The locally foreign.

I wanted to post a video but i guess Beijing took a copyright claim of their opening ceremony. Well, "Singapore" paddler, Li Jia Wei was dragging the Singapore flag on the floor when Singapore marched into the Bird's nest stadium. Now not only is that a capital offence, it also sparked some anti-ah tiong sentiments and became the latest buzz in the many Singapore forums.

Then there's the argument that the flag's too heavy, thats a weak excuse. What made it worse was that New Zealand, the country after us (cos we all have the chinese character "xin") , had their flag held the highest. Anyway, it was a good opening ceremony and I wish all of them the best of luck.

But frankly this argument wouldn't have happened if they had let a real Singaporean hold it. (born and bred). Everyone would have let it go as an honest mistake.

With almost 1/5 or 1/4 of our population now foreign, this is becomming an increasingly alarmming matter. We don't need that big a population and I seriously cannot see why our government want so many people? To put more gantries? More people would only mean more mouths to feed right? I am not vehermently against foreign TALENT, those who work in MNCs. After all, they ARE MULTI-NATIONAL.

But seriously, waiters, cashiers, and even MIDDLE-CLASS OFFICE GOERS?!?! Thats talent?!

I think we are taking our multi-racial harmonious society for granted. How long did it take us to see ourselves as Singaporean? After the riots, killing and all the other shit, just to combine Malay, Chinese and Indian as Singaporean and now other Chinese, Indian and a whole lot of other people come? Then expecting to them to integrate like *click* magic? This is not lego. However, most do, and their children too and it does, like the government says, make Singapore a more vibrant, diverse nation.

But it is also normal for locals to hate people who come and take their rice bowl. Look at America, Australia, they bloddy hate foreigners, and at this rate, we may also end up like them.

P.S. I'm totally fine with foreigners converting to becomming citizens because they like Singapore and wish to be Singaporean, actually I quite like that. But I hate those who still think of going back or feel patriotic to thier homeland. Singapore is Singapore. Do you see Americans feeling patriotic to UK because the whites were from there? Or even Singaporean malays patriotic to malaysia? (except for head perfect)

-PanZerz