Update: Thanks for the mention, Mashable, Channel 8 News, and TODAY!
When Twitter approached me to launch the first ever Twitter emojis for Singapore, I was thrilled because I am an emoji and sticker addict. The emojis show up when you type # followed by Singapore or # followed by SG50, in Twitter. It only lasts for this month, so enjoy spamming them while you can.
So on this rainy Monday morning, I kicked it off with a hashtag meme called #5wordSingaporeStories.
Here are some of mine and some of the stories I liked. Feel free to add your stories in the comments section below:
1. @mrbrown: Flat's here. We can marry. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
2. @kyelhye: See queue must join queue. #5WordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
3. @frhn: Late for dinner. SMRT breakdown. #5WordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
4. @keeweeeee: PSLE, O-Level, A-Level / Poly, Uni #5WordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
He'll miss the birthday party. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
— mrbrown (@mrbrown) August 3, 20155. @mrbrown: He'll miss the birthday party. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
6. @lukevijay: National Day weekend, go Krabi? #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
7. @sarahcoldheart: Moving. Never tell Kopitiam Aunty. #5WordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
8. @mphrmphmphrmph: Today rain, I take MC. #5WordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
9. @leejkp: *Hails down taxi* "Change Shift" #5WordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
10. @miyagi: A Sleepy Fishing Village, ZZZ #5WordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
11. @jiaming_k: Chao recruit, knock it down! #5WordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
"How much?"
"讲华语."
#5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
— mrbrown (@mrbrown) August 3, 201512. @mrbrown: "How much?" "讲华语." #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50 #Singapore #SG50
13. @joleeqh: "Auntie, mee siam mai hum." #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50 (Mee Siam where got hum? -mb)
14. @dchieng: Getting taxis while raining? LOL #5WordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
15. @dchieng My babies were born here. #5WordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
16. @blackadlerqueen: Meat parts in curry: Human. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
17. @mrbrown: A General retired. Election time. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
18. @iamleonwei: Lui Tuck Yew 'extremely concerned’. #5wordsingaporestories #Singapore #SG50
19. @sgliterature: Monday liao. Wah lau eh. #5WordSingaporestories #Singapore #SG50
20. @ErvinHan: Thundery showers expected this afternoon. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
Run daily with this sunrise.
#5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore
#SG50 pic.twitter.com/Uuv9l3g8yt
— Parminder Singh (@parrysingh) August 3, 201521. @parrysingh Run daily with this sunrise. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore
#SG50
22. @ErvinHan Fifty years old still sexy. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
23. @mrbrown: After The Riot, alcohol banned. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
24. @dchieng: Looks up north, grabs popcorn. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
25. @iisjong: Xiao Ming, Ahmad and Muthu. #5WordSingaporeStories
26. @miyagi: Today is my bookout day #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50 #SAF50 (Long weekend, lagi best lah. -mb)
27. @alfpang: What are we queuing for? ##5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
"A? Why no A Star?" #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
— mrbrown (@mrbrown) August 3, 201528. @mrbrown: "A? Why no A Star?" #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
29. @mrbrown: He studied hard, now Gifted. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
30. @JoakimGomez: Mr. Brown starts Twitter Trend. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
31. @miyagi: "Why every year same #FormulaOne?" #5WordSingaporeStories #SG50 #Singapore #SingaporeGP
I love you. Let's BTO. #5WordSingaporeStories
— fey says hey (@heysayfey) August 3, 201532. @heysayfey: I love you. Let's BTO. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
33. @funkshin: Noted with thanks. Please revert. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
34. @deliciatan: One-room rental flat. Forgotten. #5WordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
35. @miyagi: Monitoring the situation very closely. #5WordSingaporeStories #SG50 #Singapore
"Papa, why doesn't 姐 talk?" #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
— mrbrown (@mrbrown) August 3, 201536. @mrbrown: "Papa, why doesn't 姐 talk?" #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
37. @sengkangauntie: Your children go where tuition? #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
38. @aditishiva: "I also don't friend you." #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
39. @Foodie_TL: We, the citizens of Singapore #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
40. @mrbrown: Ten years, no Baby Bonus.#5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
"I make $1,000."
"Can HDB!"
#5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
— mrbrown (@mrbrown) August 3, 201541. @mrbrown: "I make $1,000." "Can HDB!" #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
42. @mrbrown: Heavy downpour. Winter is here. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
43. @ChickenMacabre: For sale, Baby Shoes, #BBBMTL. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
44. @mrbrown: He wasn't sad. Just underhappy. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
45. @mrbrown: She picked cardboard for exercise. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
46. @mrbrown: "有一天，小明……" #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
47. @ShankerPaarey: Purple light, in the valley… #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
48. @mrbrown: "Where's my tissue and seat?" #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
49. @mrbrown: Replaced Straits Times in birdcage. #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
50. @mrbrown: "Where did Joo Chiat go?" #5wordSingaporeStories #Singapore #SG50
Bonus. This was a moment of synchronicity:
