{"id":47121,"date":"2026-04-24T20:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47121"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:07:10","slug":"malaysians-who-work-in-singapore-walk-more-go-diving-start-travelling-says-tiktoker-lifestyle-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47121","title":{"rendered":"Malaysians who work in Singapore &#8216;walk more, go diving, start travelling&#8217;, says TikToker, Lifestyle News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After working in Singapore for almost two years, Charice Cheong has noticed something about her fellow Malaysians who work in the Lion City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a TikTok video on April 23, she pointed out that Malaysians working here are picking up activities that Singaporeans enjoy, with one example being walking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She explained that in Malaysia, most locals drive or use ride-hailing options such as Grab, even for short distances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Singapore, we walk so much more, almost 10,000 [steps] in a day,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width:605px;min-width:325px\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@chariceckx\/video\/7631611630899514642\" data-video-id=\"7631611630899514642\">\n<section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@chariceckx?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@chariceckx\" rel=\"noopener\">@chariceckx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-chariceckx-7631611684112599826?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound  - chariceckx\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; chariceckx<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0Another thing Malaysians seem to be doing more often is eating hawker food.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know it&#8217;s common to have kopitiams in Malaysia, but for me, I don&#8217;t visit hawker [centres] as often as I do in Singapore,&#8221; Charice shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Singapore, I go to hawkers far more often than when I am in Malaysia.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An activity that Charice doesn&#8217;t partake in, but her Malaysian friends do, is diving.<\/p>\n<p>She noticed that they would book three- or four-day trips to Pulau Tioman to take diving courses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her more adventurous friends would hike Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia&#8217;s highest peak.<\/p>\n<p>Charice also pointed out that they are travelling more and tend to book destinations that Singaporeans frequent, such as Japan and South Korea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[It&#8217;s] a very Singaporean trait,&#8221; she commented about its citizens&#8217; love for travel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tell me if I&#8217;m wrong, because this is what I observe about Malaysians working in Singapore,&#8221; she said, adding that these are just her opinions and the patterns she has noticed among her friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>AsiaOne has reached out to Charice for more details.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:733108]]<\/p>\n<p>melissateo@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/lifestyle\/malaysians-work-singapore-walk-diving-travelling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After working in Singapore for almost two years, Charice Cheong has noticed something about her fellow Malaysians who work in the Lion City.\u00a0 In a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}