How it all started...

So as you guys know my twitter account has been around for one year and one month. It has 17k tweets, 15k followers and I have had a load of fun being the admin of it.

It's been a great journey and I want to thank of all my followers for staying with this account for so long. Especially some that always reply my tweets with your own funny ones :).

Now let's trace back all the tweets..




 This was my very first tweet, it got only 1 retweet than, on 28 July 2013. I know if I tweet this again I would get a lot more, but that's not the point. The point is I'm amazed at how much I've done with this account. I never expected to get 5k followers let alone the 15k I have now and I'm just so thankful to all my followers.

Yes I may just be a quote account but for me that is an achievement in life itself(so drama sia).

Now some people have asked me on ask.fm why I made this. Simple, I was really bored, and yes that's the truth. I was really bored after my O Levels and sat down at my computer one day looking at tweets from other quote accounts at that time. @Singa_tweets @chaocheebong @schoolprobIems @_sgkid and maybe some others I forgot.

So yes, they "inspired" me to make this account and here I am.

The End.
@livinginsg

I'm back! With a NDP song!

Hey guys!

I know I kinda forgot about this...cos I got really busy and all with school work, projects and life.

Yea I have a life, I actually do.

So, to start things off. TODAY IS THE FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF LIVING IN SINGAPORE.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

*krik*krik*

 Ok nevermind. Anyway just want to thank of all of you guys for this entire one year! It's been a great experience and a lot of fun being the admin of livinginsg, and I'm amazed at how many people have followed me, and how many have been following me for so long. :D I love you all.

So I bet you guys have heard this year's NDP song already? Yes I tweeted alot about it, and frankly I don't hate the song. I just really don't think it's suitable for a National Day Parade, it just doesn't fit in.

Maybe the kids would like it better if it played on okto in the morning, just saying.

SO, I have decided.....to write MY OWN NDP SONG!!

There's not gonna be a tune to it, feel free to sing to it in your own way, or rap to it, up to you, hope you guys will like it!


 Living In Singapore

Composed by: livinginsg
Lyrics by: livinginsg
Executive Producer: livinginsg

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This is my home
This is where I belong

No matter how hot it is
No matter how sian I feel everyday
I will still treat Singapore as my home

Even if all the Hello Kitty sold out
Even if my bus takes so long to come
Even if I still need to smell people's BO everyday on the MRT
I will still treat Singapore as my home

Because Living In Singapore
Is where I'm meant to be
Regardless of Ah Bengs, Ah Lians, and Ah Guas
Even if Steven Lim still keeps singing in his videos
Even if teachers still want to keep giving us homework
Living In Singapore
Is where I'm meant to be

I don't care if I kena STOMP
I don't care if I kena fine
I don't even care if tomorrow is a Monday
I will still love Singapore, everyday, in every way

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There! I hope you guys enjoyed it reading/lip syncing/dancing to it! I know it's not very good lah but I on the spot write one leh...

See you guys next week hopefully with another post!

@livinginsg - SG Kia

Mainstream-NESS

So basically lots of things are mainstream. Clothes/music/food/games and just about everything else. There's always that one trend many people love to follow because well...everyone else is doing the same thing. Take the latest game that's extremely popular right now.

Well I know it's been more than a week since my last blog.

Hehe sorry. I've been pretty busy lately and somehow forgot to do it.

Back to the topic, mainstream-ness. I don't care if that's not a word I'm using it here. :)

Fun Run, and it's popular because you can play with friends and not just alone! Trust me if that game didnt allow you to race, and kill your friends, I doubt many people would enjoy it that much. It's like the second Candy Crush + some random screaming you make when someone magnets you.

Second mainsteam-ness thing.



This Geek shirt right here, trust me I think this should be a school uniform because so many people at town wear it it feels like I'm in geek land liao.

Now there are other mainsteam-ness stuff like music and food. Music being popular artist like 1D and Justin Bieber(I can hear fan girls mentally screaming in their heads now), and food like Bubble Tea and Lao Ban, which used to be mainstream.

