Comments on: the unlikely immigrant http://www.sourrain.com/2007/10/01/the-unlikely-immigrant/ A tail of a girl.. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:34:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: sourrain http://www.sourrain.com/2007/10/01/the-unlikely-immigrant/comment-page-1/#comment-2870 sourrain Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:20:37 +0000 http://www.sourrain.com/2007/10/01/the-unlikely-immigrant/#comment-2870 I must apologize, that comment was strictly applied to Indonesia only. You know, it's not that bad being kiasu - but obviously there needs to be caps in levels. But I would think that having kiasu parents are not even the slightest bit fun :). Incidentaly, the Americans (according to that show) are the most desirable immigrants of all, due to the average American immigrant pulling in double the average salaries of the British. Of course one cannot discount the fact that most American pseudo-immigrants are more likely to work in the financial/trading world. I must apologize, that comment was strictly applied to Indonesia only.

You know, it’s not that bad being kiasu – but obviously there needs to be caps in levels. But I would think that having kiasu parents are not even the slightest bit fun :) .

Incidentaly, the Americans (according to that show) are the most desirable immigrants of all, due to the average American immigrant pulling in double the average salaries of the British. Of course one cannot discount the fact that most American pseudo-immigrants are more likely to work in the financial/trading world.

]]> By: Skippy-san http://www.sourrain.com/2007/10/01/the-unlikely-immigrant/comment-page-1/#comment-2869 Skippy-san Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:13:05 +0000 http://www.sourrain.com/2007/10/01/the-unlikely-immigrant/#comment-2869 "Otherwise, how can 2% of the population control 90% of the economy?" Is that where Lee Kwan Yeu got the idea to make Singapore a democracy in name only? Yea, but do Kiasu have any fun? I'm moving to England and going on benefits! Please pay your taxes-I need the beer money........... “Otherwise, how can 2% of the population control 90% of the economy?”

Is that where Lee Kwan Yeu got the idea to make Singapore a democracy in name only?

Yea, but do Kiasu have any fun?

I’m moving to England and going on benefits! Please pay your taxes-I need the beer money………..

]]> By: sourrain http://www.sourrain.com/2007/10/01/the-unlikely-immigrant/comment-page-1/#comment-2864 sourrain Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:48:35 +0000 http://www.sourrain.com/2007/10/01/the-unlikely-immigrant/#comment-2864 We should be proud to be kiasu. Because being kiasu means we shun government help and not only we try extremely hard to stand on our own two feet, the inborn kiasu-ism means that we are always proud of who we are,all self-made. Otherwise, how can 2% of the population control 90% of the economy? We should be proud to be kiasu. Because being kiasu means we shun government help and not only we try extremely hard to stand on our own two feet, the inborn kiasu-ism means that we are always proud of who we are,all self-made.

Otherwise, how can 2% of the population control 90% of the economy?

]]> By: zona marie http://www.sourrain.com/2007/10/01/the-unlikely-immigrant/comment-page-1/#comment-2863 zona marie Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:47:22 +0000 http://www.sourrain.com/2007/10/01/the-unlikely-immigrant/#comment-2863 <i>Another thing I noticed is that in all the countries that the chinese had immigrated to, not one community was deemed as detrimental to the host country. It is comforting to know that the chinese are known as the more ‘desirable’ immigrants in certain countries due to their single-mindedness in carving out a better life.</i> i agree! had that discussion in sociology class in college. n it's really amazing how independent the chinese are the world over. they don't rely on govt handouts in any country they've emigrated to, and are "successful" in their own way in whatever they do to carve out a living for themselves & their families. u never see docos like that made abt the chinese. heheh... Another thing I noticed is that in all the countries that the chinese had immigrated to, not one community was deemed as detrimental to the host country. It is comforting to know that the chinese are known as the more ‘desirable’ immigrants in certain countries due to their single-mindedness in carving out a better life.
i agree! had that discussion in sociology class in college. n it’s really amazing how independent the chinese are the world over. they don’t rely on govt handouts in any country they’ve emigrated to, and are “successful” in their own way in whatever they do to carve out a living for themselves & their families. u never see docos like that made abt the chinese. heheh…

]]> By: sourrain http://www.sourrain.com/2007/10/01/the-unlikely-immigrant/comment-page-1/#comment-2862 sourrain Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:05:53 +0000 http://www.sourrain.com/2007/10/01/the-unlikely-immigrant/#comment-2862 Personally I feel bad for the Poles. There is a number of them in the UK and it does remind me direly of the chinese diaspora that ensured that every country you go to had a chinese restaurant. However, living in the UK had also made me realize how far had the second, third generation of immigrant chinese had come. Its true what you said. it takes an immigrant immigrant to see the different shades of grey. It is definately no longer black or white, as the Poles are white. Another thing I noticed is that in all the countries that the chinese had immigrated to, not one community was deemed as detrimental to the host country. It is comforting to know that the chinese are known as the more 'desirable' immigrants in certain countries due to their single-mindedness in carving out a better life. Personally I feel bad for the Poles. There is a number of them in the UK and it does remind me direly of the chinese diaspora that ensured that every country you go to had a chinese restaurant. However, living in the UK had also made me realize how far had the second, third generation of immigrant chinese had come.

Its true what you said. it takes an immigrant immigrant to see the different shades of grey. It is definately no longer black or white, as the Poles are white.

Another thing I noticed is that in all the countries that the chinese had immigrated to, not one community was deemed as detrimental to the host country. It is comforting to know that the chinese are known as the more ‘desirable’ immigrants in certain countries due to their single-mindedness in carving out a better life.

]]> By: mooiness http://www.sourrain.com/2007/10/01/the-unlikely-immigrant/comment-page-1/#comment-2859 mooiness Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:13:04 +0000 http://www.sourrain.com/2007/10/01/the-unlikely-immigrant/#comment-2859 Good rant. And it's hard to argue the case against xenophobes when you got the case of the Somali complaining about the money that she doesn't have to work for. And then we feel frustrated for the Poles, who even though they work hard are looked down upon, and despised much like how a lot of Chinese would have experienced when they moved into other countries. The issues are not black and white, and instead is a whole swath of grey. It definitely takes an immigrant, who themselves are children of immigrants to understand the complexities of it. Good rant. And it’s hard to argue the case against xenophobes when you got the case of the Somali complaining about the money that she doesn’t have to work for.

And then we feel frustrated for the Poles, who even though they work hard are looked down upon, and despised much like how a lot of Chinese would have experienced when they moved into other countries.

The issues are not black and white, and instead is a whole swath of grey.

It definitely takes an immigrant, who themselves are children of immigrants to understand the complexities of it.

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