The "C" word

The iceberg model

This model describes the hidden part of cultures we do not see, and the visible ones. From the picture, we can see that food, music language and games are visible to us and it is very obvious and we can know what type of cultural food or music just by clicking onto youtube and searching for it. However we cannot clearly things like their values or body language just by watching a video. We have to interact with the people and experience their lives to know the actual full culture

Singapore's culture

Whenever someone thinks about Singapore, they would probably think of the word "Singlish" or "kiasu". We Singaporeans love to compete with other and use improper English. This is probably why foreigners think of this two words as soon as they hear the word Singapore. However, this is just the surface of our culture, we have more on the inside where people cannot just point out easily. They think that Singaporeans are "kiasu" as they are afraid of losing and not winning. However from my point of view, we are "kiasu" as the society out there is harsh and if we do not buck up and not compete to be the best, we will probably not be able to get a decent job in this fast paced world. So, I am just trying to say that the inside of a culture needs patience and detailed viewing to find and learn about it. There is so many things hidden that we need to find out patiently.