[ihateocr]

(Original post by -Illmatic-)
Like:
-Global reputation for piracy
Dislike:
-Global reputation for piracy

(you can probably guess which country I’m originally from)

Tortuga, Haiti?

[chinaberry]

That I'm not in it! I want to go back....
I can't think of anything bad about it, but maybe that's just because I haven't lived there since I was five. Been to it a million times on holiday but it's not the same, I don't like feeling an outsider.

[ssh19931111]

China

Like:
Efficiency (individuals and private companies)
Food
Work ethics
My primary school
Lack of political correctness

Dislike:
Ultranationalism
Weather
Hygiene
Too much work in school
Distrust
Inefficiency (government)
Smoking and drinking among the adults
Can't use facebook, can't use wikipedia, this is censored, that is censored, etc...
Morality barely exists, everybody for himself.

Since I'm British too...

UK

Like:
Weather (seriously)
Free speech
Nice people (just avoid the hoodies, yes, I said it)
Easy education
Not as competitive (as long as I don't drink I'm not too worried about my degree and job prospect)
Things are cheap relative to income
Food hygiene
British passport is useful for holiday
Smoke ban

Dislike:
Anything to do with left-wing (Guardian, political correctness, etc)
Lack of work ethics (good for me personally because it reduces competition for jobs)
Food
Transport fares
Inefficiency
Alcoholism
Self-destruction of British culture

[angelscape]

(Original post by fellowjoe)
Are you kidding me?!?!

Please elaborate? There may be aspects which can be improved upon but I think I, at the very least, have liven quite a comfortable life here.

[fellowjoe]

(Original post by angelscape)
Please elaborate? There may be aspects which can be improved upon but I think I, at the very least, have liven quite a comfortable life here.

Okay well, granted that you live quite comfortably here.

But quality of living has much more to offer beyond infrastructure, education and health. Even so, our education system, albeit being envied by American and Chinese education authorities, stifled our creativity and character development process. Everything here is just about grades, money and looking good on paper.

Our healthcare system isn't among the best in the world too.

I see that many fellow Singaporean mates just mug for the sake of mugging; if they can't get into a good school, then they will simply resign to their fate of going to a private school. Just so sad, don't you think so?

[arbaaz]

likes
fish and chips
the nhs
the safety and value for life unlike other countries
the fact that my friends and family are here
that i can walk around to get to places but in USA you need a car to get around

dislikes
benefit rogues
chavs
the metro
the about to break down buses
weather
the prices of everything and anything
the education system - tho it is much better than many other countries
the mentality of some people - tho they will be found wherever you go
the cost of transport
politicans - but again, you'll find them everywhere
daily fail... oops meant the daily mail - nuff said!
the sun

[FormerlyHistoryStudent]

England

Likes

- The National Parks and other areas of beautiful countryside - not just the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District, the Peak District and the Cotswolds, but also places like the Norfolk Broads, the New Forest, Northumberland National Park, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Bodmin Moor & the Forest of Dean.
- All the very underrated but excellent beaches, and areas of beautiful coastline
- The long, varied and fascinating history
- London - its quirkiness, markets, history, culture, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Lord's & Wembley & Twickenham, the iconic skyline by the Thames, the fact that the cuisine from practically every country in the world is available somewhere in London
- Manchester, Oxford, Norwich, Durham, Canterbury, Chester, Totnes, Wells, Brighton, and countless smaller places... have also heard brilliant things about York, Bath, Newcastle, Liverpool, Bristol and Cambridge - I'm so glad we have them all in this country!
- The very underrated food & drink
- The humour
- Culture - brilliant museums, art galleries, theatres, concert halls, literary festivals, music festivals etc.
- The NHS

Dislikes

- How expensive everything seems to be
- Chavs
- The Daily Mail
- 60s concrete tower blocks and other unfortunate architecture in some places, especially ones that were bombed during the war. We have some places with amazing architecture - eg. York, Bath, Oxford etc. - but also some places, or parts of places, with dire architecture.

[Tambourini]

Dislikes:
The Government
The weather
Immigration policies (Australia got it right)
The F.A
Manchester
Our troops fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq (Thanks Blair & Bush)

Likes:
NHS
Football
Wimbledon
Darts..

