oh gosh reverse culture shock is so real!! got so used to saying "cheers" instead of "thanks" that i forgot no one says that back in sg... i once said "cheers" while buying stuff and the cashier was like "boy this is a 7/11" lol
@blackhorse7553
4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@SchaSdancelikenobodyiswatching
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@GeorgiaCaney
4 жыл бұрын
hahaha love that 😂 CHEEEERSSS!!
@Syahidsahoarder
4 жыл бұрын
HAHA
@PlayFoodSG
4 жыл бұрын
LOL I legit got so confused when I visited UK for the first time, cos we usually say "cheers" in SG only when drinking. So imagine my confusion when I went to the supermarket and the British cashier said "cheers" when i paid him🤣
@beanoyip06
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe check how much a bowl of wanton noodles cost in London.. so that’s the equivalent cost to the English breakfast in SG
@justjan1
4 жыл бұрын
That's a good point. It's about £8 - £14
@GeorgiaCaney
4 жыл бұрын
haha so right!
@humanshieldz
4 жыл бұрын
I remember someone said the 1 Old Chang Kee curry puff is like 5 pounds there 😅
@letterZach
4 жыл бұрын
That's such a valid point!
@PlayFoodSG
4 жыл бұрын
BUT fish and chips is still like £10 in UK, which is approximately $17-18 SGD, so about the same :( But the fish and chips in UK are rlly rlly good tho, miss those so much!
@shaiksyasya
4 жыл бұрын
some culture shocks i experienced: - in london you insert your card on your own and key in your pin, in singapore you have to give your card to the cashier to insert - escalators! in london you stand on the right, here it’s left - there arent a lot of malls in london so you walk A LOT more, plus cabs aren’t so accessible. this gave me reverse culture shock because when i came back to singapore after three years, i tried to walk everywhere and realised it isn’t possible because it’s frickin hot and it’s either in a mall or i’d have to take a bus - bubble tea is so much better here 😭 and there’s so much of it!! asian food like hong kong egg waffles, chicken rice, mee rebus, prata are all disgustingly cheap and are no longer luxuries like they were when i lived in london. - i wore boots when i came back to singapore for about a month and my family kept making fun of me and i finally realised it’s just not practical. all the tips i’d thought up just weren’t relevant anymore (like making sure your boots are waterproof in case it rains or bringing a coat instead of an umbrella because the wind is going to flip it inside out) - there’s really so much more! you guys should collab with a singaporean youtuber who has lived in london. that would be really fun
@yewsengcheong1637
4 жыл бұрын
As a Singaporean living in London, I still find hawker food my most missed thing about home. Meal Deals and Weatherspoons jsut don't seem to cut it. Hawker food is cheaper and so much tastier. and in winter, when you want a nice hot meal, you would usually have to pay at least £5-£6. Groceries here are so much cheaper and better though!! Looking forward to my visit for CNY. Driving, agreed. roads in london are like patchwork. it's a lot older infrastructure though. Walking, i think i walk slower in SIngapore cause i don't wanna sweat. =) I love that I can chat to anyone here!
@PlayFoodSG
4 жыл бұрын
There is more Asian food in London now though! Bang Bang Oriental is a food court in London with lots of Asian stalls. My godmum who immigrated to UK used to run a shop there
@maureenkam9212
4 жыл бұрын
How about instant noodle? I remembered Singapore Airline was running out of instant cup noodle when they flew a group of Singapore passengers from Barcelona to Singapore.
@PlayFoodSG
4 жыл бұрын
@@maureenkam9212 LOL srsly? My experience travelling on SQ has always been amazing. But I remembered when I took British Airways, they actually ran out of toilet paper and water 🤣🤣
@Elementroar
4 жыл бұрын
The closest thing to 'hawker food' I found in the UK (well, Brighton) was foodtruck food? In terms of pricing and packaging etc. Especially I went to eat some like middleastern curry thing, it tasted exactly like rendang curried goat.
@albin123003
4 жыл бұрын
Yea, the hawker culture should be universally adopted. From a consumer perspective, it would be a food hot-spot as you get to choose what you to eat or even multiple types of different cuisines. It is also more convenient in a family setting when different family members craves different foods. In a cafe or restaurant setting, its usually follow a specific genre of cuisine i.e. Western, Korean, Mexican, etc. Maybe from the restaurant perspective, it is like potentially sharing your consumer base with others as some people might have craving for your food but when they reached, they saw something else and changed their mind whereas in restaurant, you will purely be there for their food.
