Introduction to how to enjoy life part two
This is the second part of how to enjoy life. Rich in every sense means rich in enjoyment of life.
Many people are so used to stressful lifestyle, so much so that they forget how to enjoy life. Whenever they have a rainy Sunday, they feel hopeless and restless, not knowing how to enjoy life. I hope you enjoy your life to the fullest. I hope you enjoy life every single minute.
Many people are searching for answers to how to enjoy life. Google Adword Keyword Tool shows that there are 3,600 searches for “how to enjoy life”, 49,500 searches for “enjoy life”, and 8,100 searches for “enjoy your life”.
When we were young, we do not ask “how to enjoy life” or “how to enjoy your life”. As kids, we knew how to enjoy life. The knowledge of how to enjoy life comes naturally to all kids.
How to enjoy life part two is written for adults, like you and me, not for kids. In fact, we need to learn how to enjoy life from kids.
How to enjoy life part two has a few subheadings. The first subheading is how to enjoy life as a single person. Being single is in fact a blessing in many ways. How to enjoy life is as much for the single as for the married.
The second part is how to enjoy life everyday. When you enjoy your life everyday, you are happy. There is no need to wait till vacation time or weekend to enjoy your life. This subheading is to help you enjoy your life everyday.
How to enjoy life as a single person
How to enjoy life as a single person is written for single person, whether it is temporary singleness (when your spouse is on overseas employment) or permanent singleness.
A single person can enjoy life to the full. Romantic involvement is not the only way to enjoy life. It is possible to enjoy life to the fullest without any romantic involvement.
How to enjoy life as a single person requires you to have a positive outlook. You know that romantic involvement is not a sign of success or measure of beauty. You do not need the presence of boyfriend or girlfriend to bring happiness to you.
You know that children are happiest creatures on Earth. They enjoy themselves without thoughts of romantic involvement. Do learn from the children. Do learn that you are in charge of enjoying your life. Nobody can take away your happiness if you know how to enjoy life.
Nobody can steal away the knowledge of how to enjoy life from you. Nobody has the right to judge how successful you are in life. Nobody has the right to use the number of romantic relationships you have or not have as a measure of success.
How to enjoy life as a single person requires you to keep busy with activities you enjoy.
When you wake up in the morning, you should know how you are going to enjoy life today. Do plan to enjoy life. You should not wake up with a dreadful feeling of emptiness. You should not wake up hoping that you are in heaven with your Father, instead of living an empty life on Earth.
How to enjoy life as a single person requires you to widen your associations. You can enjoy life with a group of friends. You can enjoy life confiding with your close friend. You can enjoy life by joining a local club. You can enjoy life by exercising in the gym.
You can enjoy life with yourself. You can make peace with yourself. You can enjoy life by talking to your pet. You can enjoy life by pampering yourself. There is no one to tell you what to do or not to do. You can learn how to enjoy life as a single person, knowing that the most important person in the universe is you. You can do whatever you want.
How to enjoy life requires you to know how blessed you are. How to enjoy life requires you to treasure your friendships. You can spend time with your friends, and sharing your deepest feelings. You can enjoy life by being a true friend to your friends.
How to enjoy life as a single means getting the best education you can get. You can learn to nurture your talents and gifts. You have time to invest in yourself. You can learn to develop your gifts and enjoy life doing what you like, and are best at.
How to enjoy life as a single person involves learning from your mistake, and forgiving yourself. You may have failed romances. You may meet nasty control freaks. You can learn from your mistakes. You can analysis and ask yourself why you keep meeting this kind of person. You can learn to enjoy life by selectively in your friendship.
How to enjoy life as a single person requires you to stay positive, knowing that the future is bright. With or without a life partner, the future is bright. You can envision an early retirement for yourself, and going for a world cruise. You can envision yourself on top of the Great Wall of China, and looking down at the mortals below. You can envision yourself enjoy a month in the Amazon forest, waking up to the sound of forest.
How to enjoy life as a single person requires a change of mindset. You can learn to enjoy life mentally and physically.
How to enjoy life everyday
You do not need to wait for the annual vacation to enjoy life. In fact, if enjoying life means just a few weeks of enjoyment per year, you will be a very miserable person.
How to enjoy life starts from learning how to enjoy life everyday.
How to enjoy life everyday requires you to dismiss stress and anxiety. You do not have to worry about bills and mortgages every day. You only pay bills and mortgages once a month, so learn to compartment the worries and anxieties from your daily activities. That does not mean that you do not care about paying bills and mortgages.
It does mean that you have to curb excessive spending habits, and save every single penny. Once you have acquired the self-discipline to curb spending, and save money, you do not need to worry about your personal finance every single minute.
How to enjoy life everyday requires you to limit intake of bad news. Do not watch the news. Do not listen to the news. You do not need to know how many people die in road accident every day. You do not need to know how many people die from heart attack every day.
Knowing that there are people dying every day from disasters, road accidents, and illness is enough. You do not need to watch the news everyday to keep track of statistics. You do need to take action to protect yourself, so that you do not become part of the statistics.
How to enjoy life everyday requires you to shut off the negative news, and promotes the positive acts. You should learn how to enjoy life by having a healthy body.
Instead of learning how many people die from lung cancer, skin cancer, heart diseases, oral cancer and other diseases, you can learn to build a strong and healthy body. You can learn to eat healthy food, and live a healthy lifestyle.
A weak and sickly body limits you ability to enjoy your life. You should learn to build a healthy body, in order to enjoy life to the fullest.
At the end of the day, before falling into dreamland, you can list three things that you are thankful for. You can learn to enjoy life by giving thanks for the blessed day you enjoy today.
Learn how to enjoy life everyday through awareness of simple pleasures in life. You enjoy the cup of coffee in the morning. You are thankful for the farmers to cultivate the coffee plantation. You are thankful for all the people who work hard to send the coffee beans to you. Learn how to enjoy life everyday by thinking about the people who make it possible for you to enjoy life.
Learn how to enjoy life by avoiding all the things you dread. You can create a list of all the dreadful things. You can think of ways to avoid doing them, or hire someone to do for you. You can also think of ways to make dreadful things less dreadful.
For example, cooking is an activity you hate so much. You know that your neighbor is a good cook. Can you pay your neighbor to cook for you? Do think of ways to make an arrangement that is agreeable with both of you.
You learn how to enjoy life everyday when you learn to reduce the list of dreadful activities. Your daily activities will consist of all the activities you enjoy. How to enjoy life everyday requires you to enjoy every single minute of the day.
Learn how to enjoy life is not just a personal life lesson. You can learn how to enjoy life with your family. You can learn to enjoy life by showing your family members to look at the brighter side of things. Do learn to prepare for the worst, but hope for the best.
When you learn how to enjoy life, you should learn how to prepare for the worst as well. Always ask your family members, what is the worst that can happen? You will find that the worst is always in our imaginations. The worst rarely happens.
A miracle always appears out of the blue to stop the sinking into the worst. It is a given that the worst that can happen is death, and given that everyone dies one day, that is not exactly the unexpected worst.
Learn how to enjoy life by hoping for the best. You do not have to wake up in the morning dreading that death occurs today, you can learn to enjoy life by enjoying every minute of the day. You can enjoy life hoping for a miracle to happen everyday.
Miracle seldom happen, when it happens, it can bring greater enjoyment to you and your family. Hoping for a miracle is an activity that does not cost you anything. Hoping for a miracle is part of learning how to enjoy life.
