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Characteristic, behaviour and thinking of a typical Singaporean. Learn about culture of Singapore.

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There's nothing wrong with putting chili sauce on everything

you eat.

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Wait for instructions from people in authority before doing

anything.Always.

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A good night out means having dinner at a hawker

Centre and then going to another hawker centre and

eating again.

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It is a no-no to criticise your boss or people in higher positions even if they're

wrong.

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Buys a $20 product (that he don't need) for $10 just

to save the money.

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It's okay to have only one meaningful choice on a ballot.

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Every task you take on and every group you form is incomplete without a

mission statement and a cheesy slogan

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Most or all of these acronyms make sense to you: NUS; NTU; ERP; SDU;

PAP; MRT; LKY; GCT; PRC; TIBS; SBS; SMS; JB; JBJ; AMK; AYE; PIE; ECP; ISD;ISA; 5 C's; CPF; CHIJMES; SPG; CWO.

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You think that nothing makes a

person more attractive than to

dressexactly like

thousands of other girls and guys who

dressexactly like girls and

guys in the malls.

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$100,000 is a reasonable price for a Toyota Corolla and

$1 million is a reasonable price for a bungalow, but $5 for a plate of fried

noodles is a barbarous outrage.

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You justify every argument with the

phrase "in order for us to be

competitive in the 21st century".

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Everything should be "topped up"

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Western food is incomplete without

baked beans.

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You see nothing unusual about an organization of trade unions spending

more time owning and operating supermarkets, drugstores, amusement parks,

and financial services outlets than planning the next strike.

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Durian and belachan no longer stink to you.

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You're not confused by a street naming system that locates streets like

Clementi Road, Clementi Street, Clementi Crescent, Clementi Lane, Clementi

Drive, Clementi Way, and Clementi Avenues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 all within

walking distance of each other.

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You get irritated if you don't see a sign telling you how long your wait's going to be for a bus, a train,

or the expressway to take you whereyou want to go.

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You think that no vegetable should ever be eaten raw for any reason.

Except for cucumbers.

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You forgot what chewing

gum tastes like.

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You say "handphone",

not "cellphone" And you think

there's no such thingas a

handphone that's too thin.

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You're not bothered by the fact that government cares whether you know

how to use a toilet or urinal correctly.

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You're sure that the best way to change social behaviour is

through consistent and comprehensive government-sponsored campaigns that

permeate as many aspects of daily life as possible. And when

they don't work, you never speak of them again.

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You've become a fan of either Arsenal, Man. U., or Liverpool. None of the team is from Singapore.

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You think a bus is incomplete without a TV.

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CTE or CITYI always get puzzled..when the taxi driver

says....we go by city??.... i always wonder what he's talking about. This whole country is a city so

you mean theres a province?????????

Um... just in case you really didn't understand, he's saying CTE (see tee ee), aka the Central

Expressway

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