@Sez286
4 жыл бұрын
Home is where the water doesn’t taste weird 😂
@GeorgiaCaney
4 жыл бұрын
haha love that!
@stantwice5116
4 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@mikecheng9408
3 жыл бұрын
singapore drinks new water
@niroku8923
4 жыл бұрын
Oh my, this video cracked me so much🤣😂 "Can do Paynow?" "Can do contactless?" 🤣🤣🤣 Might as well Justin say , "You got Paynow?" 😅😂🤣
@funwithrandom360
3 жыл бұрын
Got PayLah?
@aylayla18
4 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t agree more! Had similar shock when returning to the Netherlands. Oh my lord salad and coffee are extremely expensive in SG, and all of sudden everyone in the Netherlands is so messy.. i was used to all the ladies in SG dressed up, with make up and expensive handbags.. whereas in the Netherlands people are so low key, don’t like flashy stuff and most people don’t bother to brush their hair and dress practical due to the weather 😂
@averilt
4 жыл бұрын
Oh man I thought my fellow Singaporeans were sloppy dressers, because I see people in flip flops and cargo shops in the malls and I could never...
@orionsquare
4 жыл бұрын
I am Singaporean but live in England. I know exactly what you mean. Singapore is a fast paced country so not many have the time to stop and talk to you unless they are charity tin shakers wanting your money. The cashiers are only hired to collect money and do it fast otherwise there will be a great long queue forming behind you and they might get scolded for not doing their job efficiently. As for walking, I never like walking fast in Singapore as I get all hot and sweaty so I understand why the locals stroll along slowly. When I got back to SG recently, someone told me that they accept "paylah" and I said "whaaa?"... same kind of response you gave when you tried to ask about Contactless. haha
@jessleeliang
4 жыл бұрын
Ĺ
@SchaSdancelikenobodyiswatching
4 жыл бұрын
I love how frequent Justin is in ur vlogs 😁 u guys are so cute😭
@GeorgiaCaney
4 жыл бұрын
aw thankss! 😝
@damienchan3257
4 жыл бұрын
Really curious what Justin said when he ordered in Singlish, and how the Macs girl reacted
@becidus
4 жыл бұрын
Damien Chan maybe he went, “fries no salt”
@alie_thevampire
4 жыл бұрын
the biggest culture shock i had when i was in UK was everything closes so early! even big malls close at 6pm on a sunday
@GeorgiaCaney
4 жыл бұрын
Yess we found that a shock too! Something we had totally forgotten about 🙈
@phng8316
4 жыл бұрын
🤣😂
@everyoneiswhite.6506
4 жыл бұрын
You can thank non-whites for that
@randomsgvideoguy3972
4 жыл бұрын
1 word: LAZY (for UK)
@htlow3598
4 жыл бұрын
That's because of the Sunday trading law.
@jacksontech1
4 жыл бұрын
I love the sunset at 4pm part. My parents and I recently went to South Korea for vacation and the sun set at 5pm, my dad was disoriented and he told us “hey, it’s getting dark, let’s go back to the hotel.” He was ready to go to the bed, lol!
@GeorgiaCaney
4 жыл бұрын
haha yesss I was ready for bed by 7pm, was so disorientating!
@humanshieldz
4 жыл бұрын
When I returned from Australia I still greet the bus drivers when I board the bus. Still do it from time to time but I definitely do not say thank you when I alight now. We really should bring back the courtesy campaign and greatly improve our customer service. I find myself saying thank you more than the people I patronize the shop from 😂
@huaiwei
4 жыл бұрын
It is now slowly but surely happening here. More drivers are doing the greeting, and more passengers are responding. In time, more passengers will start to take the initiative to greet and say thank you. Btw, you will notice a rather strange exception. People of all ages, especially the older folks, tend to thank the drivers of the free shuttle buses in SGH. It seems that in local culture, people will express appreciation when it is a free service!
@meifernlee4410
4 жыл бұрын
It’s so interesting to know the vast difference in cultures between the two countries.. nice..
