My brother hates it with a passion. He finds that most humiliating, hard to break away from a 'non-culture'. To this auntie, materialism is more virtuous, frugality, more to take charge of the future and welfare of your family, investments. This is conceived of as more 'Chinese'. Auntie said, 'I'm glad that I married a Chinese.
Mother is impractically meticulous.
My mother is good for nothing. Generally, the younger generation became less and less distinguishable from non-Baba Chinese. So the cultural differences have almost disappeared. The most important move towards a single Chinese identity among the Chinese Singaporeans was the Government's equation of Mandarin with the Chinese language. They also felt strongly that their culture was no less Chinese than that of other Chinese Singaporeans.