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Singapore's representative at the Miss Asia Pageant in HK wrote 2 wrong Chinese characters out of 4 while attempting to write greetings for CNY. She later claimed that she did it on purpose to get media attention.
Well she did get on all the print media in HK.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/30479/smart-or-really-blurRSS for NodeThu, 23 Apr 2026 15:36:08 GMTWed, 04 Jan 2012 14:34:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:18:42 GMT]]>For beauty contests, most emphasize on looks. However, from an insider info, Miss Universe is not based on looks only. When Singapore hosted Ms Universe years ago, the hot favourite did not win cos she had a fight or something with a fellow contestant before the finals. Our own contestant was not highly rated for her looks but she scored points cos she was very friendly and helpful to the other contestants during their stay here. Judging was not only made on stage but also during the time when contestants interacted with each other and other personnel like makeup artists and even the judges. Yes, the judges also looked out for those contestants who touch their little companions in some ways which show off their tenderness and loving nature. It seems that most of the contestants who did just that were those who got into the top positions.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/685096https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/685096Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:18:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:10:30 GMT]]>

phtthp:
she has caused embarrassment to our nation Singapore. :oops:

phtthp:
Singaporeans so poor in Chinese meh! :sad: foreigners ridicule and laugh at us \"aiyoh! see, Singaporeans can't even write ... Xin jia bo properly\".
I can't even manage the HYPY! 😆
That's why i can only gauge article based on \"chio-ness.\" 😉
phtthp:
this incident highlighted one glaring thing -beauty and basic literacy need not necessary always go hand in hand together.
Waah.. harsh leh. :nailbite:

:siam:

I don't suppose anyone insinuated that bah. :skeptical:
Cos it'd mean judging a book by its cover.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/684968https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/684968Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:10:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:33:04 GMT]]>Based on thread title alone.. I guess this post is justified to be in this thread.. althou it seems nothing to do with current thread content :evil: :evil:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion#The_Onion_taken_seriously

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/63077638-post57.html

http://newnation.sg/2012/01/former-mp-lim-hwee-hua-posts-up-fake-news-on-facebook-page/

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/%5Bwols-%5D-former-mp-lim-hwee-hua-takes-article-onion-seriously-3557964.html

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/684886https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/684886Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:33:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:09:31 GMT]]>she has caused embarrassment to our nation Singapore. :oops:


she is quick witted to find something fast to say to cover up & conceal her mistake, Yes!
hence in this aspect, she is not blur. But she can't help deny the truth that she doesn't even know how to write basic Xin jia bo de Xin .... and here she is representing our nation Xin jia bo. what a big joke ! :shock: :faint: :scratchhead:
give other country people the wrong permanent impression that alamak... Singaporeans so poor in Chinese meh! :sad: foreigners ridicule and laugh at us \"aiyoh! see, Singaporeans can't even write ... Xin jia bo de Xin properly\".

actually Xin and kuai are very basic, elementary fundamental Chinese Han characters. they did not ask her to write difficult Chinese characters.
gosh! come here SG so long almost 10 years - still can write our nation Xin jia bo de Xin wrongly. no excuse man! :slapshead:
Xin jia bo de Xin is the same as Xin nian kuai le de Xin.
even our Singapore K2 kindergarten kids can write Xin and kuai correctly, during ting xie.

actually it is not right to pick a PR to represent our country.
PRs may not be familiar with our country. They are not born in SG since day 1 from birth. They might have come only to SG in the later part of their life.

wrong choice of candidate picked, to represent SG!
they should have picked a true blue bred born SG citizen, regardless or not this candidate is less \"chio\", less attractive than her. :wrongmove:
actually the organizers should have organized a small internal in house test first, to gauge the candidates' basic level of Chinese literacy first. If candidates can pass barest minimal requirements, only then let candidates go out to represent respective country. Beauty peagant organizers should ensure that contestants should meet minimum mark expected, before send them out. Otherwise end up make a laughing stock of herself, & a mockery out of the country she represent.

the selection of the right candidate is very important.
if can't find any true blue bred born SG citizen amongest contestants - i rather our country send in NO rep. Let our place be empty. rather than at random choose a misfit rep. worse - mislead foreigners to draw wrong conclusion, or wrong impression. Once an impression is formed in your mind, difficult to revert back.

this incident highlighted one glaring thing - beauty and basic literacy need not necessary always go hand in hand together.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/684731https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/684731Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:09:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:51:32 GMT]]>

ngbrdad:
Apparently she is a Malaysian Singapore PR who has been residing in HK for almost 10 years.

Seems that for the competetion they will find young ladies from other countries who stay in HK at the moment to take part.
Maybe they could not find any pretty Singaporean who is staying in HK long term for the moment.
Anyway according to Sing Ming her English name sounds mixed blood.
quite a long chinese+malay name

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/684696https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/684696Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:51:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:27:42 GMT]]>Apparently she is a Malaysian Singapore PR who has been residing in HK for almost 10 years.

Seems that for the competetion they will find young ladies from other countries who stay in HK at the moment to take part.
Maybe they could not find any pretty Singaporean who is staying in HK long term for the moment.
Anyway according to Sing Ming her English name sounds mixed blood.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/684203https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/684203Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:27:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:53:00 GMT]]>:shock: :sad:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/684143https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/684143Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:53:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:24:45 GMT]]>

pinky:
she's not Singaporean but a PR from Malaysia

:shock: She whuuut? :whut:

>NOT Singaporean.

She's whoooo? :skeptical:


>A PR.

