I am an angmou and my wife is Hokkien, it bothers me that my wife can't enjoy anything in Hokkien.. It's sad that back in Europe, she got more Taiwan channels than in Singapore. Democracy is either you use it or you lose it forever..
to be honest I don't get whats wrong with a movie with singlish in it. I mean the closets thing I know of in america is Ebonic and we frown down upon it but it's not banned (if so rap music would be in trouble )
If I am willing to employ you as a maid, who stay in everyday and handle all the household chores, in return, I give you a roof over your head, clothing, and 3 meals a day; You would be luckier than most of the people living in poverty. But would you take up this offer, "stop complaining" and "be contented" because life isn't tough? OF COURSE NOT.
There is far more to life than basic needs and I applaud this movie for spreading the message!
I thought Alice Lim's performance had an understated beauty to it. A bit like the sweet stinging pain of a familiar scar. A bit like living in Singapore.
Wa lao! Nice trailer also get banned. -_- Too strict man, too strict. And I thought Malaysia was strict. Well, Singapore may be strict about stuff, but hey, they ALWAYS get something right eventually. For an island, it aint bad xD Singapore ftw!
i actually saw this in singapore when it first came out back in 06 or 07.. so i think it's just this specific trailer that was banned. it was pretty good. i want to show it to all my friends in England just to show them a different world
Most of the Singaporean doesn't appreciate what we had currently, and still asking for more, and though that we're suffering in our homeland. Actually we're just suffering in social pressure. In fact, compare to others countries, our generation are consider very lucky, everyone was taken care by government and protected by strict law. You can go for jogging in midnight at anywhere, no one will guts to touch your single hair. Welcome to Singapore
Banned?!!! What the hell? You can hear Hokkien, Cantonese everywhere in Singapore. Singapore is very weird one. If the show has all English, they said not Singaporean enough. But if the show add a few dialect here and there like "rojak" they banned.
Porn banned i can accept but why is dialect chinese language banned here in Singapore?? I am A singaporean and I totally can't accept this, this is very strange!!
I hope the flawed government of SG will abolish the compulsion of taking up either Malay/Mandarin/Tamil as a 2nd language. They should only make English as a compulsary language, no need to force Singaporean to learn 2nd language. No point, furthermore majority of Chinese Singaporean speaks Hokkien, not Mandarin. I even know how to speak basic Hokkien, from my Chinese collegues. & not all Indian Singaporean speaks Tamil, & not all Muslim(mostly Malay) Singaporean speaks Malay.
@tarino99 well i liked the idea that porn is banned...i wish it was banned here in America too..young kids like from 17 to below is like watching it right now...
Nothing wrong with picking up a bit of Hokkien. It's fun and yeah it's pretty obscure outside of Singapore, Malaysia and Fujian but it's nothing to be ashamed of
This is a great movie, be act a real yourself, Singlish or English can't mask yourself are being of Asia or Chinese.You r so care of how people see u, comment u, such movie telling people most point of view, culture way,lifestyle. more likely reflexing to Chinese traditional, mind set is chinese hokkien. If u were in real English people or westerners, their culture,they won't care a lot & they r be feel free and real express their own way no matter good or worst.
i've found about this movie just very accidentally (thanks to Internet & online discussion forums!), and even the trailer & synpopsis itself has really 'spoken' to me. I can relate so much. as simple as that.
I am definitely for sure going to search, look, and watch it!
However, I'm living in Indonesia, do you think the DVD is also available in here?
Hokkien/ Taiwanese/ Minna was the Chinese spoken during the Tang Dynasty. The language, along with Cantonese, retain lots of ancient Chinese (Han language). Check it out on wikipedia. I used to think Hokkien and Cantonese are uneducated form of Chinese. I turned out to be wrong.
My friend told me that Cantonese almost became the lingua franca of the Chinese instead of Mandarin. But they lost out to Mandarin because Mandarin has a few more words in their vocabulary than Cantonese did.
Cantonese has nine intonation and the Mandarin (Beijing Language) has four. The vote in the Mandarin got one more vote than Cantonese in the Chinese parliament. Also, many words spoken in daily lives in Cantonese and Hokkien don't exist in writing form,
i'm just trying to understand? is it like a "broken english" per say? cause if it is can't you speak it in the streets and speak "proper chinese" in formal settings?
oh ok ok, it's because of the "uneducated stigma" that she doesn't want the child to speak it, correct?
i don't know the social climate of singapore, but i can say that in the caribbean they said french creole was a "dog language" and thus the language died very quickly!!! except for the french speaking islands.
I still don't understand why they all use "Bahasa" instead of "Malay", cus the word "Bahasa" really just means "Language" in Malay! It's so weird especially compared to the other 3 language groups. Might as well change "English" to "Language", at least that'll kinda balance it out...
