Your last shocker shocks me too! im a Singaporean and I dont pick my nose in a public place! My family and friends have never done that before too. Are you sure the person your wife seen picking his or her nose is a Singaporean?
I’m not positive, but we saw them doing it in the Tekka Hawker Center in Little India mostly - it’s possible they were tourists, because I suppose it’s impossible to know if someone is Singaporean unless I ask or get their ID 😅
@@WanderlustWellmanI see. If it was indian she saw, very likely they are indian nationals working here. Once in blue moon I also saw people digging noses publicly. Tend to be elderly, probably they are at an age where they dont care about decorum anymore. At some point, Chinese Nationals like to openly massage their feet in MRT station and bus stops. But I have not seen it for a long while, they probably have assimilated into the culture. Once in a while I am annoyed with people cutting their nails in buses and bus stops too. I believe tend to be foreigners and seniors.
😅 it’s kind of difficult to say for certain that the people you saw picking their noses were Singaporeans…we do have many (and I mean hundreds of thousands!) overseas nationals (who look like us 🤣) who live and work here.
Hi Singaporean here. I just subbed your channel. All the things you said in the video are true. Regarding number 7 about nose picking, note that nose picking is not done by most of us except the very old folks and foreigners from certain countries. You may wish to know that 40% of people living here are foreigners. Great video anyway!😊
Hi thanks for the comment! That makes a lot of sense, thanks for bringing that to my attention. I loved visiting Singapore and hope to return in the future :)
@@WanderlustWellman We hope you’ll come back too, and spend more time exploring and observing. It’s good to see my beloved country through the eyes of people from other countries. You haven’t mentioned the safety in walking around, day or night. It’s ok for women to go out alone even very late at night, whether on foot or on public transport.
Im not a Singaporean but have been living here for years. No 7 shock me lol.. coz I dont see ppl here picking nose in public, where did you see it ? I actually saw ppl picking nose when I was in Vegas couple of months ago, I remember it coz it was in my vacation video which I have to edit it out as it look gross lol..
I'm not surprised to hear that people were doing it in Vegas lol, but I would have to left it in my video for entertainment purposes hahaha. And it happened at Tekka Center
Ah ok, i have been living here for 25yrs & only been to Tekka one time only when i happen to pass by there.. maybe thats why i dont see it happening around me :)
Most true-bred Singaporeans do not wear long-sleeved tops and hoodies. What you saw are mainly immigrants from temperate countries. Like what most people who commented, it’s definitely not Singaporeans habit of nose-picking. Most likely are immigrants.
HI there. Singaporean here. Erm, the thing about nose-picking. It's not a Singaporean trait. More like the older generation or naturalized citizens will do the act in public but it's not a general thing. It was a shame that you spotted someone doing it. Anyways, thanks for the review! Do visit us again! ☺
Good point on the hawker centre. You went Lau Pa Sat which is the higher range hawker cos of the location. Yes, we can choose to spend a lot or very little. And no the Picking nose is not a Singaporean thingy lah. I'm shocked to hear this.
Really enjoyed this, especially because all your first impressions were the same as ours (hubby & me), starting with the heat & humidity and all the greenery everywhere, especially along the highways. Our first visit was in 2006 on our way to Sri Lanka because we flew Singapore Airlines from Newark Airport & they had a 3-day stopover package deal. We had no idea what to expect. The deal included a visit to the Botanical Gardens, Jurong Bird Park, and other places I don't remember. We fell in love with it and changed our reservation to stop over another 3 days on the way home from Sri Lanka! Since then we've been back another 3 times. BTW, never saw anyone pick their nose! Also highly recommend the fantastic exhibit of Singapore's history at the National Museum of Singapore, also a beautiful building. And yes, it doesn't have to be expensive if you stick to the food courts and hawker centers. A fun restaurant in Little India is the Banana Leaf. I think I recognized La Pau Sat Hawker Center in your video. Now I really want to go back!! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! That sounds like a fantastic experience that you had, I would love to visit Sri Lanka someday myself. Thanks for the recommendations, and yes that was La Pau Sat Hawker Center. I hope you are able to go back!
Please understand that we have many residents here who are not Singaporeans by birth. Many come from neighbouring 3rd world countries where habits such as the ones you mentioned are acceptable.
Even as a local, we do feel the heat & humidity. I’ve started drinking cold water with Celtic Salt to replenish electrolytes…I don’t tire out that easily nowadays. If you are in Asia, you may want to do that… P.S. My race, we are not “Middle East”…we are Malays but our religion is Islam. The culture of Malays are totally different from Middle East…although there are Arabs in Singapore. Just as there are Indian Muslims in Singapore.
Thanks for the comment! That makes sense to drink water with electrolytes. And I am aware that Malays are different than Middle Eastern/Arab people, but thanks for all the info :)
Thanks for visiting our country, the points you made were fair! Anyway there are definitely some uncouth people around, local or not - though I can tell you that nosepicking is definitely not socially accepted behaviour in our culture. Please don't mind those being overly defensive in the comments.
Eew !! I’ve lived here for 76 years & I hardly see nose pickers . If I’m not mistaken, these people are not locals or perhaps they are foreigners who have become ‘new Singaporeans’.
You are over exeggerating about nose-picking, Wellman. We Singaporeans don't really nose-pick in public as it is very gross and impolite but I do admit we do it at home sometimes. What you guys saw could be foreign workers working in Singapore.
