Can it get much better than this

[curiousgeorge]

ask the people in London to stop stabbing people.

Ok, now I'm intrigued about where in London you lived such that stabbings area quite common in your area. I know it can be pretty bad over there but that makes it sound like it's the bad lands out there.

I mean, I come from a country where such crimes are common except in affluent areas (and I have never lived in affluent areas).

I lived in Hackney before I moved here. We had a chalkboard on the fridge that we marked everytime we heard gunshots - 12 times in 2 years! Murders so frequent that they become nothing more than four lines of "round-up"news in the local paper. Ours was a gated community and I wouldn't go out after dark unless in a taxi. At the local train station, the security people would stay in their huts behind bullet-proof glass. Miles of streets with never a sign of a police officer, unless there was 10 of them in riot gear.

Moving to Singapore was a blessed relief.

Yes, I can recognise JR8s list of annoyances, but compared to living in Hackney, Singapore is a dream.

I am with the OP on this - it doesn't get much better than this. If you don't like it, GTFO!

[nakatago]

I lived in Hackney before I moved here. We had a chalkboard on the fridge that we marked everytime we heard gunshots - 12 times in 2 years! Murders so frequent that they become nothing more than four lines of "round-up"news in the local paper. Ours was a gated community and I wouldn't go out after dark unless in a taxi. At the local train station, the security people would stay in their huts behind bullet-proof glass. Miles of streets with never a sign of a police officer, unless there was 10 of them in riot gear.

The only reason I don't hear a lot of gunshots when I was back home is because the dregs are too damned poor to buy them. But stabby-stabby's are quite common, peppered with the occasional, nay, frequent burglaries, rapes, muggings and domestic violence.

Back to the original discussion (not necessarily a reply to CG)...

Ok, Singapore is really peaceful compared to our countries. But let's not deny that all is not perfect here and some of us get ticked off by those imperfections. Each to his own but it's not always an all-or-nothing affair. It's not always black and white. It's not "you're either with us or against us."

Put things this way: we all probably created (at least mentally) our lists of pro's and con's and the reason the lot of us are here is because, for the time being, the pro's list is longer than the con's. And while we're still here, we really would like the con's list to be even shorter. Some of us think that can be done and therefore are not resigned to just accepting "that's just the way things are."

If, for you, living here is a dream, good for you. But some of us see room for improvement.

So, can we get back to being civil while disagreeing?

[JayCee]

JayCee
If you don't accept it then what do you do about it?

Tell them to move their arse and give the seat to the person who needs it more, I probably do this 2-3 times a week. It doesn't stress me out at all, rather it relaxes me when I see the old lady given the seat so she doesn't have to hold on for dear life to stop from falling over.

SMS sums it up perfectly, apathy does nothing but contribute to the problem

Hats off to ya JayCee, maybe you can ask the people in London to stop stabbing people.

Yeah, because they're the same thing aren't they?

People go way over the top about the crime rate in the UK, I lived in South London for years (and before that South Manchester) and never once had any trouble, in fact my neighbours were very friendly people and we all looked out for eachother when we went on holiday. Try that in Singapore.

Do you read the sun and the daily mail a lot by any chance?

How long have you lived in Singapore btw?

[JayCee]

Yes, I can recognise JR8s list of annoyances, but compared to living in Hackney, Singapore is a dream.

I am with the OP on this - it doesn't get much better than this. If you don't like it, GTFO!

If Hackney was so bad, why did you live there? It's not like you didn't have any other choices, what with London being huge and all. If you choose to live in one of the worst parts of the country then that's your own choice, but that doesn't mean that the whole of the UK is infested with teenagers running round stabbing people, whatever the tabloids may say

[BillyB]

Tell them to move their arse and give the seat to the person who needs it more, I probably do this 2-3 times a week. It doesn't stress me out at all, rather it relaxes me when I see the old lady given the seat so she doesn't have to hold on for dear life to stop from falling over.

SMS sums it up perfectly, apathy does nothing but contribute to the problem

Hats off to ya JayCee, maybe you can ask the people in London to stop stabbing people.

Yeah, because they're the same thing aren't they?

People go way over the top about the crime rate in the UK, I lived in South London for years (and before that South Manchester) and never once had any trouble, in fact my neighbours were very friendly people and we all looked out for eachother when we went on holiday. Try that in Singapore.

Do you read the sun and the daily mail a lot by any chance?

How long have you lived in Singapore btw?

Were you a scally in the past??!!

[JayCee]

Hats off to ya JayCee, maybe you can ask the people in London to stop stabbing people.

Yeah, because they're the same thing aren't they?

People go way over the top about the crime rate in the UK, I lived in South London for years (and before that South Manchester) and never once had any trouble, in fact my neighbours were very friendly people and we all looked out for eachother when we went on holiday. Try that in Singapore.

Do you read the sun and the daily mail a lot by any chance?

How long have you lived in Singapore btw?

Were you a scally in the past??!!

Hehehe, got any spare change our kid?

[BillyB]

Yeah, because they're the same thing aren't they?

People go way over the top about the crime rate in the UK, I lived in South London for years (and before that South Manchester) and never once had any trouble, in fact my neighbours were very friendly people and we all looked out for eachother when we went on holiday. Try that in Singapore.

Do you read the sun and the daily mail a lot by any chance?

How long have you lived in Singapore btw?

Were you a scally in the past??!!

Hehehe, got any spare change our kid?

Nah, skint mate, but you can borra me rockports and jacket if ya like to go rob someone!!

[JayCee]

Were you a scally in the past??!!

Hehehe, got any spare change our kid?

Nah, skint mate, but you can borra me rockports and jacket if ya like to go rob someone!!

Give us a savers on that fag

[BillyB]

Hehehe, got any spare change our kid?

Nah, skint mate, but you can borra me rockports and jacket if ya like to go rob someone!!

Give us a savers on that fag

Last one our kid, filters a bit pissy too. Get a roll up off kane if your gagging

[nakatago]

This is the reason why I'm so worried about taking the IELTS at the British Council!

Nah, skint mate, but you can borra me rockports and jacket if ya like to go rob someone!!

Give us a savers on that fag

Last one our kid, filters a bit pissy too. Get a roll up off kane if your gagging

[JayCee]

Dunna worry about it youth, BillyB and me are just a couple of chavvy Northerners, they'll be speaking BBC English at the British Council so you'll be reet

[nakatago]

Dunna worry about it youth, BillyB and me are just a couple of chavvy Northerners, they'll be speaking BBC English at the British Council so you'll be reet

wot?

[BillyB]

al secund dat lad......jus ope yu teecha aint a northunur

[nakatago]

al secund dat lad......jus ope yu teecha aint a northunur

http://youtu.be/6yN2H3--1aw

[x9200]

Dunna worry about it youth, BillyB and me are just a couple of chavvy Northerners, they'll be speaking BBC English at the British Council so you'll be reet

Hmm, sounds a bit like you don't have masters.