So tomorrow is the 53rd anniversary of Singapore's independence from Malaysia, and since most of my followers are American, it feels like an appropriate time to maybe do an oral history thread about my city? Let me (badly) sing you the story of my peoplepic.twitter.com/bXiEqVgao4
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Singapore is older than people think. It's an island-city along a major global shipping/trading route! (LOCATION!) It was part of the Srivijaya & Majapahit empires, claimed by the Siamese, Javanese, then Malacca and Johor. You can see "Cingapura" in this Portuguese map from 1619pic.twitter.com/XekcG6VI15
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Relative to most countries in the world, Singapore is very small. You can walk from one end of the island to the other within a day. We make up 0.07% of the global population. Here's SG placed next to Japan, in Lake Michigan, in the UK, in Dallas, TX... WE ARE SMOL. 5.6m peoplepic.twitter.com/vTpqpQZi0s
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Singapore is usually known globally for a few things: - Instagrammable infinity pool at MBS - death penalty for drug trafficking - corporal punishment - chewing gum ban - fines for littering - Trump-Kim Summit *none* of these are things that I think/care about on a daily basispic.twitter.com/XlkHcoHT4e
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Whenever I come home to Singapore after travelling, I think... - my airport is gorgeous - everything is so clean and safe and just works - I miss all the food; I need to eat *everything* - singlish is my language; abrasive and succinct - the infrastructure is almost 'overdone'pic.twitter.com/9oQBn5yYIT
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Visakan Veerasamy Retweeted Visakan Veerasamy
While I don't usually actively think "I like how multicultural my home is" – it's something I enjoy and appreciate. Singapore isn't perfect; we still have racial tensions and friction and so on. But overall, in a global context, I think we do alrighthttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1022076187168759808 …
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Visakan Veerasamy @visakanvIf you only have 5 minutes to check out Singapore, I might have to recommend a walk down South Bridge Road. I’m not sure if there’s anything like if in the world - Indian food - a Muslim mosque - a Hindu temple - a Buddhist temple - Chinese shops - shophouses - corporate towers pic.twitter.com/Fgchfvp6kxShow this thread2 replies 0 retweets 12 likesShow this thread -
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When you Google "Singapore", you're going to mostly get pictures of all the money shots of the city skyline. And I do love the city; it hums with possibility and ambition. But when I think "home", I think of hanging out in the heartlands. (more in thread)https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1017366252107382785 …
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So it’s like a big US state university campus? Sweet
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