I have come to the conclusion that the people here are lacking in creativity in general. Anytime any building is erected, the name is always the road name.
For instance, when a cosy SoHo was built around the central part of the river, it is named "The Central". Then when another mall was erected in the middle of Orchard Road, it is called "Orchard Central". Next to it is a shopping mall at number 313 Orchard Road, so it is called "313@Somerset" (Somerset being the name of the train station behind the mall).
I wonder if people can come up with better names? Like when the budget terminal was being built, there was a contest for naming the terminal. Some "smart aleck" filled in the name "Budget Terminal" and won the contest! I suspect he could have done that for fun without thinking he would ever win. But the biggest joke is that he actually won with a name like that, signifying just how "creative" people are!
The one name that has been overused is the name starting with "One". For instance, any new development that comes up, it will always have "One", like One Commonwealth, One Amber, One Fort. Why One? Why not Two, or Three or Four?
And I have not even touched on the kind of small talk people have. Someone can ask, "How are you today?" with the answer, "Nice".
"This is a nice dress!"
"That is a nice hat! It looks so nice on you!"
"This dessert is nice!"
"I have a very nice boss."
"My boyfriend is very nice."
I often wonder, is our vocabulary so limited that we are only limited to using "nice"? How about other adjectives like "beautiful", "fantastic", "great", "delicious", "caring", "wonderful" and so on?
We are brought up in a bilingual education environment. Surely we know many more words and usages besides "one" or "nice"?
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For instance, when a cosy SoHo was built around the central part of the river, it is named "The Central". Then when another mall was erected in the middle of Orchard Road, it is called "Orchard Central". Next to it is a shopping mall at number 313 Orchard Road, so it is called "313@Somerset" (Somerset being the name of the train station behind the mall).
I wonder if people can come up with better names? Like when the budget terminal was being built, there was a contest for naming the terminal. Some "smart aleck" filled in the name "Budget Terminal" and won the contest! I suspect he could have done that for fun without thinking he would ever win. But the biggest joke is that he actually won with a name like that, signifying just how "creative" people are!
The one name that has been overused is the name starting with "One". For instance, any new development that comes up, it will always have "One", like One Commonwealth, One Amber, One Fort. Why One? Why not Two, or Three or Four?
And I have not even touched on the kind of small talk people have. Someone can ask, "How are you today?" with the answer, "Nice".
"This is a nice dress!"
"That is a nice hat! It looks so nice on you!"
"This dessert is nice!"
"I have a very nice boss."
"My boyfriend is very nice."
I often wonder, is our vocabulary so limited that we are only limited to using "nice"? How about other adjectives like "beautiful", "fantastic", "great", "delicious", "caring", "wonderful" and so on?
We are brought up in a bilingual education environment. Surely we know many more words and usages besides "one" or "nice"?
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