Top Things That Shock Foreigners in Singapore

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Meet Sophia. She is from Moscow and has been living in Singapore for four and a half years. We talked about why Singaporeans like to have lunch early, their usual greetings throughout the day, and the surprising similarities between Russia and Singapore. Enjoy!
Sophia on LinkedIn: / sofia-dolbina-96bb1b37
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 INTRO
00:30 Culture shocks in Singapore
01:28 Similarities between Singapore and Russia
02:45 First acquaintances in Singapore
03:25 About Food:)
07:27 What does Sophie miss from Russia
08:50 Blitz poll
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@MaxChernov Год назад

Watch next: a Crazy Story of Becoming a Self-Made Multi-Millionaire in Singapore -> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Rdo9SsFo_e8.html

@benbarca 11 месяцев назад

Do you have a gf? I would assume you dont with a face like that.

@jwjl79 Год назад

The last line absolutely killed!

@yanlucky7 Год назад

Yes we cancel ppl’s PR coz they dun like chicken rice. 😂

@RonLarhz 11 месяцев назад

Do u mean it in a good way or bad way? This just reinforcing the notion that these foreigners just come here to rip benefit and not for long term,help grow sg.

@hamidisaidi2879 Год назад

This channel has been simply awesome. As a Singaporean, i find it fascinating to hear about what our foreign friends think about us. Sometimes, amidst the complains i may have about life here, it does brings me to a realisation of the good things we have here.

@ntrnovaking5059 Год назад

@@dim2389Nope. The government should not abolish the death penalty. Take drugs for example, drug is never a good thing and people take it. If people take drugs in their own countries, its fine cause its none of my business. But if they come to Singapore, they obey by our rules. If not for this death penalty, Singapore would be in complete chaos with any random people doing drugs on the street. I 100 percent support this death penalty. If people can't accept the death penalty, there's always a solution. Don't come to Singapore.

@danceoffAsh Год назад

We do have it good. Just that we need to take a breather and enjoy what Singapore has to offer from time to time ;)

@axianskin Год назад

I burst out laughing when she said local drinking coffee from plastic bag. I found it weird too when I was a kid. Because local coffee price is cheap, seller can’t provide the kind of paper cups like Starbucks. While traveling in Brazil, I also struggled with local culture of having late dinner after 9pm !

@leewn2319 Год назад

Actually the drinks in plastic bags is not so much about price of paper takeaway cup. It’s more for practical /mobility by delivery drivers, u can carry anywhere, hang in your car, bicycle handles, motorbikes, tree branches or anywhere convenient for construction workers etc.

@yangtzeling7468 Год назад

That singaporean colleague who brought her local food everyday is an angel. And yes. Indians do have their dinner later.

@danceoffAsh Год назад

8pm!

@yangtzeling7468 Год назад

@@danceoffAsh that’s late 🤣🤣🤣

@yangtzeling7468 Год назад

@@imsara_h yup !

@glennchua9043 11 месяцев назад

@@danceoffAsh much later than that, after 9ish

@drjennyli Год назад

Another great interview . Now I hope one day I can check out Moscow underground train. It does look beautiful.

@MaxChernov Год назад

Yeh, now need to wait a bit 😅

@josephtan4328 Год назад

Love the way she said Kopi O n Kopi C, sound so local❤❤❤

@Amtran727 Год назад

Max, I love your channel. I am in the U.S. and I find this interview series very fascinating. It is so interesting to hear peoples perspectives from all over the world.

@garytan9699 Год назад

Love your videos Max! Btw, Sophia meant "Old Chang Kee" at 4:32, just fyi. Thank you for the awesome work!

@dawnho7744 Год назад

Keep the videos coming, Max! 💗

@Kindaichi83 Год назад

1. As a Singaporean, if somebody greets me every 10 mins I would be weirded out too. 2. We do eat at the office desk too. Not every office has a big pantry to eat in, especially when you're working in SMEs. When you tabao back office and the pantry is full, you can only eat at your desk. Also some people like to eat while watching videos/browsing the net with their work PC. 3. Not every Singaporean can take spicy food either. You definitely have a choice when you order food in Singapore. Just tell them no chili. By the way, Mala is considered quite spicy even by Singapore standards. It's originated from Sichuan and the name "Mala" literally translates to Spicy and numb. 4. Lunch timing usually varies for different people. Some people just prefer to eat at odd timings to avoid the queue. But most people definitely eat between 12-2pm judging from the crowd.

