What's up everyone, and welcome to my new blog titled Hangouts of Singapore! While the title may seem indicative of a blog discussing about various places to chill out in Singapore, this blog will actually be much more than that; it is about life in Singapore from the perspective of a true-blue, Singaporean-born Singaporean.
I decided to create this blog as I felt that my other blog was centered around my hobbies, and I didn't want to break the focus of that blog suddenly. I can cover over here various issues such as political ramblings, social issues and hangouts that I frequent with my friends without bordering on irrelevance as would have happened were I to post all these on The Watch Post.
Of course, to give you an idea of the sort of perspective you'll read here, a short introduction about myself is necessary. I was born in 1991, which makes me 23 years of age this year. I've lived in the heartlands all my life, firstly at Ubi, after which I shifted to Hougang when I was about nine years of age and have been residing here since. If this doesn't constitute as being truly Singaporean then I don't know what will!
At just somewhere over 700 square kilometers, Singapore is a really small country. You'd need no more than a day or two to visit all the major landmarks of Singapore. Of course, the locals are worse off, considering we spend our lives here.
If you were to go around Singapore and speak to the locals, you'll no doubt hear a very common complain; Singapore is such a boring place. Some will agree and some won't. While I do admit that there are certain aspects in which Singapore really lacks color, it would be narrow-minded of me to make a sweeping statement such as saying the whole of Singapore is boring. That is one of the driving forces behind this blog, to prove that in a country as small as Singapore, exploration can still be had.
Perhaps among the more famous things Singapore is known for, the immensely strict laws stand out the most prominently. Foreigners may have very black and white connotations about Singapore, where everything is either a yes or a no, with nothing in-between. While there is some truth that the very strict laws here (sometimes to the point of being ridiculous) make Singapore a very dull place, it is definitely not completely true. There are cultures to be discovered, customs to be observed, traditions to be followed and a whole lot more to be found, but only if you know where to.
With that, I think I've covered the reasons that this blog has been setup. Please show your support for Hangouts of Singapore and drop by every now and then for an update or two, thank you!
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