Not trying to over exaggerate, just speaking on what we saw - I now understand that it’s widely viewed to be socially unacceptable in Singapore, but for some reason I saw several people do it over a few days which might be a coincidence, or maybe they weren’t actual Singaporean citizens. Hard to say though 😅
Even as a Singaporean, i find the weather extremely hard to accept. lol. sometimes my colleagues and I see tourist walking about in the sun (during our lunch hour) and man, we were saying, go inside and get aircon! but of course we understand why. the nose picking is pretty funny, i would be so mortified to do it in public and get seen by someone. i could say the same for any other work people in the business world. we would probably be shock to see it, but still there's always the older folks who may not have any qualms doing that or other foreigners, really don't know. still, thank you for the high praise you had given. the greenery is really nice considering that we really don't have those big jungles or mountains in Singapore. Glad you love it here. :)
Shocker 7 shocked me personally as a Singaporean I doubt locals do such a thing Do check out his nationality though before you make this shocker in your list. Pretty unheard or unseen of in a very very long time in my life, likely a one in a hundred thousands if he really was a local Or Does responses from audiences to yr video boost yr channel performance hence you put 7th shocker
Thanks for your input! I didn't go up to the people and ask if they were Singaporean, it's possible that they were tourists. Not trying to boost channel performance by saying things that were untrue, that was honestly just our own experience
Welcome to Singapore and i hope you enjoyed yourself. I am a Singapore born Singaporean and thanks for describing and introducing Singapore. I see that many have commented on your nose picking part and i also would like to add on a little bit. As you already mentioned that Singapore is a very humid country and sometimes dirt and dust builds up very fast. Thats where we breath in all of these but filters in our nostrils. When it builds up, it gets kinda itchy. Lolx.... But hey, thats human nature. Some kids after they pick their nose, they will just eat it. Dont be surprise.. :) Anyway, enjoy yourself and hope you come back again and explore more of the country.
You recommend you check out our public healthcare system. I’m certain that will definitely shock you, especially if you only have experience of the American healthcare system.
Hi. Glad you liked our Singapore. But regarding your negative of "people pick their noses in public in Singapore"... It makes it sound like it is very very common to see people do that. Almost like a national pastime. "Singaporeans are real foodies", for example. I have seen people pick their nose in public maybe a total of 10... or let's say 20 times, in my life. And i lived in Singapore all my 58 years. We do have uncouth people in Singapore, like any other country. In fact, one can even say there's a percentage of uncouthness in everyone. If i go to parts of SF, or LA, or Texas... I will see more than a few people picking their noses on the streets. A LOT more. Would it then be fair for me to say "People urinate and defecate in public in America!" Just because you were unlucky to observe maybe 5 people do that in 3 days, doesn't justify your statement. So, it's quite disappointing to see a content creator on travel, generalising a whole population on a few personal observations.
That's a fair criticism, I'm not trying to generalize a whole population, I was more so just speaking on my own experiences in Singapore (specifically the ones that were a bit shocking to me). And to be fair, if somebody made a video saying they were shocked by American people that were living on the streets and were urinating, defecating, and acting crazy, I would totally agree with them!
3:16 I'm surprised no one pointed out that this is a video of the London Underground and not the Singapore MRT. And yes, Singapore MRT is definitely air-conditioned - as you rightly mentioned, it is hot and humid in the country and it feels like almost everything is air-conditioned in Singapore where possible. Edit: Ah, just realized someone did comment on this fact, I just didn't scroll down far enough in the comments.
That is correct, I didn't have any footage of the MRT so I used some subway stock footage just to show public transportation. And that's great that Singapore has air-conditioning everywhere, it is well needed!
To be fair, you wont know the difference between Sporeans and foreign residents who made up almost half of our population. This is why you find all sorts of characters and behaviours in this tiny island nation.
Singapore is a small island nation that comprises of many races and cultures. Predominantly, of the Chinese, Malay and Indian origin and others. Singapore being Singapore, it attracts not only tourists but workers and talents from around the world. We do have an extensive numbers of Chinese descent that are not born here and they do not necessarily come from China, they could be from Indonesia or Malaysia or even from Europe or America. Similarly, the Indians may not necessarily be a Singaporean Indian but an Indian from India, Malaysia or other parts of the world. For the Malays, most of them are tanned skin just like any South East Asian origin and Singapore is in the middle of S.E.A. And we do have lots workers from and around South East Asia as well. I'm not defending the popular comments in here if the ‘act’ is not from a Singaporean or otherwise. All I'm saying is who knows?! Unless you really ask the ‘perpetrator’ for their ID. As an example, if you go to Esplanade on the weekends, especially on Sunday, you may encounter a crowd of people around the area and it seems like a gathering of picnikers, I can assure you they are definitely not Singaporean and they are not tourists either. But outsiders may think…ahh this is what Singaporean do or go on the weekends. Thanks anyways for the video of our tiny Singapore, a hub of many things that makes it prosper and progress as it is and I end with ‘Majulah Singapura’. 🎉🎉🎉
The 6 points were great but point number 7 is a shocker to me haha! It probably happens but it is rare as far as Singapore culture goes. It could have been better if the producer asked around a bit. It sort of add a blemish to an otherwise beautiful video. But hey, no worries dude. 6/7 is a pretty good score card. If i may add, #7 would be the government - it is one of the least corrupt in the world.
Actually, we went to Kuala Lumpur right after Singapore! I released my first Malaysia video yesterday, and I will make a video on Kuala Lumpur next. Hope you check it out 😁
The way you pronounced bee hoon mee is quite accurate ! Yes i am one of those people who dig my nose but always in a fast and discreet manner ...and so i thought 😅
Honestly I’d take nose picking over drug addicts passed out from opioid overdoses on street sidewalks or finding homeless encampments with heroin needles in pretty much every American city
U missed that that the religious buildings are actually situated side by side. Literally. Take Chinatown for example, u get the Hindu temple and mosque side by side, and the Buddhist temple 1 block after.
After reflecting, maybe it is more just Islamic culture than Middle Eastern - the neighborhood is nicknamed the "Arab Quarters", but I have never been to the Middle East so it's hard for me to say!
As a Singaporean, theres a lot of things we could learn from the West and vice versa. A nice balance is what we should aim for. And yes, SG is hot AF, not so much the temperature, but its the damn humanity.
Haha yeah the humidity is pretty unreal, but I still enjoyed it to be honest! And there are many things to learn from all cultures, that's what makes the world such an interesting place :)
@@WanderlustWellman Agreed, I think at some point if people can afford it, they should travel. There's so much to see and do out there. It would such a waste to not travel.
