Ris Low 6: So was it an A1 or B3?

[HomeworKillTrees]

I think she meant implemented. 

[kanwo16bian]

She sounds normal what. I think she's totally fine - and she consciously made the effort to. Kudos to your effort Ris and keep going:)

[Averagebum2]

Hey, many of the comments seem quite wicked...she seems to be trying her best in the 2 videos I have watched of her. She's not really putting on an air, or pretending to speak good English as many other Singaporeans seem to do.

I think she should be applauded for having the confidence with which she tries to present herself.

[Horrible28]

my heart is ponding. Lol.

[silverysnow92]

I feel quite sorry for her!

[kelveto]

Your failed your English. You're a disgrace. English is an international business language. Don't speak shitty Singlish. Singlish sucks. Then again, it's NOT YOUR FAULT. YOUR MOE teachers are obviously teaching SINGLISH in all their teaching subjects, even though the medium of instruction is in English. MOE IS to blame as many of their Head of Departments (HODs) speak Singlish. MOE, please improve the standard of English among your non-English teachers in teaching subjects in the English medium.

[thejin666]

@kelveto why does singlish suck? most Singaporeans cant even convey tone without it even the ones who had received an A1 in O levels. Singlish is amazing, when 'proper english' is spoken by most singaporians it sounds unnatural and horrible, though being grammatically correct.

[zacTAG]

Turn on transcribe audio and go to 2:06. :D

[cloexx09]

ohmygod, she dare to even say this is how most singaporeans speak like -.- girl, you really need some diggings in your ears

[cadeau36]

poor girl, i wish u guys would stop attacking her for god sake.

[zatehlun]

the interviewer was being much too condescending. she was talking to ris as if she were a child!

[johnwxh30]

Ris speaks poor English. Remember the "leopard prinees"?

[rolldecode]

Dear, i am 12 and i can answer all the questions you have been asked in perfect English. you are just too stupid to realise that u are representing Singapore in an international competition. It's soo embarrassing to see someone from my own country speak like that! I am eurasian and my chinese is better than yours by the way! I would also like to add, although Singaporeans might not be able to pull off perfect or rather a very high standard of English, they are much better than you! disgraceful.

[Averagebum2]

@rolldecode I am 43, and I think that as a 12-year old, you are a disgrace to the Singaporean society for the way you were brought up, for not knowing how to show respect to someone older than you and who probably has far more experience than you in dealing with life's issues and issues regarding representing Singapore.

Many who behave like you, are nothing but the products of snobbish parents who teach such elitism with no concern for the important moral values of respect and humility.

[chhuck]

@Averagebum2 . well said! I understand why speaking English well is "some what important", but why these people giving her hard time, is she going to deal with foreign affair? she is representing Singapore, not England. I want the person represent me to be speak my language well, be fluent in second and third languages is a plus. some of you just think too little of your self;are those from the west speak your language when the competition is held in your land?

[InspirationalJason]

She's just talking in her own world..

[opapa98]

/watch?v=WFj8ooo1u-8

RIS LOW YOG REMIX!!! SUBSCRIBE!!!

[boohooctkh]

her facebook alr stated that she has A1 For eng if you pause the video,yet she says she only stated she has A1 for communications

[kelvynyeang]

still think, no matter how boomz... she still speaks better than malaysia's amber chia...-_-

[fareezharis]

Shes The Singapore Blonde xD

[yuxianglin112345]

omg do not disgrace china too. YOU CALL THAT PATHETIC CHINESE GOOD? OK GUYS LETS ALL GO KILL OURSELVES. (im a singaporean)

[GameDeath]

She's hot.

[kirthi4s]

Why do people hate her so much..?  What did she do?

[kimberxz]

whoa she is damn ugly.

[cutemussy]

Awh, she's a sweet girl really. So maybe she isn't the best at languages. Perhaps that's kinda the reason she went into Beauty pageants.. and though yes, communication remains significant factor - especially when representing your country - you still can't blame her. She tries, she's polite and sweet. Why does everyone beat down on her so badly?! At least she can hold conversation! I've heard much worse...

[InspirationalJason]

Oh my, her english and chinese are far off... hell with her speaking!

[michelle539zl]

implied on many years back???

[jasonme2u]

I feel bad for her :( she's about to cry, come on u guys just show at least a little bit of sympathy just a little bit hahaha

[MrRoarful]

how did she even made it into Miss Singapore?

