Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:01 pm
Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:13 pm
Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:46 pm
powysblue wrote:Vincent Tan
The man is blinded by his culture and traditions - yet he denies us our culture and traditions?
I think that Vincent Tan now realises that he made a massive mistake by not consulting fans and by just pushing the rebrand (Red and Badge) BUT he is constrained by his tradition and cultural beliefs.
Most people from South east Asia are very culturally aware and grow up, rightly or wrongly, with strong views and superstitions.
They include:-
Lucky number 8 - did you know that you can buy a mobile SIM card in a shop in Malaysia and the price of that SIM card, of equal monetary value, costs more to buy dependent on the number of lucky 8's contained within the phone number ??? (eg - a $10 phone card SIM with number 0255617322 will be sold for $10. BUT a $10 phone card SIM with number 0285188432 would be sold for $17)
The number 4 - is avoided like the plague as its a sign of bad luck. You will not find many houses with the number 4 hanging over the door, they would rather change it to number 3A or 5B.
Red and/or Yellow are colours of fortune and good luck.
Blue and Black are colours of death and bad luck.
Pregnant women should place a knife under their bed,to protect their unborn baby from evil spirits.
And many, many more complex superstitions prevail.
But, "saving face" dwarfs all the others, and this I do believe is the reason why we are still Red with a laughable Mickey mouse badge and why Vincent Tan will never turn us back to Blue and original badge, while he is the Boss.
Of all the idiosyncrasies of Malaysian culture, the concept of “Face” is perhaps most difficult for us Westerners to fully grasp. And because “saving face” is such a strong motivating force in Malaysia, it’s also one of the most important concepts in understanding the Malaysian Mind.
The closest translations are along the lines of “pride”, “dignity” or “prestige”.
Of course, no one — regardless of culture—wants to look bad or have their ego bruised. But the Malaysian concept goes way beyond the narrow Western concept of "Saving Face".
Sorry to bring up the Rebrand thing again, just trying to answer "Dorsetblue's" question. And any of us who cling on to the hope that under Mr Tan we will be a blue club again.
Sad but true I am afraid.
Blooobirds Forever !!!![]()
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Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:13 am
Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:14 am
powysblue wrote:Vincent Tan
The man is blinded by his culture and traditions - yet he denies us our culture and traditions?
I think that Vincent Tan now realises that he made a massive mistake by not consulting fans and by just pushing the rebrand (Red and Badge) BUT he is constrained by his tradition and cultural beliefs.
Most people from South east Asia are very culturally aware and grow up, rightly or wrongly, with strong views and superstitions.
They include:-
Lucky number 8 - did you know that you can buy a mobile SIM card in a shop in Malaysia and the price of that SIM card, of equal monetary value, costs more to buy dependent on the number of lucky 8's contained within the phone number ??? (eg - a $10 phone card SIM with number 0255617322 will be sold for $10. BUT a $10 phone card SIM with number 0285188432 would be sold for $17)
The number 4 - is avoided like the plague as its a sign of bad luck. You will not find many houses with the number 4 hanging over the door, they would rather change it to number 3A or 5B.
Red and/or Yellow are colours of fortune and good luck.
Blue and Black are colours of death and bad luck.
Pregnant women should place a knife under their bed,to protect their unborn baby from evil spirits.
And many, many more complex superstitions prevail.
But, "saving face" dwarfs all the others, and this I do believe is the reason why we are still Red with a laughable Mickey mouse badge and why Vincent Tan will never turn us back to Blue and original badge, while he is the Boss.
Of all the idiosyncrasies of Malaysian culture, the concept of “Face” is perhaps most difficult for us Westerners to fully grasp. And because “saving face” is such a strong motivating force in Malaysia, it’s also one of the most important concepts in understanding the Malaysian Mind.
The closest translations are along the lines of “pride”, “dignity” or “prestige”.
Of course, no one — regardless of culture—wants to look bad or have their ego bruised. But the Malaysian concept goes way beyond the narrow Western concept of "Saving Face".
Sorry to bring up the Rebrand thing again, just trying to answer "Dorsetblue's" question. And any of us who cling on to the hope that under Mr Tan we will be a blue club again.
Sad but true I am afraid.
