Ask TSL: Asking Uncomfortable Questions About Race and Religion

[@TheSmartLocal]

Do you have any curious questions that you’d want to ask friends of different races? 🤩

[@jlee438]

i got a nifty of a question since im caucasian decent.. do yall wash ur hair EVERYDAY since ur hair doesnt get as "greasy" or oily as much as caucasian hair? i do understand its not as good for ur hair to wash it everyday cuz oils are a natural conditioner for ur hair but we also look at is as gross or nasty aswell but i cant haha my hair gets oily under 24 hours i have to wash it everyday and i use a sulfates free organic shampoo for this reasoning 🤣🤣 just curious who will be willingly to touch on this topic cuz i find it interesting

[@doralto]

@@jlee438 are you asking this towards any specific race? Well, as a Chinese living in Malaysia, I wash my hair very thoroughly every day. Like yours, my scalp gets oily fast especially when I sweat. I was taught by saloonist that oily scalp blocks hair follicles causing hair loss. Perhaps Caucasians in seasonal countries wash hair less because of the weather and dryness of the air? I know my cousins who live in Australia skip days for hair wash especially during winter.

[@wenxuanlau439]

would like to see this become a series! maybe we can have different religions/genders/ses etc.

[@HumdrumSingaporeanREACTS]

@@doralto You brought up a really good point... ... Food for thought!!! 😸

[@irondeadshot4926]

What’s the “go-to” food for each races? (just curious) 😜

[@NupplesRampage]

This needs to be a mini-series. Talking about racial and gender topics in a respectful manner to educate and help understand one another. This is what I call real racial harmony. Not the bullshit where we "force" each other to live in tolerance and wear each other's traditional clothing for 1 day without understanding it.

[@wongxinhao1996]

Back in the days Chinese parents always tell your kids "If you don't behave, the apuneneh will come and catch you". Dei, what makes you think the Indian fella wants your kids?

[@Cynicalhamptur]

Oof, roasted.

[@Cynicalhamptur]

@creeper the poster is trying to say that any Indian fella/person wouldn't even want and catch their chinese kids because they aren't worth the effort.

[@edwardmitchell3419]

@þabö Chinese parents say that an “apuneneh” a term for Indians, would come take the kids if they don’t behave (like kidnapping). The joke here is that, nobody wants to take other people’s kids, otherwise they would go to jail. So, what makes a Chinese parent think that an Indian would come and take their child?

[@santac2740]

Mine would say, "If you don't behave, the policeman will catch you".🤣

[@lemon2524]

@@santac2740 I mean they aren't wrong technically.

[@rebeccajulia1455]

just wanted to say a big thank you for including the eurasian community as well. sometimes when we’re also just classified as ‘others’ we don’t really get a lot of representation, so this video helps to build inclusivity too, thank you! ❤️

[@AristotelisMitsiou]

Indeed, as an Eurasian currently in Singapore I'm glad to see that were represented too

[@alexandraedwina1577]

I suggest to use the term Coloureds instead of Eurasians. Coloureds means multiracial i.e Chinese-Indians, Eurasians, Malay-Indians, etc, as long as they are multiracial then they should be classified as Coloureds instead of specifying the race mixtures. That is how South Africans classify their multiracial populations FYI. But I just like that terminology better🙂😉

[@tlim8969]

@@alexandraedwina1577 Actually the term Eurasian is more specific than just 'mixed-blood'. It's about coming from a specific lineage and culture of people that emerged from the colonial takeover of various SEA countries. They even have a specific food culture and dialect.

[@rebeccajulia1455]

@@tlim8969 yess!

[@enng2212]

Others

[@adhiantos]

I was an international student who studied in Singapore. When I was in primary school my Indian friend put a dash of white powder on his forehead. So I asked him what does it mean and he told me “it’s to remind ourselves that we will be like this (turns to ash) at the end of our lives”. It’s one of the most unforgettable, serendipitous, life changing conversations of my life.

[@SamLiewXiaoSam]

May I ask what is his dialect? This is pretty cool to hear about

[@adhiantos]

@@SamLiewXiaoSam He speaks Tamil as far as I know! :D

[@Isaac_R]

Is that an Indian tradition? Because it sounds a lot like Ash Wednesday, a Christian one ("Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return").

[@adhiantos]

@@Isaac_R More of Hindu tradition I think. Well my friend is a Hindu :)

[@adhiantos]

@@Isaac_R Oh also PS he did it like every Friday I think? I can't remember which day of the week. As for Ash Wednesday is a once a year thing if I'm not wrong?

[@j.3530]

Just sharing my thoughts on the question "Why are my Chinese friends so bad at their mother tongue?": From my understanding, the real "mother tongue" of Chinese Singaporeans would actually have been the various "dialects" like Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka, Cantonese, etc at the time that our bilingual language policy was introduced. Mandarin was assigned as the mother tongue for Chinese Singaporeans to basically create a more united Chinese identity (among other reasons). Because of this + the common usage of English, not every Chinese Singaporean family will use Mandarin so frequently outside of school. And with lesser exposure and practice, language skills will deteriorate. So many end up bye-lingual instead 😂

[@mangoes1793]

Same goes to Chinese Malaysians too!

[@UzumakiNaruto-ln9kg]

Yesss our mother tongue is our dialects! Not mandarin! 😁

[@Nickayyyy]

i mean technically that question is still true cos i'm pretty sure most of us cant speak dialects well enough to hold actual conversations! and also based on my experience, people around my age are not as fluent in mandarin simply because we speak english among friends, we might not necessarily use mandarin at home. So without practice, naturally the command for the language will be lower.