Conclusion to how to enjoy life part two
How to enjoy life part two shows that enjoyment of life requires a change of mindset.
No matter you are a single person, a married person, a person with high paying post or a jobless person, you can learn how to enjoy life.
How to enjoy life is a most important lesson in life. Since you are going to live for many more years, do make enjoy life everyday. Do not wake up with a miserable mindset, and suffers misery every single minute of the day.
Do learn how to enjoy life everyday, and enjoy your life for the rest of your life.
Do read the first part of how to enjoy life in this blog. Do remind yourself that how to enjoy life is the most important lesson you can ever learn. Do not let anyone influence your positive mindset. Do not let anyone tells you that life is a journey of suffering. It is not true.
Life is meant for enjoyment. The birds that fly in the sky, the rain that falls into your garden, the flowers that bloom brightly are telling you that it is time to enjoy life. Do learn how to enjoy life, and do enjoy life forever.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Do you think we lost the ability to enjoy life as we get older?
A few weeks ago, I started this discussion in mylot discussion forum. I was not able to find a suitable word to describe what I wanted to say, so end up using “lost” the ability to enjoy life.
You can read the whole discussion thread here http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2022143.aspx
This discussion about ability to enjoy life attracts more than 50 responses. Those who join mylot are known as mylotters. Mylot pays you to take part in discussion, and to enjoy yourself, make friend and earn money. You can join mylot using this link http://www.mylot.com/?ref=scheng1
Many people felt strongly about the use of “lost ability to enjoy life”, they protested strongly and clearly that ability to enjoy life is never lost, however old we are.
I started the thread with the following introduction:
“Children are better at enjoying life than adults. Everything is fun when we were young. Eating ice-cream was enjoyable, climbing tree was enjoyable, watching the clouds and making up stories about fairies and dragons was enjoyable. It seems that when we get older, we lost our ability to enjoy the simple pleasure of life. Now eating chocolate and ice cream meant high fat, high calories, and we felt guilty. Climbing tree is out of question physically. Watching the clouds is deem as waste of time, and only permissible after we finish all our work. Do you think that we lost the ability to enjoy life as we get older? How do you enjoy life?”
What I meant to say that children are really good at enjoying life. When we were young, we really could absorb in our play, and forget about time passing.
Now that we are adults, the ability to enjoy life is limited by time and energy level. After a tiring day at work, we think of dinner, the housework, and whatever we need to do. The last thing we think of is to enjoy life. Even if we want to spend the evening hours playing games, we know that time is limited to enjoy life. Our natural intention is to finish all our work before we sit down and relax.
Not many people are fortunate to enjoy their work. If you do not enjoy your work, you will find that working hours are long and tiring. The ability to enjoy life is limited at working location. Only those who enjoy their work, can kindle the enjoyment of life when they are working.
While some people agree that adults are worse than children at enjoying life, they disagreed to the factor causing the reduction of our abilities to enjoy life.
One comment states “You cease to enjoy life not as you get older, but as you begin to loose curiosity that a child has. When this curiosity is lost, everything is lost and life becomes dull and seems to be a burden.”
I agree with his comment. When we lost the curiosity, we cease to enjoy life. When nothing is interesting anymore, we will not enjoy life. Imagine your friend asking you to go for holiday in other countries, but you are not curious to find out the culture or see the nature in other countries. Then how can you enjoy life? You do not enjoy life when you have no curiosity about anything else.
Another interesting comment is “I enjoy life by learning new things. Having hobbies to keep me busy. Watching your grandchildren growing up. I think there are many ways to enjoy your life when you get older you just have to be open to it and not feel because you are old or older that life is over for you.”
I agree with her that to enjoy life, we must learn new things. When we were young, we saw wonders in everything around us. We wondered why the grass is green and the sky is blue. We enjoy life by wondering about nature. We enjoy life by watching the blue sky, and the green grass.
We should never lose the ability to enjoy life if we keep on learning.
Another interesting comment from a mylotter “Adults enjoy life differently, from massages, to owning property, owning cars etc.”
She is right in pointing out that adults can never enjoy life the same way as kids. We enjoy life from activities that bored children. We can never enjoy life by playing catching anymore. We can never enjoy life by biting the books. We can never enjoy life by pulling the tail of the dog.
We enjoy life by shopping, owing property and so on. We enjoy life by taking holiday, tanning at the beach and so on.
I love the comment by another mylotter “I still do listen to the chirping birds and even watch them while they play and fly around the branches of my mango tree. I also do still watch clouds, the stars, and I actually do stare at the heavens most a lot specially during the night together with my husband because by doing so, we could, all the more praise the wonderful God that created those things. I still do enjoy simple things despite the busy life because I know how to balance my life. I think one just has to start and live life rightly. Age is not a hindrance to enjoy the happiness this life could offer.”
She has so rightly pointed out that ability to enjoy life is ageless. We do not need to spend money to enjoy life. We do not need to make a lot of effort to enjoy life. Enjoying life is simple, and requires us to slow down, and take the time to enjoy nature.
Another beautiful saying by one wise mylotter “Children enjoy life because they live in the moment. That ice cream is the only thing they are focused on--the coldness, the taste, the texture, how it feels to eat it on a hot day. They are totally in that moment and don't allow other thoughts to crowd in and spoil their enjoyment.”
That is really the best way to enjoy life. When we are so absorbed in doing the things we like, we are enjoying life. Sometimes when work is so absorbing, it becomes enjoyable too. I envy those who can enjoy their work, because they get to enjoy life whenever they work. I enjoy a cup of coffee in the afternoon with cookies.
Do you enjoy life by taking short break too? Do you enjoy life when your focus is on food, and nothing else? Do you have any activity that you enjoy so much? Do try to spend more time to enjoy life.
Another mylotter brought some food for thought “The allegories you presented are quite true. However, with a few exceptions, children are expected to act like children. If we seniors acted like children, not only would we feel foolish, but our children would have us declared incompetent. Then, they'd commit us to a nursing home where we'd be kept under lock and key. I prefer to be more sedate. I just bought a new car, a red one. That brought joy to my hum drum life. I enjoy sewing, gardening and attending the services of the church. I get a kick out of planting those trees I can no longer climb. They'll be there for my great grandchildren, who are not yet born.”
It is true that society expects us to behave accordingly to our status and age. You cannot expect the CEO of a big company to climb tree, when there is a board meeting going on. He cannot claim to enjoy life this way. He can enjoy life by going to the golf course. He can enjoy life by fine dining. But, he no longer has the ability to enjoy life in this capacity as a CEO.
No matter how we enjoy life, we can never enjoy life as much as the innocent kids. So parents, do let your children enjoy life. Do not let them grow up too soon. They have to learn to compete in a competitive world, but they should enjoy life when they are young. Once they enter society as a working adult, they can never enjoy life as much as kids do.
One mylotter pointed out “I do not agree we lost the ability to enjoy life as we get older. It is just we forgot how to enjoy life as we get older. This is because we are burdened by the demands of life to remember what is real joy that comes from the bottom of our heart. Even eating a cone of ice-cream can make one guilty, how to enjoy life?
It is true that we cannot enjoy life if we worry too much. If we are too conscious of our appearance, and our status in life, we can never enjoy life. If we have to think about time in term of monetary terms, how to enjoy life? If watching clouds is a waste of time, how to enjoy life?