@humanshieldz Год назад

Usually to avoid the queue for early lunch but i choose to eat late lunch to avoid the queue AND have a shorter working afternoon cos after lunch you are usually sleepy :D As a Singaporean, i also find Russian and Asian culture quiet similar in some ways.

@kris_tan Год назад

❤️ every time you post!! I look forward to all your videos.

@MrBrotigan Год назад

Me too)

@syarifahnajwa5491 Год назад

Yeah ..me too. Thnks Max😊

@AndorranStairway Год назад

Very interesting. Of all the people I've spoken to, the Russians were the ones who have been the least fond of Singapore, but their complaints made a lot of sense to me. Singapore is a polar opposite to Russia in many ways: climate, country size, and food. My former Russian colleagues couldn't wait to go back to Russia where they didn't have to live in such a cramped city anymore! These days, I don't expect many Russians to be fond of Singapore considering Singapore decided to impose sanctions on Russia for the "special military operation", a move fairly gung-ho move considering Singapore usually errs on the side of diplomacy. I'm also aware that there is a popular video by a Russian RU-vidr about Singapore's underground that exaggerates quite a fair bit, which is more negative PR for Singapore presented to Russian speakers. Still, I hope to see more interviews with Russians about how they view Singapore, be it positive or negative!

@jeremyemilio9378 Год назад

If they don't like it they can gtfo back home those chaoangmoh amdk

@purplecupcake123 Год назад

Hi Max I think it’d be a great idea to bring together some local and foreign friends together for a conversation for one of your videos! 👍🏼 Singaporean here and i’ve been loving your videos

@MaxChernov Год назад

That's a great idea!

@kohsoonhee9981 Год назад

I'm glad that you like it here in Sg, the Weather ... Food wise, I guess you still got plenty to learn. Like what is Really nice... Why some stalls in a Hawker Center got people in the Queue.... these are the Secret you have to find out... though the working culture here is kind of different from other countries. But we are trying to Balance it. We call it Work Life Balance... And we are still working on it. Hope you can adapt. Hope to see you around.

@littlepixie2023 Год назад

@Max Chernov *Hi Max, where is this place that you filmed your interview?* *I can hear occasional nice piano music being played in the background.* 🙂❤🎼🎶🎹🎵

@chiehloong Год назад

Asia Square

@cukcan Год назад

I hope I can find a job in Singapore very soon. I really would like to live and work there. Greetings from Turkey.

@applehead7942 Год назад

ohmygosh i love turkiye!!!! been wanting to go there but always dread the long flight 😂

@cukcan Год назад

@@applehead7942 there is direct flight from tr- sg 11 hours though.. Hope you can visit here some day and hope I can find a job and settle there

@applehead7942 Год назад

@@cukcan yeah there is a direct flight!! But it’s the 11 hours i cant stand hahahaha. Most foreigners dont wish to retire and settle down here due to high rents and expensive healthcare (foreigners have no subsidy and they have to pay in full unless u have insurance?). But u can try! Wish u all the best 😬

@jeremyemilio9378 Год назад

Turkish girls very beautiful 😍😍😍 I wanna find a wife from turkiye😍🤣😂

@onefrog8023 Год назад

Moscow underground is indeed beautiful!

@veronikakhan5582 Год назад

However, in terms of functionality, comfort and safety MRT is still better.

@davidnhc Год назад

I hope she gets her PR.

@mmoussa855 7 месяцев назад

I love the piano in the background. Is it your music added as a track or do they have music playing in that place?

@MaxChernov 7 месяцев назад

later

@bminton3291 Год назад

Moscow subway is beautiful.

@honeygoseyney2421 Год назад

Awww chicken rice...i want my PR. Oklah oklah u can have it!

@whatajoke8497 11 месяцев назад

Some people go out for lunch early to beat the lunchtime crowd. Also, sometimes some companies have this unspoken rule of staggering the lunch time for their employees so that the office is never left empty. Someone is there to take any calls that may come in during that period.

@mscommerce Год назад

Singapore and Russia are total opposites, in terms of spaciousness, and climate. I'd love to have more space, and a drier. cooler climate!

