The World's Best

I went to SEDB(Singapore Economic Development Board) office in Raffles City Tower to complete the deed signing of my scholarship. While I am wandering around, I discover some interesting information about Singapore in the leaflet. Indeed I feel proud that I am staying in one of the world's best city. So I quickly grabbed the leaflet and make a scan once I reach home and here it is.

I start to get interested about the ranking of Malaysia in the world's best city ranking but sadly I get this.

Top 50 cities : Quality of Living

Rank 2009	Rank 2008	City	Country	Index 2009	Index 2008
1	2	VIENNA	AUSTRIA	108.6	107.9
2	1	ZURICH	SWITZERLAND	108	108
3	2	GENEVA	SWITZERLAND	107.9	107.9
4	4	VANCOUVER	CANADA	107.4	107.6
4	5	AUCKLAND	NEW ZEALAND	107.4	107.3
6	6	DUSSELDORF	GERMANY	107.2	107.2
7	7	MUNICH	GERMANY	107	107
8	7	FRANKFURT	GERMANY	106.8	107
9	9	BERN	SWITZERLAND	106.5	106.5
10	10	SYDNEY	AUSTRALIA	106.3	106.3
11	11	COPENHAGEN	DENMARK	106.2	106.2
12	12	WELLINGTON	NEW ZEALAND	105.9	105.8
13	13	AMSTERDAM	NETHERLANDS	105.7	105.7
14	14	BRUSSELS	BELGIUM	105.4	105.4
15	15	TORONTO	CANADA	105.3	105.3
16	19	OTTAWA	CANADA	105	104.7
16	16	BERLIN	GERMANY	105	105
18	17	MELBOURNE	AUSTRALIA	104.8	104.8
19	17	LUXEMBOURG	LUXEMBOURG	104.6	104.8
20	20	STOCKHOLM	SWEDEN	104.5	104.5
21	21	PERTH	AUSTRALIA	104.3	104.3
22	22	MONTREAL	CANADA	104.2	104.2
23	23	NURNBERG	GERMANY	104.1	104.1
24	24	OSLO	NORWAY	103.7	103.7
25	25	DUBLIN	IRELAND	103.6	103.5
26	32	SINGAPORE	SINGAPORE	103.5	102.9
26	25	CALGARY	CANADA	103.5	103.5
28	27	HAMBURG	GERMANY	103.4	103.4
29	28	HONOLULU, HI	UNITED STATES	103.1	103.1
30	29	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	UNITED STATES	103	103
30	29	HELSINKI	FINLAND	103	103
30	29	ADELAIDE	AUSTRALIA	103	103
33	32	PARIS	FRANCE	102.9	102.9
34	34	BRISBANE	AUSTRALIA	102.4	102.4
35	35	TOKYO	JAPAN	102.2	102.2
35	37	BOSTON, MA	UNITED STATES	102.2	101.8
37	36	LYON	FRANCE	101.9	101.9
38	38	YOKOHAMA	JAPAN	101.6	101.6
38	38	LONDON	UNITED KINGDOM	101.6	101.6
40	40	KOBE	JAPAN	100.9	100.9
41	41	MILAN	ITALY	100.8	100.8
42	48	PORTLAND, OR	UNITED STATES	100.6	100.2
42	42	BARCELONA	SPAIN	100.6	100.6
44	44	WASHINGTON, DC	UNITED STATES	100.3	100.3
44	44	OSAKA	JAPAN	100.3	100.3
44	44	LISBON	PORTUGAL	100.3	100.3
44	44	CHICAGO, IL	UNITED STATES	100.3	100.3
48	43	MADRID	SPAIN	100.2	100.5
49	49	NEW YORK CITY, NY	UNITED STATES	100	100
50	50	SEATTLE, WA	UNITED STATES	99.8	99.8

See? Malaysia is not in the world's top ranking. Not even Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia! What the hell, Malaysia is really a pathetic country. So I just simply highlight the cities where most of my closet friends stay in.