Blooobirds Forever !!!![]()
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Thu Jun 12, 2014 1:12 am
FrenchTimbo wrote:Yeah, I agree. My wife is Korean and they have a similar outlook regarding losing face. NEVER admit they're wrong. In general that is, not my wife!
4 is unlucky because in Chinese it is the word for death. In lifts in Korea the numbers go 1-2-3-F-5-6-7 etc.
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The Frenchman wrote:How in anyway does that pink guy contribute anything to the forum mods?.
Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:42 am
Cardiffcitymad wrote:powysblue wrote:Vincent Tan
The man is blinded by his culture and traditions - yet he denies us our culture and traditions?
I think that Vincent Tan now realises that he made a massive mistake by not consulting fans and by just pushing the rebrand (Red and Badge) BUT he is constrained by his tradition and cultural beliefs.
Most people from South east Asia are very culturally aware and grow up, rightly or wrongly, with strong views and superstitions.
They include:-
Lucky number 8 - did you know that you can buy a mobile SIM card in a shop in Malaysia and the price of that SIM card, of equal monetary value, costs more to buy dependent on the number of lucky 8's contained within the phone number ??? (eg - a $10 phone card SIM with number 0255617322 will be sold for $10. BUT a $10 phone card SIM with number 0285188432 would be sold for $17)
The number 4 - is avoided like the plague as its a sign of bad luck. You will not find many houses with the number 4 hanging over the door, they would rather change it to number 3A or 5B.
Red and/or Yellow are colours of fortune and good luck.
Blue and Black are colours of death and bad luck.
Pregnant women should place a knife under their bed,to protect their unborn baby from evil spirits.
And many, many more complex superstitions prevail.
But, "saving face" dwarfs all the others, and this I do believe is the reason why we are still Red with a laughable Mickey mouse badge and why Vincent Tan will never turn us back to Blue and original badge, while he is the Boss.
Of all the idiosyncrasies of Malaysian culture, the concept of “Face” is perhaps most difficult for us Westerners to fully grasp. And because “saving face” is such a strong motivating force in Malaysia, it’s also one of the most important concepts in understanding the Malaysian Mind.
The closest translations are along the lines of “pride”, “dignity” or “prestige”.
Of course, no one — regardless of culture—wants to look bad or have their ego bruised. But the Malaysian concept goes way beyond the narrow Western concept of "Saving Face".
Sorry to bring up the Rebrand thing again, just trying to answer "Dorsetblue's" question. And any of us who cling on to the hope that under Mr Tan we will be a blue club again.
Sad but true I am afraid.
Blooobirds Forever !!!![]()
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You have spent all that time reading the papers and believing what is written is true!!
Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:03 am
powysblue wrote:Vincent Tan
The man is blinded by his culture and traditions - yet he denies us our culture and traditions?
I think that Vincent Tan now realises that he made a massive mistake by not consulting fans and by just pushing the rebrand (Red and Badge) BUT he is constrained by his tradition and cultural beliefs.
Most people from South east Asia are very culturally aware and grow up, rightly or wrongly, with strong views and superstitions.
They include:-
Lucky number 8 - did you know that you can buy a mobile SIM card in a shop in Malaysia and the price of that SIM card, of equal monetary value, costs more to buy dependent on the number of lucky 8's contained within the phone number ??? (eg - a $10 phone card SIM with number 0255617322 will be sold for $10. BUT a $10 phone card SIM with number 0285188432 would be sold for $17)
The number 4 - is avoided like the plague as its a sign of bad luck. You will not find many houses with the number 4 hanging over the door, they would rather change it to number 3A or 5B.
Red and/or Yellow are colours of fortune and good luck.
Blue and Black are colours of death and bad luck.
Pregnant women should place a knife under their bed,to protect their unborn baby from evil spirits.
And many, many more complex superstitions prevail.
But, "saving face" dwarfs all the others, and this I do believe is the reason why we are still Red with a laughable Mickey mouse badge and why Vincent Tan will never turn us back to Blue and original badge, while he is the Boss.
Of all the idiosyncrasies of Malaysian culture, the concept of “Face” is perhaps most difficult for us Westerners to fully grasp. And because “saving face” is such a strong motivating force in Malaysia, it’s also one of the most important concepts in understanding the Malaysian Mind.
The closest translations are along the lines of “pride”, “dignity” or “prestige”.
Of course, no one — regardless of culture—wants to look bad or have their ego bruised. But the Malaysian concept goes way beyond the narrow Western concept of "Saving Face".
Sorry to bring up the Rebrand thing again, just trying to answer "Dorsetblue's" question. And any of us who cling on to the hope that under Mr Tan we will be a blue club again.
Sad but true I am afraid.
Blooobirds Forever !!!![]()
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Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:47 am
powysblue wrote:Vincent Tan
The man is blinded by his culture and traditions - yet he denies us our culture and traditions?
I think that Vincent Tan now realises that he made a massive mistake by not consulting fans and by just pushing the rebrand (Red and Badge) BUT he is constrained by his tradition and cultural beliefs.
Most people from South east Asia are very culturally aware and grow up, rightly or wrongly, with strong views and superstitions.
They include:-
Lucky number 8 - did you know that you can buy a mobile SIM card in a shop in Malaysia and the price of that SIM card, of equal monetary value, costs more to buy dependent on the number of lucky 8's contained within the phone number ??? (eg - a $10 phone card SIM with number 0255617322 will be sold for $10. BUT a $10 phone card SIM with number 0285188432 would be sold for $17)
The number 4 - is avoided like the plague as its a sign of bad luck. You will not find many houses with the number 4 hanging over the door, they would rather change it to number 3A or 5B.
Red and/or Yellow are colours of fortune and good luck.
Blue and Black are colours of death and bad luck.
Pregnant women should place a knife under their bed,to protect their unborn baby from evil spirits.
And many, many more complex superstitions prevail.
But, "saving face" dwarfs all the others, and this I do believe is the reason why we are still Red with a laughable Mickey mouse badge and why Vincent Tan will never turn us back to Blue and original badge, while he is the Boss.
Of all the idiosyncrasies of Malaysian culture, the concept of “Face” is perhaps most difficult for us Westerners to fully grasp. And because “saving face” is such a strong motivating force in Malaysia, it’s also one of the most important concepts in understanding the Malaysian Mind.
The closest translations are along the lines of “pride”, “dignity” or “prestige”.
Of course, no one — regardless of culture—wants to look bad or have their ego bruised. But the Malaysian concept goes way beyond the narrow Western concept of "Saving Face".
Sorry to bring up the Rebrand thing again, just trying to answer "Dorsetblue's" question. And any of us who cling on to the hope that under Mr Tan we will be a blue club again.
Sad but true I am afraid.
Blooobirds Forever !!!![]()
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Thu Jun 12, 2014 4:15 pm
powysblue wrote:Cardiffcitymad wrote:powysblue wrote:Vincent Tan
The man is blinded by his culture and traditions - yet he denies us our culture and traditions?
I think that Vincent Tan now realises that he made a massive mistake by not consulting fans and by just pushing the rebrand (Red and Badge) BUT he is constrained by his tradition and cultural beliefs.
Most people from South east Asia are very culturally aware and grow up, rightly or wrongly, with strong views and superstitions.
They include:-
Lucky number 8 - did you know that you can buy a mobile SIM card in a shop in Malaysia and the price of that SIM card, of equal monetary value, costs more to buy dependent on the number of lucky 8's contained within the phone number ??? (eg - a $10 phone card SIM with number 0255617322 will be sold for $10. BUT a $10 phone card SIM with number 0285188432 would be sold for $17)
The number 4 - is avoided like the plague as its a sign of bad luck. You will not find many houses with the number 4 hanging over the door, they would rather change it to number 3A or 5B.
Red and/or Yellow are colours of fortune and good luck.
Blue and Black are colours of death and bad luck.
Pregnant women should place a knife under their bed,to protect their unborn baby from evil spirits.
And many, many more complex superstitions prevail.
But, "saving face" dwarfs all the others, and this I do believe is the reason why we are still Red with a laughable Mickey mouse badge and why Vincent Tan will never turn us back to Blue and original badge, while he is the Boss.
Of all the idiosyncrasies of Malaysian culture, the concept of “Face” is perhaps most difficult for us Westerners to fully grasp. And because “saving face” is such a strong motivating force in Malaysia, it’s also one of the most important concepts in understanding the Malaysian Mind.
