【最愛海南鷄飯】新加坡長大的留學生如何評價這個小紅點？高樓大廈，社會秩序，基礎設施都太.......

哈囉,大家好,歡迎收看本期的節目 今天我身邊又邀請到一位 我自己學院的一位學生 為什麼請他來呢? 是因為他的身份比較特殊 來自的地方也是比較特殊 那麼我來先簡單的跟他對話一下 OK Thank you for taking this interview My pleasure What's your name? Ayaan Rahim Ayaan So Ayaan That's the pronunciation OK, because before I had a student actually exactly the same name I called him Ayaan That's fine too That's what they called me in Singapore Where are you from? I'm from India, but I grew up in Singapore I was raised there, but I was born in India OK, so in India, which part of India? In New Delhi From the capital OK, so how come your parents brought you there? My parents brought me there because my siblings used to live there used to study there and my parents used to live there Well, my mother used to live there and my dad lived in Korea and my siblings also grew up in Singapore briefly so I was also raised there OK So I met him a few months ago in our orientation, right? that day and then he actually won a prize a prize, a trivia and then I think you look different because your hair is longer My hair is a lot longer than last time So you didn't cut your hair I mean, I've been thinking of cutting it but I've been too busy with studies So yeah So I met him in January, right? Yeah, so now it's April It's been three months How do you feel about this cold country? I mean, it's quite different from Singapore The climate was like super stable It's always warm over here It has its ups and downs Sometimes it gets really cold Goes up to minus 50 sometimes It's ridiculous So yeah, it's been a lot Just getting used to the temperature And also getting used to the culture here The people here So yeah, I've been adapting a lot Compared to Singapore Nice, so first winter here Have you seen snow before? Yes, multiple times Where actually? So my dad does live in Korea So I frequent Korea a lot Especially during winter break in Singapore So in Korea, it snows quite heavily too So I see snow all the time in Korea Yeah, it's heavy snow Not like here, snow here is very light You cannot even have a snowball fight Well, yeah Okay, so you are not Very new to the cold But how was the first winter Treating you? Okay, so I think The Korean winter is actually quite mild Compared to the Canadian winter In Korea, it usually Goes to like minus 10 maybe Sometimes at the max It goes to minus 20 Over here, minus 30 is just like the norm And it goes up to minus 50 Sometimes even minus 60 with the wind chill It almost makes it feel like The Korean winter was like summer Yeah, exactly That's why people here When it's around zero degree People already put shorts on Yeah, even I've been wearing T-shirts At zero degree sometimes Yeah, so I mean back there I'd wear like sweaters, sweatshirts At zero degree, see my jacket Over here, I'm wearing T-shirts And I'm still kind of feeling a bit hot Okay, so first winter is okay It's okay Yeah, it's not that unacceptable Well, it's fine It's just that it's really drawn out It's been so long It's just long, yes I get it, yesterday was snowing It's about to be spring And it's still snowing, it's ridiculous Usually our last snow is Beginning of April, but this year It's just weird I see, it's been really drawn out Yeah, so how's your study life It's been pretty good so far ICM has been super helpful The classes have been great It's all super structured, very organized And all the lectures make sense So it's been pretty good Okay, so your English is very good I said that to you in January, right Yeah, thank you So you told me, where were you You went to US or somewhere I lived a year in US, but I still I mean, the reason why my English is so good Well, compared to most other international students No flame though But like, it's because I lived I studied in a private school in Singapore It's an international private school So English was like the main language And we were in a British syllabus Okay So we also had some British teachers Especially my English teachers Most of them were all English So I kind of just absorbed My English from them But you don't have British accent You don't even have Singapore accent No, I don't Well, it's also, I was like Since a young age I was always on social media And looking at these other YouTubers Or influencers And them speaking in like An American-ish accent I kind of just absorbed it off of that I mean, my main vocabulary Came from my teachers But the way I speak, the way I enunciate For example, it comes from like Social media influencers Okay, that's a great way To learn language, right Yeah Just go online, watch more things And try to learn from them Yeah, movies, YouTube videos Series, acting, drama It's all incredible for learning Nice, okay So sounds like so far Weather, academic They're all pretty okay, right? Yeah, it's been pretty good so far Yeah, okay, so Question about your background now You said you were born in India But you moved to Singapore How old were you? Four months old Super young So basically your whole life Was in Singapore So what's your self-identity? Do you see yourself as an Indian Or as a Singaporean? Honestly, I lean more towards My Singaporean side Even though I'm not very fluent in Chinese I've been living there for a very long time I even lived there alone For a couple of