When I first came to Singapore two months ago, I was experiencign culture shock.
The culture of Singapore and Hong Kong are really different.
First of all, their steps are so slow. In Hong Kong, people just walk as fast as they could because they all have different kinds of work to do in a day. 24 hours is certainly not enough. So everything must be " fast , fast and fast ". No one's gonna stop in the middle of the road. When you buy anything, the process is less than 2-3 mins. Especially when you go to a restaurant and have dinner, the dinner will probably be finished in 20 mins because once you order, they will serve your meal in 5 mins. However , in Singapore, people's steps are just relaxed. I lose my patient when I go to buy things in the supermarket, or even waiting for the bus. Somehow now I get used to it.
The other thing is the people likes to eat in a coffee shop in Singapore, which doesn't have aircorn. Because the food is in reasonable price there. In Hong Kong, most of the people eat inside a restaurant. It's not expensive though. You can also have reasonable price restaurants in Hong Kong. But in Singapore, many restaurants are rather expensive.
Also, the Japanese food in Hong Kong is a lot better than Singapore's. I've tried some sashimi in Singapore, but the taste is just below average. Until yesterday, I went to have dinner with my Japanese friend's parents in a Japanese restaurant near Raffles Place. I finally eat the avearge quality Japanese food. But, that comes to the point. It costs us $888! For such a big amount of money to enjoy a Japanes meal. I don't think it worths.
However, in Singapore I can try Indian food, which I seldom tried it in Hong Kong. And the chicken rice is good.
Of course, language is also one of the problems to me. I find very hard to understand Singlish at first. But now I can listen can even learn some of them from my friends.
I am still trying to adapt to the culture of Singapore and hopefully I can enjoy this city in the future.
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I agree that the culture in Singapore and HK are indeed kind of different. ohwells, now that you're in singapore, learn to relax more! haha. i'm sure we'll all be here to help you through the culture shock. especially the singlish part. LAH. hahaha. :D
ting ... already taking singlish lessons from me an the rest right ? ... lol
well hong kong is rather diff but you'll get used to it here (: only a matter of time!
SINGAPORE? RELAXED? OH MY TIAN, i thought singapore is already too fast paced.
and i totally agree with you that the pace in Singapore is so slow! it's really frustrating to have to wait 15 minutes for a bus to come, that will never happen in HK! the cultural setting is indeed very different, but don't worry, you will get used to it soon. (:
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