Not much else really :x

[nmudz_009]

Britain

Like: Some of the worlds brightest minds study at our universities
Language- I love english when properly spoken used all over the world
Lock of natural threats/animals likely to kill you/natural disasters
Appetite for discussion
Available variety of food
Cricket
Passion for most sport
Openness( british ppl are NOT reserved)
Goverment support for the poorest
Our history: Britain wud have been a reli poor country
without the empire. Talk about game changer, whether it was good or bad.
The fact products or qualifications or even simply living here is thought to be "gold standard" even tho in sum cases its clearly not.

Dislike: very high taxes
Weather
Not enough emphasis on science and tech
How drunk ppl can get
Lazy people on benefits
Chav culture
Copying America for sum reason
Pessimisity
Dry humour
Transport is stupidly expensive an jumping the train to college is stupidly easy!
Double fail!

pakistan

Like: Its food (punjabi cuisine) Most food served in indian restarants is actually pakistani
bcoz it contains meat

Punjabi/urdu language
General relaxed attitude to minor laws such as being 18 to drive
(if ur 11 and competant, then away you go)
Weather in spring time
Open markets selling food, (the smell )
Fierce Pride in our cities/history/righteosness
Cricket test playing nation
Origin of The best bowlers
The idea of pakistan/what it stood for originally
(we dont belong to a nation of quitters)
Huge housing (google lake city, Lahore)
Creativity ( although we dont have a film industry to show for it)


Dislike: Corruption
Illiteracy/intolerance
Leaders who don't represent the common people
Lack of common sense
A huge amount of pride when we beat india (at anything)
Lack of respect for women seems to be ingrained in illiterate people
Lazy individuals/piracy
Money spent on nuclear weapons
Lack of industry to develop creativity e.g art and acting
Bombings still happen
Little govermental support for the poorest
Bribes/lazy police/tax evasion

[Romanorum-Hellas]

What I like about Britain:

- Has advanced and civilised laws which have influenced nearly every legal system in the world

- There is a lot of important political history attributed to England and Scotland

- The weather is almost perfect: never too cold and never too hot

- I love London

What I dislike:

- How liberal values have dominated society and politics over the last 50 or so years

- How poor the social mobility is of British society

- How this country is literally an economic oligarchy

- How it is the 21st century yet we still have a queen who has no significant function

- How the rich are automatically at an advantage

- How many people abuse alcohol and drugs

- How salaries do not correspond with rising taxes

- How going to university is so damn expensive

- How this country claims to be a 'democracy' yet proportional and regional representation is extremely poor

- How the hypocrisy of its leaders is unmatched

- How there is still no complete separation of Church and State

- British people are generally lazy compared to, for example, Russians or Poles.

[angelscape]

(Original post by fellowjoe)
Okay well, granted that you live quite comfortably here.

But quality of living has much more to offer beyond infrastructure, education and health. Even so, our education system, albeit being envied by American and Chinese education authorities, stifled our creativity and character development process. Everything here is just about grades, money and looking good on paper.

Our healthcare system isn't among the best in the world too.

I see that many fellow Singaporean mates just mug for the sake of mugging; if they can't get into a good school, then they will simply resign to their fate of going to a private school. Just so sad, don't you think so?

I do agree that quality of living encompasses more than just physical aspects, for example environmental conditions (clean water and air here) and the arts (not very prominent here).

For education, I think that Singapore's education has instilled in students a high degree of academic prowess. Of course, I have several gripes about our system, which I feel provides us with less breadth and room for creative thinking, and encourages at times suffocating competition. However I would still undertake a Singaporean education than one that is disorganised.

For healthcare, I think that our infrastructure is well-organised and out manpower is well-skilled. There is access to healthcare and policies are in place for those less-off financially. One of the pillars of our healthcare, medisave, while might be a temporary financial burden, helps to pay large medical bills in the long run. However from my experiences, there are those who fall through the cracks of our policies, are still unable to afford healthcare expenditure entirely and delay treatment. I think policies can be less inflexible and more compassionate.

I think that quality of living is relatively high here. Even though there may be kinks here and there which can still be improved on and often it is these kinks that are more jarring, our fundamental structures and systems are well-laid.

