Best packing video ever. Shows you really don't need much!

At the risk of offending someone I travel with lightweight plastic shopping bags from Sprouts. Four cost 40 cents. “Double” them, one inside another. There. You now have two ultralight bags! A carry-on and a personal item. Use one for a full set of sturdy clothes. YOU ARE WEARING A SET! Use the other for Tech, Toiletries and any Meds you need. Hand wash one of your unders and socks. They dry overnight. Wear a simple “work” shirt and jeans. Wear your favorite shoes. If it’s cold wear a light down jacket [Uniqlo] and a beanie. See how long you can wear the jeans between washes. Wash a work shirt every few days. They dry fast! Not for everybody but if you want to play games with carriers here’s a place to start! And I practice what I preach! I have a work shirt and jeans drying on the back porch! Have a nice trip!

But if you didn't bring undies, that means you have to change your shorts more often. Shorts take up more space than underwear, so....

I'd cut that toothbrush handle though. Won't save much weight/volume but helps to drive the point home that things get serious now! (I also weigh stuff on a scale and if I need to decide whether to take this OR that shirt/short/cable/charger I usually take whichever is lighter.) You'd be amazed, sometimes that's how you can easily shave a third of the weight of an item off without any real difference in function...

I travelled to Bulgaria in December with only the free personal item on wizzair... actually it was a 12 liter pack because that was the only one I had (so. much. wasted. space. I. didn't. use). As long as the climate you are in doesn't change much it's definitely also possible in a colder climate (because you'll wear everything anyway since it's cold) One challenge is "going to the airport by public transport" if you leave from winter and are going to summer. Another challenge is air conditioning on the plane and in hot countries because if your overnight bus is cooled all the way to "near freezing" but outside it's "tropical" that's where thermal ski underwear saves the day ;)

So total success? Anything you would alter or wish you had brought? I love packing this way. It is total freedom. Not only for travel but this is the appeal of “minimalism”. And it is killer for ultralight backpacking. Post-trip clean-up is a breeze

Sharia may not apply to foreigners but if I had to take something off a shelf in the store to go 4 paymt I'd ask permission from the store keeper how can you prove you had that ahh no 1 Lies..?that law is complicated there's no such thing as abandoned property and don't move anything even if it's going to get destroyed unless you have the permission from someone who owns it and you may not know who owns it so just let it get destroyed.. I've been to Muslim countries several times but I'd have to say no thanks to Singapore

So no one clogs public toilets they all work and no one has a medical problem with their bladder or colon like I do they better hope

dude your videos are so good

Loved this video. Watched it several times. I am new to the one bag travel lifestyle and had a few questions: What backpack did you use? (North face something I think). Did you have a list of what you packed? Packing cubes? I have a 35L Arcido Akra (2 Vegas trips with it so far) but think the lowest I may go for international travel may be 28L.

I'm 5'10" 210 10%BF 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

Love your video! I practiced packing my backpack for a 14 day trip - i had room to spare!! 😁🌴🎉

Do you still traveling with this packing? Miss you videos

Great video…love the creepy underwear bit…priceless

how much kg

I am still watching this right now where it is already Ok to travel in the Philippines

O *COME 😅N* NOT FLUSHING TOILET RULE ??? Urban Legend, of sort *!*

I am a reformed overpacker. For 8 days will be taking just a backpack and a disposable wardrobe. Doubt my son who is travelling with me can do the same. I love the freedom travelling without a suitcase. Breeze through security and not have to worry about my luggage. Also it makes me aware of what I am buying in the way of souvenirs do that they are small enough to fit my pack.

HAHAHAH PLSS this video is so funny. “The hairy one made out of vegetables” made my day

I think most tourists go to singapore and go to the tourist attractions. But there are the neighbourhoods as well like the HDB housing that we have. It’s a whole different world compared to Marina Bay Sands and the Botanic Gardens. It’s a lot more laid back and not as sugar coated as the tourist attractions.

Our Government n rules is strict , that makes Singapore a safe country . People are therefore orderly. Objectivity on ruling for all races, racial harmony is achieved. A stable Singapore , invites foreign investments, results are an affluent country. So I would say Singapore is perfect compared to many other countries.

Our unity will be strong and hardened to overcome all odds...even we are small, but we are the centre of everything in this world..in a small island.. where dreams is made up of.

Yes. Singapore is a wake up call for all foreigners especially expatriates...becos living in a safe country need an effort and tremendous of rules to follow...it's a must, if Singaporean can do it, why can't foreigners or tourists...

Thanks for making a video that's well balanced and for being interested in Singapore! Singapore is full of people who just wants to make things work. Who doesn't love to have fun? Thing is, we can only have fun because someone before us had to pay the price for our freedoms. Most of us did nothing to deserve it. I am appreciative that our scarcity as a country reminds us to stay humble, in touch with reality, disciplined and help each other out where it counts. Guess that's the double bind that Singapore uniquely faces. :)

Never liked Singapore, Malaysia to the North i find much more interesting, i may be biased i just do not like dictatorships. But it has some pretty interesting architecture.

