Quora Answer: Why Do I Feel Staying in Singapore Seems a Boring?

The following is my answer to a Quora question: “Why I feel staying in Singapore seems a little bit boring even though Singapore is known as a very modern city?”

The thing about spoilt children is that they always expect to be entertained.  They should not be accommodated.  There are a lot of things to do, hobbies, projects, events.  It is our responsibility to find something meaningful to fill our time, not complain about being “bored”.

We hear this argument that Singapore is boring, sanitised, that there is no excitement.  I get the impression that these people have no real idea what they are asking.  I was in Sri Lanka during the civil war.  I was in Japan, after an earthquake.  I was in Thailand after the tsunami.  There was plenty of excitement.

The reason why we all come home to Singapore is because as we get older, we want less of that excitement.  There is a lot to be gained in starting a business, taking up a hobby, getting involved in an organisation.  If you are bored, it means you are not doing enough to make your life worthwhile.