[Willum Infanta]

Like:
Food
The music it creates (I don't mean the pop music industry)
Sport

Dislike:
The massive amount of immigrants
The terrible government and political parties
Political Correctness
Cost of public transport
Cost of living
Cost of university
Hipsters
Rah culture
Chav culture
Crap media (Newspapers etc.)

[Ptolemy001]

I'm ethnically from SomaliLAND
Like:
-the sense of community
-weather
-history

Dislike:
-stereotypes (piracy, spitting etc)
-there's a tad bit of sexism in the culture
-I can't speak the language (mainly my parents' fault for speaking English to me)
-ignorant people telling me that I'm from Somalia when they don't know what they're talking about
-people mistaking me for being: mixed race, Ethiopian etc

[jonobebe]

(Original post by angelscape)
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(Original post by fellowjoe)
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hey fellow singaporeans... my opinions are more or less similar..

which university u guys heading to?

[donutaud15]

Im from the Philippines

Likes: Food, culture and scenery

Dislikes: people, government, hot and humid weather, polution,

[Alexski]

Likes

Yorkshire Puddings
Club football, EPL, namely Newcastle United.
General tolerance levels and attitude present throughout the country
The BBC
Music scene
The nation's historical achievements
Culture of going out and getting smashed

Dislikes

The national football team
All the terrible talent shows
High tax rate on alcohol and ciggies
The EDL, BNP, UKIP, the conservatives, Labour, Liberals, Green Party
Actually pretty much any of the nations politics...
Drug laws

[Dee Leigh]

Britain

Likes:
Culture
The arts
Food - fish and chips, roast dinner, etc.
London! And the variety it has to offer
Geographical locations
General tolerance of a variety of people and societal views is rather progressive here
World class universities
Opportunities
Architecture
Literature
Democracy
Free speech
The variety of transport networks in London
Freedom of choice and individuality at times
British humour
Civilisation
Variations in weather

Dislikes:
BNP and EDL
Daily Fail Mail
The Sun
The Iraq War
Politicians
Chavs
A slight 'me me me' culture
Laziness in some people - the types that choose to live of benefits rather than work but complain about people 'taking their jobs'
The England Football team - I'm not into football but some of the footballers act disgracefully
Jeremy Kyle
Bing drinking culture
The commercialisation of certain events (e.g. Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter)
The riots 2011
Materialism
The 'get all people into university' mentality
Some people with backwards views
Lack of respect for some old people and some young people
Rising prices in transport

Nigerian (roots):
Likes:
Food
Family orientation
Events (weddings, births, deaths)
History
Languages (though I wish I could speak more of my parents' language - I'm gradually teaching myself )
Music - old and new

Dislikes:
Backwards, barbaric and repressive culture
Backward views
Lack of freedom of choice and individuality
Corruption
Films - some films can be good, but a lot of them have rubbish storylines and are not filmed well
Religion - okay nothing is wrong with religion but people seem to allow it to brainwash or delude them, or it can lead to negative actions (imposing it on others, being prejudiced against people who don't fit into the beliefs) he way people go overboard about religion that it becomes negative - e.g. people believing the God should come down and fix their problems, believe that your children are possessed by the devil, etc.
Conflict
Polluted air and atmosphere
Juju men
Organized crime
Poor human rights record - human trafficking, torture, child abuse, unfair trials, genital mutilation, domestic violence, torturing kids who are accused of being 'possessed by the devil' or 'witch children', stoning/lashing gay people etc etc

[fellowjoe]

(Original post by jonobebe)
hey fellow singaporeans... my opinions are more or less similar..

which university u guys heading to?

I'm leaning towards Canada, either UBC or McGill. You?

[dunknofamstill]

muslims

[Riderz]

England;

Likes;

The BBC
The NHS
The history and culture
The UK music scene
The food
The closeness of everything
My local pub


Dislikes;

The cost of living, especially petrol
The're isnt much space to get away from it all
The benefit culture which supports so many who have no desire to work
The economy is a bit ****ed at the moment
The Human Rights Act which seems to defy common sense
How close we are to the EU and Brussels.