User:Mr Kiasu

T his is my secret name, Mr Kiasu. Not the TV Character from the Mr Kiasu comic book by Johnny Lau as this "Mr Kiasu" is portrayed by TV actor Chew Chor Meng in the Mediacorp Channel 5 sitcom, Mr Kiasu that aired in 2001. The word "Kiasu" is a Hokkien term for "being scared to lose/fail".

When I was a kid, I used to watch Mr Kiasu on TV just 12 years ago when it first aired on Channel 5 in 2001. It was very funny when the actor, Chew Chor Meng acted as a cartoon character "mr Kiasu" on television, together with the retired Class 987fm Dj, Daniel Ong as his brother "Kiasee" in that show. His name is also known as Lee Kia Soo. Now, this 30-minute sitcom currently repeats on Channel 5 just at 12:30pm for Youth Day in Singapore. Then I labelled the characters as other names, such as Mr Kiasu as "Tony Tan Kia Soo" (not to confuse with President Tony Tan), Kiasee as "Lee Hsien longan" or "Kiasee-goreng". But this sitcom was banned in 2002 when I was just seven years old, because it was too much Singlish heard in the show.

National Day Parade 2013
It's very lucky to see the cast of the outdated tv show, Mr Kiasu such as Chew Chor Meng appearing on tv to sing this year's NDP song, One Singapore together with the Sing A Nation choir.

For the Mr Kiasu segment at this year's National Day Parade recently, what I know is that Mr Kiasu was dancing with the choir until the Merlion statue vomited some sparkles onto his head and made them run away.

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