tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post115081241022151229..comments2024-03-29T21:49:05.495+08:00Comments on KTemoc Konsiders ........: Malay Engineers, Chinese Accountants, Indian DoctorsKTemochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951253039042572381noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-50275888367043783402008-09-27T07:02:00.000+08:002008-09-27T07:02:00.000+08:00I live in India and many of us study law and medic...I live in India and many of us study law and medicine, i know many families which are all doctor or all lawyers. I don't know many engineers, i know a lot of Chinese engineers though! <BR/><BR/>Great post!<BR/>Cheers, <BR/>DinithiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-1150973703875780792006-06-22T18:55:00.000+08:002006-06-22T18:55:00.000+08:00I would say at one time the senior public servant ...I would say at one time the senior public servant was looked up to, but today ...?<BR/><BR/>The senior public servant was deemed a mandarin of the Empire, schooled in the hallowed halls of Eton-like elitish colleges, on which the MCKK modelled itself on, graduating from Oxbridge undoubtedly with a 1st Class Honours in Classical Studies. <BR/><BR/>Armed with knowledge of Rome's military campaigns of pulverising barbarian tribes and Athenian market-place <I>kedai kopi kong-sam-kok</I> or talking cock (otherwise known as Socratic philosophy) they administered the British Empire after their troops too have subdued the barbaric natives.<BR/><BR/>In Australia they even have degree courses catering to such professions, as in Public Policy or Public Administration.<BR/><BR/>Then they broke off for tea at 4-ish, sipping their Earl Grey and nibbling the cucumber samnwiches, while the fan-wallahs operate the huge palm leaves to stir the balmy tropical air for their comfort and <I>kong-sam-kok</I>.<BR/><BR/>No little wonder that we colonials love that lifestyle.KTemochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951253039042572381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-1150944601263250262006-06-22T10:50:00.000+08:002006-06-22T10:50:00.000+08:00Indians, particularly the Ceylonese kind, are quit...Indians, particularly the Ceylonese kind, are quite fond of law too. Perhaps even more so than medicine. As well as the many fields of engineering. Those are the three traditional courses; in descending rank. Slowly but surely accountancy is picking up steam.<BR/><BR/>Also, Indians have this certain fascination with the civil service. A bloke with a top civil servant job would be higher regarded than a multi-millionaire owning a multinational.<BR/><BR/>As for me, I had to play the accountancy card until the last minute where I announce I'm definitely going to do Economics. I can already feel the looking-down-ness.<BR/><BR/>Okay, that's enough stereotypes for one day :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com