Sunday, May 08, 2005

When you are in the land of the english people and they tell you that you speak good english, it actually reflects how low they really thought of you doesnt it?

tsktsk...

often then not questions that most of us singaporeans get is....

"so... Singapore is in which part of China?"

*me falls off chair*

wahaha omg... '_' "

which part of china?? *rolls over laughing*

if the british thinks we are a part of china, now i'm not that surprised that an american thought that we were a third world country...

some commented that we speak funny english.. its either we speak too fast or maybe its our accent ( i reckon its the singlish)

i never really understood why they said that until i was watching the telly one night in Birmingham, about a guy purchasing a cruise ship in Singapore and i heard how the singaporean guys talked. Yes i gotta admit, singaporeans do speak funny english. Its the singlish i tell you! haha...
but i suppose it makes up the identity of us Singaporeans. How we are a cosmopolitan city and how each unique language of our forefathers has been fused and has now become uniquely known as singlish.

I know there are alot of singaporean out there who tries to fake their accents. To sound more american or british like but failing cause they are so darn obvious. And i fail to see what is actually achieved by doing that.
To pretend that you were overseas educated? To sound more respectable? I dont know.
Why cant they just be themselves?

Yesyes i know how bad singlish can be and all the more i think we should speak proper english. But i just find singlish unique in a way. haha go figure...

oh yea contrary to what i thought....
i'm still considered tall in the UK!! and here i thought i would be about the average height... maybe in the US of A... i have yet to find that one out...

and as usual i got a comment from a bloke in London who said "You're very tall for a Singaporean"

...yesyes i kinda figured that out with all the comments and glances that keeps coming my way wherever i go... thanks for the comment tho... =)

okie my train of thoughts just got shot...
so i'll end my entry here and go look for food...
its past 12am now in singapore and past 5pm in London...
dinner anyone? hehe...

cheerios ;)

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