You know you're a Singaporean (overseas) when .....
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Okie, got this from a Mr Brown video small udon posted up in SB ... but how true that is ....
feel free to add to more of them ! ...
1. They reverse park ... and insist on doing that no matter how impractical or inconvinent that would be ....
2. They'll start hankering for asian food the moment they land somewhere else, no matter how bad that would be, and will settle for even (SIC) the stuff they use to bluff ang mohs ..... ..... -
i'll sit and watch...i don't know any Singaporean humor.
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3. They stop and try to find out how the accident happened, even though they are holding up 50 cars behind them and they themselves have a meetings in 5 minutes' time.
And hey, if you get the insurers we have in Australia, you're better off reverse parking - those mongrels will take any excuse not to pay out. -
reverse parking is very common in Singapore skiddy .... but if you do it in North America people look at you weird eh ....
and you should know about "Asian" food too eh ... .... the sort where they give you ketchup packets and a fortunre cookie ... 
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so you'll have to reverse park in Oz ? ...Originally posted by Gedanken:3. They stop and try to find out how the accident happened, even though they are holding up 50 cars behind them and they themselves have a meetings in 5 minutes' time.
And hey, if you get the insurers we have in Australia, you're better off reverse parking - those mongrels will take any excuse not to pay out. -
Yuh huh. Dunno how it is in your neck of the woods, but say if you're reversing out, and someone else reverses into you from the side, you're automatically 50% in the wrong. Go figure.Originally posted by Fatum:so you'll have to reverse park in Oz ? ...
Anyway, reverse parking makes for easy getaways - don't you just hate it when some little old granny's reversing out in a Jazz and driving it like it's the Titanic?
Anyway ...
4. The first question the guys ask each other is, "Where did you do your NS"? -
*woosh*....right over my head fatum....explain reverse parking to me.
you mean backing into a parking space? -
yeps ....Originally posted by skid:*woosh*....right over my head fatum....explain reverse parking to me.
you mean backing into a parking space?
you don't see many doing that around huh .... -
Yah! Fatum, not sure why almost like 95%+ of all cars appear to be backed into their lots.
I remember some cities in the US specifically prohibiting backing into a lot.
Anyway, I still drive head into a lot 'cos there's no way in hell you can get stuff into or out of the trunk when you are in a Spore parking garage.
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I don't remember SGporeans doing this but this was what caught my eye when I lived in Japan. The Japanese are infamous for this. Everytime I shop offbase when I lived in Japan, I would park head first just so I could find my car easily on the way out.Originally posted by Fatum:1. They reverse park ... and insist on doing that no matter how impractical or inconvinent that would be .... -
Ah ... another classic one ...
5. You'll tell everyone that you meet that you're from Singapore .... SINGAPORE ... so they won't confuse you with Chinese, Taiwanese, or Hongkies .... but people still do anyways .... -
No I don't do thatOriginally posted by Fatum:Ah ... another classic one ...
5. You'll tell everyone that you meet that you're from Singapore .... SINGAPORE ... so they won't confuse you with Chinese, Taiwanese, or Hongkies .... but people still do anyways ....
I tell everyone I meet I'm from Malaysia because sad to say alot of Singaporeans are an obnoxious lot when they travel -
You know they are Singaporean when they say,
"Take alook this is cheap"
"I think this is cheaper down the street"
"I heard the shopping here is good and cheap" -
hehehe...i know a lot of singaporeans who either speak very loudly in singlish when they go oveseas or they try to fake an accent
muaahaha....and its SOOOO true about guys asking each other about the NS thing!! -
well then it's alright to tell them you're Singaporean now ....Originally posted by elindra:No I don't do that
I tell everyone I meet I'm from Malaysia because sad to say alot of Singaporeans are an obnoxious lot when they travel
cos the title of Obnoxious Champ has been taken over by citizens of a certain east asian country ... -
Gee I'll make sure that I'll speak with my best accent so that they will think I'm an ABCOriginally posted by Fatum:well then it's alright to tell them you're Singaporean now ....
cos the title of Obnoxious Champ has been taken over by citizens of a certain east asian country ...
