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Is this video a bit too much for local sensibilities

Post by hg » Thu, 28 Jan 2010 2:18 pm

I found it hilarious but was not sure if to send it around to local friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoZIF59Qsiw

What do you folks think?

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Post by bluenose » Thu, 28 Jan 2010 3:03 pm

very, very funny!

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Thu, 28 Jan 2010 3:14 pm

Why wouldn't it be? It was made in one of the local educational institutions by singaporean students sometime around a year ago. Old hat now. Just got off the plane did you?
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Post by boffenl » Thu, 28 Jan 2010 4:06 pm

Still making the rounds--and still funny! Reminded me to send it to my sister who just visited. Most locals think it's good--damn good lah!

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Post by hg » Thu, 28 Jan 2010 4:48 pm

sundaymorningstaple wrote: Just got off the plane did you?
When compared to you, 7 months is almost just gotten off the plane anyway :-)

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Thu, 28 Jan 2010 5:49 pm

It's funny until you get to the end. Then it's just silly. Especially the courtesy on the MRT bit. Bit of wishful thinking if you ask me. I ride it across the island 2x a day. (Serangoon to Clementi & Rtn).

Yeah, 7 months isn't very long in that context!! (Hell, I'm trying to figure out where the past decade went!) :o
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Post by SGBoyxxx » Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:39 pm

:lol: this video didn;t explore fully of a singaporean.

by the way ya in the end I have to agreed.

is NOT every singaporean is bad.

there is still some goods one :)

like me. :D

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Post by hg » Fri, 29 Jan 2010 6:47 am

SGBoyxxx wrote::lol: this video didn;t explore fully of a singaporean.

by the way ya in the end I have to agreed.

is NOT every singaporean is bad.

there is still some goods one :)

like me. :D

Oh!! the sweet irony :-)
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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 29 Jan 2010 7:29 am

Yeah, but SGBoyxxx makes no bones about his English not being powderful! He's not English educated and admitted when he first joined us that he wanted to try to improve his English. I give him lots of credit.
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Post by Vaucluse » Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:17 am

hg wrote:
SGBoyxxx wrote::lol: this video didn;t explore fully of a singaporean.

by the way ya in the end I have to agreed.

is NOT every singaporean is bad.

there is still some goods one :)

like me. :D

Oh!! the sweet irony :-)
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How is that ironic, hg? SGBoy does his best and is prepared to 'converse' in a language not his own.

How about you write more detailed and 'wordy' posts so we can make fun of you?
Better yet, how about you write in Chinese or Malay? That should be fun.

The video is fine, why be worried about sending it on?

By the way:
Oh!! the sweet irony
Why do you use two exclamation marks after the word 'Oh'?

The letter 't' should be a capital letter in 'the'.

There should be some sort of punctuation mark at the end of your sentence.

Ideally it should read: Oh, the sweet irony. Some would suggest that the word 'the' is not required in that sentence.

So, you manage three, possibly four mistakes in a four-word reply. Nice one, Einstein. Image
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Post by EADG » Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:49 pm

Amen.

And don't get baited by chumps here, brother SGB. You communicate any way you want, the rest of us are all ears.

sundaymorningstaple wrote:Yeah, but SGBoyxxx makes no bones about his English not being powderful! He's not English educated and admitted when he first joined us that he wanted to try to improve his English. I give him lots of credit.
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Post by SGBoyxxx » Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:25 pm

:lol: all thanks to my education system during the 80s and 90s...

my english is seriously F up .....

maybe I communicate with my friends in chinese that why.

but I do watch english movies and listen to english radio station .

ya of cos at work place I speak english and write english.

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