SOUTHEAST ASIA's City Street Signs
We usually take our street signs for granted. Well, it's natural. It's just there at the corner, serves it's purpose and it's not going anywhere.
But did it ever occur to you that these humble street signs say a lot about the city we live in? Have we really taken it for granted not understanding that it represents a culture that we're so proud to call our own? Here's a compilation of street signs from the capital cities of our region (except Bandar Seri Begawan because I've been there only once).
How much does our street signs say about us?
Do you even know how they look like in other cities in our region? Take a look...
Notice the one from Jakarta? --Hilarious!
These is how the street signs of our sister cities look like.
So there. How much of our culture is reflected on these humble street signs? The most visible and the most checked out by visitors in our city.
Think about it.
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12 Comments:
Ne, ne, ne ... the Jakarta one is wrong. This should be somewhere outside Indonesia. We do not use "EE" in our spelling for long /i/. :)
Truly, those are luxurious street signs for a country like the Philippines to afford and have taste in. Where is the Philippine's sign?
@ Mihael - Does Pedro Gil ring any bell?
LOL @ the Indon sign. :)
:)) Funny the Indonesian sign. Some Beijing street signs here:
www.worldofsigns.com
And from Tokyo. There are also some signs from Southeast Asia, but unfortunately not so many street signs.
Thanks Julia for the first comment! We appreciate it. We'll check your website too =)
Lol@ Indon's street sign. Oh Cross Street! I know that place, it's near to the bar that I always go and it is also around the pink district :)
The Jakarta one is wrong. For several reasons, really. Firstly, it's what Panjee said. Secondly, Jakarta's standard street name plate is green. And also, we almost never put the word "jalan" on them. We usually abbreviate it as "Jl.". And also, that telephone box on the pic? I've never seen something like that in Indonesia. Based on these, I would say that Jalan Fun Wee Fuck is most probably in Malaysia (or even Brunei).
Oh wow. The ever famous Pedro Gil is here. Anyway, street signs in Metro Manila vary from city to city.
Where's Brunei? We've got jalan Sultan-pretty explains everything dont you think?
The road is said in Jakarta is actually in Malaysia since i noticed that old blue telekom malaysia phone booth that presently paint in red after telekom sold its shares in public phone to pernec
Jakarta one is Definitely wrong. I can say 100% for sure. Believe it or not, I was the one who took this picture in Malacca almost 10 years ago , if not more. Eventually, this road become popular.. and they changed it to Jalan Fam Wee Tuck.
The Thai street sign is true, its found everywhere and beautiful too!
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