[@Jack-hy2ki]

I'm chinese and I speak, read and write English and 中文。I also speak fluent in Cantonese and Hokkien. Speak little bit teo chew. I can even read traditional Chinese. I think more like u want to learn or not. Don't push the blame on other factors. LKY also learnt mandarin in his 40s and he spoke fluently. His children all from chinese school and their English and mandarin also very good. Not forgetting malay language too.

[@RolavLee]

Hahaha! For me personally, though, it's because when I was learning to read, with English, even if you don't know the word, you can roughly figure it out phonetically, but if you don't know how to read a Chinese character, then you are screwed unless pinyin is there to save your ass. 🥲

[@MegaLabman1]

I am today years old when I learnt that the 'mama' in mama shop refers to uncle instead of mother...

[@Jx0592]

I don't know whether anyone will read this but the favouritism question..so true!! My mother is probably the most filial to my grandma and even took on the responsibility of taking care of my grandma yet, when my uncle says something, it goes. My mother's opinions doesn't matter AT ALL. I get really mad sometimes but that's just something we have to deal with, and I'm glad my parents did not get any sons because my dad is pretty traditional and I'm sure that their hypothetical son will be the favourite for him, if there was a son. He has made it pretty clear to us that he wanted a son over a daughter when i was born, due to the fact that he had already gotten two daughters by then. Anyway, we just survive🌝

[@jlee438]

its kinda like america sons are favored cuz they carry on the family name to keep it going.... daughters usually take the spouses family name i guess its a christian religion sorta thing

[@doralto]

It follows even when dividing inheritance. The females would automatically follow and say the oldest son gets a double portion, girls get nothing. My uncles would talk the loudest and they treat each other based on their seniority and would not respect the opinions of the girls. On my mom's side, as a girl, my uncles never talk to me but they will talk to my brother and even bring him out. In gatherings, when I try to talk, it feels VERY awkward, and when all the aunts and uncles are together, if I try to join in, my voice just drowns like an invisible muffler covers my voice.

[@N4tur4lX]

Isnt that older the generation though? I can understand the older generation having favoritism, but the question was "is it STILL common", definitely not common now, everyone's mindset has changed over the years

[@Jx0592]

@@N4tur4lX yep it is generally for the older generation, but i got the end of the buck so.. my dad was raised in a pretty traditional family so that mindset passed down ig, even though it's not super duper strong. And yes, the question is whether it's common. While it is no longer common, it does happen still. Mind you, I'm only in my teens so the oldest my parents are is only in their fifties, yet, the favouritism is still so obvious and prevalent

[@AmberW1525]

@@N4tur4lX Glad that you are in a environment where parents do not show favoritism over genders and I agree people's mindset are changing (as it should). Unfortunately, I think this is still way more common than we think. As a person in her mid twenties, I still see it happening amongst my friends (I would say half of them still suffer from this), even though the extent of it is not as bad as in the previous generations. I don't know what is considered "common" enough for you and it could also be due to the differences in our age/social circle, but I wouldn't say half is uncommon either. At the end of the day, this backward mindset needs to be eradicated la, but imo we are progressing slower than what is ideal

[@mountainguy4710]

Bollywood, Kollywood, Mollywood, and Tollywood. Wow, did not know that. 💃🕺🎶🎵

[@-windyf1089]

The shower in the morning question...is very interesting. I've never actually thought about it. I'll always shower at night and blow dry my hair before I sleep. If I sweat at night, I'll bathe in the morning. If I don't (because I turned on the aircon), then I skip bathing in the morning and get another 15mins of sleep before leaving the house.

[@ck260594]

Coming from some1 studied hospitality, that’s a nono. My colleague, didn’t bathe and he sit next to me. he stinks, I complain to my boss. 🤮

[@-windyf1089]

@@ck260594 🤣Rip. BO? If someone has that or tend to sweat easily, then definitely they'll need to bathe in the morning (or even 2-3 times a day).

[@ck260594]

@@-windyf1089 definitely, and it’s so obvious he didn’t bathe, because he wear his bed hair to work.

[@-windyf1089]

It's a different story when you're working because you'll always need to present a good image. My first comment was made in the context of my secondary school period.

[@-windyf1089]

@@ck260594 Erm that... I hope your boss advised him properly after your complaint >_

[@kentakicheeken4471]

How can Adria not know it’s NOT a race thing? Malay and Indian people shower in the morning. Never heard or known any who doesn’t. Only some Chinese people don’t shower in the morning.

[@kennygoh3953]

I am Chinese and I shower in the morning and at night, then my Chinese friends who don't shower in the morning say "it is cold", I was like got water heater what not like in kampung or sth 😂😂😂

[@lingerinmeadow]

It's always a joy to look at and listen to Fauzi. He is such a gentleman (from the choice of words he used you could tell) but also at the same time having a fun boyish character. He is really such a gem (both for his hosting skills and his personality!) 💗

[@Krypt21]

Thank you so much for this! It's enlightening to hear the different point of views in a manner where everyone has the platform to equally share their views. Perhaps you can make another series probing if any of the different races has ever experienced any form of 'remarks/comment' from another race which could subtly be deemed as racist. I believe sometimes people tend to make comments without the intention of hurting anyone, but not realizing the deeper meaning that their word carries.