Singapore is really close to Indonesia, which uses Bahasa Indonesia, and Malaysia, which uses Bahasa Melayu. So, when they refer to Bahasa, it usually refers to both languages (as they are very similar.)
yes the show waas good. richard low as the father died from heart attck. he had won %2 milion in toto. but he had a mistress as he thought that his wife wasn't good enough. when the mistress came =with the father's baby, the first wife went into depreesion. he gave the uni boy 1000 bucks while the preganant lady only 3000 bucks. then she went to ipoh. a very good show. so emo~
Singapore speaks good english?, My Ass! or is it Arse!?, I got alot of friends from French and they speak the worst english ever and they can't write proper english too. Come on be proud of your roots, Singlish is the way it is if we communicate among each other. Yes you can speak good english but it should be in formal or proper place to present it.
i see some funny comments here, english is important but is it so important that no one can speak their mother tongue? Would you rather see a world with one culture, one language? English is important, but dont forget, its just a tool to communicate with those from different cultures, not a tool to oblitarate ur own culture.
Hi a89529294, I agree with some of you points, but with many Singaporeans, English comes easier than the mother tongue. And look at history, millions have given up their original language to adopt another culture's customs over time. If we truly believed in ethnic/racial/religious harmony so much, some of us should lose the idea that "this is your culture and this is mine." Ah, the kampong days were much different I suppose. Look at the Pernakans, they sucessfully adapted Malay culture into
sucessfully adapted Malay culture into their original. Nowadays, some people stick to their Chinese roots so much that they're literally like China people, instead of being uniquely Chinese Singaporean, or Chinese Southeast Asian. But back to your point about English, I would not call it "just a tool to communicated with those from different cultures." N
i did not say I hate it!! I am saying if s'poreans want to live in a police state, then they are welcome to it. They can have a happy life and should not complain much about corruption or cronyism.
Last time Singapore banned dialects because they want us to focus on English and Chinese.
After a few years, they strongly encouraged us to speak English.
And look now in 2008, what has happen. Singapore younger generations cannot speak their own dialects, some DON'T EVEN KNOW their own dialect and they can't even speak fluent Chinese.
So is the government really effective in getting us to modernise? or is it just getting us to forget our roots and our culture?
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This is the age of global technologies and global market. roots and culture are important, but you're very unintelligent and backwards if you can't keep up with modern advancement. standard english and standard mandarin are required in this. Please wake up Singapore! World is not only this small island. YOU'RE NOT EARNING RESPECT WORLDWIDE BY SPEAKING SINGLISH.
I personally think that Singlish is acceptable when used in an appropriate time. I mean, The brits have cockney slang, the australians have their slang, american have many different kinds of slangs,,,, it's all just a matter of knowing when to switch on and off
I'd like to watch this movie because it goes into the experience of the people who live in Singapore, normal people like me but in Singapore, I think that if more people explore other's cultures', how others in the world live, we would find out that we all have a lot in common. Five fucking stars. Disgusting their government is oppressing their own language.
I want to watch this movie. Lived 9 months in Singapore past year. Got to see the good and the not-so, but it was a very nice experience in overall... However, I don't know where can I get it :(
Most Singaporeans can speak English that is understandable to Westerners. It may not always be fully grammatical, but then neither is spoken American English or even Brit English. Tourists should have no problem, and it might even be fun to hear a different English. After all, that's a draw when you visit places like New Orleans or Yorkshire.
yes bro, i agree wif u, they feel very sick 2 hear dat, in short dat is 7 letter words; KNNBCCB, the last 2 words can b heard almost everyday! this is S'pore lifestyle!
I live in Singapore and saw the complete trailer on national TV with its Hokkien/Singlish language. Nothing was cut. That was why I was attracted to go to the cinema to watch the show. Nothing was cut !!!
Banned?? I think at the end of the complete trailer, the President of Singapore was quoted "it is real life, go watch it" (or something like that); I watched it during its first run last year. Good show - highly recommended.
This version was definitely banned by the censors. The version shown on TV was only aired after the show ended, to publicise the DVD, and had all Hokkien dialogue removed. I'm afraid you misremembered, dude.
On 28 Oct 2007, Singapore Dreaming became the very first Singaporean film to win the Best Asian/Middle Eastern Film Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival!
Congrats on getting a fortnightly column next to Sumiko Tan's as well. Such an honor could only leave other journos feeble with envy. Being next to Cheong Suk-Wai's column just don't cut the same mustard. Will this win point to eligibility for next year's Cultural Medallion? We keep our lup-cheongs crossed.
Forge on! My lup-cheong's still crossed for you 'til you win the Cultural Medallion. If Eric Khoo can, why not you? Unless, your wealth doesn't somehow measure up. Oh, sorry, wealth has nothing to do with it. Let me scratch head over money=power & get back to you.
The situation is such that allowing and encouraging the use of dialects will NOT decrease the level of competency in Mandarin and English in the country's youth. we have much to gain, and nothing to lose, by relooking our outdated language policy.
rainingliaoz: i watched the show, and it touched on more than just cramped HDB flats. it made us question our aims in life living in Singapore, and showed the futility of many Singaporeans' religion: Materialism. I daresay that this disease/fake religion plagues all sections of Singaporean, and indeed global, society.
