Weird Youtube hobby
jasonleow • 27 Jul 2023 •
I’ve got a weird Youtube hobby. I love watching travel Youtube videos of people’s first time in Singapore, where I live. Yes, sometimes I do watch travel vids of other countries, or places I would like to visit. But not nearly as much or with as much interest as travel vids of Singapore.
Even when I was able to travel freely pre-covd era, I still enjoyed watching travel vids of Singapore.
On the surface, it’s definitely nice to watch tourists marvel and say nice things about Singapore. But what’s even more fun was to live vicariously through their eyes, to see my home country in a light I don’t always get to see, because we all get numb to the things we see and touch everyday.
It’s like, a different way to practice gratitude. For being able to live in a place where others can find joy and magic in. Even if you no longer do.
The foods that light a fire in their eyes. And their belly.
The honest folks preparing those foods being helpful to them.
The ease and fearlessness they can move around in the city.
I tend to forget all these.
There’s nothing like outsiders to help remind me of all that.
Grateful.
Comments
Cool didn’t know you’re a Botanic Gdns fan haha!
Wait what… Street View is dead???
@jasonleow Well, not completely dead, just harder to access. The dedicated Street View app was killed in March. They have Street View Studio now, and Google Maps still has street view, but it doesn’t always show up on Google Search. For example, to pull up street view for the Botanic Gardens now, I have to go to Maps first and search there.
I was always excited at work when I had to look up an address in Singapore. I would use Google Street View to go visit the Botanic Gardens.
Rest in peace, Street View. Google Search, continuously becoming a little more worthless.