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  • Chinese Convert Don’t Want to be Labeled as Malay

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    Dear R1C

    I am a muallaf. Chinese guy who embraced Christianity when I was in Sec Two. Met the love of my life who is a beautiful Malay woman when I was 28. Embraced Islam wholeheartedly when I was 30 and married my lovely wife. Proud to be a Muslim and appreciate the beauty of Malay culture.

    I often come across many Singaporeans who now calls me a Malay. In reality I am still a Chinese. I speak fluent Mandarin. Before I take up Islam, I used to eat pork, I drank alcohol. I gambled like crazy during CNY. Now, I stopped all that already. Islam has brought new meaning to my life and I am much happier now.

    BUT…

    Oh boy, calling me a Malay, that pisses me off big time. Haven’t they noticed that race and religion are two separate issues? I don’t understand why would people ask me questions like:

    “Why do you want to be a Malay?”

    “Your family members are still Chinese?”

    “You are now a Malaylah, is it?”

    “Do you miss pork? Let’s eat bak chor mee now?”

    “Must have been terrible for you to fast for a month, right?”

    “Really Malay pray 5 times one ah?”

    “Do your Islam God accept only Arabic language or you can say prayer in English or Mandarin?”

    “Is your boss okay about you going to prayer in many times in a day time?”

    “Amazing you can keep a beard when you are Chinese!”

    “What happen to your Chinese family line? You have any other siblings to carry on the family name?”

    “Do you have to cut kukujiao?”

    “So now you have join the rilek clan?”

    “How can you eat Malay food high in cholesterol!”

    “As long no pork, mean you can eat already lor, right”

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    In Singapore, Malay and Muslims don’t always come in a package. Not all Malays are Muslims. Muslims can be Indian, Chinese, Caucasian, Eurasian, and the list goes on. I noticed many times the local media and even the Malay community themselves often confused the two terms together.

    Perhaps it is the lack of education and awareness about race and religion that made them form such distasteful mental picture of Islam and Malays?

    Time to clear these misconceptions- starting from the media. Stop using the term ‘Malay-Muslims’.

     

    Joshua Tan aka Syafiq Abdullah

     

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  • WP New Faces: Firuz Khan and Leon Perera

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    SINGAPORE — A former civil servant who became a corporate high-flyer has reportedly joined the ranks of the Workers’ Party (WP).

    In what some analysts have described as a tit-for-tat response to the tactics of the People’s Action Party (PAP), Mr Leon Perera was out and about in WP colours under the full glare of the media last Sunday.

    Mr Perera, 44, who is chief executive of Spire Research and Consulting, was among party volunteers and members handing out food rations and daily necessities to elderly residents in the Paya Lebar division.

    Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao identified Mr Perera and Mr Firuz Khan, 48, who works in the banking and retail industry, as the opposition party’s potential candidates for the next General Election due by January 2017.

    In recent weeks, the PAP has exposed to the public eye its potential candidates for the next GE — a move analysts felt was a significant departure from its practice of keeping its cards close to the chest as far as the identities of potential candidates were concerned. Analysts noted that the party had learnt from the 2011 GE that voters need time to familiarise themselves with new candidates.

    Unlike Mr Khan, who has been with the WP for several years and was on the council of its youth wing in 2007, Mr Perera is a new face in the WP’s ranks. When contacted, Mr Perera declined to comment. The WP was also tight-lipped about his involvement.

    A former assistant head of the Economic Development Board’s Enterprise Development Division, Mr Perera graduated from Oxford University with double first-class honours. He is also an adviser for The Independent news website and vice-president on the board of the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics. Last Sunday, Mr Perera was photographed by Lianhe Zaobao beside WP’s Aljunied GRC Member of Parliament (MP) Chen Show Mao.

    Political analysts previously noted that the PAP was taking a leaf out of the WP’s book by having potential candidates work the ground early. Singapore Management University law don Eugene Tan said the opposition party is now, in turn, responding to the PAP as well.