@GeorgiaCaney
4 жыл бұрын
thanks for watching!
@tigerlily6668
4 жыл бұрын
I can understand the English part. That was how I had to learn to adapt and speak the Singaporean English when I first came to Singapore, otherwise I had to repeat myself a few times or being misunderstood. After 25 years, I have completely 100% adopted Singlish in my speech. And the funny thing is I don’t realised the changes until whenever I visit my relatives back home, they would laughed and teased me on my English.
@vincentsim6901
4 жыл бұрын
Glad that you speak Singlish! It is our unique that binds Singaporeans together! Just in case most of the foreigners who may not know this, some of our Singlish words are in the Oxford Dictionary. www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36275640
@nobodynobody8877
4 жыл бұрын
Georgia, if you have ever gone deeper into Singapore‘s residential area, you will have "lobang" to find almost everything cheaper. (But not medical bills)
@loweihong
4 жыл бұрын
Caught a glimpse of Justin and you while passing by a cafe the other day, unknowingly felt a brief moment of starstruck awe hahahaha looking great guys!
@jonathantaylor861
4 жыл бұрын
This video is bang on! At work in UK, we do drink rounds and even though I've left half my previous tea to get cold, I'll still have another new one when someone asks. And when I worked in SG, colleagues rarely asked about each others weekend, but in UK it seems mandatory to ask on a Monday or even Tuesday. Then a bit of a lull on wednesday, before on Thursday and Friday you can ask what people will be doing that coming weekend.
@Lima547
3 жыл бұрын
You are a very nice couple! We are a Brazilian family who lived in Ncl upon Tyne for 6 years, now living in Canada. I have a job offer to live in Singapore and your comparison between UK 🇬🇧 and Singapore is quite helpful. Thank you!
@dusktoshawn
4 жыл бұрын
11:41 “not say it doesn’t exist here” 😂 the two of you are sooo localised. i love it!
@kazunoify
4 жыл бұрын
The only thing that is not localised is their paycheck.
@amaris5141
4 жыл бұрын
the young people working things is actually growing to be more popular in Singapore. But one of the major reasons students don’t work is because parents want them to focus on their studies bc school can get very stressful and tiring. Moreover , when some students work , they go for agents (not sure if this is the correct term) , who give them jobs that are one-time as most jobs require you to work for about 3-8 months.
@ignatiushie4403
4 жыл бұрын
What a lovely couple who embrace Singapore as your second home. We, as Singaporeans, love to have you here enjoying our little country. Not all Singaporeans are aloof so don’t be afraid to say “hi” to us anytime and anywhere. You are both ones of us.
@jackt3356
4 жыл бұрын
I went back to the UK recently and was so shocked at how dirty the streets were. I don't even notice the clean streets in Singapore but now I do hah
@deedeerai9700
4 жыл бұрын
I love this video so much as I can relate all this you guys have mentioned 😅 adapting to UK life is still difficult after a year and half. I miss the convenience of everything in Singapore like good food everywhere, good transport urgh😭 . Love your videos Georgia!!(:
@jefflim7020
4 жыл бұрын
Agree with u Georgia. Groceries are much cheaper when I was in UK, I love Lidl ,Aidl and sainsbury... Ice cream is very cheap in UK supermarkets too...
@GeorgiaCaney
4 жыл бұрын
Aldi is amazingggg
@jefflim7020
4 жыл бұрын
@@GeorgiaCaney Yupp. Even a simple bread from Lidl or Aidl bakery taste great... Fish and chips are the best... They r very big portion, filling and reasonably priced.... The pastries there are very tasty too... I love how the British in general are really friendly,polite and considerate...
@PlayFoodSG
4 жыл бұрын
OMG YAS THE ICE CREAM! Ben & Jerry in UK was like £4??? Ice cream? More like "I scream" 🤣🍦
@jefflim7020
4 жыл бұрын
@@PlayFoodSG I was eating ice cream with my gf almost daily. It's either those from supermarkets or from those independent shops. Drank lots of hot chocolates n ate lots of cakes too!
@PlayFoodSG
4 жыл бұрын
@@jefflim7020 Yes! **stockpiles the ice cream like a classic Singaporean xD**
@Lateenzy
4 жыл бұрын
OMG YES. I LOVE IT WHEN I COULD TALK TO STRANGERS IN THE TRAIN or even just during my walk to the mall. I miss it so much.