years So I mean just living with The Singaporeans Eating their food Seeing their infrastructure I'm just kind of more lean towards The Singaporean side What's your favorite Singaporean food? Char kway teow Oh, you like char kway teow? I just think, I mean like The depth of flavor in char kway teow It's like unmatched Okay, nice Yeah, like the layers of flavor How they balance everything The textures It's all just incredible So you said you lived in Singapore The whole life And you even lived there by yourself For a couple of years I did live by myself Is that legal? How old were you? I was 15 Is that legal in Singapore? You can live alone by yourself? I don't know But yeah, my siblings moved to Canada When I was 15 And my mom went to Korea Because my dad lived there So I was kind of just on my own So I had to learn how to cook So you do have siblings? Yes, they're in Canada, they live here Well, they're not in Manitoba or Winnipeg But one's in Toronto, one's in Vancouver Oh, nice, so they all grew up in Singapore? Yeah Okay, okay So you think you're more Singaporean? Well, yeah, I lean more towards Singapore I understand that Because your whole life grew up there, right? So when you were younger at home Your parents, are they both Indian? My mom is Indian My dad is Pakistani Okay, sure So South Asian, right? So are they cooking South Asian food? Well, yeah We have a variety, honestly My parents Didn't want me to be like super centralized So they let me explore A lot of different type of things And cuisines and experiences So my mom would make Multiple types of cuisines Okay, so now they're both in Korea now? They're both living in Korea So who brought you to Singapore? Like your father or your mom? They both brought me to Singapore But your dad went to Korea Yeah, because he works there He has his own company there Okay So they had no intention to get Singapore PR No Okay So Singapore is just a place to live And eventually you guys all Leave the country Okay, that's cool So in the future, if people ask you Hey, where are you from in Canada? So far, I think in the past few months People may ask you the same question What was your answer? I always give them an option I ask them ethnically or where I was raised And they just ask Where are you from ethnically I tell them I'm Indian But then they ask me where I was raised And tell them I was raised in Singapore for most of my life So yeah I mean, I always give them two options Okay, good So what's the difference between Singapore and Canada So far you've found? Like everything Okay, let's start from the bottom To the top I'm happy that you have something to say Okay, first thing We already talked about it But I'll go more in depth The weather and the seasons too So Singapore only usually has one season But like if you want to count monsoon Or like the raining season Then they have two seasons But yeah, it's always warm 30 degrees at night It might get cold If it rains, it gets like 25 degrees Maybe It's just super consistent Over here from what I've heard And what I've seen so far So far it's gone from minus 60 to 0 degrees And I've heard in the summer It goes to like 40 That's a lot of degrees That's a lot That's like 100 degrees of change And Canada also has Like all four seasons Spring, summer, winter, fall Spring is super super short In like two weeks I think probably all the trees will be green It's very short So spring We Winnipeggers we make fun That we have two seasons Winter and summer And construction Because soon the weather is good The whole city was like fixed I see We joke about that So weather is one thing The second thing I guess the culture So Singaporeans Majority are ethnically Chinese So we'd have a lot of Well like how Chinese people Have a lot of superstitions for example So we'd have the golden cat In all the stores Over here it's like yeah That's exactly what I'm talking about Over here we don't really have anything like that And it's also like I don't know They have like a lot of red, a lot of gold In all the stores Over here it's just kind of I don't know Black, white, grey It's more Singapore here The colours definitely of Singapore Are considerably different from here Also the food I was talking about I love Chinese food Szechuan style food is my favourite In Chinese food You like the num, spicy Mala hot pot It's great So yeah We have a lot of Chinese food And the hawker stalls Definitely one of my favourite places of Singapore The hawker centres Just getting char kway teow Or Hainanese chicken rice I just really miss it We don't really have that here Unfortunately And another thing The people I mean Singapore I guess people are more energetic Over here Like in Singapore Over here it's all kind of somber Really? That's different I mean at least in my experience I was with the younger kids My age So I guess we all had energy Over here I think it might be because I'm older But everyone just seems kind of down Wait until summer Right now because the winter just passed Right I think here I feel western culture There's a big part of western culture It's their activities That's what I heard So far you haven't seen that So far it's really not there Another thing is the public transport I mean I can't stress this enough Singapore's public