[@mainesobari]

let's face it. if not for this video, I wouldnt know anything about other cultures. Singapore doesnt rlly teach about all these except for that super simplified social studies textbook.

[@Jack-hy2ki]

If u really want to know u will go find out yourself. Do u know Muslim can keep dogs? As long the dog is for work and not as pet.

[@jesusjoseph1899]

@@Jack-hy2ki pet is possible. Just ensure to use the clay soap.

[@Jack-hy2ki]

@@jesusjoseph1899 i got the infor from the Holy book. It says not as pet.

[@fl1639]

huh u got no friends to ask meh? dont have to rely on schools to teach you this kind of things what

[@bizneat3610]

True about the morning shower. When we went for company team building trip, we stayed in a dorm. All the malay co-workers woke up to shower, chinese slept on. I was the only chinese who went for morning shower as it's my habit too. This is something my MIL cannot tahan me and still nag me for years. "Where got people shower in the morning."

[@vso8247]

I can help answer why some Chinese ppl tend to not bathe in the morning! 1) Chinese medical beliefs about ‘coldness’ and ‘wind’. My mum always said that bathing during the early morning or late at night as bad for health as the ‘coldness’ will go into your body and you’ll get headaches from your wet hair. 2) if you’ve bathed the night before and sleep in an aircon room, you dont sweat so you wake up without any extra sweat oil or smells so there is no “reason” to really bathe.

[@AristotelisMitsiou]

About the morning shower question: I'm half Greek half Chinese and lived in 4 countries (Australia, Greece, UK, Singapore) and I've noticed that I choose to shower in the night or the morning depending on the weather of country I'm in, even though most of my friends and family from my Chinese side tend to shower at night whilst the rest of my friends and family tend to shower in the morning. When the temperature is too cold or too hot at night I may shower in the morning because I may sweat whilst sleeping, but when the temperature stays at around 20 - 30 degrees at night I'll shower in the evening instead. I generally prefer showering in the evening because I like to feel clean when I sleep and keep my bed as clean as possible, and as long as I don't sweat whilst sleeping I will still feel equally clean in the morning

[@hamburger_milkshake1585]

My genuine question is: Why Malays have many children even in this day and age? Lots of couples are choosing to raise a max of 2 kids or even no kids at all because finances are tough. But I still see many Malay couples that have 3 or more kids!

[@samuelCWM]

Combat population decline

[@norulazri5987]

Some bcuz of followed the past generations... Some are competitive of the past generations... Some seeing it as future investment... Most are seeing children as blessings from God... Of course, this answer can't represent all

[@Zenocius]

Because they lepak one corner and don't need such a big space to do it

[@starshine9836]

Maybe from their own experience, they enjoy the big family culture and love to continue it? But I am amazed that they can still afford car with 3 kids though their position and role at work is average. They need to share their financial management skills man...

[@Ermaothman]

As a malay with upcoming fourth child, i feel like some of us have many children because we really do enjoy having a big family as that is what we were surrounded with too :) malays also have this saying where “setiap anak pembawa rezeki” or “each child is a blessing”.. blessings in various forms like Wealth, offspring, sustenance :) but of course as parents, we have to make sure we are able to provide our kids to our brlest abilities :)

[@christinesung8884]

A Chinese here, I don't shower in the morning. "Because last night shower already " is so me... Unless I Sweat overnight, then I'll shower in the morning but that's super RARE 😅

[@MuseHathor]

Same! Some of us also lack the ABCC11 gene which doesn’t make our sweat stink so why waste water lol

[@ssummerdew]

SAME i didnt know its a chinese thing??? thats why i shower at night, then sleep with aircon during the hot days and in morning just wash face/brush teeth and leave home. save time and water, maximize sleep time in the morning lol

[@razjackson5825]

I feel for the Eurasians in SG. Neither 'European' nor 'Asian' is a race. For example, a half-British half-Malay person will have a completely different cultural and race lineage as somebody who is half-Chinese half-Italian or half-Indian half-Swede etc.; just as British, Malay, Chinese, Italian, Indian, Swede are all very distinct, beautiful identities. So to clump all Eurasians together under one race category actually makes less sense than clumping all Asians or all Europeans together under one category. I remember when I was living in Singapore, the first time somebody mentioned to me that they were Eurasian I was like "cool, what's the background?". I was genuinely curious. I grew up attending international schools in several different countries, there were plenty of mixed-race kids who were like half-Indonesian half-Irish, or half-Japanese half-German etc. etc. and it was so interesting to learn about their mixed identities and how they were able to follow/enjoy all the different cultural festivities and traditions of their background (one of them would often wear lace kebaya and did Irish dancing lessons after school; I remember the Japanese-German person wearing a Kimono sometimes and going crazy over Oktoberfest). But in Singapore my friend replied "just Eurasian". I don't actually know what that means.

[@dynusawr]

I felt the favoritism question and omg does it hurt

[@Jinnlongg]

I learn a lot from this episode from the 4 different races of the casts. Thank you TSL! 👍🏻

[@tanjoy0205]

Chinese don’t shower in the morning? I’m Chinese but I have always showered in the morning ,to scrub off that out of bed smell .

[@TheSmartLocal]

I also got bathe in the morning 😗

[@dangzitspro]

Even as a Chinese I still wonder why some Chinese don’t shower in the morning

[@eliasgc49]

@@TheSmartLocal who answered this if i may ask?

