Count on me, to complain
I intended this to be a humorous, irreverent take on the nitpicking, kiasu-kiasi-kaopeh nature of Singaporeans and to confirm that age-old adage that complaining is our favourite pasttime (aside gorging ourselves with food). It turned out that in the course of my ‘research’, I uncovered many socio-historical gems and began to explore the trend in attitudes over the years. What you won’t find here are complaints against taxes, transport fee hikes, or HDB prices. Instead delve into the simple annoyances of life through the history of our young tiny nation, from how our ministers dress to suggestions of how to paint double yellow lines on our roads, from angmor accents to excessive use of Hokkien, from Phua Chu Kang to birdshit on car rooftops.
The subjects seem endless, and perhaps, with some help from you dear readers, I could actually prove to the world that we, the citizens of Singapore, do complain about everything under the sun.
DISCLAIMER: Most of the content extracted here are written by contributors to major newspaper forums. Shout outs to ST Forum, Today, TNP , omy.sg and their writers/editors over the years, and not forgetting the complain kings and queens. For without their kiasuness, kiasiness, general annoyance of every little thing, their zealous consideration for their fellow man, their intentional or unintentional humour, this blog wouldn’t exist.
Hey, thanks fr following moi on Twitter… will reciprocate! U n boo-n-bouquet are complementary, no?
sorry what’s boo n bouquet? ha
http://www.boo-n-bouquet.blogspot.com
also abt everything also complain…
blog about this?
http://tnp.sg/speakup/story/0,4136,249993,00.html?
Wow thanks for that quirkyhill, though I couldn’t find the link on the tnp website. was it in the sunday edition?
you’re welcome!
probably, since it’s dated 25 july.
and you can read more letters from the speakup section:
http://www.tnp.sg/mnt/html/speakup/index.html
sense of entitlement when it comes to taking public transport?
http://tnp.sg/speakup/story/0,4136,251251,00.html?
http://tnp.sg/speakup/story/0,4136,251252,00.html?
http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_564425.html
Hi there,
I couldn’t locate your contact email address anywhere in your blog. I want to say I thoroughly enjoyed your blog. I have a blog that is along similar veins. So I was wondering if we may exchange links on the blogroll?
Excellent job with the blog. Kudos for such a wonderful name too. You might just consider adding a tagline ” We are not called Champions for nothing” or “We are the Champions!”. It was conferred by the greatest man of our country, you know?
Thanks Kin, I think the line was ‘ champion grumblers’. I even have a post on it ha
may i humbly request you do this one?
http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_732610.html
How dare Singaporeans be irreverent and mock other Singaporean’s concerns as something funny, silly or trivial?! I WANT TO COMPLAIN