August 02, 2008

Of The Best And Worst Singaporean Habits

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Singapore Fountain Pen said:

Morning. A man wearing a necktie and having one of those ubiquitous white earphones plugged into his ears boards the MRT. It's definitely him. What possible excuse could he have for not yet having discovered the substance effective at controlling body odor, a commodity commonly known as a deodorant?

While in theory there may be cultures that do not find bodily odors offensive, I find it difficult to believe that such a culture exists nowadays, and I know for a fact that the Singaporean culture was never one of them.

I can discern the smell of food on clothes left to dry in the kitchen that have absorbed the aroma of cooking. I can accept that. A person literally sweats to make a living? My heart is bigger than my nose to accept that. The same goes for someone who is sick. But not knowing that deodorants where invented for a reason (just like sunscreens) when you have an iPod? I'm sorry, but that's just too much for me to take.

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Comments 6

yeah it might be entertaining. but there are lessons to be learnt here.

Posted by Anonymous Coward* on 2 August, 2008 - 10:31pm

yeah it could be entertaining but there are lessons to be learnt here.

Posted by Anonymous Coward* on 2 August, 2008 - 10:32pm

i agree with the rampant display of low-standard food-handling techniques by many of our aunties and uncles. this cannot happen! this is singapore!

Posted by foodlover* on 3 August, 2008 - 10:11am

just this morning i saw someone clipping nails while riding the mrt. worse, she was allowing her clipped nails to fly all over the place. if i may add, some people don't know how to flush -- their stool samples are not a lovely sight.

Posted by mikii* on 8 August, 2008 - 3:18pm

Smiles, we do what we can, and that is complain.

Posted by Proclaimed Warrior* on 9 August, 2008 - 4:27pm

There are countless number of MRT and Bus irritants that exists, here are more....
1)“She’s born with it”
In a train filled with commuters during the peak hour, where every inch you make is intruding into others space, some ladies with high ponytails just love to swing their hair, right at your face, while chatting with their friends. And its not that they possess “sweet smelling aroma” that you don’t mind bearing for a little while but a weird smell and your constant need to dodge the tail.

2)We are in love
The whole bus can be filled with people and many standing at the aisle, but some youngsters just love to do what they can choose to do in private, forcing all commuters, to witness it despite how hard we try not to look at that direction but honey, sounds still travel in open space!. Do they think we want to watch or hear? NOT a F***ing minute of it, and even if we want, we would be able to get 100x better looking people than you.

3)Poking device.
Well, this, I’ve got to admit, even yours sincerely, commit unintentionally. Sometimes the bag gets in the way and keeps knocking onto someone. Its almost as annoying as when your mum keeps nagging at you about eating your food while its hot when you are caught up with something.

Posted by KIKI* on 10 September, 2008 - 8:16am