DVDs are available in Singapore at most stores. The film's now touring the various film festivals. It recently played in New York at the Asian American Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award. It's now headed to Tokyo where it's nominated for the Best Asian Film.
tensenhabis, have u been in singapore? if u haven't i wish you could stop your baised opinions. chances are u met some singaporeans through the net and thats what u think all singaporeans are. widen your vision through that numbskull.
hmmm. not really keen on singaporean productions of that genre. feels kinda out dated. admitedly, there are singaporeans still living like that, but the trailer sure looks like its doing an over emphasis on overly done cliches of cramp cheaply furbished HDBs, uncouthed coffee shop uncles, etc.
Here are screening dates for SINGAPORE DREAMING in October 2007:
THE WOMEN MAKE WAVES FILM FESTIVAL IN TAIWAN
(Closing Film)
TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Nominated for the Best Asian/Middle Eastern Film Award
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
"...Singapore Dreaming sustains, with a surprising delicacy, the anxiety of a runaway consumer culture in a way few films have." - Express, the Washington Post
For details on dates, times and venues, visit: SingaporeDreamingdotcom
MUCHINA, come on...I believe not everyone looks down on Chinese from China. At least I don't since I think that afterall, we are all still Han Chinese, descendants of the Dragon!!! =)
Singapore Dreaming just won the Audience Award at the Asian American International Film Festival in New York, the oldest festival for Asian-American films in the US.
eh MUofChina, stupid kid son of MINE COME LET's GO HOME I WHack you later!!! SORRY all of you who were offended because he comes from an obscure unknown village so quite uncouth don't know manners and English is so bad. i apologise to you all.
lol. which part of "go back to your country china man" makes you think that we have no idea HK is part of china? really quite dumb. a true china man indeed.
u mistaken or ratarded. China is not red like the Russia but for the people. China make the people proud and improve the people live. i know many oversea chinese past look down on us and say 中国猪 word. but now the situation is turn around. we are now with the power and money. so admit it. respect the mainland chinese. anyway u all have no choice.
u dunno? u think have another country can do better than china? u really dunno anything. u be patient and see when we take over taiwan and see how powerful we become.
The last line my the actress playing the beer girl from mainland China should really be made heard to more .
IGNlTlON 2 weeks ago
A film/movie from Singapore that I actually really like!...a movie with a good message :)
warm greeting from Indonesia~
nikiwonoto 4 months ago
George Yeo in the 90s starting the drastic reform in the censorship board. He should be credited for suppressing the art and creation in Singapore.
jchow2090 7 months ago
DICK su?
lhyx1990 8 months ago
Hokkien is like music to me coz I stayed in a Hokkien kampung during my younger days. BAN THIS, BAN THAT..BAN MY ASS.
azees007 8 months ago
Come on! Mandarin is also a dialect from Northern China! SO WHY CAN'T WE SPEAK OUR OWN DIALECT?
velvetveuve 10 months ago
A good singapore film by singaporean for singaporean..Recommended. Way better than any Jack Neo movie..
darrendelong 11 months ago 3
Never knew the Loh family stays so close to me! :P
dustarian 1 year ago
the government controls what the public get to watch... so what's the difference between singapore and china in terms of human rights?
sonofthehill 1 year ago
chee bye . nothing wrong wad . everything all kenna ban then next tie everything oso kenna ban lor! wa lan eh! the tzeng hoo buay sai la!
1315suju 1 year ago
wait, i think i lived in the condominium shown on 0:31
TripleRhu 1 year ago
dick su sounds like su -c 'dick'
TripleRhu 1 year ago
I am an angmou and my wife is Hokkien, it bothers me that my wife can't enjoy anything in Hokkien.. It's sad that back in Europe, she got more Taiwan channels than in Singapore. Democracy is either you use it or you lose it forever..
spaghetti3331 1 year ago
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spaghetti3331 1 year ago
im 9 and i speak hokkien. wa si gao heh, wa eh hiao gong hokkien uay
BillaPacific 1 year ago
singapore tzeng hoo na kak saiii! apa pasal banned hokkien? sai lah, thats why dont choose HAKKA as prime minister! na kak saii
andyken 1 year ago
to be honest I don't get whats wrong with a movie with singlish in it. I mean the closets thing I know of in america is Ebonic and we frown down upon it but it's not banned (if so rap music would be in trouble )
hkfan1980 1 year ago
how can dis be banned,nth rong wad,fucker lah
BloodLord312 1 year ago
If I am willing to employ you as a maid, who stay in everyday and handle all the household chores, in return, I give you a roof over your head, clothing, and 3 meals a day; You would be luckier than most of the people living in poverty. But would you take up this offer, "stop complaining" and "be contented" because life isn't tough? OF COURSE NOT.
There is far more to life than basic needs and I applaud this movie for spreading the message!
remiraz 1 year ago
I thought Alice Lim's performance had an understated beauty to it. A bit like the sweet stinging pain of a familiar scar. A bit like living in Singapore.
lastpainting 1 year ago
Wa lao! Nice trailer also get banned. -_- Too strict man, too strict. And I thought Malaysia was strict. Well, Singapore may be strict about stuff, but hey, they ALWAYS get something right eventually. For an island, it aint bad xD Singapore ftw!