[@Dramione21237]

My chinese colleagueS admitted they dont shower in the morning. Im shocked Adria is shocked with that fact hmmm

[@MuseHathor]

I’ve heard this “bed smell” a lot and I’m very confused lol are you guys not changing your bed sheets often or do you just have distinct body odour??

[@ndndnd1]

Went to China. I do observe about showering. So I asked my PRC and Taiwanese friends, they said they don't take morning shower because they already did before bed. They feel they already clean enough in the morning.

[@lemon2524]

Yes that is what I think too.

[@bzb85]

It is true that MOE default is to assign mother tongue following the father… if want to follow the mother, like Fauzi’s bro, they’d need to fill in an additional declaration form during p1 registration

[@aravindhrajgowda2446]

In India either parents used to prefer sons over Daughters because, since ancient times daughters are considered as burden to them from childhood to the age of marriage parents used to spend much to their daughter by saving gold, puberty function , dowry, etc. In indian culture, about boys is only to educate and grow them stronger also taking care of parents is from the boys side so parents prefer boys because they will feed them in future is also another fact.. Due to this multiple reasons some parents abort their fetus if it was a baby girl, so indian government banned to check the gender of the child in her womb!

[@jackjackyphantom8854]

Chinese and Indian have some similarities.

[@gen6555]

ive learnt so much ! thank you !!

[@thetaosarhbao]

Omg there should be more episodes for this 👍🏻

[@LenaLuthorWife]

fauzi you really summarized and replied all the answers on behalf of the malay community fluently and accurately. thank you very much for researching to confirm and also express it genuinely based on your personal experiences

[@pandythepanda9249]

Omg the favouritism question!!! My mom is ALWAYS biased towards my brother even if he does sth wrong, she will not even punish him. However when my sis and I did a tiny bit of mistake, she punished us. (That was when we were younger) Now, she is biased in so many other ways. My bro cant even do the SIMPLEST things by himself becuz my mom ALWAYS will be the one helping him💀💀💀. Basically, he is a mommy's boy. Honestly,he should grow the fck up and start being independent. 🙄🙄🙄

[@joey_c.8359]

Malaysian call it mamak shop because "mamak" refers to and indian-malay mix family so over here malay-indian mix family are known as "mamak", hence, a mamak shop

[@Emitan414]

When you’re in a Chinese family that might be bias towards males, the idea of wanting to be a female (transgender) seem like a preposterous idea. But these days you tend to hear Chinese parents saying that daughters are more filial (孝顺) than sons, so it’s nice to have a daughter Btw I do shower in the morning (only sometimes when I don’t need to go out and I’m busy with reports and stuff, I will shower in the evening instead)

[@snowdog03]

I know here in the states most people shower twice. Morning and after work. Nobody wants to be known as smelly. 😷

[@fellietan7161]

I think it would be good to also include the different Indian communities in Singapore, other than Tamil/Hindus. For example, there are such as Telugus, Malayalis, Punjabis, Bengalis, Sinhalese etc

[@hyena5313]

Use atleast 1 percent of your brain dude.. Chinese, tamils and malay are the three important factors of formation of country singapore... Why would they represent a random Indian language that has no history with singapore whatsoever...

[@danielle5808]

actually growing up, as a chinese the aunties around me always talk about having daughters are better than having sons due to daughters being able to care more for their family while sons are more playful and stuff like that hahaha. The zhong nan qing nv thing is still very much prevalent but is not talked about as much in today's society in my opinion ( i dont really hear about it much from the people around me ) also idk but its so weird that Adria kept getting talked over.

[@arcaeae]

I don't shower in the morning lol, just too troublesome lah. Wash it all at night in one go is enough already :/

[@damienlee927]

I disagree with the the son being preferred over daughters, especially with this generation. In fact its the other way now. A lot of my friends actually prefer daughters because daughters tend to be closer to the parents

[@athirahr122]

do more of this please!! love learning new things from other culture and religions!

[@freakingspider3648]

The white / red ash that we apply on the 3rd eye in between the eyebrown of the forehead is to increase our levels of intuition before we start the day. People do not know that everyday, arises new problems and conflicts that they may not foresee. So the real purpose is to constantly ensure we make the right choices with clarity of mind so the problems of the day gets solved properly. Also it allows us to be in a state of peace and harmony. Movies and culture has made it nothing but a fashion fad without any real purpose other than to make one look better. But after reading this comment you will understand its real meaning.

[@enokicha2670]

I hv chinese classmates who dun shower in the morning coming to school with hair like a bird nest..😬

[@Vectorrry]

Adria seems to not know many of the stereotypes of her own race.. maybe should hv brought Bolin instead hahaha

[@farhanazman1929]

Will there be a Part 2? Pleaseeee 😁

[@TheSmartLocal]

If you guys get this to 200k! 😬

[@HumdrumSingaporeanREACTS]

@@TheSmartLocal 😺

[@babatundebabatunde2089]

@@TheSmartLocal won’t happen quit dreaming

[@nikhitaharne3970]

The addition of music and dance in Indian cinema comes from Indian theater culture being incorporated into films. If I'm not wrong the first Indian filmmaker wanted to incorporate the longstanding culture of Indian theater, plus it also made films something not as foreign to its audiences. Indians were the first to incorporate music into films ( i think). Plus, most early films were really just theater plays that were filmed.

[@ruthlim1285]

I am Chinese and my parents last time host their wedding at Void Decks. 25 years ago.

