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• elindra

  8 Apr 08, 15:59

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  April 8, 2008
  The bright side to inflation
  
  INSPIRED by the Saturday Special Report on inflation and food consumption, I would like to propose an alternative angle we could view the situation from. While I empathise with the low-income group struggling to make a decent meal out of what they earn, inflation could well be good for most middle-income Singaporeans.
  Most families are first cutting down on luxury food items such as potato chips and pizza. Some are substituting more expensive meat dishes with tofu and vegetables, while eating out less often. Coincidentally, these moves are helping to promote healthier diets of less oil, salt, preservatives and red meat, as well as leading people to healthier options such as vegetables.
  
  Some are cutting down on luxury activities like watching movies and travelling; some terminate their cable television subscriptions. Many have started buying more local brand goods instead of imported products/services.
  
  Instead of unwillingly sacrificing our chips and cable TV programmes, perhaps Singaporeans can be a happier lot by seeing the silver lining behind inflation: healthier diets, more quality time with our families, supporting local enterprises and developing a greater appreciation of the simpler things in life.
  
  Chen Weiling

   

  I dunno if I should call this looking at the bright side of things or what -_-"

• sbst275

  8 Apr 08, 16:03

  imported products???

  wait, even if it's 'local', most of them are imported

• sebosebo

  10 Apr 08, 11:19

  now at least the clones in SGF are cooler

• ^tamago^

  10 Apr 08, 11:43

  Rogue author?
• ShrodingersCat

  10 Apr 08, 14:42

  yaloh. like now rice expensive so cut down rice.. take it like diet plan loh

• the Bear

  10 Apr 08, 16:54

  Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:

  yaloh. like now rice expensive so cut down rice.. take it like diet plan loh

  what about those already on the cheapest rice possible?

• Fatum

  10 Apr 08, 16:55

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  what about those already on the cheapest rice possible?

  didn't some reporter write about switching to potatoes ? .....

• the Bear

  10 Apr 08, 16:56

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  didn't some reporter write about switching to potatoes ? .....

  next, we'll end up like the haitians.. they are reduced to eating dirt cookies

• Rhonda

  11 Apr 08, 15:38

  I don't think we should celebrate recession because it forces us to eat less, cut down on our expenditure, and deprove our lifestyle.    Being frugal and spending more time with the family etc should be done in spite of the economic status.  Otherwise, it's going to be just another 'bo bian' situation that'll quickly revert back to the original bad habits once the recession is over. 

  If we need a recession to give us a healthier and 'better' lifestyle, then, God help us!    This rationale and trend of thought is just like a man who just had his legs amputated and it wheelchair-bound saying that he will no longer trip and fall and suffer from sprained ankles and leg fractures because he no longer has legs.

• elindra

  11 Apr 08, 16:00

  It's rationale like what the writer have that totally messes up my mind

• Rhonda

  11 Apr 08, 16:06

  Originally posted by elindra:

  It's rationale like what the writer have that totally messes up my mind

  I know what you mean.  It's so thwarted and skewed.  You know what they are talking about, but it violates too many rational parameters ingrained in us, and it defies logic.    It's nonsensical.