Wednesday 27 June 2012

10 Things I Noticed in Singapore


10 Things I Noticed In Singapore
#1: Singapore is full of skinny people 
  1. Everyone in Singapore is thin or fit – probably genocide or something, or they fine fat people or send them to Japan [where I found out maximum number of men have tits and they actually retail man-bras! *I’m not making this up*]
  2. Singapore is really kid-friendly – small things [literally] like having a low urinal in all loos, loads more indoor gyms and more
  3. Singapore is really special needs friendly – ramps with stairs, wheel-chairs on rent, etc.
  4. Singapore is really organized & structured, they have “how-to” instructions for everything – including how to wash your hands [and believe me you’ll learn something new]
  5. Everyone in Singapore likes to stand in line
  6. Even Indians – including Gujaratis – [don’t laugh, I’m married to one!] tend to behave themselves in Singapore – my theory is the threat of fines that does that [just like the threat of lashing/ flogging in Dubai]
  7. Everyone in Singapore prefers saying “Can” and “Cannot” vs. “Yes” and “No” [and most sentences end with a “Lah” like a “yaar”]
  8. Singapore is really tourism friendly and when they go after tourism, they really go after tourism – like in Sentosa, there will be 5 ways to get there [walk on a travellator, cable-car, car, bus, MRT/ train]; all local transport there are free; there are just incredible amounts of activity/ things to do that have especially been created there to boost tourism, and they keep at it, adding new attractions every year, right from Universal Studios, Anti-Gravity flying zones to Surfing lessons, beaches, artificial snow, skiing, elaborate science centres that make learning fun and more
  9. Everyone in Singapore is really well dressed – not just smartly dressed, but stylishly turned out with the best brands and more
  10. Everyone in Singapore is really polite – like if they’re really really angry they’ll probably say, “Ah, excuse me, but if you don’t mind and don’t think that its too much of a problem and not too inconvenient, then could you please screw yourself!”
#2 Singapore goes potty over making things kid friendly
#3 Singapore is special... super-special
#6 Take a number... even gujjus stand in line in Singapore
#8 Singapore doesn't think tourism is monkey business
#10 Singapore is really polite lah...
With the Merlion

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