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Things I don't like about Singapore
- sundaymorningstaple
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Three months on and I have decided not to give way. I am not a big man but I assume a wide profile and walk straight with arms akimbo. Yeah, I know I should be bigger than that (pun intended) but the obliviousness of the walkers gets to me.Calmday wrote:I find that some walk slow and some walk fast but they all zigzag all over the place and have no sense of what’s around them or where they are going. Singapore has to be the hardest place on earth to walk in a crowded place.
Singapore is bad no doubt, but the worst on earth (or at least the worst I've been to) has to be Hong Kong, there is no concept of spatial awareness there at all (except when you're on the bus as in that case you get all the space you want because no-one will sit next to you, so open-minded to other races are the HK localsCalmday wrote:I find that some walk slow and some walk fast but they all zigzag all over the place and have no sense of what’s around them or where they are going. Singapore has to be the hardest place on earth to walk in a crowded place.

- sundaymorningstaple
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"As long as the other can understand what he/she speaks, nobody cares what accent they speak. Let me ask a question. Who on earth speaks pure English? Australian, British, American? All these people have different accents but who cares."
That's my point. Often enough I can't understand a word of it. I can understand Australians, New Zealanders, British, Americans, Canadians... the accents are all different but they don't leave half the consonants out. It can be a fun guessing game, unless I'm in a hurry.
I'm sure I'll get by.
Having been here for over a year now, I have another gripe: our Singaporean staff don't seem to be able to show any initiative, work anything out for themselves, or have any desire to do anything new or stretch their abilities. It's very different from what I am used to.
On the climate: it suits me well, as I grew up in tropical North Queensland.
That's my point. Often enough I can't understand a word of it. I can understand Australians, New Zealanders, British, Americans, Canadians... the accents are all different but they don't leave half the consonants out. It can be a fun guessing game, unless I'm in a hurry.
I'm sure I'll get by.
Having been here for over a year now, I have another gripe: our Singaporean staff don't seem to be able to show any initiative, work anything out for themselves, or have any desire to do anything new or stretch their abilities. It's very different from what I am used to.
On the climate: it suits me well, as I grew up in tropical North Queensland.
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Wow! Another triple negative!
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Wow! Another triple negative!
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Nah don't get me wrong. Singapore's certainly got a lot going for it.You can, of course, go back to Oz if you don't like it here
But like everyone I can be annoyed by some things, and I thought I'd list them separately from the things I _do_ like about Singapore.
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Wow! Another triple negative!
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Wow! Another triple negative!
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