Saturday, October 17, 2009
The Fall of Single Feather...
Differences
There are a couple of differences between Japan and Singapore that I really wanted to talk about.
Certain things to be clarified, and certain to be shared.
However, I have to say that all of these are simply my point of views. It might not be right. At the very least, I think it is.
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1) Women
Yes, Japan has more beautiful women. They are not inproportionate in the least, at least I've only seen 1 or 2 in the course of my 12 day stay.
They are only more beautiful because they know how to dress up.
Awesome make up, nice outfits (not talking about the lolita/punk/pink dresses). All of these made them more... pleasant looking. And I think Singaporeans can be like that too. If you think about it, the good looking girls are just the ones who happen to dress better. That's all.
2) Service
To be fair, I wouldn't say that every service person(or wadever its called. You know what I'm talking about.) in Singapore is poorer than Japan in terms of service. It just happens that Japanese make more effort in providing good service.
The difference is really easily to be spotted.
When I got off the plane back to Singapore, there was 1 crew member from the Japan airline, and 2 members from Changi aiport waiting at the exit.
The Japanese staff was smiling very sweetly, while the other two looked... you know.
Of course, there are staff in Singapore that actually smiles when they serve you. Only that in Japan, its almost everyone.
Sure, it's not easy to maintain a smile for the whole day, but the if the Japanese can do it, why can't we?
3) Cleanliness
I think its an insult to Japan when we say that Singapore is clean. Period.
The standard of cleanliness among our countries is totally different.
4) Rice
I've been pondering about the standard of the sushi in Singapore in comparison to Japan. Obviously, ours suck more.
In my opinion, there is one significant difference, the quality of the rice. Japan's pearl rice has a complete different texture and taste compared to our rice, and its not sold overseas.
1 bowl of rice costs more than $3.
It's totally different. It's not that we have more rice than fish in our sushi, its more like Japan's rice is too expensive to be used more extensively.
At least, that is what I think.
Another different is that the rice in the sushi has more air spaces in between them, which makes it easier to chew. I'm wondering if this is a matter of skill or the quality of rice.
Then again, I'm not pro.
5) Night view.
I can stand on the mountain and do nothing but simply stare at the night scenery. Seriously. It's amazing.
And I'm not even talking about mountains. I'm talking about city lights.
What is Singapore?
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Later...
"I'm not laughing at you. I'm laughing near you."
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