If drinking a cup of coffee means all kinds of bad effects on health, how to enjoy life? If running means risk of injury to the kneecap, how to enjoy life? If we worry too much, we cannot never enjoy life. Anyway life is short, and meant for enjoyment, do slow down and enjoy life. It is better to enjoy life when you are healthy, than to think of enjoying life after you suffered a burnt out.
We have to be silly sometimes to enjoy life. We have to forget who we are, and pretend that we are young to enjoy life. We have to forsake societal norm to enjoy life. When we go overseas for holidays, we should enjoy life as a tourist, not as the manager or executive or civil servant.
On a positive note, one mylotter said “As we age, all the more that we enjoy life. Not only are we more capable financially, but we are more experienced in life. We know what we want. We know where we want to go. We learn so many things. We have freedom.”
As an adult, we have the freedom and financial ability to enjoy life. We should enjoy life more. Children have to beg their parents to buy toys for them, so that they can enjoy life by playing with new toys. For us, we should enjoy life more, since we can buy for ourselves, and do not need to beg our parents.
Sometimes as adults, we forget that we can enjoy life. We forget to spend time to enjoy life. We forget that all the bills that we pay at the end of the months are supposed to make us enjoy life more. We forget that we have the ability and the means to enjoy life to the fullest.
Life is enjoyable. Do enjoy life. If you forget how to enjoy life, do learn. You have many more years to live. You will be happier when you enjoy life.
Back to the question of Do you think we lost the ability to enjoy life as we get older?
Do join mylot at http://www.mylot.com/?ref=scheng1 and share your valuable opinion.
Mylot does pay. Many of us enjoy the discussion and the friendly atmosphere there. I have received 3 payment from mylot so far, after 4 months of activities in mylot. The minimum payout is $10, and I have received more than $33 from mylot.
You do not need to spend a lot of time, just login every now and then to take part in the discussion. You will enjoy life and earn money too. See you in mylot. Do share the ways you enjoy life.
Do read all the earlier part of How to enjoy life in this blog. There are many ways to enjoy life. Choose the most enjoyable activity, and you will enjoy happiness!
You can read the whole discussion thread here http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2022143.aspx
This discussion about ability to enjoy life attracts more than 50 responses. Those who join mylot are known as mylotters. Mylot pays you to take part in discussion, and to enjoy yourself, make friend and earn money. You can join mylot using this link http://www.mylot.com/?ref=scheng1
Many people felt strongly about the use of “lost ability to enjoy life”, they protested strongly and clearly that ability to enjoy life is never lost, however old we are.
I started the thread with the following introduction:
“Children are better at enjoying life than adults. Everything is fun when we were young. Eating ice-cream was enjoyable, climbing tree was enjoyable, watching the clouds and making up stories about fairies and dragons was enjoyable. It seems that when we get older, we lost our ability to enjoy the simple pleasure of life. Now eating chocolate and ice cream meant high fat, high calories, and we felt guilty. Climbing tree is out of question physically. Watching the clouds is deem as waste of time, and only permissible after we finish all our work. Do you think that we lost the ability to enjoy life as we get older? How do you enjoy life?”
What I meant to say that children are really good at enjoying life. When we were young, we really could absorb in our play, and forget about time passing.
Now that we are adults, the ability to enjoy life is limited by time and energy level. After a tiring day at work, we think of dinner, the housework, and whatever we need to do. The last thing we think of is to enjoy life. Even if we want to spend the evening hours playing games, we know that time is limited to enjoy life. Our natural intention is to finish all our work before we sit down and relax.
Not many people are fortunate to enjoy their work. If you do not enjoy your work, you will find that working hours are long and tiring. The ability to enjoy life is limited at working location. Only those who enjoy their work, can kindle the enjoyment of life when they are working.
While some people agree that adults are worse than children at enjoying life, they disagreed to the factor causing the reduction of our abilities to enjoy life.
One comment states “You cease to enjoy life not as you get older, but as you begin to loose curiosity that a child has. When this curiosity is lost, everything is lost and life becomes dull and seems to be a burden.”
I agree with his comment. When we lost the curiosity, we cease to enjoy life. When nothing is interesting anymore, we will not enjoy life. Imagine your friend asking you to go for holiday in other countries, but you are not curious to find out the culture or see the nature in other countries. Then how can you enjoy life? You do not enjoy life when you have no curiosity about anything else.
Another interesting comment is “I enjoy life by learning new things. Having hobbies to keep me busy. Watching your grandchildren growing up. I think there are many ways to enjoy your life when you get older you just have to be open to it and not feel because you are old or older that life is over for you.”
I agree with her that to enjoy life, we must learn new things. When we were young, we saw wonders in everything around us. We wondered why the grass is green and the sky is blue. We enjoy life by wondering about nature. We enjoy life by watching the blue sky, and the green grass.
We should never lose the ability to enjoy life if we keep on learning.
Another interesting comment from a mylotter “Adults enjoy life differently, from massages, to owning property, owning cars etc.”
She is right in pointing out that adults can never enjoy life the same way as kids. We enjoy life from activities that bored children. We can never enjoy life by playing catching anymore. We can never enjoy life by biting the books. We can never enjoy life by pulling the tail of the dog.
We enjoy life by shopping, owing property and so on. We enjoy life by taking holiday, tanning at the beach and so on.
I love the comment by another mylotter “I still do listen to the chirping birds and even watch them while they play and fly around the branches of my mango tree. I also do still watch clouds, the stars, and I actually do stare at the heavens most a lot specially during the night together with my husband because by doing so, we could, all the more praise the wonderful God that created those things. I still do enjoy simple things despite the busy life because I know how to balance my life. I think one just has to start and live life rightly. Age is not a hindrance to enjoy the happiness this life could offer.”
She has so rightly pointed out that ability to enjoy life is ageless. We do not need to spend money to enjoy life. We do not need to make a lot of effort to enjoy life. Enjoying life is simple, and requires us to slow down, and take the time to enjoy nature.
Another beautiful saying by one wise mylotter “Children enjoy life because they live in the moment. That ice cream is the only thing they are focused on--the coldness, the taste, the texture, how it feels to eat it on a hot day. They are totally in that moment and don't allow other thoughts to crowd in and spoil their enjoyment.”
That is really the best way to enjoy life. When we are so absorbed in doing the things we like, we are enjoying life. Sometimes when work is so absorbing, it becomes enjoyable too. I envy those who can enjoy their work, because they get to enjoy life whenever they work. I enjoy a cup of coffee in the afternoon with cookies.
Do you enjoy life by taking short break too? Do you enjoy life when your focus is on food, and nothing else? Do you have any activity that you enjoy so much? Do try to spend more time to enjoy life.
Another mylotter brought some food for thought “The allegories you presented are quite true. However, with a few exceptions, children are expected to act like children. If we seniors acted like children, not only would we feel foolish, but our children would have us declared incompetent. Then, they'd commit us to a nursing home where we'd be kept under lock and key. I prefer to be more sedate. I just bought a new car, a red one. That brought joy to my hum drum life. I enjoy sewing, gardening and attending the services of the church. I get a kick out of planting those trees I can no longer climb. They'll be there for my great grandchildren, who are not yet born.”
It is true that society expects us to behave accordingly to our status and age. You cannot expect the CEO of a big company to climb tree, when there is a board meeting going on. He cannot claim to enjoy life this way. He can enjoy life by going to the golf course. He can enjoy life by fine dining. But, he no longer has the ability to enjoy life in this capacity as a CEO.
