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Re: Your Grandfather’s Mother Tongue Is it?

Mr Miyagi — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 05:29:41 -0000

No, the trainers were happy to have been entertained.

Re: Pink Dot 2014

Mr Miyagi — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 05:28:11 -0000

Make sure you come and say hi next year!

Re: Singapore rated in bottom 10 of world’s most courteous cities

Steve S — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 00:53:36 -0000

IMHO, it doesn't matter if the country is small or big, competitive or laid back; it's all about attitude. It's about how you and me perceive and react, that makes a society. I travel quite a bit - it doesn't make me a know-it-all jack but I think i know enough to pass on some thoughts. Let us leave aside driving and MRT's for a moment, and think about when you walk in the malls, on sidewalks, crossing the traffic lights, trying to enter a lift, etc. - how many Singaporeans actually give way. Reminds me how annoyed I get when I walk along just about any path that's say just a meter wide and there comes couple in front of you walking side-by-side taking up 80% of the path and just being bloody ignorant refusing to give-way. This is something I don't quite come across in the all-bustling NY or even in Oxford street. This is a typical Kiasu attitude, an obvious rudeness. A few say sorry after nudging into you but to me that's an act of formality, not courteousness. People have to learn to be less self-centered and be more thoughtful - being physically competitive when you can actually be mindful is a pathetic act of the intelligent race; animals not gifted with minds to think and react do that sort, not us. With all due respect, hope I made some sense here.

Re: Pink Dot 2014

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:50:56 -0000

Hi Mr Miyagi,

Sorry that I'm choosing to remain anonymous. Not quite ready for people to find out about my sexuality yet.

I heard your speech during pinkdot, and although I didn't get to meet you personally, I was extremely happy to be reminded that even straight people with families could be supportive. I just hope that more people will think like you and your family in the years to come.

If you do go down to pinkdot (or an equivalent event) next year, I hope to be able to shake your hand and thank you and your family in person.

For now, I guess the internet will have to do. Thank you!

Re: Your Grandfather’s Mother Tongue Is it?

Milst Lim — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:54:08 -0000

did your section kena jialat since your section commander must have killed the hostage together with the terrorist?
thanks for a fun morning read.

I especially like how you support the English movement. Took me a while to figure it out though :P

Re: My Paperless Pledge

tecksiong — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:41:47 -0000

I think it is a really worthwhile vision to save on the hassle of printing and then filing - which has the added advantage of not requiring more trees to be cut down - but I also had another equally compelling (though distant) scenario in my mind. The day machines die, electricity is no longer generated (think End-of-the-world movies) and all that disaster, all the photos in our harddisks and in the Cloud will be lost forever.

Imagine the Terminator scenes when the characters look at the only surviving yellowed photo of someone precious. And the Matrix sequels don't even have photos, printed or digital, since machines hold everything electronic ransom. It'll be a disaster as memories fade.

Re: miyagi.sg | Don't Be A WTF Wendy

kennysia — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:53:58 -0000

Don't be a Hao-Lien Anton Casey

Re: My Paperless Pledge

Paper vs Tree — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:39:24 -0000

Force clients to go paperless sounds a bit self serving not really it is saving trees. Your saving in paper will not save the earth but your spirit is quite admirable.

Re: SAF Day

Mr Miyagi — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:23:34 -0000

I was from Alpha (Attila), and I remember Bernard Tan. My OCs were CPT Dev and CPT Tan Chor Kiat. It's been awhile!

Re: Pink Dot 2014

Leonard Machacho Wee — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 23:59:45 -0000

So being gay is not considered a human lah? Mr Weekend Warrior

Re: SAF Day

Ranald — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 11:16:46 -0000

Oh wow then we are from the same batch! If you were from Bravo during NSF then IIRC your OC would have been Bernard Tan? And your PCs would have been my course mates through OCS and AIOCC. Can't recall clearly but I think Lin and Ngai Kin were in Bravo? Can't recall the third AI PC or the Tank PC. 1990/91 was damn long ago haha

Re: SAF Day

Mr Miyagi — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 06:29:41 -0000

No man, I enlisted in Dec 1988. I am six years older than our brothers in 433.

Re: SAF Day

Ranald — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 05:37:41 -0000

Hello fellow 433 warrior and one-time 'B' Coy mate! Happy SAF Day! I do believe you meant 1999 instead of 1989. Cos you guys are six years my junior and in 1989 I was still an OCT and and you had all just entered secondary school ;)

Re: Pink Dot 2014

Mr Miyagi — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 13:44:07 -0000

And why not?

Re: Pink Dot 2014

WeekendWarrior — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:17:04 -0000

"Brave" and "gay" should not be used in the same sentence, you idiot...

Re: Your Grandfather’s Mother Tongue Is it?

Dorin — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 10:30:58 -0000

I imagine that translators are very sought after in Singapore. I would be so confused to live there with so many languages around.

Re: Singapore rated in bottom 10 of world’s most courteous cities

Not Singaporean — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:33:35 -0000

Singaporeans are just full of themselves

Re: Singapore rated in bottom 10 of world’s most courteous cities

butthurtburt — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 01:34:24 -0000

Been to Singapore once. Did not experience rudeness myself but rather indifference and soullessness from people. But I witnessed our Singaporean tour guide shout at Indian tourists when they were just asking questions about landmarks. Staff from restaurants and airlines are no better. Usually the courteous and smiling people are not from Singapore.

Re: The day someone said Cheebye on radio

Lee Meng See — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 22:48:23 -0000

R.I.P. victor & Charlie - your "what is the female of a cock" is infamous! This was in the days without the minute delay system.

Re: Your Grandfather’s Mother Tongue Is it?

Mr Miyagi — Wed, 21 May 2014 09:44:21 -0000

Thanks for reading!

Re: Your Grandfather’s Mother Tongue Is it?

Angeline Lee — Wed, 21 May 2014 02:20:40 -0000

"reserved reservist". Yoiur blog is so long, I wonder what it would be like if you were not reserved?

Thanks for the entertaining read.

Re: Things I Will Cherish Forever #10forkeeps

Mr Miyagi — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:37:02 -0000

Yes, my family used to make epic road trips, well at least in those days they were epic, because there was no NS Highway.

Re: Things I Will Cherish Forever #10forkeeps

Mr Miyagi — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:34:05 -0000

Makes absolute sense.

Re: Things I Will Cherish Forever #10forkeeps

Mfull Chan — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:26:35 -0000

Hi Mr Miyagi!! Many happy to know that I have a hoarder sister in Heaven!!
When I join her we can both look down and see all of you going gaga over your treasures!!!!

Re: Things I Will Cherish Forever #10forkeeps

Melissa — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:53:43 -0000

I know it sounds cliched, but coming from a generation that witnessed how film cameras started turning digital with its digital auto focus, to the current digital age where we now have cameras on our phones, I've come to cherish tangible photographs. Nowadays, we take our photographs for granted, capturing and deleting them at will, and leave them tucked away in the corner of our hard drives, never to be seen or remembered. But the physical photographs of yesteryear, they are such great reminders of precious memories. In recent years I've been reacquainted with analogue photography and it brings back so many memories! I'm reminded of a time when pressing the shutter meant an important memory to be captured, and not just for the sake of "being seen" on social media. Makes sense?