Singaporeans love to be onemanupship. What it basically means is that Singaporeans love to be 'one up'. Unlike the Aussies and British who believe that the next man is as good as himself, Singaporeans believe that they must be better than everyone else, or else, they are a failure in life, and they are losers.
Singaporeans are shallow and materialistic. The national dream is the 5Cs - Credit Card, Cars, Condominum, Country club membership and of course, Cash.
Onemanupship means that kids, as young as 7, learn to compete in school to be one up on their classmates. This is inculcated in them by their parents. Who remind them daily to be 'one up' on their classmates by scoring better grades than Tan Shun Ming the kid in the next seat.
Singaporean kids compare their grades, family's wealth, height and basically everything. They start from young.
When these kids grow up, they start to compare their jobs, salaries, housing, whether they drive a car, etc.
Striving to be good is a good quality in men. But as usual, Singaporeans can turn anything into a disgusting thing. Instead of working hard and smart to be good. They spend their time backstabbing others, being jealous, being distrustful and putting down others all the time. And they spend their entire lives obsessing over money and branded bags and branded cars.
Singaporeans are known to be 'Kiasu' which is basically a Hokkien word for 'being afraid to lose'. This is just another term for onemanupship.
The Fillipinos, Chinese, Koreans and most Asians are the same. The Koreans are even worse. Parents save money for their kids to have plastic surgery when the turn 18 and most Korean media personalities have had plastic surgeries before.
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