Comments on: 10 Ways to Spot a Singaporean Overseas

By: KC

KC — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 10:55:42 +0000

I actually think most of these points can be applied to any nationality. The closest I think might be more specific to Singaporeans is #3 but even then only just.

By: stephanie

stephanie — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 06:24:28 +0000

Carrying a National Library Board book. This happened to me for real. I went overseas and saw somebody carrying a book from NLB about the country.

By: Lolbbq

Lolbbq — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:48:38 +0000

Saf related aparrel

By: Yen

Yen — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:14:32 +0000

Oh how stereotypical

By: Barbara Calvert

Barbara Calvert — Mon, 18 May 2015 12:49:50 +0000

I was born in Singapore living in America since 1982. Everything is true, could be applied to Americans as well, the flip flops, shorts, smoking outside, pictures of food etc…etc… Personally I never take pictures of my food, but my sister in Singapore does and many of my American friends.

By: Chrstphr

Chrstphr — Sat, 16 May 2015 11:01:15 +0000

As a ah Beng Singaporean. We’ll start speaking hokkien and talking about which army unit we from.

By: Linnie

Linnie — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 23:12:08 +0000

Only the first point is correct. The rest can be applied to any typical Asian tourist

By: rembrant

rembrant — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 06:55:02 +0000

Go anywhere even with discount must ask for tourist discount also~

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 01:42:20 +0000

Finding dustbin, if don’t have, will keep it till reach hotel or toilet to throw rubbish in overseas… Strangely enough, not applicable back in Singapore…

By: Amit Agarwal

Amit Agarwal — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:04:42 +0000

We were in Macau last week and when I spotted a long line outside a stall I was pretty sure it must be Singaporeans, on the flight back home people had packets of cookies from the No 1 place to take home.

By: Kabuki

Kabuki — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 09:53:47 +0000

UHM….not much difference from other asians. But I should say the most distinctive of all is just the “accent”. Other than that, the rest is the same among almost all asians.

By: YZ

YZ — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:02:19 +0000

they’ll be the ones in singlets, shorts & flipflops at the hotel’s breakfast buffet looking like they just rolled out of bed. bedhead hair and puffy eyes par for the course.

By: linda

linda — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 06:57:08 +0000

“They are either solo, couple or big group” ?!?
How about adding one more? They are either a man or a woman!

By: dan

dan — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 06:04:44 +0000

U forgot to add: when u see someone smoking outside the shopping malls or along the side of the streets, they are pretty much singaporean.
Next will be someone holding on the garbage in their hand or placed inside their bag to look for rubbish bin, say hi to them, they definitely will be our fellow country mates.

By: Kharnyee

Kharnyee — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 03:17:49 +0000

Some of the points can use to describe Malaysian too, like 3,4 and 7. We Malaysian takes photo before eat, it’s all because everyone is too into social media, everyone wants to share new cafes & restaurants.

By: Rui

Rui — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 02:06:02 +0000

Ehh, Malaysians and Japanese also take photos of their food before they eat.

This post should be renamed “How to Spot East-Asians in Western Countries” because most of these points don’t only apply to Singaporeans.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 01:44:55 +0000

Food – Wah , this one singapore don’t have , definitely must try, if nice, must ta pow bring back hotel later can eat.
iPhone accessories – at a shop – you will see them saying the same thing. And if it’s rare or not available in singapore , they would definitely say : let’s buy a few , go back can sell to others,

By: Dennis Lim

Dennis Lim — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 00:39:19 +0000

Haha, this post made my day. As a Singaporean living alone abroad, I must say it is always nice to bump into someone from home. Points 1, 3, 4, 7 and 8 resonate particularly with me. Couldn’t help but laugh along in silent agreement. Thanks, Ruby.

By: Piper

Piper — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 23:53:59 +0000

When you are in a place where you kinda are looking for more people to share a passenger van with transport around the place (eg more people sharing it’s cheaper) , if U happened to bump into a singaporean and share the transport with them. When it comes to paying for it, they will calculate everything to dollars and cents and return you.

By: Oreo Man

Oreo Man — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:36:11 +0000

Apparently this is not 100% fool proof as I always meet people with similar accent Especially Malaysians. Its hard to tell between Singaporean and Malaysian as both of them have almost the same accent. All these 10 measures can be applied to Malaysians as well.