I'm quite surprised whenever I see a show that quotes Singapore in them.
It's like a bomb dropped on the head. Somewhere in the US, people actually know that a small tiny island called Singapore exists.
There are probably tourists scrambling after watching Pirates of the Carribean in hopes to see a pirate/sex cabin who are disappointed that we didn't actually keep our heritage/signature pirate booty (even though judging by the timeline of Pirates Singapore was more a Malay village than a Chinese pirate country)
Or tourists scrambling to get fishes to nibble at their feet to achieve the perfect feet as potrayed in Ugly Betty. Bet they believe all Singaporean housewifes have beautiful feet under their plastic clogs and baju butterflies.
Then i recalled how years ago while I was in Starbucks, how a tourist (who thought I was Spanish for some reason) refused to believe that I was an actual Singaporean. "No you're not! Singaporeans are Chinese and speak bad English" I laughed at that point but thinking back, it was a really bad insult.
People, there are Malays down here, Indians and more recently more Filipinos than you can count. Singapore is not a mini China country contrary to popular belief and as far as I know, there's only one shop that actually offers the fish treatment.
So if you do decide to visit Singapore after visiting this blog, don't open your mouths too wide when you see people of colour walking about in the streets other than Chinese.
And no, we don't have a pirate themed park yet (maybe the IR will have it soon) nor scantily-clad women (except in Geylang) but we do have the Youth Olympics. :)
What a disappointment it must be.