@flirtatiousdisses
4 жыл бұрын
This was such a throwback for me. When I studied in the UK, I would only get meal deals for lunch hahaha. They were so cheap! And the one thing I miss most about living there was having conversations with random people. It just creates such a friendly atmosphere :)
@GeorgiaCaney
4 жыл бұрын
it does right??
@wy9317
4 жыл бұрын
In Singapore, private hire drivers are likely to get low ratings from their passengers if they are too chatty as most of us just want some quiet time while commuting. Personally I don’t like random conversations from strangers as well lol.
@huaiwei
4 жыл бұрын
@@wy9317 really? 90% of the time I had intense conversations with the drivers....and I give them 5 stars if they make my trip enjoyable because of that haha!
@hasitdawnedonyou
4 жыл бұрын
I got such a culture shock when I was living in London and everything was wrapped in plastic. In France you can find all the fruit and veg unwrapped and everywhere and if just bring my cloth bag and get them. I felt really frustrated in London doing groceries
@lohwpr
4 жыл бұрын
Food seems to be more expensive in Singapore because you are eating British food locally. If you are eating local food in hawkers centres, they are cheaper than UK.
@PlayFoodSG
4 жыл бұрын
True. It's always the reverse. Western food in SG is expensive, Asian food in SG is cheap. Western food in UK is cheap, Asian food in UK is expensive. 😛
@cheekmunks1415
4 жыл бұрын
“@%#...speak properly!” 😂 Georgia, i get you! i’m a local in SG, but loves speaking loads in Oz & UK...i get to make full use of my vocabulary there...but it’s not efficient & effective using it daily in SG! i often have to break it down & simplify here 😅
@hoifeikwok7457
4 жыл бұрын
London and the south is so different from the rest of the country. Water is nice in Birmingham (water from Wales). People are more laid back and definitely walk slower than Singapore. Groceries are cheaper but you should go to Aldi and Lidl. You will find them even cheaper. 19p for cauliflower is because it was around Christmas. They slashed the price for carrots, parsnips and other vegs over Christmas although throughout the year, groceries are cheap in UK compared to Singapore. This is mainly due to the fact that there is farming in UK and we do not have to import everything. Public transport is expensive as you said. I had a reverse culture shock as a Singaporean living in UK on a recent visit to Singapore and saw how cheap public transport was (and also how expensive shower gel was).
@karjeecheng9024
4 жыл бұрын
At the risk of being pedantic, I want to say that the difference in taste of the water is probably due to the TDS (Total Dissolved Solids - a measure of the combined inorganic and organic substances dissolved in water, expressed as parts per million) levels. Singapore's tap water TDS readings typically range from around 60+ to 170+ (mine at Simei measured 72 the last time I used my TDS meter), whereas in the UK, it can range from 100+ to 500+
@hansensoh
4 жыл бұрын
So interesting to learn of the differences here from UK. Especially how you tell them.
@penguin6700
4 жыл бұрын
You said '70 plus'. Is that Singlish too? 😀 Waiting for Singapore to be stricter on the distribution of plastic bags at supermarkets. The bigger ones can still be reused as garbage bags. The smaller ones to hold fruit, bread etc are often not reused.
@MrBenHaynes
4 жыл бұрын
"70 plus" is definitely Singlish. 'More than 70', or 'over 70' is English. My wife gets me with the "plus" all the time. I reply, "plus how much"? Fun!
@jeny7177
4 жыл бұрын
For the part about walking fast. You may want to check it out during the morning peak hours at Raffles mrt station after alighting from the station. People do walk very fast but not sure now in this pandemic covid19 period as many may still be working from home
@wasabisazzdafirst
4 жыл бұрын
i studied in the US for almost a year now but had to return due to covid. In the US, pedestrians have the right of way and drivers would normally stop at every stop sign so i was really used to crossing the street even tho there was a car coming from a few meters away. when i returned i had to stop myself from thinking that drivers here are as polite as drivers in the US. i even got shouted once at by a motorcyclist delivering food and was like 'yea i gotta stop doing that' lol
@Lateenzy
4 жыл бұрын
I was in the UK for three months, came back to Singapore and didnt feel much of a culture shock. Watching this video tho, mannnnn i miss the UK :’) i have a huge smile on my face while watching this. Thank you!