Aero7SVR 1 year ago
i actually saw this in singapore when it first came out back in 06 or 07.. so i think it's just this specific trailer that was banned. it was pretty good. i want to show it to all my friends in England just to show them a different world
javatar33 1 year ago
Most of the Singaporean doesn't appreciate what we had currently, and still asking for more, and though that we're suffering in our homeland. Actually we're just suffering in social pressure. In fact, compare to others countries, our generation are consider very lucky, everyone was taken care by government and protected by strict law. You can go for jogging in midnight at anywhere, no one will guts to touch your single hair. Welcome to Singapore
gearsection 1 year ago
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ivantide 1 year ago
Banned?!!! What the hell? You can hear Hokkien, Cantonese everywhere in Singapore. Singapore is very weird one. If the show has all English, they said not Singaporean enough. But if the show add a few dialect here and there like "rojak" they banned.
felisestilo 1 year ago
Porn banned i can accept but why is dialect chinese language banned here in Singapore?? I am A singaporean and I totally can't accept this, this is very strange!!
JohnNPG 2 years ago
I hope the flawed government of SG will abolish the compulsion of taking up either Malay/Mandarin/Tamil as a 2nd language. They should only make English as a compulsary language, no need to force Singaporean to learn 2nd language. No point, furthermore majority of Chinese Singaporean speaks Hokkien, not Mandarin. I even know how to speak basic Hokkien, from my Chinese collegues. & not all Indian Singaporean speaks Tamil, & not all Muslim(mostly Malay) Singaporean speaks Malay.
SG FLAWED LAW.
meSGdude 2 years ago
this got Banned?!?! DAMN.... That's rediculous... What's Living in Singapore like???, I mean all I hear is banned this banned that....
ReaziAzevedo 2 years ago
just tell yourself to keep quiet, cos "no choice lor"...
smileyprettygalz 1 year ago
i can afford to have a wife & baby that i will want that...
Osakachi2010 2 years ago
why do they banned this movie?
murasame03 2 years ago 3
porn banned, hokkien banned, everything banned what kind of life is this huh? sad T_T
tarino99 2 years ago 35
@tarino99 Sounds a lot like China to me.
goshadowkenny 1 year ago
@tarino99 well i liked the idea that porn is banned...i wish it was banned here in America too..young kids like from 17 to below is like watching it right now...
Khievin7 1 year ago
Aiyah, tzeng hoo bo xiu tong lah!! 政府没想通啦!! A bit of Hokkien also cannot.. Nowadays people all cannot speak dialect!! Where is the tradition leh??
92959921 2 years ago 13
Nothing wrong with picking up a bit of Hokkien. It's fun and yeah it's pretty obscure outside of Singapore, Malaysia and Fujian but it's nothing to be ashamed of
holisticguy 2 years ago 3
everywhere
Ok la
Paper...................However,I like that
that is beacuse they're speak English so funny
As for me,I think Singlish is better than Chinglish@@
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Alisa949 2 years ago
Who is the government, to tell what languages you can speak? I'm pissed. I hope the Chinese would speak dialects just to piss them off.
Kamikazeesouled 2 years ago
totally agree=P but u dont say that to the singapore govt if ure in singapore;)
bananaman22 2 years ago
This is a great movie, be act a real yourself, Singlish or English can't mask yourself are being of Asia or Chinese.You r so care of how people see u, comment u, such movie telling people most point of view, culture way,lifestyle. more likely reflexing to Chinese traditional, mind set is chinese hokkien. If u were in real English people or westerners, their culture,they won't care a lot & they r be feel free and real express their own way no matter good or worst.
happyray88 2 years ago 4
no idea what on earth ure talking about
bananaman22 2 years ago
Correct me if im wrong but i really remember seeing this being shown last time on FilmArt when (Arts) Central was still a channel
Azner2254 3 years ago 3
Yes, you're right. Its like late night.
wj0102 2 years ago
i've found about this movie just very accidentally (thanks to Internet & online discussion forums!), and even the trailer & synpopsis itself has really 'spoken' to me. I can relate so much. as simple as that.
I am definitely for sure going to search, look, and watch it!
However, I'm living in Indonesia, do you think the DVD is also available in here?
please advise. thanks.
nikiwonoto 3 years ago
no need la...i got special "method" of getting the film..PM me if you interested ^^
NotesCollector 2 years ago
hey how can i get a copy of this film?
aly87 2 years ago
I've watched the movie.
I feel you, brothers.
JoeCentennial 3 years ago
Hokkien/ Taiwanese/ Minna was the Chinese spoken during the Tang Dynasty. The language, along with Cantonese, retain lots of ancient Chinese (Han language). Check it out on wikipedia. I used to think Hokkien and Cantonese are uneducated form of Chinese. I turned out to be wrong.
mwng3000hotmail 3 years ago
My friend told me that Cantonese almost became the lingua franca of the Chinese instead of Mandarin. But they lost out to Mandarin because Mandarin has a few more words in their vocabulary than Cantonese did.
maxtreme225 2 years ago
Cantonese has nine intonation and the Mandarin (Beijing Language) has four. The vote in the Mandarin got one more vote than Cantonese in the Chinese parliament. Also, many words spoken in daily lives in Cantonese and Hokkien don't exist in writing form,
mwng3000hotmail 2 years ago
Yes. In 2007. It's now available on DVD and on cable stations/satellite in different countries
TalkingCock 3 years ago
I'm more interested to knw weather other people would buy the film? Considering the singlish and dialects, Jus curious o.O
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faceoffcompany 1 year ago
was this movie ever in the cinemas?
crazylivin 3 years ago
Finalshow12: Nope, this one was never shown in cinemas. Censors wouldn't allow.
