362330249852226347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-32583089129411481912009-03-07T16:11:00.000+08:002009-03-07T16:11:00.000+08:00This article exposed the real attitute of some gov...This article exposed the real attitute of some government officials:<BR/><BR/>i. I know and you know not.<BR/><BR/>ii. I determine your future, not you.<BR/><BR/>iii. I am right and you are wrong, always.<BR/><BR/>iv. I am the Nation, for I speak for her.<BR/><BR/>v. You can be sacrificed at any time for the Nation.<BR/><BR/>Now, the no. "vi" would be: you speak the language I asked you to speak.Mercedeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407405257013422036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-62574329986491399712009-03-07T12:17:00.000+08:002009-03-07T12:17:00.000+08:00hi lost, a national agenda shall not be confused w...hi lost, a national agenda shall not be confused with a private agenda. within the homes or a community, they shall do what they feel comfortable to enjoy that uniqueness in their own privacy. the dialects will give a very personal and sentiment touch in communications. the feeling of closeness.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-32953022282203658312009-03-07T12:12:00.000+08:002009-03-07T12:12:00.000+08:00I really regret not teaching my children my teoche...I really regret not teaching my children my teochew dialect. Yes, I was stupid, stupid enough to listen to people telling me that dialect is redundant in the push for a national agenda.<BR/><BR/>Lost CitizenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com