You know all those petty laws and penalties we have? Fines for not flushing the toilet. Fines for littering/spitting/not returning your tray after eating at hawker centres? If the authorities sees this video, there will soon be a law against picking noses in public! Why? Because Singapore progressed from Third World to First in ONE generation! That means people who grew up with bucket toilets, spitting, littering, (unhygienic) street hawkers, and picking their noses (in the 1960s), found themselves (after just ONE generation - about 25 years) in the first world with flushing toilets, clean streets, sanitary hawker centres, and tourists who notice them picking their noses in public! After this, we will crackdown on people sticking inhalers in their noses and walking around like it is a fashion accessory. Those petty/silly laws were intended to drag the populi into the first world, and act like citizens of the first world. But seriously, I like the honesty in this video, and your willingness to share the last shocker. As a Singaporean, I am amused, embarrassed, and also a little defensive (hence the above). But it is a fair observation. But I hope you take my "defence"/explanation of our unabashed practice in the spirit it was given - a (hopefully) objective explanation of a people thrown into modernity, but having grown up in poverty, adversity, and scarcity. At least, we (most of us) don't spit openly in public anymore...? And we flush the toilet after use! (I hope!)
Population of Singapore includes foreign workers etc. The actual numbers of local is only 2mil, approximately 1 genuine Singaporean in every 3.5 people you meet. We don’t dig our noses, the foreign workers from China does!
Interesting statistic, and I guess it's hard to say who picks their noses out in public - I didn't exactly check their passports after noticing them haha
Thts new. It does happened anywhere in the world bt not to the extend tht everyone of us is doing it here. Only those uncivilised few will do it in the open.
Please get your facts on your last observation. We are culture here in Singapore and that behaviour is highly committed by minimal workers hired from aboard. At least we don't carry guns or chew like cows constantly with chew gums as they do in the states!
There are lot of things that shocked me in America.Rude people, homeless ,violence ,going into store and just take whatever they wanted and get away with it, and homeless shit on pavement 🙄🙄I take looking at nose picking over homeless shit on pavement 🙄🙄
Duuuude... that nose-pickin' one though First time I've heard of this! Born and bred here since '64. Methinks you must've bumped into some elderly folk in Chinatown or foreigners, or maybe the ocassional uncouthed individual who are guilty of this LOL
I'm an SPR since 2006 and never seen the nose thing once. There can sometimes be boorish behaviour but it's never Singaporeans (could be PRC's though).
I promise I don't assume everyone does it, but my wife noticed a few people do it over our 3 days in Singapore in several different areas with many locals such as hawker centers - just speaking on our own experiences!
I rarely see Singaporeans picking their nose although I often see foreigners picking their nose. At least 40% of the people out there are not Singaporean.
Precisely, if Singaporeans are well known for picking nose i bet this will not be the only youtube video talking on this. Let’s not forget the fact that 1/3 of the population here are foreigners…
While there are 4 major religions in Singapore, there are actually more. During officer cadets' commissioning parades, there were always 7 priests from 7 religions to blessed the newly minted officers. I don't know whether there are more now. On the affordability of Singapore, just think of how your media have misinformed you. It is not cheap, but prices are fair by our income level.
Yeah I don't mean to say it's "cheap", but I had the impression it was going to be one of the more expensive countries I've visited. For example, I've eaten meals at markets in South America that were similar prices to Hawker Centres in Singapore. Interesting to learn about the religious history from you!
@@WanderlustWellman Don't worry about your use of "cheap". I know what you meant. Western free media have been misinforming the Western hemisphere about Singapore being the "most expensive" city/country. It is the most expensive because, westerners expect to still have ingredients not common in Asians' diet and the car. For basic items, Singapore is in fact it is cheaper than most, if not all, industrialised European countries and Japan too. In absolute terms, we are no doubt the most expensive country in Southeast Asia. But if you compare the after-tax salary-to-price ratio of goods, Singapore workers' purchasing power is higher than regional counterparts in their own countries.
Singapore is green and clean 🌴🌳🌿🌾🌱🪴 and hot spot for migratory birds from the far north during wintry months. Nose-picking is universal culture, your partner is simply trying to find bone in an egg. 4-day stay gives only superficial impressions and is grossly insuffucient for you to really get to know Singapore and Singaporeans.
Thanks for the comment, I agree that you can't dive incredibly deep into a place and its cultural in 4 days - these were only our impressions and experiences, and we definitely want to visit Singapore again to dive in deeper!
I’m Singaporean & I even judge my husband for picking his nose INSIDE the car lol. 😒 thanks for making the video so he will know he could be one of those contributing to such impression given to tourists on behalf of all Singaporeans. 🫤
When I went to the US I was shocked by the poverty. Homeless people & drug addicts everywhere, dirty streets, dirty & unreliable public transports.. It really looks like a 3rd world country!
I don't blame you, it really is a massive problem here - American cities for the most part are all like this. I would rather visit Singapore any day of the week!
@jeny7177: Singapore has 4 official languages. We do learn some of them as mother tongues in school though. The National language is Malay and the working language is English.
this is so true! I rmbr attending a Maroon 5 concert last year in Nov 2022 and there were westerners in front of me and another one to my left. They werent related but somehow they strike a convo. One asked the other “youre not going back home for christmas?” And the lady replied “NO!!! i’d rather stay in SG because of the heat than enduring the cold!!!” 😂😂 i was so shook by that convo hahahah
You just come here few days you know nothing. SINGAPORE is a lawful country. Not like a big country with no law they can steal and have daylight robbery and go supermarket without paying as long belong 800 dollars and still get away scot-free. You should do a video about this and share with us .
I might not be an expert on Singapore, but I'm not claiming to be one - I mostly came to learn about the country as a tourist firsthand through my experiences. I do love how crime in Singapore isn't prevalent like how it is in America, and the safety is one of my favorite things about it.