No matter how we enjoy life, we can never enjoy life as much as the innocent kids. So parents, do let your children enjoy life. Do not let them grow up too soon. They have to learn to compete in a competitive world, but they should enjoy life when they are young. Once they enter society as a working adult, they can never enjoy life as much as kids do.
One mylotter pointed out “I do not agree we lost the ability to enjoy life as we get older. It is just we forgot how to enjoy life as we get older. This is because we are burdened by the demands of life to remember what is real joy that comes from the bottom of our heart. Even eating a cone of ice-cream can make one guilty, how to enjoy life?
It is true that we cannot enjoy life if we worry too much. If we are too conscious of our appearance, and our status in life, we can never enjoy life. If we have to think about time in term of monetary terms, how to enjoy life? If watching clouds is a waste of time, how to enjoy life?
If drinking a cup of coffee means all kinds of bad effects on health, how to enjoy life? If running means risk of injury to the kneecap, how to enjoy life? If we worry too much, we cannot never enjoy life. Anyway life is short, and meant for enjoyment, do slow down and enjoy life. It is better to enjoy life when you are healthy, than to think of enjoying life after you suffered a burnt out.
We have to be silly sometimes to enjoy life. We have to forget who we are, and pretend that we are young to enjoy life. We have to forsake societal norm to enjoy life. When we go overseas for holidays, we should enjoy life as a tourist, not as the manager or executive or civil servant.
On a positive note, one mylotter said “As we age, all the more that we enjoy life. Not only are we more capable financially, but we are more experienced in life. We know what we want. We know where we want to go. We learn so many things. We have freedom.”
As an adult, we have the freedom and financial ability to enjoy life. We should enjoy life more. Children have to beg their parents to buy toys for them, so that they can enjoy life by playing with new toys. For us, we should enjoy life more, since we can buy for ourselves, and do not need to beg our parents.
Sometimes as adults, we forget that we can enjoy life. We forget to spend time to enjoy life. We forget that all the bills that we pay at the end of the months are supposed to make us enjoy life more. We forget that we have the ability and the means to enjoy life to the fullest.
Life is enjoyable. Do enjoy life. If you forget how to enjoy life, do learn. You have many more years to live. You will be happier when you enjoy life.
Back to the question of Do you think we lost the ability to enjoy life as we get older?
Do join mylot at http://www.mylot.com/?ref=scheng1 and share your valuable opinion.
Mylot does pay. Many of us enjoy the discussion and the friendly atmosphere there. I have received 3 payment from mylot so far, after 4 months of activities in mylot. The minimum payout is $10, and I have received more than $33 from mylot.
You do not need to spend a lot of time, just login every now and then to take part in the discussion. You will enjoy life and earn money too. See you in mylot. Do share the ways you enjoy life.
Do read all the earlier part of How to enjoy life in this blog. There are many ways to enjoy life. Choose the most enjoyable activity, and you will enjoy happiness!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
How to enjoy life
Introduction to how to enjoy life
Children are the happiest human beings on this Earth. They have the ability to enjoy life. They enjoy life by eating ice cream, without any concern about getting fat or extra calories. They enjoy life by watching the clouds in the sky, without any concept of time passing. They enjoy life by climbing trees, without thinking of falling down.
Children know how to enjoy life. When you ask them how to enjoy life, they will look blank. They probably ask you to play catching with them.
In fact, you can re-learn how to enjoy life by watching children play. You can re-learn how to enjoy life by watching everything with a different perspective. You can re-learn how to enjoy life by throwing all your worries away when you watch the clouds floating in the sky.
I write this blog post to remind myself, and to remind you, that how to enjoy life is a simple venture. I hope that life is as enjoyable to you, as it is for me. Everyday is a God blessed day, and we can enjoy life to the fullest.
No matter how rich or how poor you are financially, learning how to enjoy life is as important to you as to the others. The richest man is not rich if he does not know how to enjoy life.
Material wealthy should enhance the enjoyment of life. In reality, those living in richer countries do not know how to enjoy life, and are miserable the moment they open their eyes in the morning.
Ironically, those in poorer countries, with no TV, no computer, no beautiful house, no education, no high paying jobs are the ones who know how to enjoy life. They spend their time caring for each other, talking to each other, and enjoy life with each other.
Learning how to enjoy life is essential to happiness. You can be rich and happy. You can be poor and happy. You can enjoy life with your material wealth. You can enjoy life even if you are penniless. Learning how to enjoy life is a skill that nobody can take away from you.
There are a few subheadings in this post. The first part is how to enjoy life in its simplest form. The second part is how to enjoy life without TV.
How to enjoy life in its simplest form
The answer to how to enjoy life starts by learning to be happy. Children are happy. They find happiness in very simple thing, such as drinking a glass of juice. They find happiness in watching the ants crawling here and there. They know how to enjoy life from watching the surroundings.
When they watch adults talking, they are enjoying life too. They may not know what you are talking about, but they enjoy seeing your mouth open and close. It is part of enjoying life to observe things around us. You can learn how to enjoy life with the same observation skill.
You can learn to appreciate the cup of coffee in the morning. Learn to enjoy life from all the different things that you take for granted.
Can you enjoy your coffee, without thinking about work and traffic jam? Can you breathe in the aroma of coffee? Can you sip your coffee, and allow the taste to stay longer? Learn to enjoy life. Learn to enjoy life the moment you wake up.
Learn to enjoy life by telling yourself that it is a blessing to see another day. Learn to enjoy life by looking at your image in the mirror, and smiling at yourself. You can learn how to enjoy life simply by changing the mindset towards life.
Even if you are jobless now, and with bills to pay, you can still enjoy life. You have abilities to learn how to enjoy life. You can learn to enjoy life by learning to appreciate the water you drink, and the air you breathe. You can learn how to enjoy life by taking deep breath. You can learn how to enjoy life by tasting the ice lemonade. You can learn how to enjoy life by eating the cold watermelon on a hot summer day.
Learning how to enjoy life means you can focus on giving happiness to those around you. Even if you cannot help them physically or financially, you can give them a bright and happy smile. You can brighten their days, and make them enjoy the simple pleasure of life.
If you can let yourself relax, and learn how to enjoy life, you can play with kids. Learn to see things from the eyes of the little ones. You can learn how to enjoy life from them. To kids, even the fans moving round and round is interesting. They enjoy life by watching the fans moving, the birds flying, the insects in the grass and everything around them.
Once you master the art of enjoying the simplest form of life, you will find that even the horrible traffic jam is quite enjoyable. You can learn how to enjoy life by watching the bored expression on the faces of the drivers. Some drivers put on frustrated expression. Some drivers show hopeless expression. It is very interesting to watch people’s expressions. It is part of enjoying life. You will enjoy life when you watch people, even if you do not enjoy massive traffic jam.
How to enjoy life without TV
To most people, the answer to the question of how to enjoy life is to watch humorous or exciting TV program.
Actually, without TV, life is more enjoyable. You can learn how to enjoy life without TV. You do not want to become a slave of TV program. You can learn how to enjoy life, and save money as well without watching TV.
You can join a local club or involve in the community. You will find that helping others is part of enjoying life. You will find that listening to the life stories of others is a far more interesting activity than watching TV.
You know that the plots and sub-plots in the drama series are not real, even though you enjoy watching them. However, the life experiences of the people around you are real. You can learn how to enjoy life through the life experiences of others. They will share with you how to enjoy life, and how to overcome difficulties.
You may find that gossiping is such a great way to enjoy life. Gossiping without evil intent is enjoyable. You can learn so much about others from the gossiping with your neighbors.
