Temptations of Popular Culture in Singapore

I was tempted to click on that torrent with 12663 seeds when I learn that I could enjoy this just released movie on my PC in an hour. But alas! downloading something with commercial value is an infringement of right of the original owner. I refrain.

Ever since some toilet cleaner in Takashimaya told me about Sougou(搜狗), I spent countless and countless of hour searching for my favorite MP3... only to listen to them a few times, and delete. You know. Even sharing MP3 you bought with friend via Bluetooth is also not permitted.

I don't go Blip.fm anymore. After Singapore Gahmen banned Internet Radio. Sorry, is regulated. I am careful not to turn on HaoTing(好听) too loud, or it could becomes a form of sharing. Sharing is not appropriate, even if it is your belief.

I am also very careful with that what they called Pod Cast. It is also, political or not, a form of Internet radio. The gahmen regulates it, we stay clear of it. It is the golden rule of Singaporean.

Some football-craze friends told me to forget about pay-TV. I can catch EPL via PPStream. I thanks my ancestor for giving me a sport-less gene, I am inmune to all sport related event. All I have to do is resist tons of latest exciting Hong Kong drama available on PPStream, I should be fine.

Going Internet regularly is not sinful. It is where you go there for.

Recently another tattoo parlor open up nearby. Very nearby. I would have gotten one if not for my time in the arm forces. You see, unlike America, a simple artistic drawing on any part of your body will get you hendakaki. Which means you past time until your ORD. I always think that elite soldiers should have some kind of gallant mark on their body. Too bad.

Tattoo shop is sprouting like mushroom everywhere now. I guess they are here to stay.

You know about those hanky-panky massage shops, those kind that they use betel nut beauty from China to hand brochure to you whenever you pass by? They are almost gone now. In preservation of Singapore's long standing conservative image, sex toy shop is allow instead. At least I still can tell my children that they are toys. Adult toys. No big deal.

After I wrote this piece, I will watch Ben10 Alien Force season 4 original DVD with my 2 boys. That is all I can afford now. At least before I strike Toto acquired from that popular spot, and before the casino is build.

I will be saving my soul for it.

我住在新加坡，来自中国

那天和家人一起出外用餐，我叫了中国的干炒河粉，令攸叫了中国的鸡饭。连薄饼也是中国制造的。

我与妻为之嘡舌。

曾几何时，我们生长的地方不知不觉，充塞了一群方言连我祖父母也听不懂华人。

记得小时侯外公对我说过他离乡背景的故事。他不愿被徵召入伍，偷了家里一些钱，跟了一艘下南洋的船，来到了星洲。也就是现在的新加坡。起初生活很苦，后来儿女成群时。。。还是很苦。我好像从来没有见他享受过生活。他有一句口头禅，我至今仍记得。每当他遇到什么不平事都会以标准的福建话喃喃自语：“大贼，大贼！”。听他讲述他早年在新加坡的生活实是我童年的一部份喜好。

华人有一种美德，只要下一代有希望，多大的苦都挨得过去。

有一天我经过靠近家的天桥，见到了许久没见的在商店买卖食品的小姐，因为她工作勤奋，时间又长，所以我很自然的就问：“好久没见，是不是回中国探亲了？”没想到她劈头就骂：“谁跟你说我是中国来的！”

原来不是工作时间长，又辛苦的都是中国人在干。这个乌龙够大了。不过我说她是中国人，原也是没错。

只有一点我到现在还是没办法克服。有回我看到一栋正在兴工的建筑，上面挂着一个大牌，写着：“中国建筑（新）私人有限公司”。我没想到清华大学，却有点毛骨耸然。得罪，得罪。

不过，我喜欢他们把旧有的‘金文泰’，另译成‘金满地’。日本有银座，新加坡有黄金满地。不错，不错。