Watch out for those people, especially men who have very long finger nails on their pinky. They will dig nose and ears all day. It's mainly the ah beings and ah seng 😆😆😆
There are many foreigners and tourists in Sg. The people that you encountered may or may not be Singaporeans, especially those at tourist attractions.
That’s very possible, good point! 👍
I went to many countries, even the states, people picked their noses too. Bruh, it’s like everywhere.
Those who openly pick noses are a minority. The rest who feel the need to pick, normally have the social etiquette to do it privately.
Your last shocker shocks me too! im a Singaporean and I dont pick my nose in a public place! My family and friends have never done that before too. Are you sure the person your wife seen picking his or her nose is a Singaporean?
I’m not positive, but we saw them doing it in the Tekka Hawker Center in Little India mostly - it’s possible they were tourists, because I suppose it’s impossible to know if someone is Singaporean unless I ask or get their ID 😅
@@WanderlustWellmanI see. If it was indian she saw, very likely they are indian nationals working here. Once in blue moon I also saw people digging noses publicly. Tend to be elderly, probably they are at an age where they dont care about decorum anymore. At some point, Chinese Nationals like to openly massage their feet in MRT station and bus stops. But I have not seen it for a long while, they probably have assimilated into the culture. Once in a while I am annoyed with people cutting their nails in buses and bus stops too. I believe tend to be foreigners and seniors.
😅 it’s kind of difficult to say for certain that the people you saw picking their noses were Singaporeans…we do have many (and I mean hundreds of thousands!) overseas nationals (who look like us 🤣) who live and work here.
@@christine8203 good point 👍
@@SuccessforLifester interesting point!
Hi Singaporean here. I just subbed your channel. All the things you said in the video are true. Regarding number 7 about nose picking, note that nose picking is not done by most of us except the very old folks and foreigners from certain countries. You may wish to know that 40% of people living here are foreigners. Great video anyway!😊
Hi thanks for the comment! That makes a lot of sense, thanks for bringing that to my attention. I loved visiting Singapore and hope to return in the future :)
True,my neighbours are from Philippines, China and India.I dnt mean to be racist but I notice many Indians lfr India jus love to throw their trash.
@@WanderlustWellman We hope you’ll come back too, and spend more time exploring and observing. It’s good to see my beloved country through the eyes of people from other countries.
You haven’t mentioned the safety in walking around, day or night. It’s ok for women to go out alone even very late at night, whether on foot or on public transport.
Agree, most Singaporean does not pick their nose in public...
we don't have natural resources so we have to do some self-mining
We have 2+ million foreigners in Singapore not included 450 000 malaysians who commute daily from Johore.
Im not a Singaporean but have been living here for years. No 7 shock me lol.. coz I dont see ppl here picking nose in public, where did you see it ? I actually saw ppl picking nose when I was in Vegas couple of months ago, I remember it coz it was in my vacation video which I have to edit it out as it look gross lol..
I'm not surprised to hear that people were doing it in Vegas lol, but I would have to left it in my video for entertainment purposes hahaha. And it happened at Tekka Center
Ah ok, i have been living here for 25yrs & only been to Tekka one time only when i happen to pass by there.. maybe thats why i dont see it happening around me :)
Ah I see, maybe that explains it@@kdhebskh
Ooops 😅the last one about picking the nose. I am too a Singaporean and I don’t do that publicly. Oh no..I definitely wouldn’t do that. 😂
Haha me neither, but maybe some people would!
Most true-bred Singaporeans do not wear long-sleeved tops and hoodies. What you saw are mainly immigrants from temperate countries. Like what most people who commented, it’s definitely not Singaporeans habit of nose-picking. Most likely are immigrants.
Thanks for the comment, it's good to hear another perspective!
HI there. Singaporean here. Erm, the thing about nose-picking. It's not a Singaporean trait. More like the older generation or naturalized citizens will do the act in public but it's not a general thing. It was a shame that you spotted someone doing it. Anyways, thanks for the review! Do visit us again! ☺
Thanks so much, we loved out visit in Singapore!
I’m Singaporean but I don’t do nose picking in public 😂
Haha good to know!
Thank you very much for the positive review about Singapore. Hope you guys visit us again soon. I enjoyed your video.
Thank you for the comment, I loved visiting the country of Singapore and hope to visit again :)
locals normally hide in the shopping centres and air-con places in the noon, come out when the sun sets.
Makes sense, we tried to do a bit of that as well!
Good point on the hawker centre. You went Lau Pa Sat which is the higher range hawker cos of the location. Yes, we can choose to spend a lot or very little. And no the Picking nose is not a Singaporean thingy lah. I'm shocked to hear this.
Thanks, and we went to Lau Pa Sat, Chinatown Complex, and the Tekka Centre. Next time we visit we want to try many more different hawker centers.
Really enjoyed this, especially because all your first impressions were the same as ours (hubby & me), starting with the heat & humidity and all the greenery everywhere, especially along the highways. Our first visit was in 2006 on our way to Sri Lanka because we flew Singapore Airlines from Newark Airport & they had a 3-day stopover package deal. We had no idea what to expect. The deal included a visit to the Botanical Gardens, Jurong Bird Park, and other places I don't remember. We fell in love with it and changed our reservation to stop over another 3 days on the way home from Sri Lanka! Since then we've been back another 3 times. BTW, never saw anyone pick their nose! Also highly recommend the fantastic exhibit of Singapore's history at the National Museum of Singapore, also a beautiful building. And yes, it doesn't have to be expensive if you stick to the food courts and hawker centers. A fun restaurant in Little India is the Banana Leaf. I think I recognized La Pau Sat Hawker Center in your video. Now I really want to go back!! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! That sounds like a fantastic experience that you had, I would love to visit Sri Lanka someday myself. Thanks for the recommendations, and yes that was La Pau Sat Hawker Center. I hope you are able to go back!
Please understand that we have many residents here who are not Singaporeans by birth. Many come from neighbouring 3rd world countries where habits such as the ones you mentioned are acceptable.