In fact, you can learn how to enjoy life by listening to all the town gossips. You will find yourself taking more interests in your life and the lives of others through mingling with them.
Many youngsters find the answer to how to enjoy life through playing computer games. When they are in school, and they are not scoring well, they feel depressed and unhappy. But, when they are playing games, they experienced hero-worship from the lower ranking players. Play computer games is an answer to how to enjoy life. Knowing that you can create the character, and destroy the character, and that you live in a make-believe world is part of enjoying life.
You can learn how to enjoy life in the game. In game, you are powerful, able to cast magic, and kill monsters, you will enjoy life in game doing all the things that you cannot do in real life.
Do find those free games to play if you do not want to pay for the subscriptions of popular games. Learn how to enjoy life means using your imagination in computer game.
You can learn how to enjoy life by keeping a pet and playing with your pet. You can learn how to enjoy life by watching your pet plays. Assuming that you have a dog, you can enjoy life by taking a walk after dinner with your dog.
Your pet knows how to enjoy life without anyone teaching them. The hamsters enjoy running in the wheel, without thinking what the whole purpose of running aimlessly round and round is. They just engrossed in enjoying life. They know that how to enjoy life means to enjoy the activities. They do not that everything they do must make money.
The fishes swimming in the pond know how to enjoy life. They swim leisurely to and fro. They do not need to worry about money either. They do not even worry about the next meal. They eat and swim. You can learn how to enjoy life by watching the fish swimming. You will learn that enjoy life comes naturally to animals who do not need to worry about financial matters.
Learning how to enjoy life requires us to give up the thoughts of making money, and paying bills for the time being. Just enjoy the walk, enjoy the breeze, and enjoy the dog walking by your side. Enjoy life by observing nature around you. You can learn how to enjoy life by taking an evening walk after dinner.
After you learn how to enjoy life without TV, you will find that you have less desire to spend money on products that you do not need. This is due to the fact that, you have less exposure to the advertisements in the TV. You do not have desire to spend money when nobody reminds you to buy this or that.
Learning how to enjoy life is simple. Learning how to enjoy life requires you to see the neighborhood that you live in. Learning how to enjoy life without spending money is possible.
Conclusion to how to enjoy life
We are living creatures on Earth. Since we cannot control our birth, and cannot choose the form of life that we possess, we can learn to enjoy life to the fullest.
We can enjoy the simplest thing in life every day. We can learn how to enjoy life the moment we open our eyes. We can learn how to enjoy life when we are stuck in traffic jam.
We can enjoy life no matter how rich or poor we are. We can enjoy life no matter where we stay. Enjoying life needs a change of mindset. Instead of worrying about our jobs, our bills, our mortgages, our children and all other worries, you can shut all the worries out, and simply enjoy your life.
How to enjoy life is a very important topic. Since we were young once, and we knew how to enjoy life when we were young, we can pick up the skill and enjoy life to the fullest.
I will continue to search for ways on how to enjoy life. I will continue to write posts about how to enjoy life.
Children are the happiest human beings on this Earth. They have the ability to enjoy life. They enjoy life by eating ice cream, without any concern about getting fat or extra calories. They enjoy life by watching the clouds in the sky, without any concept of time passing. They enjoy life by climbing trees, without thinking of falling down.
Children know how to enjoy life. When you ask them how to enjoy life, they will look blank. They probably ask you to play catching with them.
In fact, you can re-learn how to enjoy life by watching children play. You can re-learn how to enjoy life by watching everything with a different perspective. You can re-learn how to enjoy life by throwing all your worries away when you watch the clouds floating in the sky.
I write this blog post to remind myself, and to remind you, that how to enjoy life is a simple venture. I hope that life is as enjoyable to you, as it is for me. Everyday is a God blessed day, and we can enjoy life to the fullest.
No matter how rich or how poor you are financially, learning how to enjoy life is as important to you as to the others. The richest man is not rich if he does not know how to enjoy life.
Material wealthy should enhance the enjoyment of life. In reality, those living in richer countries do not know how to enjoy life, and are miserable the moment they open their eyes in the morning.
Ironically, those in poorer countries, with no TV, no computer, no beautiful house, no education, no high paying jobs are the ones who know how to enjoy life. They spend their time caring for each other, talking to each other, and enjoy life with each other.
Learning how to enjoy life is essential to happiness. You can be rich and happy. You can be poor and happy. You can enjoy life with your material wealth. You can enjoy life even if you are penniless. Learning how to enjoy life is a skill that nobody can take away from you.
There are a few subheadings in this post. The first part is how to enjoy life in its simplest form. The second part is how to enjoy life without TV.
How to enjoy life in its simplest form
The answer to how to enjoy life starts by learning to be happy. Children are happy. They find happiness in very simple thing, such as drinking a glass of juice. They find happiness in watching the ants crawling here and there. They know how to enjoy life from watching the surroundings.
When they watch adults talking, they are enjoying life too. They may not know what you are talking about, but they enjoy seeing your mouth open and close. It is part of enjoying life to observe things around us. You can learn how to enjoy life with the same observation skill.
You can learn to appreciate the cup of coffee in the morning. Learn to enjoy life from all the different things that you take for granted.
Can you enjoy your coffee, without thinking about work and traffic jam? Can you breathe in the aroma of coffee? Can you sip your coffee, and allow the taste to stay longer? Learn to enjoy life. Learn to enjoy life the moment you wake up.
Learn to enjoy life by telling yourself that it is a blessing to see another day. Learn to enjoy life by looking at your image in the mirror, and smiling at yourself. You can learn how to enjoy life simply by changing the mindset towards life.
Even if you are jobless now, and with bills to pay, you can still enjoy life. You have abilities to learn how to enjoy life. You can learn to enjoy life by learning to appreciate the water you drink, and the air you breathe. You can learn how to enjoy life by taking deep breath. You can learn how to enjoy life by tasting the ice lemonade. You can learn how to enjoy life by eating the cold watermelon on a hot summer day.
Learning how to enjoy life means you can focus on giving happiness to those around you. Even if you cannot help them physically or financially, you can give them a bright and happy smile. You can brighten their days, and make them enjoy the simple pleasure of life.
If you can let yourself relax, and learn how to enjoy life, you can play with kids. Learn to see things from the eyes of the little ones. You can learn how to enjoy life from them. To kids, even the fans moving round and round is interesting. They enjoy life by watching the fans moving, the birds flying, the insects in the grass and everything around them.
Once you master the art of enjoying the simplest form of life, you will find that even the horrible traffic jam is quite enjoyable. You can learn how to enjoy life by watching the bored expression on the faces of the drivers. Some drivers put on frustrated expression. Some drivers show hopeless expression. It is very interesting to watch people’s expressions. It is part of enjoying life. You will enjoy life when you watch people, even if you do not enjoy massive traffic jam.
How to enjoy life without TV
To most people, the answer to the question of how to enjoy life is to watch humorous or exciting TV program.
Actually, without TV, life is more enjoyable. You can learn how to enjoy life without TV. You do not want to become a slave of TV program. You can learn how to enjoy life, and save money as well without watching TV.
You can join a local club or involve in the community. You will find that helping others is part of enjoying life. You will find that listening to the life stories of others is a far more interesting activity than watching TV.
You know that the plots and sub-plots in the drama series are not real, even though you enjoy watching them. However, the life experiences of the people around you are real. You can learn how to enjoy life through the life experiences of others. They will share with you how to enjoy life, and how to overcome difficulties.