@syarifahnajwa5491 Год назад

She's beautiful. Btw most russian are good looking😊

@joycehamsters3452 Год назад

No, no, it’s because you look pretty, you are pleasant in their eyes 😄

@prolikereal2 Год назад

Wanted to say this. Not normal for people to greet u hi sophia so often

@jemchan Год назад

I love your fascination about my country

@maychua3465 6 месяцев назад

I am a local and shocked to hear her colleagues greeted her each time they met her...perhaps cause she is sweet and pretty looking. Here in our country, even our colleagues wouldnt do so to one another. I somehow believed many Singaporeans ❤ and treated foreigners (esp from Western countries) in a better polite way. I had experienced a few such cases. I was behind this Eurasian guy at a 7-Eleven..He waa just like all customers, not chatty with the cashier at all and just getting his stuff. The young lady was so friendly and sweet asking him if he wanted a plastic bag (no charge then). When it was my turn, I asked in a polite nice way for a plastic bag. Oh gosh, u should have seen her face..black as charcoal and just put the plastic bag on the table in a very rude way..I was so 😡pissed off I felt like turninf her into a frog..Of course I said thank you though really unwillingly Another incident was at NTUC I frequent...a cashier who always had a stuck up face said to a Western lady "bye" after the lady paid the products..Well I was 😯so surprised. Sorry for stating my such comments which might aroused many 😡😡😡from Singaporeans..

@Grimsg 11 месяцев назад

Hhahah one reason folks get lunch at 11:30am is because places get INSNAELY CROWDED at 12pm especially in the CBD. So you either eat really early or you get lunch late. I've tuned myself to get lunch later from 1pm+ because 12pm - 12:30pm is MADNESS in terms of crowds. I'm one of the rare SG folks who don't really do spicy because I don't really enjoy it, also I've found I'm a supertaster, so spicy causes me more pain than other people, which is why I don't do spicy food very much.

@amyg1073 Год назад

👍👍👍

@vieworama8188 Год назад

As someone who worked in the fnb industry, chinese would eat dinner at 6~8pm, while indians would have dinner after 9pm

@samirkotecha9481 Год назад

Late night eating wow. I would not able eat a heavy meal after 6.00pm unless I am going out for a meal. Sophia I wanted to ask did you ever have a Indian meal in Moscow as I have heard that there are Indians restaurants & people living in Moscow.

@MaxChernov Год назад

a lot. living and studying in unis especially

@wakaoeh Год назад

pleasant chiobu.

@EIJIHS 10 месяцев назад

LOL! she got me at "I want my PR"

@TemplarLove Год назад

During my NS time 10 years ago, we had early dinner at 4pm 🤣

@MaxChernov Год назад

what haha

@malvinatan6828 Год назад

I remember my boy in NS saying there were occasions like that!

@TemplarLove Год назад

Not lying 🤣

@limian3599 Год назад

1130, time to have 2nd coffee and accept reality 😂😂😂😂 SG goes : let's go to that nasi padang! We HAVE to!

@hermdude Год назад

4:32 Old Chang Kee, not all Chuan Kee 😂

@MaxChernov Год назад

yeh our bad, thanks

@3sniper Год назад

Where is the location of this interview? Looks very new.

@MaxChernov Год назад

Next to MBFC

@axianskin Год назад

Asia Square tower, below the food court 😎

@pigmoonk2545 Год назад

she is quite pretty.

@harisadu8998 Год назад

Indians do eat late Max, my family in India eats after 9 on regular days.

@malvinatan6828 Год назад

MRT or Moscow Underground? I said the same words as Sophia did at the same time! 😂

@AL-ip3vk Год назад

Yes, indians have their dinner quite late, around 10pm.

@sneo7470 Год назад

👍👏💪🇸🇬

@liewchengyeh Год назад

She have a very good English vocab.... ** Must be a academic pro before she go into work force....

@liewchengyeh Год назад

Also she have very beautiful BLUE EYES

@Asdfgh681 Год назад

Having a second coffee & accept the reality 😂😂😂😂😂

@safuwanfauzi5014 11 месяцев назад

Singapore food are Malaysian, Indonesian and Chinese(China) food, Nasi Lemak=Peninsular Malaysia Malays, Char kway teow=Malaysian Chinese food, Cendol, Satay, Tempe=Indonesia(Java Island), Bak kut teh = South China,Fujian, Hainanese Chicken Rice = Hainan, South China, Dumplings = North China.

@harisadu8998 Год назад

Who is getting married and having kids though?

@mercuryscioable Год назад

Ok this one pass, give PR pls

@AR-ek1jr Год назад

When she talked about how Asian culture is similar to Russian culture, im like....isn't Russia part of Asia...

