When I'm at home taking care of a sick child, I feel a craving for durian.
You don't have to go to a durian stall or a supermarket to buy the fruit.
I open the app on my phone and make a few taps.
There is a knock on the door. The deliveryman gave me a bag of durian, which was sealed in plastic and ready to eat.
Super-apps like Grab offer a wide range of services. In many parts of Asia they've been a vital part of our lives for the past few years, even though they don't exist in the west.
When I don't have time to cook dinner for the family, I use Grab to get a ride home.
One colleague just purchased a home karaoke set because he uses it to send parcels and documents.
Booking bus and ferry tickets, making hotel reservations, and even arranging for someone to come to your home and do a Covid test are some of the things that can be done with other extensions.
The finance system of the app can be used to pay for these. There's an e-wallet linked to your bank account or credit card which you can use to pay with points or set up plans.
You can use the app to pay for items at a shop, or you can get a physical card and use it at the store.
The other players in town are not the only ones.
You can do more with super-apps such as Indonesia's GoJek, which allows you to book a manicure, order fuel for your motorcycle, and pay traffic fines.
In South East Asia, about three-quarters of our population use the internet, and of that group, 86 percent own a mobile device.
The original Asian super-app is said to be the inspiration for Mr Musk'sX.
It's a messaging and social media platform that's evolved into one of the region's biggest apps in terms of number of users. It is thought to have 1.29 billion users in China alone.
Consumers in China use WeChat to pay for goods and services, as well as to send money to each other.
According to some research, a Chinese user spends as much as a third of their waking life on a single app.
Much has been written about how its ubiquity in Chinese everyday life has led to it becoming a tool of the government to monitor and censor people.
Messages, posts and even accounts are routinely blocked for content deemed politically sensitive, and there are concerns of how it could contribute to the various controversial social credit schemes in China, where citizens' lives can be restricted based on their bank credit scores or social behavior.
If a user has good in-app credit records, they will get extra privileges.
With everyone doing practically everything on just a few platforms, these apps end up collecting a huge amount of data on people, and could wield some power over our daily lives.
When it comes to privacy in societies, how data is treated will be part of the discussion. The X super-app may be seen by some as a double-edged Swiss Army knife.
Living life on one app is an easy trade-off for others. For those with deep concerns about privacy, there is the option of scaling back their use.
Specialty apps will continue to compete for users' attention, which will reduce the likelihood of most of the data ending up in the hands of just one or two companies.
I don't do all of the things on Grab in Singapore. I don't distrust it, but I prefer using specialty apps to do other things like grocery shopping and buying clothes as they're just better at it.
I like Grab because it doesn't know everything about me but it does know that I love durian.
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