Recently there has been a spate of articles going around about how a PRC family who just moved to Singapore was complaining about their Indian neighbour’s curry. Google for it and you will see tons of comments spewed from online forums to social networking sites like Facebook, the mobile Tweets are already in the thousands.
I read with disgust.
(With this family of course.)
Didn’t anyone told this PRC family that they are moving into a multi-racial island state filled with cramped subsidized housing that we call “Flats”? Didn’t they do their “home work” before boarding the plane to this overly cramped island?
This is rude. Very rude. It is as good as going to your Chinese neighbour and asks them not to stir fry their vegetables with garlic & oyster sauce, or as good as telling your Malay neighbour that they are not allowed to mix rose syrup with condensed milk for their Bandung.
Atrocious isn’t it?
Seriously I salute this Indian family who kept their cool and even offered this insensitive PRC family to try their curry. If this is L.A., I would have poisoned this PRC family and got away with it.
The increased (and increasing) number of new “Citizens” had caused much social problems. They are no longer just a threat on your rice bowl; I almost wanted to call it an invasion. First they took away your jobs, now they took away your precious seat on your daily sardined MRT ride. You are forced to eat “local hawker food” cooked by FTs, you are greeted at Fast Food Chains by FTs who barely understand the difference between the burgers, your calls to banks & financial institutions were answered by FTs, now, the buses and trains & taxis, yes you heard me, taxis are operated by FTs. I can go forever, but where the hell are the locals? Cooking curry?
Back to the anti-curry PRC family. So a mediation was done, does it end there? This is ONE PRC family, what about the thousands of PRCs who brought their family here too? Does every anti-curry complaint gets to the Authority? For that, I leave it to your discretion.
Am I anti-FTs?
Nope, don’t get me wrong. I have many foreign good friends staying here, from India, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, the USA, the UK, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar & Taiwan. I have nothing against people who wish to pursue their dreams, their career and their studies in this country. As long as they integrate & get along, move along side by side, shoulder to shoulder, follow the pace and obey the “rules”, understand & accept the local culture, I welcome anyone who wishes to be a part of Singapore.
Provided you don’t ask me to stop cooking my Chinese curry vegetables.
Other Related Posts:
http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/08/10/please-sir-can-you-not-cook-curry/
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110808-0000102/Number-of-neighbour-disputes-hit-high
http://singaporeactually.com/2011/08/10/the-indian-curry-story-annoys-me/
http://speakspokewritewrote.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/please-sir-can-you-not-cook-curry-sir/
http://morbid-truth.blogspot.com/2011/08/disappointed.html
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Singapore is a multi-racial society. If the PRCs are unhappy with our Indian Community doing their cooking, then “F” back to China!
alright!!!!! back you up on this!!!
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Sadly the CMC “Protected” the Newly Arrived PRC Family and not our local Indian Family, something is very wrong here.
Bro, good article. Do I have your permission to submit this to TRE and publish on other sites too?
Go Ahead Bro!
I Love My Indian & Malay Neighbours! What is Life in Singapore without Curry?!?!
🙂
http://humyeefansang.blogspot.com/2011/08/can-you-please-dont-cook-curry.html
Hum Yee, that’s strongly worded article. 🙂
What I dont understand is how did the mediator got away with such a outcome. Could it be that the mediator was also a PRC.
Newbird,
Nope she is not PRC.
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So what’s the goverment gonna do about it ? What if some member of the PRC house is constantly at home ? Does that mean the Indian family doesn’t gets to eat curry at home ?
Disappointed, they have done nothing except asked the Indian Family try not to cook curry when the PRC Family is at home. But they never say what if someone is always at home at the PRC Family.
Shouldn’t it be the case of u blending in with the environment and not the environment blend in with you!!! Shame on you CMC cos you have forgotten that “We are One Nation, One Singapore”. A well known island for different races living in harmony!!!