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Do you like shopping in markets like the one in the picture? Why or why not?

I would not say that I love shopping in markets like the one in the picture but there are markets like so in Singapore which sell wet food and clothing. For example ‘ Tekka ‘ and ‘ Geylang Serai ‘. On level 2 Geylang Serai Market, that is where we can buy clothes. Usually on the level 2, it sells outfits for Hari Raya Celebration as well as normal clothes. Having these kind of markets make shopping easier. Whenever we are thirsty we can buy drink from 2nd storey. 2nd storey is always where we get to shop for clothes or food. I think shopping in such markets is something which I do not usually do this is because it is not something where I would normally shop fo clothes. I think this kind of markerts are popular among the adults rather than for teenagers or youths. These markets are easy for adults to multitask because they are able to run errands and shop clothes for themselves. However, these markets are places where I would go to whenever I crave for traditional food because ‘ Geylang Serai ‘ market provides traditional Malay food as well as ‘ Tekka ‘. I think ‘ Tekka’ has the most delicious Indian food. It is the ideal place to taste how indian food taste like.

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Tell me about a shopping experience you have had recently.

The recent shopping I had done would be on January. It was the month of my birthday and my sister was bringing me to Bugis to shop for things that I want for my birthday. Bugis has a large mall and it has variety of things that can be found. Since shopping is my hobby. I bought my essentials which are beauty products from Watson and Kiehls. I also bought a book from Takashimaya. I love buying books from Takashimaya. That is the only shop I go to to buy books. It has magazines, books with not just one language. Last time I managed to buy an arabic book from Takashimaya and it was very surprising. Then after buying the things that I need. My sister surprised me with a pink velvet small backpack. The bag was definitely the highlight of the day because it was so beautiful and it was in my favourite colour. Lastly, we ended our day by eating an ice cream while carrying tons of shopping bags in our hands.

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What impression do you get about the zoo in the picture?

Firstly I feel sad for the elephant. It is there to be displayed to the people and I feel that the elephant is quite lonely because I could only see one elephant. After knowing that the elephants in Thailand are physically abused because of humans who want to ride and take a picture with them make me feel that every zoos are vicious and evil. I am an animal lover and I would be so upset when I see or hear that there are animals being abused by their care taker. I hope that as a human being I can do something to help the animals live in a better place. I am happy to say that, whenever I see animals that need my help I would give a helping hand and make them feel loved. I wish that everyone would do the same thing as it means a lot to the animals.

https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters/2017/12/315580/dark-side-elephant-tourism‘

https://www.salon.com/2017/04/16/are-zoo-animals-happy-theres-a-simple-empathy-test-we-can-apply/

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/bambi-or-bessie-are-wild-animals-happier/

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Tell me about your favourite place in Singapore.

My favourite place in Singapore would be anywhere in the east side of Singapore. I love areas around my house. Firstly this is because near my house areas are easy to find anything. I love going to Tampines malls. No matter how many times I go there with my friends I just could not feel bored and think that I should go to other places to adventure. Tampines is very near to my house which is located at Pasir Ris. Therefore the mall near my home has everything. It has shops to buy stationaries, food, clothes, assesories, musical instruments. It also has Library. But as for in Tampines, it has way more shops than in Pasir ris. It has my favourite stationary store which is ‘ Typo ‘. Although it is quite expensive but the stationaries ars very unique and beautiful. Every single year, I would always buy my notebooks. They provide notebooks with witty and motivation quotes on the cover book. In a nutshell,  having malls with variety of shops can totally make my day.

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Some people say that no animal can ever be really happy in a Zoo ‘ what is your opinion.

I do not think that animals can ever be really happy in a zoo. For me , animals are similar to human. We do not like being controlled. We always want freedom. Therefore not all zoos take care of animals like how they actually should. Sometimes the animals are not well taken care of such as their meal, place for them to stay and sleep. This is because there are too many animals in the zoo and it is not easy to take care of each and every animals in there. This is why, giving the animals to live in the wild is a better choice for both parties. Why? Firstly the animals would be way happier and the workers would not be so stressed in taking care of them. But, if there are no zoo then some poeple would not get paid and will be jobless. Lastly I think, it is sad to see animals like elephant and tigers are being given sedative or physically abused for humans to see and take picture with them. Frankly, if the role were reversed. We humans would feel mad and sad too.

https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters/2017/12/315580/dark-side-elephant-tourism‘

https://www.salon.com/2017/04/16/are-zoo-animals-happy-theres-a-simple-empathy-test-we-can-apply/

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/bambi-or-bessie-are-wild-animals-happier/

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In the future, we will not need shops or markers because most shopping will be done online ‘ What are your views?

