Singapore short story

Have you ever wondered why Singapore is considered a safe country? Surprisingly, the main reason is mostly because Singaporeans do not have the guts to commit crimes! Now let’s begin with a few more facts of the life in Singapore by telling you about the experiences my best friend, Johnny and I have encountered.

Johnny is a Singapore Permanent Resident (PR); he came to Singapore since he was 13, a young China boy coming to Singapore alone, with no family and friends. However, he had been through a lot during his time in Singapore. When we were secondary 1, we started to know each other…

Johnny could only speak Chinese. For what I know, he could barely speak any English words. But he is extremely hard working, always trying hard to pick up fluent English. As our first year in a new school goes, we strived to work hard together, improving our abilities in answering the questions. Guess what? Our hard work paid off, our English and Chinese had gotten an A1 subsequently. There is one theory that has been learnt by both of us: Singaporeans have to work together to strive for a better nation, but for what I know, Singaporeans do not have this spirit in them yet.

As most people know, Singapore is a multi-racial country, with different races, languages and religions. God has created the different races to let people learn that all mankind are equal. This purpose has been seen in Singaporeans, as far as I know, Johnny and I have never seen any racism happening in Singapore. Besides that, we have seen people of different races getting along with one another well. We are proud to be Singaporeans! Not only about the races but the languages is what we really love about. Johnny and I have planned to learn 5 more languages, Malay, Indian, Japanese, Korean and French. Learning the different types of languages, won’t just be for your own knowledge but being able to interact with people of other countries. Singapore is really a good place for learning the different languages; Singaporeans should really treasure their chance!

Johnny always says to me, “I’m so glad I have come to Singapore!” Well, the reason behind it is that it brings back the feeling of being at home with the good food in Singapore. Who needs to eat at high-class restaurants when you can enjoy one of the best foods in all around the world in just a normal coffee shop? Johnny and I always goes to the coffee shop near our school, it really sells a great variety of food. For example, Western, Italian, Japanese foods are being sold. One word to describe it is, “Fantabulous!” The good thing about Singaporeans is that they really treasure the food in Singapore. What I like the most is the “Hainanese Chicken Rice”! To me, eating it makes me feel like I’m living in heaven, that juicy and saucy chicken in my mouth, hmm! Oh, whereas Johnny’s was the black carrot cake, these foods are indeed delicious to the max!

In Singapore, you can never miss out the beautiful scenery. I remember the first time I knew Johnny; he asked me, “What photogenic places are there?” And I laughed, and said, “There are the seven wonders!” Are you able to guess them? Oh well, they are the Esplanade, Changi Airport, Sentosa, the Merlion, the Singapore River, the Singapore Flyer and Mount Faber. Some of these places have great historical backgrounds, but how about some company while visiting these places? The tour guide is the best choice for you! It provides high-class services, the good thing is, and there is someone to explain about these places. Johnny and I had signed up for the tour once, and it was fantastic! I love the Esplanade most, shaped like half of a durian! As a Singaporean, you can have got to know about these places, only then, you can be a “TRUE SINGAPOREAN”.

Singapore’ public transport is the ‘best friend’ of most people, to Johnny and I, we take the public transport every day. However, there is another long term for SBS in Singlish, “SI BEI SLOW”, we usually have to wait for roughly 20 min for our buses, by the time we reach home, and it will already be late. Also, Singaporeans really do not show manners, always pushing most of the time; when buses are crowded, and fully packed like sardines.

If you see anybody bargaining for the price of anything, you can be 99.99% sure that they are Singaporeans. To be positive, we can say they are thrifty but the fact is that they just want to complain. Singaporeans have the nickname of “complain king/queen”; however, Johnny is not one of them, so am I. Oh well, it’s the timeline they live in, can’t really help it.

Okay guys, there is really something interesting about Singaporeans, they can really be weird some times, but they are what makes Singaporeans, and what’s so unique about Singaporeans is that they do things really different from what you can expect from other people of the different countries. One thing we have to learn is that we have to work together to form a better nation and improve on the social issues in Singapore.