1. Esther Tan - Auckland, New Zealand (rank no.4)

2. Jimmy Liu - Melbourne, Australia (rank no. 18)

3. Leon Ha, Jerry Ting, Kelvin Oui - Perth, Australia (rank no. 21)

4. Me - Singapore, Singapore (rank no.26)

5. Fiona Low - Adelaide, Australia (rank no. 30)

6. David Wong (going to be) - London, United Kingdom (rank no.38)

Oh my, we all are heading overseas for a better city to stay in. Esther u stay in the best city among us! Woa~So consider yourself a lucky one as not many of us can live in such a top ranking city. So try to ask yourself, why majority of us are heading overseas for higher education? Why don't we just practise culture of Australians, Canadians and Americans to stay in their hometown to complete their undergraduate studies? The answer is very straight forward : Because our government is BIAS (in what way of BIAS I think probably all of you understand). And here is another statistic which really excites me.

Top 50 rankings : City Infrastructure

Rank 2009	City	Country	Index* 2009
1	SINGAPORE	SINGAPORE	109.1
2	MUNICH	GERMANY	106.5
3	COPENHAGEN	DENMARK	106.2
4	TSUKUBA	JAPAN	105.5
5	YOKOHAMA	JAPAN	105.1
6	DUSSELDORF	GERMANY	105
6	VANCOUVER	CANADA	105
8	FRANKFURT	GERMANY	104.8
8	HONG KONG	HONG KONG	104.8
8	LONDON	UNITED KINGDOM	104.8
11	SYDNEY	AUSTRALIA	104
12	TOKYO	JAPAN	103.4
13	PARIS	FRANCE	103.1
14	ZURICH	SWITZERLAND	102.6
15	ATLANTA, GA	UNITED STATES	102.3
15	BERN	SWITZERLAND	102.3
15	MONTREAL	CANADA	102.3
18	TORONTO	CANADA	101.9
18	VIENNA	AUSTRIA	101.9
20	HAMBURG	GERMANY	101.5
20	HELSINKI	FINLAND	101.5
20	OSLO	NORWAY	101.5
20	STOCKHOLM	SWEDEN	101.5
24	BRUSSELS	BELGIUM	101.2
24	WASHINGTON, DC	UNITED STATES	101.2
26	AMSTERDAM	NETHERLANDS	101
27	NURNBERG	GERMANY	100.5
28	CHICAGO, IL	UNITED STATES	100.3
29	BERLIN	GERMANY	100.1
29	NAGOYA	JAPAN	100.1
29	OSAKA	JAPAN	100.1
32	NEW YORK CITY, NY	UNITED STATES	100
33	BOSTON, MA	UNITED STATES	99.9
34	KOBE	JAPAN	99.4
35	DUBAI	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	99.2
35	GENEVA	SWITZERLAND	99.2
35	MELBOURNE	AUSTRALIA	99.2
38	ADELAIDE	AUSTRALIA	98.9
38	BRISBANE	AUSTRALIA	98.9
38	PERTH	AUSTRALIA	98.9
41	HONOLULU, HI	UNITED STATES	98.6
42	OTTAWA	CANADA	98.5
43	AUCKLAND	NEW ZEALAND	98.1
43	MADRID	SPAIN	98.1
45	BIRMINGHAM	UNITED KINGDOM	97.8
45	GLASGOW	UNITED KINGDOM	97.8
47	MIAMI, FL	UNITED STATES	97.3
47	WELLINGTON	NEW ZEALAND	97.3
49	HOUSTON, TX	UNITED STATES	96.5
49	MILAN	ITALY	96.5
49	SEATTLE, WA	UNITED STATES	96.5

Singapore is the world's best city in infrastructure. How proud am I staying in such a perfect country. Others (Esther, Leon, Kelvin, Fiona) are also staying in one of the world's best city. For those who wish to rise high to fulfill dream, Singapore probably will be a choice of yours. Singapore is just next to our hometown and it is one of the world's strongest economic body as well as a fabulous city equipped with anything you need. According to the agreement I signed for SEDB scholarship, upon completion of my three years diploma in Nanyang Polytechnic I will be offered to become Singapore PR and it is a must for me to accept unless stated otherwise. Which means very soon I will belong to Singapore and turn into a Singaporean. It is no harm for me to do so as I really in love with this wonderful city.