some Startling Realisations

:Mood Todae (left)

u noe...on the eve of the eve i depart for home for the holidays, i make a few startling realisations..

God how i miss my Singlish n Singlish roots n accent...was watchin Just Follow Law after all those horrid submissions yesterday nite n i realised wat a wonderful relief it is to see pple who think like mi n speak like mi n dun look at mi like some weird alien..u noe, just a short while back i was tryin to explain to an australian caucasian classmate of mine wat Singapore was like...n i realised that we're quite unique...capitalist n modern like Hong Kong...yet speakin a rich pseudo-English language called Singlish..like those in the Carribean who hav a tendency to swing left politicalli...

from a purely historical perspective (n listen here Johnnie Choong) we're very much like the satellite kingdoms that flourished in the wake of the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantine...first there was Niccaea n later Russia, Bulgaria and other Slav states...n were in turn, influenced by other cultures as Byzantine influence faded...juz look at Vietnam n Cambodia...arisin from the decay of traditional China n the rise of communist China...Singapore could also b said to have arisen from the decay of pre-modern China and to some extent, pre-colonial India..n as those traditional influences faded away, we looked to the capitalist West...no class struggle n no money comin in until much later...we are a society in search of direction at heart...its not money dat drives us...but a search for identity...just look at the Spirit of popular Singaporean films..search for meaning n identity? of course...while i hav Socialist tendencies...i am not socialist n i generally reject the traditional socialist view of history n society..

so yeah, we're a hodge-podge of different cultures searchin for a n unique identity...dats wat i told my classmate...pple n ideas meet in Singapore...if u aren't open to new ideas den dun come to Singapore..if u think dat e world is onli as large as ur little World-Vision donation each month..well, think again..juz as we shd b open to Australian humanitarianism n civic responsibility n national pride...u also shd b open to our more 'restrictive' way of doing things n the fact that we do indeed respect our leaders n would never want 2 see them carricatured like John Howard even if we had all the freedom to do so in the world..at least we dun shoot our opposition in Singapore...

i realised howevr, also dat Singaporeans r juz too materialistic n ambition-driven...n i dun agree with dat n all the associated elitism n cronyism..yes, i dare call it dat...CRONYISM..n if some silly blog-reader wants to post some lame messages defendin her world-view like on someone else's blog some time ago n be all rude n insultin...its time to call on certain forces...here are where my Socialist tendencies come in realli handy..when one day, a new, Social Conservative government arises dat protects the interests of the Singaporean man-in-the-street n small business...n works to tear down the structures of elitism in Singapore..which contribute nothin...those dat do might receive some negotiated settlement...dats politics after all..den u shd fear...very much indeed...n dat is a solemn promise n 24 K guarantee...

oh, Guevarra does live...believe it...