Sun Xu – The Chinaman who says there are more dogs than humans in Singapore

I have been very the busy with my business these few weeks but when my friend told me got a Chinaman who scolded Singaporeans on his weibo (micro blog) account, I was damn pissed off and decided to check it out on the Internet. Click here.

It turns out that this boy, who consumes milk much less than I consume salt, is actually a Ministry of Education (MOE) government-sponsored scholar. I wonder what he would say to his students when he graduates to become a teacher in a Singapore school.  

Maybe, to commence lesson, he may say: “Good morning puppies, today we are going to learn…..”

 

It is also very shocking for him to threaten Alex Tan, the Online Toothpick Seller, that he would be waiting for him with a knife. Jialat lah.… If you mess with some shit people, the outcome is you get more shit!

I wonder how MOE conduct their character profiling for all potential scholarship holders. A teacher should be someone who has a meek or kiasi character, slow to anger and be gracious to others right? Seems a simple online chatter has brought out the real character of Sun Xu. Is that what people call a “Freudian Slip”?

He thinks he is the top of the cream, having been schooled in a top junior college and selected to work in Schlumberger, world's largest oilfield services company, in his industrial attachment, which is part of his coursework in university. It would be much better if he showed some gratitude to this country which has given so much to him. The Chinese are famous for this idiom – 饮水思源， literally meaning to think of the origin of the water that you drink, which means to show gratitude for what you enjoy now.

IF Singapore really wants these type of talents to integrate into Singapore society, it should consider getting foreign scholarship holders to do regular community or social work. Have stints in some social welfare or voluntary organizations lah, then they can friend-friend chiobu volunteers and also rub shoulders with less well-to-do Singaporeans to understand their lifestyle. IF scholars like Sun Xu only limit their daily activities to China-based weibo accounts and their own circle of PRC friends, most likely they will leave Singapore once their bonds are served.

However, to be fair to this boy who doesn’t know how big the world is, we Singaporeans should be graceful and give him a chance to make right a wrong. How many of us did not make any silly mistake when we were in our teens? Maybe we were involved in some fights or had hurt people in some way or another.

So, it’s another of those times when we have to say again - ya, time to move on, fellow Sinkies!