TalkingCock 3 years ago
Actually this trailer was shown in cinemas before for a period of time. Then it was taken off and bannned.
Finalshow12 3 years ago
SERENE CHEN... ^_^
jinsok1011 3 years ago
Ive been to Singapore! Small country
but very nice building spacing.. even 12 million can fit.. XD
jinsok1011 3 years ago
why doesn't she want the baby to pick up hokkien?
talljib 3 years ago
hokkien.. is not as good as other Chinese maybe.. some say hokkien is Chinese farmer language.
jinsok1011 3 years ago
i'm just trying to understand? is it like a "broken english" per say? cause if it is can't you speak it in the streets and speak "proper chinese" in formal settings?
talljib 3 years ago
whaat??.. In Singapore.. u speak
Singlish and Mandarin. ure educated
Singlish Mandarin and Hokkien.. better..
Singlish Mandarin Hokkien Tamil.. sometimes..
Chinese hokkien speakers are regarded
as.. not so educated.
jinsok1011 3 years ago
because Hokkien is regarded as one of the most crude forms of Chinese langauges from china.
ttn11 3 years ago
oh ok ok, it's because of the "uneducated stigma" that she doesn't want the child to speak it, correct?
i don't know the social climate of singapore, but i can say that in the caribbean they said french creole was a "dog language" and thus the language died very quickly!!! except for the french speaking islands.
please don't kill part of your "identity"
talljib 3 years ago
the chinese lady is a whore right?
SZcometrue 3 years ago
I cunt fucking believe that this trailer was banned! What the fuck for? Fucking lame!
seebehtoolan 3 years ago
Dun ask us, ask the censors
TalkingCock 3 years ago
Apparently the Singaporean government said it had too much Hokkien. They want films to be mainly in English, Mandarin, Bahasa, or Tamil.
Pikapal1 3 years ago
I still don't understand why they all use "Bahasa" instead of "Malay", cus the word "Bahasa" really just means "Language" in Malay! It's so weird especially compared to the other 3 language groups. Might as well change "English" to "Language", at least that'll kinda balance it out...
h0llybackgirl 2 years ago
Singapore is really close to Indonesia, which uses Bahasa Indonesia, and Malaysia, which uses Bahasa Melayu. So, when they refer to Bahasa, it usually refers to both languages (as they are very similar.)
Pikapal1 2 years ago
I watched this when i went back for reservist.. haha! =DD
ryanreynolds11 3 years ago
that China women in that movie shouldn't talk so much, Reflect on herself instead.
haven watch the movie, will find time for it.
Kirohikaru 3 years ago
ey should replay dis movie,it's v nice n oso my fav!
mcht50202 3 years ago
yes the show waas good. richard low as the father died from heart attck. he had won %2 milion in toto. but he had a mistress as he thought that his wife wasn't good enough. when the mistress came =with the father's baby, the first wife went into depreesion. he gave the uni boy 1000 bucks while the preganant lady only 3000 bucks. then she went to ipoh. a very good show. so emo~
waterfox94 3 years ago
Just caught it on arts central last night. Freaking awesome show.
jackel83 3 years ago
ya but they cut out many parts from the real movie
victorycity 3 years ago
yea , they cut off TOO much
Blackmage94 3 years ago
This movie seems very interesting, and I think I'm going to listen to the majority here and buy it. PS Long live singlish, Uniquely singaporean
chenrenche 3 years ago
Singapore speaks good english?, My Ass! or is it Arse!?, I got alot of friends from French and they speak the worst english ever and they can't write proper english too. Come on be proud of your roots, Singlish is the way it is if we communicate among each other. Yes you can speak good english but it should be in formal or proper place to present it.
zepp3lin 3 years ago 3
I hate that dialects have been suppressed, especially the Hong Kong movies dubbed into Mandarin. grr
julesyim 3 years ago 5
Bought the DVD. was worth every dollar. Kind of annoyed i didnt watch it in the theatre. Highly recommended movie.