I'm not saying wearing it is a bad thing to be mainstream, nono not at all. What I'm saying is that it is JUST TOO OVER RATED. It's like making homework look like it's a death sentence, well actually it is but that's not the point.

It's alright to get into this mainstream thing, but what I don't like is it's just way too over rated in a sense that something that's not that awesome or epic to begin with becomes worshiped just cause well...everyone is doing the same thing.

So that's my opinion, it's up to you to decide if you agree or not. Just think carefully if you're doing something because you really think it's fun/nice or you're doing it cause all your friends are too.

P.S I've started using photos in this blog but I'm not sure how it will turn out. Credits to Google.

@livinginsg

Haze and Pi Sai

So guys.

I'm sure you all know what this post is going to be. No it's not going to be a rant on this haze, even though I would very much love to rant.

No no no no, this post is going to be all about how to deal with the haze.

First off, stop complaining on twitter. It won't help the haze at all. I've been seeing nearly every tweet on my TL all about the haze. If complaining on twitter helped to clear out the haze...the haze would have been cleared out in one hour already. So what to do? Just keep updated about it, and take measures to ensure that your health is good.

Secondly, WHATS WITH POSTING THE PICTURES OF HAZE?! I CANT EVEN SEE SHIT YOU WANT ME SEE WHAT?! I know you're trying to prove a point that the haze is really affecting your visibility of whatever you're looking at. Trust me I think nearly the whole, if not the whole Singapore and some other countries are also experiencing the same thing. It's really something we can all sympathize with each other about but at the same time can't do anything about it. If you really WANT to help people online, a good step would be to tell people how to keep healthy in this weather, that would be much more helpful....trust me.

Thirdly and lastly, guys stop complaining the PSI, go up go down go left go right go front go back. PSI is PSI....what you SHOULD be more concerned about is how to keep YOUR HEALTH STABLE. There are many people with breathing/heart problems that are much worse off than us. The worst thing you feel is some breathing difficulties....there are people out there who can barely even breathe. Be thankful that you still have the energy to complain on twitter and facebook!

Lastly guys, drink lots of water, have enough rest, and also STAY INDOORS. I have no idea why people love to tweet pictures of the outdoors, which is blurry, yet they still stay outside. I mean if you really thought the weather was bad, why not just stay at home or go to a enclosed area?

I think the whole haze thing is being blown up way out of proportion. Haze can be bad for health yes, but not if you know how to take measures to ensure you're not badly affected. So guys....this haze won't last for a whole year, just a week or so at the most. So just stay home during this period..and then we can all stop complaining after Sumatra runs out of trees to burn.

@livinginsg

EC, Crush and Love.

You see that person in the crowd....he, or she, looks amazing to you. A stunning face, great smile, eyes and everything else.

You think you're in love......

WAIT WAIT WAIT HOLD THE FUCK UP

You sure not?

There's a pretty big difference between Eye Candy, Crush, and Love.

A real big fucking difference, so learn it.

Eye Candy

You just like to look at that person. You haven't talked to them even once, not even made eye contact, but yes you admire the person's looks from a distance. You stalk the person everyday on twitter and facebook, just to see their face. You dream about his or her face every night before you sleep.

Yes, that's still called an eye candy, I hope you understand why. See face only.

Many people don't understand that Eye Candy means you like to look at a person because you find them pretty/handsome. You don't have to even know their names, just the face itself. Many at times from that we believe that we're “in love” and that's a load of crap. An eye candy is just pleasing to the eye, simple as that, nothing more, nothing less.

Crush

This is where things progress slightly further...

A crush. You've seen that person, you've made friends with that person, you even talk to that person regularly. Yes it's progressed from just knowing their face to knowing their names, attitude, behaviour and character. And if you still feel attracted to them somehow, yes we will call that a crush.

But no, it's still not love, don't confuse that.