    “The WP realises that they need to also demonstrate a sense of urgency and informally introduce their potential candidates early,” said Associate Professor Tan, who is also a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP). Agreeing, former NMP Siew Kum Hong said the WP was “following PAP’s playbook”.

    Assoc Prof Tan, who was Mr Perera’s classmate in junior college, said he was not surprised to learn of the latter’s political involvement. Adding that it was a natural transition for Mr Perera as an activist, he said: “Leon has always been politically conscious and has very strong ideas about government and politics in Singapore.”

    So far, five potential PAP candidates have been identified. Most recently, corporate lawyer Amrin Amin, 35, was described last Saturday to reporters by Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Education and Manpower) Hawazi Daipi — who is also an MP for Sembawang GRC — as “someone who has the potential to be a candidate”.

    Mr Perera is the latest in the line of former civil servants who have joined the opposition. Others include husband-and-wife pair Tony Tan and Hazel Poa, who are with the National Solidarity Party.

    Mr Siew said: “It’s just a natural state of things as politics in Singapore normalises. You are going to see good candidates going to both sides.”

     

    Source: TODAYOnline, Firuz Khan

     

     

  • Filipina Woman Snatch My Husband

     

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    Dear R1C,

    Recently I caught my husband cheating on me. He has several contacts with women with weird names like ‘Heart’, ‘Wind’, ‘Cherry Love’, ‘Rain’.  I dunno what is his fascination with Filipina women but I heard they they are very persuasive and always give men the girlfriend experience. There were several mushy text conversations between him and these women. The most heart broken ones come from a woman who claimed her name is ‘Ice’. Mind you they are still exchanging SMS. You see he is working in shipping line. He always say he travels a lot and will be back several days later. Whenever he comes back he will bring back a lot of money. But he never bring me out shopping.  He will only pay for household expenses and very calculative. Now I know why he is so stingy. All these while he has so many mistresses and I am sure this woman named Ice is someone he has feelings for. We have a son and he is already in upper primary.

    The government are bringing too many of them to Singapore and these women are taking away our husbands. Those who are married would know the challenges to keep a family together, have a decent saving, educate our children and also take care of our spouses so that they will not run away with foreigners. Everytime i see a filipino I get very angry. Because there are too many of them creating a mess out of our lives. Eversince my husband get to know Ice eveything change. He treats me like an invincible wife.

    To Ice who stole my husband please use your brain and touch your heart. Don’t take away other people’s property or belonging. He is my husband. We are married. Please go back to your rotten country. To the Singapore government please stop bringing them in. They are the worst race in this whole wide world. If you have worked with them you will know what I mean.

    Shila

     

     

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  • NTUC Beri Tumpuan Kepada Kaum Ibu

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    Patrick Tay dari NTUC telah memberikan satu hujah di Parlimen, menggesa masyarakat dan pemerintah untuk mengiktiraf dan memberikan ganjaran yang lebih kepada golongan suri rumah, atau “Stay-At-Home-Mothers. “

    Beliau mula dengan memberikan sedikit later belakang mengenai golongan tersebut:

    “Satu golongan yang sering kurang diberi perhatian dan bantuan adalah golongan ibu yang tinggal di rumah sepenuh masa. Pada 2013, terdapat sekurang-kurangnya 312,000 wanita yang tidak bekerja kerana menjaga anak dan juga menguruskan rumahtangga mereka. Namun, perhatian tentang peranan penting yang dimainkan golongan ini dalam menyokong sesebuah unit keluarga, yang juga kadang kala meliputi rangkaian keluarga yang lebih besar, masih agak berkurangan dari perintah dan juga masyarakat. 

    Selanjutnya, berikut adalah 10 isi kandungan dari ucapan beliau:

    10. Golongan SAHM tidak seharusnya dilihat sebagai golongan yang tidak produktif dan kurang menyumbang kepada masyarakat.

