Wednesday, 8 April 2009

Garrison's E-Mail

Funny TRUTHS about Life in Singapore


Note: This is coming from a foreigner who previously stayed here for a decade.


1. Night - Sleep with air-con; Day - Bathe with heater on

2. Day - Cannot Wake up; Night - Cannot Sleep

3. Cigarettes - Convenient to buy; not convenient to smoke

4. Chewing Gum - Can Chew, Cannot buy?? (Restricted to buying)

5. Smell Of rubbish besides letterboxes; Rubbish inside Letterbox

6. Private Cars - Cheaper & Cheaper to Buy, harder & harder to Maintain

7. Education - Teachers teaching Less but expects students to learn More

8. High-tech barbaric Singaporeans - know how to use state-of-the art equipment but dunno how to use a simple dustbin or a toilet

9. There are quite a number of rich/poor in Singapore - They have Car, Credit Card, CPF .... but no Cash and lots of loans

10. Translation is needed between Singaporean Chinese and Mainland Chinese

11. Singaporeans never like to vote, but like to complain

12. Half Singaporeans rushed to buy Hello kitty, but the other half busy killing stray cats

13. Public Bus - Half the Crowd squeeze in front section of the Bus, Second section is for Carrying Ghost