An Average Singaporean

Hello again everyone! I'm back after a one, two, three day hiatus thanks to some assignments. So what had I been doing for the past 72 hours?

Well, I am not going into details like what most bloggers do (I woke up at XX am, took MRT to XX place, met XX and XX, went to watch XX movie, then eat XX at XX place, then bought a XX for XX, then we saw an XX and laughed like XXXXX)

Actually the only important thing which I recalled doing was breathing. That is really important and the most important to do to ah, ah, ah, ah staying alive, staying alive

Alright, lame jokes aside, I have thought of this topic recently. What/Who is the average Singaporean?

I have listed some points which I believe are the pre-requisites to becoming an average Singaporean

First of all, you need to be a commoner. Someone who walks down Orchard Road without getting much attention unless you forgot to zip your pants. JJ Lin is no commoner, same goes to Ris Low although they're uncommon for different reasons. Ok, so you get my point?

If you are a student

You undergo academic rigours in your school where only exam results matter

You are forced to join a CCA even though there isn't one which interests you

You only realized that PSLE was not that crucial after all when you obtain your O Level

You are aware that your school has more and more China students every year

If you are a working adult

You undergo work stress as Singapore is a highly competitive place where only work performance matters.

You are forced to squeeze on the MRT or pay ERP wherever you drive to

You only realized that qualifications are not that crucial after all as foreigners with lower salary demands can easily be employed

You are aware that you are getting older and older but your salary hardly moves

Weekends, what does an average Singaporean do on a weekend?

You sleep as long as possible until you think it's enough

You go to NTUC to stock up necessities and join a dragon queue with many other fellow Singaporeans

The only day/days of the week which you seriously read the newspapers

You read the newspapers to look for any discounts

If it is worth the deal, you quickly head down to the destination before another kiasu Singaporean does so

You take self-declared afternoon naps

Play sports with friends on a Sunday morning

You queue up at Singapore Pools to buy 4D without complaining

At least one of your meals in these two days is not home-cooked

Watch a movie that you think is worth spending ten dollars (or more if your girlfriend joins)

Go to JB

Things that an average Singaporean would and would not do

You can queue for an hour to buy Toto but will never queue up for ten minutes to enter a public toilet

You are willing to spend six dollars to eat KFC but will never pay ten cents to enter a public toilet (unless there's an urgency)

You use your home's toilet paper sparingly but pull out large amounts in a public toilet

You may forget to bring your handphone out but will never forget to tap out when alighting a bus

You privately complain about the ruling Pay and Pay party but never dare to voice it out publicly

You drive to Malaysia to refill your car's petrol but rather waste more time than take a taxi

You eat at a hotel only during wedding dinners and never visit a foodcourt if there's a hawker centre nearby

What do you as an average Singaporean think about?

Pay and Pay is incompetent to lead the country but when you look at the opposition, you sigh even more

ERP stands for Every Road Pay

HDB stands for Heavy Debt Burden

GRC stands for Governance, Risk and Compliance

You are thinking of more ideas which will soon surface

RC block parties are a waste of time and money

What number should I buy for 4D

Feel like punching those annoying China people in public

Feel like whacking them up as well

And ask them to balek kampong

When will I ever strike Toto

Should I put a parking coupon

Never shop at 7 Eleven unless it's at an unearthly hour

Roti Prata definitely needs to be eaten with curry

Buying clothes at departmental stores and Expo sales

What is really so good about Apple products

LKY should just retire

My country is always the safest among all the ASEAN members

Why must we serve NS

NS is a waste of time

Will I be able to survive after retiring

HDB flat prices are way too high currently

Marina Bay is the only place in the country we can boast about to the world

NEWater is an awesome invention

I love Singapore!!!