Nas Daily aka Nuseir Yassin, popular for his 1-minute videos, was all the news when he recently visited Singapore and painted a colourful picture about the country. He was lambasted on local alternative Facebook page "The Alternative View" who said he should experience what it is truly like to be a Singaporean. In other words, having to pay or overpay for every little thing here.
It is a surprise when the popular online celebrity responded to their post by comparing it to what it is like to live in other countries and saying that Singaporeans should count themselves lucky.
"Try sleeping one night with rockets falling near your village and you can't sleep because of sirens
Try living in a state of war every few years with all your neighbors.
Try having your options in your country limited simply because of how you are born (non Jew)
Try living at a place with 40% less of your current GDP Per Capita
That's what I had to live. I'll happily take your air conditioned public transportation over living in the Middle East.
One thing my travels have taught me is that a lot of people lack PERSPECTIVE. And in Singapore, too many people lack it.
I flew to Singapore from Papua New Guinea, on my own dime to promote my own beliefs. Now I'm in China making the same videos. I'll happily take you along the ride and see how life is like outside of your bubble."
He also took a jib at "The Alternative View" by saying that he will never work with "crybabies". Ouch.
Are Singaporeans really pampered? Does he know better? It is great that he helped Singapore gain publicity but it could have been better if he gave a more balanced view of the country. Then again, it's not like that will change anything.
