Artist Evangeline Neo, best known online as evacomics, has a knack for spotting the exact moment when travel stops feeling “exciting” and starts feeling confusing or mildly irritating.
She's previously shared her work here on Bored Panda, focusing on the cultural differences between her native Singapore, and her favorite travel location, Japan. Since then, Evangeline has continued expanding her storytelling by comparing daily life in Singapore to places like Australia, the U.S., and Europe, or simply navigating the daily (in)conveniences that come with traveling.
Let us know which cultural mismatches Evangeline described best and which ones you’ve experienced yourself. If you'd like to explore her other work, you can find it on her Instagram and website.
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I decided many years ago to simply buy a fridge magnet depicting a scene from my holiday place
Her comics turn culture shock into something that is both relatable and educational about the culture described, on top of being very funny.
For me, this is Mexico. I love folk art and pottery. The things I see online! 😩🤌🏻
Instead of leaning on the common trope differences, Evangeline zooms in on the tiny details that catch you off guard: price tags that don’t mean what you think they mean, taxes that appear at the last second, shops that close far earlier than your internal clock is prepared for, or “normal” social habits that suddenly feel like an unwritten exam.
Im confused. Why do Australians put oil on their hair. I can see more if they are native with corse hair but oil on that stereotypical light hair, in the sun seems like a recipe for frying? Actual question
In Australia they're now adding "plus Visa card charge". Thin end of the wedge.
My city has only 2 weathers: skin cancer inducing sun or flood bringing rain
Unless you're American and traveling! Usually goes the opposite way. I have some very financially secure friends with celiac and other food intolerances and they go to Europe to EAT. They can eat their bread, their pasta, the desserts...and feel fantastic!
Well, Singapore isn't an isolated island and does not need to prevent invasive species.
It's the best steak in the world. Grass fed joy! I weep when I try steak in most other countries.
anyone ordering either 'beer' or 'whisky' without specifying a brand or type, is a yahoo and will be treated with disdain by all employees.
As a not-artist whose first language isn't English, I had to look up what a "mechanical pencil" even was. It's apparently called a "porte-mine" in French. It's basically a glorified "crayon a papier" (paper pencil) You don't need to sharpen it, you can just click it. In conclusion: calling it a sharp pencil makes more sense to me than a mechanical pencil. Edit: Yes, there's an accent on the a, I just don't know how to do it on a non-French keyboard.
If she asks, you're supposed to know but she's being polite anyway. Do what you're asked !
... and then tell them that the delivery date has been moved up a month, to tomorrow ...
So many vendors are selling the sizzle. Steak is, fsr, in short supply ...
I think that Singapore seems to be relatively free of the roving phone-snatchers so often seen in Europe.
The fact that some of these have to be translated from the Japanese means they're not really suitable for humour, which requires knowledge. They're educational, fair enough, but certainly not "relatable" for anyone who doesn't know the language.
But why are you assuming everyone here has your knowledge and not a different set of knowledge? I'm sure there are several people here who have visited Japan and have experienced similar cultural differences noted by this artist.
Load More Replies...The fact that some of these have to be translated from the Japanese means they're not really suitable for humour, which requires knowledge. They're educational, fair enough, but certainly not "relatable" for anyone who doesn't know the language.
But why are you assuming everyone here has your knowledge and not a different set of knowledge? I'm sure there are several people here who have visited Japan and have experienced similar cultural differences noted by this artist.
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