The closest translations are along the lines of “pride”, “dignity” or “prestige”.
Of course, no one — regardless of culture—wants to look bad or have their ego bruised. But the Malaysian concept goes way beyond the narrow Western concept of "Saving Face".
Sorry to bring up the Rebrand thing again, just trying to answer "Dorsetblue's" question. And any of us who cling on to the hope that under Mr Tan we will be a blue club again.
Sad but true I am afraid.
Blooobirds Forever !!!![]()
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You have spent all that time reading the papers and believing what is written is true!!
Quite the opposite "Cardiffcitymad" - spent a lot of time working in the 90's out in South East Asia, dealing with people like Mr Tan, so I speak from my personal experience - not B/S like some.![]()
Blooobirds forever !!!![]()
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Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:54 pm
powysblue wrote:Vincent Tan
The man is blinded by his culture and traditions - yet he denies us our culture and traditions?
I think that Vincent Tan now realises that he made a massive mistake by not consulting fans and by just pushing the rebrand (Red and Badge) BUT he is constrained by his tradition and cultural beliefs.
Most people from South east Asia are very culturally aware and grow up, rightly or wrongly, with strong views and superstitions.
They include:-
Lucky number 8 - did you know that you can buy a mobile SIM card in a shop in Malaysia and the price of that SIM card, of equal monetary value, costs more to buy dependent on the number of lucky 8's contained within the phone number ??? (eg - a $10 phone card SIM with number 0255617322 will be sold for $10. BUT a $10 phone card SIM with number 0285188432 would be sold for $17)
The number 4 - is avoided like the plague as its a sign of bad luck. You will not find many houses with the number 4 hanging over the door, they would rather change it to number 3A or 5B.
Red and/or Yellow are colours of fortune and good luck.
Blue and Black are colours of death and bad luck.
Pregnant women should place a knife under their bed,to protect their unborn baby from evil spirits.
And many, many more complex superstitions prevail.
But, "saving face" dwarfs all the others, and this I do believe is the reason why we are still Red with a laughable Mickey mouse badge and why Vincent Tan will never turn us back to Blue and original badge, while he is the Boss.
Of all the idiosyncrasies of Malaysian culture, the concept of “Face” is perhaps most difficult for us Westerners to fully grasp. And because “saving face” is such a strong motivating force in Malaysia, it’s also one of the most important concepts in understanding the Malaysian Mind.
The closest translations are along the lines of “pride”, “dignity” or “prestige”.
Of course, no one — regardless of culture—wants to look bad or have their ego bruised. But the Malaysian concept goes way beyond the narrow Western concept of "Saving Face".
Sorry to bring up the Rebrand thing again, just trying to answer "Dorsetblue's" question. And any of us who cling on to the hope that under Mr Tan we will be a blue club again.
Sad but true I am afraid.
Blooobirds Forever !!!![]()
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Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:03 pm
powysblue wrote:Vincent Tan
The man is blinded by his culture and traditions - yet he denies us our culture and traditions?
I think that Vincent Tan now realises that he made a massive mistake by not consulting fans and by just pushing the rebrand (Red and Badge) BUT he is constrained by his tradition and cultural beliefs.
Most people from South east Asia are very culturally aware and grow up, rightly or wrongly, with strong views and superstitions.
They include:-
Lucky number 8 - did you know that you can buy a mobile SIM card in a shop in Malaysia and the price of that SIM card, of equal monetary value, costs more to buy dependent on the number of lucky 8's contained within the phone number ??? (eg - a $10 phone card SIM with number 0255617322 will be sold for $10. BUT a $10 phone card SIM with number 0285188432 would be sold for $17)
The number 4 - is avoided like the plague as its a sign of bad luck. You will not find many houses with the number 4 hanging over the door, they would rather change it to number 3A or 5B.
Red and/or Yellow are colours of fortune and good luck.
Blue and Black are colours of death and bad luck.
Pregnant women should place a knife under their bed,to protect their unborn baby from evil spirits.
And many, many more complex superstitions prevail.
But, "saving face" dwarfs all the others, and this I do believe is the reason why we are still Red with a laughable Mickey mouse badge and why Vincent Tan will never turn us back to Blue and original badge, while he is the Boss.
