SINGAPORE: Pritam Singh just lately obtained a particular present from a younger resident of Eunos, the ward in Aljunied GRC he has been representing in Parliament since 2011.
The present from polytechnic pupil Rui Yang was a scroll with Chinese language calligraphy, containing a saying that the Employees’ Social gathering secretary-general appeared to love very a lot certainly.
The scroll comprises the characters 爱拼才会赢, or “Ai Pia Cia E Ya,” which implies “you need to combat to win,” or “solely by daring to combat are you able to win”.
The phrase is from the refrain of a basic 1987 Taiwanese Hokkien pop track of the identical identify sung by Ye Chi-tien. It famously comprises the road, “thirty per cent is destiny, seventy per cent is tough work.”
“For sure, I approve the message! #ifkyk Ai Pia FTW!” Mr Singh wrote.
Mr Yang had stopped by the WP’s Stroll-to-Bond occasion final week to offer Mr Singh the present.
The WP chief shared a bit bit extra about why the scroll means so much, saying that he couldn’t think about that Mr Yang had been rejected from his Chinese language calligraphy CCA when he was in secondary faculty just a few years in the past. After that occurred, the younger man has been becoming a member of some Chinese language calligraphy and portray competitions and continues to hone his craft to this present day.
“Wanting on the piece up shut, there’s something extremely stunning a few language and script that’s not native to you. To me, it’s a reminder that we stay in a various world with totally different peoples and communities internet hosting their very own experiences and seeing the world with a singular nuance and emphasis. Very arduous to not really feel humbled and moved when there may be a lot to understand about different races, religions and cultures,” wrote Mr Singh, encouraging Mr Yang to maintain on retaining on, and wishing him the perfect in his research.
Like Mr Singh, commenters on the publish additionally permitted of the message.
One wrote, “Mr Pritam Singh… is getting even stronger and extra comfy with the residents and the supporters. ‘Solely by striving/preventing arduous can one win.’ It is a very robust message for the WP… I actually respect it for his unwavering help for us residents.”
“Pritam, you might be glorious! Glad you respect Chinese language calligraphy,” added one other.
“Lovely calligraphy and utilizing the unique type, which is tougher to write down, but he wrote it so fantastically. Jiayou 加油!” chimed in a 3rd. /TISG
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