transport is like Almost the best in the world probably Over here it's a bit lackluster Like the buses won't come on time sometimes You're very gentle already It's not a little bit I think municipal transportation sucks It is horrible honestly It is rubbish Another thing is also the malls In Singapore we have a lot of malls Over here We have two I guess Yes They're not that interesting honestly There's not much to do here Compared to Singapore The one difference I think is because The population is very small in the city It's only maybe 15% of Singapore population That's why Singapore is more international Winnipeg is in the center of North America But not close to any port So yes One thing I really have to say though Is the safety I mean Singapore's safety is Incredible There's so many laws You can't even like eat gum there Over here when I go to downtown Winnipeg Especially after 6pm It is horrifying One time I was coming home from downtown It was like 6.30 I heard three ambulances On the way home from the bus So it is honestly horrifying In orientation we told you guys Don't go to downtown No you did I mean I wanted to explore Did you go alone? No I was with friends of course I wouldn't dare go alone So this is something That's why I want to make videos like that I told you I love Singapore I live there I can see the difference And people don't know Winnipeg People don't know Canada that much People may go to Vancouver, Toronto Not Winnipeg though So there are a lot of problems here Let's see cleaning Cleanliness I mean Singapore was so clean It was so clean And over here Do you feel like you live in the It feels like I live in the slum Yeah right Like Singapore it was pristine Everything was so clean The infrastructure was so well kept Over here it's just so lackluster I get it I totally get it I told my audience all the time Singapore is number one country in my heart If I could I would love to move there But it's very hard competition It's very hard So yeah People don't understand Canada G7 country blah blah No no no Singapore was much better than this People think western people They are so civilized No Singapore Japan Taiwan Those countries are very They are so clean absolutely pristine And people behave very well I know right And there's like crackheads here And the bus stops It's honestly super dangerous Yeah it is Okay so We talk about the hardware So how about the difference I was asking you about the difference Between Singapore and Canada So after three months living here How do you feel about the people here The real people I don't know how many Canadian friends you have I have a couple of friends I guess If I talk about my Canadian friends I guess they are super energetic But the general Canadian population I've met here the white people They just seem super down Maybe it's because I'm in uni And they are probably super old So that's why they might be a bit down But the young people in Canada are super energetic Even more so than the Singaporean ones Yeah Do you think Singapore and Canada There's one thing in common We all have a lot of immigration Right Both Canada and Singapore Has a lot of immigration You can meet a variety of culture In both Singapore and Canada I've had like Burmese friends in Singapore I've had African friends in Singapore I've had European friends in Singapore I've met Burmese people here too And Nepalese and Bangladeshi It's super varied Yeah right In our college we have Yeah and they all bring their own cultures It's great It's super multicultural So what is your plan for this study Like you want to stay in Canada Like your siblings I will be staying in Canada So I'm going to be going into biochemistry I'm going to be doing my bachelor's in biochemistry And after that I'm going to be looking to get into med school Okay You have to be PR first Yeah I'm going to get my PR after bachelor's And then I'm going to get I'm going to go into med school Yeah because med school and law school Super expensive too Yeah exactly They don't accept international students Oh is it okay So your study in Singapore Do you think Singapore was pretty tough Academically So now you feel like oh it's pretty easy here I mean like the Singaporean grade 10 Is what I'm studying right now So it's quite different It's quite different When I came to the first class I was expecting it to be super tough I'll be learning new things This is like the equivalent Of a ninth grader doing first grader math Yeah exactly Tell you one fact In the future if you have kids you will know that In Canada like elementary schools There's no homework Oh is it There's no homework Okay no failing policy Until you go to grade 9 Go to high school You may have exams In elementary school there's no even exams No nothing That's how the education system goes That's why I think Singapore is pretty balanced Not too hard like China or Korea I think it's still academically Quite superior to Canada Until maybe I don't know I think up to university maybe I'm not sure about PhD and stuff Up to university level I think Singapore is a much better place to study It's just a bit too competitive though Yeah it is So was this the plan all the way When you were young in Singapore Or it was the plan changed Well I've had a couple plans