Hi all, reading through the thread with a big smile on my face. I find very few redeeming qualities about Singapore. The body odor is atrocious, people are incredibly rude, just a general hell hole. I work at ORQ and am very suprised when anyone uses soap after visiting the men's room. This includes coming out of the stalls, not the urinals.
Food Paradise?!?!... you must be joking. The food here is terrible. The very few times I've enjoyed a meal I've paid a fortune. Hawker center, like eating out of a used toilet. Are the tables/seats ever truly clean? Chicken rice must be the most overhyped dish ever. Pre-cooked, room temperature, boiled chicken over rice with 1-2 slices of cucumber. You call this your national dish, shameful. And pls, close your damn mouth when you chew. Seems like a national pastime to talk right after shoving food into your mouths.
Cleanliness, does anyone practice general hygiene? Some of the homeless in NY smell about the same. These people sleep on the streets, you have access to a shower, think about it. The streets are littered with garbage in the mornings. I understand the use of cheap labor, but this negates personal responsibility to throw away your own garbage? I see older aged 60+ grandfathers and grandmothers working at food courts cleaning up after teenagers and young adults. This country/city-state (whatever the F you call it) teaches no respect for their elders.
Singapore blows, can't wait to get back to NY.