@traveltommy
4 жыл бұрын
I'm Singaporean, working in the UK, so I do experience the reverse of some of your points!
@TheSIGHTREADINGProject
4 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! In winter mainly but when you touch items and they are cold! Coming down the escalator at Heathrow I couldn't believe the hand rail was cold
@matsudarx8
4 жыл бұрын
Had the same weird feeling in winter in the US while on an extended business trip. Sun is out at 4pm. Very depressing feeling. Makes you feel like you are doing OT throughout winter.
@FusionSempai
4 жыл бұрын
It's almost bright at 4am in the summer. Gawd it was something to get used to during my exchange in Scotland.
@blmetal65
4 жыл бұрын
Things in Singapore are generally imported and so the prices are unsurprisingly pricier than say in the UK. Groceries usually take up a substantial portion of household budgets because items like food ingredients, vegetables, spices and etc. are all imported stuff. So the govt set up 'cheap' food outlets known as 'hawker centers' to cater to local needs and wallets but in general unless you're PMETS, MPs, Ministers, senior civil servants, life can be quite a struggle for the average Singaporean.
@lNFINlTEx
4 жыл бұрын
I don't know what you mean by "struggle", but I feel like a dual-income family with normal jobs can survive quite comfortably in Singapore? Certainly, we have to be selective about how we spend our $$$, but honestly thats just how life is.
@blmetal65
4 жыл бұрын
@@lNFINlTEx If you don't understand what 'struggle' means then you have never need to 'struggle' to survive Life's challenges.
@lNFINlTEx
4 жыл бұрын
@@blmetal65 ... Yes, but nobody in my family is a "PMET, Senior Civil Servant, Minister or MP".
@blmetal65
4 жыл бұрын
@@lNFINlTEx Neither is mine and that's the whole point. Not many average Singaporean family is. This bunch of elite class is in a world of their own making. So altho' they are mostly leaders who make decisions that affect the lives of most ordinary people, they don't understand nor really care for that matter what the average people lives are like. Its ironic and tragic.
@lNFINlTEx
4 жыл бұрын
@@blmetal65 I can't argue with that... but its certainly not a uniquely Singaporean problem if that brings you any comfort. Thats deviating from what I'm trying to bring across tho. You can live a comfortable life on a salary of an average job. To say that 'generally everyone in Singapore is struggling' is making light of what it really means to be struggling to make ends meet.
@SSBMA1994
4 жыл бұрын
I went to visit my grandma in a rural area in Bogor, Indonesia. My huge culture shocks were that the traffic was soooo horible. Like from the airport to my destination took 7-8hours by car or more and when I need to pee I had to hold it in so bad. The roads are very confusing, the bus, the train is not as convenient as singapore. The worst part was they dont have a proper disposal system in place for throwing thrash in the rural areas. So people literally threw their garbage by the lake, or outside. I saw my grandmas neighbour had thrash buildup so high outside her house it almost look like a mountain. But one thing that I did like, was when I ride their version of a bus, that is really like a van. Random kids will jump in by the door randomly and start singing to earn money. And most of the time they have such wonderful singing voices. It makes the cramp train ride more bearable although I feel bad that the kids had to earn money at such a young age
@AR-ek1jr
4 жыл бұрын
Justin is so cute when he tries to explain stuff!
@LonewolfNSP
4 жыл бұрын
Funny seeing two ang mohs experiencing reverse cultural shocks back home.
@2eleven48
4 жыл бұрын
@John Lonewolf...."Ang mo (Chinese: 紅毛; pinyin: hóng máo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-mô͘ / âng-mn̂g), or ang moh, is a racial descriptor used to refer to white people that is sometimes seen as a pejorative epithet." Not nice, John, not nice at all.
@MasterSkySparklez
4 жыл бұрын
@@2eleven48 this negative connotation is no longer attached to this term. Relax
@vincentsim6901
4 жыл бұрын
Georgia, Singlish is uniquely Singapore! Yes it may sound broken but it is the way which distinguish us apart from the rest of the world. We can be in US or UK and when we heard someone speaking in Singlish, we will definitely start talking to each other. By the way, some of the Singlish words are in the Oxford Dictionary: www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36275640. Not forgetting there are so many different English accent in UK that half the time, most people may not understand and may think it's broken English too :) I am glad that you both enjoyed your short time in Singapore and I must say I have many foreign friends around who have visited my country before, most of them wish to stay here. Cheers!
