Singapore: City of Possibilities

I only realised recently that other than "Uniquely Singapore", our Lion City also has a tag as the "City of Possibilities". This moniker really speak volumes as it is perfectly describes what Singapore is - a Land of Contradictions. Don't believe? Let us count the ways:-

1. Night - We sleep with the air-con turned on; Day - We insist on bathing in hot water despite the weather.

2. Day - We find it hard to wake up; Night - We cannot seem to sleep.

3. Translation is needed between Singaporean Chinese and Mainland Chinese despite us speaking the same language.

4. There's smell of rubbish besides letterboxes; Worse, we find rubbish (junk mail) inside our letterbox.

5. Singaporean Chinese use different languages other than Chinese to communicate.

6. Singaporeans don't like to vote (there's not much choices anyway), but love to complain.

7. There are quite a number of rich/poor in Singapore - They have Car, Credit Card, CPF but no Cash, and are liable to lots of loans.

9. There are quite a few high-tech barbaric Singaporeans - they know how to use state-of-the art equipment, 3G mobile phone and powerful computers but they don't how to use a simple dustbin or a toilet.

10. Half of the Singaporean population would rush to buy Hello kitty, but the other half wouldn't bat an eyelid about stray cats killers.

11. Chewing Gum - We can chew, but cannot buy them from local retailers.

12. Cigarettes - Convenient to buy; not convenient to smoke. Yellow Box, anyone?

13. Private Cars - It gets cheaper and cheaper to buy, but petrol and maintainance gets more and more expensive.

14. Public Bus - Most people will squeeze in front section of the bus, well... the back section is for ghosts.

15. Education - Teachers are teaching less but MOE expects students to learn more and perform better.