Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754215Ab1ERW3Q (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2011 18:29:16 -0400 Received: from smtp1.hushmail.com ([65.39.178.133]:32834 "EHLO smtp11.hushmail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751777Ab1ERW3P (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2011 18:29:15 -0400 X-Hush-Verified-Domain: hushmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 06:29:13 +0800 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Sing-a-pore From: "Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-Id: <20110518222913.CE57810E2BB@smtp.hushmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2288 Lines: 55 Dear Members of the Linux-Kernel Mailing List, 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 Sing-a-pore 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, Sing-a-pore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering) Alma Maters: (1) Sing-a-pore Polytechnic (Graduated 1998) (2) National University of Sing-a-pore (Graduated 2006) Sing-a-pore Identity Card No/NRIC: S78*6*2*H Location: Toa Payoh Lorong 5, Sing-a-pore 310031 Mobile Phone: +65-8369-2618 Date of Birth: 5th March 1978 For Photographs of Sing-a-pore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming), please google/search for "Teo En Ming" with the double quotes. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/