@AStarVlogs
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing this! :) What are some places you love to explore in Singapore?
@TransportationONLY
4 жыл бұрын
I’m a Singaporean and have been to the UK once, and I almost agree with everything that you mentioned Also I miss Pret A Manger it was so delicious
@TheMementoMori
4 жыл бұрын
It's the opposite for me! I've been living and working in the UK now for a while and go back for like 2 weeks a year. I start to get revere culture shocks whenever I go back to Singapore (home). The way I currently speak and use the English language is also quite different as compared to the time I was in Singapore
@johnmoffatt6592
4 жыл бұрын
Amusing and lovely Colonials 🏴🇬🇧
@jlcdrivewayramps7343
4 жыл бұрын
Not sure if it was very clever deliberate intention or things just happened that way, this video will win you lots of singaporean likes n subscribers...now that you portray yourselves getting so singaporeanized...
@wumingkkk
4 жыл бұрын
I was at G2000 the other day. This auntie was arguing with the sales assistants that she deserved a plastic bag because she bought things from them. Despite the education on the damage done by plastics and the signs saying that plastic bags need to be paid, aunties always feel they must be entitled no matter what the cost. It bloody disgusts me.
@gotmyonu1027
4 жыл бұрын
You guys are funny..... Love you both. Have a lovely Chinese New Year.
@swaser112
4 жыл бұрын
Just got back from a holiday in the UK and I agree. Water tastes so weird there! But also, SUPER CHEAP GROCERIES YASSSS. Gonna miss £2 prosciutto 😭
@tojafara
4 жыл бұрын
Spot on! I identified with every single one!
@paulvanderveer5864
4 жыл бұрын
Used to live in Singapore for 11 years. Didn't really like the water there. They put chlorine inside to kill the bacteria. The water in my hometown is like spa/evian water. In Singapore I always had to put it in the fridge to get rid of the chlorine taste.
@tinc6349
4 жыл бұрын
I am from SG but I have been living in AU for about 4 years. I am totally not used to the all the summer in SG and I miss winter and autumn. Also, I realised that I strike a lot of conversations with strangers that i look nosy.
@MrBenHaynes
4 жыл бұрын
Yep, the four seasons would be the single thing that I miss the most, living in SG. Embrace the cold of winter and welcome the warmth of summer!
@chiaslife2138
4 жыл бұрын
Boiled water taste so good 😊
@francischoo1812
4 жыл бұрын
Tried boiling the water from the tap in UK and it was too hard to drink it plain. That was something I personally find difficult to adjust to especially when the weather was cold.
@audreychristabelchan7844
4 жыл бұрын
Dang I agree with the pace of Singaporeans in general! I like to walk fast but others, especially with friends, tend to walk slower so I get really irritated and start walking off the sidewalks and past whoever is in front of me.
@mzm_myk
4 жыл бұрын
You guys are so sweet 😊😃😃😃🤗🤗💖💖💖
@noeltay534
4 жыл бұрын
Studied in the UK and yea pretty much everything is true except I rather go to a hawker than get a meal deal. Hawker > meal deals. To me meal deals seem like a rip off imo. And YES groceries are WAY WAY cheaper in the UK.
@ScotInTheDot
4 жыл бұрын
Haven't been back home yet since moving here almost exactly a year ago... Will probably get the reverse culture shock in the summer!
@sgtdishwasher4687
4 жыл бұрын
For a moment, I was wondering why the both of you were so happy about seeing mildew (Meal Deal) everywhere.
@ip3vk
3 жыл бұрын
There are pros & cons in UK as well as in Singapore & you can't compare the english spoken here to uk.
@TattoosLovers
4 жыл бұрын
Omg Georgia Caney me too i walk fast , i hate it when people walk so damn slow haha lol ..... awhhhhh i so miss Tesco in the U.K & sainsbury uk .
