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Education and Academic Issues Topic: Studying Chinese too hard cited as reason for migration
Hot Chilly
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:23 am
Replies: 4 13
Ok. I concede that students could have tried harder though not everyone could achieve the same level of competency. My interest in learning difficult languages was sustained by having certain advantages over my peers. With parents and siblings who helped to supplement the basic education from the sc...
Family and Relationships Topic: Good Marriage
Hot Chilly
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:06 am
Replies: 16 148
Model Japanese celebrity Couple : Miura Tomokazu 三浦友和 and Momoe Yamaguchi 山口百惠 Since their marriage in 1980, they are still a loving couple. http://naol.ca/news/world/0903/5_09263B253_2.jpg http://naol.ca/news/world/0903/5_09263B253_14.jpg http://hi.baidu.com/%C0...
Education and Academic Issues Topic: Studying Chinese too hard cited as reason for migration
Hot Chilly
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:58 am
Replies: 4 13
Peranakan, Eurasian, Diaspora and Cross Cultural Influences Topic: Intelligence does not translate into flair for languages
Hot Chilly
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:55 am
Replies: 5 28
Education and Academic Issues Topic: Studying Chinese too hard cited as reason for migration
Hot Chilly
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:53 am
Replies: 4 13
As "poor man", others and I had discussed this many times in earlier postings, the country has lost many talents through the drain of brains to greener pastures because of the rigid, rote learning, examination oriented ways of educating the young. Why single out Chinese subject? Didn't I t...
World Cultures - General Topic: Prominent Sino-Thais : ethnic Chinese ex PM Samak dies
Hot Chilly
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:09 pm
Replies: 5 38
I know that some well-to-do Chinese families in Thailand and Indonesia sent their children to study Chinese language in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. Nowadays, their governments encourage learning of Chinese at a young age in privately run schools. Some even send their children to do a Mandarin c...
Philosophy, Stories, Experiences Topic: Buddhism Won the Best Religion in the World Award
Hot Chilly
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:04 pm
Replies: 16 73
Buddhamax, thanks for dropping by and updating us about your status. Hope your wife gets well soon. We look forward to reading your contribution. I don't know your handlers in those online blogs. One could get lost when reading some profane posts, that's the impression I got.
World Cultures - General Topic: Racism? correctness dilutes entertainment - cleaner joke
Hot Chilly
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:47 am
Replies: 3 19
In a multiracial society conditioned to behave in responsible manner, people may turn into ultra sensitive freaks who react to every single hint deemed as racist. In this case, the circus of balancing act has not seem to resolved the controversy. To what extent should political and social correctnes...
Research and Information on Sciences Topic: Are reports of H1N1 vaccine adverse effects reliable?
Hot Chilly
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:30 am
Replies: 1 5
There is a lot of noise on the internet on H1N1 vaccine but none are proven with evidence linking the vaccine to deaths or adverse effects. Listen to this podcast in the local news : How safe is the H1N1 vaccine Claire Huang finds out from Dr Martin Friede, a vaccine specialist from the World Health...
General : The World and Foreign Policy Topic: Speech by Lee Kuan Yew - Washington D.C. 27 Oct 09
Hot Chilly
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:13 am
Replies: 6 23
Petty, sensitive and aggressive netizens who criticised MM Lee's proposal for balance of power have been making a mountain out of a molehill. Their theories posted on various forums have been torn to tatters by events that followed. China's President Hu Jintao was given a warm reception and feted as...
General : The World and Foreign Policy Topic: APEC in Singapore : cooperative effort in econ recovery
Hot Chilly
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:01 am
Replies: 3 13
http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/APEC+CEO+Summit+Takes+Place+Singapore+Day+yB2Tc2KxGpul.jpg Singapore supports China's stand on rejecting protectionism. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_singapore/view/1018354/1/.html Hu Jintao on China's role in globa...
Southeast Asia Topic: Malaysian leaders want people to forget political scandals
Hot Chilly
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:33 pm
Replies: 1 5
Excerpts from Raja Petra Kamarudin's reminder, a reopening the graves and releasing the ghosts to haunt the corrupt leadership? The coverup continues and corrupt politicians have the money and willingness to pay for people to shut up and retract damning evidence and revelations. Will we ever get the...
World Cultures - General Topic: History of Islam : Golden Age to Dark Ages - whose fault?
Hot Chilly
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:39 am
Replies: 7 32
World Cultures - General Topic: Rise of religious fervour in Asia - Singapore's concerns
Hot Chilly
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:37 am
Replies: 1 8
Harmony is fragile. When religious groups try to influence or interfere with secular social organisations and NGOs. The following articles underscore the concerns in multi-racial Singapore, the need to reinforce tolerance and not to take peaceful inter-cultural / religious relations for granted. Ris...
Cuisines and Recipes Topic: Fried Rice Vermicelli - cha bee hoon, cao mi fen variations
Hot Chilly
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:25 am
Replies: 4 12
As the Fujian and Caozhou are quite close, the ingredients between Hokkien and Teochew cha bee hoon are similar. Ingredients for Teochew fried rice vermicelli Vegetables : cabbage (julienned), carrot (sliced thinly) Garnishing : garlic, onion, shallot, fresh chilli Seafood : prawn (shelled and devei...
Cuisines and Recipes Topic: Fried Rice Vermicelli - cha bee hoon, cao mi fen variations
Hot Chilly
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:16 am
Replies: 4 12
Hokkien fried bee hoon The central ingredient is soy sauce braised pork (kong bak or tauyu bak) as Hokkiens are believed to eat quite a lot of pork in their diet. You may use the the same vegetable ingredients and prawn as in Cantonese style chao mei fen (but reduce the quantities) to whip up a fla...