Over 40% of the population are not locals
Even as a local, we do feel the heat & humidity. I’ve started drinking cold water with Celtic Salt to replenish electrolytes…I don’t tire out that easily nowadays. If you are in Asia, you may want to do that…
P.S.
My race, we are not “Middle East”…we are Malays but our religion is Islam.
The culture of Malays are totally different from Middle East…although there are Arabs in Singapore. Just as there are Indian Muslims in Singapore.
Thanks for the comment! That makes sense to drink water with electrolytes. And I am aware that Malays are different than Middle Eastern/Arab people, but thanks for all the info :)
Thank you so much for this video. I feel so happy that you love my country. Come back soon for a more indepth exploration into our neighborhoods.
Thank you for watching it, we loved Singapore and would love to come back and explore more! 😁🇸🇬
Having been to NYC as a Singaporean in March, the cold was no joke either. It's like walking into a freezer. I guess we're even on that aspect.
Yikes, yeah winters in New York are no joke - I would prefer the heat in Singapore anyday of the week!
Sweating is definitely better than freezing !
The humidity also improves your skin complexion wut enough hydration 😊
Good point!
Thanks for visiting our country, the points you made were fair! Anyway there are definitely some uncouth people around, local or not - though I can tell you that nosepicking is definitely not socially accepted behaviour in our culture. Please don't mind those being overly defensive in the comments.
Thank you so much! And that makes sense, maybe I was off on that one, although it was something we observed
Eew !! I’ve lived here for 76 years & I hardly see nose pickers . If I’m not mistaken, these people are not locals or perhaps they are foreigners who have become ‘new Singaporeans’.
You are over exeggerating about nose-picking, Wellman. We Singaporeans don't really nose-pick in public as it is very gross and impolite but I do admit we do it at home sometimes. What you guys saw could be foreign workers working in Singapore.
Not trying to over exaggerate, just speaking on what we saw - I now understand that it’s widely viewed to be socially unacceptable in Singapore, but for some reason I saw several people do it over a few days which might be a coincidence, or maybe they weren’t actual Singaporean citizens. Hard to say though 😅
Even as a Singaporean, i find the weather extremely hard to accept. lol. sometimes my colleagues and I see tourist walking about in the sun (during our lunch hour) and man, we were saying, go inside and get aircon! but of course we understand why. the nose picking is pretty funny, i would be so mortified to do it in public and get seen by someone. i could say the same for any other work people in the business world. we would probably be shock to see it, but still there's always the older folks who may not have any qualms doing that or other foreigners, really don't know. still, thank you for the high praise you had given. the greenery is really nice considering that we really don't have those big jungles or mountains in Singapore. Glad you love it here. :)
Thank you for the great comment, I appreciate your input immensely!
Shocker 7 shocked me personally as a Singaporean
I doubt locals do such a thing
Do check out his nationality though before you make this shocker in your list. Pretty unheard or unseen of in a very very long time in my life, likely a one in a hundred thousands if he really was a local
Or Does responses from audiences to yr video boost yr channel performance hence you put 7th shocker
Thanks for your input! I didn't go up to the people and ask if they were Singaporean, it's possible that they were tourists. Not trying to boost channel performance by saying things that were untrue, that was honestly just our own experience
Welcome to Singapore and i hope you enjoyed yourself. I am a Singapore born Singaporean and thanks for describing and introducing Singapore. I see that many have commented on your nose picking part and i also would like to add on a little bit.
As you already mentioned that Singapore is a very humid country and sometimes dirt and dust builds up very fast. Thats where we breath in all of these but filters in our nostrils. When it builds up, it gets kinda itchy. Lolx....
But hey, thats human nature. Some kids after they pick their nose, they will just eat it. Dont be surprise.. :)
Anyway, enjoy yourself and hope you come back again and explore more of the country.
That makes sense, and thanks so much - we definitely hope to visit again and explore more!
Every country is experiencing hotter weather nowadays. Temperature in Singapore can go to as low as 22 degrees Celsius during the more cooling months.
Makes sense, and 22 degrees is still pretty high where I come from! But it's definitely a lot better than 30 degrees and higher
LOL you have visited us during the hottest period I think! Well even the locals can't stand the heat.@@WanderlustWellman
@@simplyme3306 haha makes sense!
You recommend you check out our public healthcare system. I’m certain that will definitely shock you, especially if you only have experience of the American healthcare system.
Will it shock me in a good way or bad way?
Hi. Glad you liked our Singapore.
But regarding your negative of "people pick their noses in public in Singapore"... It makes it sound like it is very very common to see people do that. Almost like a national pastime. "Singaporeans are real foodies", for example.
I have seen people pick their nose in public maybe a total of 10... or let's say 20 times, in my life. And i lived in Singapore all my 58 years.
We do have uncouth people in Singapore, like any other country. In fact, one can even say there's a percentage of uncouthness in everyone.
If i go to parts of SF, or LA, or Texas... I will see more than a few people picking their noses on the streets. A LOT more. Would it then be fair for me to say "People urinate and defecate in public in America!"
Just because you were unlucky to observe maybe 5 people do that in 3 days, doesn't justify your statement. So, it's quite disappointing to see a content creator on travel, generalising a whole population on a few personal observations.
That's a fair criticism, I'm not trying to generalize a whole population, I was more so just speaking on my own experiences in Singapore (specifically the ones that were a bit shocking to me). And to be fair, if somebody made a video saying they were shocked by American people that were living on the streets and were urinating, defecating, and acting crazy, I would totally agree with them!
3:16 I'm surprised no one pointed out that this is a video of the London Underground and not the Singapore MRT. And yes, Singapore MRT is definitely air-conditioned - as you rightly mentioned, it is hot and humid in the country and it feels like almost everything is air-conditioned in Singapore where possible.
Edit: Ah, just realized someone did comment on this fact, I just didn't scroll down far enough in the comments.
That is correct, I didn't have any footage of the MRT so I used some subway stock footage just to show public transportation. And that's great that Singapore has air-conditioning everywhere, it is well needed!
