Wednesday, November 18, 2009
I swear I'm totally in love with Mr Brown.
I mean, what he write lah of course. It just brings so much fun and laughter when I get the irony that is haha. But seriously, he's quite accurate when it comes to criticising you-know-who haha. And, of course my friends can say that's my favourite topic too haha. I guess I am too brainwashed by my dad, but at least I'm not propoganda-ed by the SS textbooks.
Anyway, I was reading www.mrbrown.com and the articles he writes for inSing.com, and I really like some of them. Here's an extract from an article from from inSing.com regarding the APEC:
With so many heads of state and power people coming to Singapore for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, the critical question I am sure many Singaporeans are asking is, "Oi! When is the Nicoll Highway jam going to stop ah?"
The Nicoll Highway runs in front of Suntec City, where major APEC meetings are taking place and so it has become a bit of a traffic bottleneck when some lanes are closed at certain times of the day.
To their credit, the government has not closed off roads extensively and unlike the IMF/World Bank meetings the last time, Singaporeans don't feel like we are living in a caged prison trying to produce the required four million smiles.
Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is also attending these APEC meetings, announced that a pair of pandas will be coming to Singapore in 2011, as a symbol of strong ties between Singapore and China.
I wonder what animals China sends as symbols of average ties. A pair of random Chinese cows?
It must be fun to go around giving pandas to friends you like.
"Hey, UK, you and me are BFFs right? Here, have Chia Chia! In fact, take Ching-Ching too!"
Do note that the two Pandas of Peace are only on loan to Singapore for ten years. In other words, the pandas are not going to be citizens but just Permanent Residents. They may go back to China to march in the panda militia contingent of their National Day parade if they freakin' feel like it.
I feel we still have a lot to benefit from these Chinese PR pandas even if they do not plan to stay in Singapore permanently (I hear they plan to open a chain of Panda Express restaurants in America).
If they are Kung Fu Pandas, we can learn the secret ways of the No Shadow Kick. If they are your Garden Variety Pandas, perhaps they can teach OUR national animal, the Merlion, how to be cute and not throw up so much.
I am not sure what will happen if these Pandas of Diplomacy give birth while in Singapore. Will their offspring have to serve National Service? Or only their offspring's offspring?
I am not sure how it works but I am sure these Chinese PR Pandas will not be asked to do the combat stuff, being on the obese side. Maybe storeman or clerk.
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