Since I was young actually First was to go to Korea and study there Now there was to go to Japan and study there One was to go to Germany and study And then it was between Canada or US So I mean I could have gone to Korea But because my dad lived there But I decided No no no no That's not it The thing is in Korea No one speaks English Like absolutely no English Same in Japan And I'd have to learn their entire language And honestly Japanese and Korean Getting into it is easy But like actually learning it And getting fluent in it It is really difficult I did I got to like an amateur level And then I just Yeah I just couldn't And then German Germany is another difficult language German, Korean, Japanese These are difficult languages Singaporeans are very talented about languages They speak multiple How many languages do you speak? English, Malay, Hindi Urdu And a little bit of Arabic So you speak already Yeah but the thing is I learned these languages when I was young And when you're young you can like absorb languages Really quick When I'm in like 8th grade And I was picking between the four countries I just could not I mean I tried to learn Korean, Japanese and German But I just couldn't So I just stuck to Canada And it's between Canada or America America is too expensive That's not the issue And then recently because Trump Yeah because Trump There are so many issues with international students I just couldn't think America is a viable option So I came to Canada Okay good choice That's how we met right In the summer time I invite you to my house We have some barbecue I don't know how to cook charcoal That's fine I can eat a lot of it Hainanese chicken rice Okay I have some sauce Right Yeah 100% Good good So far are you happy with your choice I've been I've been happy here I think I was happier in Singapore But I've been happy here I think I recently just moved Like two days ago From a new place Before were you living on campus No no no I was never living on campus I think living on campus is way too expensive Honestly Why you moved First thing my lease was ending Second thing The room was a bit small My room currently is only $40 more I was paying $520 a month Now I'm paying $560 a month And now my new room is like four times as big Has its own fireplace Okay nice That's the reason why I really moved And I also got like my own bathroom Before I was sharing it with the roommates Now I got my own bathroom Nice how far is it from campus It's roughly still like 3 kilometers It's not very far It's like 10 or 15 minutes from bus In the summer you can even walk to school if you want You know it's not bad Okay so tough question You have to be honest okay Singapore you lived for 18 years 16 years Okay what's the problem with Singapore I love Singapore okay People ask me hey James What's like anything you don't like about Singapore To be honest for me it's hard to think I think people there Should be a bit more I don't know warm Like I think Canadians have like a reputation of being super warm And hospitable And generous and inviting Singaporeans If you seem like an outsider They will keep you as an outsider Oh really I think so Okay so you think Singapore Okay I know what you mean So Singaporean maybe they are more They are more Giving you enough space They don't want to bother you too much But you know Scam like those online scam Singaporean got a lot of scams Oh yeah okay Singaporeans are very easy to trust people Oh is it I see I mean for me I don't know maybe it's because I'm not Singaporean Or I wasn't born here Or I don't know like Mandarin But like I was always At least the elderly Like I was always kind of They always seemed a bit distant from me Like compared to my friends Or my friends' parents They are all super inviting But like if I met maybe an uncle On the hawker stall They wouldn't be like I don't know they wouldn't seem They wouldn't give you a smile I guess They wouldn't give you a smile Did you give them a smile first I would say I was always a smiler I always smiled I always said hey can I sit here With a smile In Malay even sometimes But yeah They just never seemed very inviting Okay fair enough One more thing The price of Singapore Living there is absurdly expensive It's so expensive Living and driving yes To get a car you have to like Get like a 10 year certificate It's so expensive So You were talking about the expensive But food in Canada It's actually quite pricey Because Singapore has hawker centre Yeah It's actually like really pricey here Exactly It's like 20 bucks for like one meal In Singapore it was like I don't know 7 Singaporean dollars maybe It was great in Singapore It was so cheap Here for food you have to pay 15 to 20 dollars 15% of the tips And plus tax Tips and tax Holy smokes My wallet has been crying here Only for food I think everything else here is actually quite affordable Living here is super cheap But going out to eat Or even doing any recreational activities Like bowling for example It's really expensive Everything in Singapore besides living Was super cheap Everything here besides Besides living everything here is super expensive Besides everything but living I think Singapore is really expensive I guess Singapore You can't go to a fancy restaurant Can be expensive