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this thread has gone from singaporean's IQ being a reason for why foreigners should be less condescending, to expat behaviors, to singaporean behavior, leading inevitably to kiasu'ism, then to flushing, littering, and now we have dog poo and black socks/feet, the tiresome chore that is escalator st...

What makes you think that a high tech society equals to better manner?? Small city tends to be "warmer" than big city (big as in not just in size...you know what i mean)... Well In general (apart from intra-national inter-state comparison), apart from uniquely Singapore, A developed country (japan,...

You are trying to pin the dire lack of social morals to the development of the "country" of Singapore. Here is where your age, or more likely, lack of age shows up. Go talk to the Kong Kong's in their 70's & 80's. You know the ones, they sit around in the kopitiams and in the void decks of HDB flat...

"BU(4) HAO(3) YI(4) SI(4)" is what the rest of the mandarin speaking world uses. in taiwan, mi(4) nan(2) (aka fujian dialect) is widely accepted so you can also use "pai(2) seh(4)" Thks for the tip. It didn't occur to me that word which actually literally means "It's rather embarrassing" could be u...

why should such things have to be learned the hard way? that's not my philosophy, flushing and littering enforcement still goes on, no one should ever be co-erced into doing things they don't want to, but this is not the case in singapore... the things that ought to be done are rarely done without ...

sms said, "You only see less spitting because of the fine. It isn't even a Pavlovian response. It only the fear of a fine. Same goes for littering. They don't throw garbage out of the window of their cars here but watch them driving in Malaysia. Soon as they get over the causeway it starts. Why? " ...

SMS said, "Don't be part of the problem. Be part of the solution. Come out from hiding. Say please, thank you, your welcome. Does it hurt? Smiling is infectious. If you smile, people will generally smile back. It really doesn't hurt to smile for the sake of smiling instead of just smiling when you ...

QRM said, "All the best, hope to see you in the papers one day."

....lol. No thanks, I am not that noble nor do I like to be famous for any reason. I am a person who likes to lay low.

you are now suffering from Stockholm syndrome Mmm...that's something new and interesting concept that I learnt today. But that's not exactly what is happening actually. You see, like I said, I have known for a long time how relatively poor our social behaviour is when compared to our great economic...

I mean "psyche" not "psychic" SMS said, "After 33 or 34 years of courtesy campaigns, I've not seen too many changes over the 26 years I've been here witnessing them." ..........having only a few changes is still better than none right? Come on, changes in human behaviour is not an easy task at all a...

SMS said, "After 33 or 34 years of courtesy campaigns, I've not seen too many changes over the 26 years I've been here witnessing them." ..........having only a few changes is still better than none right? Come on, changes in human behaviour is not an easy task at all as the entire social pyschic i...

QRM wrote:its been a while since I cried laughing

Ya, I oso think so.

Mmmm....this is getting interesting.... taxico said, "kiasu'ism is a big reason why there's a need for a "kindness movement" or "courtesy campaigns," and perhaps why many singaporeans (especially tourists) are disliked overseas. " I think first off, we are having a slight variation in understanding ...

Don't be disheartened there is a long road ahead, getting rid of a life long conditioning of Kiasu-ness will not happen overnight. There will be days when you feel you have plateaued or even regress with Kiasu flashbacks, but the progress so far is inspirational for not just yourself but other Kias...

I did try and give you the benefit of doubt, and assumed that it was all ment as a bit of a tongue in cheek joke, but you are starting to sound a little bit unnaturally intense ... I assume they do some sort psychiatric tests before allowing certain "types" to handle weapons in NS? Actually, while ...