[gentoo-user] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

[gentoo-user] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

[Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)]

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

Re: [gentoo-user] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

[Albert Hopkins]

Perhaps a bit too public.

Anyway, hope all is forgiven :D

-a

Re: [gentoo-user] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

[Thanasis]

on 04/30/2011 09:57 PM Albert Hopkins wrote the following:
> Perhaps a bit too public.
>
> Anyway, hope all is forgiven :D
...all except spam ...

Re: [gentoo-user] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Saturday 30 April 2011 14:57:27 Albert Hopkins wrote:
> Perhaps a bit too public.
> 
> Anyway, hope all is forgiven :D

dead man walking :P

Re: [gentoo-user] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

[Florian Philipp]

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Am 30.04.2011 21:12, schrieb Thanasis:
> on 04/30/2011 09:57 PM Albert Hopkins wrote the following:
>> Perhaps a bit too public.
>>
>> Anyway, hope all is forgiven :D
> ...all except spam ...
> 

Seems like Gentoo Infra reacts a tad faster than Scientific Linux Infra.
There was meant to be a follow-up spam mail. Seems like it didn't come
through.

Cheers,
Florian Philipp


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Re: [gentoo-user] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Saturday 30 April 2011 21:56:19 Florian Philipp wrote:
> Am 30.04.2011 21:12, schrieb Thanasis:
> > on 04/30/2011 09:57 PM Albert Hopkins wrote the following:
> >> Perhaps a bit too public.
> >> 
> >> Anyway, hope all is forgiven :D
> > 
> > ...all except spam ...
> 
> Seems like Gentoo Infra reacts a tad faster than Scientific Linux Infra.
> There was meant to be a follow-up spam mail. Seems like it didn't come
> through.
> 
> Cheers,
> Florian Philipp

too bad - I would have liked to see the follow up. 

Re: [gentoo-user] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

[Florian Philipp]

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Am 30.04.2011 22:09, schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann:
> On Saturday 30 April 2011 21:56:19 Florian Philipp wrote:
>> Am 30.04.2011 21:12, schrieb Thanasis:
>>> on 04/30/2011 09:57 PM Albert Hopkins wrote the following:
>>>> Perhaps a bit too public.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, hope all is forgiven :D
>>>
>>> ...all except spam ...
>>
>> Seems like Gentoo Infra reacts a tad faster than Scientific Linux Infra.
>> There was meant to be a follow-up spam mail. Seems like it didn't come
>> through.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Florian Philipp
> 
> too bad - I would have liked to see the follow up. 
> 

I could forward it but I guess that would make me a human spam bot ;)

Anyway, it was just a link to a youtube video with a bit of text around
it to intrigue the reader to watch it. I didn't take a look. The whole
thing was a good piece of social engineering, though.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Saturday 30 April 2011 22:18:12 Florian Philipp wrote:
> Am 30.04.2011 22:09, schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann:
> > On Saturday 30 April 2011 21:56:19 Florian Philipp wrote:
> >> Am 30.04.2011 21:12, schrieb Thanasis:
> >>> on 04/30/2011 09:57 PM Albert Hopkins wrote the following:
> >>>> Perhaps a bit too public.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Anyway, hope all is forgiven :D
> >>> 
> >>> ...all except spam ...
> >> 
> >> Seems like Gentoo Infra reacts a tad faster than Scientific Linux
> >> Infra.
> >> There was meant to be a follow-up spam mail. Seems like it didn't come
> >> through.
> >> 
> >> Cheers,
> >> Florian Philipp
> > 
> > too bad - I would have liked to see the follow up.
> 
> I could forward it but I guess that would make me a human spam bot ;)
> 
> Anyway, it was just a link to a youtube video with a bit of text around
> it to intrigue the reader to watch it. I didn't take a look. The whole
> thing was a good piece of social engineering, though.

I like spam bots who are like humans. They give me the illusion to interact 
with real people. *g*

Re: [gentoo-user] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 22:18:12 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote:

> Anyway, it was just a link to a youtube video with a bit of text around
> it to intrigue the reader to watch it. I didn't take a look. The whole
> thing was a good piece of social engineering, though.

Not that good if you didn't follow the link ;-)


-- 
Neil Bothwick

- How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb?
- Two: one to hold the giraffe, the other to fill the bathtub with
  lots of brightly colored machine tools.

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