Of all the idiosyncrasies of Malaysian culture, the concept of “Face” is perhaps most difficult for us Westerners to fully grasp. And because “saving face” is such a strong motivating force in Malaysia, it’s also one of the most important concepts in understanding the Malaysian Mind.
The closest translations are along the lines of “pride”, “dignity” or “prestige”.
Of course, no one — regardless of culture—wants to look bad or have their ego bruised. But the Malaysian concept goes way beyond the narrow Western concept of "Saving Face".
Sorry to bring up the Rebrand thing again, just trying to answer "Dorsetblue's" question. And any of us who cling on to the hope that under Mr Tan we will be a blue club again.
Sad but true I am afraid.
Blooobirds Forever !!!![]()
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Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:19 pm
UnderWood wrote: But pushing him doesn't help.
Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:43 pm
Barry Chuckle wrote:UnderWood wrote: But pushing him doesn't help.
In your opinion.![]()
I personally feel that we aren't pushing enough & a harder stance on it would be better.
Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:47 pm
UnderWood wrote:I agree, if it where done when they launched the rebrand. Now it just look pathetic and desperate when instant success
Wasn't to be. And if the story's that circulate are accurate it is character killing conspiracy. If push come to show it will be interesting who's character will be standing. Blue it will be one day anyway, but at what cost?
Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:04 pm
Barry Chuckle wrote:UnderWood wrote:I agree, if it where done when they launched the rebrand. Now it just look pathetic and desperate when instant success
Wasn't to be. And if the story's that circulate are accurate it is character killing conspiracy. If push come to show it will be interesting who's character will be standing. Blue it will be one day anyway, but at what cost?
I think you'll find that the discontent has been growing due to the fact that Tan has consistently reneged on his one major ace... The debt to equity.![]()
Some of us, have been protesting from the start though...
Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:08 pm
Natman Blue wrote:Barry Chuckle wrote:UnderWood wrote:I agree, if it where done when they launched the rebrand. Now it just look pathetic and desperate when instant success
Wasn't to be. And if the story's that circulate are accurate it is character killing conspiracy. If push come to show it will be interesting who's character will be standing. Blue it will be one day anyway, but at what cost?
I think you'll find that the discontent has been growing due to the fact that Tan has consistently reneged on his one major ace... The debt to equity.![]()
Some of us, have been protesting from the start though...
He's not reneged on it though. People are just pushing that line of thought and this idea of tan promised it would be done two years ago when none of its true. He said his aim was a debt free club and he never put a time frame on it.
Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:16 pm
Natman Blue wrote:He's not reneged on it though. People are just pushing that line of thought and this idea of tan promised it would be done two years ago when none of its true. He said his aim was a debt free club and he never put a time frame on it.
Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:17 pm
Cardiffcitymad wrote:Exactly
Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:21 pm
Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:38 pm
Barry Chuckle wrote:Natman Blue wrote:He's not reneged on it though. People are just pushing that line of thought and this idea of tan promised it would be done two years ago when none of its true. He said his aim was a debt free club and he never put a time frame on it.
He has.how many times do you have to be told? He's confirmed in the press in a video interview that he won't be transferring his debt to equity & leaving a debt free club (as promised) but only converting 50 million.
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Maybe if I keep telling you, one day it will sink in.
Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:49 pm
Natman Blue wrote:
Did he say he was leaving then?
no, but he did say he wouldn't be clearing all of the debt.![]()
Did he say it was only 50m and he wouldn't do anything further?
yes. Maybe it's you who needs these English lessons...
Did he say his plan to leave the club debt free had changed?
[color=#0000FF]he said he won't be transferring all debt to him to equity, so I guess that means it has changed.[/color]
Perhaps if you stop listening to the agenda and being blinded by the rebrand you'll read things for what they actually are. You know, like that bbc article you posted previously which contradicted everything you were saying, and you know like ago my posts your purposefully misread.
I don't listen to any agenda, I have my own free thoughts, which have always been the same. Maybe if you weren't blinded by the money. I've posted a fantastic link which disproves your claims. Direct quote saying he wouldn't be transferring all the debt to equity.![]()
Maybe if you take the English lessons I suggested you'll learn to read things for what they are
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