[runonbun]

actually she's quite poor thing. So stop insulting her. Blame it on the judges who picked her.

[ScienceForGames]

The host says her english is not perfect. Better than ris still can ready. Ris say people dun speak perfect english. Wow. To speak of yourself.

[jolinoyt]

Omg, how did she manage to pass the auditions?!?!

[ulricaaa]

wow the interviewer is bilingual. ris low pales in comparison.

[machoticbalze25]

In ngee ann you can only get A,A+ or AD... NO such thing as A1 lol..

[epicac100]

Her Chinese is as crappy as her English. (Ok, fine, her English is worse....)

[epicac100]

Actually....I pity her. A lot. Poor girl. 

[epicac100]

Actually....I pity her. A lot. Poor girl. (still, her English SUCKS!! A lot.)

[aassbbcc]

Please! What kind of misunderstanding can people most probably have? She was the one who wrote that she had A1 for English. Seriously. Her pronunciation is not the only problem.

[jfooislost]

"speak good English campaign was implied"

[Horrible28]

@jfooislost implemented became "implied". Lol

[iHatewAsabi]

she cant even speak chinese properly.

[BadBoyBoyzz]

she's a beauty queen?  ? ?

[sarabat]

she's deluded.

[argheighteen]

oh my gosh... she studied nursing?!

[KuroiTsubasaXD]

Excuse me? Was the speak good english movement implied or implemented? Seriously.

[Thecheahable]

LOL ENGUSH

[runescapefanify]

the host is so sacarstic

[Alexwkj]

Crap. I got B3 for English too. This spells disaster...

[kingsblendstrain]

DAMN NAUTRE YOU SCARY!!!!

[danifeelex]

Singapore's PERFECT example..i mean the goverment does promote speak mandarin campaign dont they..??

[2912555]

Sure bo?

[typp01]

It's gd to see tht she made an effort in improving her eng. It's getting better. However, I don't c y Singaporeans shld be critisizing her. I mean, almost all Singaporeans in SG speak this way. I do, too, speak Singlish n in a Singaporean accent, tho it's not as strong now aft I changed from being in a local sch to an international sch abroad. My friends in sch love my accent cos they think it's cute, somehow. Why are ppl afraid of wht others in the world think when this IS what we're known for.

[Thecheahable]

@typp01 i think she memorized her speech

[h3csc]

@typp01 Dude, I know this is an old post but anyway, celebrities are different

edison chen recorded a video that so many people had done before but he is just.. different

that is celebrities

[typp01]

No offence but she looks old here. Her stylist (does she have one? o_o) should've covered her eye bags more. And is her eyebrows drawn? Cos it looks like that to me.

[blade004]

@typp01 Eye bags? I am really surprised by what so many see in someones face that is so minimal but much of how someone looks from day to day can be attributed a lot to stress. She is not happy in this interview and as for looking old, that i just don't get either?.

[SuperKnowledgeSponge]

I feel kinda bad that Singaporeans are so mean to her.

So what if her English is bad? Is that her fault or was it her parents' fault?

Could be all her friends' fault.

She is not a bad person just she can improve her english, like the rest of s, that's all.

[eksh]

Ewwww can't stand her.

Makes all sorts of excuses.

"My heart was PONDING."

[muahaha256]

whoa, her english has improved.

[prrinccessdreams]

honestly, ris low IS representing singapore. that's how MOST singaporeans sound like. singaporeans are criticising her for english because they are afraid to admit to the world that's how they sound like.

[ArcticFroggies]

I think we have to give her some credit for putting in effort to become better at english. :)

[HMSCheryl]

I think her 'A' wasn't an A1 but 'A' for absent.

[HMSCheryl]

i love the starting song!! Boom Boom Pow! Boom Boom Pow! totally for ris low man!

[astroprime]

i think this clip proves the point that no one is perfect...listen to her mandarin. it really is great...and her English may be flawed but that did not stop her from trying to speak good English in front of the camera...someone please tell me WHY is she going through all this trouble for comments by average people like you and I on the streets?

[OLDMANBADGER]

@astroprime its just Singaporeans attacking what they dislike most about themselves and each other, ie the ridiculously poor standard of English here, considering this is a nation which prides itself on being THE English-speaking nation in South East Asia.

[destinyluck]

How did the host get her job? She pronouces "think" as "ting"

[ziqziqrose]

Your English is not perfect? That's a major understatement of the year.

