from Singapore
Driving round Singapore is endlessly fascinating. From the skyline of hundreds of tall office towers and huge apartment blocks to the shophouses, old colonial houses and shopping malls. Then you notice churches, mosques, temples, synagogues. All the religious feasts are celebrated here. I know the Singapore Government actually encourages inter-faith activities but it is so heart warming seeing so many faiths living together harmoniously (or so it seems).
The Middle East seems so far away and events there do not affect here apart from the money aspect, as so much energy trading is done from Singapore.
I can only read on the internet the newspapers and various comments from around the world and just wonder why the millions of Arabs cannot get themselves together and isolate Israel. Dream on!!!!!! T
The Middle East seems so far away and events there do not affect here apart from the money aspect, as so much energy trading is done from Singapore.
I can only read on the internet the newspapers and various comments from around the world and just wonder why the millions of Arabs cannot get themselves together and isolate Israel. Dream on!!!!!! T
posted by joladies at Tuesday, July 18, 2006
3 Comments:
And, on your Singapore travels, every time I hear of Singapore I think about two great books about the human spirit, "The Naked Island (R. Braddon) and "King Rat" (J. Clavell). Both came out of their authors' experiences at Changi, which was not always an airport...
I highly recommend them.
"it is so heart warming seeing so many faiths living together harmoniously "
"why the millions of Arabs cannot get themselves together and isolate Israel"
I hear variations on this theme all the time. Not just with the Jews, but with all sorts of groups. "Everybody in Jordan gets along fine, but those (Palestinians, Bedouin, Iraqis, etc.) are a problem..."
Living together means live and let live, no exceptions.
You marvel at people of different faiths living peacefully among one another, yet you want the Arabs to unite against Israel! ... uhh... ok.
This singapore is mostly like malaysia.. People from different
race and religion living together without fighting each other.. Fighting in this case means war.. They still fighting in education etc, and that is good as long as they don't use a gun.. HEHE..
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