April 01, 2008

Kiasu... Bangladeshis!

todaealas said:

The event started out quite well, with those BGLs queuing up for the goody bags. Out of a sudden, some pesky BGL decided that they don't feel like waiting any longer, and they tried to push their way in. BGLs have this common "monkey-see-monkey-do" pattern, so all of them tried to squeeze their way in. The event organiser then told them that there will be no more goody bags if they continued pushing, but they still continued pushing. The situation got so terrible that the gates were closed, leaving those BGLs outside in the hot sun. If you think Singaporeans are kiasu, then I think BGLs are being kiasu-in-action.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "If you think Singaporeans are kiasu, maybe you haven't seen how kiasu Bangladeshis are."

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Comments 6

Wow, the tone of that blog excerpt was incredibly grating. At it's not some stupid rant about how we should remove them from Orchard road during New Year's Celebrations. Seriously, why is this deemed worthy of publishing?

Posted by Anonymous Chimp* on 2 April, 2008 - 11:10am

to get a reaction from people like you.

Good to know the editors aren't sharp enough to know articles of interest from myopic blog entries. Ah well, there's always more discerning blog aggregators.

My reaction is that editorial level at tomorrow needs some sprucing up - I'm sure there are more people like myself who think this way. As a vaunted "editor at large", your response is a pretty good indicator of your train of thought.

Posted by Anonymous Chimp* on 3 April, 2008 - 7:37am

"BGLs have this common "monkey-see-monkey-do" pattern"

another Singaporean racist :(

If you're rich and you can afford plenty of things in life, I suppose you can call people like these queuing for goody bags kiasu. But to people who live on the poverty line, maybe the kind of "kiasu" behaviour exhibited by them is not really due to a kiasu mindset, but driven by a sense of lack.

fully agree with you on this one