HILARIOUS!!!!!!! :-) Thanks for the humor, whoever you are.
On Apr 30, 2011, at 1:45 PM, 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'
