Whats on earth is this<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/4/28 "Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 " <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:enmingteo@vfemail.net">enmingteo@vfemail.net</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">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.<br>
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[b]What really happened[/b]<br>
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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.<br>
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[b]Explanations[/b]<br>
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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.<br>
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2. I did not know wang ba dan [hanyu pinyin] means bastard at all until I consulted Goh Meng Seng much later.<br>
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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.<br>
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Yours sincerely,<br>
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Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip BEng(Hons)<br>
Alma Maters:<br>
(1) Singapore Polytechnic<br>
(2) National University of Singapore<br>
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