9 indicators that should be used to measure S'porean millennials' happiness

We aren't that happy, you know?

Goh Wei Hao| June 20, 10:32 AM

Believe it or not, Singapore was ranked the 24th happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report 2015, and the happiest country in Asia.

The report looks at indicators such as social support, gross domestic product per capita, social support, life expectancy and freedom to make life choices.

Apparently, someone had forgotten to ask the millennials because they left out many indicators that are important to us.

1. Data usage limit

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Happiness in Singaporean youths dipped significantly when our monthly data usage limit dropped from 12 gb to 2 gb.

From the glorious days of streaming YouTube wherever and whenever, we have been reduced to WiFi whores. Now, instead of thanking them, the first thing that we say to our waiters when they serve us our food is "Got WiFi not?"

2. Number of aircons

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Have you seen the weather recently? It basically varies between very hot and extremely hot.

It's really hard to smile when you wear your most ootd-worthy outfit out, only to be drenched in sweat after a few steps.

No more #ootd hashtags.

3. The number of scholars in your class

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Studying is hard enough. It doesn't help that you have to compete with hyper-competitive students who work hard because their future literally depend on it.

That is why to do well in school, in addition to doing our readings, we have to do readings that the scholars are reading and readings that they never thought they'd need to read.

That's a lot of studying which really doesn't leave us any time to do the things we enjoy.

4. The price of alcohol

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It really isn't "Happy Hour" when a cocktail still costs $13.

5. The number of white walls in Singapore

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For that perfect, #totesamaze minimalistic photo to upload onto Instagram.

6. For the guys: Days till ORD

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2 years: Depressing

1 year and 6 months: Sad

1 year: Under happy

6 months: Happy

ORD loh: Pure ecstasy

7. Tenacity of postman

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If you've ordered anything from blogshops or Book Depository, you'll understand this.

Nothing is more frustrating then the postman knocking when you are in the toilet, forcing you to prematurely end your nature's call to rush out and open the door, only to find that he or she has left with your long-awaited parcel.

We would be much happier people if our postman would give us a ten-knock grace period.

8. Free ice cream

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It's simple math, really.

Ice-cream = Happy

Free food = Happy

Free + ice-cream = Extremely happy

9. Number of deadlines

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Deadlines means stress, late nights, suppers that cause weight gain and conflicts with group mates: everything that is the antithesis of happiness.

Hence, the less deadlines given, the happier we will be.

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If we factored all of this in, would we still be ranked so high in the world Nah.

 

Top photo from Republic Poly Facebook.