A crush....is someone you like cos of their looks maybe and also their character. Someone can have the face of a fairy tale character which you feel attracted to. But once you find out about their character it can be a major turn off, and then you don't feel an attraction to them anymore. That's why many people have eye candies which they want to “get to know better” and end up disappointed.

But wait...no that's not love yet.

Love

This is a stage when you're already very close to that person, know his or her character well enough, still like them and still feel attracted to them. You also cannot go a moment without seeing/talking/listening to their voice. Yes yes really overly attached.

But there's a big difference between a crush, and love.

Let's say...you meet someone else one day, another person whom you find looks really attractive and has a great attitude you love too. And then you realise....you like them too. And yes, that's called a crush.

So what now? You have one person you love, and another person you crush on? That's bullshit.

LOVE is when you really feel for a person so much, no one else can compare. Even when you meet another person who has even better looks and personality you still love that first person even more. It's when you only have eyes for that one boy/girl and even if some Miss Universe turns up at your house the boy/girl is still the best looking in your eyes.

It means that your feelings stay loyal to a person no matter who else you meet in your life. So no matter how pretty/sexy/hunky other guys or girls are, you still only feel that crazy love for that one person and no one else can compare. It means you accept that person's flaws and bad sides, and you love them even more because of it.

That...is a rough meaning of love.

Even after all these explanations, understand that what I'm talking about here is still considered teen love and not true love. True love is when you face hardships with that person but still manage to pull through....well because you really love that other person and don't want them to get hurt by you. That's true love. Being able to go through the storms of life together without falling apart.

Hope you guys enjoyed reading this pretty sentimental and maybe mushy post. I wrote this well....because I just went through my own experience and it was really confusing for me to decide who I actually have a crush on and who I really like. But at the end of the day I really know that the girl whom I thought I was so crazily in love with, was just another crush. :)

@livinginsg

Singapore School Holidays.

Hey guys, another week, another post! :)

So, it's the school holidays now right? At least for most people it is, I hope you guys are enjoying your holidays as much as you can, because well as we all know, school holidays in Singapore don't exactly feel like holidays.

Why do I say so? Because we have this very weird, special and annoying as fuck thing called holiday homework. Only available in Singapore. Because schools are so kiasu, they scared you during holiday enjoy too much come back school everything forget. Which is actually correct also. So they jam up your "holidays" with homework and make this new term called "holiday homework".

Want say homework just say homework lah, still add what holiday in front of it, think it sounds nicer ah? End up like no holiday also...

So apart from the actual holiday homework which no one really bothers to do properly or put in effort because we simply cannot give a single flying Merlion, let's talk about other stuff that we as Singapore students do during the holidays.

LEPAK AT TOWN

Probably the most common pastime during school holidays is for teens/students like us to go out with friends to town. Places like Orchard Road, Bugis are extremely crowded during the holidays. Plus now got Great Singapore Sale we all chiong to buy all the stuff that we don't need yet, but because it looks nice and got good offer right, MUST BUY.

SPEND SPEND SPEND

Probably the most annoying thing about holidays is having no proper pocket money/allowance because our parents think. Hm.....you no school right? So don't need give you pocket money right?

HUH???? I never go out with my friends one meh?

So we end up having to sort of beg our parents some times for that extra few dollars(ok maybe ten dollars or more sometimes) just to go out with our friends. Be it movies, arcades, shopping or anything else that costs money. We have to save and scrimp during the holidays and it really sucks.

GOING OUT

No one likes to be left out. No one. And that's why we always hope our friends/classmates will ask us out during the holidays. Even if it's just one person that asks us out we'll still go along because it feels good to know that even when there's no school people still take the effort to ask you out.

But when people go out.....post pictures on twitter, facebook, Instagram and what not....and NEVER ASK US ALONG.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Ya lah confirm say that one, BO JIO. In case you're still living in 2000 and have no idea what this means. It simply translates to something like "Never ask me along?" It's when your own friends go out together and freaking never ask you right, that you say this.