@masterweaver Год назад

I think Sophia work in the same place with the same colleagues for the 4.5 years as quite a lot of her assumption about Singapore does not apply in all work places.

@brunoheggli2888 Год назад

Why you only talk about Singapore?

@jeremyemilio9378 10 месяцев назад

This interview should have been in russian with English subtitles.i believe it would be better since thats their mother tongue

@patrickkam7174 Год назад

Ou no food again.. Malaysian coming in now beware

@Gorgor9651 Год назад

Malaysia fly, hard to chase away

@clare1072 Год назад

As a Singaporean, mala pot will not be my choice 😅

@malvinatan6828 Год назад

Yes. Not all of us like spicy food. For a Chinese, I hate Mala and take chili just rarely with my chicken rice.

@syarifahnajwa5491 Год назад

Yeah..not my choice either.

@prolikereal2 Год назад

Yes not every singaporean eat mala not a very local dish

@jeremyemilio9378 Год назад

It's Chinaman food,no Singaporean food

@prolikereal2 Год назад

Not true. Ppl do eat at their desk. Quite common. And as for hi sophia. Well depend

@TheMscandy123 Год назад

singaporean greets you? thats new. The Singaporean culture I'm used too as a local passing person, they are cold and wouldn't even bother to greet you LOL, they would pretend to not see you if they could. (I've been here for 15 years)

@hayyana Год назад

No, food in Singapore is not really 24 hr. You have to visit Taiwan, Hong Kong or Thailand. Singapore is actually very quiet at night compared to other Asian countries.

@paparoti4006 Год назад

Many Money U

@ivanteo1973 Год назад

Well you have to understand that there isn't much things you can do in Singapore besides eating. So eating becomes its a national hobbie. and people are willing to queue because it will help them past time.

@MaxChernov Год назад

Absolutely not true :)

@ivanteo1973 Год назад

@@MaxChernov oh I forgot. Another national hobby is travelling, out of Singapore.

@Jack-hy2ki Год назад

U don't know how to find things to do in sg lah. 😂

@ivanteo1973 Год назад

@@Jack-hy2ki e.g. eating?😂

@Jack-hy2ki Год назад

@ivanteo1973 there is hiking, camping, Go-Karts, clubbing (got ang mo club, Chinese club, Vietnam club and Thai club), rock climbing, cycling, fishing, gambling, shopping, Cafe hopping, prawning, watch concert, watch plays, u want prostituting also have, swimming, KTV( got cheap till super ex one), kayaking, got 3 zoos, bird park and the list goes on and on.

@BasilLeaf_ Год назад

Wait till she sees coffee being drank from a milk tin can and people putting butter in the coffee

@SuccessforLifester Год назад

No wonder my indian nationals neighbours always eat their dinner late like 10 to 11 pm

@etphonehome6950 11 месяцев назад

Hi, its true that every Singaporean is a foodie but across the causeway, the Malaysians are all food critics. Dont believe? Tell Malaysians that a particular food in SG tastes nice and next moment MY will reply theirs is better. hahaha

@ctgctg1 Год назад

Wrong. Multigenerational families are very common in the west too. Likely due to the multi-ethnic population!

@cherie4665 Год назад

Malaysian here. I might actually choose pelmenis here 9:01, and that thought makes me feel like I've betrayed the entire region lol

@MaxChernov Год назад

😂

@jason-us8pc Год назад

SECURITY AND HOMELESSNESS YOU CANNOT BEAT IT ELSEWHERE?

@philipchan79 Год назад

Red alert ! Red alert !

@alinat8642 Год назад

The video does not look and feel like any one before, and not in a good way, sadly...

@MaxChernov Год назад

I’m sad 🥲

@ExcaIan Год назад

I thought this format was fantastic! Simple, to the point, a lot of focus was on the interviewee and it gave some interesting insight on how Russians are more family oriented than I expected. What didn't you like about it?

@Laughandsong Год назад

What's also good to see is that a lot of Russians are leaving Russia.

@mysterioanonymous3206 Год назад

Everyone is a foodie.... Because there's nothing else to do except shopping Gucci belts for 400 usd. You're welcome.

@FazShara Год назад

singaporean are foodies????😅😅😅

@kaiserlow652 Год назад

why not?

@hayyana Год назад

No, food in Singapore is not really 24 hr. You have to visit Taiwan, Hong Kong or Thailand. Singapore is actually very quiet at night compared to other Asian countries.