Am I In SINGAPORE Or India?! It’s Hard To Tell

Am I In SINGAPORE Or India?! It’s Hard To Tell

good morning from Singapore guys i’m traveling 
like a local today i’m taking a bus honestly it’s   too expensive to take taxis so it’s better to just 
take a bus take a metro and the buses are actually   really nice here in Singapore they’re very clean 
very orderly if it tells you it’ll be here in one   minute it arrives in one minute so I’m going 
to be headed to an area in Singapore that I’ve   never visited and we’re going to be exploring 
it known as Little India i heard a lot about   it last time I came people were like “You have to 
visit it.” So this time we’re definitely going to   go check it out and explore try some foods talk 
to some people so stay tuned we have arrived to   the Little India area and already I’m starting 
to see all the vibrant colors of the buildings   uh that’s one of the very special things 
about this area is all the buildings have   a very special color and it’s absolutely 
beautiful from first glance like I said I   never discovered never explored this area so 
I’m excited to walk around here and see what   we can what adventures we can run into but first 
things first guys it’s still morning i’m hungry   and I have to eat and I need a coffee so I’m 
going to this place known as the Tekka Center   the Tekka Center is actually an area where they 
have foods and uh drinks and just places that   you can shop um it’s right over here i think 
it’s this colorful building i’m going to try   to find it let’s see but you can see people 
are already opened up for business hi boss uh   brother where is the Tekka Center tea center 
this this Tekka Center okay thank you brother   all right so here we are you can see people it’s 
about 11:00 a.m people are already opened up for business got some vegetable markets get 
some fresh produce smell all the smells   of the spices and the vegetables 
and the flowers so much so much   sensory overload i love it wow 
look at this impressive we got butchers a lot of Muslim food halal food hey boss hello uh is this center all right check 
out market you know I think this show okay thank   you boss all right guys well you can see oh man 
i’m going to get some drinks oh it’s going to   be fun man ooh it feels like I’m in India but 
like a much less chaotic version wow and this   place is already busy so many people here oo so 
many good foods man so there’s a lot of famous   ones but most stuff is halal so that’s a good 
thing everything here is halal I think looks   like all right what are we going to get that is 
the question they have some roti some martabak man some Malay food this one is called Arman how are you uh can I 
have one uh egg and cheese paratha egg and cheese   the guy is making cheese fresh egg and cheese 
paratha yeah how are you brother fine thank you cheese egg yeah egg and cheese is that your 
famous paratha yeah it is my master he’s the   parata master how long have you guys been here 
in this more than 20 years 20 years wow amazing how much is one paratha 280 280 280 guys the best food you can find 
for the best price in Singapore and everything here is halal the other side 
is none ah the other side this side is halal   where you from i’m uh originally my family 
is from Pakistan but I I live in America i   see which part uh New York yeah have you 
been no but my mind oh okay okay and what   about are you born in Singapore yeah we are 
in Singapore born and raised very nice uh   you guys are little there right yeah yeah 
yeah yeah yeah also you can get Okay but   only thing is spices ah I love spicy you know 
we grew up eating spicy so it’s good for us what time is all these business closed early 
in the morning open by 6:00 6 to 6:30 they   are close individually like 9:00 p.m 10:00 
p.m 11:00 p.m ah okay okay so depends okay yeah but ours is quite known ah 
i heard you guys are the famous the name is so you you are originally of like 
Tamil descent yeah okay like you my great great great grandparents is 
from India ah actually brother I have   uh I have one I can give you if it 
makes it easier or no no no no okay   thank you I don’t I’m still learning the 
money you know thank you so much brother   what’s your name don’t learn about money how 
expensive you are very yeah you learn very fast name is ah nice to meet you my name is Maya 
nice to meet you enjoy your journey thank you so   Any any sauce uh yeah just take a little bit and 
spicy i’ll take uh this one please this one alman mashallah all right guys i’m going to find 
a seat and try this roti so for $280 I got   this roti that’s really good so you can just sit 
anywhere post up let’s see if I can find a seat   somewhere here so the gentleman said that side 