She's from where? :slapshead:


>Malaysia.

🤷


Your source legit, pinky? :evil:

😂

verykiasu2010:
it is bad for Malaysia and lagi worse for Singapore - we don't even have a true citizen to represent Singapore
Agree. Agree. Agree.

Abit *lamb hor..

(*lamb : lame) 😉

:sad:
ksi:
There goes buds' comment about chio Singapore Chinese........ :faint:
I suppose you get what i mean now huh... :imanangel:

The lass look a wee pan-asian. Hence, if she is a tru-blu sing-chia-puo-ren then.. wow.. or .. boomz.. 😂 By that i meant mom and dad singaporean chinese with no mixture of any blood or kind. 😉 So, quite chio if/for singaporean chinese girl. :please:

The normal singapore chinese girl (as in those girls representing pageants) will mebbe have smaller eyes, mebbe not so sharp nose, not so thick eyebrows... well... hope you get the drift of what i was trying to articulate... 😓 ...Then again, :idea: ... beauty is always always in the eyes of the beholder, no?

So what i think doesn't really count aniwaes. 🤷

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verykiasu2010:
pinky:

she's not Singaporean but a PR from Malaysia


it is bad for Malaysia and lagi worse for Singapore - we don't even have a true citizen to represent Singapore

better to have no representative than create such a hoohah :evil: :evil: :evil:

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verykiasu2010:
pinky:

she's not Singaporean but a PR from Malaysia


it is bad for Malaysia and lagi worse for Singapore - we don't even have a true citizen to represent Singapore

There goes buds' comment about chio Singapore Chinese........ :faint:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/683060https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/683060Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:51:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:23:19 GMT]]>

pinky:
she's not Singaporean but a PR from Malaysia

it is bad for Malaysia and lagi worse for Singapore - we don't even have a true citizen to represent Singapore

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682997https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682997Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:23:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:20:51 GMT]]>

verykiasu2010:
poppy15:

haiz... 新 also can write wrongly... bet she writes 新加坡 as 心家婆... :evil:


may be every day she writes 新家婆

:rotflmao:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682984https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682984Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:20:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:19:06 GMT]]>i remembered there is this one joke abt a beauty pageant contestant being asked by the judge to name 3 countries beginning with L, 3 fruits beginning with L & lastly, 3 body parts beginning with L..


cant remember the exact answer but it was damn hilarious... but when it came to the body part, one of the answer she gave was l** j***... :faint:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682978https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682978Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:19:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:54:53 GMT]]>she’s not Singaporean but a PR from Malaysia

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682936https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682936Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:54:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:42:46 GMT]]>There was once this singer went to Taiwan and was asked by Wo Zhong Xian a 'Cheng Yu'. Not only she did she admit that she didn't know the answer, she said that Singapore does not have 'Cheng Yu'. :oops: :sad: :faint:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682705https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682705Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:42:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:43:55 GMT]]>

verykiasu2010:
ksi:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]even good-er in showcasing singaporean low-chinese stardard...she really tarred all singaporeans with that one brush of chinese ink


Ya hor...how come I never see it that way....
I think because I never feel that our Miss Anything really represents us in Anything.... I remember the boomz one really killed all my thoughts about beauty pageants.

the boomz line was used in one of the phrases in a competition that my DS went through....quite hilarious, and it shows that organisers of the school competition are really up to date

when we are in singapore, we don't see much of such \"representer\" but when you are overseas the local people will remember it and will quote it to you the next time you are there ..... haha[/quote]So I should declare I am from Timbatu? :rotflmao: sheesh....

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682680https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682680Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:43:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:34:31 GMT]]>

ksi:
verykiasu2010:

even good-er in showcasing singaporean low-chinese stardard...she really tarred all singaporeans with that one brush of chinese ink


Ya hor...how come I never see it that way....
I think because I never feel that our Miss Anything really represents us in Anything.... I remember the boomz one really killed all my thoughts about beauty pageants.

the boomz line was used in one of the phrases in a competition that my DS went through....quite hilarious, and it shows that organisers of the school competition are really up to date

when we are in singapore, we don't see much of such \"representer\" but when you are overseas the local people will remember it and will quote it to you the next time you are there ..... haha

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682672https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682672Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:34:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:31:42 GMT]]>

poppy15:
haiz... 新 also can write wrongly... bet she writes 新加坡 as 心家婆... :evil:

may be every day she writes 新家婆

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682671https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682671Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:31:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:31:03 GMT]]>

buds:
Quite chio for a singapore chinese girl.

Hmm..buds, I read this line again....does it mean quite hard to come by for a Singapore Chinese girl to be chio? :scratchhead:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682670https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682670Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:31:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:51:24 GMT]]>

verykiasu2010:
even good-er in showcasing singaporean low-chinese stardard...she really tarred all singaporeans with that one brush of chinese ink

Ya hor...how come I never see it that way....
I think because I never feel that our Miss Anything really represents us in Anything.... I remember the boomz one really killed all my thoughts about beauty pageants.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682636https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682636Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:51:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:50:31 GMT]]>Hmm… She shd have used her iPhone to chk the Chinese characters! Heehee…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682633https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682633Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:50:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:47:56 GMT]]>haiz... 新 also can write wrongly... bet she writes 新加坡 as 心家婆... :evil:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682629https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682629Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:47:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:19:15 GMT]]>Quite chio for a singapore chinese girl.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682133https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/682133Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:19:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart or really blur ? on Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:10:37 GMT]]>ok what, quite good looking leh

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