I don’t think stereotypes are all untrue, because it they were all untrue, Angry AngMo will need to close his blog because it is filled with stereotypes of Singaporeans. LOL! One of the comments said that Asians too can get rowdy after a few drinks, but the truth is, we don’t usually end up having a brawl. I for one, don’t know anybody who has been involved in a fight after getting drunk, and if you ask around I don’t think there are too many who personally know someone, or knows someone who knows someone who has been involved in a bar bash. Caucasians, on the other hand, I’m pretty sure most have at least witnessed one bar fight in their lives? Doesn’t that say something?

—>>>Would a Westerner behave differently back in his home?”
yes. same for asians though. singaporean asians have the potential be worse when out of their environment since they have come from an oppressive society and might not know how to handle themselves when their family/parents/government are not available to judge them on their behaviour.”<<<—

Oppressive? So I suppose drunken fighting means you come from a liberal and truly democratic society? Alot of Westerners come to Singapore with the mindset that it is because of Singapore's laws that we are a "scardey cat bunch" and therefore oppressed. But it has never occurred to them that perhaps, just perhaps, the majority of us are simply NOT INCLINED to commit crime. I have never been robbed, and don't know anyone who has. If that is a sign of an "oppressive" society, than so be it.

I cannot believe people complains queing!! What’s there to complain? Have not you heard online purchasing? Certain things do require you to queue. ‘Queue then….stop complain’ But there are minority love to ignore seeing a queue and cut in it. What pisses me off that some don’t even bothered about that!! But complain for having a queue oh pleaseeee…….

During my stay in the UK, I have met many poeple from all over the world and we become close friends, not those go out clubbing and get pissed in a club but decent ones. We hang out a lot, they invite me to their Thanksgiving dinner, picnics at the park in the summers and of course few pints at the bars or pubs. But I do occasionally come across with discrimination ( Hey?! where in this world we do not have this issue, be it minor or major!!) But having discriminated by my own race, Chinks, I myself find it at times unbearable. I feel disgusted and sometimes embarassed. Sad to say that this happens to me in Singapore.

To say that most Brits love to booze yes this I must admit. Just like the locals they love their food. Back in the UK, we tend to have some exciting things to watch at the end of the night, women slapped the men for molestation and other funny things. If things get worst police officers will be there to stop the whole ‘riot’. So let me ask you this, don’t you think a similar scene will ever happen in Singapore after a heavy drinking session?! Besides, what makes you think the locals can behave well when they are pissed?! Alcohols is alchols, mate. It works the same to everyone regardless of colour, gender and age!!!!

As for the Ang Mos….( why locals name such names. Why don we call ourselves chinks?!Bet they won’t like it) Anyway, for the non-locals we have to understand why they bahave as such. Example, the English used to expand their colonial power by ruling other countries including S’pore. Locals including Singapore and Malaya those days were not as advanced as the British (FACTS 1) therefore we were under their ruling. I have never heard any negative comments form my grandparents during the British Empire (I am neither falsify the facts nor phraising them. Brutally honest they were ‘robbing’ us those day) Bear in mind, they have done well to educate us to improve us (FACTS 2). Unfortunately, youngster these days still thinks that “well my great great great granddad was ‘ere ruled your country so listen to me” kind of mentality. Well, you think it only happen here in Singapore? No, it happens everywhere.

I am an Oriental and raised in Malaysia but I have, and still adapted best of both what the Wetsern and Eastern cultures can offer me. You can call me a BANANA and that’s fine as I am used to it nowadays. What I can tell you is that people who envy people like myself or even the Eurasians having such ‘Ang Mo’ interior / thinking in a Chinky’s exterior / skin or the other way round should be known The OXYMORONS!! They cannot learn to accept the goods of the west and not admitting their eastern flaws. Why do they resort to that?! You have already got the answer yourself…keeping face, KIASU. But what is there to keep face if you want to embrace the goods and becoming a better person.

Undoubtedly Malaysia is a corrupted country. The cops do ask for ‘coffee money’ because their pay is shite. Several times I managed to get away from nasi-lemak gobbling, huge belly cops by telling them I have just returned from UK and on my way to visit few friends. Maybe they could not talk to me like how I was trained to speak so they just let me go. Driving a Singapore plate car would not help you at all cuz they know you are OBVIOUSLY loaded S’poreans who don mind paying these fat basterds.

Donna is right. What is Singapore without the foreigners?! We are just like the British Empire back in the mid 20th century we provide you our expertise and help you to grow. Is this what we get in return?? Singapore is a growing nation so I have no doubts that the locals somehow despise us.

So, stop making irrelevant, judgemental, ludicrous racial biased generalisations on everyone. And stop pointing fingers and making you-are-an-idiot-and-I-am-not statement. That makes everyone looks like idiots / c**ts. We should treat everyone as an individual and just deal on a particular subject. Not mixing everything up. We don’t do rojak here…..

Meicheelicious, you are spot on. You see, back home they belong to the lower social class – for instance from the council estate. And when they come to Asia, they just feel that they must act *superior* to Asians. Who are considered lower class back home in the West. To them, every Asian is the same, because we all *look* the same, mah. You’d be amazed that many of these ang mohs can’t tell the different between Chinese, Malay and Indian amongst us.

But I digress. Many more expect us to possess the same behaviours and mindsets of THEIR Asians back home. And they don’t expect us to speak and write fluent English. Because THEIR Asians don’t. So when we so much as to able to ARGUE and put up a good VERBAL fight, that’s when they go below the belt.

Oh and they hate it when they found out that we appear more successful and wealthier. I wish I am making this up, but my experience with them at work and on certain networking platforms seem to repeat ad nauseum.

They would only treat us nicely if we play up the stereotype. And not to upset the status quo. Being a woman, I was expected to behave and talk like those chow ah lian who cannot get their English correctly. OR get visibly excited at the mere sight of an ang moh.

I cannot deny there are those genuinely nice ones. But it is those inferior types that spoil the good name of the rest. Sure, the rest of you would argue till the cows come home that there are ugly Singaporeans. BUT the topic is about these ang moh GUESTS in our home turf.

Why are we so afraid of being called a ‘typical Singaporean’? It is true that many of our locals exhibit these traits (and so do many other people as well; but these are the specific ones that have been picked up on) – if you do not, then fine, clarify yourself as atypical. People do understand stereotypes do not apply to everyone.

There is nothing wrong with being interested in free gifts and anything free. (Magic Babe Ning was probably doing a tongue in cheek quip, and personally i enjoyed the little segment at very much, though that’s got nothing to do with the comment here) There’s also nothing wrong with queuing (thank god for queues actually – imagine the mayhem without them), nothing wrong with the pointers that louie has pointed out as ‘typical stereotypes’.

I personally feel that only insecure people are uncomfortable with that. Why not acknowledge the stereotyping and if it is negative, work towards changing that?

Stereotypes are based in our own minds upon interaction with these certain group of people over time. In this case, there’s no mention of prior interactions that the author has had. It is constantly shifting based on the interactions as they come along.

If the author has set the stereotype as such because of a first time interaction, i would say that it is too much of a stretch.

We must, at the end of it all, simply understand that humans are complex machines. Be it that they are from the same group – each and everyone is unique as an individual, so one should always keep an open mind. The stereotype may not be the right or best gauge of how to interact with a person base on whichever group he comes from, but presuming nothing is known of the person, gives us a basis to start our interaction upon.