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Post by eddinelious on Mar 31, 2008 16:59:37 GMT 8
I'm pretty apalled the first when i stepped into the east or west side. for such a small country, there is somehow a difference, in terms of how we dress, speak, think or act.
Like the whole metropolitan against hillbillys. I somehow am never able to apprehend how even the difference of a few kms can make so much non similarities.
what do ya'll think have ya'll felt like that?
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Post by Mandy Grace Leo on Mar 31, 2008 17:21:36 GMT 8
yep. quite. my uncle from NZ was judt driving to find a place. he suddenly detoured a bit and said "here we are, your tour of the rich af famous in singapore". suddenly, there are HUGE houses and you think "all this in singapore?" what happened to the endless hdb blocks of flats and such?? yep .the diff. is so.....different!
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Post by Timothy on Mar 31, 2008 17:50:06 GMT 8
haha well i guess its how ppl tink man. the classier ppl will tend to look down on the less classier ppl.
and the less classier will than learn from the classier ppl, and thinkin that they are cool and calling other ppl of their standards less classy.
its vicious cycle
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Post by eddinelious on Mar 31, 2008 18:37:44 GMT 8
no no i think timmy u got it wrong. i mean the differences from how people dress and talk. I am not saying people from town are snobs or anything. I'm just saying have anyone noticed the differences in culture even though we are such a small country.
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Post by Timothy on Mar 31, 2008 19:19:41 GMT 8
yeah yeah , i have
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Post by wierdweird on Mar 31, 2008 23:01:39 GMT 8
YEAH. YEAH.
can you imagine MEXICO?! (refers to protests of anti-emo campaign in mexico)
amanda, i was at bras basah popular and i saw this book on houses in malaysia and singapore. IT'S SO WHOA WHOA WHOA.
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Post by Mandy Grace Leo on Apr 3, 2008 17:17:31 GMT 8
hahahahaah HOUSES? like you didn't even know they existed here, right? Haha yeah culturally, we're very different.
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Post by wierdweird on Apr 3, 2008 19:51:37 GMT 8
not just any houses, meanie. -_- they were EXTRAORDINARY houses. better than bugalows.
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Post by Ben on Apr 4, 2008 11:54:30 GMT 8
haha that's cos yall live in bishan ;D where i am i see all kinds. at the singapore american school in woodlands you can see even more of them big houses, every single one with a pool, lining the whole street and more.
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Post by Timothy on Apr 5, 2008 14:58:04 GMT 8
haha, well the cutural split is like big man.
its like that there are 2 singapores on its own.
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Post by Mandy Grace Leo on Apr 5, 2008 16:49:31 GMT 8
true. i used to live in woodlands, rmb. freda.you so stole my word. i always say "meanie".
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Post by freda on Apr 5, 2008 19:41:29 GMT 8
meanie is so not your word la. i've never heard you said meanie in front of me. i learnt that word in P1. lol. called my good friend a meanie, and her group of friends meanies. they cried. hahahhahahahahhahahaa. (i'm lazy to log in)
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Post by Timothy on Apr 5, 2008 22:44:10 GMT 8
haha u lazy person. whoa jus changed my theme to black and white dam cool. suggestion! make the bankground black and the words white? its easier to see. jus a suggestion! haha. well, in every country there will like cultural splits and stuff lah.
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Post by ballistica on Apr 6, 2008 0:10:05 GMT 8
Yeah, i guess we are a multicultural country - some what like a hub where everyone comes together and form a cluster of 'rojak'
Hmm, geographical aspects does affect the culture and all. Well, the greater the border/lines drawn, an example from a much bigger picture would be, the land being split by a mountain range and any other kind of obstruction does make an impact on the culture, music etc. of the people. However, there is still unification and some aspects of similarities found, while belonging to a certain region/cluster (east, west..)
In terms of dress and how we speak, I guess that's quite vague to pinpoint any specific observations as i personally feel its due to personal upbringing and our own surroundings that will determine how we dress and speak. For example, I grew up in an English-speaking Chinese family, brought up and received education in an IJ school, thus, when it comes to language i will tend to speak and favour English as compared to Mandarin which i kinda favoured when i was young as I was brought up at a PAP kindergarten which promotes Bilingualism.
I personally feel that immediate surroundings of one will make a much greater contribution to how we portray ourselves.
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Post by Timothy on Apr 6, 2008 16:05:28 GMT 8
yeah, but in other countries there are too. like u see in LDCs (less developed countries) rite. the government usually makes the capital more developed than the others? as in yeah, those people not living in the capital are all the less fortunate ones. haha.
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