Now as a 'Lion City Kia', I feel proud of my country, obviously. But I haven't been able to pinpoint exactly what I am proud of, until I decided to sit down, and think through life in Singapore. This was originally an assignment I did for school, but since I am rather proud of my work, I thought that I would publish it here.
Now, what exactly can Singaporeans be proud of of Singapore? Is it people like Amos Yee, Steph Micayle? Or is it people like Mr Lee Kuan Yew? Below is my original list.
1. Walking around alone at night, SAFELY
Now this is an advantage enjoyed by everyone in Singapore, though the same cannot be said for the rest of the world. Especially for women, people can feel safe on the streets, even at night. A main factor, to me, is our street lamps. These brightly lit Streets are contrary to those in other countries, thereby ensuring safety on the streets.
2. Food availability
In Singapore, you will never go hungry. Whether it is at 2 pm, 12 midnight, 12 noon, or even 2 am, as long as one knows where to look, food will be available. This is a sharp contrast to other countries, for example, Mauritius, where I could not find any food for lunch at 3 pm in the afternoon. All the restaurants turned us away, saying that they were preparing for dinner, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Great, just great. I ended up having to wait a long time for a small pizza and some fries.
3. Racial harmony
In Singapore today, there are a minimum number of racial riots. This is because our government has been doing a good job of mixing all the races up so that we all have an understanding of each other and can try to accept everyone and live in harmony.
4. Food variety
Singapore is known as the Heaven of Good Food for a reason. It does not matter whether you are in the mood for Japanese, Korean, Western or any other cuisine, as long as you are in the right place, it WILL be available.
5. Language
As long as you speak English, Mandarin and/or one other dialect, you will be able to communicate with any other person, especially if the three languages are mixed together in broken sentences, because that is, Singapore's very own, unofficial language, SINGLISH. Found uniquely in Singapore and no other places.
6. Neighbouring countries
We have some of the best neighbours. Malaysia and Indonesia are less than half an hour away, depending on the exact location and things at sold at half the price, thanks to Singapore's rather strong currency.
7. Visas
Singaporeans are able to visit most other countries without going through the trouble of applying for visas.
8. Air-conditioners
Though we have equatorial temperatures, none of us are melting. Why? Because majority of the places in Singapore are fully air-conditioned.
Okay, I know that there are many other reasons why Singapore is a great place to live in., but many other reasons why we may need some more improvements. I'll end this post here today, and I am so sorry for not writing anything for so long.
Peacing out,
~ jessykeejiayi><