Why I want to be a Westerner - Page 4

On July 01 2012 18:40 PrinceXizor wrote:

yeah it's terrible if you look purely at "american" foods and ignore the whole home cooked aspect of american food. because then all you have is jerky, fast food and cheap processed snacks. lol.

if you live in a big enough area you can pretty much have access to everything you want from around the world. i found an iranian grocer the other day and i'm so excited to go get food there. :D

On July 01 2012 18:42 wbirdy wrote:
When you're homesick, all you think of is homecooked meals. Not your fancy steaks, meats, cookouts, but a nice bowl of homecooked noodles or whatnot. Then you would realize the greatness that is Singaporean food.

On July 01 2012 18:44 PrinceXizor wrote:
Well i hope wherever you go you enjoy yourself and live the best you can. When you get closer to moving you should make another blog about the places you are thinking about going to get more opinions from locals.

On July 01 2012 18:47 PrinceXizor wrote:
*sigh* this dumb blog makes me miss my friends and want to have a barbecue. lol

On July 01 2012 18:47 Azera wrote:


Host one and take plenty of pictures, then we can all live vicariously through you :D

On July 01 2012 18:51 PrinceXizor wrote:

too many important things to do right now.

<1 month until i'm homeless, have to find a new place to live.
<2 months until i run out of money, have to find a job.
Have to go back to the gym now that my knee is better ect ect ect.

On July 01 2012 18:52 Azera wrote:


Good luck!

On July 01 2012 19:04 Heh_ wrote:

If you wanna live overseas, this is the reality that you'll face. Unless you parents are swimming in millions at their disposal.

If you're dead set on the food in the US and Canada (seriously...), do so for undergrad. As I've said, get good grades and get a scholarship. Easiest ticket out of Singapore. Then you'll understand why they say the grass is always greener on the other side.

On July 01 2012 19:06 Azera wrote:Eh, maybe. You sound like you're being condescending about the idea of moving to US or Canada. You seem to let your own preferences leak over =S

On July 01 2012 18:37 Daozzt wrote:
Even most fast food places not named McDolnalds or Burger King are pretty good (In n Out, Five Guys, Chipotle, etc.).

On July 01 2012 19:06 Azera wrote:


Eh, maybe. You sound like you're being condescending about the idea of moving to US or Canada. You seem to let your own preferences leak over =S

On July 01 2012 19:06 Azera wrote:


Eh, maybe. You sound like you're being condescending about the idea of moving to US or Canada. You seem to let your own preferences leak over =S

On July 01 2012 19:13 Heh_ wrote:

As I've said, I've been in the US for a year, gonna be there for at least 5 more years. NC to be precise. As I've said, typical American food is pizza, fried chicken and burgers washed down with soda (soft drinks)... there's nothing really special about it. Then you have crappy imitations of Asian food stuffed with MSG and cornstarch in some brown gooey liquid. Obviously there's still nice eating places around, but there's plenty in SG.

On July 01 2012 19:14 PrinceXizor wrote:

I only have these problems because i gave up my scholarship for a very sad reason. I thought it was worth it to give up my scholarship to school to help the girl i loved through a hard time in her life, that relationship didn't work out.

but yeah it's definitely work when your poor here. I actually won't have any of these problems if i ask my family for help, but i'm stubborn. I still enjoy life though. but i like this culture, if you don't like the culture you are probable going to be miserable, and i guarantee America sucks until you get friends.

On July 01 2012 19:14 Azera wrote:


There's your problem. Seems like you're not making an effort to look.

On July 01 2012 19:14 Azera wrote:


There's your problem. Seems like you're not making an effort to look.

On July 01 2012 19:19 Heh_ wrote:

I barely eat it. I cook for myself to keep costs down, and I'm usually cooking chinese food (rice + dishes) but I can just about cook anything I feel like. Come over here, you'll see a huge number of people eating these stuff day in, day out.

On July 01 2012 19:19 mcimba42 wrote:

yeah, then american food is a fat slab of meat with an exaggerated amount of salt and sauce and whatnot

if you enjoy it, sure, america is pretty cool. however, that is not good food, especially not when compared to all of the flavour you can find in asian cuisine