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Honest Thoughts on Meeting Lee Kuan Yew (and living in Singapore) | Kobe, Japan



Honest Thoughts on Meeting Lee Kuan Yew (and living in Singapore) | Kobe, Japan

Meeting up with a Japanese man who met Lee Kuan Yew and opened an English school called “Temasek Language School” in Japan.
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Big thanks to Fujioka-san for sharing his unique stories. https://temasek-kobe.com/

Chapters
00:00 intro
00:21 Kobe Hotel Room Tour
03:09 meeting up with fujioka-san
04:15 what he misses about Singapore
05:44 thoughts of meeting Lee Kuan Yew
08:51 Singapore in 1980s
11:02 Reality of living in Japan as a Singaporean
15:10 Why Open a school called “Temasek Language School”
19:10 Bridging Singapore and Japan

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29 Comments

  1. @mobile8873

    LKY was a lawyer by training, so he was always very careful with his words and it was always backed up by facts. He saw how the racial riots tore Singapore apart, hence the censorship of press.
    I like Japan, loved their food and safety aspects of it. But the work and study cultures are quite a turn off

  7. @mikaneko1

    どうやってシンガポールと繋がりがある日本人(日本在住)とつながることができたんでしょうか？驚き！
    異国で暮らすならシンガポールで暮らしてみたいです

  10. @いもペンキ

    先日、Dick Leeのデビュー50周年コンサートを見に33年振りにシンガポールに行ってきました。
    コンサートの後にご本人と話しができ写真を撮る事ができました。
    もっと伝えたい事があるのに英語ができずとても残念でした。
    舞い上がっていたので日本語ですら言葉が出てこないのに英語なんてもっと無理！
    と思っていたけど英会話の勉強したくなりました。
    しかも、シングリッシュとか最高過ぎる！
    いつかジブさんを大阪で見かけたら話しかけて私のシンガポールラブの気持ちを聞いてもらいたいです。
    いつも楽しみにしてます。
    大阪から応援してます。

  11. @joanleenakayama7939

    Bravo !! I hv been watching the old interviews of LKY thru YT these 2days only. And here U are! Amazing connections! ❤😍😘🤟🏽🙏🙏

  12. @ct8168

    LKY is a bad dishonest man who robbed and betrayed people. His character is of question within the community.

  18. @liyuanqian9143

    That Singaporeans growing up in a multilingual society and undergoing bilingual education are subconsciously or otherwise better able to relate to students learning a different language.

  20. @reginatan4931

    Thank you for this episode. It forms part of our beloved LKY legacy for the plentitude and minute un-broadcasted things LKY has done for Singapore throughout his lifetime. Thank you!!

  22. @dennistani1986

    Ghib, thanks for the interesting video! It' s always interesting to see people' s experiences in other countries. Also I recommend Rakuten Travel. I live in Japan and use them all the time. Take care everyone!

  24. @binglim1

    Ghib, do you know what happened to iChang and Jimmy? They have not posted for a month. I know you guys are good friends.

  25. @fungmeiho2976

    Haha! He got me at 'Sotong'! 👍
    Thank you so much for this video!
    It's great to know our dear Mr Lee Kuan Yew had touched so many people other than Singaporeans. And Fujioka-san respects him so much!
    Yes, Fujioka-san should make a trip back here to Singapore. So much good memories.❤
    RIP Mr Lee Kuan Yew 🙏
    You're dearly missed, SIR😔

  26. @Nick-pc9tf

    You have to admire everyone at that time. At that time everyone was healing from war. Singapore was the victim. To be gracious like that, that's strength I can't even fathom.

  27. @erictayet

    I see LKY, I must click. Why I never click immediately? Singaporeans are always busy working lah. 😀

    My family is going to Nagoya, Kyoto & Osaka soon for vacation. So I'm rewatching some of your Osaka vids and checking Google Maps.

    I definitely agree that we should invite Fujioka-san to Singapore (assuming he's not already doing so while recruiting teachers.) He wouldn't even recognise any places anymore. All the buildings in that photo were demolished with the old Treasury building or AXA Tower being the last to go. I didn't even realise AXA Tower was that old.

    Well maybe Lau Pa Sat is still there but not visible in that photo, but for chicken rice, please don't go Lau Pa Sat, go a bit further to Maxwell market.

    I tried using Rakutan to search for Hotels in Kyoto but they were all so expensive, though the properties all look very nice. Now got discount, maybe can relook again.

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