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The one with the 4 Cultures
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Knowing that many Singaporeans do not have much of an attention span to fully enjoy this, (Yes Ivan, Im talking about how dialogue in movies bore you), this is mainly for the very few, few, few, few, few, few people who I know will appreciate it (Yes Ben, Im talking about you) http://www.youtube.com/homeproject Even if you dont listen to it, the shots are amazing. There are four types of Singaporeans in Singapore. They have different customs, thinking, interest, well-being and lifestyles, from these four, they can be further sub-catergorised into many other groups. But let us stick with these four. No, they are not Indian, Malay, Chinese, Eurasian. They are groups that are slowly drawing lines across Singapore Society which over the cross of 50 years, will deepen. There are Sino-influenced people, people who take their ideas and life choices from mainly Asian sources, China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea. They are safe, cautious, who prefer not taking risk but follow the rules. To stay under the radar, to keep with what they know. They follow maintstream music from the top 100 Billboards of both C,J,K-pop as well as American Popstars. There are Euro-influenced people, people who take their ideas and life choices from mainly European or American sources. They are outgoing, outspoken, brash, loud and open, putting themselves in the front line and risk for the slim chance of a reward. They listen to music outside of mainstream along with the mainstream, Jazz, Classical, Indie, foriegn languages. There are the "Malay" Culture, the youths of some Malays who seek out to create a seperate, distinct and overall unconformist culture, to mark in retaliaion of the larger more domineering Chinese influences in Singapore. They are a compromise of both the Sino and Euro influenced people. They, on the surface behave like the Euros but in actual character, when faced with a challendge, lean to the Sino values. And lastly, There are the Old Culture, the culture of our parents and grandparents, of the old cultures that are in out blood but no longer in our hearts. The origins of this culture still strives in China, Malaysia and Indonesia as well as India, but die here in replacement with the three forementioned cultures. In time, there will only be three Culture. How do you know which culture you are in? Well the video link above, If you watched a significatn portion or the whole video, you are Euro-influenced. If not, Sino.
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