Taufik Batisah apologises for S'pore national anthem error
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SINGAPORE: Local celebrity, Taufik Batisah who was given the opportunity to sing the national anthem during the Formula One Grand Prix tonight, made a mistake while doing so.
His televised performance was viewed by millions all over the world.
But instead of singing "marilah kita bersatu", which means "let us unite", he sang “marilah kita berseru" which means "let us proclaim".
Speaking to MediaCorp, Taufik said, he's very sorry for making the error.
He said he was very nervous while singing.
But the winner of the first season of Singapore Idol added that he's aware that there's no excuse for him to make such an error.
Taufik says he hopes that the public will forgive him for what he refers to as an "honest mistake."- 938LIVE/vm
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like that how to join 'dont forget the lyrics?'
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everyone made mistakes, who dun?
even surgeons make mistake in operations.
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Okay lah, anyway nowadays the pledge and national anthem just an aspiration. Nothing wrong to stray from aspiration.
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Originally posted by Agenda:
Okay lah, anyway nowadays the pledge and national anthem just an aspiration. Nothing wrong to stray from aspiration.
Old man lee says pledge is only aspiration, don't have to take it too seriously.
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mistake? when you know you have been called upon to perform in front of millions. when you know you are representing the entire nation. when you know you have all your fans there supporting you. and you dont bother to do some research to find out the exact lyrics of your very own national anthem? I dont call that a mistake. I call it blatant arrogance.
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even obama make mistake in his inauguration in January, remember? he cant even recite the recital speech accurately.
now who is even more embarrasing?
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people make mistake lar.
k i forgive him.
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It's just ignorance. Here's a little example.
How many of here sang the following line in primary/secondary school/jc?
"... semua kita bersatu,"
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
everyone made mistakes, who dun?
even surgeons make mistake in operations.
i dun make mistakes
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somemore its his mother tongue.........................
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Originally posted by NickL_C151:
It's just ignorance. Here's a little example.
How many of here sang the following line in primary/secondary school/jc?
"... semua kita bersatu,"
How many actually remembers the whole song and understands it without any reference?
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obama made a mistake yes. he has the pressure of running a nation. taufik? starring in the next 711 ad? next ill be seeing people post 'if you think you can do better you go and perform la' well if i was asked to do it. i would go do my research and find out the correct lyrics first.
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forgiven
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got video clip to see?
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Originally posted by NG QIBO AARON AUBREY:
somemore its his mother tongue.........................
I have malay friends in army who does not understand the basic commands of the footdrill. -
Originally posted by Patrik:
I have malay friends in army who does not understand the basic commands of the footdrill.
is it difficult to understand?
Even if you know malay also cannot understand?
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Originally posted by Patrik:
I have malay friends in army who does not understand the basic commands of the footdrill.most of the time the fella shouting the command is saying it wrong
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I don't even remember how to sing it, during flag raising, I usually do the vanilla ice routine.
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Originally posted by NickL_C151:
It's just ignorance. Here's a little example.
How many of here sang the following line in primary/secondary school/jc?
"... semua kita bersatu,"
not me!
my primary school made sure we sang every word correctly
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Originally posted by Agenda:
How many actually remembers the whole song and understands it without any reference?
I remember the song but I don't understand it. But for the performance, I don't think the meaning of the anthem is an issue. Just that, what would malay-speaking people think?
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he dun say i think also nobody know.
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double posts.
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I didn't realize the mistake either. Sometimes when we are nervous we say the wrong thing, same as when we are nervous some might stutter or forget things/words which we normally would remember. Anyway, he has apologised.
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
most of the time the fella shouting the command is saying it wrong
becos he is not malay?