[@user-wc9pf1ff8y]

i have heard of people who shower in the morning don't often shower at night, which i find (personally) much more unthinkable

[@jen5138]

Was gna say this. I suspect those that have to shower in the morning, don't shower before they sleep which to me is more unhygenic.

[@Dramione21237]

@@jen5138 umm no we shower before we go to sleep too.

[@pencilsaredabest]

I don't shower in the morning but all my Chinese friends do I think its because my parents are from China and China has 4 seasons and cooler therfore not needing to shower in the morning as they don't sweat but Singapore has tropical climate therfore some adapted and started to shower day and night and they just got used to it and continued it to the other generations

[@jen5138]

@@Dramione21237 that's good! :)

[@jackjackyphantom8854]

@@pencilsaredabest I think it has more to do with ur surrounding environment. There's a reason why Southeast Asians like to bathes a lot, but Chinese don't. However I think Japanese can be exception, they are very hygienic, they have the bathing culture. Japanese are unique for East Asians.

[@zanmxy]

As long as I'm heading out, I'll shower in the morning, and sometimes even if I'm staying home I'll shower too haha and as for favouritism, it's so common now even in this era, my own mother and grandmother favour my brother more and it sucks

[@jbl.fishing]

how do you survive not showering in the morning? I feel my day is ruined if I don’t shower in the morning. Even when I go fishing, I have to shower to be able to function throughout the day.

[@reenology]

Chinese here. I think majority of us who don't shower in the morning is because we already shower right before we go to bed, and we don't perspire at night with the fan/Aircon. But if we perspire and feel sweaty when we wake up, we'll shower definitely. Also, not showering in the morning save water and money too 🤣

[@DragonBonder]

I heard that "anneh" a term which simply means big brother, is being used in Singapore as a derogatory term to call Indians. i mean anneh is just like 'ge ge' in Chinese, 'abang' in Malay, and 'oppa' in Korean. I wonder now if I try to call someone anneh would they be offended?

[@dondog3123]

aneh in malay means "weird"

[@BoeyChar]

thank lord its not another PC episode but one that's educational and entertaining at the same time nice!

[@tqlol3959]

As a Thai, it’s in school curriculum since kindergarten that we should shower at least two times a day. i remember kindergarten song we sang goes like -wake up early morning, brush your teeth and take bathe, eat healthy, grow fast we then be good adult happy heart and healthy 🙃😄

[@kyliecheong1991]

It's actually MAMAK because mamak means a person of Tamil Muslim origin living in Msia/Sg.

[@李珊-f2r]

Most Chinese usually prefer to take showers at night and usually right before going to bed. I know that cause I have been with more than enough Chinese men to know. It’s a common habit like that.

[@kncnsm]

I've always thought mamashops were called that coz all moms shop there 🤣

[@tomato3974]

Thank you for this video! Could you also do one on inter-faith/religious relationships? I think that would be very eye-opening:)

[@kwonyuju2523]

I believe the morning bathe applies mostly to Singapore & Malaysia Chinese , because as a Taiwanese we don't really bathe in the morning . Thus i guess it just depends on what type of family habit you are taught.

[@dangzitspro]

Even as a Chinese I still wonder why do some Chinese don’t shower in the morning.

[@MuseHathor]

Maybe cause some of us lack the ABCC11 gene that doesn’t make sweat stink and don’t have body odour. Personally, I have never had someone complain about my smell. I don’t have the ABCC11 gene + I don’t sweat easily. If I feel fresh and I showered the night before, why waste water?

[@triciahsn]

same back in kindergarten and primary school, i used to shower before i go to sch and go out until i heard ppl saying that you shouldn’t do it cos its very cold if you shower in the morning like… sounds kind of ‘ brainwashed ‘ to me

[@TheIllusionCulpritMC]

@@MuseHathor If not ur body what about ur face? U are advised to cleanse it twice a day

[@serenii9016]

@@TheIllusionCulpritMC i mean they only said they don’t shower, not they don’t wash their faces. I’m pretty sure more than 95% of chinese people wash their faces twice a day especially when a lot of them care about their skin

[@nanawedding9165]

Why must we all shower in the morning? Some of us bathe at night and didn't sweat since we sleep in air con room. Just bathe where necessary?

[@x_coralbobux5260]

I’m ready to learn with you guys! 🤩

[@rosaindica4365]

You can put on nail polish after making wudu. This way you can have wuzu and read namaz until your wudu lasts. If your wuzu breaks, you have to take off your nail polish and do wuzu again unless the nail polish is wuzu friendly. Putting on nail polish is not haram at all. It's just that you need to make sure that the nail polish is stopping you from praying

[@kncnsm]

Mandarin is technically not a mother tongue for the Chinese community. Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, Teochew, Hainanese, etc are the true mother tongue depending on which region their families are form . Mandarin was selected as the unifying language used by Imperial Chinese entities and Communist China.

[@mademoiselleyuu]

As a Chinese Indonesian..we always shower in the morning. We tend to avoid shower at late night cos it's not healthy. I only knew Chinese don't shower in the morning from my Taiwanese and PRC friends. I cannot go out without taking shower first 🙄

[@juniorbee1564]

Yess I know most taiwanese and prc friends don’t bathe in the morning because in their country it is very cold weather. They would usually bathe at night then in the morning don’t bathe cause its very cold. So when they come to singapore it will still be a habitual thing as from young they also don’t bathe in the morning. But as long as they got bathe, its good enough! 👍🏻

[@WL0903]

I am Chinese, I bathed twice a day even raining days. More on sunny / hot weather...