Is chewing gum really that important though?

Oh please... don't ever praise Singapore like that, the malays from Malaysia will curse you so much

Thanks for the generally positive take. But only 3 day’s worth of time spent here… need to spend a little more time. There’re quirky things. But true, generally, not awful surprises.

Haha bro you went to all the tourist traps, how are you going to soak in actual Singapore culture?

Singapore wasn't kick out off of MALAYSIA they wanted out off Malaysia so beware of what you are saying, we Malaysian opt not to have any confrontation among Asian.

I'm Finnish 🇫🇮 and approve sharing our land with Singapore. 🇸🇬 Just because they made that PSA.

No idea what these PSAs are…..seems like bs to me

Being a Singaporean, I am actually embarrassed that Hawker Chan has a Michelin star because it’s really so average. There are so many other stalls in Singapore that are way more deserving than Hawker Chan. Feel that it gives a poor reflection of our food here to overseas visitors who would have expected better.

as it says : if it sounds ''too good", it must be fake ! singapore got its own serious problems, : all kinds of serious crimes, weird crimes, jobless is very common sight here (nothing do with covid) ; property slums, 80,000 HDB and 100,000 private condo cant sell as nobody buy ; health problem of its population, world No.1 highest diabetes, world No.2 kidney failure, 1/7 singaporeans got mental depression. browse local gov newspapers, TV news, eg, this year in the newspapers : a 18yo mynamar maid was work for a sg (tamil woman) she was starved and strangled with rope every night, she died and was 20kg, a sg (malay family) father locked his 5yo son in a small metal cage and feed him daily, boy died, a sg (malay family) woman caused her 20yo indonesian maid permanently blind, a sg (chinese) 40yo property agent (jobless lah) killed his own wife who 6month pregnant and then killed his own 6yo daughter at home, till his father in-law visited smelt death corpse from his HDB house, a sg (chinese) 55yo woman mother did not take medicine and chopped 150 chops her own 80yo mother to death at home while her 18yo refused open room escape, a NSman (non-chinese) via Facebook harassed, threatened to meet-up personall sex attacked NINETEEN 12,13,14yo schoolgirls he was sentenced to 22years jail (consider the number of victims and their young age! very serious!), the streets and especially parks with lots trees are NOT safe for girls joggers especially alone or/and night, sex attacks, rape murders do occurred , HDB houses main door must locked all times as 2 cases, eg morning 8am a ITE 18yo opened maindoor ready go school, a 23yo(non-chinese) dashed into house and raped her, even prostitues are raped or robbed by NSmen pretended to be customer and police (last year 20 young lone wolf terrorists cases in sg charged), this year, 3 young lone wolf terrosists cases including a 15yo student (tamil) planned to buy kniefs , machett to kill in 2 mosques in sg... , lot lots all kinds serious crimes in sg (note : the race is indicated by gov newspapers not me), consider how 'big' is singapore only: population 5.5million , area 600sqkm with so much crimes everyday in the newspapers... crime rate is never low but it been passed on and on and on "safest, lowest crime rate"

The country is rich. The nation, however is mostly comprised of people walking on thin ice; just arm's length away from proverty. Forever they Pay & Pay to the Fascist/Capitalist/Socialist-hybrid government. Home to the world's unhappiest millionaires. And world ranking no. 2 for the most toxic work culture. You are wise to not call this place home for the long haul. The people of Singapore are merely alive - but not truly living. Safe & secure - to the point of being easy pickings when overseas. Sad life of a bird trapped in a bird cage.

I have never seen any of these PSAs in my 30 years in Singapore 😂😂

It is all about the system, we can almost do everything online now. Submission of income tax, corporate tax, application of passports, setting up a company, application of a flat to renting one, paying fines, etc. One Singapass connects everything. The civil servants' response time is really fast and efficient too.

Hi, that part on buying an apartment under 35 is wrong! If you are under 35 and single, you are not eligible to buy an apartment under our government’s public housing scheme! You can purchase a private apartment as long as your are above 21 and have the financial means to.

The only thing I don't like about Singapore is there is no mountain to climb

By the way, Singapore was not granted independence by Malaysia, the truth was that Msia kicked us out expecting us to die and come crawling back to them one day... that day has yet to come, thankfully!! Thanks to no other than the amazing Mr Lee Kuan Yew and his old guards. I would suggest that you watch some documentaries about Singapore's history to understand more about its remarkable journey :)

I moved back to Singapore from Australia when I was a teenager, so I kinda of get the Western perspective feeling that Singapore is "too perfect" or frigid. BUT, having lived here for more than 20 years now and reading up on books by founding father, LKY, I have a much more broader perspective. . Singapore has prospered not just economically and survived so hardships (e.g. M'sia threatening to cut off our water supplies in the past) but it's truly a progressive country that I'm so proud of. Singapore is a country which truly cares about its people. Living in a small space we need rules, otherwise it will be utterly chaotic. (Btw, most Singaporeans don't even like chewing gum anymore, lol :p).