[Cowdrinkingwater]

bloody shit.. Not even easy to get B3 for English.. Maybe the media made a mistake in seeing B3 for her English haha....

[DarkPro]

youre not young, old lady

[Sm8mS]

Well at least she says "English" instead of "Engrish"..

[lkraie]

if you're average then you're not on any side.

[ave96]

' My eng is not perfect '

- black face -

LOL must be thinking ' yours not perfect what is mine ? ' xD

[tantrick]

implied??? thing like speak and not spik!!! yes, she needs just confine herself to chinese till she can have a better command of english.

[vtyq24]

at least she's trying to speak proper english. thats why it sounds weird, but hey, she's making the effort.

[kissesunited7]

oh god that's not how most singaporeans speak....

[RSKJK]

at least shes still young ... she still can learn ......... hopefully

[buzzlight999]

@dmdark not just preety, sounds more educated as well. LOL

[MegaCoffeebean]

i think she speaks better now...

[imeanpeace2]

1:10 implied? isnt it supposed to be implemented...

[exodia94]

when saying average, there is no side, ur either good bad or in the middle

[bioandgeo]

Woah, implied. Probably a huge word for her. LOLS.

[instanoodles3956]

@bioandgeo BOOMS

[blackapple89er]

We, the self-hating Singaporeans

[duchessandthetree]

She looks rather depressed and upset. I think we should give her a chance.

[lino570]

All thought all of the ppl in singapore doens`t reali speaak gd eng... as we all added in lei,lorh,larh and some dialect as well... but her eng is like somehow she cnt catch the right way to pronuce the wrds... For eample : we may pronuce FIRST as Fi-rst...but she pronuce as FURST...

[rocktohell123]

Well , i don't really blame her . Most of us singaporean don't speak proper English too... Example " This one got meh ? " , " No la i play play only" .

[JDPersuasion]

we can score a1 but tat doesn't mean necessarily speak good english .

[lynbabysusu]

@JDPersuasion correct,there are a lot that get A1 but yet can't speak fluently

[suren2617]

Wow. I can truly see how all you disgusting morons taking advantage of a person here not trying to act or pull it off like a "ang mo". I certainly say, if this had been an "ang mo" most of you would sucked up to that so well, right? Anyway, why are you all so bothered by what she says?? oh yea i forgot, you ppl got no life but to critise and condemn others. or just to make cheap jokes out of others. Just like those lowlifes, junkyards hanging in the coffeshops with no money in the pocket.

[vyintl]

@suren2617

The fact that she has to lie to the Interviewer about her A1 strengthens the fact that she embarrassed Singapore.

Pause the video at 2:54 and read it.

First of all, Her communication skills are horrible. If you listen carefully to the interview, she is extremely hesitant at some points.

Second of all, she there-after goes on to say that she had indeed actually gotten only a B3 for her English O levels.

Gee i wonder why we are so bothered by the way she speaks.

[jeduh]

poly got A1 grade mehhh

[aishahthegeek]

Her mandarin is better!

[banggen]

jesus christ... dont criticise her - take a look at your GODDAMN selves, singaporeans! you lot don't even speak english (at least for me, my dad, mom and BILLIONS of non-singaporeans out there).

honestly - and im sorry for saying this - singlish is the worst form of english.

you can have your good english movement and all but, dont start criticising others of their english when you dont even have the standard yet, or EVER

[jazzmnveen]

jennifer from national library contacted me . ahhahaahah you must be lucky

[joshuaaa7729]

you suck. tahts all if i could know whr you live i would slap you! bitch

[RAWRlurve]

She improved a lot!

i'm not a fan of her, but it's just that i can't stand people bashing her. it's like, she tried so hard to improve her english...

& moreover some of the people who bashed her can't even speak good english themselves.

[CoolPolar]

lol at the song, "i'm gonna get get boom, gonna get get boom," did they intentionally chose this song to ridicule her?

[lc3cream88]

"speak good english movement implied on many years back"????? and her english is AVERAGE?

[Zeroshenmegaman]

Somehow, I'm exposed to a lot of people who can speak proper english...

It's about 80%?

[nda127]

Poor girl. At least she can understand what the host say and reply accordingly. She's not that bad. Xiaxue's pronunciation is waaaaay worse than her.

[menka360]

i think she's too nice to be exploited by the bloody media.

[scorpioo]

she said three instead of tree... She's not that bad..

[impartialist]

at least she's much better now. it's hard for singaporeans to speak perfect english, take yourself as example. so dont criticise others when you arent as perfect.

