My suspicions have been confirmed! The Swiss are indeed racist! I always felt that they were. I had a wonderful holiday in Switzerland but one thing that kept on bugging me was the seemingly unfriendly nature of the Swiss. Maybe it's just me? I don't know. They didn't come across as a very friendly and welcoming bunch of people, compared to London and Paris where I felt very welcomed. I suppose it's because of the homogeneous make up of the country. I hardly saw anyone who were Asian, Black, Latino and so on. It was White all the way. I remember coming accross a few people especially train conductors who always seemed to give us an unhappy or unfriendly look when checking our tickets. This despite me smiling when handing over them. Oddly enough, when the conductor goes over to the white person sitting on the other side of the train, he can be so friendly and polite, smiling all the way. Implicit racism? I'd say so. On top of that, if you want to be a citizen of Switzerland, you'll need to get approval from the community in which you'll be living in. I've read stories about how people who are of other races being rejected because of their colour. Apparently, Muslims and people from the Balkans and Africa are the most likely to be rejected and now they've succeeded in banning the building of minarets at mosques, claiming that it would "encourage Islamic extremism." Quite strange if I may say so. How can towers encourage people to be extremist? It seems to be more of an excuse than a justifiable reason. Fremdenfeindlicher Schweizer? I say Ja!
Monday, 30 November 2009
The Swiss are racist!
My suspicions have been confirmed! The Swiss are indeed racist! I always felt that they were. I had a wonderful holiday in Switzerland but one thing that kept on bugging me was the seemingly unfriendly nature of the Swiss. Maybe it's just me? I don't know. They didn't come across as a very friendly and welcoming bunch of people, compared to London and Paris where I felt very welcomed. I suppose it's because of the homogeneous make up of the country. I hardly saw anyone who were Asian, Black, Latino and so on. It was White all the way. I remember coming accross a few people especially train conductors who always seemed to give us an unhappy or unfriendly look when checking our tickets. This despite me smiling when handing over them. Oddly enough, when the conductor goes over to the white person sitting on the other side of the train, he can be so friendly and polite, smiling all the way. Implicit racism? I'd say so. On top of that, if you want to be a citizen of Switzerland, you'll need to get approval from the community in which you'll be living in. I've read stories about how people who are of other races being rejected because of their colour. Apparently, Muslims and people from the Balkans and Africa are the most likely to be rejected and now they've succeeded in banning the building of minarets at mosques, claiming that it would "encourage Islamic extremism." Quite strange if I may say so. How can towers encourage people to be extremist? It seems to be more of an excuse than a justifiable reason. Fremdenfeindlicher Schweizer? I say Ja!
Sunday, 22 November 2009
I can't stop this feeling I've got
I don't know how to describe. I feel like my happiness is going away and my sadness is coming back with each passing. Not a day passes without me having a "down" moment. I try to shrug off my "unhealthy thoughts" but they always come back to me eventually. It's tiring. I hate uncertainty. The outside world can be a very scary place. Why must life be so complicated when I want it to be simple? Control control control! I need control in my life!
On a side note, I've moved back to Bishan. The renovations are like 95% done. Just need to make some final touches and decoration before I put up pics! Thank God it's done. The house like an oasis of calm for me. Mmmmm warm and fuzzy; familiar feeling.
On a side note, I've moved back to Bishan. The renovations are like 95% done. Just need to make some final touches and decoration before I put up pics! Thank God it's done. The house like an oasis of calm for me. Mmmmm warm and fuzzy; familiar feeling.
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