Many
Singaporeans today live alone, either by choice or circumstance. There has been
a stark rise over the past two decades in one-person resident households, as
reported by Straits Times in an article last year. The joys and pains of living
alone are the same, regardless of your reason for such an independent
lifestyle.
Living alone in
Singapore can be very expensive and it’s not just the rental costs that pile up
along with the utility bills. Eating out alone is difficult when tze char
stores and even restaurants are catered to groups more than individuals.
Ordering food delivery is hard too when there is always a minimum order to hit
to make delivery costs worth it. It’s also difficult to reap the benefits of
discounts and one-for-one deals that come up every so often. So, the common
cost-effective strategy when you live alone is to cook for yourself. But
cooking for yourself after a long tiring day of work is daunting. Ingredients
sold at the supermarket usually come cheaper in bulk too which limits what you
can cook to what you can store for the next day.
The independence
that comes with living alone can be freeing and provides the privacy you could
never have in the past. Parents and siblings would come barging into your room
and disturb that all important me-time that everyone needs. However, this
changes when you fall sick. It’s no longer fun being alone when you are stuck
in bed nursing a cold. There is nobody to bring you food or bring you to the
doctors. There is nobody to take care of you. It’s all part and parcel of
living alone and there are always pros and cons.
I found that a
simple way to solve some of these problems is to order Tingkat delivery services in Singapore with no msg.
Tingkat caterers deliver a fantastic meal that usually consists of 3 dishes and
a soup right to your doorstep. It heartwarming to come back to a homemade meal
after a tiring day of work. For instance, I grew up drinking soup every night
because my parents are Cantonese and its part of our tradition. It has shaped
my taste buds to what it is today and when I think back to when I was making my
own dinner, I couldn’t make my own a huge pot of soup because I was eating
alone. When I did, it meant that I would be drinking the same soup for the next
few days. With Le Xin, the cheapest Tingkat in Singapore, I get a different homemade soup every night. This is
especially true with Le Xin Catering that promises no repeat dishes in a month.
I found this best catering tingkat menu to be especially useful when I find myself sick and too
tired to cook or go out to dabao food.
In short, living
alone can be a joy and a pain at the same time and what has been outlined are
just some of the things you experience when you take on this lifestyle. Nobody
can properly prepare you for this and there are many things that you will need
to ‘figure out yourself’. It’s tough but there is always a solution.
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