I am caucasian and I have noticed the same in our condo with all different races and all interracial couples. So I wouldn't really say it is just caucasians.CrazyCanuck wrote:Hello: We moved into our rather nice condo on East Coast one week ago. It seems that every time I pass anybody caucasian looking, they either turn their head or greet my friendly smile with a blank stare. What is up with everyone? It seems to me that the only nice "friendly" people here are the residents. My husband has noticed the same thing. Is this the way all caucasians are in Singapore? I'm very surprised and disappointed.
Or even worse, one of those people who wish to make new friends and hang around with you over a class of wine. I wouldn't think too much of it, some people justdon't wanna make random friends just because they happen to live in the same neighborhood.QRM wrote:Next time just say out loud "Good morning" that normally disarms the other person. They are probably worried you might be one of those nutty happy clappers who will ask you to pop over for an evening of Bible reading or a donation to their pastors KY fund.
It might just be a phase they're going through.CrazyCanuck wrote:Hello: We moved into our rather nice condo on East Coast one week ago. It seems that every time I pass anybody caucasian looking, they either turn their head or greet my friendly smile with a blank stare. What is up with everyone? It seems to me that the only nice "friendly" people here are the residents. My husband has noticed the same thing. Is this the way all caucasians are in Singapore? I'm very surprised and disappointed.
Well no, of course we know this is not true. However, you do hear of expats making entreaties of 'good morning' which are stared down by their Singaporean neighbors. It gets passed off as a cultural difference, so of course it goes both ways.Is this the way all caucasians are in Singapore?
Who's kidding? This is Singapore, home of the five C's.taxico wrote:i hope you're kidding coz that's just retarded.SunWuKong wrote:roughly 90% (unsubstantiated statistic) of the population is too busy trying to figure out whether you live on a higher floor than them or earn more, which leaves precious little brainpower to spare for social niceties.
SunWuKong wrote:Well on the apologetics side, it is somewhat socially awkward to run into someone who believes that just because their skin color is the same as yours, you must have other things in common.
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