Everytime when i met a new stranger and he realised that i am from Singapore, the first question that is normally asked is ," Do you guys speak good english?". This can be treated as a curiosity question , or maybe just trying to show that our english speaking reputation has been ruined in that particular area!
I had this experience when i was doing make up for a very beautiful model who came to Singapore the very first time.When we get to chat with each other, she commented," i was quite surprised that you can speak very good english."
Confused, i have asked why comment and she answered," This is because my friends all told me that Singaporeans dont speak good english."
To be honest, I was quite surprise as Singapore has done so much to promote the Speak Good English Campaign, and turn out to be a joke?
Till now, i guess the government has given up hope on us and turn to foreigners. Should we still keep up with the Singlish for the younger generations?
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