Describe some of your experiences in food courts and hawker centres. How important are these places in your life as a teenager in Singapore?
Hawker centres and food courts are unique to Singapore’s cultural identity. People from all walks of life gather there for affordable meals and many grow up having at least one hawker centre in their neighbourhoods. The hawker centres and food courts are very inviting to eat at as they offer a wide range of cuisines not limiting to Chinese, Indian, Malay, Thai or even Japanese food options. Majority of Singaporeans grow up settling almost all their three meals a day at the hawker centres or food courts. Thus, such eating places hold a special place in our lives.
My favourite of these eateries is situated at the hawker centre within a stone’s throw from my house, having the opportunity to dine there for breakfast, lunch and dinner on separate occasions. I grew up eating an assortment of cuisines that tempts the famished, satisfies the gourmand and fulfils the needs of time-pressed workaholics. Though the food may not be as visually appealing as those in fine-dining restaurants, the tantalizing smell of the food is what gets me going back frequently for such delicious meals.
Every weekend, my family enjoys eating dinner at the food court near my house. It is air-conditioned and relatively clean. If more family members are coming, reservation is possible at the food court as they run out of tables easily when it is peak hour. Upon entering the food court, I can always take in the atmosphere which is a delightful experience especially when one grows up frequently visiting the food court to satisfy one’s hunger. The sizzling sound from a nearby stall and endless chatter from nearby tables make me appreciate the fact that Singapore has such unique food culture. This improves social cohesion among different races, preserving our cultural identity.
Living in a diverse country, I am blessed to be able to taste a wide range of cuisines and dishes. Food courts and hawker centres are home to a variety of ethnicity and culture, making its presence unique in Singapore. I enjoying buying their mix vegetable rice as I am reminded of my grandmother’s home cooked food which are nice and piping hot. She used to prepare dinner for me every Friday night when she was still mobile, and the dishes she cooked are very similar to those sold at such outlets. Singaporeans will also know that if one buys mix vegetable rice, which is a popular food item, one should go during peak hours when they just cooked the food and it is nice and warm. If one goes too late or too early, there may be very little variety or very little food left and the dishes may be cold. If one is a regular customer like me, hawkers usually will definitely recognise you and exchange pleasant greetings. As compared to food courts where store holders are not as friendly as many different big groups of people come to buy food.
Therefore, my experiences in food courts and hawker centres across from my house offer so much more than food to me, at an affordable price. They remind me about my childhood and make me appreciate different types of food. Apart from pampering my taste buds, they remind me of the good times spent with family and friends. They supply food for the nourishment of our teenage souls. Hence, we should spend some time to appreciate the vibrant food culture that Singapore has to offer.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, hence, if, may, so, still, therefore, thus, apart from, as to, at least
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 13.1623246493 160% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 23.0 10.4138276553 221% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 12.0 7.30460921844 164% => OK
Pronoun: 51.0 24.0651302605 212% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 64.0 41.998997996 152% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2746.0 1615.20841683 170% => OK
No of words: 572.0 315.596192385 181% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.8006993007 5.12529762239 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.89045207381 4.20363070211 116% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.57785040862 2.80592935109 92% => OK
Unique words: 292.0 176.041082164 166% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.51048951049 0.561755894193 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 863.1 506.74238477 170% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 5.43587174349 258% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.10420841683 238% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 16.0721442886 168% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.2726888178 49.4020404114 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.703703704 106.682146367 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.1851851852 20.7667163134 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.85185185185 7.06120827912 40% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 8.67935871743 207% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 3.4128256513 234% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.228075653593 0.244688304435 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0702017229925 0.084324248473 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0628660801336 0.0667982634062 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.138990014929 0.151304729494 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0537963791195 0.056905535591 95% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.8 13.0946893788 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 50.2224549098 117% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.3001002004 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.56 12.4159519038 85% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.94 8.58950901804 92% => OK
difficult_words: 118.0 78.4519038076 150% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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