ive started on Kishore Mahbubani's can asians think
it's an understatement to call the book eye opening
i was especially inspired by his point that due to demographics, nations in Europe and America, whom have been pushing the envelope for civilisation up till now will be in the minority
and we Asians have to do our part

mmm
im honestly ashamed of mine chinese heritage?
haha
shoot me

but i shall give several reasons for this
firstly, asians seem to lose out genetically
everything genetic, from good hair to good looks, to atheltic ability
we cannot compete with westerners
they are faster, stronger, taller and have hair that seems glorious

secondly, our society is still miopic, paradoxical, too strictly conservative, and stuck in traditionalism

thirdly, while we do have rich heritage and blah blah blah
and even though in antiquity, chinese society led the forefront of civilisation
we somehow were left standing in the dust, relegated to close to last place
and honestly, i think the chinese society is one that lacks grace when dealing with other societies
we lack grace
my point being supported by the fact that chinese stereotype jokes are funny when the point that the chinaman is ungracious seems to be exploited.
at the risk of sounding xenophobic and racist
im clueless to where this source of chinese pride comes from
sure the rich heritage and traditions
if this were the 16th century sure id understand
but we've lacked behind for a millenia and while there has been a recent catching-up
we still lack grace

mmm
do take note that these are all my thoughts, not the words of Mr Mahbubani, who is probably pro-Asian and whose thoughts are much more lucid, objective and civilised than mine
im just some poor fool ranting on his blog how he was shortchanged bcos he wasnt born with the genetic code of a NBA superstar, or All-Black rugger