8:10 best moment of the video. I was wondering where she was. I didnt know she is already your wife. So nice
Haha she was going to be in the video speaking about her experience, but she decided not to. I’m glad she has a fan!
@@WanderlustWellman it was both sweet and bitter at the same time. All the nice ladies so fast became wives
To be fair, you wont know the difference between Sporeans and foreign residents who made up almost half of our population. This is why you find all sorts of characters and behaviours in this tiny island nation.
That is a fair point!
I don’t see that everday peoples picking nose..😂 you guys are lucky..
Haha that's one way of putting it!
He should hv gone to buy 4D or Toto on that day!
Hi sir . Great video and great explanation . 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏🥰 thanks for sharing .
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Uhm...the MRT train you showed at 3:15 is the London Underground! Not the Singapore MRT!
That’s true, I didn’t have any video footage of the MRT trains so I just used stock footage to show a metro. Not trying to be deceptive 😅
@@WanderlustWellmanI see 😂. I thought it was one of those moments where errors were intentionally added to trigger comments.
The underground train/ MRT are just horizontal lift .
Oh really?
Welcome to 🇸🇬 ❤❤❤
Thank you so much, we love this country! :)
It is useful to bring a spare T shirt to change and a small, wet towel in plastic bag to wipe when you are out.
Good advice! I just accepted that I would be hot and sweaty 😅
@@WanderlustWellman , Rinse the towel under the cold tap water when you visit the toilets. Wiping with the cold towel will refresh you.
Singapore is a small island nation that comprises of many races and cultures. Predominantly, of the Chinese, Malay and Indian origin and others. Singapore being Singapore, it attracts not only tourists but workers and talents from around the world. We do have an extensive numbers of Chinese descent that are not born here and they do not necessarily come from China, they could be from Indonesia or Malaysia or even from Europe or America. Similarly, the Indians may not necessarily be a Singaporean Indian but an Indian from India, Malaysia or other parts of the world. For the Malays, most of them are tanned skin just like any South East Asian origin and Singapore is in the middle of S.E.A. And we do have lots workers from and around South East Asia as well.
I'm not defending the popular comments in here if the ‘act’ is not from a Singaporean or otherwise. All I'm saying is who knows?! Unless you really ask the ‘perpetrator’ for their ID.
As an example, if you go to Esplanade on the weekends, especially on Sunday, you may encounter a crowd of people around the area and it seems like a gathering of picnikers, I can assure you they are definitely not Singaporean and they are not tourists either. But outsiders may think…ahh this is what Singaporean do or go on the weekends.
Thanks anyways for the video of our tiny Singapore, a hub of many things that makes it prosper and progress as it is and I end with ‘Majulah Singapura’. 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you for the comment, you bring up many interesting points! I loved visiting Singapore and hope to return again one day
I bet the nose pickers he saw were Chinese.
number 8 is Safety????
I could definitely have included safety, and cleanliness onto this list! Those aspects impressed us too
The 6 points were great but point number 7 is a shocker to me haha! It probably happens but it is rare as far as Singapore culture goes. It could have been better if the producer asked around a bit. It sort of add a blemish to an otherwise beautiful video. But hey, no worries dude. 6/7 is a pretty good score card. If i may add, #7 would be the government - it is one of the least corrupt in the world.
Appreciate the comment my friend, I could have definitely added many more positive things (government, cleanliness, safety, etc.).
Your positive vibe is contagious. Thank you!
You mean the highest paid govt in the world. And even that failed to eliminate corruption
I can't say you should be "shocked" by the first 6 shocks. Rightfully you should be shocked only by the last actual shock.
I guess for me there can be different levels of feeling shocked, and each of these things was a shock/surprise to me!
Hi, thank you for visiting Singapore and I am happy you had a great time here. 🎉❤ Cheers. 🎉
Hello, thank you so much - we had an unbelievable time in your country!
I thought the heat was normal as a Singaporean
I guess most places do have very hot times of the year, but I’ve never felt heat and humidity to that extent so early in the day!
Singapore is high living cost country life if u live...as tourist u never fill the heat.......😊
Interesting point!
You just stirred a hornets' nest on AsianOne 😂
Yeah I think you might be right haha!
I LOVE your video, I had just subscribed to your channel and like your video. I will keep support your channel.
Thank you so much, I'm very happy to hear it. I appreciate the support immensely :)
You should visit Kuala Lumpur n then Putra Jaya in Malaysia as well...
Actually, we went to Kuala Lumpur right after Singapore! I released my first Malaysia video yesterday, and I will make a video on Kuala Lumpur next. Hope you check it out 😁
The way you pronounced bee hoon mee is quite accurate ! Yes i am one of those people who dig my nose but always in a fast and discreet manner ...and so i thought 😅
Haha thank you, I try my best to stay foreign words correctly!
Honestly I’d take nose picking over drug addicts passed out from opioid overdoses on street sidewalks or finding homeless encampments with heroin needles in pretty much every American city
Agreed, and many Americans have no problem picking their noses and other things in public 😅
U missed that that the religious buildings are actually situated side by side. Literally.
Take Chinatown for example, u get the Hindu temple and mosque side by side, and the Buddhist temple 1 block after.
That's a good point!
You should come to Taiwan next time, you will experience same things or better,looking forward to your vedio : )
Thanks for the suggestion, we might visit Taiwan next year!
When you said middle east, did you mean middle eastern culture or just islam? I didn't know there's middle eastern culture in Singapore
After reflecting, maybe it is more just Islamic culture than Middle Eastern - the neighborhood is nicknamed the "Arab Quarters", but I have never been to the Middle East so it's hard for me to say!
Very nice upload my friend. Greetings from Germany.
Thank you!
Hello,
Great video !
I am planning to visit Singapore and stay in Clarke Quay.
What do you think about this area ?
Thank you very much.
Hello, thank you so much! I don't know too much about that area unfortunately. I hope you have a great visit!
