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Posted: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 6:37 pm
by offshoreoildude
ameraussie wrote:OK. This wasn't the crux of my original post, but now you've got me thinking. Do people hang their clothes out to dry in Singapore, or mainly use dryers? I imagine space and humidity might be an issue, but the electricity costs of a dryer can be heinous. (Do most
condos have, like, a laundry room?)
As for me, I'm cool with my kids speaking Singlish, just as long as they can still speak the bastardised American-Australian English their British-Australian-American parents have been teaching them from birth. It's a truck, no it's a ute, no it's a lorry! LOL.
Most
condos have indoor drying poles in a 'yard' - i.e. laundry area - if they are of a reasonable size. Dryers are useful for towels and sheets - final drying so that don't come out as stiff as a board.
Posted: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 9:10 am
by colio
JayCee wrote:as well as 2-3 days in a day care center for extra stimulation & learning (we don't want her growing up with a Filipino accent & learning Filipino english!).
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If your kid having a different accent and speaking a bastardized version of English is a bit worry then boy did you choose the wrong place to move to
Good luck trying to stop your kid speaking singlish after a year or two here
Haha, funny Jaycee!
I have Aussie expat friends & relo's living in SG with young Aussie kids.. they have been there years now & they all sound as Aussie as they did when they lived here. I think it's AIS & the company they keep.. Aussie is a strong accent - once you have it, it's hard to lose even if you wanted to!! Probably not the nicest accent in the world though... far from it..
Posted: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:15 am
by BillyB
ameraussie wrote:OK. This wasn't the crux of my original post, but now you've got me thinking. Do people hang their clothes out to dry in Singapore, or mainly use dryers? I imagine space and humidity might be an issue, but the electricity costs of a dryer can be heinous. (Do most
condos have, like, a laundry room?)
As for me, I'm cool with my kids speaking Singlish, just as long as they can still speak the bastardised American-Australian English their British-Australian-American parents have been teaching them from birth. It's a truck, no it's a ute, no it's a lorry! What the hell. It has wheels. LOL.
Drying clothes in Singapore is heaven - overnight on a balcony and they're crisp and airy when you wake up. It used to take me 2 days to hang-dry my clothes in the UK!
Posted: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:07 pm
by ameraussie
There is nothing as heavenly as line-dried sheets, crisp and cool. This thread is making me sleepy...
Posted: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 1:20 pm
by nakatago
BillyB wrote:Drying clothes in Singapore is heaven - overnight on a balcony and they're crisp and airy when you wake up. It used to take me 2 days to hang-dry my clothes in the UK!
Only if your clotheslines get plenty of ventilation. Some housing units have clotheslines (and other possible spaces) that make you wanna ask if the architects were high when they did the layouts.
Posted: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 1:26 pm
by BillyB
nakatago wrote:BillyB wrote:Drying clothes in Singapore is heaven - overnight on a balcony and they're crisp and airy when you wake up. It used to take me 2 days to hang-dry my clothes in the UK!
Only if your clotheslines get plenty of ventilation. Some housing units have clotheslines (and other possible spaces) that make you wanna ask if the architects were high when they did the layouts.
I just make our maid stand outside and fan the clothes all night.......
Posted: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 3:31 pm
by sundaymorningstaple
cheeky bugger!