[@snowdog03]

Leah is only about 6% Euro according to that dna test so I don't see how she can be called Eurasian. More like Multiracial.

[@Isaac_R]

I really hope I don't sound rude, but I am not familiar with the SG culture. How is Leah considered "Eurasian" when only 8% of her DNA is from Europe? According to her results, she is 16% Indian (TWICE as much), 28% Malay (THRICE+) and 42% Chinese (5 TIMES+). How come she's not, say, "Chinese-Malay"? That's 70% of her DNA.

[@tlim8969]

Eurasian is not about DNA makeup. It's about lineage and culture. Leah comes from a lineage of Eurasians, a people with a culture that emerged from the colonial takeover of various SEA countries. If a fully Caucasian person and fully Chinese person have a kid now, Leah is still Eurasian while this kid w more European DNA is not.

[@Isaac_R]

@@tlim8969 Well, but that's not the definition of Eurasian. Eastern Russians or Kazakhs are Eurasians, and so is the kid you mentioned in the example, but a 92% Asian guy with vague traces of X is just Asian, particularly when those traces are smaller than the margin of error. And second, what lineage? She claimed to be "German, Scottish and French" but none of it was true, and she conceded it was all based in recent family lore. If it was a cultural thing or a family tradition, wouldn't she know precisely what culture she is nurturing from and who were her ancestors like say, the Kristang, instead of being totally unaware that she was almost HALF Malay-Indian?

[@tlim8969]

@@Isaac_R I guess in the Singapore context, Eurasians when referred to as a race or community of people, follows the description shown at 4:30, which is more about lineage than DNA makeup. That's at least as much as I know! :) Her DNA makeup is probably largely Chinese/Malay cos her mother is Chinese and her father is Eurasian. As for how come she is unsure of her actual lineage... I guess not everyone's family keeps a close record or are interested to find out. Many Eurasians in SG do trace their lineage quite accurately tho!

[@yoominbi]

As T Lim mentioned, in SG context, normally once someone has a tinge (even 2%) of Angmoh blood, they're considered Eurasian. And for Leah her father himself is Eurasian so she would be considered Eurasian in SG context.

[@alexia9415]

​@@Isaac_R (1) One drop rule - whether this should be the case or not, people tend to be defined by their differences. 8% white in Africa? You're white. 8% black in America? You're black. Of course it's not about DNA specifically but how much this manifests in outer appearance ("white passing"/"black passing" in the American context), and Leah does look somewhat Eurasian in contrast to Chinese/Malay people. (2) *That said*, "Eurasian" is a specific title in Singapore referring to a certain cultural community harking back generations (and this community also tends to speak with local patois). You can technically call 1st gen mixed kids "Eurasian" but that's not what the cultural implication refers to. Btw, Eurasians from many average families can't trace their ancestry very well - for example if you went to a local Christian Brothers School or CHIJ especially in the East (I went to both haha) 3rd/4th gen Eurasians who don't know their own heritage are common. (3) Yes, you are clearly unfamiliar with Singaporean culture. In general, Singaporeans don't dissect DNA results in search of identity the way Americans or British people do (excluding Europeans because I think they tend to have quite strong cultural practices and a sense of identity still). As we still uphold cultural practices here, these are better markers of identity. Some of my friends are fully Chinese but come from very Nyonya/Baba/Peranakan families (this identity is often passed matrilineally rather than patriarchally) and wear that identity proudly. (In fact, your observation that she's "Chinese-Malay" actually lends A LOT of credence to her Eurasian heritage. It's common knowledge in Singapore that Eurasian and Peranakan culture often overlap and intersect... For example sugee cake :p) If one's family culture becomes assimilated and diluted over generations, then one stops being Eurasian/Nyonya/etc. I don't know where on this scale Leah's family falls. Ironically, you seem to be under the impression that more white = more Eurasian. But that's not true at all in Singapore's context. The more local Eurasians successively intermarried over generations, the more diluted their angmoh blood (DNA if you like) would be... But the stronger their Eurasian (ie unique fusion culture circa 19th c, NOT European) cultural practices would be. A 3rd gen practising Eurasian with more local blood and heritage would be considered MORE Eurasian than a mixed kid coming from a Chinese father and angmoh mother in some international school today. Or, even if you were, say, a "full" Chinese generations removed from your Eurasian great grandparents, in some sense your great grandparents would still be considered "more" culturally Eurasian than said mixed kid today, because they founded, contributed to and/or actively participated in the unique Eurasian melting pot culture back then. (4) Again, DNA doesn't count for much tbh. Two siblings' results can reflect very different ancestries. If you accept on the basis of geography that Central Asians are Eurasian, it might surprise you to find that - while many very mixed people do exist in those regions - many Kazakhs, Russians, etc are of primarily East Asian origin (very little European DNA). Or, it's perfectly plausible and expected that one might have been brought up by the sea speaking Kristang, doing Kristang dances, with a Kristang name, cooking Kristang food (very niche example, Kristang people are rare in SG btw - probably more common in Malaysia) but have very little European DNA. Are you going to single them out and say they don't belong in the context of their own family and country then? On that note, what Leah said about Chinese DNA simply being Chinese DNA isn't really accurate. Most Singaporean Chinese people have super mixed DNA (with Indian, Malay, Central Asian, etc thrown into the mix) because Singapore doesn't have a native Chinese population (Malays were the natives) and every single one of our ancestors were traveller immigrants. However, we still identify as ethnically fully Chinese. To add on a sub-example, my father is from a Cantonese (Canton) family and my mother is from a Hokkien (Fujian) family... But I wouldn't be surprised if DNA results were to show that wasn't the case at all. However, we define ourselves by how we were brought up in Singapore and I am unquestionably Chinese, of Cantonese and Hokkien lineage, as I was brought up that way.

