1. Signs of a Singaporean
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2. # 1: Sign of a Singaporean
There's nothing wrong with
putting chili sauce on everything
you eat.
3. # 2: Sign of a Singaporean
Wait for instructions from people
in authority before doing
anything.
Always.
4. # 3: Sign of a Singaporean
A good night out means having
dinner at a hawker
Centre and then going to
another hawker centre and
eating again.
5. # 4: Sign of a Singaporean
It is a no-no to criticise your boss or
people in higher positions even if they're
wrong.
6. # 5: Sign of a Singaporean
Buys a $20 product (that he don't need) for
$10 just
to save the money.
7. # 6: Sign of a Singaporean
It's okay to have only one meaningful
choice on a ballot.
8. # 7: Sign of a Singaporean
Every task you take on and every group
you form is incomplete without a
mission statement and a cheesy slogan
9. # 8: Sign of a Singaporean
Most or all of these acronyms make sense
to you: NUS; NTU; ERP; SDU;
PAP; MRT; LKY; GCT; PRC; TIBS; SBS;
SMS; JB; JBJ; AMK; AYE; PIE; ECP; ISD;
ISA; 5 C's; CPF; CHIJMES; SPG; CWO.
10. # 9: Sign of a Singaporean
You think that
nothing makes a
person more
attractive than to
dress
exactly like
thousands of other
girls and guys who
dress
exactly like girls and
guys in the malls.
11. # 10: Sign of a Singaporean
$100,000 is a
reasonable price for
a Toyota Corolla and
$1 million is a
reasonable price for
a bungalow, but $5
for a plate of fried
noodles is a
barbarous outrage.
12. # 11: Sign of a Singaporean
You justify every
argument with the
phrase "in order for
us to be
competitive in the
21st century".
13. # 12: Sign of a Singaporean
Everything should be
"topped up"
14. # 13: Sign of a Singaporean
Western food is
incomplete without
baked beans.
15. # 14: Sign of a Singaporean
You see nothing unusual about an organization of
trade unions spending
more time owning and operating supermarkets,
drugstores, amusement parks,
and financial services outlets than planning the
next strike.
16. # 15: Sign of a Singaporean
Durian and belachan no longer stink to you.
17. # 16: Sign of a Singaporean
You're not confused by a street naming
system that locates streets like
Clementi Road, Clementi Street, Clementi
Crescent, Clementi Lane, Clementi
Drive, Clementi Way, and Clementi Avenues
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 all within
walking distance of each other.
18. # 17: Sign of a Singaporean
You get irritated if you don't see a sign telling you
how long your wait's going to be for a bus, a train,
or the expressway to take you where
you want to go.
19. # 18: Sign of a Singaporean
You think that no vegetable should ever be eaten
raw for any reason.
Except for cucumbers.
20. # 19: Sign of a Singaporean
You forgot
what chewing
gum tastes
like.
21. # 20: Sign of a Singaporean
You say
"handphone",
not "cellphone"
And you think
there's no such
thing
as a
handphone
that's too thin.
22. # 21: Sign of a Singaporean
You're not bothered by
the fact that government
cares whether you know
how to use a toilet or
urinal correctly.
23. # 22: Sign of a Singaporean
You're sure that the best way to
change social behaviour is
through consistent and
comprehensive government-
sponsored campaigns that
permeate as many aspects of
daily life as possible. And when
they don't work, you never speak
of them again.
24. # 23: Sign of a Singaporean
You've become a fan of either Arsenal, Man. U., or
Liverpool. None of the team is from Singapore.
25. # 24: Sign of a Singaporean
You think a bus is incomplete without a TV.
26. CTE or CITY
I always get puzzled..when the taxi driver
says....we go by city??.... i always wonder what
he's talking about. This whole country is a city so
you mean theres a province?????????
Um... just in case you really didn't understand,
he's saying CTE (see tee ee), aka the Central
Expressway
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