You may find that gossiping is such a great way to enjoy life. Gossiping without evil intent is enjoyable. You can learn so much about others from the gossiping with your neighbors.
In fact, you can learn how to enjoy life by listening to all the town gossips. You will find yourself taking more interests in your life and the lives of others through mingling with them.
Many youngsters find the answer to how to enjoy life through playing computer games. When they are in school, and they are not scoring well, they feel depressed and unhappy. But, when they are playing games, they experienced hero-worship from the lower ranking players. Play computer games is an answer to how to enjoy life. Knowing that you can create the character, and destroy the character, and that you live in a make-believe world is part of enjoying life.
You can learn how to enjoy life in the game. In game, you are powerful, able to cast magic, and kill monsters, you will enjoy life in game doing all the things that you cannot do in real life.
Do find those free games to play if you do not want to pay for the subscriptions of popular games. Learn how to enjoy life means using your imagination in computer game.
You can learn how to enjoy life by keeping a pet and playing with your pet. You can learn how to enjoy life by watching your pet plays. Assuming that you have a dog, you can enjoy life by taking a walk after dinner with your dog.
Your pet knows how to enjoy life without anyone teaching them. The hamsters enjoy running in the wheel, without thinking what the whole purpose of running aimlessly round and round is. They just engrossed in enjoying life. They know that how to enjoy life means to enjoy the activities. They do not that everything they do must make money.
The fishes swimming in the pond know how to enjoy life. They swim leisurely to and fro. They do not need to worry about money either. They do not even worry about the next meal. They eat and swim. You can learn how to enjoy life by watching the fish swimming. You will learn that enjoy life comes naturally to animals who do not need to worry about financial matters.
Learning how to enjoy life requires us to give up the thoughts of making money, and paying bills for the time being. Just enjoy the walk, enjoy the breeze, and enjoy the dog walking by your side. Enjoy life by observing nature around you. You can learn how to enjoy life by taking an evening walk after dinner.
After you learn how to enjoy life without TV, you will find that you have less desire to spend money on products that you do not need. This is due to the fact that, you have less exposure to the advertisements in the TV. You do not have desire to spend money when nobody reminds you to buy this or that.
Learning how to enjoy life is simple. Learning how to enjoy life requires you to see the neighborhood that you live in. Learning how to enjoy life without spending money is possible.
Conclusion to how to enjoy life
We are living creatures on Earth. Since we cannot control our birth, and cannot choose the form of life that we possess, we can learn to enjoy life to the fullest.
We can enjoy the simplest thing in life every day. We can learn how to enjoy life the moment we open our eyes. We can learn how to enjoy life when we are stuck in traffic jam.
We can enjoy life no matter how rich or poor we are. We can enjoy life no matter where we stay. Enjoying life needs a change of mindset. Instead of worrying about our jobs, our bills, our mortgages, our children and all other worries, you can shut all the worries out, and simply enjoy your life.
How to enjoy life is a very important topic. Since we were young once, and we knew how to enjoy life when we were young, we can pick up the skill and enjoy life to the fullest.
I will continue to search for ways on how to enjoy life. I will continue to write posts about how to enjoy life.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
First bad shopping experience at John Little during Great Singapore Sale
Great Singapore Sale started just a few days ago on 29 May 2009, and this morning was the first time I went shopping, to make use of promotions triggered by Great Singapore Sale.
Since Jurong Point Shopping Center is so near to my house, it made sense to me to walk to Jurong Point Shopping Center and shopped there. As expected, the GSS logo (Great Singapore Sale) was everywhere. Some shops are giving out direct discounts on purchases. Some shops are offering buy 1 get 1 free kind of promotions. No matter what kind of methods they use, Great Singapore Sale is a great opportunity to shop.
My mother and I went into John Little departmental store. As it was weekday morning, all the shops were not crowded. We could take our time to browse and shop. We wanted to buy a few bras and undergarments, so we headed to the section.
The sales assistant was rather nice. I expected them to be nice, since they earned commissions from our purchase. She was rather attentive to my mother, who had problem finding the right size. The items were using the “buy 3 get 1 free” promotion method. Converted to percentage, the discount was equivalent to 25% discount. Not too bad, since the brand we wanted hardly offer any discount.
A few years ago, the sales assistant would bring the items to the cashier. She would tell the cashier that it was a “buy 3 get 1 free”, so that the cashier would not charge us for the 4th item. That was a reasonable approach.
Now the standard deteriorated. The sales assistant held on the free items for us. We could only claim the free items after making payment at the cashier. That meant we have to make extra trip back to the section to hunt for the sales assistant, the one and only who served us in the first place.
I was not very happy about it. Why should John Little practice such a stupid policy, and make things difficult for the customer? Even the Immigration Authority of Singapore finds ways to cut down on waiting time, and uses automated counters, so that regular travelers can cut down on waiting time to clear customs. If civil service can cultivate a good customer service mindset, why should John Little do worse than them?
Great Singapore Sale is the time to enjoy and experience Singapore as a shopping paradise. It is not the time to experience bad management style.
We located the nearest cashier counter. Nobody was at the counter. There was no “not available” sign put up anyway. No indication that the counter was closed, since the cash register was ready for use.
We waited, hoping that some other employees would come forward to service us. Nobody came. Nobody even took a second look at us. There were so many employees with nothing much to do, except waiting for the customers to visit their section. That was very bad service. A departmental store did not make money when the customer browsed the items. A departmental store made money only when customers paid.
I would assume that all the cashier counters would have cashiers waiting eagerly to greet the shoppers. Since it is Great Singapore Sale, a busy time for retail chains, it is not time to close any cashier counter.
So, we had to look for another cashier counter, which was right at the other corner. We were the second customer in the queue. The lady in front of us were paying for her purchases. She wanted to use two vouchers to pay, but the cashier told her cannot. She was frustrated, and ashed “why cannot?” The cashier said “because the system not allow”.
That was very stupid. There is no notice that only one voucher is allowed to use at any transaction. The cashier, being inexperienced, asked her to hold on, and he looked for more experienced cashier to help him.
Well, both of them managed to resolve the matter. The customer obviously did not look happy, and there was a long queue behind us.
It was our turn. We needed to pay more than a hundred dollars for our items. Since the cashier counter had posted a notice that “earn linkpoints”, we handed over the card to earn linkpoints. Linkpoints is a reward points to reward shoppers. It is one of the largest in Singapore, since all union members and community centers members are automatically eligible to earn linkpoints. Many Singaporeans sign up to earn linkpoints rewards too.
Then we got to know that we had to pay in cash to earn the linkpoints. The value of the linkpoints earn is hardly more than a dollar in cash value. And the nearest ATM is on the next level, at the other corner of the Jurong Point Shopping Center. If I had known earlier all the hassles I would face, I would never enter John Little departmental store.
Too bad I did not know, and since we had taken the time to select and try the items, I decided to hunt for the ATM machine for cash withdrawal. After paying for the items, we still had to go back to hunt for the sales assistant to serve us earlier.
I felt that the management of John Little was very stupid. How many people in Singapore carried more than a hundred dollars cash in their wallet? Why should they penalize people who wanted to earn linkpoints?
I had never recommend John Little, since there was never any excellent customer service provided. After this, I would never speak of John Little in good lights. John Little departmental store has nothing unique or special house brand. The price is not lower than market, and definitely not the lowest you can find in Singapore.
