- A person riding a bicycle against the traffic on the road (wrong side).
- People riding bicycles on the pavement and ringing their bells at pedestrians to get out of their way (is riding on the pavement legal?)
- We had some goods in storage delivered (major removals company, 4-5 hours work, 3-4 guys). I had a $50 ready in my pocket to tip them. The goods arrived, were unpacked and placed. They had my wife sign a form. Then, as we only later concluded, that was that and they had left > The opposite of 'loitering in the hope of a tip'?
- Unattended children in the swimming pool (a few seem to be), but I was a little taken aback to see one aged about three going for a swim with no one but me in sight.
- About 3/4 of the main news section of the local paper seems to be ads.
- At Burger King a man having a phone conversation by holding a c.12" tablet up to his face.
- Monks in saffron robes.
- My fingernails seem to grow extremely quickly here.
- Shop aisles are very narrow, at parts of NTUC, or Watsons/Guardian, with a day-pack on by back, and a basket in hand, I have to take care not to knock things off the shelves if I turn around (do a '180').
- I was in 'Valu$' (a dollar-shop type outlet), which is quite cramped. Two young Thai 'ladies' want to pass me. I move to the side, one passes, her hands are all up and down my arm. WAY too personal. My hand goes in my pocket, and over my wallet. I give her an 'I'm NOT enjoying this' look, and she growls deeply "I'm so sorry dalling" with more arm rubbing, before finally passing [tranny-dar now flashing red].
- At entry-phone/panel in basement car-park. Young women having a 'domestic' over the entry phone (perhaps with someone who won't let her in?). She is yelling in the enclosed entry-foyer. As I pass I ask her if she would please stop shouting. In summary: I then become the target of her bile
- Laundry poles sticking out from high-rise buildings
- The charge on my mobile lasts days longer here, than it did in Europe.
- Painted floors in car-parks (hmm, I wonder why?). As cars pass at 5mph, the squealing reminds me of American cop shows!
- Strange patterns in the grass of a nearby school playing field, sort of like this...
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each ) or ( being an arc of maybe 2-2.5 metres. Strimmers? Why not use a mower, it would be a damned site quicker and less noise pollution?
- Being shocked with how yellow my teeth suddenly seem to be. Is it because the UV light is so much stronger here, or what...?
- Not having to turn on any lights, in any room, during the day.