Welcome to Singapore
Thank you, I couldn’t have had a better experience in your country 😁🇸🇬
Y u complaining about humidity? I’m an sg and I’m wearing THICK, LONG SLEEVED clothing out
Not complaining to be honest, it was just a shock! I like the heat, especially more than my wife haha
Felt the humidity even in the cool mornin' & in the shade ?
WHERE do U come from ?
Newfoundland *?* Alaska *?* 😅
Haha I come from Michigan in the USA!
Singapore do have tons of foreigners; From non English-speaking China nationals to Indians labourer working here...
Ah I see, many people have said similar things
Excellent
Thank you so much 😀
As a Singaporean, theres a lot of things we could learn from the West and vice versa. A nice balance is what we should aim for. And yes, SG is hot AF, not so much the temperature, but its the damn humanity.
Haha yeah the humidity is pretty unreal, but I still enjoyed it to be honest! And there are many things to learn from all cultures, that's what makes the world such an interesting place :)
@@WanderlustWellman Agreed, I think at some point if people can afford it, they should travel. There's so much to see and do out there. It would such a waste to not travel.
Are you for REAL?
Learn from the WEST.
What HUMANITY, you on about?
Do you want Singapore to turn into a
IMMORAL CESSPIT?
learn from the west ?? maybe america start banning guns and learn from sg
🤔Those people u see in singapore picking nose may not be a singaporen. As here we have too many foreigners working here. 🙄🤨😨😵
Ah I see, good to keep in mind!
You know all those petty laws and penalties we have? Fines for not flushing the toilet. Fines for littering/spitting/not returning your tray after eating at hawker centres?
If the authorities sees this video, there will soon be a law against picking noses in public!
Why? Because Singapore progressed from Third World to First in ONE generation! That means people who grew up with bucket toilets, spitting, littering, (unhygienic) street hawkers, and picking their noses (in the 1960s), found themselves (after just ONE generation - about 25 years) in the first world with flushing toilets, clean streets, sanitary hawker centres, and tourists who notice them picking their noses in public!
After this, we will crackdown on people sticking inhalers in their noses and walking around like it is a fashion accessory.
Those petty/silly laws were intended to drag the populi into the first world, and act like citizens of the first world.
But seriously, I like the honesty in this video, and your willingness to share the last shocker. As a Singaporean, I am amused, embarrassed, and also a little defensive (hence the above). But it is a fair observation. But I hope you take my "defence"/explanation of our unabashed practice in the spirit it was given - a (hopefully) objective explanation of a people thrown into modernity, but having grown up in poverty, adversity, and scarcity.
At least, we (most of us) don't spit openly in public anymore...? And we flush the toilet after use! (I hope!)
Thanks for the comment, you bring up many interesting and insightful things that help shape my perspective on Singapore!
Population of Singapore includes foreign workers etc. The actual numbers of local is only 2mil, approximately 1 genuine Singaporean in every 3.5 people you meet. We don’t dig our noses, the foreign workers from China does!
Interesting statistic, and I guess it's hard to say who picks their noses out in public - I didn't exactly check their passports after noticing them haha
The high price is the rental of room to stay 😅
True, that can sometimes be expensive!
Add a 7a: "consuming ur own booger after picking in e public..."
Haha yikes!
That's a London train!
Yeah, I just used some stock footage for the train because I didn’t have any
Thts new. It does happened anywhere in the world bt not to the extend tht everyone of us is doing it here. Only those uncivilised few will do it in the open.
I see, that makes sense
Blames the foreigners for all faults. Take the credit for all positives. Welcome to Tonny's Karenland.
You know why Singaporeans hate 9-5 work shift? Cause its the same timing as the sun when its heats officially started and ended :)
Ohh so you're saying Singaporeans like to be outside in the heat? Interesting...
@@WanderlustWellman Whether being inside a building or outside.. The sun still hits you like you at a beach. Haha
@@briancheong3319 haha that’s a good way of putting it!
oh but did you get to see people walking/hanging around with a vicks inhaler jammed up a nostril as if showing off to everyone "look, no hands!”
I did not unfortunately
Please get your facts on your last observation. We are culture here in Singapore and that behaviour is highly committed by minimal workers hired from aboard. At least we don't carry guns or chew like cows constantly with chew gums as they do in the states!
I certainly don't have facts on the last observation besides our own experience, and yes Americans definitely have some negative traits too!
I love digging my nose. I kept my last finger nails for digging
Haha you do you, I just hope you clean your hands before shaking someone's hand!
There are lot of things that shocked me in America.Rude people, homeless ,violence ,going into store and just take whatever they wanted and get away with it, and homeless shit on pavement 🙄🙄I take looking at nose picking over homeless shit on pavement 🙄🙄
Yes , 100%
Same here, Singapore blows American cities out of the water in terms of safety, cleanliness, public transportation, and many other things.
# 8 No chewing gum
hi i am singaporean
Hello, welcome to my channel! 😁
What’s wrong with picking our nose? It’s a joy! haha.. jkjk.. u sure u saw us doing it in public? Or maybe it’s just Phua Chu Kang on tv???
Haha to each their own! And we saw several people doing it in the Tikka Centre
no wonder.. I have been living here for 25 yrs, only been to tekka mkt 1 time
Duuuude... that nose-pickin' one though First time I've heard of this! Born and bred here since '64. Methinks you must've bumped into some elderly folk in Chinatown or foreigners, or maybe the ocassional uncouthed individual who are guilty of this LOL
I'm Singaporean, proud of our nose-picking heritage, gold ain't gonna mine itself
Haha you're the first person to go along with #7, funny way of putting it!
I'm an SPR since 2006 and never seen the nose thing once.
There can sometimes be boorish behaviour but it's never Singaporeans (could be PRC's though).
Many people have said the same as you, it's hard to say who the people I saw doing it were
You saw one or two people picking their nose in public and a assume the all Singaporean does that. 🙄
I promise I don't assume everyone does it, but my wife noticed a few people do it over our 3 days in Singapore in several different areas with many locals such as hawker centers - just speaking on our own experiences!
