why singapore never fails to amuse me
Oct. 31st, 2008 09:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
callistaOh look, I'm still alive. But this was just too blog-worthy to pass up.
I saw an ad at the bus stop today for a new TV show. Unfortunately, I couldn't really see what the show was about because it was almost completely covered by another poster, visibly labeled as "PUBLIC ADVISORY". It read as follows: "Since this show does not conform with our moral standards, viewers are discouraged from watching 'Californication'. From the Department of Appropriate Behaviour".
I have no idea if this is just a joke or part of the TV show's gimmick to attract more viewers, but I honestly doubt it. It's Singapore. Enough said. And it'd have to be a pretty elaborate prank, since I saw it in more than one bus stop. But still, even though I've been here for close to 4 years now, which means that I'm used to how repressed the people here are, I never would have expected something like a Department of Appropriate Behaviour. I can't even think of an analogy that does justice to the complete and utter control that Singapore has over the lives of its citizens. But you have to admit that it works pretty well.
As amusing as this is, it doesn't make me any more enthusiastic about living here.
I saw an ad at the bus stop today for a new TV show. Unfortunately, I couldn't really see what the show was about because it was almost completely covered by another poster, visibly labeled as "PUBLIC ADVISORY". It read as follows: "Since this show does not conform with our moral standards, viewers are discouraged from watching 'Californication'. From the Department of Appropriate Behaviour".
I have no idea if this is just a joke or part of the TV show's gimmick to attract more viewers, but I honestly doubt it. It's Singapore. Enough said. And it'd have to be a pretty elaborate prank, since I saw it in more than one bus stop. But still, even though I've been here for close to 4 years now, which means that I'm used to how repressed the people here are, I never would have expected something like a Department of Appropriate Behaviour. I can't even think of an analogy that does justice to the complete and utter control that Singapore has over the lives of its citizens. But you have to admit that it works pretty well.
As amusing as this is, it doesn't make me any more enthusiastic about living here.
