I happen to come across an article in New Paper talking abt how foreign students faced with discrimination by local student. They are often teased for their accent when they speak, the different character they had; it could be that they may not like certain things that the local students prefers, or that they like things that local student dun, but does this make them different? Labels: Personal Sharing
I was initially not comfortable talking to them as stimes their accent I couldn't understand or hear what they are speaking. It really take patience to hear them and allow them to get use to us as we get use to them. I agree that the most major problems they faced is really on settling down peacefully in Singapore during their stay here while they complete their studies or for some work here.
Currently, I have a few foreign frens. I have from China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand. I find that when I put in effort to talk to them and share with them experience while they share their; is an exciting moments spent as you are able to knoe more abt their culture as they know urs. WE shld hold firm our country's mandate to be a multi-diversity culture society where everyone are able to live in peace and harmony. Though it is hard at times, but we shld always have an open heart to accept them, as after all we are build up by immigrants in the past to become who we are today.
I like the title that the New Paper use. It is really like the title tt we shld not let fear turn into hatred as it is the worst thing ever happen. In fact, we shld always learn how to confront our fear and not let it become bitter. Like my past article I always mention that we shld let love flourish and not nurse hatred. Only that, we are able to break discrimination barrier. Fear set in when we dun dare to face the truth, as we are afraid to be "naked" before others. When we step into new environment, we are faced with new truth and revelation, make us vulnerable to others. Though we need to protect ourselves, we shld not shut ourselves up, as these wun solve the problem. So we need to engage the problems thus able to handle it and solve it.