Differences #3

The kind of things that amuse and amaze me.

I find it interesting that...

• Ppl here think that 22 deg C is tropical, 24 deg C is a heatwave, but in general, 30 deg C is nice weather. It has been getting hotter (relatively), but i still have to suppress sniggers at comments like "it's getting so hot, we're all gonna die" *chuckle* xD
• Grass here doesn't seem as "juicy" as in sg - more fine and dry. Noticed late considering the amt of grass I've alr walked through
• Ppl here find hanging roast meat behind glass cases (think chicken rice stalls) interesting
• At work, Health, Safety and Environment hold v high importance. Recycle bins are used to their fullest and things like whether a cable could cause a trip hazard in the office are carefully considered. Such a deeply ingrained culture that we can learn from.

This last bit doesn't really fit in the sentence structure: we've met some interesting qns about sg. I've been asked if sg has any natural resources. Word for word that qn and I gave the answer we've been taught to give since years past. J was asked why we 3 speak to each other in English. [The context was that we were calling D on the phone while we were with J's sup and we spoke in English. We do chatter a lot in mandarin in the office though, it's convenient when we want to comment openly and dun want others to know what we're talking about ;)]

So basically, this proves how tiny an island sg is. We grow up knowing about the huge nations in the world and we are fascinated by them. Some of us dream of going to these countries to study/live. But flip it around, how many ppl elsewhere actually know that much of sg? To most of the world, sg might well be some random island off china. It's really nice not to be written off. It's really awesome when ppl are curious about my country. They ask because they don't know, but at least they bother to ask. And I'm always happy to answer.