@keirapascual5425
2 жыл бұрын
also moving but not through an employer.. do u have a recommended expat networking group etc to connect with foreign business owners
@elysiatan
4 жыл бұрын
I had the opposite experience with sandwiches! I did my university exchange in the UK and I was so sick of having to get sandwiches for lunch
@Potomacstud
4 жыл бұрын
Good heavens , the laddies back ! Welcome back !
@GeorgiaCaney
4 жыл бұрын
ayooo
@beanoyip06
4 жыл бұрын
Meal deal is the best.. saves you preparing a meal..
@GeorgiaCaney
4 жыл бұрын
so goooodd
@dannysoh9467
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome sharing
@marieannechia6038
4 жыл бұрын
road signs in the UK are dirtied, grafitied, or broken. and the roundabouts. oh God... i hate the roundabouts especially on the motorways. i always lose my turn and i'll be going another round. and we can't help being "slow" with our slightly shorter legs. i got "tsk-ed" for being slow once on the underground escalators. i just ignored that. and yes, i enjoy the little chitchats in uk, even at the supermarkets. summer fruits in the uk are so...... oh faint. you can even get 99p a punnet for strawberries, in the countryside. oh. gosh.
@XenonKirito
4 жыл бұрын
The reason why we complain about the MRT services is because... The people or party that are behind the train service are paid top dollars. They are considered as one of the most highly paid ministers in the world. The people behind the public transports like buses or MRT or most taxis or private hire are not private own companies. They are government owned companies. That's one thing that some people who are outside of the country might not know about. Owning a vehicle is like owning another housing in Singapore... Why? Owning any kind of cars is not cheap. Cars since they are imported they are heavily taxed by the government so that they can earn more money from it. And you can only use that car that has been bought for 10 years before renewing the license for that car again by paying extra again and again every 10 years. And from someone's point of view... The COE which cost about $10k SGD or more might be expensive for the average Singaporean. Housing here in Singapore are very expensive with the space given to us especially since majority of the land in Singapore are owned by the Government. Hence why there are quite a lot of HDBs around but their cost for a 2 rm flat will cost $200k SGD or more depending on the area. Where as a condominiums flat cost for 1 rm are 500k sgd or more then a 2 rm will be higher then that. The walking speed thing depends? If we are in a rush we will try to walk faster if not walk on our own pacing. Considering that it's super humid in Singapore.
@Lateenzy
4 жыл бұрын
Im sorry for the multiple comments, but yes. The fruits & vegetables 😭 i miss it
@workfasts
4 жыл бұрын
Did you order Teh-O, Kopi-O in UK?
@iawarenow658
4 жыл бұрын
it's hard to land in Heathrow after being in Singapore a long time as feels so cold and damp if landing in winter time that is but sadly the Visa does not last forever and they soon want you out.. just want what they can take from you or your money and then fk off Singapore is for ''Chinese'' only becomes a massive issue..
@bambooex
4 жыл бұрын
Are there PMDs in the UK?
@SchaSdancelikenobodyiswatching
4 жыл бұрын
UK groceries are definitely cheaper even after conversion. Its 1 pound for 1kg of frozen veggies in Waitrose , in Fairprice, they sell it for $SGD6 😑 (i checked the waitrose website lmao) thats 6 times more?! They could have sold it for $SGD3/4
@justjan1
4 жыл бұрын
And Waitrose is one of the most expensive supermarkets. However things like soy sauce or mangoes are much more expensive in the UK
@SchaSdancelikenobodyiswatching
4 жыл бұрын
Jan Chowdhury Yup! i know waitrose are considered expensive in the UK😁 Soy sauce are usually used in asian dishes, i think you can find cheaper if u go to an asian grocery store in uk? I don’t use soy sauce though, i prefer liquid aminos😊 taste like soy sauce but its better for u nutritionally. Mangoes are expensive in singapore too, especially when not in season. I buy 1 mango for $SGD1 🥴
@justjan1
4 жыл бұрын
@@SchaSdancelikenobodyiswatching even when I go to Asian stores it's really expensive :( Mangoes are about £2.50 each - the cheapest you can ever buy them now (not rotten!) Is about £1.50. I'm in SG right now and I find the prices are not as bad I ever thought... Apart from ice cream lol
@GeorgiaCaney
4 жыл бұрын
haha ikr we felt like kings shopping in tesco!! 🙈
@SchaSdancelikenobodyiswatching
4 жыл бұрын
Jan Chowdhury Hahah yes! Ice cream is expensive like b&j / haagendazs. It is ridiculous 😂 but i will still buy it whenever there are offers. 2 tubs for $20+ is the cheapest i can find even after offers, ridiculous! For mangoes i think it really depends where u buy them from since almost 90% of things are imported in singapore, hence the high price☹️ if they are in season, try Sheng Siong/Giant/ Fairprice supermarkets. Or even fruit shops! If u have a singaporean friend, they might know where to find fruits for cheap in ur area😊
@jdlc903
4 жыл бұрын
Whetherspoons is a low end gastro pub
@nurulxlh_4672
4 жыл бұрын
PAYWAVE? NETS? 😂 I can also imagine how excited and happy when Georgia see the cheap prices back in UK!
