IMHO, dont belittle oneself. From the comfort of your aircon room, most times it is unimaginable how one can survice when thrown into the "wild" so to speak. But when push comes to shove, i think most Singaporean males will be able to grit and grind to not only sruvive, but overcome. I am speaking of those who have been through N.S. Even though most people find and treat NS as a joke, but i would prefer to point out that to most of us who went through NS, most realised that IF one really push oneself, one can really accomplish previously-thought impossible things.
Furthermore, in the real-world, since when did Sinkie workers receive any favours from employers or Govt? We make do, sacrifice and endure all the shit the unfair and employer-skewed work environment SG has, not forgetting the undercutting of salary from foreigners and lack of promotion opportunities due to favouring of FTs. Complaints? These are real problems. Compare the power of the unions overseas and the ONE SG has, workers here can definitely survive in other countries. Whether able to overcome the homesickness is another matter. Just my 2c...
One other thing that SG workers possess, but not often utilized enough is their ability of Bilingualism. Even though most are half-past six standard, but they are anytime better than any Asean countries who have much much lower standard of English and Chinese. No other countries in ASEAN have as many Bilingual (Eng and Chi) as SG workers. You may have a friend from this and that country who can speak better mandarin or english, but they are definitely the minority. SG workers may have the Singlish slang in spoken language, but most can hold their own in written language.