Is Singapore perfect?
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I'm from the US and working in Sing for a few years. I had visited here before, but living here has been an entirely different situation. Over the year+ that I've lived here I've come to really thing Singapore is "perfect." Little pollution, great public transport, low crime and what appears to be an American-like "do whatever you'd like as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else" type of attitude. However, I can't help but feel that I'm wrong and what I'm seeing as perfect might just be a well controlled illusion. So, can someone tell me what the deal is? What are some problems in Singapore that most of us outsiders aren't aware of?
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Hahahs Which country can be perfect? None can.
Singapore is somehow "controlled" in short :D -
Which part (City & State) of the USA are you from?
Were you born and raised in the USA?
Where did you receive your education?
How many years have you been working in the USA before moving to Singapore?
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From PA, born and raised in the US, educated in the US and I had been working for about 9 years before heading out to Singapore.
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Originally posted by Argyle:
From PA, born and raised in the US, educated in the US and I had been working for about 9 years before heading out to Singapore.
Oh, which part of PA? I'm living in PA now...
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everyone in singapore who knew singapore was an illusion immigrated outa spore.
im in oz now!
looks like argyle was conned into coming to werk in hell spore.
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you are a foreigner, there is a difference.
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Near Scranton, about an hour north from Philly.
I understand it's different for me as a foreigner. No one has told me anything yet about what I originally asked. What are some negative things that foreigners don't know about SG that locals do?
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no-life and stressed up country
if u from US, don't ever send your kids here to study
sg students spend too long hours studying cos they are not smart enough, you'll find your kids complaining abt the heavy workload and hectic schedules...
american education culture is much more relaxed and enjoyable
likewise for working society, u see hot-tempered working professionals rushing to meet deadlines and working long hours with sacrificed hours of sleep
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
you are a foreigner, there is a difference.
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here very safe - this is not a joke - come here REALLY - DON'T COME YOU SURE REGRET
we welcome the super rich to park their $ here! here got monies you are kings/queens!
http://sgforums.com/forums/3317/topics/408020?page=3
read something about foods itself.
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TS,
pls read this web yourself.
http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/08/reader-too-much-red-tape-in-government-jobs-and-funded-courses/
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Peel through the facade, you will see the difference the treatment of the locals and foreigners in this country.
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should I add between certain groups of foreigners too.
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Originally posted by Argyle:
Near Scranton, about an hour north from Philly.
I understand it's different for me as a foreigner. No one has told me anything yet about what I originally asked. What are some negative things that foreigners don't know about SG that locals do?
Thats a nice area, away from the hustle and bustle. i'm from philly, west philly to be more precise. so to me, singapore is definitely safer. i can hear gun shots from my apartment.
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I think Staying in Singapore too long can influent your survivor instinct when u return back in the Wild Wild West.
It limit your ability to look at the bigger pictures and focus on the microscopic view.
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Originally posted by No_10_Tomas:
no-life and stressed up country
if u from US, don't ever send your kids here to study
sg students spend too long hours studying cos they are not smart enough, you'll find your kids complaining abt the heavy workload and hectic schedules...
american education culture is much more relaxed and enjoyable
likewise for working society, u see hot-tempered working professionals rushing to meet deadlines and working long hours with sacrificed hours of sleep
what makes u think american lifestyle is different from what u saying here about singapore huh? unless u been there before then stay there, no need waste your LIFE(irony since u said no-life country) here bragging about ang moh country. maybe what u saying is true, we have heavy workload but then again who doesnt? the only difference between singapore and your ang moh country is murder and criminals. your's is higher ... still think your ang moh country is a perfect one?
gosh how arrogant can ang moh be
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Originally posted by mei_ting <sweet icecream>:
what makes u think american lifestyle is different from what u saying here about singapore huh? unless u been there before then stay there, no need waste your LIFE(irony since u said no-life country) here bragging about ang moh country. maybe what u saying is true, we have heavy workload but then again who doesnt? the only difference between singapore and your ang moh country is murder and criminals. your's is higher ... still think your ang moh country is a perfect one?
gosh how arrogant can ang moh be
Assuming he's really an "ang moh." His English reads a little differently from typical American-English.
Just sayin'
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Originally posted by Argyle:
I'm from the US and working in Sing for a few years. I had visited here before, but living here has been an entirely different situation. Over the year+ that I've lived here I've come to really thing Singapore is "perfect." Little pollution, great public transport, low crime and what appears to be an American-like "do whatever you'd like as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else" type of attitude. However, I can't help but feel that I'm wrong and what I'm seeing as perfect might just be a well controlled illusion. So, can someone tell me what the deal is? What are some problems in Singapore that most of us outsiders aren't aware of?
There is no perfect country. All countries have their problems.Singapore is like Disneyland. All is fun and laughter if you have money. You won't have as much fun or enjoy yourself as much without cash in Singapore eh?
Anyway, I guess the biggest problem right now is the income gap between the rich and the less privilaged. As much as the Government try to conceal/control, the income divide is getting bigger and bigger and will just worsen.
I guess the best way is to experience it. Try going around pretending that you are down and out without cash, and maybe you will lose this surreal feeling.
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Originally posted by Argyle:
I'm from the US and working in Sing for a few years. I had visited here before, but living here has been an entirely different situation. Over the year+ that I've lived here I've come to really thing Singapore is "perfect." Little pollution, great public transport, low crime and what appears to be an American-like "do whatever you'd like as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else" type of attitude. However, I can't help but feel that I'm wrong and what I'm seeing as perfect might just be a well controlled illusion. So, can someone tell me what the deal is? What are some problems in Singapore that most of us outsiders aren't aware of?
In short, the strict laws. Appears to be "do whatever you like as long asit doesn't hurt anyone else" ???? No way, try protesting....over some thing like price hike, inflation or Union strike, the govt will send you back to your home country at the first chance.
No spitting, no chewing gum, no loittering. Punch somebody you get a $3000 fine plus risk being jailed for months. If Mel Gibson had been here and uttered those apparently reported remarks, he would have been jailed and fined. What a fine country !
And don't play play with drugs. Mandatory death sentence. You carry 10gm also can die. In a sense this is good because the country is almost drug free not like in the USA, where drug trade has killed thousands of people and many hollywood stars, crime is high with the Mexican gangs, Black gangs, Mafia and White Supremacists groups that ply the drug trade. In Singapore, crime related to drugs is significantly lower and prisons are less crowded thanks to the mandatory death sentence for drug smuggling. That is something positive to look to.
Prison is the worse place for reform, most Americans enter jail only to come out to be even more hardened criminals and likely to break the law. Prisons are places where prisoners get their network and recruit new gang members for the outside world. Now, American taxpayers are burdened with 2 million prison population, of which 30% are drug related criminals. Mandatory death sentence would have solved the problem. Not to mention, drug smugglers should not be spared because they kill so many innocent people, mafias and gang-bangers kill so many innocent people in Mexico and USA. In Colombia millions of people get displaced and become refugee no thanks to FARC, the main exporter of the world'sheroin. Taliban is using the drug trade to finance its operations. So if one thinks its cool to take drugs, think again, think of how many people you kill in other countries, in order for the drug to be sent to you. Get high so that many people in Colombia, Afganistan and Mexico get killed.