I live in Singapura...

With the past few days of our having morning blue skies and afternoon thunderstorms, I need to take a break from blogging about the smog (aka "haze") that has been badly hitting this Little Red Dot aka Singapore aka Singapura aka Temasek aka the Lion City aka PSI country (or, as one wag pronounced it, Pee-Sai country) aka...

So why not revisit the History of Singapore ("I Live in Singapura") as interpreted by comedian Hossan Leong and given a refreshing animated twist in this video clip?...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMh04ouS5Es

Song note: Hossan Leong, in his Singapore history parody, was using Billy Joel's delightful political commentary "We didn't start the fire":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a2SS0zqmzk
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Actually, the Singaporean identity is a very elusive one. One TODAY reader recently tried to flesh it out...

...but I'm glad that there are increasingly creative young Singaporeans who can take a humorous dig at the "definitive" Singaporean traits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TMcOYD6IdY

Finally, you are only a true blue Singaporean if you will "die, die" do anything to lay your hands on this King of Fruits... the durian. But if you are not a local, please ask around how it's eaten, Don't literally lay your hands on this yummy fleshy fruit's spiky outer shell...