Something to ponder about..

Well, there's been this Singapore-Malaysia thing actively spreading around the whole blogsphere, or at least among the Singaporeans and Malaysians, especially after Xiaxue criticised how sucky her trip to KL was. Being a really popular blogger, I'm sure many have read that post. Some may agree with her, and some don't. Well, needless to say, many, and I mean MANY, blogders and bloggers did comment on her KL entry. Thus, stirring up the SIN-MSIA 'war' thingy in the blogsphere.

I mean, come on, abit the childish right? I'm Singaporean, and I do love my country alot. I've also got a number of Malaysian friends, since I actually am studying abroad. I'm pretty sure they don't hate their country. I went to KL in early January this year. Honestly speaking, I didn't really like the place, but I went there to celebrate my friend's birthday. No matter what, I still had fun there, so I shouldn't go criticising about some other country.

It hurts me when people start hurling bad comments about Singapore in some of the blogs. I feel absolutely terrible, because, I'm actually quite used to people praising about how clean Singapore is, how fast we've improved since the olden days, how excellent our public transport system is etc. Then again, some commented that Malaysia stinks, for eg, taxi drivers are dishonest, and I found it disturbing too, because these comments do anger people, especially Malaysians.

I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't comment on Xiaxue's bad experience, but I guess this SIN-MSIA thing has gone way too far. Ever wondered if more and more people start reading and creating blogs, the whole blogsphere would seem so realistic until there would be a real war?! Oh please, don't make that happen. 唇亡齿寒 is all I remember from my 250 成语 book that clearly defines how I should handle this terrible 'crisis'. Singapore and Malaysia are both so close to each other, either by geographical manner or having relatives across the causeway. It is common for people t0 have relatives of another country, but relatives of different families all from the same country? Maybe not that common after all. Some political stuff that I can't be bothered much about have added fuel to the huge flame of hatred between the 2 countries.

Damn, just don't go to war lah. Tolong tolong. And stop all these SG vs MSIA thing too. It's getting on my nerves.