lily was sharing with me about her transit experience at one of the china airports.
she was in a tour group, a throng of 15 people. at the airport, they had stayed in teh queue but decided to wander off for a while to kill time. upon return, they saw a china-looking guy jumping queue, moving in front of their big group of 15.
when being questioned by a tour member, he raised his voice in a rude manner. then, lily was really pissed off and went forward to rationalise things with him. out came from his mouth,"u ugly singaporean. i'm also a singaporean!" i was told that he spoke with american slang too!
lily soon discovered that he's a chinese mainlander who has gotten his singaporean citizenship and has moved to america for further studies. with him was another china lady and his dad, probably.
lily's experience set us thinking of how the govt had granted citizenship to many foreigners who simply used singapore as an escalating board to move forward in lives. it also makes me realise (though i had realised it long ago) how impt it is for our people to behave well when we are abroad.
somehow, the impression that pple hv of singaporeans are not too pleasant too!
on a side note, lily was in shanghai and saw ugly behaviour of the shanghainess, how at the sink, they would just stretch their hands above yours to wash without any expression of embarassment or apology.
well, we singaporeans are probably more kiasu, that's all. till today, i still find the jap women the most gracious in their behaviours, not rushing nor hurrying, always able to give in to others first, in a queue.
well, behaviours certainly tell of a person's breed. so, let's behave.
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How can we ever fight the Chinese nationals for ugly behaviour? I can always vividly remember how the Chinese tourists grab the food at the breakfast table during my Europe honeymoon, until my Trafalgar tour group which is almost all Aussies and New Zealanders, except for an Indian couple, were so scared that they didn't dare to take the food at all.
ReplyDeleteWe were so embarrassed being Chinese cos Angmohs can't differentiate S'porean Chinese from Chinese Nationals. Then the hotel has to set up a separate breakfast table for us. Haha!
Hard to different, such a shame. So for once, I am happy most people think that I am Thai, Indonesian but not chinese. When I was in States, even the China chinese wondered where I was from. Surprised that I could speak Mandarin.
ReplyDeleteIt just means u are dark. Haha!
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