is more like Chinese not really halal and then   this side is a lot of Indian Pakistani and Malay 
halal food so uh you have a choice whatever you   want you know you can find it here in Singapore so 
let’s try out this roti or paratha egg and cheese   they give you a little bit of curry as well by 
the way guys I hurt my wrist playing basketball   and uh it’s making it very hard to vlog you 
know but trying my best let me take this off how are you brother i’m good good 
enjoying your breakfast lunch brunch wow it reminds me of the paratha and cheese 
paratha that I tried in Malaysia as well   very similar um I think Malaysia and Singapore 
cuisine is not so different especially some of   like these local street foods is this 
place always this busy even on weekdays seems to be a very uh popular place [Applause] no better way to start the day i’m Pakistani 
yeah you from Singapore nice to meet you brother breakfast done now it’s time to get some drink 
i need some coffee hello boss hi how you doing   good salam um I heard you guys are very 
famous here is that true yes yeah the most   famous shop in in in this Tekk market tekk 
market when I look up tekka market your shop   came up first so thank you mubarak Ali Copy 
Town uh you guys have coffee huh yes okay   yeah i’ll take one uh iced coffee please 
iced coffee with a little bit sugar yeah and this is a fresh sugar cane fresh sugar 
cane juice wow everything you guys have every   drink how long has your business business 
been here how long has the business been   here maybe 31 years 31 years wow so as long 
as the market has been uh We are the oldest   shop in the market oh really you guys are 
the oldest one wow and this is the boss man what’s your most popular drink what do 
people get the most ginger tea masala tea   masala tea okay next time I will try 
the ginger tea how much is that boss   $2 $2 wait a second let me just put this down 
$2 guys oh this you’re only going to get this   price in this market oh thank you my channel is 
Mayer Travels you can find me on YouTube and also   you guys have fresh coconut yes all right 
let’s let’s try out this coffee from Bubari amazing huh yeah youtube channel uh Maya travels 
maya yeah yeah i’ve vlogged in Singapore before   also but last time I didn’t uh I didn’t cover 
uh Little India so this time I will explore   Facebook huh uh YouTube yeah okay brotherama 
thank you all right guys here we go now the   day has officially started i got the coffee in 
me this is just like a local you know nothing no   specialty coffee but for two bucks can’t go 
wrong with it man but yeah that’s the other   side where they have like non-hal food and 
more Chinese-based that’s the beautiful thing   about Singapore it’s literally a melting pot of 
culture since its original time like the Indian   people have been here since the early 19th century 
you’re talking the early 1800s this used to be a   uh settlement for English people or the Europeans 
they would come and build their homes here   but because of its proximity to the river uh a 
lot of Indian merchants started trading cattle   so this was a very big area for trading cattle and 
they still have till this day butchers and you can   even see from the historical pictures they show 
a lot of butchery a lot of butchers cuz that’s   what this area was known for you can see these are 
all pictures of butchers and over time it became a   bigger market now there’s fruits and vegetables 
and food and all different kinds of things here are you here you’re a butcher ah looks like mostly 
this market is butchers yes from original time yes   go ahead early time yeah you’re from Singapore 
yes I am ah very nice i’m just making a video   about Little India i never I never explored this 
area so see where you from uh I’m I’m from America   but originally my family is Pakistani and you 
100 years born and raised yes very nice and   what makes somebody Singaporean what makes you 
Singaporean like what is a habit or something   that people say or do clean yourself safety 
safety so cleanliness and safety yes that’s   true it is definitely the most clean country I’ve 
seen in Southeast Asia okay boss salamkum thank   you and this is why this city stays clean because 
they keep garbage cans everywhere a lot of people   a lot of cities can learn from that all you got to 
do is just put a few garbage cans around sometimes   I go to some places and I’m carrying my garbage 
for hours with nowhere to throw it but anyh who   amazing breakfast amazing coffee and now the sun 
is out and it’s getting hot welcome to Singapore   so throughout Little India there’s these little 
small streets that cut through the larger streets   and if you walk through you see a lot of these 
colorful buildings so this one is in particular   is known as Tantenia the house the former house 
