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Singaporean moves to Chile for year-long 'honeymoon', stays for 5 years - Levin - 10-08-2022

https://www.asiaone.com/lifestyle/huh-you-siao-ah-singaporean-moves-chile-year-long-honeymoon-stays-5-years

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RE: Singaporean moves to Chile for year-long 'honeymoon', stays for 5 years - Levin - 10-08-2022

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."

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RE: Singaporean moves to Chile for year-long 'honeymoon', stays for 5 years - lvlrsSTI - 10-08-2022

Chile has good welfare system and good place for retirement

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RE: Singaporean moves to Chile for year-long 'honeymoon', stays for 5 years - lvlrsSTI - 10-08-2022

However there are earthquakes

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RE: Singaporean moves to Chile for year-long 'honeymoon', stays for 5 years - RiseofAsia - 10-08-2022

If go elsewhere, dont come back home…
Life is not about working hard in Sg.

You will miss alot of good things in life.

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RE: Singaporean moves to Chile for year-long 'honeymoon', stays for 5 years - YummyKing - 10-08-2022

He never say, but we can guess why he really left the PAP controlled city state.

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RE: Singaporean moves to Chile for year-long 'honeymoon', stays for 5 years - Niubee - 10-08-2022

(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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RE: Singaporean moves to Chile for year-long 'honeymoon', stays for 5 years - lvlrsSTI - 10-08-2022

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