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List:       yellowdog-general
Subject:    Re: [ydl-gen] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and
From:       Jeff Yowell <jeff_yowell () cox ! net>
Date:       2011-04-30 22:08:36
Message-ID: F1A2120A-6720-4485-B2AC-76A56ECE3421 () cox ! net
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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
> 
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