Snob FLEEs after public comment

It only takes ONE disrespectful person or ONE self-centered individual or ONE snob to remind us how very 'sick' society really is.  This is one person, who just got 'too smart' and instead of silently gloating about his career success and wealth, chose to push his good fortune further by promoting himself to position of ROLE MODEL for the world by his insensitive remarks/posts and typical 'penny wise pound foolish' ideas.

http://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/blogs/singapore-showbiz/local-actress-oon-shu-ann-open-letter-anton-031951568.html

The culture here is to work hard, save what we can and spend usually only during the Lunar New Year.  Most of us live in public housing and use the public transport as a means of getting from point A to point B.

My aunt made cookies, baked cakes for the entire family from the 70s.  Every meal was home-cooked and everyone came home to eat.  We lived in an extended family - everyone was there for everyone.  We learnt to take what we can finish (to eat), we had chores for dishes, garbage.  We had to kneel before our elders on the first day of the Lunar New Year to seek forgiveness.   I continued that practice until my granny passed away.

Today, my aunt still doesn't work, after toiling after her sons, who are now, both professionals.  They still live in a 3-bedroom HDB flat but her cooking is still something I miss every time the topic of food arises.  I speak of her a lot, because my parents were working and my aunt and granny, fed me, kept me safe and well.

Never have I heard my grandparents or parents say that we were richer than our neighbours or that the people in our neighbourhood were less well-off than we were.

We keep busy, working till we cannot work anymore, because thats our culture.  There are retired uncles and aunties, who work because there is nothing for them to busy themselves with at home.  Working engages their mind and their body - we are physically and mentally engaged when we are working.  There is nothing wrong with working till we are past the age of legal retirement.  We come from hardworking roots and that isn't going to change too easily.

Expat means, they come over here to work but their wages are usually disproportional to that of the locals.  They are supposed to be our 'foreign talent' which are hired, to boost our economy, but well, looks like we need to include some degree from the School of Hard Knocks as well.  Perhaps such personnel should be interviewed more carefully about whether they deserve that employment pass here.  Oh wait, this senseless expat married a Singaporean.

You know what, I think we locals should actually be proud of our humble Asian roots instead of trying to integrate into another culture by forgetting where we come from.  Poor kid - to have to grow up in an environment where its OK to not respect others and its OK to be a snob. Also, right after we do something wrong - R U N !  That is what that man is role modelling for his kid.