@asian6oy
4 жыл бұрын
I miss English meal deals 😭 but y'all should check out 7-11 pretty good sandwiches.
@eechier
4 жыл бұрын
In Singapore, they don't call trains "trains" they will just a MRT to "train" so is MRT Train. I will always get mad when someone just call that a "subway" is not a sandwich. I understand that some peeps mistaken MRT Trains for " Subway ".
@dthariyanto1592
4 жыл бұрын
Many Thanks for sharing
@jessmullens5191
4 жыл бұрын
Justin, you'll be ok in Australia, it's PayWave here too, or you can 'tap'. Easy! Contactless takes too long to say lol
@mattdeeeezy
4 жыл бұрын
oh my god, the walking!!!! i'm an american living in tokyo and i feel the same way, people here walk so slowly. the worst is most are not paying attention to their surroundings, so they'll just walk right in front of you. so frustrating!!!
@pizzazpaz822
4 жыл бұрын
Matt Davis ?? What’s wrong with walking in front of people lol
@mattdeeeezy
4 жыл бұрын
@@pizzazpaz822 i mean they will step right in front of you as if you weren't there. cutting you off essentially
@pizzazpaz822
4 жыл бұрын
Matt Davis I don’t really get what you’re saying but I guess that could be frustrating
@philipchan79
4 жыл бұрын
How do you feel about Prince Harry & Meghan stepping back from royal duties? 😄
@GeorgiaCaney
4 жыл бұрын
good for them haha
@mizaru84
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah u guys r lucky the Pound's pretty weak right now against SG dollars. I remember there was a time when Pound was 3 times rate that of SGD......one small meal at 10 pound was like 30 sgd.....was crazy
@zonatoh9222
4 жыл бұрын
haha she's talking about sandwiches the way i talk about hokkien mee. can't get it here or its super expensive euhhh... suddenly so relatable even if the food we crave for is different
@wakaoeh
4 жыл бұрын
Interesting video, thanks.
@AvengeBasketball
4 жыл бұрын
Because at 18 yrs old SG men are busy preparing to get enlisted into the military lol
@xlben10
4 жыл бұрын
When you adapt to a tropical climate and goes back to a european climate
@allyc4392
4 жыл бұрын
Love it!
@einnairo
4 жыл бұрын
Guys talk about parking...jeez i still cannot get over 24pound fee for 3 hours in london...
@ladyk3729
4 жыл бұрын
Thing about talking to strangers, often doesn’t happen in and around London, if a stranger is talking to you in London you want to be on your guard! Quite a notorious north/ south divide!
@petitmeowmeow
2 жыл бұрын
Public transport in the UK is ... My Chinese friends would be like "oh my train/bus is at 1pm, I'll get there for 12:58" And I'm like hahahahahahhahahahah no the train/bus will show up when it wants Also I'm an introvert, but I 100% chat and speak to strangers, it's just normal
@CharAzn1979
4 жыл бұрын
We don't speak broken English we just made the English language more efficient. Singlish is best English.
@emailant
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved it! Definitely relate to it. haha..
@shaungordon9737
4 жыл бұрын
People walk slow in SG due to the heat and to not sweat.
@derbyboon
4 жыл бұрын
There is sandwiches in 7eleven, I always eat in the morning also but I self made one
@Mcnat_Jimingurl90
4 жыл бұрын
I miss Fish & Chips in Wetherspoons UK and taking the train London
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