AceofproZ 3 years ago
i see some funny comments here, english is important but is it so important that no one can speak their mother tongue? Would you rather see a world with one culture, one language? English is important, but dont forget, its just a tool to communicate with those from different cultures, not a tool to oblitarate ur own culture.
a89529294 3 years ago
Hi a89529294, I agree with some of you points, but with many Singaporeans, English comes easier than the mother tongue. And look at history, millions have given up their original language to adopt another culture's customs over time. If we truly believed in ethnic/racial/religious harmony so much, some of us should lose the idea that "this is your culture and this is mine." Ah, the kampong days were much different I suppose. Look at the Pernakans, they sucessfully adapted Malay culture into
sleeevy 3 years ago
sucessfully adapted Malay culture into their original. Nowadays, some people stick to their Chinese roots so much that they're literally like China people, instead of being uniquely Chinese Singaporean, or Chinese Southeast Asian. But back to your point about English, I would not call it "just a tool to communicated with those from different cultures." N
sleeevy 3 years ago
yeh i agree with you. the only thing im against is the government's policy... the government should not discriminate against any culture.
a89529294 3 years ago
S'pore has a dictatorial style of governance and freedoms are restricted for the sake of national stability and harmony. What is the alternative?
zakuk77 3 years ago
you may hate it,,,,,,, but,,,,,,,,, it works
chaingang90 3 years ago
i did not say I hate it!! I am saying if s'poreans want to live in a police state, then they are welcome to it. They can have a happy life and should not complain much about corruption or cronyism.
zakuk77 3 years ago
i like this movie^_^..i'm glad sing...didn't get the money..
danijanimi 3 years ago
wah like bei pai... think i'm going to rent the dvd later...
stonagal 3 years ago
Last time Singapore banned dialects because they want us to focus on English and Chinese.
After a few years, they strongly encouraged us to speak English.
And look now in 2008, what has happen. Singapore younger generations cannot speak their own dialects, some DON'T EVEN KNOW their own dialect and they can't even speak fluent Chinese.
So is the government really effective in getting us to modernise? or is it just getting us to forget our roots and our culture?
jupitar93 3 years ago 2
well nowadays it is very important to speak fluent english.
corpsteady 3 years ago
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This is the age of global technologies and global market. roots and culture are important, but you're very unintelligent and backwards if you can't keep up with modern advancement. standard english and standard mandarin are required in this. Please wake up Singapore! World is not only this small island. YOU'RE NOT EARNING RESPECT WORLDWIDE BY SPEAKING SINGLISH.
dmnxCGi 3 years ago
I personally think that Singlish is acceptable when used in an appropriate time. I mean, The brits have cockney slang, the australians have their slang, american have many different kinds of slangs,,,, it's all just a matter of knowing when to switch on and off
chaingang90 3 years ago
We are earning respect worldwide by speaking singlish in fact.
vin1988 3 years ago
hm if i'm not wrong they are trying to introduce dialects as third language in pri schs. =/
xf1are 3 years ago
I'd like to watch this movie because it goes into the experience of the people who live in Singapore, normal people like me but in Singapore, I think that if more people explore other's cultures', how others in the world live, we would find out that we all have a lot in common. Five fucking stars. Disgusting their government is oppressing their own language.
preludedriver226 3 years ago
The Government is oppressing our own language?
xiayu1993 3 years ago
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this was the WORST show EVER! nearly died in the theater!
fungitoenail 3 years ago
This trailer Banned meh ?
spartanmedic 3 years ago
May your children be born without buttocks! LOL!!
Love this movie. very s'porean
borneobeachbum 3 years ago 4
LIVING in singapore?
no no no... you WORK in Singapore then go off somewhere like Malaysia to LIVE.
BroK3n 3 years ago 5
Singapore Dreaming is available on DVD at most good DVD retailers in Singapore, or go to TalkingCock dotcom for links to online retailers.
In the US, it can also be seen on satellite TV on LinkTV.
TalkingCock 3 years ago
I want to watch this movie. Lived 9 months in Singapore past year. Got to see the good and the not-so, but it was a very nice experience in overall... However, I don't know where can I get it :(
Yataran 3 years ago
Most Singaporeans can speak English that is understandable to Westerners. It may not always be fully grammatical, but then neither is spoken American English or even Brit English. Tourists should have no problem, and it might even be fun to hear a different English. After all, that's a draw when you visit places like New Orleans or Yorkshire.
TalkingCock 4 years ago
sp which is the language that you guys gotta use right now, is that english or somethign else..hopefulllllllly is english,then i can go there :Plolx
i4vn 4 years ago
So Singaporeans are ashame of their root.. and hokkien is no no?? Wu-Ya-Bo? Singlish is uniquely Singapore...! BoKaXi One!! Haha
davidtiongsyd 4 years ago
is there any1 who can help me learning singapore hokkien? any fluent speaker?
kart84trak 4 years ago
... . singapore.. banned..... THAT?.
oh gosh. okay weird people, weird.
crazyguppy 4 years ago 7
If they can ban bubble-gum, they can ban anything.
lest86 4 years ago 6
S'pore is d only country dat ban chewing gum. They said dat smoking is harmful 2 health, but y dun ban cigarette as well?
howkemon6559 3 years ago
Siao ah. They should sell more cigarettes, then the govt earn more
timothyngim 3 years ago
yup Its like living in a book of rules
HAHA897 4 years ago 5
banned because of 1 line of dialect...
weetzdom 4 years ago
yes bro, i agree wif u, they feel very sick 2 hear dat, in short dat is 7 letter words; KNNBCCB, the last 2 words can b heard almost everyday! this is S'pore lifestyle!
howkemon6559 3 years ago
does anyone know where i can watch it
ylemongrass 4 years ago
i watched it on my way back to singapore on the plane (Singapore Airlines)
o0Lemon0o 4 years ago
Wow, u're lucky
timothyngim 4 years ago
you can get the dvd if u in Singapore
weetzdom 4 years ago
k-i-a-s-u
Life is not tough. the losing part is tough.
s8820199z 4 years ago 3
The last conversation is excellent
The Chinese Mainland girl said "you think your(Singaporean) life is tough?"
