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And out come all these words
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Posted on: Friday, 24 October 2008
Posted at: 7:36 pm
Posted at: 7:36 pm
I was Googling for Family Life/Values in the past for a class assignment when I landed up on this PDF Document written by a Chinese. I'm assuming he's a Singaporean. He speaks about the Core Culture Values and Beliefs of Singapore and even though its a pretty serious topic I could not help but burst into laughter while reading because some things that he says is totally contridictory of what is actually happening in Singapore.
Under Hierarchical Relationships in Singapore, he says,"Singaporeans strong value and adhere to a hierarchical relationship in society, as a result of Confucian teaching. ...differences
in rank are signalled and reinforced by the style of the interaction between the parties
involved. Deference, respect and formality towards superiors are the norm. In addition, juniors are supposed to keep their opinions to themselves unless specifically and directly asked."
The italicized part was one of the few things I read which sounded absolutely ridiculous to me. Even though deference, respect and formality towards superiors maybe the norm and the standard way of life but is it really practiced? And when I read the part on juniors keeping opinions to themselves unless asked directly, I was really quite pissed off. I mean which generation is the writer from that he's saying such things? Everyone has the right to speech, be it juniors or seniors.
LOL and another part was, "Unlike Westerners, elders receive more status, respect and deference than younger people in Singapore. Elders are treated with special consideration, veneration, honour, and courtesy. Well – mannered Singaporeans rise when elders come into a room; they ask elders to eat first and to enjoy the meal, and they do not cross their legs in front of elders."
Hahaha if that's the case then I would say 3/4 of Singaporeans are not well-mannered! I mean we've seen bus drivers talking rudely to the elderly who may have unintentionally forgot to tap their ez-link cards, we have rude waiters/waitresses who don't know their ABCs of manners enough to serve a group of customers properly and we also have that one group of people who know that its their fault but just won't ever say sorry. And he's also talking about not crossing legs in front of elders? We have rebellious teenagers who have definitely done much more worse things than crossing legs in front of elders. Seriously, hahah in which century is this writer living in?
Anyway, for Science we made butter today :D It was definitely fun, tasty and a whole lot easier than what I had expected!
After a very long time... Pictures! :)
"Maybe crying is a means of cleaning yourself out emotionally. Or maybe it’s your communication of last resort, the only way to express yourself when words fail. The same as when you were a baby and had no words."
- Unknown
Under Hierarchical Relationships in Singapore, he says,"Singaporeans strong value and adhere to a hierarchical relationship in society, as a result of Confucian teaching. ...differences
in rank are signalled and reinforced by the style of the interaction between the parties
involved. Deference, respect and formality towards superiors are the norm. In addition, juniors are supposed to keep their opinions to themselves unless specifically and directly asked."
The italicized part was one of the few things I read which sounded absolutely ridiculous to me. Even though deference, respect and formality towards superiors maybe the norm and the standard way of life but is it really practiced? And when I read the part on juniors keeping opinions to themselves unless asked directly, I was really quite pissed off. I mean which generation is the writer from that he's saying such things? Everyone has the right to speech, be it juniors or seniors.
LOL and another part was, "Unlike Westerners, elders receive more status, respect and deference than younger people in Singapore. Elders are treated with special consideration, veneration, honour, and courtesy. Well – mannered Singaporeans rise when elders come into a room; they ask elders to eat first and to enjoy the meal, and they do not cross their legs in front of elders."
Hahaha if that's the case then I would say 3/4 of Singaporeans are not well-mannered! I mean we've seen bus drivers talking rudely to the elderly who may have unintentionally forgot to tap their ez-link cards, we have rude waiters/waitresses who don't know their ABCs of manners enough to serve a group of customers properly and we also have that one group of people who know that its their fault but just won't ever say sorry. And he's also talking about not crossing legs in front of elders? We have rebellious teenagers who have definitely done much more worse things than crossing legs in front of elders. Seriously, hahah in which century is this writer living in?
Anyway, for Science we made butter today :D It was definitely fun, tasty and a whole lot easier than what I had expected!
After a very long time... Pictures! :)
"Maybe crying is a means of cleaning yourself out emotionally. Or maybe it’s your communication of last resort, the only way to express yourself when words fail. The same as when you were a baby and had no words."
- Unknown