I think you must be missing out something in Singapore to have the last conclusion. lol.. Singapore has a lot of siow lang (crazy people) like the person you have shown.. they are not in the city area but at our heartland area. Singaporeans live at the heartland and only go to do town for makan and work.. But the real party is at the heartland area.

Just to add some historical (or hysterical) context. At around 5:26 you (the video) explains how unlike other countries which had to fight for independence, Singapore sort of had independence thrust (unwanted) upon it. And this was covered in broad strokes as the Malaysia Parliament voted to expel Singapore for "political and racial tensions". Which is enough for those with a passing interest. (Really! Who cares? Other than Singaporeans? Or curious history students?) Here's a conspiracy theory you won't find anywhere else: It was the Malaysians' attempt to teach Singapore (or Lee Kuan Yew) a lesson. The conventional wisdom was that it was impossible for Singapore to be independent - we lack the resources - land, water, a hinterland (rural farmland) - to be self-sufficient. Which was why Singapore agreed to join the Federation of Malayan States in 1963. Lee Kuan Yew's envisioned a Malaysia (with Singapore as a state) that would treat all Malaysians equally, regardless of ethnicity. He promoted the idea of a "Malaysian Malaysia". This ran head first against the indigenous Malay politicians' idea of a "Malay Malaysia" where the indigenous Malays would be advantaged. More worrisome is that Lee's idea was gaining some traction with (unsurprisingly) non-Malays, and his political party was making some inroads. Worst of all, Lee is a consummate orator and even spoke in Malay to try to win people (Malays) over. So the Malaysian (or Malay) political leaders decided to expel Singapore. The plan was for Singapore to be cast out. Alone. In the wilderness. With nothing. And learn her lesson. Realise that she cannot make it alone. And then, after a few years of blundering and mucking about in the economic wilderness, suffering deprivations, lack, and sacrifices, she will come to her senses, vote out the irascible Lee Kuan Yew in favour of a pro-reunification leader, and go crawling back to the Federation, and beg, plead to be readmitted to the Federation. And the Federation could magnanimously re-accept Singapore back into the Federation, ON THE FEDERATION TERMS. And that would be the end of Lee's "Malaysian Malaysia". Good plan, no? Unfortunately, they never told Singapore their plan. So Lee Kuan Yew cried (Really! Literally! On National TV! Oh the shame!) at Separation. (Which must have given the Malay leaders great satisfaction. "Our plan is working!") Then Lee and Singapore, and Singaporeans got down to business. The business of survival. The business of making a living. The business of putting food on the table, and a roof over our heads. And they (the pioneers) survived. And thrived. And made Singapore. In spades. [Meanwhile, in Malaysia... but that's another story...] So that's the conspiracy theory: the Malaysian Parliament didn't vote to GRANT Singapore independence out of the goodness of their heart (no proof of a heart. No evidence of "goodness"), they voted to EXPEL Singapore to teach Singapore a lesson. The plan was for Singapore to come crawling back and BEG to be readmitted into the Federation on the Federation terms (no more "Malaysian Malaysia" crap!) after failing spectacularly at independence. I do not know how credible this conspiracy theory is to non-Singaporeans. It requires a familiarity with the Malay nature, the Malay philosophy for it to make some kinda of sense. For it to be credible. White America (USA) does not have this passive-aggressive approach. If Texas wants to secede from the USA, the Federal govt is more likely to say, "over my dead body. Or preferably yours." (And Texas would say, "don't mess with Texas!" and the shooting war starts.) The US is not going to expel Florida to teach it a lesson (for example). But this scenario is believable if you are familiar with the Malay culture and people. The Malays are not given to confrontation (they prefer to avoid it if possible) as a means of conflict resolution. They seem to subscribe to a philosophy of "natural justice" - as in "I will advise you, but if you will not listen to my wise counsel, then go ahead and do as you please. But you will have to bear the consequences of your choices." In a sense, this was what they "offered" Singapore in 1965. And, thank you for an entertaining video.

LKY the serial thief, cheat and liar stole Singapore. Singapore is part of Malaysia period.

You can’t busk without a permit.

Let's see you do that with l/s shirts and long pants. And hot/humid weather and cold weather, 12 months round the world , Not staying at friends house etc and by yourself.

Ahhh life before Covid-19 was another universe loooong time agooo!

hey dude ,you didn"t mention the famous GEYLANG & SAF.

Murican sounding white dude trying to emphasize 11 death penalty Murican news: there is another shooting again.

we are small, so Singaporeans like to have fun by flying just 1hr to any other nearby Southeast Asian country for vacation