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  • Commentary: Need To Understand Asia Without Western Bias

    Commentary: Need To Understand Asia Without Western Bias

    Professor Kishore Mahbubani brought up a pertinent question (How the Western media gets the Korean crisis wrong; May 13): Is the Singaporean mind Eastern or Western?

    Amid the sea change happening in the world, it is time we asked ourselves this question.

    History may have decided for us how we were governed and educated in the last two hundred years. The English language has helped us tap international commerce and adopt technologies. We are fed Western pop culture and news that shape how we understand the world. But are all these cast in stone?

    While we have adopted the language, we have imperceptibly adopted the West’s superiority complex.

    In fact, many among us want to have nothing to do with anything non-Western, and view such things as inferior.

    But does this hold true in the changed economic, geopolitical and social reality we witness now?

    All through Asia, we see the desire for progress translated into action – infrastructural build-up, the adoption of technologies and an overhaul of electoral systems.

    The economic betterment of the people is self-evident. It seems that ideology has given way to economic progress.

    All these are happening in our neighbourhood. Asean, India, China and the vast Central Asia easily make up the majority of the world’s population.

    We should not let this huge tsunami of change pass us by just because we hold fast to archaic notions.

    Therefore, there must be a greater need to understand the region we live in.

    We are what we read. We should diversify our sources for news and information.

    More importantly, we should understand Asia through its own platforms and not cling to digesting feeds that are monolithic in portraying Asia as backwaters, or its people as repressed.

    We must understand Asia through Asia’s eyes.

    It is time we re-orientated our bearings, amid the rise of Asia.

    It will be perilous for us to ignore all that is happening at our doorstep.

     

    Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print

  • Muslims Honouring Your Mother On Mother’s Day; Better Than Not Doing On Every Other Day

    Muslims Honouring Your Mother On Mother’s Day; Better Than Not Doing On Every Other Day

    Sambut Hari Ibu?

    Katanya dalam Islam boleh sambut hari2 dan bila2, tak perlu nak ikut2 orang kafir?

    Ada awak sambut hari ibu utk ibu awak hari2 atau seminggu sekali atau sebulan sekali, ada?

    Memuliakan ibu bukan hanya ajaran orang ‘Orang Kafir’ sebaliknya ia merupakan ajaran Islam.

    Kalau hari2 tak buat, seminggu sekalipun tak buat, sebulan sekalipun tak buat, kenapa pula setahun sekali jadi haram?

    Tidak semua perkara yg diamalkan oleh adat orang bukan Islam itu Haram.

    Adat tidak kira adat apa bangsa sekalipun selama mana tidak bertentangan dengan ajaran Islam maka hukumnya adalah
    Harus.

    Melainkan adat tersebut ada kaitan dengan aqidah agama atau kepercayaan agama lain maka barulah jatuh hukum Haram.

     

    Source: Abdul Rahman Mohamed

  • Ofo Bikes Found In Newly Completed MSCP Staircase Landing

    Ofo Bikes Found In Newly Completed MSCP Staircase Landing

    Yesterday I found three ofo bikes stashed away in the multi storey car park stairwell of a newly completed and mostly unoccupied HDB estate (on the 6th floor mind you, away from sight).

    I don’t think it was by accident they found their way there lor.

    Sigh.

     

    Source: Darren Soh

  • Taxi Hero Saved Me And My Infant From The Heavy Rain, Gave Us His Own Umbrella

    Taxi Hero Saved Me And My Infant From The Heavy Rain, Gave Us His Own Umbrella

    I was on my way to send Josh to his infantcare when it suddenly started to pour; I didn’t bring an umbrella.

    Even though I was about 10m away from the bus stop, the rain was too heavy for me to run back.

    So I squatted down next to Josh, poor boy getting drenched in his stroller, the both of us stranded under the overhead bridge, soaking up rainwater by the minute, while passersby with umbrellas rushed by.

    Then I see this taxi, stopping along Pei Wah Ave, and the uncle coming out of the driver seat to grab an umbrella from his back seat, while it was still pouring.

    And then, he ran about 15m from his taxi towards me in the rain, handed me the umbrella, smiled and said, “Keep it!”

    I was so shocked at his kindness and all I could muster was a mere, “Thank you,” before he ran back to his taxi, all drenched in the downpour himself. OMG.

    Just wanted to share this, cos this taxi uncle is really a champ. While my social feed is usually peppered with anecdotes of nasty people doing mean things to others, this uncle really stands out and deserves a medal.

    Really thanks to him, my 14-month Joshie and my 5-month baby bump were saved from being utterly soaked in the rain. Cos this hero decided it was more worthwhile to get himself drenched than to have a pregnant stranger and her child get wet.

    How many people would actually stop what they’re doing, to help someone in need? More so, to needlessly get drenched in the rain, just to help someone they don’t even know? And to do it with such class, just simply rushing off, leaving me without even a glass slipper to find him? Thankfully I squinted hard enough to spy his car plate number, SH9260P! And so, I hope to find his contact if possible, cos I’ve also written in to Comfort!

    So all the talk about being selfless, Mr Super Uncle of Comfort SH9260P driving along Pei Wah Ave this morning at 10am, you’re da man! Sorry I only managed to take a blur photo as he drove away so quickly. He clearly did it out of the goodness of his heart and not expecting anything in return.

    But he deserves much more credit!

     

    Source: Jolene Liow

  • An Open Invitation For Non-Muslims To Fast For A Day

    An Open Invitation For Non-Muslims To Fast For A Day

    Ramadhan is coming in about two weeks. I hope my Muslim brothers and sisters can introduce Ramadhan, and its significance in Islam (and why Muslims are markedly nicer in this month, if only in this month!) to our friends from other (or no) faiths.

    In fact, I suggest we encourage the people we know to try out fasting for a day. If nothing else, just to get the multiracial experience.

    For my friends, those who wish to try fasting for a day (or more), please inform me and you have an open invitation to my place for the breaking of fast on that day(s).

     

    Source: Walid J.Abdullah

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