u/Special_Friend836

I’ve always used Air Asia X but haven’t travelled in a long time and used it again last year Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo. During the flight from KL to Tokyo, the seats were pretty alright however the return flight was hell and I was nauseous the whole flight (Not complaining as I get what I paid for).

I’m wondering if the seats for scoot would be better as when I search for economy seats it does look better compared to Air Asia (not too concerned about legroom)

I’m planning on a trip to Osaka next year and would like to try out different airlines. I’m 18 and for a first time solo traveller would it be better to avoid transfers since I’d have to transfer if I chose Scoot, price wise they’re similar.

So I just turned 18 and will continue with my studies next year. My mum recently crashed the old family car and it has been around for 15 years so my dad wanted to sell the car and get a new one.

However, he said I’m gonna be paying for the new car because I’m grown and should be a responsible adult buying a car for “myself”. The thing is that car isn’t even for me it’s gonna be a family car labelled as mine. Plus I’m earning minimum wage right now working at my dad’s office (which I didn’t even agree to work here in the first place). I was forced to work here when I initially planned to work at a cafe.

The instalment for the car cost me my entire minimum wage so I’m basically working for him for free now since my money would be going to the car that’s not even gonna be mine.

He also very clearly knows I’m saving it up for a uni exchange program since I told him that multiple times and he claimed I did not have to worry about that because he’d give me the money (HE WOULDN’T). He’s lied to me so many times now saying he’d pay for me then finish all my money so I don’t end up going anywhere. Whenever I bring up saving up for an exchange program he looks really pissed.

I really don’t wanna pay for the car and also a uni exchange is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I do not wanna miss that. I’ll have nothing left to save if I do pay for the car instalment.

I recently noticed that every time my friends tell me about something interesting they did or something bad happened and they needed someone to talk to. I ask a ton of follow up questions and I’m not sure if that’s actually a good thing (if it becomes too excessive). I do this because I have no idea what else to talk about especially when they’re venting/ranting. What can I do instead?

I’m 18F and so is the friend I’m gonna talk about.

We’ve been friends for about 3-4 years now. Last time I met one of them was 2 weeks before my birthday and they talked about how they’ve already picked out a present for me (which most likely isn’t true since she does that alot to make people get her an early gift) and asked if I was gonna celebrate it.

So on my birthday she didn’t end up wishing me which she always does. I got a little upset as I’m always wondering if she ever saw me as a friend since she could just turn cold towards me out of a sudden then go back to normal and never addresses the problem.

During our entire friendship I’ve never truly felt comfortable and worry if I’m gonna get thrown out of the group anytime soon (which I finally did?). It’s like they have some kind of double standards when it came to me, if one of our other friends did something she doesn’t get upset but when I do it she gets super upset but never tells me but I could tell from the way she talks.

Gotta admit that I’m a people pleaser, and I mimic whoever I hang out with. They like insulting and making fun of people. And so I used to do that too (I know this isn’t an excuse or anything and that it was wrong of me to do that I’m slowly changing and don’t act based on how people act anymore) and so when I made the same “jokes” as they did. They would tell me how mean of a person I was and ignore me for a few minutes when they do far worse.

And since we were all surviving on allowances a few years back, it was normal to pay each other back whenever someone paid first and all of us did that. But when I paid first and asked for my money back they’d get very pissed though eventually they still pays me back. Honestly I wouldn’t mind paying if we all treated each other occasionally but they were the kind who always rushes for their money back. I ask for mine back at the end of the day just to not ruin their mood but I guess it still did cause they expect me to pay.

I just kinda miss the times we had together to let go of this friendship. I did have fun together through middle and high school. And I can’t believe it just ended like that, they no longer text me. There was recently a highschool reunion and usually she’d ask if I was going but this time she didn’t. So I guess it really is over. And my other friends follow her around and listens to whatever she says so I’ve basically lost all of them. I’m not sure if anyone told her some stuff about me since we were still on good terms during our most recent outing.

Edit: Forgot to mention that she’d also take pictures of me when I’m not aware (which I looked really ugly in) and she’d just post them without telling me. I when I told her to remove it she said she didn’t have the picture saved so she couldn’t cut out my face and repost it. When all she had to do was download the pic on ig stories.

I noticed we actually don’t know each other too well. She once asked me for my type of guy and she was super shocked with my response. So I guess that might’ve made it easier for us to have misunderstandings as well. I tend to say things without giving it much thoughts no intentions behind it though but I guess she might’ve taken it the wrong way looking at the fact that we don’t know each other’s personalities that well. I wanted to explain to her but I feel like that would just cause more misunderstandings and she’ll think that I thought of what I said idk how to put it in words I hope u guys get it.

Edit 2: I’m sorry I keep adding it’s cause I can’t think of any on the spot. I tend to not know how to express myself / react much to what people say. I’m very bad at comforting people and so it might make me seem uninterested in their struggles when I am listening but I just keep nodding because I don’t wanna say someone that might come off as offensive. So I just ask her a bunch of questions regarding her struggles and try to give advice (even though that might not be what she wants). I’m trying to react more but I cringe whenever I do so cause it just feels fake if I force it.

I’ve been procrastinating since middle school and it has just gone worse.

I barely doomscroll during my free time. But when exams are around the corner/I have an assignment due the next day, I doomscroll like crazy and binge watch movies as if I’m doing it on purpose because I barely watch movies since I’m lazy to complete them especially tv series. I ruined my grades for highschool and almost wasn’t able to get into uni since my highschool grades are borderline of the entry requirements (getting into uni in my country is to hit a specific grade).

I’ll be starting uni next year and I really need a mindset change before that. I’ve done all sorts of study methods but nothing works for me. Even when I know I’m almost in the cut off line I would still procrastinate knowing I might not get into uni even though I want to.

I get really scared and cry that I can’t make it to uni but at the same time I’m just not doing anything.

I just need some advice on how I could turn this around.

There isn’t much talking about the teaching quality in Taylor’s for mechanical engineering but I saw that people had bad experiences with chemical engineering.

I’m also starting next year and haven’t decided where to go but I’ve viewed a few lecturers profile and alot of them left Taylor’s but some other unis.

1. How are the lecturers as in teaching wise

2. How are the facilities and syllabus taught?