of Tania it is actually uh was built in like the   late 1800s and it’s the last remaining Chinese uh 
style home this was actually a Chinese businessman   who owned this house and he built this house 
now I think it’s just a a historical building   but it’s beautiful very very colorful i mean look 
at just look around and you see all the different colors i don’t know if you can go inside but very beautiful you know what’s amazing you have 
like these uh halami shops you have these Hindu   uh like shrine shops and it’s really amazing to 
see like all the Hindus and Muslims coexisting   together um all the all the ways that they try to 
like separate us and make us feel like you know   we’re enemies but when you see people living and 
coexisting like this you realize like no we’re all   the same you know we come from very similar places 
just a little bit different but we can everybody   can coexist and and live together if you want 
to look at this wall art amazing see the lady   making the roti the guy rolling out the the dosa 
and then right here people preparing the flowers   a lot of beautiful wall art look at this street 
so charming this area has a beautiful charm to it   and actually uh a lot of Singapore is very 
modernized now but this area holds its   like original charm in some ways you know the 
buildings a lot of them are like the original   ones from back in the early 1900s so very cool i 
love these small little streets that you can walk through so many barber shops everywhere i’m 
very tempted hi boss how you doing are you   uh cutting hair yes you cut here can you do 
my beard okay yeah how much for the beard $8   $8 for the beard only beard beard only but 
$8 for haircut and beard $8 too much bro how   much for the beard $8 $8 too much bro sorry 
sorry $8 for the beard no that’s too much man   normally if they charge $8 for a haircut then the 
beard would be a little bit less but I don’t know   i guess welcome to Singapore where things are just 
a little bit more expensive you know so this right   here is actually a very old temple uh I don’t 
know the name of it i think it’s it’s actually   a pretty difficult name to pronounce it’s a Tamil 
name it’s called Sri let’s see guys i need help   with this one sri Vira Maliamar Sri Vira Malyamar 
temple and looks like people are here for worship   i don’t have uh full pants on so I don’t want 
to go inside but you can see it’s very beautiful   typical Hindu temple but this temple has actually 
been here since 1881 imagine that guys it’s that   old and I don’t think they’ve like updated or 
changed it it’s uh it’s still pretty OG sri Vira   Mali sorry how do you say the name of this temple 
uh Vira Makali Temple vira Mali vira Makali Temple   temple vali it’s a little bit difficult to mali 
amali aman temple thank you thank you brother   and so it’s a pretty long name so I was asking 
I just wanted to see if I’m saying it correctly   or not but you can see it’s really beautiful 
people are going in to make their worship i   don’t want to disturb but I think they also 
have time for visitors to go in as well and   guys literally you walk down the road a bit and 
you have a beautiful masjid here known as Mazjid   Angulia also a very historical building you 
can see it’s like a Indo Islamic architecture   looks like a lot of the mazjids you would even 
see in uh India and uh this was actually built   also in like the late 1800s uh late 1800s to 
early 1900s and it’s beautiful hello brother and this is just a example of the coexistence as 
I mentioned before like I said we had the famous   Hindu temple and right down the road we have this 
beautiful masjid mashallah which I’m going to try   to go inside hello boss how are you nice to meet 
you yeah nice to meet you what’s your name my name   is Ail Indian word yeah I can say you are from 
I’m I’m uh from US but originally my family is   from Pakistan pakistan you’re my brother we are 
brothers are you from Singapore or yeah new Born   in Ah you’re new india Pakistan but we are from 
Oh that’s what I want to show people see they   India is my brother pakistan Pakistan my brother 
we have no problem that’s problem that’s only they   show on the news and they try to make a problem 
same blood we have same blood thank you brother   thank you nice to meet you byebye so that that’s 
just an example man like don’t listen to the news   and the media man indians and Pakistanis were like 
literally pretty much the same people so they try   to create tension but there isn’t all right I’m 
going to see if I can uh find a thing to cover my   legs cuz I’m wearing shorts it’s way too hot to 
be wearing pants out here so I just wear shorts   covered my legs so I’m going to make my way inside 