[@Cjewolfy]

i think when they say cold in the morning, they were referring to how it would be cold after stepping out of the shower even though u bathe in hot water.

[@triciahsn]

just a genuine thought about the showering thing because in kindergarten and pri school i used to shower before i go to school and go out until i hear that you shouldn’t shower in the morning because its cold like… that sounds brainwashing to me lol idrc nowadays and just shower before gg to school and outside

[@xjwqj1907]

12:51 i would say the favouritism still exists, just perhaps it doesn’t run as deep as back in the olden days. as a daughter in a chinese family myself, i agree with leah. as to why, i think the people then preferred sons because like what was mentioned, daughters would be “married off to another family” and they would carry take their husbands’ surname. whereas sons would “stay in the family” and their children take their surname. therefore in this way, having sons would ensure that the bloodline (?) or surname of the family is carried on, which would not be the case for daughters. edit: ah yes fauzi mentioned it

[@Reveniranne]

Love this episode! Part 2??? Hahaha

[@hafizahtunnisabtesyednoorm7241]

im from mixed races..my grandmother is chinese,grandfather hindu..my dad indian muslim..im very glad abt my race;)

[@Тинапи]

This is an eye opener. Thank you so much 😊

[@sophiejuliaaa]

1:38 as a muslim, just saying this applies to men too

[@umaruu9644]

Enjoyed this vid so much as I got to learn sm more about the other cultures,,, esp I didn't know Malays don't have a last name sia

[@kameelariff347]

Make a challenge try to speak Malay for 24hour!

[@李珊-f2r]

Bollywood, Kollywood, Tollywood, Mollywood and don’t forget Pollywood ( The Punjabi one }

[@yoominbi]

I wouldn't call it 'traditional' Muslim. I feel its either you're one or the other, whether you're staunch or you're not. It's like binary 1s & 0s, it's either 1 or 0 no in between.

[@hypercarryhd7093]

Bring back Singapore Idol or create ASEAN GOT TALENT

[@vivianchua4024]

Not cheap also to do a wedding under the blk..in fact may cost the same as hotels

[@ahmadsolehyn295]

its cheaper in terms of the booking fee but other than that, its generally as expensive as other weddings

[@apple_sause3176]

As a Chinese during School days I don't shower in morning cuz I can get a cold even if it was a warm or hot shower :') but that's my opinion

[@NK-vd8xi]

Sons are expected to be responsible for their families in a way daughters are never. "Favouring" them makes them more likely to take on their responsiblities.

[@lehbon6341]

Coming from chinese family. i dont shower cause no reason to shower in the morning. Plus, showering in the morning is cold, wet, time consuming and get sick if got wind blow. rather sleep more. its more of personal habit. Some of my friends do shower though. It varies from family. long ago we live in village and farms. most of the work require physical strength. Thats why traditional family favours male.

[@espreedupree]

Please do part 2 !!

[@danielleeetan]

i died at ‘morning cold’ 🤣

[@xAsher94x]

teh real reason why we dont bathe in teh morning is because we wanna have more sleep! fk a bath!

[@september_29]

Actually there is one burning 🔥 question I always wanted to ask: "Why the money changer are always/mostly Indians?" Anybody can answer? 🤔

[@brandnyuday]

I work in a school, trust me, most Singaporeans are bad at their Mother Tongue nowadays… not just Chinese…

[@ronnie2779]

being half sg and indo. i would need to learn english, chinese, and bahasa. Born in indo, my inital language is bahasa, then came here learn english as i grew up here. in sch i learn chinese but save up in sec sch and took clb. now i just cant be asked with learning chinese and bahasa. and just stick to english

[@aravindhrajgowda2446]

women used to go along with gold to the husband's house as a dowry after marriage.. The parents of a daughter saves gold for the better future for their daughter

[@ebonyloveivory]

I find it hard to believe that Adria has not heard of all these sterotypes growing up in singapore. Unless she was not educated or brought up here? Which is not the case. It is very very common to hear of all of these..negative or otherwise. True or not. With the patriarchal notion being so strong even in other cultures, sons are favoured over daughters a lot still, though the tide is changing.

[@dondog3123]

Sometimes i admire people who never encountered about these negative stereotypes

[@eliasgc49]

I shower in the morning when i’m going for work, but on weekends when i don’t go out much i don’t shower

[@joemamamamamms]

Ilike the regular postingggg!!!😁😁😁😆😆😆😆

[@lemon2524]

For me I don't shower in the morning sometimes because I am going to be dirty when I go out.

