Heroes

Checking out Boges' quality links from his site, and I find myself in Time Asia. Particularly interesting was the article on Asian Heros. I spent a good hour going through some of those people, and... have you ever had that tingly feeling when you read about people or things that really make you want to achieve more?....it was that over and over again. What was also interesting was the number of times I read in the article that Asian people say that are proud that these "heros" achieve so much, and "are yet so polite". Courtesy and respect takes such a high priority within our culture, which probably explains a lot about how we interact with others around us, and why we have been seen as an ethnicity that is quite often overlooked.
Maybe, finally, being a gentleman is coming back into flavour :)

Whilst on the subject (kinda) of ethnicities (and being gentlemen), that "Fat Pizza" show is damn funny! Pauly's line "I'm a snag, but in a macho kinda way" sums up the fine line us males have to tread these days! The scene at the end, where he's trying to get his keys back from the drunk dude, was all class hehe

Damn! two cheap calls already:

Very cool link mate -just read about Yao Ming ... it's awesome that us Chinese can play some sports and compete - go those Matt Sing's and Richard Chee Quee's.

It'd be interesting to look at how much support these heroes got in terms of parental support to play sport - rather than "go to UNi get a degree" sort of Asian mentality.

Asian parent: "Basketball (or tennis, footy etc.) - where will that get you? How's that going to help your TER mark?" I guess they want the best for us thou.

Would you want a sportsman / son or a educated/professional career son? Hopefully they can balance them both out, but if you want a career in it - you've gotta go full ball.
Dessy - 12 September '03 - 09:05

Yeah, that's a hard question to answer. I think security is something that my parents have drilled into me year after year, so education and a career is always high on the list.

Strangely enough, I'm all for taking a punt and following your passions, and I suppose that would extend to my kids. But as a 4 year old kid, how do you know what passions you have???

Basically, I just don't want my kid to be some lazy-ass :)
JookBoy - 12 September '03 - 17:47