Re: [ydl-gen] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore
Mike <[email protected]> Mon, 2 May 2011 22:03:18 -0500
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Of topic , how could I go about deleting or editing 2 of my posts from 2008? Sent from my iPhone On May 1, 2011, at 7:40 AM, Samuel Lummis <[email protected]> wrote: > Lol wut > > On 1/05/2011, at 6:45 AM, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: > >> I was misconstrued as having insulted Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. My words were twisted and misinterpreted and I feel that there is a need to explain myself and set the record straight. >> >> [b]What really happened[/b] >> >> It was sometime in Aug/Sep in the year 2009. The setting was in the Tampines Central office of Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd. I was having a ***verbal*** conversation with Melvin Lee, my new I.T. department manager, when he challenged me to complete an I.T. assignment within a specified period of time. In response to his challenge, I replied in Mandarin: "If I cannot complete the I.T. assignment within a specified period of time, then Lee Kuan Yew is wang ba dan". I used to be fond of using other people's names to "bet" with people but now no more. The Minister Mentor's name came into my mind spontaneously and I used it to "bet" with my I.T. department manager. >> >> [b]Explanations[/b] >> >> 1. It was not my intention to insult the Minister Mentor at that time. Please note the use of the IF... THEN... statement in my verbal conversation. >> >> 2. I did not know wang ba dan [hanyu pinyin] means bastard at all until I consulted Goh Meng Seng much later. >> >> I would like to apologize to the Minister Mentor and the Prime Minister of Singapore if I have offended them in any way. I swear it was not my intention to insult the Minister Mentor. Please forgive me for using your name carelessly to "bet" with my former I.T. department manager. >> >> >> Yours sincerely, >> >> Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip BEng(Hons) >> Alma Maters: >> (1) Singapore Polytechnic >> (2) National University of Singapore >> >> _______________________________________________ >> yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] >> Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] > Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'