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Anonymous
singlish is just a side-effect of being multilingual. slangs and stuff just gets mixed up when they speak.
english is all you need to live there. knowing chinese (mandarin and the various chinese dialects) definitely helps to impress the locals.
quality of life is pretty good, may be the best in that part of asia.
nightlife might be a little dull. singapore's a dull place to live in.
as for the censorship and stuff, some people get used to it easily. because it is undeniably a wealthy nation, singapore's proof that a dictatorship does work if there is a good leader.
i wouldn't say it's identical to what we've read about nazi germany. no doubt the media is controlled by the government, so no sensitive racial, sexual and political issues are discussed on tv, radio or the papers. but then, there's always the internet.
city's clean, no chewing gums, absolutely no drugs, strict laws, everything, including cigarettes and alcohol, is bloody expensive relative to the rest of southeast asia.
food is always one of those things they promote to attract foreigners. you can find cuisines from all over asia in singapore.
but if you absolutely insists on living in an asian country with more freedom of speech, then consider hong kong. they're quite similar.
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