In Algeria, Morocco or Lebanon, people often ask me where I come from? When I said Singapore, quite a number of them nod their heads and said, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, indicating that they have some geographical knowledge about South-east Asia.
I remembered telling some Singaporeans that I was leaving for Beirut, Lebanon but stopping over at Algeria and Morocco first. The responses were amusing but disappointing.
"Where's Lebanon?"
"Where's Algeria?"
"Is Lebanon in Africa?"
"What kind of country is Beirut?"
"Middle east? Are you going to be shot at?!?!"
And Singapore is a highly globalized society....
.... 分かるな...I think we need to better our geography and current affairs knowledge in schools...
Ramadrak
About Me
- Sencha
- Singapore, Singapore
- This is a picture of me blogging away in an office in Beirut, where I used to work. Sencha is a Singaporean Chinese male in his thirties, who is into photography, food, Scuba diving, and a resort lifestyle retirement. He also has a major major soft spot for chocolate! After spending 6 years in the automobile industy, he has decided recently to give up a cushy job, airline mileage and the office cubicle, to chase after success and a pot of gold that is waiting at the end of the rainbow, before he gets too old. =)
2 comments:
haha...and i am one of them...so shoot me. :P
*yvonsu*
To tell the truth, I didn't know much about these countries either other than which continent they belong to. I even confused Lebanon, for a short while, with Libiya. I am not much better than the rest of us.
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