Growing up as an elderly living in Yishun during the 80s, I have seen and experienced many things. One of the most memorable things would be the Yishun meme that has been circulating around the internet and social media for the past few years. Many young people nowadays are familiar with the meme but are unaware of its origin.

I will be sharing my personal stories of what I know about the Yishun meme and how it started.

The Yishun meme first came about in the 80s and was popularised by the locals who lived there. It was a term used to describe the people who lived in the neighbourhood as “siao lang” (meaning crazy in Hokkien). It was not intended to be derogatory but rather a term of endearment used among the locals to describe those who were more eccentric or outgoing in personality.

The term “siao lang” was first coined by the locals during the 80s and was used to describe people who were more daring and outgoing. These people were often seen as eccentric and were referred to as “siao lang”, as an expression of admiration for their courage and daring attitude.

At the time, Yishun was a relatively small and quiet neighbourhood. Most of the people living there were either elderly or middle-aged. It was a close-knit community and everyone knew everyone else. As such, the locals usually had a good understanding of who was “siao lang” and who was not.

The Yishun meme was born when the locals started sharing stories about their “siao lang” neighbours with each other. These stories quickly spread and soon the whole neighbourhood was talking about it. It became so popular that it even spread to the neighbouring towns and eventually the internet.

As time passed, the Yishun meme slowly gained traction and eventually became a viral phenomenon. The stories of the “siao lang” neighbours spread far and wide and soon it was being shared by people all over Singapore.

Bad part time job experience

Is there a group chat or list of bad part time job to avoid??

I was doing part time at this studio, the boss is super long winded, rude and sacarstic. She treat everyone like a dummy, told us what to do from Step A to Z and kept repeating. When someone suggested a certain way to do things faster and more efficient, she will say things like ‘just follow what I said, i am here to tell you how to do things fast’ but end up lecturing us saying we do so slow (using her method)

She fire people just cause they use phone for awhile, despite not affecting the work flow and speed. Isn’t it normal for people to take a short break(just a quick check on phone) from the continue hours of working. It’s understandable to fire if the person causes delay in work, but everything was on track and even faster than the expected schedule. I honestly feel she just wan to find excuse to cut manpower since the production are done faster, completing earlier. She could’ve say things nicely and explain she wan to reduce the manpower instead of blaming the person using some lousy excuse.

The quality of her items are very bad, all with defects and scratches. Instead of putting it aside, she will tell us to just pack it into the box. (So she don’t suffer any loss) I hope this kind of blackhearted business won’t last long and people don’t suffer under this shity job and boss

If there’s a list, will share which studio is this so others won’t go there to work

Here are what netizens think:

• Lol. How can u use phone without reducing workflow or speed.

• Theres a site called Glassdoor

• Would you like to start such a group chat or list instead?

My daughter is getting married soon. When I meet up with my future in-laws, they say they don’t intend to give dowry. The table was like silent quiet a long time. Nvm lah, what to do? As long my daughter is happy…

Here are what netizens think:

• Oh my daughter has just got married. We never ask for dowry but was given $8888 red packet by our in law

• My dad told my in laws he not selling his daughter. So just a token sum for good luck/tradition is enough. He left it up to them the amount.

• I see many people saying it’s not to sell the daughter. it’s for tradition and sincerity. I guess tradition and sincerity is measured in monetary/material terms.

• It’s not about “selling” daughter or wat. It’s about sincerity The in law at least buy something for the girl? Let the bride at least choose to get 1 item? Even not expensive gold, at least others? But true, they must be happy with each other and live happily.

• Basic is must have. You are not selling your daughter, but at least she must be worth something in their eyes. If not… She goes over. No different from a maid. So the basic of gold, 5点金。 And maybe 10k . If the family is so so. If the family cannot even afford. Then your daughter has no stand in the family.

• even though you shouldn’t be treating your daughter as commodity but I have a feeling this is sort of a red flag from your in laws when they don’t even want to give $88..?

• I would not agree for no dowry. As it would should how the in law is looking at my daughter. Not commodities but definitely not freebies.

• Year 2023 , living expenses expensive. If you ask for dowry, but your daughter have to borrow money from bank just to give you. Are you ok? Give happiness to your daughter instead of giving debt. If I were your daughter, I will feel very hurt. It shows that I worth nothing to my future parent in laws.How does your future son in law react to this when he knew his parent are not gg to pay any dowry?? My mil is not rich an she is a widow. My parents never asked anything much from her. Yet my mil is able to give me 两点金。she even brought me to her fab goldsmith shop to chose the design l like. It costs her $2.2k back then. My hubby top the remaining 两点金for my mil. I felt so appreciated to be their part of their family.

• For me, I feel it should be initiated as a token from the groom as a respect for bringing up the daughter (wife). It can be any amount that the groom feel is fair. I’m sure the wife’s family will accept any amount as long as the groom treats her and her family good (most important). It should not be dictated by the wife’s family. If not it will be seen as selling off their daughter which some family do. Have seen a fair share of such squabbles with unreasonable terms from other families sadly.

My bf seems very nua – what should I do?

Hi, seeking genuine advice here. I am F (26) and have been with my Bf (26) for around 10 months. I realize there is an issue between us.

Everytime we meet on one day during the weekend, we would just end up at mostly my home (because its has lesser people), then watching Netflix, eating at home and sleeping. To me, it does feel very nice because we can be so chill with each other and live like a family, but on the other hand I sort of question this because we are still a new couple but we are not going for dates out. The only date we go for is food dates.

When I see my friends’ social media, I do envy them sometimes when I see their stories of them going on various activities with their bf e.g. to events, Sentosa, game arena, I do wonder why I did not experience this.

I feel that without these date experiences, it feels that I am not really enjoying the full package of the relationship. Yes I did bring up and suggest for places to go to during our dates, and he is always willing to accompany me. But I do not see him initiating much ideas, which made me feel that he is not putting in effort, the thing when the guy gets you and then he stops putting in effort flashed past my mind.

Initially when we first started, his initiations were also food dates only, so I am not sure if it is because he is not an explorer kind of person or what. Somehow I just feel down about it, any experiences or advice to share? Thanks in advance