To be frank, these Mainland girls have really tough lives. No one is born as a hooker...
I bless Singapore... I'll miss Singapore
923forever 4 years ago 6
"you think your life is tough?"
think about it.
meesotocikyam 4 years ago
Banned??
I live in Singapore and saw the complete trailer on national TV with its Hokkien/Singlish language. Nothing was cut. That was why I was attracted to go to the cinema to watch the show. Nothing was cut !!!
OperafanSingapore 4 years ago
Banned?? I think at the end of the complete trailer, the President of Singapore was quoted "it is real life, go watch it" (or something like that); I watched it during its first run last year. Good show - highly recommended.
OperafanSingapore 4 years ago
This version was definitely banned by the censors. The version shown on TV was only aired after the show ended, to publicise the DVD, and had all Hokkien dialogue removed. I'm afraid you misremembered, dude.
TalkingCock 4 years ago
so the full trailer was shown in the local cinema? I definitely saw it BEFORE the release of the show.
OperafanSingapore 4 years ago
A trailer was shown in the cinema, but not this one. There were also trailers on the bus. All these trailers had all the Hokkien taken out.
TalkingCock 4 years ago
So it could be the film itself which had all these Hokkien/Singlish dialogues. My memory is playing tricks on me then.
It is certainly one of the best crafted local film that takes cinematography seriously.... Very classy effort and I really enjoyed it.
OperafanSingapore 4 years ago
Singapore Govt ban Hokkien? Because of Lee Kuan Yew rite? If not becoz he ban the govt wont ban rite?
timothyngim 4 years ago
6th C, coffin LOLS
hanzip 4 years ago
MAY YOUR CHILDREN BE BORN WITHOUT BUTTOCKS! LoL
v4nd4lz 4 years ago 2
why is the trailer banned?
Mighel85 4 years ago
The trailer was banned from being shown on Singapore TV and in Singapore cinemas because it contains Hokkien, a Chinese dialect.
TalkingCock 4 years ago
Will catch the film. Great trailer!
jesstern 4 years ago
On 28 Oct 2007, Singapore Dreaming became the very first Singaporean film to win the Best Asian/Middle Eastern Film Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival!
TalkingCock 4 years ago
Congrats on getting a fortnightly column next to Sumiko Tan's as well. Such an honor could only leave other journos feeble with envy. Being next to Cheong Suk-Wai's column just don't cut the same mustard. Will this win point to eligibility for next year's Cultural Medallion? We keep our lup-cheongs crossed.
PlseScowlMore 4 years ago
Forge on! My lup-cheong's still crossed for you 'til you win the Cultural Medallion. If Eric Khoo can, why not you? Unless, your wealth doesn't somehow measure up. Oh, sorry, wealth has nothing to do with it. Let me scratch head over money=power & get back to you.
PlseScowlMore 4 years ago
Singapore Dreaming premieres this Sunday, 21 Oct 2007 in Taipei, and opens commercially 9 Nov in Taipei and Kaohsiung.
It also plays in Japan on 23 and 25 Oct 2007 as part of the Tokyo International Film Festival, where it is nominated for Best Asian Film.
On 28 Oct, it is the closing film at the US Asean Film Festival in Washington DC. All details at SingaporeDreamingdotcom.
TalkingCock 4 years ago
fucker arr u tensenhabis... im a singaporean..n i love my country..
s8990143z 4 years ago 2
I'm an international student in SG,and I think SG is a wonderful country!!!
aikokzsg 4 years ago
I'm SINGAPOREAN and i dont care what you guys but Singapore is a strong and independent country.
seannster 4 years ago 2
The situation is such that allowing and encouraging the use of dialects will NOT decrease the level of competency in Mandarin and English in the country's youth. we have much to gain, and nothing to lose, by relooking our outdated language policy.
jonsiansian 4 years ago
i do think it's ludicrious that the government still limits the use of vernacular dialects in the public forum.
the next generation of Singaporeans will not be able to speak a word of dialect, and Singaporean culture will be that much poorer because of it.
jonsiansian 4 years ago 2
rainingliaoz: i watched the show, and it touched on more than just cramped HDB flats. it made us question our aims in life living in Singapore, and showed the futility of many Singaporeans' religion: Materialism. I daresay that this disease/fake religion plagues all sections of Singaporean, and indeed global, society.
jonsiansian 4 years ago
DVDs are available in Singapore at most stores. The film's now touring the various film festivals. It recently played in New York at the Asian American Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award. It's now headed to Tokyo where it's nominated for the Best Asian Film.
