Even though I am a Singaporean, I actually agree that Singapore lack the social grace. I feel that the culture that we are brought up in has something to do with our attitude. As Singapore is very prosperous, the citizens nowadays are mostly well fed and dresses, some of them will have a selfish attitude and think only of themselves.
I recently experienced an act of social disgrace. I was on the escalator in the MRT station when some old lady just shoved passed me and shouted at me not to block her way in chinese. She really shocked me as how can an old lady be so impolite! She could just say"excuse me" and I would let her go pass.
I feel that we can learn a lot from the Japanese because they are really very gracious. They would even say hi to a person they do not know and this task is mission impossible for most Singaporean.
Hence I feel that if we adopt their culture, then will we be more socially gracious. However it would take a long time to kick off this old habit.
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I'm wondering what you actually mean by the word 'culture'. Do you mean 'way of life', or are you looking at something else?
Does one make changes by adopting, completely, another's culture? How can one change, for the better, yet keep some of the good things about oneself?
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