It really doesn't feel good when you know that people are aware of your existence but choose not to ask you out. And then for the rest of the day you feel like everyone hates you and no one wants to be with you. In other words, emoing.

TIME REALLY FLIES

They say time really flies. Actually it only does when you're having fun, I don't recall my boring lessons seem to pass very fast. But the weekends really zoom by. Same with holidays, when you're enjoying yourself so much you start to lose track of the days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries, and millenniums. And it suddenly seems that one whole week of the holiday goes by too fast. Way too fast.

And then the next thing you know.....

Principal: Welcome back to another school term!

FUCK NO!!

@livinginsg

Reserved MRT seats, everytime kena on youtube one.

Right guys, I know I said I would try to post a blog up every week.

Well here it is.

First of all, happy Friday to everyone #TGIF.

Second of all, grats to all those who did well for their MYE, and thankfully it wasn't Meet Your End.

For those who didn't do as well as they expected, work harder and all the best!!

So for today's post, it's going to be about..............public transport.

Well not exactly public transport in general but in specific.....the incident that happened a day or two back, I posted the video on twitter if you guys saw it. And it was about two Uncles arguing over a reserved seat. Now most of you have probably seen it. For those who haven't, go check out my twitter or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRUa6rg3dIo

So we know about another case where this auntie was scolding this Ah Lian for taking the reserved seat remember? In this case well....both were Uncles and both were acting like Ah Boys. Their men lah please act like Men like.

From Ah Boys to Men. Okay not funny.

So anyway...I know quite a few people are afraid of taking the reserve seats nowadays for fear of being scolded and put on youtube and going viral. That's actually a legit fear, because I myself also don't dare to sit on reserve seats now. In fact I stand up during train journeys unless I'm super tired and macam want peng san.

After this incident I think many people will think twice about sitting on reserved seats. No doubt there's no law against it but then again those seats were given priority to some people. Such as pregnant ladies, parents with small kids, injured people and of course, senior citizens. And tired students also, but not approved by gahmen yet that one.

I don't want to go into the details of who I think is wrong or right because there's no point. Both were somehow already wrong when they started arguing and cursing just over ONE reserved seat and it doesn't make sense. Plus there was already an empty seat beside it.

What I want to say is simple, next time when you're on the MRT, it doesn't matter which seat you take. It also doesn't matter who you give it up to. Singaporeans have been bred with the mindset that they have to give up their seats. And that's true, but most people do it out of guilt and fear of being looked upon as selfish and inconsiderate. I know it's good to give up seats but we have the wrong mindset of doing it.

People are giving up seats because they're afraid of being criticised as inconsiderate? Giving up seats should be an act of kindness, not an act of fear. That's just the wrong thinking and we won't go far with that. I know it's still a good act but we shouldn't be doing it for the sake of having to do it.

No, not at all. If you see anyone at all who you think needs the seat more than you do, give up your seat. Even if you're not taking the reserve seat, but just any seat, it's still good to give it up to someone who needs it more.

A lot of Singaporeans have this mindset that just because I'm not sitting on a reserved seat, it means I don't have to give it up because this is just a normal seat and not a reserved seat.

Bullshit.

The reserved seats were created to give priority no doubt, but shouldn't we also go pass that thought and understand that if a person really needs the seat more, giving it up to make their train ride more comfortable isn't so hard?

Many at times we Singaporeans go by the rules. If it's a reserved seat I'll give it up because reserved seats are meant for senior citizens and others who may need it. If it's not a reserved seat I have the right to continue sitting on it.

Uh......SMLJ?

So I just want to say again, when on MRT's or buses, if you see someone who really may need a seat, just give up yours to them. Even if you're sitting at the middle which totally isn't a reserved one, there's no harm in giving it up. And also Singaporeans can be very paiseh one ok. They will say things like “Dunnid lah dunnid lah”. But just give them the seat anyway. Don't be a total bodoh and sit down again. That one sure kena STOMP one. :P

Anyway thanks for reading as usual, and hope that you like this!

@livinginsg