Singapore is such a small little country in this world but it is not hard to find our fellow country men all around the globe.
There are so many singaporeans all around the world. In USA, M'sia, France, UK etc...
I have friends who had stayed in different parts of the world and one of the common reason that why they chose to come back to Singapore is simply because fellow country men do not look after their own fellow country men. Isn't this sad?
The strife among singaporeans overseas are very common. Each tries to outwit each other to climb higher at the expense of their friendship. Most of them are always on their own and very selfish as well. Although not all singaporeans are like that but such incidents are happening everyday around the world.
Even in inter-national events, singaporeans fought each other in the public and made a fool of themselves in the papers. Two sportsmen punched each other up in neighboring countries....
Whereas when we're back in our homeland, such things ain't so extreme though. Why?
Why? How many people here actually know your neighbour's name? Their jobs? Most of us are all closed-door-singaporeans.
Whenever I am outstation for any reasons, I always see singaporeans fighting singaporeans. Why aren't we looking after each other in foreign lands instead? Our neighbors actually demonstrate better espirit de corp among them. They are out there to shine for their country and no matter what teams they are in, it doesn't make a difference as they are all from the same flag. Singaporeans? A very different story...
Do we carry our flag in other countries and killing our own fellow people to shine oneself? A sad but true story for us...
2 comments:
It's not true actually... Sometimes it's fellow country-men where a foreginer gets his support from.
Similarity binds people together. And the similarity here is We are Singaporeans.
Maybe these ugly incidents are just spats of bad luck. So cheer up, there are still good in this world.
I doubt these incidents are spats of bad luck. Simply because we are from this tiny island. Although I agree that there are still goodness out there but how much?
Indeed, we are Singaporeans. "I am Singapore" or "We are Singapore". What kind of Singapore are we individually? How patriotic are our countrymen? The famous Nsmen saying, "Brain grows grass then sign on!"
Reality is here and sadly it is here to stay as well...
I am not affected and it seriously put me in thoughts about my behavior and how do I behave out there in the public. I don't want to be branded as another Singaporean, another ugly one.
Cheers.
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