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Ang Yiying
News Reporter
Love tips for Singaporeans?
March 19, 2009 Thursday, 07:21 PM
Ang Yiying finds the humour in love tips from a new website.
FROM Romancing Singapore (which started as a government campaign in 2002 but became privatised in 2005) to Marriage Central, the folks behind these initiatives - widely perceived to be nudging Singaporeans into surrendering their single status and tying the knot 'til death do us part' - are working hard. But reading some of the material on the newly-launched Marriage Central website, billed as a "one-stop portal that will offer couples easy access to marriage-related information and programmes", makes you wonder if they could be overly earnest. Other than articles covering everything from planning a wedding to staying together long-term, advice from experts on dealing with relationships and stories about real-life couples, there's a small sidebar on the site titled "365 tips for love to work".
Click through them and you'll see that they range from the run-of-the-mill, to the mildly amusing and to the eyebrow-raising. Some examples: - Refill your spouse's cup. - Play 'hide-&-seek' at home. - Carve 'I LUV U' on a bar of soap. - Share a sausage from opposite ends. (Inspired by The Lady and the Tramp?) - Play 'Role Reversal'. (Hmm, very enigmatic. What does that mean?) To remain relevant to Singaporeans, the tip-writers have also added a local twist to some of the suggestions, such as: - Explore Fort Canning Park. - Go for a trishaw ride together. And my pick of the lot: - Give a bottle of Tabasco with a note 'U R HOT!'. I will never look at a bottle of Tabasco in the same way again. Oh wait, I'm not part of a couple, so I'm not the target audience. But if my reaction is typical of the average (cynical) Singaporean, the group has their work cut out for them. What do you think of the tips? How would you react if your partner took a cue from them? Are the tips at www.marriagecentral.sg relevant to you? Leave your comment below. Tags: culture, people, singapore 
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I am trying to figure out how the Online Editor can tell us that this site is the most blogged or most read today!
Maybe its monday., too soon.
The whole idea about the "new media" is that half of the content is generated by the audience.
But if the first half, the content generated by the writer, can not carry itself, it is not going to generate interest and encourage anyone to put their comments.
At least ask an intelligent question, like -
Foreigners and local Singaporeans alike are exposed to the same environment, but why are foreigners more successful in love and in relationships in this small island?
Thank you, King for agreeing with me.
Some of us are discerning.
I am not sure what the reporter does or what her area of interest is; but rather han be jobless which she is not(although its probable she will have suffered a pay cut from April)....this is typical of what I have been saying for yonks.
Journo's just banging away a piece that , firstly has no personal interest as in the case of the reporter, and secondly, everything she talked about is on the website duly reported.
So what the dickens is the point of the blog.
This would never have seen daylight in any other newspaper , not even the New Paper.
I cannot but help repeat myself again...
Sigh.......
We get the newspaper we deserve.
I am a Malaysian Malay, aged 42 and happily married to my 41 years old wife with four healthy beautiful kids.
Out of eight advice, I can tell (done it) 7 really works.
1) Refill your other half’s cup – works every time for both of us, it makes you feel appreciated
2) Hike & Seek – it creates that inner bonding, making us feel young again and a **** great ‘stupid’ event for the family too
3) I LUV U on soap – Happy Birthday, Hello 41 Old Man are some element of simple pleasant surprises that makes you know somebody is loving you
4) Role Reversal – My kids and me always took over the house one weekend a month and let her become the boss. She always gets ‘VERY OVER’ but that’s the idea anyway
5) Explore Fort Canning – my family will go for a ‘basic on foot tour’ once a year in old towns or eco tourism or a treasure hunt as our destinations… always works better than those expensive holidays
6) Trishaw - Try it, you’ll feel close and will have lots of fun. We once borrow two trishaws in Penang and drive our kids around the city. The problem is we ‘the so-called advanced and modern Asian’ only see ‘Gondola’ in Venice as romantic!!!
7) Tabasco – I received this on my wedding night…need I say more???
8) Never tried the sausage, but I’m sure it works.
When you are in love with somebody, seeing her laughter and smile makes your day. And real love is not just about chocolates and roses.
In leading an ever hectic business commitments, those simple gestures not only strengthened your bonding, but in most cases help you to unwind.
Those tips works anyway in this world!
Remember; JANGAN SAMPAI TUA SEBELUM WAKTUNYA
Fascinating website... only that marriage has nothing to do with love. Marriage is work, a project. Many marriages were forged for political/social status reasons. Still does today.
Despite the propaganda of marriage being the 'right thing to do' , the fact is that there is nothing beneficial for a man to get married these days. Women initiate most of the divorces and men are financially devastated in divorce courts. And it gets more complex when the custody of children is involved.
If a monogamous relationship is your thing, there's nothing to stop you from doing so without signing a legally binding contract.
Please visit this website to learn more:
http://dontgetmarried.proboards75.com/
Until the unjust laws for men pertaining to marriage, domestic violence, divorce and children custody are addressed, expect more men to say 'NO' to marriage. In the meantime, spending taxpayers' dollars on a pretty website to encourage marriage and dispense amusing 'love tips' is a waste of time and money.
Thank you for reading this comment of mine, and thank you for your remarkable blog.
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