Singapore under England
"Sang Nila Utama
Saw a lion alamak
Named the village Singapura
Then run very far."
"Faster! I want to declare that island mine!" Sang Nila Utama, the prince of the Sultanate of Johor, ordered his men to row. He had seen a distant island while out hunting and it was beautiful! Just like a perfect holiday place.
Thunder cracked around him and he looked up to see a storm brewing.
"Faster! If we don't reach the island in time..." Rain dropped in swarms around the boat and the sea became rough. The boat rocked with a tremendous force and the captain had already ordered the others to throw heavy things overboard so that they won't risk a sinking in these dangerous waters.
"My Lord, your crown is the only thing left that will influence the weight of the boat." Utama had a hard choice to make. Princely Crown or holiday place?
He threw the crown overboard. His Princely life was more important after all.
"The storm stopped! Allah, bless you!" One of the boat man called. Utama was relieved. And they had reached land.
"My Servant!" He called one of his subjects. "What is that animal near the banyan tree?" He pointed to a shadowy figure. It was half hidden by the tree's shadow.
"Judging by it's long locks of hair, it must be a lion!" The servant replied. Utama was pleased with this reply.
"We shall call this village Singapura." He decided on the spot. One of his advisors shook his head.
"My lord, this place has an original name! It's Tema..." The advisor was stopped from finishing his sentence as the boat turned away.
"Let's go home!" All aboard were shocked at his reply.
"But my lord, we just got here!" They exclaimed, only to be silenced by a narrowed eye.
"It has lions! Do you want to endanger your lord's life?" He ordered them to row back.
On the island, the newly named Singapura glanced at the retreating boat. Who was that odd man? Why had he pointed at him, and renamed him that odd name? Singapura stepped out from under the tree's shadow.
"Doesn't he know that there aren't any lions in Singapura?" He scratched his head.
(Singapore is called Singapura in Malay, which literally means Lion City. This is odd because we don't have lions, only tigers. Temasek means sea town. )
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"Years later ang moh came
Stamford Raffles was his name
Pose for statue very nice
We kenna colonize"
"So this is Singapore?" Raffles asked the police chief. He nodded.
"This belongs to the Sultan of Johor, no one can set up without his permission," The Police Chief explained.
"Temenggong!" Both men turned to see a young boy, of tanned skin dragging a top in the mud.
"Singapura!" The Police chief called out sharply, "Didn't I tell you to remain in the mud house?"
"But Temenggong, it was boring! Who's this anyway." He pointed to Raffles.
"I am William Stamford Raffles, of the British Empire." The man posed, arms crossed.
In the 21st century...
"And this was where Stamford Raffles first stepped ashore." As the tourists swarmed over the statue, Singapore snorted in his bubble tea.
That was also where he had made that infamous pose.
"Oh Raffles, if only you knew." He smirked.
A/N: School work is tough. And Singapore is being a sarcarstic little pompous idiot. So I'm going to leave this chapter unfinished till December.
I'll be taking a break as I need to concentrate on exams. But for now, I'll just end with a parting shot
Comparing similarities between Europeans and Asians
Both are Sarcarstic
Singapore sipped his bubble tea while England sipped his Earl Grey. In front of them was France being chased by Switzerland. France had earlier learnt the "breast assault technique" from Korea and attempted it on Poland, only to find that he had groped the wrong blonde.
Both have short hair, and no breasts. So France was finding himself on the path to being a new kind of Swiss cheese, courtesy of Switzerland himself.
"Why you! How dare you!" Bang! The shot gun went off as Switzerland aimed at Bordeaux.
"Nice scenery isn't it, England? I enjoy this kind of sights. It is a pity that nudity is not allowed in my country." Singapore swallowed a tapioca ball.
"Yes, I appreciate it a lot as much as you do."
Both are Scary Females
"Belarus!" Vietnam greeted the woman. The blonde nodded. The Asian got close to Belarus.
"Have you got the papers?" Belarus asked, reaching out from behind her back.
"Yeah. Your brother would never know what hit him." Vietnam answered, tossing the papers into Belarus's hands. The European let out a girly squeal.
"He is married under Vietnamese law." Vietnam winked. Russia had encouraged China to invade Korea and her, this was just payback.
"This is going to be 'mazing..." An evil aura crept over the two. Nearby, Italy peeked and shivered back. Romano on the other hand, was fascinated by Vietnam. France was cowering.
"My back..." He recollected the number of times Vietnam had beaten him and winced.
Both like music
"Ana, this is cute!" Thailand petted the cat. Next to him, Greece smiled in appreciation. It was the annual Countries' pet get together day, and naturally their owners had to tag along. Pochi was wagging his tail and sniffing at Egypt's jackal. Australia's Koala had wondered over to Malaysia's pet tiger and Thailand's elephant had found it's way to...
Ahem.
"W-What is this!" Malaysia yelped as the elephant grabbed hold of his neck and tightened it's hold.
"Stop!" Thailand ordered his elephant, but the stubborn animal still refused to let go. Malaysia was busy praying to Allah that he would not be treated like the last time, where he was repeatedly thrown against the wall by the grudgeful pet.
"Huh?" Chopin was playing from the next room, where Austria was in. It was intermingled with strains of Bengawan Solo.
"Wahhh!" Malaysia was ungraciously dropped. Thailand peeked curiously to find both Austria and Indonesia in the midst of a music competition.
"Indonesia," Malaysia paused, "Are those shadow puppets? Were you actually singing?"
Indonesia stepped on Sabah and Malaysia yelped as his right foot ached.
"I didn't know you express Bengawan Solo as anger!" Thailand laughed, only to be faced with a large drum. That pretty much covered his head within the next minute.