This Is Who We Are
August 7th, 2006I am not a coolie,
or a mobile phone trader…
and I don’t live in a hut with stilts
I am licenced to drive but do not own a car…
and I don’t know Tom, Harry, Dick from Changkat Changi
although I am certain they got character.
I have a Prime Minister,
and a President too, just in case.
I speak English and curse in Hokkien,
Not Chinese.
And I pronounce it Mine,
NOT MY ONE.
I can proudly hang my country’s flag in August,
because it is the only time that is allowed.
I believe in Identity, NOT Rubber-stamping,
DIVERSITY, NOT Group-think,
AND THAT THE MEE GORENG TRULY REPRESENTS OUR CULTURE.
FREEDOM WITHOUT LIMITS IS JUST A WORD,
AND THAT WE DID NOT CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN TO EAT SOY,
AND IT IS PRONOUNCED “EX-CUSE ME” NOT “ES-CUSE ME”, “EX-CUSE ME”!
SINGAPORE IS THE SMALLEST COUNTRY IN ASIA,
THE FIRST NATION OF KIASUISM,
AND THE BEST PART OF SOUTH MALAYSIA.
MY NAME IS IVAN
AND! I! AM! SINGAPOREAN!
Technorati Tag: iamsingaporean
June 10th, 2007 at 1:10 am
[...] Turning around, we spotted a shop that sold Da Bao the size of my two fists. Apparently, large Da Baos are not that much of a novelty in Seremban, unlike Singapore. And next to the unexcitingly large Da Bao, was a bakeshop that we happened to step in to find our dear Eslim buying up all the Siew Baos. [...]
July 8th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
[...] At the end of the lunch, we were treated to a plateful of sweet juicy mangoes, compliments of the owner. It was simply a delicious finish to a wonderful lunch. Just the thing for a long drive back to the best part of South Malaysia. [...]
November 30th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
[...] size of my two fists. Apparently, large Da Baos are not that much of a novelty in Seremban, unlike Singapore. And next to the unexcitingly large Da Bao, was a bakeshop that we happened to step in to find our [...]
December 13th, 2007 at 11:21 am
[...] to see that I have multiple copies (1 reading copy, 1 hardcover to keep and 1 backup, just in case, I am Singaporean after all) of each authors’ books. Shitake Mushroom, this blog’s name was inspired from [...]
April 30th, 2008 at 1:09 am
[...] my inner Singaporean blurted out, “how much did the knife [...]
July 14th, 2008 at 2:52 am
[...] And here’s how we helped to surpr make welcome our guests to the best part of South Malaysia. [...]
January 20th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
I actually loved this poem (I am not even Singaporean) and put it on my facebook. o_O
July 16th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
[...] seems to be the only one who observes that I tend to blog a lot about breakfast. This is because I live in Singapore where the climate tends to be hot, so a hearty breakfast in the cooler mornings and a light lunch [...]