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trust me ... ABCs and CBCs have thicker ang moh accents than the ang mohs themselves ....Originally posted by elindra:Gee I'll make sure that I'll speak with my best accent so that they will think I'm an ABC
Makes things easier
some of them will ratchet it up a few notches when some FOB like fatum is around ...
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hurhur...yeah i agree!!Originally posted by Fatum:trust me ... ABCs and CBCs have thicker ang moh accents than the ang mohs themselves ....
some of them will ratchet it up a few notches when some FOB like fatum is around ...
*wonders if udon has a new accent now ...
whats FOB??
erm...i can switch between singlish and erm...english quite well now
i speak differently with different people
if you are from singapore, i tend to speak to you in singlish no matter what.
but if you arent from singapore, i cant speak to you in singlish no matter what.
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FOB = Fresh Off the Boat .... Fobsters ...Originally posted by udontknowme:hurhur...yeah i agree!!
whats FOB??
erm...i can switch between singlish and erm...english quite well now
i speak differently with different people
if you are from singapore, i tend to speak to you in singlish no matter what.
but if you arent from singapore, i cant speak to you in singlish no matter what.
erm...yeah
Believe it or not, I got this from a CBC .....
Azn pride or whatever, I think some of them are uncomfortable with themselves and their own skin ...
so beside's the "How's it goin", and "Hey" at the end of every sentence, what regional Canadian accent does udon have ? .... -
omg....i HATE all that aznpride whatever shit!!Originally posted by Fatum:FOB = Fresh Off the Boat .... Fobsters ...
Believe it or not, I got this from a CBC .....
Azn pride or whatever, I think some of them are uncomfortable with themselves and their own skin ...
so beside's the "How's it goin", and "Hey" at the end of every sentence, what regional Canadian accent does udon have ? ....
actually, i dont do that "how r u" and whatever thing...i just either speak singlish (with all the lah and lor and weird sentence structure. hehe....however you define singlish) or else i speak erm...english
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it's alright ... actually, as you as you enunciate your words clearly, a Singlish accent is prefectly understandable ...Originally posted by udontknowme:omg....i HATE all that aznpride whatever shit!!
actually, i dont do that "how r u" and whatever thing...i just either speak singlish (with all the lah and lor and weird sentence structure. hehe....however you define singlish) or else i speak erm...english
erm...yeah...i think im like that
all my white friends know some lehs and lors from me ... and some swear words too .... -
omg...its WEIRD.Originally posted by Fatum:it's alright ... actually, as you as you enunciate your words clearly, a Singlish accent is prefectly understandable ...
all my white friends know some lehs and lors from me ... and some swear words too ....
i CANT speak singlish in front of the non-singaporean people!!!!
and in front of the singaporeans, i cant seem to not speak singlish!!!!!!!
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then when I go to halifax with my friend how ? ....Originally posted by udontknowme:omg...its WEIRD.
i CANT speak singlish in front of the non-singaporean people!!!!
and in front of the singaporeans, i cant seem to not speak singlish!!!!!!!
*faints*
she's a CBC ...
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Originally posted by Fatum:then when I go to halifax with my friend how ? ....
she's a CBC ... 
its you and that friend?? a SHE???
erm...hehe...okok...erm...see how lor
erm...roughly when will you be in halifax??
erm...so one room two single beds can hor?? -
LOL same as you udon.Originally posted by udontknowme:omg...its WEIRD.
i CANT speak singlish in front of the non-singaporean people!!!!
and in front of the singaporeans, i cant seem to not speak singlish!!!!!!!
*faints*
Actually I don't know Fatum.
A good majority of my cousins are ABCs and I don't think their accent is any heavier or different from their Ang Mo friends