photo by inajeepThey say Humour doesn’t travel very well, and it certainly doesn’t come to Singapore very often.Apart from criminals who escape from detention centres, probably the single most difficult thing to find in Singapore is a sense of humour.Singaporeans tend to take things very seriously.One reason could be because of the highly stressful environment ...

photo by Lester A. Arcega“Majulah Singapura” (meaning “onward Singapore” in English) is the national anthem of Singapore. It is written in Malay, which is Singapore’s national language.The anthem is also commonly referred to as the “Marikita”.Thanks to the fact that the anthem is sung in schools all over Singapore every morning during …

photo by jyang825Singapore is often regarded as one of the cleanest cities in the world.We were once famously referred to as “Disneyland with the Death Penalty”. “Death penalty” remark aside, the “Disneyland” reference was probably due to the fact that our city is impeccably clean and green.It might be impossible to find another city in ...

photo by polar905One of Singaporeans’ favourite pastimes is complaining.We complain about almost everything and anything, from the number of new ERP gantries, to poor service standards, to the rise in prices of daily necessities, to the high cost of home ownership, to the fact that foreign talent are competing with us for jobs.Perhaps it is ...

photo by Lester A. Arcega“Majulah Singapura” (meaning “onward Singapore” in English) is the national anthem of Singapore. It is written in Malay, which is Singapore’s national language.The anthem is also commonly referred to as the “Marikita”.Thanks to the fact that the anthem is sung in schools all over Singapore every morning during …

If there were a prize for a country with the most national campaigns, Singapore might stand a good chance of winning it.Our history has been marked with many a national campaign, from way back with the National Courtesy Campaign (now known as the “Singapore Kindness Movement”) to the annual Productivity Campaigns to the Speak Mandarin ...