Monday, January 11, 2010
Gloria and I were talking and she mentioned about how some Singaporeans behave differently. Basically, I think there are 2 types of them. The typical i-study-to-get-a-good-job-earn-cpf-cannot-lose-to-others-must-follow-the-flow-kind and i-don't-care-about-cpf-and-the-stupid-rat-race-kind. Well, maybe there are more, but at this kind of hour.. I could only think of these.It's very easy to spot Singaporeans when you're overseas, I don't know about you but I always guessed correctly. Alright, sometimes I mixed them up with Malaysians. Even when I was in Iceland, I walked pass this group of Chinese and I knew immediately they were Singaporeans. Turn around, ask where were they from and I get.. "Eh, Singapore..(weird stare like I was about to rob them)". Cambodia, I was teaching half way when this family came in.. Listen to how they talked for awhile, saw the crumpler and I hit the jackpot again. It's fairly easy to spot Singaporean groups while shopping in Russian market too. Don't get me wrong, sometimes it feels nice to bump into Singaporeans when you're away, especially in Iceland. But sometimes, you just wanna walk as far away as possible or even go to the extend of disowning citizenship for that moment.. hurhur!
Sad to say, my family belongs to the first category with the exception of Shireen and Francis. They are like the only sane people in the family I can talk and share about what happened. Oh well, not that we are close.. we see each other like less than 2 times a year. I really envy Gloria for having big families and having close relationships..
So, anyway.. before the brain shuts off.. Even though I needed money to survey in this country or any other places.. I don't want to make the same mistake of getting a job just because I need to.. Heck it with the CPF, medisave and whatever shield..
I need to sleep.
# . Grace Eleora Loo : 1/11/2010 02:32:00 AM
