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And Is It True? Did Sang Nila Utama Really Find A Lion There?
“And is it true? Did Sang Nila Utama really find a lion there?”
I don’t know, Singapore wants to say as he absentmindedly stirs the kopi (with milk and sugar, as always) before him. He wasn’t there when his mother– his namesake– took her name, knowing only through the secondhand stories Malaysia had told him as a child, of the annals he read through as he grew older in search for the answer to a question he has yet to solve. Singapore reaches back through time and leafs through the pages of memory inherited, and tries to parse for the truth hidden behind myth.
(He wonders. Imagines. Reconstructs an answer in the space between myth and memory.)
Instead, he flashes a smile and says, “I don’t imagine it would change the outcome of this story.”
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❝ so this 'lion thing'— was it really born of out of local myth, and not by royal colonial decree? they must have lions in england too, diba? ❞
‘ I don’t blame you for making such a mistake, Manila. After all, how can I expect you to know the origins of my namesake?
Singapura; Lion City. Whether Sang Nila Utama had actually seen a lion or not is a question I’ll leave to the scholars and academics asking these questions, but in any case the image of the lion has been attached to my name longer than the British had been on these shores. ’
This is why I have preferred my carbohydrates to come from rice or noodles for thousands of years. Is this toast really THAT impressive?!
' Ah, you make it sound as if I prefer one over the rest! I like rice, I like noodles, and I like bread. They're all wonderful for their specific uses and I certainly would prefer 海南鸡饭 or a bowl of laksa for lunch and dinner.
... with that said-- kaya toast is good for breakfast and a mid-day snack. Especially with a warm kopi and soft-boiled eggs on the side. It shouldn't be a competition of which carbohydrate is better than the other, because they all are good for what they offer! Good food is good food regardless, yes? '