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100 1 Gargiulo, Jennifer.
245 10 Diary of an Expat in Singapore.
264 1 Singapore :|bMarshall Cavendish,|c2013.
300 1 online resource (204 pages)
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337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
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505 0 Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface;
Acknowledgements; 1. Signs you're an expat mom in
Singapore; 2. Signs you're an expat dad in Singapore; 3.
Signs you're an expat kid in Singapore; 4. Politically
incorrect expat profiling; 5. Stuff first-time visitors to
Singapore say; 6. Signs you're in a taxi in Singapore; 7.
Signs you're at a Starbucks in Singapore; 8. Stuff expat
moms in Singapore say; 9. More stuff expat moms in
Singapore say; 10. Signs you may have overstayed; 11. More
signs you may have overstayed; 12. Uniquely Singapore
(Part 1); 13. Uniquely Singapore (Part 2).
505 8 14. Do's and don'ts when you're a kid in the Maldives15.
Signs you're at a hair salon in Singapore; 16. Things I do
instead of working on my book; 17. Signs you're living in
a condo in Singapore; 18. Signs you're at a nail salon in
Singapore; 19. Signs you're not slumming it in Singapore;
20. Life according to Eliot (expat child, age 5); 21.
Stereotypes about Singapore that are actually true; 22. A
day in the life of an expat in Singapore; 23. Favourite
landmarks in Singapore; 24. Signs your kids need a Chinese
tutor; 25. Things my mom told the kids (which she didn't
really have to).
505 8 26. Things an expat kid wants to do instead of swimming at
7 a.m. on a Saturday27. Signs you're an expat spending
Christmas in Singapore; 28. Fun things to do with kids
during the holidays in Singapore; 29. Signs you're at an
international school; 30. Stuff expats in Singapore like;
31. More stuff expats like; 32. Stuff posh expats in
Singapore like; 33. Random things I learned living in
Singapore; 34. If 'Downton Abbey' were set in Singapore;
35. Signs you're at Changi Airport; 36. Signs you're
homesick; 37. Signs you're about to travel home; 38. Signs
you're an expat studying Chinese.
505 8 39. Parents' coffee morning Singapore-style40. In transit:
24 hours in Singapore; 41. Signs you're at a grocery store
in Singapore; 42. Stuff expats find somewhat disconcerting
about Singapore; 43. Signs there's a hazardous haze in
Singapore; 44. Expat's Bucket List; About the author.
520 This hilarious new book records the tongue-in-cheek
journey of an expat in Singapore, told through vignettes,
snapshots and Top 10 lists: ""10 sure signs you're in a
Singapore taxi""; ""Things first-time visitors to
Singapore say""; ""10 signs you've overstayed"";
""Politically-incorrect expat profiling by nationality"";
and many more. Based on the author Jennifer Gargiulo's
popular blog of the same name, Diary of an Expat in
Singapore packs in a wealth of quirky observations, witty
one-liners, and laugh-out-loud misunderstandings as the
author tries to adjust to life in a strange new land and.
546 In English.
588 0 Print version record.
600 10 Gargiulo, Jennifer|vAnecdotes.
650 0 Noncitizens|zSingapore|vAnecdotes.
650 0 Intercultural communication|zSingapore.
650 7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.|2bisacsh
650 7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies.|2bisacsh
651 0 Singapore|xSocial life and customs|vHumor.
655 0 Electronic books.
776 08 |iPrint version:|aGargiulo, Jennifer.|tDiary of an Expat
in Singapore.|dSingapore : Marshall Cavendish, ©2013
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