Fast pace in Singapore

theres an article i read in a magazine before that singaporeans walk the fastest. i also dont know why, but they are always rushing. now that im working here, i can see myself coped in with the fast pace. maybe because the transportation system here is very efficient that you can really calculate the time it will get you from one point to another. so theres not much need for "allowance" time

i guess it has been nurtured in us since young. haha. everything is faster faster. no time no time. but that's because singapore lives on human capital. therefore every minute is precious (in terms of making money). the more time you waste, the more money you don't earn. some don't like such a lifestyle though.

Singapore is a modern, efficient and forward thinking country. It is a fairly wealthy country and there is business going on there. Singaporeans are usually intelligent, polite, respectful and hardworking citizens. The people are mostly movers and shakers or steady workers. There are not many plodders in Singapore. A baby born there grows up with honest hard working parents and becomes a respectful person. Being in a rush shows just how hard working Singaporeans are. There are fines for poor behavior so people in Singapore learn to be well behaved. One of my friends on My Lot said Singapore is a fine country and she is right.

i live in singapore :) i guess it's because we have no natural resources to live on. hence we depend a lot on human capital. so there, we have to compete a lot with others.

Well, in order to survive in this country. It is to take count into every second of the time you spend. The more time you wasted, the more chances that somebody will take over you. It means that your money you going to earn will fly away. It is quite a competitive county even starting in primary school. People are competing with each other so that they have a better life in the future. I, myself, rather like to go to other country which is more less fast-paced. A place where i can walk slowly, looking at the scenery, drinking coffee, sitting down and quietly read my book. That is my dream. Singapore, is really a kia su country. Although our local movies did reflect about our life in singapore, but we still live it in this way. We are a bunch of people who do not like to be a loser. Therefore, we precious every seconds of our life to work hard, to achieve and then we earn more money to get a better life...

I am a Singaporean, born and bred in Singapore for the past 22 years of my life. It's like that living here. To us, time = $$. If we were to pause, we will fall into financial debts. The cost of living is horrendous here, but our salary still remains the same being on par with the other less developed Asian country. So, we have no choice but to rush about, trying to make ends meet. Furthermore, our government tends to treat its citizens like second class citizens and treat the foreigners who come here to work as first class citizens. That's the way it is, and we can't blame our government for it as we also depend heavily on foreign talents to do the work we are not competent or we do not want to do. Besides that, we do not have any natural resources in this country, and had to depend on good relations with our neighbouring countries to get the resources that we need, such as rice, chicken, water and so on and forth. Thus, the costs of our living here is way higher than those of our neighbouring countries and time is always equals to money. If you notice, Singaporeans do not like to waste time, and we hardly have enough time for leisure in our lives. Sad but a very true fact.