[Maplecleric910]

hell no .. ur eng is so not average .. its way way way below average ..

[caroncarol]

She cant pronounce properly. Is it because of her teeth alignment, a possible short tongue? That affects speech. But again, what the heck

[jonathan00331]

what's up with ris's face ? she looks older then what she seems

[kakabon91]

i din noe polytechnic mods give A1 grades.. dun they grade by GPA? n her fb entry said she got A1 in O levels. 

[mattydnobody]

she look damn shag.. and her hair like princess leia sia

[IWasHereOpps24]

ris looks embarrassed...

[RodelPolintan]

Typical Singaporean English. Even the interviewer talks in Singlish.  Both are bad. But at least Ris Low admits her English is not good and needs improvement. The interviewer is bad.

[laskist]

OMG Go to the chinese channel ris!

[shajuf]

LOL!!! LOSER RIS LOW UR ENGLISH IS WAY TOO LOW CLASS!!

[30november05]

English Standard can be IMPLIED?!?! I thought imposed or introduced would have been a better word~ And she's so UGLY HERE!!!!

[stompermiko]

Doesn't mean you are young then you don't have to prepare. I wonder how you pass your O level Oral Examinations. Gosh!

[Gillman10able]

She is practically lying through her teeth.I know because her pronounciation was suckish!

[MissusFingerBottom]

her mandarin is fine. There are many singaporeans who are like Ris, they can't speak english well. Ris is just attacked because of her notoriety after the scandal.

[txwtxwtxw]

.... Comeon how can she get B3 for english when her Oral failed?

[yagami888]

oh god she is ugly

[Horrible28]

She should just respond to the interview entirely in Mandarin and engage a translator, it's better than putting up with her crap English.

[jasonyeozhishen]

she's making herself. . worst and worst everytime she went up to interview or something.. whats with that condom thing? thats lame and she's trying to get popular.. ==||

[limyihao]

"...goes in one ear, comes out the other..."

nervous? no, it's called brainless.

[azmidasimin]

the interviewer on the right is hawt chick

[TacticalOrgasm]

wtf, shes ugly...

[dmdark]

The host is more beautiful than ris low.

[pansyed]

@dmdark i think ris is okay until she smiles

[doenen]

I can understand what she's saying, isn't that good enough?

[Beautiine]

as if you got A1 and B3 for your english and communications skills, the way i see it you should have gotten an F

[loveJiYong123]

I think that she's not bad. Maybe her english is bad but I think we should give her a break.

[keenho]

wtf man 19 years old too young to speak properly ?!?! D: wth .......

[fopwnyou]

"implied" must have been a very big word for her

[ennasy97]

her chinese sounds soooo much better

[CoolPolar]

My heart is pwaning!

[ClaraTOD]

cut some slack for this girl people.. not everyone is linguistically inclined

[ahspace]

her chinese is better than her eng but still ok only.

the interviewer's chinese is alright too :)

wow i don't even know 声名狼藉

i got b3 for both english and chinese too but i speak better in both than her

HELLO?!! ngee ann poly doesn't have A1s, it's only A, A+ or AD* (can't rmb the last one but def no A1s). i'm from ngee ann poly.

[SimplicityReTaRddx33]

her chinese is way better than her english.

[superciliousme]

she doesn't sound like singaporean... she sounds more like a mainland chinese trying to speak english...

[hellsing3x6]

I'm a Singaporean, and I don't speak like her.

[abcasd1]

she's f-ed up

[highflyr87]

ahahaha! she failed communication skills apparently.

[Draphcone]

Ris low isn't very pretty at all to me and her english is rather bad, but you must agree that her chinese language is excellent.

[XxSaber87xX]

Average? MY english is average. Ris, you are not even on my radar. You can't even detect the sarcasm when the interviewer actually asked to accompany you during your 'classes'.

[XRAX888]

B3 ? I don't think so . She should've gotten a F9 for O's

[yoshiki99]

what has her english language got to do with her beauty pagent contest? common lah guys just becasue her english is not good, doesnt mean she is a mockery to everyone, if people mock at you for certain things, how u feel, she is a human, u r a bloody human being also for godsake, u got feelings doesnt she have it also? real typical singaporeans who despise this and that..... zzzzzzzz

[jupitar93]

Although her English is way below Average, but her Chinese is generally much better than most of the Singapore teens.

[voguestylish]

i say 8e or E

[insaneLALA]

Her heart is ponding...