It was so unfortunate that the my first shopping experience during Great Singapore Sales turned out to be so rotten I did not expect to be treated like a queen when I do my shopping during Great Singapore Sale. I expect to find the items I want, have a quick checkout, and continue my shopping elsewhere. After all, it’s Great Singapore Sale. Who wants to get stuck in the checkout counter for hours? And worse, who wants to leave the items at the cashier counter, hunts for the ATM machine to withdraw cash, returns to the cashier and pays for the items?
There are so many shops for people to earn linkpoints, and only John Little Department Store makes shoppers pay in cash in order to earn linkpoints, that is so stupid. Why make it so difficult for people to earn linkpoints?
Since the management of John Little is making shopping difficult for shoppers, I hope they will wake up in time to learn that “customer is always right”, and makes shopping as hassle free for shoppers as possible. If not, I hope John Little disappears from the retail industry.
Singapore is a shopping paradise, and only those retail chains capable of providing good service have the right to thrive. I hope a better retail chain can take over the retail space after the demise of John Little. I prefer a much better shopping experience, especially during Great Singapore Sale.
So folks, how is the shopping experience during Great Singapore Sale? I hope you have much better shopping experience during Great Singapore Sale than me. I would never recommend John Little to anyone.
Since Jurong Point Shopping Center is so near to my house, it made sense to me to walk to Jurong Point Shopping Center and shopped there. As expected, the GSS logo (Great Singapore Sale) was everywhere. Some shops are giving out direct discounts on purchases. Some shops are offering buy 1 get 1 free kind of promotions. No matter what kind of methods they use, Great Singapore Sale is a great opportunity to shop.
My mother and I went into John Little departmental store. As it was weekday morning, all the shops were not crowded. We could take our time to browse and shop. We wanted to buy a few bras and undergarments, so we headed to the section.
The sales assistant was rather nice. I expected them to be nice, since they earned commissions from our purchase. She was rather attentive to my mother, who had problem finding the right size. The items were using the “buy 3 get 1 free” promotion method. Converted to percentage, the discount was equivalent to 25% discount. Not too bad, since the brand we wanted hardly offer any discount.
A few years ago, the sales assistant would bring the items to the cashier. She would tell the cashier that it was a “buy 3 get 1 free”, so that the cashier would not charge us for the 4th item. That was a reasonable approach.
Now the standard deteriorated. The sales assistant held on the free items for us. We could only claim the free items after making payment at the cashier. That meant we have to make extra trip back to the section to hunt for the sales assistant, the one and only who served us in the first place.
I was not very happy about it. Why should John Little practice such a stupid policy, and make things difficult for the customer? Even the Immigration Authority of Singapore finds ways to cut down on waiting time, and uses automated counters, so that regular travelers can cut down on waiting time to clear customs. If civil service can cultivate a good customer service mindset, why should John Little do worse than them?
Great Singapore Sale is the time to enjoy and experience Singapore as a shopping paradise. It is not the time to experience bad management style.
We located the nearest cashier counter. Nobody was at the counter. There was no “not available” sign put up anyway. No indication that the counter was closed, since the cash register was ready for use.
We waited, hoping that some other employees would come forward to service us. Nobody came. Nobody even took a second look at us. There were so many employees with nothing much to do, except waiting for the customers to visit their section. That was very bad service. A departmental store did not make money when the customer browsed the items. A departmental store made money only when customers paid.
I would assume that all the cashier counters would have cashiers waiting eagerly to greet the shoppers. Since it is Great Singapore Sale, a busy time for retail chains, it is not time to close any cashier counter.
So, we had to look for another cashier counter, which was right at the other corner. We were the second customer in the queue. The lady in front of us were paying for her purchases. She wanted to use two vouchers to pay, but the cashier told her cannot. She was frustrated, and ashed “why cannot?” The cashier said “because the system not allow”.
That was very stupid. There is no notice that only one voucher is allowed to use at any transaction. The cashier, being inexperienced, asked her to hold on, and he looked for more experienced cashier to help him.
Well, both of them managed to resolve the matter. The customer obviously did not look happy, and there was a long queue behind us.
It was our turn. We needed to pay more than a hundred dollars for our items. Since the cashier counter had posted a notice that “earn linkpoints”, we handed over the card to earn linkpoints. Linkpoints is a reward points to reward shoppers. It is one of the largest in Singapore, since all union members and community centers members are automatically eligible to earn linkpoints. Many Singaporeans sign up to earn linkpoints rewards too.
Then we got to know that we had to pay in cash to earn the linkpoints. The value of the linkpoints earn is hardly more than a dollar in cash value. And the nearest ATM is on the next level, at the other corner of the Jurong Point Shopping Center. If I had known earlier all the hassles I would face, I would never enter John Little departmental store.
Too bad I did not know, and since we had taken the time to select and try the items, I decided to hunt for the ATM machine for cash withdrawal. After paying for the items, we still had to go back to hunt for the sales assistant to serve us earlier.
I felt that the management of John Little was very stupid. How many people in Singapore carried more than a hundred dollars cash in their wallet? Why should they penalize people who wanted to earn linkpoints?
I had never recommend John Little, since there was never any excellent customer service provided. After this, I would never speak of John Little in good lights. John Little departmental store has nothing unique or special house brand. The price is not lower than market, and definitely not the lowest you can find in Singapore.
It was so unfortunate that the my first shopping experience during Great Singapore Sales turned out to be so rotten I did not expect to be treated like a queen when I do my shopping during Great Singapore Sale. I expect to find the items I want, have a quick checkout, and continue my shopping elsewhere. After all, it’s Great Singapore Sale. Who wants to get stuck in the checkout counter for hours? And worse, who wants to leave the items at the cashier counter, hunts for the ATM machine to withdraw cash, returns to the cashier and pays for the items?
There are so many shops for people to earn linkpoints, and only John Little Department Store makes shoppers pay in cash in order to earn linkpoints, that is so stupid. Why make it so difficult for people to earn linkpoints?
Since the management of John Little is making shopping difficult for shoppers, I hope they will wake up in time to learn that “customer is always right”, and makes shopping as hassle free for shoppers as possible. If not, I hope John Little disappears from the retail industry.
Singapore is a shopping paradise, and only those retail chains capable of providing good service have the right to thrive. I hope a better retail chain can take over the retail space after the demise of John Little. I prefer a much better shopping experience, especially during Great Singapore Sale.
So folks, how is the shopping experience during Great Singapore Sale? I hope you have much better shopping experience during Great Singapore Sale than me. I would never recommend John Little to anyone.
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Tips for surviving Great Singapore Sale 2009
Great Singapore Sale 2009 started on 29 May 2009 and will end on 26 July 2009.
It is unfortunate that Great Singapore Sale occurs at the same time that the H1N1 flu virus is affecting half the world.
The first tip to surviving Great Singapore Sale is to take care of your healthy, practice good hygiene and take precaution, such as having a mask in your bag and putting on a mask whenever you enter into crowded shopping complex.
Since the Great Singapore Sale coincidences with school holiday in Singapore and Malaysia, the locals and visitors from neighboring countries are able to plan a day shopping trip. The shopping malls are crowded, and some people next to you might be flu carrier.
The second tip to surviving the Great Singapore Sale is to collect all the flyers and pamphlets handed to you. Do take a walk pass the train station in the morning and noon. You can collect the free Today paper, and check out the advertisements of different items for Great Singapore Sale.
