things you can t do. najip: can t do, yeah. anthony: do you think that young creative singaporeans feels those constraints and suffer from them? najip: i think some of them who travel knows better. most of them are over educated and under exposed, meaning they have very little experience in what they know. and i think that s what we are lacking. they re looking for things to do. and the problem with this is we re living in a small country and we have nowhere to go and no way to experience these things. if you re in new york and you don t like the city life and you say shit, i m anthony: you can say shit on the show. najip: i m going to take this. anthony: i think we have two more in this hour. najip: you want to get out of the city, so you go to minnesota, you go to texas, you take time to think about. anthony: right. najip: and even in malaysia when you are in kuala lumpur, you can go to tanjung you can go to we have nowhere to go. anthony: not only is singap
have to follow theules and regulations, that s the reason singapore is very good. same time, singaporeans are very hard working. as human beings, what we need? food to eat, clothes to wear, a place to sleep, you can get in singapore. so in other words, we have to continue work, you see. if you re working, you ll get something, once lazy, you re out. anthony: by some measures, singapore is a welfare state, taking care of the less fortunate, but at its heart, it s a cold blooded meritocracy. you follow the rules and there are many, work hard, and you will have a good life. that s the message. najip: we are starting to define the definition of success. i think we are very clear with the 5 cs. car, condominium, credit card, cash, and career. anthony: wow, that sounds awful, dude. najip: i grew up with that idea. anthony: well, that s not good. najip: i grew up with that. yeah, exactly.
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najip: can t do, yeah. anthony: do you think that young creative singaporeans feels those constraints and suffer from them? najip: i think some of them who travel knows better. most of them are over educated and under exposed, meaning they have very little experience in what they know. and i think that s what we are lacking. they re looking for things to do. and the problem with this is we re living in a small country and we have nowhere to go and no way to experience these things. if you re in new york and you don t like the city life and you say shit, i m anthony: you can say shit on the show. najip: i m going to take this. anthony: i think we have two more in this hour. najip: you want to get out of the city, so you go to minnesota, you go to texas, you take time to think about. anthony: right. najip: and even in malaysia when you are in kuala lumpur, you can go to tanjung you can go to we have nowhere to go. anthony: not only is singapore a small city-stat
pressure of a kind from a big brother government who s always watching, however benevolently one might think. najip: every day as an entertainer, as a producer, director, we are reminded what not to do. we don t insult other races, don t insult other religions. there are some parameters that we always need to see, but i think as a creative person, we are always trying to work out. and i think that s challenging for us, and again, mos the things that i do on television is funded by the government. so you know, so what anthony: you re biting the hand that feeds you. najip: but our job is basically as an entertainer is just to purely entertain, and we know there are line that we cannot cross religion, our ancestors, our parents. you know, things like that. so it s anthony: you can t make fun of your parents in your comedy? najip: if your own parents, it s okay. anthony: how about your, i mean, family members? najip: yeah, but they can give you a twist to a story of a m