60 signs you've been in Singapore too long!

evergreen21 · Post by **evergreen21** » Wed, 13 May 2009 5:23 pm

you stop eveyr 5 mins on Highway 1 to take pics! it took you 13hrs to get to SF. (LA to SF)

been awhile to see the ocean and the coastline that is not man-made.

BusDriver · Post by **BusDriver** » Fri, 15 May 2009 12:45 am

Nice statement there to cover one's behind.

haha... Ah....the intricacies of democracy along the equator.

A unique anomaly caused by geography. =)

taxico · Post by **taxico** » Fri, 15 May 2009 8:18 am

sundaymorningstaple wrote:Was searching for something else and this popped up. Good for a few more grins I think.

there're more fun tidbits on the guy's website and you should post 'em all!

Post by **sundaymorningstaple** » Sat, 16 May 2009 7:52 pm

taxico, I didn't catch on to what you were on about until I tried to do a search of the first line on Google. Actually, I got it via email and not from his site. As a matter of fact it would appear that we both got it around the same time. But, having said that, his is a darn good site and always has been.

monaG · Post by **monaG** » Thu, 21 May 2009 11:36 pm

Very funny:) Since I am still a newbie, I will come back and check this list again later~~

morenangpinay · Post by **morenangpinay** » Thu, 04 Jun 2009 1:10 am

actually im amused that everytime some client asks over the phone for someone on vacation...i cant say He's out of town...its always hes out of the country...lol

and then i always get puzzled..when the taxi driver says....we go by city??.... i always wonder what hes talking about lol what CITY! this whole country is a city lol so you mean theres a province?????????

andreag · Post by **andreag** » Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:25 am

Great list! I'll check back in 6 months...

Post by **jpatokal** » Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:35 am

morenangpinay wrote:and then i always get puzzled..when the taxi driver says....we go by city??.... i always wonder what hes talking about lol what CITY! this whole country is a city lol so you mean theres a province?????????

Um... just in case you really didn't understand, he's saying CTE (see tee ee), aka the Central Expressway.

morenangpinay · Post by **morenangpinay** » Fri, 05 Jun 2009 1:36 am

jpatokal wrote:
morenangpinay wrote:and then i always get puzzled..when the taxi driver says....we go by city??.... i always wonder what hes talking about lol what CITY! this whole country is a city lol so you mean theres a province?????????
Um... just in case you really didn't understand, he's saying CTE (see tee ee), aka the Central Expressway.

ooooooooooooooooooh so thats it. hahahahaha i always hear it as CITY.

ashleyy · Post by **ashleyy** » Wed, 10 Jun 2009 3:27 pm

the last point killed it all haha

Artemias · Post by **Artemias** » Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:12 am

kwassieann · Post by **kwassieann** » Thu, 18 Jun 2009 3:28 pm

hahahah luv it.

Dave Magoo · Post by **Dave Magoo** » Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:22 pm

Have just read this whilst simultaneously watching the British Lions getting creamed by the Springboks on the Australian Network in the company of a particularly chuffed Bok...I need all the help I can get at this point

Having done a fair number of biz trips to Jakarta recently, I had to chuckle at No. 47 in particular

Cheers SMS for making the drubbing that little bit less painful

carteki · Post by **carteki** » Wed, 24 Jun 2009 1:23 pm

21. Most or all of these acronyms make sense to you: NUS; NTU; ERP; SDU;
PAP; MRT; LKY; GCT; PRC; TIBS; SBS; SMS; JB; JBJ; AMK; AYE; PIE; ECP; ISD;
ISA; 5 C's; CPF; CHIJMES; SPG; CWO.

22. You use too many acronyms when you talk, or you create new ones.

Amazingly I have found an acronym that is NOT used in Singapore:
"GFC" is used by the Aussie Press to refer to the Great Financial Crisis... I was a bit thrown when a friend used it in a conversation with me!

Addadude · Post by **Addadude** » Wed, 24 Jun 2009 2:19 pm

morenangpinay wrote:
jpatokal wrote:
morenangpinay wrote:and then i always get puzzled..when the taxi driver says....we go by city??.... i always wonder what hes talking about lol what CITY! this whole country is a city lol so you mean theres a province?????????
Um... just in case you really didn't understand, he's saying CTE (see tee ee), aka the Central Expressway.
ooooooooooooooooooh so thats it. hahahahaha i always hear it as CITY.

Some years ago I was doing a very extensive TV commercial shoot over in the Army training grounds in Lim Chu Kang. We had a kiwi Director of Photography (DOP - hah! I can use acronyms too!) who has never worked in Singapore before. After 9 days of traveling to and fro from the hotel he was staying in in River Valley Road to Lim Chu Kang he finally pulled me aside and asked me, "Where the hell is this pie that I keep seeing signs for?"

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60 signs you've been in Singapore too long!

Nice #59 clause

The Perfect Antidote, SMS :-)

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