You can check out the late hours for shopping during Great Singapore Sale. If you are staying in town area, watch out for extended shopping hours of certain shopping complexes during Great Singapore Sale. You will enjoy shopping at 10 pm, and enjoy supper at 24 hours eatery after a tiring day.
You do not need to restrict shopping to Orchard Road area during Great Singapore Sale. You can visit the heartland shopping centers. Since it is Great Singapore Sale, the shops and shopping complexes in the heartland are participating in the Great Singapore Sale too.
The first thing you do, when you enter a shopping complex, is to collect as many flyers as you can. Check out all the buy-1-get-1 free promotions, and up to 70% discount promotions.
Go to the information counter at every shopping complex, and get the newsletter published by the management. You will gain valuable information on the Great Singapore Sale, as well as various lucky draws, and certain entertainment programs arranged by management.
You can incorporate day tour of various sightseeing trips with shopping trips. For example, after a day tour to the Jurong Bird Park, you can stop by Jurong Point, a shopping complex next to the Boon Lay MRT Station and bus interchange.
If you are keen to buy big-ticket items and high tech products, do stop the youngsters walking on the street, and ask them the market prices. Ask them where they got the latest gadgets from, and ask them to recommend the best place to shop for high tech products.
Great Singapore Sale is a time to buy high tech products, but you have to know the market price, and know how low the price can go down. Some sales-predators on commission basis, are happy to “slaughter” you, if they sense that you do not know anything about technology and pricing.
Another tip to surviving Great Singapore Sale is to ask the locals for recommendation for cheap and good food. Many tourists head to Newton Hawker Centre to sample the cooked food there, but locals do not flock there to eat.
If you want to find good food during Great Singapore Sale, do ask the locals, especially those who live and work in the area.
Always have a pen with you when you are out shopping during Great Singapore Sale. You will be surprised at all the lucky draw forms you have to fill up. If you are thinking of coming back in the near future, do ask about applying for VIP card.
Many retail chains roll out loyalty card or VIP card. Some cards have a validity of one to three years. It is worth to apply for those cards if you are likely to visit the shops in the near future.
If you are holding Worldcard, which is a loyalty program to earn rewards points, from Malaysia or Hong Kong, do call the local Worldcard office to activate your card, so that you can save money, and earn points during the Great Singapore Sale.
Check out the www.worldcard.com.sg for any offers and discounts or print out any coupons that you can use during the Great Singapore Sale.
Do keep your eyes open, and watch the plastic bags that satisfied customers are carrying. If you notice that many shoppers are carrying plastic bags from a particular shop, this is a sign that the shop is having ultra cheap offer during the Great Singapore Sale, do stop the shoppers, and ask them for tips on what to buy.
Some shops have ultra cheap product for just a day, not for the duration of the Great Singapore Sale. They will rotate the ultra cheap product promotion for different products, to keep the customers coming during the Great Singapore Sale.
Always, always ask for receipt when you shop at any outlet. Even those pop and mom shop, do ask for receipt. Make it a habit to collect and keep all the receipts during Great Singapore Sale.
If the lucky draw requires you to use original receipt with the entry form, do go back to the shop, and ask for a duplicate receipt. You need the receipt for refund of GST (if you are foreigner) or refund the product or exchange the product.
Do check out the website of Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) before you come to Singapore. You can send email or call CASE to check the reputation of certain shops. You can also lodge a complaint with CASE if you think you are being scammed during the Great Singapore Sale.
It is unfortunate that Great Singapore Sale occurs at the same time that the H1N1 flu virus is affecting half the world.
The first tip to surviving Great Singapore Sale is to take care of your healthy, practice good hygiene and take precaution, such as having a mask in your bag and putting on a mask whenever you enter into crowded shopping complex.
Since the Great Singapore Sale coincidences with school holiday in Singapore and Malaysia, the locals and visitors from neighboring countries are able to plan a day shopping trip. The shopping malls are crowded, and some people next to you might be flu carrier.
The second tip to surviving the Great Singapore Sale is to collect all the flyers and pamphlets handed to you. Do take a walk pass the train station in the morning and noon. You can collect the free Today paper, and check out the advertisements of different items for Great Singapore Sale.
You can check out the late hours for shopping during Great Singapore Sale. If you are staying in town area, watch out for extended shopping hours of certain shopping complexes during Great Singapore Sale. You will enjoy shopping at 10 pm, and enjoy supper at 24 hours eatery after a tiring day.
You do not need to restrict shopping to Orchard Road area during Great Singapore Sale. You can visit the heartland shopping centers. Since it is Great Singapore Sale, the shops and shopping complexes in the heartland are participating in the Great Singapore Sale too.
The first thing you do, when you enter a shopping complex, is to collect as many flyers as you can. Check out all the buy-1-get-1 free promotions, and up to 70% discount promotions.
Go to the information counter at every shopping complex, and get the newsletter published by the management. You will gain valuable information on the Great Singapore Sale, as well as various lucky draws, and certain entertainment programs arranged by management.
You can incorporate day tour of various sightseeing trips with shopping trips. For example, after a day tour to the Jurong Bird Park, you can stop by Jurong Point, a shopping complex next to the Boon Lay MRT Station and bus interchange.
If you are keen to buy big-ticket items and high tech products, do stop the youngsters walking on the street, and ask them the market prices. Ask them where they got the latest gadgets from, and ask them to recommend the best place to shop for high tech products.
Great Singapore Sale is a time to buy high tech products, but you have to know the market price, and know how low the price can go down. Some sales-predators on commission basis, are happy to “slaughter” you, if they sense that you do not know anything about technology and pricing.
Another tip to surviving Great Singapore Sale is to ask the locals for recommendation for cheap and good food. Many tourists head to Newton Hawker Centre to sample the cooked food there, but locals do not flock there to eat.
If you want to find good food during Great Singapore Sale, do ask the locals, especially those who live and work in the area.
Always have a pen with you when you are out shopping during Great Singapore Sale. You will be surprised at all the lucky draw forms you have to fill up. If you are thinking of coming back in the near future, do ask about applying for VIP card.
Many retail chains roll out loyalty card or VIP card. Some cards have a validity of one to three years. It is worth to apply for those cards if you are likely to visit the shops in the near future.
If you are holding Worldcard, which is a loyalty program to earn rewards points, from Malaysia or Hong Kong, do call the local Worldcard office to activate your card, so that you can save money, and earn points during the Great Singapore Sale.
Check out the www.worldcard.com.sg for any offers and discounts or print out any coupons that you can use during the Great Singapore Sale.
Do keep your eyes open, and watch the plastic bags that satisfied customers are carrying. If you notice that many shoppers are carrying plastic bags from a particular shop, this is a sign that the shop is having ultra cheap offer during the Great Singapore Sale, do stop the shoppers, and ask them for tips on what to buy.
Some shops have ultra cheap product for just a day, not for the duration of the Great Singapore Sale. They will rotate the ultra cheap product promotion for different products, to keep the customers coming during the Great Singapore Sale.
Always, always ask for receipt when you shop at any outlet. Even those pop and mom shop, do ask for receipt. Make it a habit to collect and keep all the receipts during Great Singapore Sale.
If the lucky draw requires you to use original receipt with the entry form, do go back to the shop, and ask for a duplicate receipt. You need the receipt for refund of GST (if you are foreigner) or refund the product or exchange the product.
Do check out the website of Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) before you come to Singapore. You can send email or call CASE to check the reputation of certain shops. You can also lodge a complaint with CASE if you think you are being scammed during the Great Singapore Sale.
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