[123123090909]

Singaporeans react strongly to the way she speaks because of the Speak Good English Movement?!?! Oh please.

It's cause she was supposed to represent the country, and I'm dead sure that someone with a much MUCH higher standard can be found....pfffttt

[zixinx]

i think she was refering to IS module "communication toolkit" =.= A+ or A only... no A1

[peterisagoodguy]

honestly speaking, her Mandarin is really better than her English

[lightofwadowice]

Does anyone know whether this interview was made after Ris was dethroned? I feel that we have been truly unfair in our treatment of her. You see, she manages to speak relatively good English in this interview. The first one (which started it all) was as in her account, her first shot interview. Im very sure most of us would be unable to speak any better had we been in her shoes. Ris is a representation of S'pore society in general, laughing at her shortcomings is as good as laughing at ourselves

[hchonge]

she speaks better compared to the razor tv interview ... and my english sucks too ,,,

[wanyaz]

im from poly. the grading system doesn't have any A1 grades. i tot its A+ OR A- OR just A? now im confused! lolx..

[Draphcone]

@wanyaz well the A1 and B3 mentioned were referring to her O-Level grades so I assume you understand the rest since you're already in Poly.

[divyayayyay]

oh please. i dunt thnk she got a b3 for Os. she should have gotten a c5 or somethng.

[LegendFire]

The interviewer speaks really good mandarin

[crackowacko87]

please Ris...get your facts right...Singaporeans don't speak like you and your English is way BELOW average.

[crackowacko87]

*BOOMZ*

[elacar1297]

I don't think that her English matters as much as level of "Blondeness"..

English - Average

IQ - 0

Naivity 200%%%

Singapore is renown in the world stage for producing excellent highly intelligent people. Sending her to represent Singapore ... will tarnish that reputation.

[stel36]

i think, most singaporean doesn't speak good eng they meant the "la" "lor" "really meh" this kind, for articulation mostly have no problems, apart from those lians, bengs and old auntie and uncle those are diff.. articulation mostly only the 4abv category has problems.. or those who are foreigners.

[exodia94]

so u guys meant tat for her O lvls eng she gt a C5?

[CrocsRuleXD]

I HATE the way she exaggerates her words..so annoying!

[defjamrugger]

LOL HER ENGLISH IS ATROCIOUS PLEASE!

[PinkYBlueY]

I don't think her english is average. It's below average.

[enastaciah]

@PinkYBlueY Agreed. Lol.

[megumiklimt]

ris low speaks better english than the reporter here. the reporter says "lever" instead of level. haha

[morudi]

her command of English is not bad.. but it is typical of most Singaporeans... LOL.. I am a Singaporean but most Singaporeans speak poor English.. and thats the truth..

[SexySheerah]

Obviously you have not seen her blog BadBoyBoyzz. Her written 'England' is just as bad as her spoken 'England' LOL

[erisa2e4]

actually i dun mind if you speak poor english...but in humble way...but why is it really ppl dislike her speaking way....is becoz of her speaking attitude...

[Pumpkeepoo]

omg she looks like she s going to cry la

[MrOriginalist]

whats her facebook name ???

[angliixx]

i'm asian but born in australia and i honestly couldn't understand when she started speaking mando :S

[pollyseah]

the reporter is too modest!

[MissEstellaaa]

she should know that miss world is a WORLDWIDE competition. english is a standard language.

[kev7978]

@MissEstellaaa yea, imagine she goes out speaking with this kind of accent, when the whole wide world is watching her.

[yuuXOXO]

communications? does she mean oral?

[SexySheerah]

Lies upon lies! She is digging a hole deeper and deeper! Does Ris think everyone is a simpleton that can be easily lied to? Bipolar Disorder my ass!

[lilredridinghoode]

LEOPARD PREENX ^^

[MyLIfeIsDulL07]

umm, can anyone clarify me on this about her english being average(in singapore). Do singaporeans add "zzzz" in their words/conversations? im sure they dont go "heyzz, have you done your homeworkzz?" or something like that right?

[kingofnicke]

she is such a liar . i am so ashamed to be born in this country whenever i hear her name. I don't mean to be all over her case but she should stop telling lies every time someone asks her a question.

Sooner or later she would not be able to tell the difference between what is a lie and what is the truth.

Ris Loh don't insult our intelligence by thinking we would be dumb enough to believe when you clearly contradict yourself.

If you want to save your already dead reputation just tell the truth.