belated boomz

ris low is funny, she makes me laugh. i don't hate her nor detest her, although i know many many people do. but why? she's just like your average singaporean, it's not her fault that she won miss world, it's not her fault (mostly) that her english is wonky.

so why do they all hate her so much? because she is your average singaporean, and we don't like to be found out. singapore is one of the most (or THE most) westernised asian countries, and it leads to a lot of confusion and pretense about our culture.

we'd like the western world to think that we're one of them, we'd like the 'backward' asian world to think that we're not like them. we're so inherently asian in our values and culture, and yet we try to be something that we're not. it's embarrassing, really.

and when something like this whole ris low saga comes along, we are ashamed, fearful that the world will see that hey, singaporeans are like that. that's why they rage, they hate, they want to say "no, no, we're not like her, she's just an anomaly!"

oh well, we can continue to pretend. look around, you'll see a whole lot more of this.

*pls quote me if any one of you decide to write a full article on this. make me famous. or at least a little?*