TalkingCock 4 years ago
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hey where do i get this fucking stuff
u singaporean are fucking idiots but i really want to watch this shit
tensenhabis 4 years ago
tensenhabis, have u been in singapore? if u haven't i wish you could stop your baised opinions. chances are u met some singaporeans through the net and thats what u think all singaporeans are. widen your vision through that numbskull.
deshidk 4 years ago
Watch the show before jumping to conclusions! Here are reviews from people who've actually seen it:
"Funny, moving, intelligent and true. Singapore Dreaming is the best Singapore movie I've seen." - Ivan Heng
"one solid movie" - Mr. Brown
"...the best movie this little red dot has produced in a decade." - Neil Humphreys, TODAY
"The most authentic and affecting Singaporean film I've ever watched." - Alfian Sa'at
TalkingCock 4 years ago
hmmm. not really keen on singaporean productions of that genre. feels kinda out dated. admitedly, there are singaporeans still living like that, but the trailer sure looks like its doing an over emphasis on overly done cliches of cramp cheaply furbished HDBs, uncouthed coffee shop uncles, etc.
rainingliaoz 4 years ago
Here are screening dates for SINGAPORE DREAMING in October 2007:
THE WOMEN MAKE WAVES FILM FESTIVAL IN TAIWAN
(Closing Film)
TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Nominated for the Best Asian/Middle Eastern Film Award
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
"...Singapore Dreaming sustains, with a surprising delicacy, the anxiety of a runaway consumer culture in a way few films have." - Express, the Washington Post
For details on dates, times and venues, visit: SingaporeDreamingdotcom
TalkingCock 4 years ago
FRANCE?! LOL..
YoungGinTonic 4 years ago
this movie looks very good (:
ruiirei94 4 years ago
chinese ppl got fight!where got no fight one? china there got a lot of fight, then is chinese with chinese! im a mixed doesnt apply to me
clarehazel 4 years ago
wtf HUA-REN fighting with HUA-REN?! this is going to no where..
cuaem 4 years ago
WAh Singapore eh lang e hiaw kong hokkien ue yah! ehhe Gwa si filipino-chinese. and i speak hokkien too! LOL!
cuaem 4 years ago
hmm, didnt catch it when it was in theatres. gonna get the dvd. :)
lovinpeas 4 years ago
I have seen this movie at theater in France ! It was great!!!!
angkorpisey 4 years ago
MUCHINA, come on...I believe not everyone looks down on Chinese from China. At least I don't since I think that afterall, we are all still Han Chinese, descendants of the Dragon!!! =)
armyboy24 4 years ago
Yes this is pointless were all Han!
cuaem 4 years ago
IS the VCD or DVD version out? It's able to purchase from local video shop? Need urgent reply. thanks
andrewtkb 4 years ago
Yes both VCD and DVD is out and available in local video stores
FlareChoo 4 years ago
Thank you
andrewtkb 4 years ago
lol.. l2english
b3cutube 4 years ago
who here from singapore say 111
autumnbluez 4 years ago
Singapore Dreaming just won the Audience Award at the Asian American International Film Festival in New York, the oldest festival for Asian-American films in the US.
TalkingCock 4 years ago
oh ya. I tot i saw this somewhere public B4.....
pumpairboy 4 years ago
印度尼？！
what the hell is that?
indianesia?
XD
pumpairboy 4 years ago
yes, is no important country and so not even know how to write.
XD
MUofChina 4 years ago
go back to your country china man.
b3cutube 4 years ago
yes i am in my country. i from mainland but HK is part of china. u too backward dunno HK back to China 10 year ago? really quite dumb.
MUofChina 4 years ago
eh MUofChina, stupid kid son of MINE COME LET's GO HOME I WHack you later!!! SORRY all of you who were offended because he comes from an obscure unknown village so quite uncouth don't know manners and English is so bad. i apologise to you all.
FUofChina 4 years ago
哈哈哈哈！你很好笑。make new account just to comment my comment.
MUofChina 4 years ago
lol. which part of "go back to your country china man" makes you think that we have no idea HK is part of china? really quite dumb. a true china man indeed.
b3cutube 4 years ago
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China man = master! HK, Macau, Taiwan = inferior low class! Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia = escape china reject.
中国人是高档人。台湾，香港，澳门都是低等的中国市民。新加坡，马来，印度尼都是逃出了的低等中国人。
MUofChina 4 years ago
Han Chinese of Taiwan, ROC = leader of genuine democracy for Chinese national territory
Han Chinese of Hong Kong and Macau = leader of economic vitality and fusion of East and West
Han Chinese of SE Asia (including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia) = leader of self-sufficiency, diligence, and humbleness
Han Chinese of Red China = leader of crime, violence, and stubbornness
crazyball8e 4 years ago
u mistaken or ratarded. China is not red like the Russia but for the people. China make the people proud and improve the people live. i know many oversea chinese past look down on us and say 中国猪 word. but now the situation is turn around. we are now with the power and money. so admit it. respect the mainland chinese. anyway u all have no choice.
MUofChina 4 years ago
no choice? hmm. I dunno. 'ya gotta be patient and see how things really turn out.
pumpairboy 4 years ago
u dunno? u think have another country can do better than china? u really dunno anything. u be patient and see when we take over taiwan and see how powerful we become.
MUofChina 4 years ago