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by IMA » Sun, 25 Apr 2004 10:10 am
Hi Guys,
I have recently moved to Singapore as a result of business expansion and am keen to meet local ladies.
I have read several comments in previous forums referring to SPG's.
Can somebody kindly explain what an SPG is?
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by Bafana » Sun, 25 Apr 2004 10:41 am
SPG refers to Sarong Party Girl made even more famous by the book of the same name - Go down to Popular and get yourself a copy as it is really funny and see myself in the mirror as the typical Ang Mo many times (Have attached scan of cover)
Basically an SPG is a more then friendly Singaporean girl who lkikes to date Ang Mo's - She is more outgoing in terms of sexual adventures and less stuck in her cultural issues

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by Pal » Sun, 25 Apr 2004 3:42 pm
Bafana wrote:SPG refers to Sarong Party Girl made even more famous by the book of the same name - Go down to Popular and get yourself a copy as it is really funny and see myself in the mirror as the typical Ang Mo many times (Have attached scan of cover)
Basically an SPG is a more then friendly Singaporean girl who lkikes to date Ang Mo's - She is more outgoing in terms of sexual adventures and less stuck in her cultural issues

For clarifications:
Popular: Popular Bookshop
Ang Mo (chinese dialect) refers to Caucasian
FYI ...
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by NBB » Sun, 25 Apr 2004 3:55 pm
Short for Ang Moh Kio, meaning, by all means correct me if I'm wrong, Red Haired Monkey.
Always meant affectionately, I'm sure.
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by Pal » Sun, 25 Apr 2004 6:15 pm
NBB wrote:Short for Ang Moh Kio, meaning, by all means correct me if I'm wrong, Red Haired Monkey.
Always meant affectionately, I'm sure.
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Should be Ang Moh Kow - Red Haired Monkey
Kow is Monkey
Kio is Carrot
Some chinese hokkien terms

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by NBB » Sun, 25 Apr 2004 6:18 pm
So the road is called
Red Haired Carrot 
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: That's weird, no? Why call a road after a hairy vegetable? That isn't even hairy. A red haired monkey (like an Orang Utang) I understand. But a carrot?
Weird.
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by IMA » Sun, 25 Apr 2004 6:28 pm
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by Pal » Sun, 25 Apr 2004 6:31 pm
There is another meaning for Kio - Bridge ...
I presume Ang Mo Kio means Red Haired Bridge? or perhaps in the past there was a bridge in that area that was occupied by westerners? And thats how it got its name from ....
Just my guess 8)
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by Bafana » Sun, 25 Apr 2004 9:24 pm
Pal wrote:There is another meaning for Kio - Bridge ...
I presume Ang Mo Kio means Red Haired Bridge? or perhaps in the past there was a bridge in that area that was occupied by westerners? And thats how it got its name from ....
Just my guess 8)
I work in construction and I asked some of the local contractor's when I made the connection between the two names - Apparantly the engineeer who designed the bridge was a westerner and had red hair
Anyway thats what I was told...
IMA, whats the need to know?
Have fun finding out anyway

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by NBB » Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:12 am
Makes sense Bafana.
Although it's still a bit funky that we Caucs would be associatd with red hair, because red hair in the West is more the exception than the rule.
Brown haired monkey would 've been more correct I think.
Is it too late to switch to this?
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by fitcher » Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:47 pm
SPGs are usually chinese sluts who needs validation and attention when they are walking with a white guy. Its true. they put a snobby freak face.
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by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:51 pm
What's the matter? Lose your Girlfriend to an Expat? Sure sounds like a case of sour grapes to me. They don't need validation and attention when walking with a white guy. They already have it.

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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by La grande boucle » Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:05 am
Validation? That sounds a bit too scientific for the occasion I'd say.
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by zjules » Wed, 25 Jul 2007 2:46 pm
What would you call a more then friendly Ang moh guy who likes to date Singaporeans?
I think the whole SPG thing has been taken a bit far, so that its now used to refer to ANY Singaporean girl who is seen with an 'Ang moh'...
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by muratkorman » Wed, 25 Jul 2007 4:07 pm
La grande boucle wrote:Validation? That sounds a bit too scientific for the occasion I'd say.
I always felt that my reason of coming here to Singapore as "Validation Engineer" wasn't for a pharmaceutical plant project. Thanks to you, ladies and gentlemen, I know what I have to do. I will include SPG validation in my resume

With my kind regards
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