Hi, I'm Don Quixote, I have a problem...
We're gallant Knights in shinny armors... daily we joist with fellow knights in equally well polished iron shell.
The lances of our noble opponents might splinter our strong shield... but under the cast iron plates and chain mail we're unharmed, always picking ourselves up, brush off the dust and good for another round.
As chivalrous knights, we're eager to seek marvelous adventures...
Abiding the chivalry's strict codes of honor and demeanor, wielding a mighty swords and donning on our impermeable armor... We're all ready to defeat any monsters and perhaps winning favor with a beautiful princess and earn ourselves the holy grail. We are invincible!
But it was only when we left the high walls of our castle and traveled a thousand miles to the dragon's lair that we realized the 40 pound iron that protected us from all swords and maces had became our death trap!Like a metal prison it weights us down, subjecting us to the merciless flame while our light footed squire jump clear off of the dragon’s fire.
When the once proud Merlion crest on our breast plates cruely burn into our mortal flesh, we scream out in hellish pain but was abruptly silenced by the molten iron of our melted helmets flowing down our throats...
This would be the fate of many a Singaporean businessman in a medieval tale...In other countries where OUR Laws and Rules don't apply, many of our Knights were reduced to an unrecognizable pile of ash in their doomed errands.
That's why over the years, many of my foreign friend's opinions on us "Singaporean are naive, they thought that just by wielding a paper contract and tons of $$$, they can do business here..."
Li Ao also said we're stupid... yeah, we can fray the kid who laugh at the emperor's new cloth... yeah, it's easy to get people to shut up, censor all -ve remarks or cover it up like an ostrich.
We ain't really stupid... but if we can't even take the first step to admit and look into the problem... we'll really be like what they claimed us to be!!
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posted by emiriyoshikawa @ 10:21 AM
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agreed.
i guess everyone has their strength and weaknesses..
sometimes, i also feel this place is not worth fighting for.
but once u start to compare to some other pple in other countries, u realize, u grew up this place, and it's etched deeply in you (as in culture and things u know so well here). and then, u'll know that, the pple here are really not extremely bad, just spoilt by choices and our pace of life.
Singaporean investors oversea are like fish out of water. Our business laws and practise are indeed useless armour over there, but yet many still hang on to it.
Wah ur post kinda "serious" leh. Hmm..I think sporeans are not stupid,its just that many of us take things for granted and this makes us look bad at times..
We are living in a made belived world of perfection, with everything hidden under the carpet.
It is sad that we presume the rest of the world is as simple as what we thought ours was.
It is our ignorance that did us in.
This happens because we are brought up in a practical society. And we are practical because we need to survive and from young we are conditioned to be so.
So its no surprise that most of us are like fish out of water in other countries, waiting for people to spoon feed us.
hey pal, boring leh. i said i vote you oreadi leh, can be yourself back? post some nice "art" photo lah.
Unfortunately, we grew up spoon fed & well-sheltered. We have alot to learn in the "real" biz world out there.
The ppl that all must be really careful in biz world are the PRCs. U'll be amazed at their "ingenuity"
why dont you start another blog and bring back emirie???????????
i think this Li Ao doesn't say things without prove or thinking as he's one intelligent man although his words are normally loud.
maybe jack neo shld focus on adults in his movie to form a trilogy, it will title: 小孩不笨III - 新加坡人才不笨
Spinnee: I love my country. Love the crescent moon and the stars.
I may travel the world, but this is where my home is.
I'll stay, and try to make this a place worth staying.
That's why i'm angry when the captain's failed in his duty and try to harsh it up.
A1: that's why people think we're stupid... we should learn, analyze not just the market but the people as well.
And pick the right type of psychological "armor" for the right job.
Have to be flexible and quickly adapt to their culture.
Like what chairman Mao said... "go up what mountain sing what song"
Fireburn: We're smart in our own ways. It's like comparing a straight A's nerd with a street smart imp. Who's to say which one is smarter?
A2: Ignorant... is not a problem if we're willing to learn. And we're good at learning... it's the thinking part that's abit tough.
read from papers that Li Ao might be coming. haha
AGREE! we are not stupid people!
SI: Practical? We grew up in a factory... programmed with the latest software... check by ISO trained QC... happy little robots that runs on batteries...
A3: Art... we don't encourage that don't you know, we hate Creativity... coz it started with a 'C', as in Commotion which lead to Confusion, ended in Chaos.
Duke: Yeah! We got eaten like sweet little lambs... gotto play by their rules when you're outside.
It's true that we're like bridy in cage, most of us can't survive in the jungle
A4: I did I did! But you'll have to find it yourself... ; P
Leonard: If that's the title, J.Neo's new flim will be a mega hit! But I believed it'll be heavily censored... but he’s our only hope… sad huh?!!
Rain: Interesting... hope he's careful with his words, don't later ganna sue by LKY for being too honest.
And why he’s here? Looking for Stephanie Sun? Coz she the 3rd outstanding sporean… that sly fox! See how he jab us!
Oomiakaoo: We're just naive... that's diff from being stupid...eerr... right? LOL!
Stupid is as stupid does. At least we are not getting judged with earthquakes like those Taiwanese are.
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