From: krypsis@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 3/05/2011 10:52 AM, Schweik wrote:   
   > On Tue, 03 May 2011 01:39:46 +1000, Krypsis   
   > wrote:   
   >   
      
    >   
   >>>   
   >>> Nope, living among Chinese.   
   >>   
   >> Who are you trying to kid?   
   >>   
   >   
   > And with all your years and years in the Aussie Government you aren't   
   > aware that a goodly percentage of the Singapore population is Chinese?   
      
   So now you're living in Singapore? What happened to Thailand or was that   
   too much for your fertile imagination to cope with? Maybe you regularly   
   sail your little boat from the Bangkok Docks to the Singapore Docks and   
   back again just to see how far it is. Now don't tell me you've lived   
   amongst the Chinese in Hong Kong too.   
      
   Yes, I know that 75% of the population of Singapore is Chinese. 75% 3.9   
   million is roughly 2.9 million.   
      
   On the other hand, ~25% of the population of Malaysia is Chinese. Since   
   the total population of Malaysia is ~30 million, ergo the total Chinese   
   population is ~7.5 Million. This is significantly greater than the   
   Chinese population of Singapore albeit much less concentrated.   
      
   Now, what was your point again??   
      
   >   
   > No wonder the country is going to the dogs.   
      
   Err, no, you have that a little wrong. It is YOUR country that's going   
   to the dogs, at least economically. My country is doing just fine thanks.   
   >   
   >>> Who normally refer to foreigners as Gweilo   
   >>> (ghost man) or Angmo (common in Singapore).   
   >>   
   >> Ang Mo more commonly is used in Malaysia. Gweilo, on the other hand, is   
   >> commonly used in Hong Kong and generally amongst Cantonese speakers..   
   >>   
   > Once again you seem rather surprisingly uninformed about the region.   
   >   
   >   Perhaps you fail to remember that Singapore was once part of the   
   > Malaysia and aren't aware that a good many of the people, in   
   > Singapore, speak "Singlese" which is a mixture of English, Chinese and   
   > Malay? It is hardly surprising to hear Malay words used in the   
   > republic.   
      
   Indeed and, since I do not speak any of the Chinese dialects, I have   
   used Malay in conversing with some of the Chinese locals myself. Most   
   Singaporeans seem quite conversant with English however.   
   >   
   >>>   
   >>> By the way, do you actually know what Tai-Pan means?   
   >>   
   >> Another reference to a foreign manager/owner of a Hong in Asia, a Hong   
   >> being a Western trading company.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >> Or Tai-Tai for that matter?   
   >>   
   >> A wealthy lady, Caucasian or Asian, in Hong Kong who does not have to work.   
   >>>   
   > Goodness but you are blatantly displaying your ignorance old Bean.   
   > Tai-Tai is a Cantonese term referring to one's major, or first wife.   
      
   That is the OLD FORM. In these modern times, that definition has slipped   
   somewhat and the term now refers simply to a wealthy lady, one who does   
   not have to work. This is the current accepted Chinese meaning of the term.   
   >   
   > (we are discussing what the word means, not how some ignorant   
   > Westerners use it)   
      
   Well, that's how my Chinese friends use it. My Western friends typically   
   are totally ignorant of the term. I had lunch with one of my Malaysian   
   Chinese friends, Wu Kong, just yesterday at the China Bar in Glen   
   Waverly. He is a mechanical engineer and is contemplating retirement   
   when he reaches 60 later this year. He is debating whether to return to   
   KL to live out his days or remain here. We had long discussions about   
   the merits of retirement both here and there but, since his children are   
   here and don't intend to return to malaysia, he finds himself in   
   somewhat of a quandry. I understand totally as I want to be where my   
   children are as well. Most of the friends he grew up with are retired   
   already and he would like to join up with them in KL. I'm glad I don't   
   have his problem. He has trouble understanding why, at 73, I still work.   
   Retirement, of the nature he's contemplating, is a killer. Need to keep   
   the mind active! I'd hate to see him become like you, dreaming about the   
   retirement he could/should have had and inventing stories to convince   
   others he's living the good life. That would be so sad!   
   >   
   >>>>> Are you sure that you know what you are talking about?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Quite sure. And quite sure that you don't. Nice try, though   
   >>>   
   >>> Ah, another expert and expert because he says so. Or perhaps just   
   >>> another fool.   
   >>   
   >> Well, you're no expert on matters Thai and have proven so many times in   
   >> the past yet you purport to live there. Proof that you live a parasitic   
   >> life in Thailand.   
   >>   
   >> Krypsis   
   >   
   > Eh? Give me an instance, or has old age removed the recollection?   
   > Cheers,   
      
   If you can't recall your own faux pas, then it is you who suffers from   
   that condition. I can understand your desire to forget those   
   embarrassing comments you have made in the past. Because of them, you   
   certainly were made to look a fool by all and sundry on SCT. You really   
   need to get out of your expat enclave and mingle with the locals more.   
   Might give you something real to talk about instead of spouting stuff   
   you've read in history books that no longer applies in this modern world.   
      
   Krypsis.   
      
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