too But Singapore has the options You can choose Here you don't have the option Even though you go to a Vietnamese noodle restaurant It will cost you 20 bucks to have one bowl of noodle I think the food in Singapore Was considerably better too In terms of quality So that's the software about Singapore Hardware like the building structure Anything you think Can be improved in Singapore Honestly in terms of Buildings themselves I think they were gorgeous If I had to rate them It would be very close to a 10 out of 10 Downtown Singapore It was beautiful So many skyscrapers Buildings and statues It was great I think Winnipeg could learn a lot That's what I said If I become a mayor of Singapore First thing I will take my team to Singapore Exactly there is so much they could learn From Singapore here Transportation There is one time when I was taking bus from my house to uni The bus The bus driver literally stopped the bus On Pemina Highway He went to the 7-11 He got off the bus Left all our passengers on the bus by ourselves He went to 7-11 Bought a cup of coffee and maybe a donut or something He came back Drinking and driving That's crazy I can't believe Really this is a real story I believe you honestly The people here So chill That's crazy They don't take things seriously In regular thing like that That's crazy though Can you believe that in Singapore A driver get on the bus by himself I think there will be at least 20 complaints In the same bus They will be fired They will be immediately dropped Ok great So this is our first time Talking about all those things Because you haven't been here for 3 months So I am going to ask you About what's wrong with Canada I would like you to experience more After the summer Maybe after 6 months or later I am going to interview you again That's fine Maybe I will have change Enjoy this time As an older newcomer So pay more attention To the people here In the summer time when you go out You like to smile You are a smiler right I think Canadian people are also very smiler So you can feel the difference Between Canada and Singapore Maybe 6 months later Or maybe I don't know But sometime later I am going to ask you again Maybe you will I am actually pretty interested To see what I have to say too I think it is very interesting I don't know If I should call Eventually you will find yourself One identity Like right now If people ask me I will tell them I am Canadian That's my answer straight I see You look Chinese Right I think I am Chinese Not even ethnic You can say that Culturally I don't even think I am that Chinese Right But one day you will Find yourself Belonging So far Do you feel like I don't even know where I am from Do you have a little confusion in your heart Honestly Not really Well I am technically half Indian Half Pakistani right But I didn't really grow up there I only barely go to visit So I still If I had to pick a place I am from And I only had to give one answer I would definitely pick Singapore So I guess from now on If someone does ask me where I am from I would probably say Singapore When you were living there In the past 15-16 years Of course when you were super young You don't remember anything But since you can remember things Do you feel you belong there Because majority is Chinese But you are not Well there is still a decently large population of Indians there And honestly As I began to grow there Even though I may not Ethnically be Chinese And I may not speak Chinese I do see myself more Chinese than Indian For what it's worth I've been invited to so many Chinese New Year parties I've eaten so much Chinese food I've celebrated so much with Chinese people I've hung out with so many Chinese people I just I mean even like culturally I mean not really culturally But even my taste Have evolved into more Chinese Like boba Or like Chinese tea Oolong tea Green tea Things like that I've just began to enjoy them more I guess it's like an acquired taste Like live in Singapore enough You'll be Singaporean Hang around with Chinese people enough You'll be like Chinese people Even like in How their dialects They'd say like Walao I always say that So I'd also just You know like You just kind of absorb it from each other So that's kind of what I did too That's good It's very happy to talk to you Thank you for taking this opportunity And then maybe see you again In six months After summer Of course 100% Please use your summer time Is there anything you'd recommend to do in summer A lot Like the beach you should go There's a beach here In Winnipeg We have Lake Winnipeg It's one of the I think it's number 13 biggest lake And then yeah the beach there And then Birds Hill, Provincial Park Is there anything outside Winnipeg maybe That's outside of Winnipeg The beach and then the Provincial Park They're all outside of What about like outside of Manitoba Anything you'd want to do outside of Manitoba Going to Banff Banff is definitely something It's really pretty Banff if you have transportation If you have some friends go with you That would be awesome So Canada has a lot of nature Singapore also but not as big It's quite expansive here The Rocky Mountain is just gorgeous You should go 100% thank you so much Okay say bye to our audience Bye bye guys Thanks for watching