Comments on: Singapore in a Day

By: theprofessionalhobo

theprofessionalhobo — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:08:47 +0000

Hi Peiyu,
Thank you for your input! I absolutely loved Singapore, and look forward to going back (for more than just a few days next time too!) Cheers.

By: Peiyu

Peiyu — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:21:42 +0000

I’m from Singapore and lol, actually there are plenty of Singapore-born people who no longer identify with their ancestors who came a few generations ago from various parts of the world (my paternal great-grandparents came from China). We are always grumbling about various issues, but it’s always nice to feel proud of this tiny nation we grow up in.

There are plenty of cheap good food here and the need to have eaten the best dish in town has basically evolved into a culture. If the food is great and value for money, we would not mind queuing up for an hour even if the service is crap (we do constantly grumble about that, but food is so much more loved).

And our cleanliness is all due to the unsung heroes who sweep the roads and tend to the trees. There are many litterbugs around, and it is only *slightly* curbed by the enormous fines we have here.

Hope you’ll come back soon and have fun!

By: Anthony Bourdain, Why Didn’t You Call? @ Travel News Bureau

Anthony Bourdain, Why Didn’t You Call? @ Travel News Bureau — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:01:57 +0000

[...] – it was a great episode). And it was Mr. Bourdain’s travels through the Hawker’s markets of Singapore that made it a necessary stop on my Southeast Asian itinerary. I even had a reflexology session [...]

By: Jane Stanley

Jane Stanley — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:11:33 +0000

Nora…I come to this post later – much later, but I loved Singapore. I also worked (3 months-2005/6) in the building there in front of where you are standing in your picture.
I make a point to stop off there for a day or three every time I visit Chiang Mai now.

By: Nomadic Matt

Nomadic Matt — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:03:00 +0000

I quite liked Singapore. It was very expensive compared to the rest of Asia and I had bad sticker shock but I like cities and I love clean, hi tech cities..making Singapore a favorite of mine.

Plus, their airline is amazing!

By: julian sim

julian sim — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:13:00 +0000

hey love the way u describe about singapore and singaporean. i’am smiling when i were reading your blog . i’m a singaporean n i love the place n the people, maybe the next time u in town i bring to some cheap place for food

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:58:00 +0000

I was surprised (pleasantly) by Singapore too – we had 3 or 4 days there on the way from Europe to Oz when we were migrating (I hoped then my husband’s first impressions of Oz would be good, rather than a jet-lagged haze). It was much more interesting than I’d expected – it actually had some “culture” beyond the shopping and all the rules.