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The Lil Red Dot
Saturday, June 02, 2007 @ 1:22 AM
Xiaowan, who's in the work-and-travel programme in Ohio currently, related an incident to me. Angmohs are still ignorant about Singapore's existence!
AM: Oh, are you Korean? or Japanese?
XW: I'm from Singapore. It's a country in South-East Asia.
AM: Hmm.. are you from China then?
XW: I'm a Singaporean.
AM: Oh...! I know Singapore. I watched Pirates of the Caribbean!
Sheesh, now their idea of S'pore must be that of pirates living in hidden dungeons, of Chinese men who fancy blonde chicks. The misconceptions Hollywood portrays of our tiny island, though it did place us on the world map.
And other than barbaric pirates, we have other dangers in our safe little haven. The killer trees who have so far, taken the lives of three unfortunate souls. The most recent being the guy in his 20s, who had a deadly branch fall onto him near the MacRitchie Treetop Walk. And to think that I was actually planning to go there with flop!
Shudders. Trip cancelled!