Cuisines and Recipes Topic: Fried Rice Vermicelli - cha bee hoon, cao mi fen variations
Hot Chilly
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:57 am
Replies: 4 12
Cantonese fried rice vermicelli It is usually listed as Kwongfu fried rice noodle on the restaurant menu. Presumably this originated from Guangzhou province in China. You could put almost anything you like to flavour the rice noodle. Vegetables (slice thinly) : Dried shitake mushroom (soak), carrot...
Cuisines and Recipes Topic: Fried Rice Vermicelli - cha bee hoon, cao mi fen variations
Hot Chilly
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:43 am
Replies: 4 12
Fried rice vermicelli is a southern Chinese dish and is very popular in countries where many Chinese migrants have settled down. Basic cooking tips : - Choose rice vermicelli made for frying. Do not use the softer version meant for cooking in soup such as those from Yunnan, Guangxi and Thailand. In ...
Peranakan, Eurasian, Diaspora and Cross Cultural Influences Topic: Intelligence does not translate into flair for languages
Hot Chilly
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:04 pm
Replies: 5 28
Hard lessons of bilingual education Bilingual policy was difficult - so MM Lee Kuan Yew learnt. Learning Chinese is not easy. How to make lessons interesting, useful, relevant and ensure that students will continue to use the language and not lose it. They shouldn't be learning the mother tongue ju...
Peranakan, Eurasian, Diaspora and Cross Cultural Influences Topic: Plight of Overseas Chinese - Malaysia Indonesia
Hot Chilly
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:38 am
Replies: 0 6
Overseas Chinese must fend for themselves. Their concern over making a living and willingness to compromise has been detrimental to the erosion of ethnic Chinese as a polity and their voices are no longer taken into consideration in policy decisions. Such is the sad reality of overseas Chinese who c...
General : The World and Foreign Policy Topic: Speech by Lee Kuan Yew - Washington D.C. 27 Oct 09
Hot Chilly
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:45 am
Replies: 6 23
The realism is a multipolar world which is more stable with cooperation than conflict. Neither of the big players would want to spark off armed conflict. I wonder what is the controversy about? China has nothing to fear if it is to reassure its neigbours and the rest of the world that its intentions...
General : The World and Foreign Policy Topic: Speech by Lee Kuan Yew - Washington D.C. 27 Oct 09
Hot Chilly
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:31 am
Replies: 6 23
SPEECH BY MR LEE KUAN YEW, MINISTER MENTOR, AT US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA DINNER, 27 OCTOBER 2009, 3:48 PM AT WASHINGTON, DC Thank you for honouring me this evening. Small countries have little influence on international trends. Singapore has always taken the world as it is. W...
Family and Relationships Topic: Younger, educated, never divorced wife for marital bliss
Hot Chilly
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:41 am
Replies: 1 8
UK researchers in the Bath University team found that : if the wife was five or more years older than her husband, they were more than three times as likely to divorce than if they were the same age. If the age gap is reversed, and the man is older than the woman, the odds of marital bliss are highe...
General : The World and Foreign Policy Topic: Lee Kuan Yew interviewed by Charlie Rose on new world order
Hot Chilly
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:30 am
Replies: 8 50
Thanks for your comments. Glad that you appreciate the lengthy but interesting interview. From the feedback I gather, I believe it is not easy for LKY to perform miracles nowadays compared to the nation building years. His persuasive powers worked well with the older generation but not the more rebe...
Southeast Asia Topic: Crime is rife in Malaysia - murder to silence opposition
Hot Chilly
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:16 pm
Replies: 5 22
The Malaysian cabinet is lined up with men who could only rake money to fill their private treasury and not to serve the people but to harrass and suppress them. These men got their job through political connections and their racial background. The laws do not apply to them when they err. They are a...
General : The World and Foreign Policy Topic: Lee Kuan Yew interviewed by Charlie Rose on new world order
Hot Chilly
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:42 am
Replies: 8 50
World order LEE KUAN YEW: I see in Iraq and Afghanistan as distractions . That is not going to change the world whatever happens in Iran or Afghanistan, because the major changes that are taking place is the recovery of China, and to a lesser extent of India , places occupied three centuries ago be...
Southeast Asia Topic: Crime is rife in Malaysia - murder to silence opposition
Hot Chilly
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:44 pm
Replies: 5 22
Quote:
Have no delusions about it. The enemy is the Malaysian police. Those are the people we must first bring down if we want to bring down the regime called Barisan Nasional. Malaysians must declare war on the Malaysian police.
http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/28167/84/
Southeast Asia Topic: Crime is rife in Malaysia - murder to silence opposition
Hot Chilly
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:41 am
Replies: 5 22
There's an old Chinese saying that when the pillar is not properly aligned, the rest of the house will be crooked. This is an apt description of what Malaysia has become. The law enforcement agencies are not independent but serve corrupt and devious politicians. With a Prime Minister who blasted his...
Education and Academic Issues Topic: Malaysia moral & sex education system failed - priorities
Hot Chilly
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:32 am
Replies: 2 4
Strict laws are no substitute for education. Ignorance is not bliss and closed minds will not solve problems. * * * Quote : The most ‘religious’ state [ Kelantan ] with the highest number of poor people and the highest number of Muslims in the state also has the highest number of HIV cases in Malays...
Education and Academic Issues Topic: Malaysia moral & sex education system failed - priorities
Hot Chilly
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:21 pm
Replies: 2 4
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