Ah I woke up late today…Saturdays feel so goood (Erm not all Saturdays though). I have project meeting later on in town, so I’m looking forward to that.

So now, the gist of the post.

Why do we use “We give you a WARM welcome to Singapore! Welcome!”

Singapore’s so warm, no one needs a WARM welcome! In fact, what we need is a frosty cold welcome. But if we’re in England, it’s a different case altogether right? I mean it’s okay if the Brits say “We welcome your warmly into England ;)”, because the weather there IS cold.

So what does this mean? Well, our language i.e. the British English Language to be exact, embeds coloniailsm. We don’t realise it when we use it, because it’s been so much that way for many freakin years. We just take for granted as it is, and we use words that originated from colonial times.

The India Indians on the other hand are head over heels crazy over cricket. They claim it’s a national sporting pride. But seriously, where did cricket originate from? What was the social status like back in that era? History showed that cricket was a White Man’s game, a game meant for the upper class i.e. the British at that time.

Therefore, India Indians claiming cricket to be a national sporting pride is a total contradiction; an insult to Mahatma Gandhi’s efforts. They want to be free, but yet dearly hold onto something that emanates colonialism. This is however, just my opinion, which can be highly contested by anyone. I’d like to hear from you guys.

Credits to TC Chang for the ideas