It is partly true that in the future people will be doing their shopping online way more than in actual shops. But although now a days online shopping is easier, some people prefer shopping at a real shop. This is because it is way fun to go shopping with few friends. You get to spend time with them as well as buying things for each other.

The disadvantage of online shopping would be that it is way expensive. This is because we need to pay for shipment and usually, shipment cost around $4 and more. Sometimes, when the order is wrong, the return shipment would take so much time and not all online shops ship the parcels fast. Sometimes it can take 2 to 3 weeks in order to get our parcel. But the advantage of shopping online is definitely the variety of things that are available to suit each and every one’s taste.

Lastly I do not think that online shops will take over real shops. No matter how many how many online shops are there, they exist because companies want to make more money and in order to make more money, they have to need a real shop and an online shop for international people to buy their products.

Lastly,  http://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/36-year-old-makes-us62m-with-online-flea-market

http://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/alibabas-rise-creates-10-billionaires-not-named-jack-ma

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NEW YORK * Ms Kristina Nicolas will proudly tell you that she has been doing practically all her shopping online for years now. She will also tell you, in a more exasperated voice, that this has not remotely abbreviated the amount of time she spends going to stores.

"It has become a huge errand and a huge part of my life having to get all this stuff back to where it came from," said Ms Nicolas, a stay-at-home mother and former fashion buyer. She receives 10 to 15 boxes a week of merchandise at her home in Chicago and returns (or tries to return) about 30 per cent.

The ease of the task varies. "Sometimes it can be returned to the store, but sometimes it cannot," said Ms Nicolas, growing louder. "Sometimes it's UPS, or DHL, or FedEx, or however they shipped it, then you have to print up a label and I never seem to have the right tape."

And who has a working printer at home anyway? "I don't really need one except for this," said Ms Beth Paholak, a TV producer who has sacrificed a corner of her small apartment in Manhattan to boxes awaiting return. "And I'm not buying a printer just for returns."

The paradox of e-commerce now is that while acquiring items has gotten easier than ever before, exchanging or returning the unwanted ones remains an epic, tyrannical time suck.

It was not supposed to be like this. Online shopping would save us time, we were told. It would free us from the torment of malls, angry clerks and wasted Saturdays. But as the fantasy becomes real - e-commerce will account for US$2.3 trillion (S$3.1 trillion), or one-tenth of all retail sales, this year, according to eMarketer - some shoppers are surprised to discover they are devoting as much time to returns as they once did to in-person shopping, with less fun.

"I've ended up keeping stuff because the return process was such a pain," said Mr Rob Cromer, an entrepreneur in New York City, using profanity.

Between Dec 26 and Jan 31, 45 per cent of Americans will try to return at least one gift, according to Optoro, an e-commerce software company. Today, that gift is more likely than ever to have been purchased online: 2017 is the first year that a majority of Americans planned to do their holiday shopping on the Web, according to consulting firm Deloitte.

But while a handful of retailers receive nearly unanimous praise from shoppers for open-ended, friction-free returns of purchases made online (Amazon, Nordstrom, L.L. Bean, Madewell, among others), and many offer more generous policies during the holiday season, plenty still impose tight limitations and draconian requirements that seem designed to either discourage returns or drive traffic into their physical locations.

Forever 21 and Shopbop require customers to return items bought online within 30 days, and like Victoria's Secret, Kohl's and Rue La La, do not always pay for shipping (Shopbop offers refunds for items returned within 15 days). Returns to Net-a-Porter must be made within 28 days, and within 14 days for Apple and Barnes & Noble - a narrow window if you factor in packing and shipping. Many retailers will send multiple items from a single order in separate boxes, each of which could require its own label (and box) in case of return.

One can also feel sorry for the stores. Returns cost retailers US$260 billion in 2015, according to the National Retail Federation. And about 30 per cent of items bought online end up being returned, versus 9 per cent of items bought in stores.

Some third-party vendors are eager to cash in on the inconvenience of returns. In 2015, two former Nordstrom employees started Happy Returns, a company that operates physical "return bars" in malls where customers can give back items brought from e-commerce retailers including Everlane, Chubbies and Tradesy for immediate refunds. Happy Returns has 50 locations and expects to open 150 more by the end of next year.

And in October, Amazon paid a reported US$50 million to US$70 million to acquire Body Labs, a start-up specialising in technology that allows shoppers to create 3-D avatars for trying on clothes online.

NYTIMES

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What impression do you have of the people in the picture from the expressions on their faces?

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Tell me about a concert you attended, or listened to on television or radio.

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Some people say it’s better for children to study hard than to spend a lot of time learning to play a musical instrument. What is your opinion.

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