Thursday, July 14, 2011

外来移民的冲击


当年在外国读书时,一切都得跟着当地的风土人情,就是所谓的入乡随俗嘛。开始的时候还很不习惯,就只是照做。年复一年,我也不觉得有什么不恰当的,反而是不做觉得不对。
例如,不管你到哪里去,人们见面总是要打招呼。“How are you doing?”,是你的开头语。“Pretty good”是你的回答。接下来,你就可以见怎样的人,讲怎样的话。所以你必须知道并且学习他们的喜好,才能跟他们沟通的。
要融入他们的社会里,第一件事情是讲话,发音,口语。你可听得出美国人跟英国人讲英语是不一样的,正如本地人讲Singlish又跟别国不一样。^_^
在美国的4亿人口,移民的数目一年小过05%,经年累月的吸收,文化跟百年前的比较没什么大变动。
本地可以投票的成年人有235万人,有320万本地人,接近80PR,近100万外来工人,共500万人。拿出我的e-calculator,外来人占了本地人口的56%
这些外来人口不屑学习你的文化,直接推翻你的文化。
eg. 多年前在十字路口总是等绿灯人出来才过马路。近年外来人多了,时常看到没车子就过马路,回头过来还笑你们奉公守法的人苯。
eg. 多年前市容还过得去。现在几乎人们常走过的马路街灯,都粘上广告,被撕了下来就有难看的纸张在上面多年。现在就跟更惨,有人走过的地方,可以贴的都被贴了。
eg. 如果你去外劳常出现的地方,她们一群人吃喝唱歌一天回去后,地上多的是垃圾,有些垃圾还被直接丢进水沟里,蓄水池,花园草堆里。
如果政府鼓励国人Speak Good English, Be gracious society, etc,我觉得算了,不要让浪费纳税人的钱。

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

会爆炸

我家有特异功能说的。10天内。Fukushima.希望那人错!

正觉

你捐钱了吗?
你捐钱给日本的重灾区了吗?

我听到别人的对话:
A:报章说中国的乞丐儿童被打被折磨到身体手脚变形,非常设残忍。
B:也许这些乞丐前世做坏事。

对B来说,这些小乞丐一点也不可怜,同时又一口咬定他们前世干坏事,今生只是得到应有的报应。一点慈悲,同情心都没有。

C:最近日本发生大地震+海啸,死了很多人。好不幸。
D:这个叫报应呀。当年二战我的父亲被活埋,幸亏后来被人救出来,死里逃生。

上一代的恩怨都过了,日本人也吃了两粒原子弹,当年日军现在都90岁的老人了。再加上侵略国通常是因为几个野心勃勃,丧心病狂着在做怪,两国人民真的非要你死我活的吗?不会吧。我们要记住历史的教训,但不能永远活在历史里。放下吧。

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Depressing time

During time of crisis or disaster, people glue to TV to watch breaking news and updates. People also buy one or two sources of newspapers that they would not have done so normally. People also read Internet news and watch youtube videos and exchange opinions. 
When your life is all surrounded by all these, it is not healthy anymore. 
Don't get me wrong that we should not concern things around us. I would suggest a balanced approach in time of disastrous. 

Saturday, March 12, 2011

核子发电场

日本的大地震和海啸使到它们的第一核子发电场出问题。首相要求20公里半径的所有人疏散。
去年还有人建议在本国建一个核子发电场。本岛南北才45公里,万一不可想像的事故发生,那我们全民都得漂浮在大海上。

最好笑的是两年后,人们的记忆消失了,又有人建议在本地建核子发电场。

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Oops, very different species

My fellow blogger , thoo thoo, http://thoo2.net/posts/4781/comment-page-1#comment-4345, has this comment.

在美国不自己开车是不行的。不过,我每次都是开租回来的车出游,虽然我有自己的车。我还有VIP卡呢,办理手续有优先。归还车子非常方便,只要把车子开进去那公司里,钥匙留在上面就可以走人了。这里我讲的是在加州国际机场附近的大型租车公司。

这是在北美的玩法。

在欧洲,铁路网络,subway非常方便。我去过不下10个国家,发现你几乎可以不自己开车。

我不曾背包旅游。

就有一年去了巴黎两次,不明白为什么日本人拿了400欧元给路边法国人要他们帮买LV皮包!在地铁给两个扒手盯上,我往出口处走,再走向人少的地方。

Monday, February 21, 2011

Jurong bird park

Many years ago, I visited the Jurong bird park. Back then, it is just another place to relax and nothing much. Since then, it has transformed to a better place of interest in Singapore. It is certain much organized and has many eating places and cafés. I am certainly very impressed by the host. There are so many pictures that I have taken from the park, but I just want to share the video of one of the shows, the starting part. It is nicely done and I was delighted to see the show.
Enjoy.

CSC clubhouse

Last Saturday I was in the CSC club at Bt Batok. This place is opened to the public. The swimming pool with man-made waves is an attraction.

The 3 to 4 storey high tube for you to circle down is also a must try activity. Just look at the picture:
Here are the rest of my scenic pictures:


 

Ya, right!

Yesterday, I was enjoying the Chingay show at the Toa Payoh end point. I took many pictures and videos of the show just like any other citizens. This is the last picture that I have taken along the central Toa Payoh.
"Excuse me", someone behind me said. She continued to say "do you know you are not supposed to take this picture?" As I was pointing at the traffic police motorbikes. I was surprised that this is forbidden. So I said "ok" and walked away.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

HDB Pinnacle

初三, I went to friend’s house to get this magnificent  view from the HDB project, the Pinnacle at Cantonment Road. There are some of the photos.






Take a look at the PSA container ports near the southern part of Singapore. These are the land parcels for the future IRs (or Casino projects) when the ports get re-allocated in the future. Its size could build up to an additional of 3 IRs (excluding the existing ones). That is in total, Singapore could build up to 5 IRs on the southern part of Singapore. The social cost of building 2 IRs and 5 IRs are the same.

感想:
当五个IRs在外运作时,你出门时时刻刻要看上面。当你看到内裤外穿的人,马上离开建筑物,越远越好。
通知民防,告知你的地点。万一来不及,你听到碰的响声,千万不要过去看。看了你会后悔一辈子的。那个恐怖的景象会跟着你一辈子。你恶梦醒来,都是那一幕。

Thursday, February 3, 2011

新年快乐

今年立春是在4/2 1233。所以初一出生的小孩还不是兔子,只是虎尾子。
除夕夜看电视,初一去拜年。