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15 valuable life lessons from Singaporean who buy everything online

15 valuable life lessons from Singaporean who buy everything online

Source: giphy.com Life Lesson No 7: An online scam is like your old secondary school friend’s new accent: If it sounds fake, it probably is. Text: Zhang Lifong Triple your data for just $9.90 a month with DataX3. Shop, stream, connect with friends — you can do everything you love, love, love with a supercharged data plan. LIFE LESSON NO 1: The only things worth queuing for in life are really good char kway teow, your kid’s school enrolment, and the immigration counter at the airport.
Source: Giphy.com LIFE LESSON NO 2: Buying groceries online means never having to wonder why that auntie in front of you is squeezing every single brinjal on display.
Source: Reactiongifs.com LIFE LESSON NO 3: Shopping for a new phone on your phone without ever talking on the phone is proof that evolution is real.
Source: Giphy.com LIFE LESSON NO 4: It is important to practice empathy in front of a mirror. Just so that when a foreign friend tells you all about an amazing, life-changing, soul-feeding adventure travelling around the world, your response won’t simply be: “Hah??? No WiFi?!”.
Source: Tumblr.com LIFE LESSON NO 5: Sometimes, it’s the little things that make your day. Like when nobody can get reception on their phones … except you.
Source: Giphy.com LIFE LESSON NO 6: If it doesn’t have a website or an app, it doesn’t exist.
Source: Giphy.com LIFE LESSON NO 7: An online scam is like your old secondary school friend’s new accent: If it sounds fake, it probably is.
Source: Giphy.com LIFE LESSON NO 8: Shopping in a neighbourhood shopping centre means going to work in the exact same outfit as your nemesis in Finance.
Source:Yourtango.com LIFE LESSON NO 9: There are only two types of Singaporean travellers in this world: People who plan their vacations online, and people who eat pei dan chok for breakfast in Rome.
Source: Giphy.com LIFE LESSON NO 10: Installing a mobile internet filter is totally considered “childproofing”.
Source: Giphy.com LIFE LESSON NO 11: Shopping online means never having to have the following conversation with that nice little supermarket auntie: “Hello, Auntie. Do you have cous cous?” “Hah?” “Cous cous.” “Koo koos???” “No, cous cous. It’s like rice... but not.” “You want rice?” “No. I want cous cous. It’s kinda like… grain.” “Grey rice? Don’t have. You want brown rice?” *Aneurysm*
Source: tenor.co LIFE LESSON NO 12: It is worth investing in a Christmas gift for the office receptionists. Because office receptionists can always tell the boss where you’ve been having your packages delivered to.
Source: Tumblr.com LIFE LESSON NO 13: Online shopping worldview: We are all created equal. Except the Japanese. Those people were created S, XS and XXS.
Source: Popsugar.com LIFE LESSON NO 14: “Grocery shopping” means sitting in your car, poking at your phone, waiting for that magic hour when there’s no more ERP.
Source: reactiongifs.me LIFE LESSON NO 15: You can do it all. Unless your kid dunks your phone into your morning coffee.
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