I received a mail, timely enough, regarding the contradictions of being a Singaporean.
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Funny truths about life in small small Singapore ....
1. Nite - Sleep with air-con; Day - Bathe with heater on
2. Day - Cannot Wake up; Nite - Cannot Sleep
3. Translation is needed between Singaporean Chinese and Mainland Chinese
4. Smell Of rubbish besides letterboxes; Rubbish inside Letterbox
5. Spore Chinese use languages other then Chinese to communicate.
6. Sporean never like to vote, but like to complain
Oceanice notes: erm.. be better if it's "S'porens vote, but fail to see any point in it"
7. There are quite a number of rich/poor in spore - They have Car, Credit Card, CPF but no Cash and is liable to lots of loans
9. There are quite a few high-tech barbaric singaporeans -they know how to use state-of-the art equipment, 3g mobile phone and powerful computers but they dunno how to use a simple dustbin or a toilet
Oceanice notes: HEART this.
10. Half Sporeans rushed to buy Hello kitty, but the other half busy killing stray cats
Oceanice notes: HMM
11. Chewing Gum - Can Chew, Cannot buy?? (Restricted to buying)
Oceanice notes: I was thinking "how to chew if cannot buy?" Then I went "HMM."
12. Cigarettes - Convenient to buy; not convenient to smoke
Oceanice notes: GOOD
13. Private Cars - Cheaper and Cheaper to buy, harder and harder to Maintain
14. Public Bus - Half the crowd squeeze in front section of the bus, second section is for ghost
15. Education - Teachers teaching Less but expects students to learn More
Oceanice notes: who's fault? who's fault??
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They say loving someone is to know his/her every faults and still, well, love him/her. So yeah, I still love you anyway. Happy Birthday, Singapore. =D
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