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Thursday, August 09, 2007
Happy National Day! It's lovely to have a public holiday to have a breather. So yesterday I had a really bad start in the morning, what with people constantly breathing down my neck and all, but it got better as the day wore on. I even managed watch Disturbia and enjoyed it quite abit! Orchard Cineleisure was so different last night, filled with young punks and wannabes and students. It used to be a quiet place where not many people liked to frequent, but I guess things picked up after it opened up more movie theatres. So today looks like it's set for more busy things, and I'll be going out in a bit, although my room desperately needs cleaning up! And since it's National Day today, let me list five things I absolutely adore about this country! :) 1. Food. Although I'll admit, I'm not much of a foodie. But where else could you find such a succulent smorgasboard of international food? I mean, c'mon, I could find chocolates from Germany and France right here, and great Japanese food, and other stuff. Granted, it's not as authentic as the real thing, but who gives a shit, right, when it's in fact quite awesome here already! :) 2. People. Yeah, I know, I don't like people and I'm always complaining about Singaporeans being small-minded and selfish and proud. Still, we're not half-bad when it comes to honesty, and being warm and sincere, and friendly, and rather open to new things, and being determined and hardworking. We don't have serious corruption issues here, and I like the sense of security here. I don't constantly worry about having to cover myself so I don't get leered at, or worry who's going to rip me off, or be all paranoid and shit about who to trust. I like our quality of service, and our quality of products, and our efficiency. I like the mesh of old-style and modern, of high-brow and low-brow, like waltzing past Prada or Gucci in Takashimaya, and then going to Chinatown to buy beads and herbal tonics, or Little India for an eyebrow threading session, and then watch old men play chess and look at their caged birds, and occasionally eat breakfast at Cafe Cartel or kopitiam, and get befuddled with ordering coffee in dialect like teh si siew tai, kopi gao... 3. Shopping. I think we're good enough as it is. :) And we don't get annoying salespersons following you all day from mall to mall (yes it happens, in Shanghai). 4. Education. Stuffed up, and screwed up, and everyone's all stressed with no creative outlet. But you have to admit, we're pretty damn good academically compared to the rest of the world, and to achieve something like this amongst the citizens in such a short amount of time is no mean feat! I relish in the fact that I could get Lolita here, go to a Neil Gaiman book signing, and know geeky people who adore Star Wars as much as I do. I love the people's appreciation for good prose, and how we can have Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows right on time without a hitch. I love how the stuffed up system made people want to do more for themselves, and make them brave in broadening their horizons. I love how people like backpacking and travel and loving the global life instead of being frightened by the world. 5. Greenery and cleanliness. I know it's tiresome and cliched, and made some people obsessive-compulsive along the way. I've been to many places, and Singapore is by far the greenest. I mean, if you're not counting Australia and New Zealand and other far-out places with rolling meadows and hills and whatnots. As a city, we're pretty! And we're clean, and we're polite about using the toilet (queueing up, and most of the time flushing...), and we don't have certain streets that smell like manure because the sewerage system's gone wonky... We have drinkable tap-water, and I think that's pretty amazing enough! I love this country. :) Bing! at 11:56 AM | | Blogroll Me!
Comments:
happy national day =)
nz is not as green as we'd all like to think...the cows and sheep fart quite a bit. methane! =0
i LOVE the colors on here. i actually have a pair of shorts that match it.
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I like to put things into
words and then see them string up and let people laugh at them like it's
confetti. Chocolate makes my day and I love trees and rivers and this
makes me seem quite the idiot but really, I'm a silly billy.