10-08-2022, 11:56 AM
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Singaporean moves to Chile for year-long 'honeymoon', stays for 5 years
10-08-2022, 11:59 AM
The interesting parts:
The main thing that he had to get used to was how Chileans "work to live", rather than "live to work", he says, recounting in his blog how he once found himself alone in a darkened office building when it was only 8pm.
As a Chilean friend who'd worked in Singapore once told him, "In Chile, we party on the weekends and we use the weekdays to recover. In Singapore, you work hard on the weekdays and use the weekends to recover."
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'tomorrow' doesn't really mean 24 hours later, and calling someone multiple times to follow-up is expected
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"In Singapore, not delivering your work after you made a promise that you will send it 'tomorrow' is taboo. Whereas in Chile, 'tomorrow' could mean 24 hours later, 48 hours later or perhaps never," he notes.
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In the early days of life in Chile, he had missed the efficiency of Singapore in general, as he recalls feeling "very irritated" by how things didn't always work well in Chile. Getting a travel visa for example, was a one-and-a-half-year wait. "And to collect the visa, you had to queue up at the immigration office from 3am, just to make sure you got a collection ticket."
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Another thing which Jeremy misses would be the safety that Singaporeans often take for granted.
"For example, I can't just leave my bag at McDonald's to go order food because it might get stolen."
The main thing that he had to get used to was how Chileans "work to live", rather than "live to work", he says, recounting in his blog how he once found himself alone in a darkened office building when it was only 8pm.
As a Chilean friend who'd worked in Singapore once told him, "In Chile, we party on the weekends and we use the weekdays to recover. In Singapore, you work hard on the weekdays and use the weekends to recover."
......
'tomorrow' doesn't really mean 24 hours later, and calling someone multiple times to follow-up is expected
......
"In Singapore, not delivering your work after you made a promise that you will send it 'tomorrow' is taboo. Whereas in Chile, 'tomorrow' could mean 24 hours later, 48 hours later or perhaps never," he notes.
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In the early days of life in Chile, he had missed the efficiency of Singapore in general, as he recalls feeling "very irritated" by how things didn't always work well in Chile. Getting a travel visa for example, was a one-and-a-half-year wait. "And to collect the visa, you had to queue up at the immigration office from 3am, just to make sure you got a collection ticket."
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Another thing which Jeremy misses would be the safety that Singaporeans often take for granted.
"For example, I can't just leave my bag at McDonald's to go order food because it might get stolen."
10-08-2022, 12:09 PM
Chile has good welfare system and good place for retirement
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10-08-2022, 01:13 PM
If go elsewhere, dont come back home…
Life is not about working hard in Sg.
You will miss alot of good things in life.
Life is not about working hard in Sg.
You will miss alot of good things in life.
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"
10-08-2022, 02:24 PM
He never say, but we can guess why he really left the PAP controlled city state.
CHAOS & Cityhantam are 2 sick CCP mother-fcuker bastards, who support Islamic radical Simplemen, aka Imran, who has been belittling Chinese, juz because their mothers like farking Hamas dogs
10-08-2022, 02:32 PM
(10-08-2022, 02:24 PM)YummyKing Wrote: He never say, but we can guess why he really left the PAP controlled city state.
Respect him. Most Sporn will be slave to society. Me too
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