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I've been mistaken for a malay yet again today. I was buying some stuff from a chinese elderly lady at a provisions shop, for ten seconds she sprouted a few lines of malay. I just smiled at her and paid for my item. For the uninitiated, I supposedly bear much resemblance to a malay. Not that I have anything against that, it's just that I don't quite get it. The indian lady at the indian foodstall in the school canteen, even my fellow classmate in japanese class mistook me for a malay. Hmm, identity crisis. Anyway, this relates to an issue I've been pretty interested in lately - Ethnicity. In a racial-rojak country like Singapore, we seem to be very sensitive and interested in who's malay, who's chinese or who's indian. And then, out comes the stereotypes affixed to each race.

I have been waiting for the arrival of Sayuri. When is she going to reach our shores?
Slowly sashaying down in her flowy kimono.











次の学期のモジュールをちょっと決めて選んだ。日本の宗教　と　続いている日本語４　と　東南アジア研究　を選んだ。日本へ留学に行く予定は。。ちょっと無理かなぁ。。I am supposed to show that I have at least $6000-10,000 in my bank account. What the %*#!x# この世界でお金が大切だ。No money, no talk.