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Originally Posted by marc26
so Diz
while we wait on WN
you havent really told us your thoughts on Sing
how do you like it over there??
what do you like and dont like?
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If I was to be brief, it's very much like England, but without the attitude and violence. Trains and buses run on time and people are generally very welcoming.
Alcohol is expensive, even more so than in London, but food is a lot cheaper. Stores stock food that stays fresher for longer. Nowhere is far away, transport is cheap. The weather is always warm - no frozen walks to the station on a winter's morning !! You can have a barbecue any day of the year. I've been promoted twice in 16 months. It's just over an hour's flight to Phuket. (I'm going to
LOS for the 4th time this year tomorrow). Most properties have access to a swimming pool.
Dislikes ? People riding their bicycles carelessly (i.e. too quickly) on narrow footpaths, instead of on the roads. Impossible to get a seat on the MRT (trains) as they are always busy regardless of the time of day. Locals not holding open doors when they pass through - there seems to be some kind of "Singaporean thing" here. People will do anything to get through a door without touching it, i.e. holding it open etc. Most of us in the western world will push the door open wide so that when it starts to close, it's still quite a way open for the next person to reach out and keep it pushed back. Here, they dash through the "closing" gap so that they person behind faces an almost closed door. It's not much of an issue but I just cannot see why they won't just hold it open for the next person. I usually have fun by pushing the door open on to the back of their feet and if they say anything, then I just tell them that if they had held the door open and not been so rude, it wouldn't have happened. Mind you, they rarely say anything, I feel like Gulliver over here, as on the whole they are tiny in comparison to me
Overall, the good far far outweighs the small dislikes. I'm glad I made the move and I don't want to go back to England, except for family visits.