Oct 22, 2008

Cultural shocks



Recently visited Singapore and had a new set of cultural shocks


  • Smoching / Kissing / Hugging tightly in Public (local MRT trains)


  • Smoching / Kissing / Hugging tightly in public (local MRT trains) by very young students


  • People riding cycles in the walking area (platform) in between the walker's hips and slips


  • People standing in long queque to collect the morning free newspaper...and the feeling pride after getting the paper as if collecting the Olympics gold medal


  • The mad rush in the MRT trains in Dhobi guat right from 6.30 AM even on saturdays


  • Little india in singapore looks like erode/pondicherry


  • Lots of rubbish and not so clean singapore roads


  • Houses having seperate room with iron shelters - to protect from earthquakes,wars etc...this small iron doored room is for safety purpose


9 comments:

Anonymous said...

why is singapore becoming like this. i am still single and i am smiling at the first two points..

Zak said...
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Srinivas said...

@Chriz:What to do..we arent born in Singapore to see that and act as if you have not seen anything.

Arshat Chaudhary said...

wow.. sri maybe u feel the roads are dirty and the trains crowded coz u stay in a cleaner and less crowded place..
My dad visits the country often and he cant keep yapping bout the cleanliness and the orderliness!! So i think its relative to the plce u stay in!

Srinivas said...
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Srinivas said...

Arshat:Yeah..Cud be..well malaysia is also not very clean..actly I was over hyped about singapore cleanliness and strict traffic rules...

Uma said...

hi sri,
all our politicians in India want to make chennai and other places like singapore.
ellam nallathukka?

kiran sawhney said...

on my last trip to singapore, i did not see all this...ahmmm

Srinivas said...

@Umakumar:Let hope so
@Kiran: Then u might have not used MRT, never visited little india, and didnt walked in the streets..am I rt?