Life in Singapore

Two more weeks and I have been in Singapore for a year. How time flies!!! I get many questions from my Malaysia friends since I came to SG. A few common questions which are frequently asked are :
All the answers below do not target on specified person nor it is a conclusion made to everyone in the category. This is just based on personal opinion.
1) Is Singapore really that fast paced ?
Working in KL sometimes can be more tiring than working in SG, it isn't that bad, but definitely more stress compare to working environment in Penang.

2) Does the Singaporean hard to get along with ?
Personally I met several singaporean who are very helpful and nice. I feel that it's us, the foreigners who are competing against one another. However, house owners may be calculative and troublesome unlike house owners in Malaysia.

3) Are you able to adapt to the environment quickly ?
For those people who used to have own transport back in hometown, you might find it a bit troublesome to get from place to place. Not because the public transport is not good. The public transport service here is really good. Just that you might not use to it since you have a transport everywhere you go previously. Imagine now you have to walk to get a meal or catch the bus/mrt to get to somewhere nearby whereas previously you just need to start the engine and off you go, stop directly in front of the shop you wanted to. But you will get use to the environment here pretty soon.

Another thing have to get use to it is the way they hang their clothes. Some houses do have balcony, but for HDB flats, they hang their clothes on a pole stuck out from the flats.. hard to describe, but I will include a photo for you to see.

As for the food, ermm... I still miss my hometown food. And I'm only allowed to cook instant noodles here! *sob sob* .. There are nice food here though, just that I still prefer the authentic taste back in my hometown.

4) How's the working life there ?
Ermm..... depends a lot on the bosses and the colleagues that you will be working with. I guess it's the same everywhere else. Conclusion : Profit per employee has to be high =.= ( I leave it to you to analyze)

5) Is it boring in Singapore ?
At first yes, but now I find that there are many things to explore and learn here. At first, after exploring few places here, I start to get bored. I went to explore the places station by station in the MRT map, then start to go places by bus. Then.... what else?? that's it??? Go to library... and people usually ask.. what the heck are you doing in the library???!!!!!!
Previously I thought, there are so many things to do back in Malaysia... actually there are many activities here too. Badminton, jogging, cycling ( I don't know how cycling, haven't tried yet), roller blading, ski 360, rock climbing. Share with you all in other posts.

6) Do I miss home ?
From time to time, yes I do miss home. I miss home even more than the times when I was in KL. I have went back home twice within a year, and the feeling is the same when I was in KL. Once you reached home, you feel that your parents are getting old again. Everyone around you have aged, and that includes me. I miss the food, the time when I drive around at night with my motorcycle everywhere when there are few cars around, and I miss hiking at Penang's Taman Negara... very beautiful place.. still got one last station (the light house) I haven't reached. Of course, I miss my friends terribly.. muaks muaks!!!