Because it is humid, i guessed boggy gets formed up easily therefore i guessed it is an immediate response for that uncomfortness.
@@windsorus ahh makes sense!
You shd include the zoo too
Never been to the zoo, typically I don't support zoos due to the treatment of the animals
I rarely see Singaporeans picking their nose although I often see foreigners picking their nose. At least 40% of the people out there are not Singaporean.
Interesting point, because Singapore is diverse it's hard for me to maybe tell who is a local and who is a foreigner
Well I live in Spore for 22 years and legit never once see people picking nose in public..🤔
Maybe I was just lucky then - or probably unlucky haha 😅
Precisely, if Singaporeans are well known for picking nose i bet this will not be the only youtube video talking on this. Let’s not forget the fact that 1/3 of the population here are foreigners…
While there are 4 major religions in Singapore, there are actually more. During officer cadets' commissioning parades, there were always 7 priests from 7 religions to blessed the newly minted officers. I don't know whether there are more now.
On the affordability of Singapore, just think of how your media have misinformed you. It is not cheap, but prices are fair by our income level.
Yeah I don't mean to say it's "cheap", but I had the impression it was going to be one of the more expensive countries I've visited. For example, I've eaten meals at markets in South America that were similar prices to Hawker Centres in Singapore. Interesting to learn about the religious history from you!
@@WanderlustWellman Don't worry about your use of "cheap". I know what you meant. Western free media have been misinforming the Western hemisphere about Singapore being the "most expensive" city/country. It is the most expensive because, westerners expect to still have ingredients not common in Asians' diet and the car. For basic items, Singapore is in fact it is cheaper than most, if not all, industrialised European countries and Japan too. In absolute terms, we are no doubt the most expensive country in Southeast Asia. But if you compare the after-tax salary-to-price ratio of goods, Singapore workers' purchasing power is higher than regional counterparts in their own countries.
He won't say its cheap if he eat at restaurant instead of hawker centre
Singapore is green and clean 🌴🌳🌿🌾🌱🪴 and hot spot for migratory birds from the far north during wintry months. Nose-picking is universal culture, your partner is simply trying to find bone in an egg. 4-day stay gives only superficial impressions and is grossly insuffucient for you to really get to know Singapore and Singaporeans.
Thanks for the comment, I agree that you can't dive incredibly deep into a place and its cultural in 4 days - these were only our impressions and experiences, and we definitely want to visit Singapore again to dive in deeper!
@@WanderlustWellman You and your wife are welcome to revisit Singapore anyime for cultural immersion. See you guys soon 🌻 🇸🇬
Last time is less hot.
I’m Singaporean & I even judge my husband for picking his nose INSIDE the car lol. 😒 thanks for making the video so he will know he could be one of those contributing to such impression given to tourists on behalf of all Singaporeans. 🫤
Haha my wife is the same - and thanks for checking out the video, just speaking on my own experiences!
The National Language is Malay tho.
Good to know!
Digging nose definitely not culture of Singapore. Your many times seeing them likely not locals.
Good to know, thanks!
Sorry for letting you caught our folks picking their nose in the public
Hahah no problem, it really wasn’t that big of a deal
@@WanderlustWellman but you will get used to is once you guys discover Asia 😂
@@lkkben haha good to know! We plan on traveling throughout Asia a lot more 👍
@@WanderlustWellman have fun! And remember to try out all the different local cuisines!
When I went to the US I was shocked by the poverty. Homeless people & drug addicts everywhere, dirty streets, dirty & unreliable public transports.. It really looks like a 3rd world country!
I don't blame you, it really is a massive problem here - American cities for the most part are all like this. I would rather visit Singapore any day of the week!
English is official language. The rest is known as mother tongue
Is that the case? Either way, it's still impressive that many languages are recognized and understood within the country
Malay,English,Chinese and Tamil are official and equal languages in S'pore.
Singapore national language is still malay... its just we use a common language call english
@@yilongd that makes sense!
@jeny7177: Singapore has 4 official languages. We do learn some of them as mother tongues in school though. The National language is Malay and the working language is English.
But we don't have gun issues
Very true!
Hahaaaa when someone picks their nose in front of me, i'll tell them to stop. And they will, out of embarassment.
Haha makes sense, but some people might not care and continue to do it anyway (at least in the USA)
I saw japanese and american pick their nose.
I've seen it before to, I guess people from all parts of the world do it
Picking the nose is just gross. As a Singaporean, I can vouch that that is not a normal occurrence and I’d be just as turned off and surprised as you.
Okay, well thanks for letting me know!
If the climate of Singapore is better, the British will migrated over like Australia and New Zealand. They will not gave it to the Singaporean.
That's possible
this is so true! I rmbr attending a Maroon 5 concert last year in Nov 2022 and there were westerners in front of me and another one to my left. They werent related but somehow they strike a convo. One asked the other “youre not going back home for christmas?” And the lady replied “NO!!! i’d rather stay in SG because of the heat than enduring the cold!!!” 😂😂 i was so shook by that convo hahahah
You just come here few days you know nothing. SINGAPORE is a lawful country. Not like a big country with no law they can steal and have daylight robbery and go supermarket without paying as long belong 800 dollars and still get away scot-free. You should do a video about this and share with us .
I might not be an expert on Singapore, but I'm not claiming to be one - I mostly came to learn about the country as a tourist firsthand through my experiences. I do love how crime in Singapore isn't prevalent like how it is in America, and the safety is one of my favorite things about it.
Picking of nose? Hmm....interesting, as long as they don't pick and put into their mouth I am cool with it 🤣🤣
Hahaha well I agree with you there!
Watch out for those people, especially men who have very long finger nails on their pinky. They will dig nose and ears all day. It's mainly the ah beings and ah seng 😆😆😆
Haha ok, thanks for the tip!
Wait until you visit China....the first tier cities is Singapore ×10 or 20 !
I hope to visit China in the near future!
Throw a pebble and chances are you hit a foreigner.
Haha just don't throw it in my direction!