𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞! 𝐢 𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛!! 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞, 𝗜 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞?
𝐒𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬,
𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧.
i grew up as the eldest daughter in a family of 5. i have two younger sisters.
𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
in sg, every parent has very high expectations for their child.even my parents wanted me to do well in school and would constantly compare me with other kids.they would also hire tutors and ground me from hanging out with my friends.
I still didn't do well in school though, I passed every class but my grades were just average.
𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐬, 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.
in sg, everyone has a misconception whereby if you have any tattoos or if you smoke, you'd be considered what we call a "pai kia" that is directly translated to "bad kid".this misconception is usually created by close-minded boomers.
i still went ahead and got piercings though... piercing count: 6.. oops!!
𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝.
in sg, you're expected to be able to eat spicy food. for years, I struggled with eating spicy as my tolerance wasn't that high.i was able to increase my tolerance slightly earlier this year.
𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬.
in sg, we mainly speak English and Chinese. we do have other languages like malay, tamil and also dialects.speaking of languages in sg, we have plenty! The most popular language we, Singaporeans, use is what foreigners call "singlish"! which is a mix of English and other dialects we have.
the languages I speak/understand
english || chinese || hokkien (dialect) || cantonese (dialect) || korean (self-taught)
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.
they say that Singapore is summer all year round which is so true.. i would sweat buckets during the hottest time of the year.
𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬.
some photos are taken by me!!
- lok-lok
it is literally food on sticks but they would deep fry it and top it off with a special savoury sauce.
- huoguo (hotpot)
basically you cook your own food in a pot of soup.
- korean / japanese bbq
cooking your own meat on the charcoal stove.
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.
during the first half of the year, Singapore was under lockdown for a few months. we were supposed to be at home and go out unless it is necessary. wearing a mask was also a law, those that were seen without a mask would be fined 300$(SGD). everyone pretty much abided the law.the situation right now is pretty much controlled. we are no longer under quarantine, (except for those flying in). the cases we have daily doesn't exceed 20 and those are usually imported cases.currently going on to phase 3 which makes meeting up with friends easier but everyone is still required to wear a mask.
𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐬... 𝐝𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 !! <𝟑
𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡!! 𝐢 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞!! <𝟑
- 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