[@sleepyhead6468]

Look up the ABCC11 gene. Majority of Southern Chinese(about maybe 75%) have the AA genotype which gives them dry earwax and mildly odoured underarm sweat. Most other races usually have GA or GG genotype with G being dominant and this usually results in having wet earwax and strong odour underarm sweat. This is why many Chinese find no need to shower in the morning as showering at night is more than enough. And, there is a perception that home is clean while outside is dirty so showering at night cleanses the body from an entire day outside so as to keep the home and the bed clean. Why shower in the morning if you are going to be spending an entire day outside and get dirtied again? Moreover, unless it's unusually hot, we don't feel dirty nor do we smell of anything at all in the morning if we shower at night. As for which other ethnic groups that also have the AA genotype for the ABCC11 gene, most Northeast Asians have the AA genotype. This means Koreans, Japanese, Mongolians, Siberians. You will find that Koreans and Japanese do not shower in the morning too and only shower at night. Koreans and Japanese only wash their face and hair in the morning.

[@jackjackyphantom8854]

Japanese are more hygienic than Chinese. And many Japanese do showers two times a day.

[@sleepyhead6468]

@@jackjackyphantom8854 Wrong. Look up Paul from Tokyo KZbin channel where he shows Japanese from all walks of life in their usual daily routine. He even explained that most Japanese shower at night and don't shower in the morning. Also, if you've read the research you'd know that for people with the AA variant, you're almost as clean as when you went to sleep the night before. Also, this kind of shower habit is also common in Korea where almost everyone has the AA variant of the gene. So it's almost a natural thing for the people with this variant to naturally gravitate towards this showering habits. Japanese, Koreans and Chinese, all with high incidence of the AA variant and all have shower at night habits.

[@jackjackyphantom8854]

@@sleepyhead6468 Stop spreading racism! And my point is that Japanese have better hygiene habits compare to Chinese. Most food stalls own by Chinese are not clean, even restaurants, unless they're high-end restaurants with air-condition! While most Japanese food stalls and restaurants are clean even if they're not high class places.

[@sleepyhead6468]

@@jackjackyphantom8854 Lol this is a fact what racism are you talking about? All of us have mutated versions of certain genes. Europeans have mutated genes which is why they don't usually suffer from lactose intolerance. Some race suffer from certain diseases more than others. These are all facts of life. If you cannot accept it, then you are not in line with reality. Don't throw around the word racism for nothing. And for someone who says "Stop spreading racism!", you go on in the same comment and say Chinese are dirty and unhygienic. Lmaos what a joke of a human you are

[@jackjackyphantom8854]

@@sleepyhead6468 Anyway, it's "Paolo from Tokyo"!

[@aly-fc7rf]

10:06 huh coz in Malaysia we call them Mamak shops not mama shops 😂 mamak meaning their Indian Muslim so the food is actually halal and u can only get limited amount of dishes there whereas if u go to a Indian restraint there’s more stuff to order Edit: idk if she’s referring to a food mamak shop or a provision shop 😂

[@lemon2524]

She is referring to the provision shops I think.

[@melwu4839]

When malay converted into a catholic they family this disowned them is it true

[@zulhelmi5535]

its a sin but the family should not disown them because disowning your own family is a bigger sin.

[@ahmadsolehyn295]

They disowning thing is mostly come down the emotions of the parents. Malays who follow Islam truthfully will be more staunch. Hence, less likely to be allow thier offspring to be of a different religion

[@zendoka3344]

as my mother says, indian movies have a FORMULA.problem and bad guys, the limb by limb intro of the leads, fight, song, repeat

[@wisdom32]

Leah is Eurasian? I thought her dna test last time showed that she was mostly north indian ?

[@georgesoros4223]

im guessing as long as there is a European lineage, you can claim that u are Eurasian or choose to be one

[@tlim8969]

@@georgesoros4223 No Eurasian is not just about European lineage or sth you can just claim. It's about coming from a specific lineage and culture of people that emerged from the colonial takeover of various SEA countries. If a fully Caucasian person had a kid with a fully Chinese person today, they are not Eurasian.

[@espreedupree]

No lah . U can see at 4:55 she is 35% Chinese 28% Malay and 14% Punjabi .. then some European and other Asian like Korean make up the rest.. how is that ‘ mostly north Indian’ 😂

[@georgesoros4223]

@@tlim8969 glad to know abt tht

[@SuperShow3]

How to know which part of the name is the given name for Malay and Indian names especially, sometimes a bit paiseh scared call wrongly >

[@leoesque2803]

The given name is actually the one before ‘bin’ or ‘binti’ or ‘binte’. ‘Bin’ means ‘son of’. while ‘Binti’ or ‘Binte’ means ‘daughter of’. So usually you call their given name cause majority Malays don’t have surname. For example, if a guy named is Muhammad Firdaus Bin Roslan. Muhammad Firdaus is the given name. Bin is Son of. Roslan is the father’s name. So you will call the guy Mr Firdaus or you could just ask how they would like to be addressed.

[@noahakihaya]

Just ask them, if they aroffended, that’s on them, we are not obligated to know what to call others anyway, I’m sure asking wouldn’t hurt :)

[@kimjoshua3519]

wait what...? i didnt know apart from bollywood there are others too?! Are they less well known or less spoken off, as that's the reason i can only think of. And coming to why there are so many soccer players are malay, i dont think either the host or normal people able to answer, only can ask FAS= Football association, as to be FAIR, local at least there is no doubt majority of the players is Malay, hence why the question was being put in, the only chinese player is Gabriel quak.

[@പരുന്ത്]

Yeah you should checkout some mollywood and Tamil movies they are good.

[@shakiriqbal2005]

Adria: I never exactly heard this. Obviously, cause you and your ppl b saying dis mah! Hahahahahahah.