Singapore vs. Malaysia, Xiaxue vs. Shaolin Tiger
Published by simon on September 5, 2005I’m bored, so I’m going to flog a dead horse. If you don’t already know, Xiaxue is a fehmes (‘famous’) Singaporean blogger. Very de fehmes.
Shaolin Tiger is neither a Chinese bloke nor a striped feline. He’s a funny, cool British expat working in a monastery the IT industry in Malaysia.
I first read from 5xmom’s site about the whole thing. Xiaxue apparently came to KL. She didn’t like some things about it. She bitched complained about it on her fehmes blog.
Shaolin took offence to some of her things she said about Malaysia. You can read it here.
Then a minor hell broke loose (not as big a hell as when Lee Kuan Yew and Tun Mahathir… oh, never mind).
Don’t get me wrong. Xiaxue didn’t take it badly, she was quite diplomatic about it. But her fans and hangers-on didn’t do too well. What followed was a barrage of jingoistic mudslinging and country bashing from both sides. I must say the Malaysian bloggers held their own against their Singaporean counterparts, although there were a few exceptions.
Really, if Xiaxue was pretty OK with it, what was the problem? Never mind.
Let me just say I like Singapore, but being Malaysian, I’ll have to state that my loyalties lie firmly on THIS side of the Causeway.
To add fuel to the fire, let me do my Top Ten List on the friendly neighbours:
Top 5 Things I Dislike About Singapore:
- Crazy taxi drivers stopping everywhere.
- The holier-than-thou attitude.
- Nobody speaks Cantonese, Hakka or Hailam.
- You can’t park your car at the side of the road and eat pasembor from the roadside stall.
- The Phua Chu Kang faux accent is plainly annoying.
Top 5 Things I Like About Singapore:
- You’ll never get lost in the island. Thirty minutes in any direction you’ll reach the sea.
- You won’t get chewing gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe.
- Singaporeans fuelling the JB economy.
- VJ Denise.
- Nice zoo.
the prob occured when XX pleaded for her fans to back her up/come to her defense which is silly really.
Tsk, tsk ….. bloggers squabbles?? Eh, are we bloggers a defensive, sensitive and MKF (ma-kau-fan) lots??
Aiyo…just let the thing go down la. We accuse her of getting all riled up when she bitches about other people. Maybe we should be the bigger person and walk away from someone like her.
Yes, a storm is brewing and we’ll need a good diversion to avert the War of Blogs. Can you post your nudie pictures? Hehhh..
I don’t that’s a complement but hey, it’s all about what you like and a lot of us don’t like to get lost =p
this double x, is she for real?
every time she post her own mug shot, looks almost exactly the same! did she photoshopped herself?
same make up, same smile, same mascara, same eye (false) lashes
reta - they usually do, so i’m surprised, really…
mahagurusia - judging from past experiences, yes!
mei -
james - my nudie pics? they’re at playgirl.com!
earth - no i think its a good compliment, esp if you have gotten lost in KL!!!
y1 - maybe her expression doesn’t change!
Hmm… never thought you like VJ Danise too… she’s like so nice I don’t even know which word best describe her…
She’s my only reason watching MTV… ha.a!!!
You 2much Football la what Vs and Vs uou think this football mei. Anyway good comment Simon.
th-mh-hic - actually my fav was sophiya. but she no longer around so i watch denise now.
justyboy - maybe they could settle everything with a futsal match…
[...] After the initial post here, then the retaliation over here (and a couple of places as well and from her own people) and now the second round (actually there was more but I couldn’t keep count of the links)…I started asking myself, are we missing a point here? [...]
I tried to act cool when she blogged about KL but somehow I am pissed off …
Still pissing off now … damn, shouldn’t have drink too much
what’s hailam? lol. anyways - KL/malaysian people just keep cool lah.. XX is just mouthing off - as usual. why get so worked up over a bitch like her?
she bitch and she bitch and she expects everybody to kiss her ass. but when somebody bites it she whines.
i dun geddit.
AG - If you don’t know what is Hailam, then prolly you haven’t live long enough.
Signed,
Hailam woman
there are so many things to learn in this world, no matter how long you live you ain’t gonna live long enough to learn them all.
5 reasons I hate Singapore:
1) Personal space don’t exist
2) This ERP, RRP is stupid, even Singaporeans are not entirely clear of the hours
3) Food sucks, even those places that Singaporeans proudly take you to and declare their showcase
4) Singaporean men can only last for 5 minutes
5) Singaporeans just complains too much, they need better lives.
5 reasons I prefer KL to Singapore
1) There are enough roads for me to drive on
2) I don’t need to live in a pigeon hole
3) I don’t need to work in a pigeon hole
4) I own a parking space - at home and at work
5) I don’t need to use the MRT because I have my own car
inevitable - cool down man… cool down… breathe in, breathe out…
clifford - i like the last one!!!
AG - hailam is that thing you make noodles with, thereby getting ‘mee hailam’!
lilian - aiseymen, i also satu suku hailam!
hailam lang (people) here in Kuching are known to operate the best chicken rice stall and the thickest meanest kopi-O
Hmm… dunno about hailam woman, never tried going out with one before 
“aiseymen, i also satu suku hailam!” no wonder you so clever and hensem.
Chewah, James, we got another Hailam blogger. Enough to start a Khengchew and Hailam Blogger Association liao.
Yup! Totally agree with the Zoo bit! had a great time there!
mahagurusia - try la, then she can make mee and coffee for you everyday!
james - eh, you oso aa?
lilian - yes! yes! start a club!
shan - hmmm… is that where you got the ‘polar bear’ name?
oops looks like i m little toooo late hehe..
ya, all people speaking PCKish (phua chu kang english) and they still veli bergaya… yeaks…
and every food court foods… boring liao :
forgot to recommend 1 blog:
xialanxue.blogsipot.com
damm funny leh
i dun get he hailam thingy?
do u mean HAINAN??
if u do…Count me in when the club is about to setup.
hailam, hainan, headwind, all the same lar..
so where do I sign up?
lockee - my god, that’s bad…
mengZ - hailam and hainan different ler… hainan is an island kan?
papi - headwind? thau hong?
my mom’s hainanese so that makes me half-hainanese & the hainanese come from hainan island, but I’ve never heard them calling themselves hailam!
the closest i can think of is ‘hainam-nang’.
are they the same? =P
the only hailam i heard off is from ‘mee hailam’, normally cooked by malay stalls.
rjtj
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