    9. Masyarakat dan pemerintah harus mengiktiraf, memberi ganjaran dan memberi jaminan kepada golongan SAHM.

    8. Dasar-dasar perlu disasarkan dikukuhkan agar bantuan dapat diberikan pada tahap-tahap penting sepanjang pembangunan anak-anak mereka.

    7. Kita perlu mencari jalan untuk membiayai usaha-usaha pro-keluarga , yang dapat meningkatkan lagi kefahaman serta pengiktirafan nilai ekonomi dan sosial yang ditunjukkan golongan ini.  

    6. Kini, masih belum ada subsidi pengangkutan bagi golongan SAHM. Mereka terpaksa membawa anak-anak mereka ketika melakukan pelbagai kerja-kerja rumah untuk keluarga. Subsidi harus disertakan dalam Pakej Perkahwinan dan Keibubapaan.

    5. Dasar-dasar kita harus memastikan yang setiap bantuan danfaedah yang telah dimanfaatkan golongan ibu yang bekerja, juga diberikan kepada ibu yang tinggal di rumah.

    4. Pelepasan cukai dan rebat bagi golongan SAHM boleh diperbaiki. Pelepasan bagi Ibu Bekerja dan Anak (WMCR) boleh dilanjutkan kepada golongan SAHM, dan pelepasan ini boleh dikongsi dengan pasangan mereka untuk meringankan beban bagi keluarga berpendapatan tunggal.   

    3. Keperluan perubatan pada masa depan harus dipertimbangkan. Ibu-ibu sepenuh masa tidak mempunyai sumbangan CPF dan Medisave yang tetap.Golongan SAHM perlu diberikan tokokan sumbangan pada akaun Medisave dan Akaun Khas mereka.

    2. Bagi wanita yang bergantung kepada sumbangan suami untuk sumbangan akaun CPF mereka, pemerintah harus memberikan sumbangan sepadan bagi setiap jumlah yang disalurkan kepada CPF mereka. 

    1. Syarikat-syarikat digalakkan untuk menimbangkan dan menawarkan pekerjaan separuh masa dan juga secara bebas bagi golongan SAHM,serta menyokong program-program kembali bekerja bagi golongan ini. Mereka perlu diberikan pelbagai pilihan yang ada untuk membantu menambah pendapatan keluarga mereka.

    Patrick mengakhiri ucapannya dengan kata-kata ini:

    “Golongan suri rumah mempunyai kerjaya utama yang unggul. Semua kerjaya lain wujud untuk satu tujuan sahaja – iaitu untuk menyokong kerjaya yang unggul “. Saya ingin memaklumi, mengiktiraf dan menyanjung semua ibu-ibu, terutamanya golongan ibu-ibu yang tinggal di rumah! Terima kasih kerana telah  membesarkan satu generasi rakyat Singapura! “

     

     

    Sumber: fivestarsandamoon, Athena Croft

  • Guy Wash Private Part Using Toilet Bowl Water

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    Dear R1C,

    Any expert can help me figure this out?

    I had to rush to the toilet (in a shopping mall) because I was having an upset stomach earlier this morning. While entering, another man (cannot write race if not people say I racist) took the other cubicle beside me. Both of us seems to be having a morning competition as there were lots of sound (farts and stuff) and sigh of relief coming out from both our cubicles.

    Once done, I cleaned myself with toilet paper when I heard the sound of flushing coming from the cubicle beside me. However, the guy flushed it a few times repeatedly and there were also sound as if he was using water to clean himself.

    The thought that immediately came to my mind was, where the hell did he get the water from? There was no bidet shower in the public toilet! Next I saw was water flowing from the other cubicle to my side. Lucky I had cleaned myself up and I lift up my feet to avoid the water.

    When I was washing my hands, he also exited his cubicle. He rinsed his hands and left promptly. I turned and noticed that his cubicle floor was totally wet and it was confirmed that there was no bidet shower. I pity the cleaning lady in-charge of the toilet as it was a mess left by the guy.

    I’m just wonder which way is cleaner, using toilet paper or water?

     

    Gordon T

     

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