the end of the trips

On 15-3-2005, me and my mom and a bunch of aunts and kids were heading to Singapore via JB. Reached in Singapore quite late already as we needed to wait for the van to come. Some people especially first timers may nervous or fear of immigration officers as they tend to look fears but actually they are quite friendly people like a conversation that i get with one of the officer. (At first of course he tried to sound fears) this was the conversation:
officer: sekolah di KDU ke?
me: hah
officer: apa hah? tak boleh hah. pakai iya, boleh atau ya.
Boleh?
me: (tried to joke with him) malaysia boleh
officer: ahahah , indonesia?
me: indonesia bisa
officer: indonesia bisa?
ahahahaah
mana chopped nya, tunggu saya lihat dulu
me: har, gak ada chopped?
officer: oh ada
me:hayo bikin saya kaget aja
officer:kaget?
End
Further they work more efficiently than Singapore one as Singapore' one work slower, sigh.
I just donot understand why some or probably most Indonesians are so proud of Singapore, is it because of the currency? They are proud to have a house or an apartment there, they are proud to shop there and they are proud because they only keep sing dollar. To me, Singapore is only a small country and there is nothing to be proud of unless you are singaporean. What do they offer are only expensive stuffs, high cost of living, bla2bla2 or unless you work there.
Instead proud of Singapore, why dont they all , i mean Indonesians being proud as being Indonesians. I know that Indonesia has nothing to offer for its own people especially the chinese, but how bad your country is, you should be proud of it as we born in that country . If the indonesians themselves do not look high or proud of their own country, then who is going to 'junjung' it?
it is just like , before you respect others, it is better if you respect yourselves first. Never be ashamed in claiming that we are Indonesians (chinese Indonesians).
After three nights stayed in Singapore (tired rather than fun) we were heading back to KL where there were some anger and fun, and all those aunts are still very energetics for shopping