Singapore's Natural Education (SNE 07)
This is a bit of an evil blog. Ha. Take it tongue-in-cheek.
Well, as a student from NUS who has just gone through his last week of term (yay~), I have learnt that:
1. The highlight of the week was a question. It's called "Why Study History".
And no, it's not rhetorical ("Yaloh, dun study lah!!") nor sarcastic ("because we have no choice, and we lan-lan have to tak chek, uni not cheep, u-noh").
2. The answer to that question is that 'History is a highly charged subject'. And of course, I agree. I mean, where else do you get to learn about:
i. How not to be a European power. Case study? Italy. Their 'brilliant tactics' and 'superior comradarie' helped them to lose every single war without FAIL throughout World War II
ii. How to be a champion. Follow Mao. That guy dominated China against all odds, bro.
iii. How to be a renowned teacher -- follow the World History teacher standing there, with what seems like a globe stuck above his belt. Exemplary, I tell you.
3. Talking about Mao, that fella had a whole harem to himself man. Talk about domination. Even *I* feel inspired.
4. Any more info on his harem and I'm gonna go bleating "Four legs good, two legs better". This kinda equality is my kind of thing man.
5. China's students are also highly charged up about history (see, it lasts till today!). Apparently, they've made a big beeg hoo-hah about Jap history textbooks.
6. I say, someone in their right mind should just ask them to tiam. Why do you want to protest against some minority rightist textbook, so that you can get one who tells the whole world how badly China the big fat buffalo fared against its shortie Japanese neighbours donkey years ago?
7. It's like telling the world what a small red dot Singapore is in contrast to a Malayan tiger up there and a Indonesian Big Bird down there. (Out loud and bold, and with a New Paper Big Walk
to let the whoooole world know.)
8. I apologise for all the insinuations. Purely accidental and fictional, I assure you. *especially the Big Bird down there part*
9. I say that it's time Malaysians start protesting about Singapore's history textbooks. By the same logic, lim peh says that Singaporean textbooks have left out a serious serious trend over these 30 yrs of nation building.
Lim peh (my Malaysian alter-ego): "Wa ka li gong, they forgot to say that although Singapore started 2 yrs later than Malaysia as a nation, their Singh-ah-pour dollah is now worth 2.23 times the size of every RM we have. How can they not report the facts truthfully?? We want to PROTEST!!!"
10. Maybe the Cheena students should start protesting why China cannot conduct a "Annexation of Tokyo". More creativity is what we need, man.
11. Gossip of the day as heard from my TS ger classmates: My TS lecturer is hot.
12. Gossip of the day confirmed (by me): My TS lecturer looks hot. Just wayyy too old for my taste.
Well, as a student from NUS who has just gone through his last week of term (yay~), I have learnt that:
1. The highlight of the week was a question. It's called "Why Study History".
And no, it's not rhetorical ("Yaloh, dun study lah!!") nor sarcastic ("because we have no choice, and we lan-lan have to tak chek, uni not cheep, u-noh").
2. The answer to that question is that 'History is a highly charged subject'. And of course, I agree. I mean, where else do you get to learn about:
i. How not to be a European power. Case study? Italy. Their 'brilliant tactics' and 'superior comradarie' helped them to lose every single war without FAIL throughout World War II
ii. How to be a champion. Follow Mao. That guy dominated China against all odds, bro.
iii. How to be a renowned teacher -- follow the World History teacher standing there, with what seems like a globe stuck above his belt. Exemplary, I tell you.
3. Talking about Mao, that fella had a whole harem to himself man. Talk about domination. Even *I* feel inspired.
4. Any more info on his harem and I'm gonna go bleating "Four legs good, two legs better". This kinda equality is my kind of thing man.
5. China's students are also highly charged up about history (see, it lasts till today!). Apparently, they've made a big beeg hoo-hah about Jap history textbooks.
6. I say, someone in their right mind should just ask them to tiam. Why do you want to protest against some minority rightist textbook, so that you can get one who tells the whole world how badly China the big fat buffalo fared against its shortie Japanese neighbours donkey years ago?
7. It's like telling the world what a small red dot Singapore is in contrast to a Malayan tiger up there and a Indonesian Big Bird down there. (Out loud and bold, and with a New Paper Big Walk
to let the whoooole world know.)
8. I apologise for all the insinuations. Purely accidental and fictional, I assure you. *especially the Big Bird down there part*
9. I say that it's time Malaysians start protesting about Singapore's history textbooks. By the same logic, lim peh says that Singaporean textbooks have left out a serious serious trend over these 30 yrs of nation building.
Lim peh (my Malaysian alter-ego): "Wa ka li gong, they forgot to say that although Singapore started 2 yrs later than Malaysia as a nation, their Singh-ah-pour dollah is now worth 2.23 times the size of every RM we have. How can they not report the facts truthfully?? We want to PROTEST!!!"
10. Maybe the Cheena students should start protesting why China cannot conduct a "Annexation of Tokyo". More creativity is what we need, man.
11. Gossip of the day as heard from my TS ger classmates: My TS lecturer is hot.
12. Gossip of the day confirmed (by me): My TS lecturer looks hot. Just wayyy too old for my taste.
posted by theChosenCan at 4/15/2005 12:15:00 am
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