this Gulia masjid so I can pray but also show you guys what this masjid looks like so wellkept so clean it’s one thing in Singapore everything 
is so wellkept well maintained wow mashallah   look at this it’s the main prayer hall they 
have the AC on so it’s nice and cool so nice beautiful obviously they’ve uh renovated 
it since the 1800s this is definitely not the   original from the inside but from the outside 
I believe it’s pretty original you guys can   correct me if I’m wrong those who are from 
here and I guess upstairs is where the women   pray and I’m going to take refuge for a bit 
get out of that sun one thing that’s very   interesting is every mazjid that I’ve 
been to in Singapore they always have   like a terrace where you can come out and 
just like overlook what’s going on in the world it’s very beautiful so right now guys I 
am actually walking to a very famous I guess   you can call it a shopping mall here in the 
Little India section it’s known as the Mustafa   Center right here and it’s actually a 24-hour 
shopping mall meaning it’s open at all times let’s see mustafa center oo and honestly 
I’m being being cheeky cuz there’s   AC in there as well so it’s so hot 
in Singapore guys when that sun hits   you and the [Music] humidity 
let’s see how do I get in here so basically this place just has all kinds of 
stuff makeup cosmetics electronics and it’s packed it’s 24 hours so you can come here at 
any time and buy chargers how much is this 29   Singapore dollars uh probably not the place you 
would want to do this kind of shopping cuz things   are very expensive here $69 for this that’s 
crazy yeah um but you know that’s Singapore how much is a mouse it’s not bad 
$20 for a Bluetooth no this is not   a Bluetooth the Bluetooth one is $26 
it’s still not too bad it’s pretty reasonable you got some lighters 
some Zippo lighters and then got   some jewelry some watches 
just everything under the sun this is the Mustafa Center 
and this is just the first floor   there’s like I think there’s two or three floors oh you’re from India which part of India are 
you from do you know Bangalore bangalore yes   yes yes and are you visiting Singapore yes how 
is you how are you finding Singapore good good   would you live here or No no no first time I 
just to visit just to It’s expensive though   expensive and you have to walk a lot yeah 
you have to walk a lot that is the like pain point like every 2 hours 3 hours I have to 
feed them something yeah yeah yeah to keep   them alive and it’s second thing what I observe 
people are a bit like they’re not very helpful   if you ask something they’re not responding 
yeah yeah yeah i think it’s a bit cold you   know because I think all cities like big cities 
they become like that right bang is also like   that bango Delhi are very helpful people are 
very helpful here yeah i guess maybe it’s just   the the culture here i also noticed that too yeah 
their response is no yeah yeah yeah i guess Yeah   you know I also feel that in in here also a 
little bit yeah yeah okay okay brother nice   to meet you thank you bye-bye yeah guys this is 
Little India in Singapore i mean the place that   was built off of merchants trade mainly cattle 
is still It’s still that still a place where   people are running their businesses selling 
all different kinds of goods coming from all   different parts of the world tailor textile 
food drinks jewelry electronics everything as   you saw in the Mustafa Center um but yeah it’s 
a beautiful beautiful neighborhood with a lot of   examples of coexistence and amazing food as well 
definitely got to come try it out guys if you   come to Singapore but with that being said guys 
I’m going to wrap this video up more Singapore   videos coming so stay tuned we’re going to try 
to discover as many different areas as we can   in this beautiful country this beautiful island 
and remember guys continue to learn continue to   grow and there is no growth until you leave your 
comfort zone i’ll see you guys on the next one

In this Singapore travel vlog I explore the little India neighborhood of Singapore. Singapore is a multi cultural city country and Indian people are a large percentage of the population. This little India area really highlights the diversity of Singapore with all the amazing food in the Tekka market and the shopping in the Mustafa center. When travel to Singapore you must see this little India, its hard to tell if I am in Singapore or India!

00:00 – Singapore Bus
00:53 – Little India Singapore
2:16 – Tekka Food Market
3:35 – Cheese Paratha From Ar Rahman
9:04 – Coffee From Fatima Mubarak
13:48 – tan teng niah house
16:44 – Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple
18:17 – Angullia Mosque
21:33 – Mustafa Centre (Little India)

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