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“We need to understand others’ culture, because we are multiracial and multicultural.” Yan Kun from Jiangxi, China, marvels at Singapore's growth from a kampong to a thriving metropolis, and shares how its multicultural spirit helped him build connections and form cherished memories.  Watch more: https://www.asiaone.com/video

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00:00This year's NDP is quite special where they give out this board where you can write

00:05I want to and then I wrote is I want to win Toto. Very unlikely the camera didn't capture that.

00:11Hello, my name is Nian Kun, you can call me Chris. I'm 27 year old this year. I'm from Jiangxi, China.

00:37My childhood actually has two parts. The first part is where I grew up in my hometown Jiangxi.

00:43The second part is in Shenzhen. So Jiangxi was very, very fun because my family from my mom's side,

00:49they actually have bee farms, they keep their vegetables. So it was very, very fun growing up

00:55because we get to catch fish, we get to chase ducks and earn our pocket money by helping them

01:03to do some work in the farm. After my first three years, I came to Shenzhen. Then that's where I

01:11have started my sort of a city life, urban life. So the fun thing is I went back to my hometown every

01:18year during summer. There's actually a very convenient store like Mama Shop near my mom's place. Usually

01:25when we after we earn our pocket money, we get to go to the Mama Shop to buy snacks or buy like those

01:35firecrackers, yes. We're going to buy firecrackers and we don't really find doing it in Singapore.

01:45I came to Singapore in around 2013. My first impression of Singapore is all the trees are very

01:52tropical trees which I don't really find in Shenzhen or in my hometown. When I first step out of the

01:57airplane, I feel this place is so luxury. It's very different from Bauan Airport, which is the one

02:03at Shenzhen. The colour tone is white colour. Changi Airport is gold, yellow, very, very luxury and

02:10international. But when I first step out of the airport, it's confirmed hot. Yeah.

02:15The difference between Singapore and China, Shenzhen used to be a small fishing village as well. Very

02:24similar to Singapore. And the time where they start to develop, start to grow is actually more or less

02:31the same also. If I read the history that actually Lee Kuan Yew have shared how Singapore developed,

02:39how Singapore can grow into such a big city and share with the leader back then in Shenzhen,

02:45Deng Xiaoping. They have an idea exchange. To me, I think Shenzhen and Singapore are like brothers

02:51who can learn from each other and can actually help each other. Okay, we're at Singapore River now and

02:57we can see this statue here of Deng Xiaoping. Only from the day me and my friend, we went to NDP.

03:04Then we have a long queue from City Hall all the way to here. I found out this statue here. This statue

03:10actually reminds me of my early days in Shenzhen and see the development from early 20s of Shenzhen

03:17to the early days of Singapore, how they grow. So it was quite amazing that I can see someone

03:25and they remind me of the old days. The part I like about Singapore is Singapore's culture and history.

03:36During my own free time, I like to go explore museums, reading through the stories to explore

03:41Singapore's history. So what I saw from the National Gallery, the leaders in the past, how they built up

03:49Singapore and the Singapore spirit. The foreigners back then, how they came to Singapore and then

03:56why was the reason they stayed in Singapore. I could see the pictures at the past where the kampong

04:02is and I've seen images of with kampong and very high level buildings. And then from now, it's like

04:08everywhere is office buildings everywhere. Quite amazing to see Singapore from kampong all the way until now.

04:15For Singapore, it's more of a community society. Though Singapore is developing very fast,

04:23but there are still moments for people to stop and care for each other. One of the heartwarming

04:29scenes I've seen is during COVID lockdown period, mask is in shortage. I saw this wheelchair elderly in

04:38Fair Price was doing groceries without a mask and I saw an auntie offer a mask to this elderly.

04:45and even put the mask on for her, even though they are strangers and even though everyone is short

04:52of a mask. Yeah, and that's the moment that touches me. That story really inspires me and then I bought

04:59masks from China and then I donated some masks to the community after that actually. When I first came to

05:07Singapore, it's actually for education because my father told me Singapore education is really top-notch in

05:14Asia. After a few years working in Singapore, I realized that working in Singapore gets me different

05:20exposure which I can grow from there. So that's where I choose to stay in Singapore. Right now actually

05:26I'm working in a virtual production studio and I am the technician in the studio. This is usually where I

05:33work. We call this place a brain bar. So what I am doing here is that you can see that this is our company logo

05:42and this is the unreal asset that we usually use for shoot or events. There's a camera there. Once

05:50we pan the camera, the perspective will follow. That's where the directors or DOPs, they were able to capture

05:57the shot with the LED wall. Jiangxi food is quite spicy. In fact, in China, there's a meme. They rank the

06:05spiciness by different provinces and Jiangxi is at the top one or two. But for Singapore food, it's more

06:12close to Shenzhen or like Cantonese food where you can taste the food itself. So today I make this

06:20Jiangxi fried noodle. The traditional one, you can actually see a lot of chili here and the whole thing

06:28is red with chili oil also. But I know that it will be a bit difficult for you all to swallow that. So I

06:37make a localized version. Instead of putting a lot of chili, I put a lot of garlic to bring up the flavor.

06:44I like to share my culture. It has 5,000 years of history. So last time I teach kids Chinese culture

06:56where we make the Tang Yuan, dumplings, eat mooncakes, do all this in the celebration day like

07:03Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Ball Festival and Chinese New Year. It makes me feel really, really

07:10accomplished when someone is interested in the culture, in participating in the activities.

07:16There's one time I invited my students to my house where we make the dumplings together.

07:21We even put coins. Of course, we've cleaned the coins, put inside the dumplings. See, whoever gets the

07:27dumpling will be the luckiest one. But I'm dealing with kids. So actually I can put one dollar coin,

07:3415 cents and 10 cents. Yeah. So each of them get one. So being in Singapore for so many years,

07:45this is actually my first time going to NDP and I'm lucky enough to get the ticket. The feeling for

07:52this year NDP, I feel the spirit of togetherness with people of different stories. They can share their

07:59story. They can share the growth path, how they become a person they are now. And all these special

08:05stories from each individual really build up the Singapore story and to make who we are. We need to

08:14understand others' culture because we are multi-racial and multi-culture. And then doing things like

08:20making dumplings, making lanterns for lantern festivals, help us to understand the cultures,

08:26the thoughts. From there, we are able to build a more harmonious Singapore and as a nation.

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09:04Here is my beautiful childhood.

09:06At the same time, I hope I can meet more friends in the future,

09:10create more friendship and love.

09:14The future is possible.

09:16This is Singapore, my second home.

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09:30Thank you for having me.

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