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told my parents i got an offer overseas, and they told me that they'll figure a way to send me, worse comes to worse the sell the place. this would allow me to secure a steadier career than the intended degree id be getting in private uni.

im their only child and im forever grateful to them. i told them thats its okay if we cant afford, i just wanted to let them know that i got an offer.

we live in a paid off 5 room in amk, right next to a newly opened activesg, within or less than 2km to 3 different mrt stations. our place can go for $940k-$1m, and sending me overseas would costs abt $290-$300k total. i dont want my parents to let go of their housing for the sake of my education. kinda wish i didnt tell them about the offer...

edit: its a degree in allied health. its definitely not some high paying career, but its path i want to go down. they are supportive in whatever i do, however, i wont let my parents let go of our housing for the sake of my education. its not worth it. i can always settle in another career. my parents are in their late 60s and early 50s. they have a retirement home in Philippines as that's where my mom is from. if i have the chance to go, id defo be applying for scholaships.

we have yet to have a proper conversation about as i have only told them abt it yesterday.

hey guys, how many of yall have received shortlists/trials/interviews for JC DSA. State what JC, DSA domain, and what you have gotten?

I have heard raffles has been sending out interviews for sports, TJC for performing arts, SAJC for sports.

I used to be really good at English, it was my best subject. But suddenly, after I started studying other subjects my English just fell off. Now I can barely pass the paper 2. Any tips and tricks on how to improve?

As my fellow J1s know, the major PW things are due in a few weeks (😭😭😭😭) And I know that PW is weighted, and you can't get out of it and if you fail you have to retake next year but I just CAN'T. My group's project is really niche and we're all so out of our depth that even as the group leader I don't know what to do. And my teammates aren't objectively bad either but we just don't gel well so most lessons we end up sitting in awkward silence. It's gotten to a point where it feels like we've all given up and even thinking about the project fills me with so much dread that it's not even something I want to do anymore.

But my group is at risk of failing so help??

What are some high paying part-time jobs nowadays? Preferably those with benefits like F&B (discount/free food) etc. not very particular on the benefits if it’s high paying.

Generally quite ok with any kind of jobs but preferably something manageable for students lah (M here). By high paying I mean $15^/hr

And how did it affect you long term?

I came from an all boys' secondary school and tbh it was quite wholesome there, most of my schoolmates were quite nice people. But after sec sch I went to JC which was mixed, and that's where I encountered bullying.

I remember in the first week of school, in orientation, we played these truth or dare-esque games led by OGLs. I'm not sure if it was agreed upon before or them piling on the opportunity, but when it was each girl's turn to answer she'd turn to me and say "<Name>, you're the ugliest guy here". Or some variation of that, and to the cheers of the other girls.

And as orientation went on they'd find more and more offensive ways to insult me, mostly involving my looks. I remember particularly one girl sitting beside me who gleefully turned to me and scathingly insulted my looks. And tbh I was shocked at the moment, like I'd never even done anything to you, why would you do this to me? And she was super chopped herself, so surely you'd know why you shouldn't insult someone on their looks...

To make matters worse, my female OGL joined in as well, although she added a sorry before diving into insults (as if that made things better). I remember each and every time I just laughed it off cuz I didn't know what to say, but I was thinking "how cruel can you be?". And when I had enough and insulted one of them back? Suddenly it's all "how could you say this to a girl", and they all made me out to be some asshole.

It got to the point where even my male OGL looked visibly uncomfortable at what they were doing and tried to put an end to it whenever it happened. And credit to him, he did privately have a chat with me to cheer me up, told me not to take it to heart etc. But it was a complete shock, as I'd never done anything to deserve this, but somehow I became the target anyway.

Obviously I skipped all the OG group meetups post orientation. I remember one of the girls even had the gall to ask me why I didn't show up. Sorry your punching bag didn't appear?

In the long term I guess that did affect my self esteem negatively, and it took quite long to get over it. For others who've encountered something similar, I'd like to hear your story too! Hopefully you ended up ok as well after bullying.

How does our generation view socialism as an ideology?

As Engels put it, socialism is not a mere utopian moral ideal, but an objective necessity resulting from the material contradictions within capitalism.

Essentially, socialism is the means of reaching a better world (utopia, possibly) through organisation and revolution.

Basically what this means is giving workers the right to have a say in the central problem of economics (what gets produced, and for whom?), and the right to receive the full value of what they produce (eg. A factory worker gets a share of the full revenue from selling items produced in the factory, not just a wage that doesn't change regardless of total revenue)

Do you agree or disagree with the idea of socialism, and do you feel like socialist policies have a place in Singapore?

**disclaimer: I don’t study math in my course of study and my math is 👎🏻, pls just read for fun. Thanks you.

If a person lives till 80, then 40 is the midpoint of their life right? But this statement is only half true. From a calendar perspective, yes it is true. However, the time perceived by humans is not linear.Under the logarithmic perception of time model, 18 years old is already the midpoint of one's subjective life experience.

There’s Weber's Law which tells us that human perception of change depends on relative change. Integrating this formula further gives us Fechner's Law.This indicates that human subjective perception is proportional to the logarithm of the objective stimulus.Just imagine during the holiday, ur teacher assigns you 5 exam papers, and then suddenly adds 5 more at the last minute, you would complain. But if they assigned 100 papers and added 5 more, you wouldn't complain as much.In fact, earthquake magnitudes, decibels of sound, and pH levels are all based on logarithmic models.If we apply logarithmic perception to the lifespan, we can model it like this, let’s assume the subjective length of each year is roughly equal to 1 divided by your current age (1/t).

One year at age 5 accounts for (1/5) of your total life experience. Whereas one year at age 50 is only (1/50). Therefore, the accumulated subjective time can be written as this integral formula:
S(t) = ∫ (1/x) dx = ln(t)

Assuming stable memories begin at age 4 and life ends at age 80, we find the half-point and substitute it into the logarithmic formula. After rearranging, we take the exponential of both sides.Thus, the subjective midpoint of life under the logarithmic time perception model can be defined by this result:
t = √(t₀ × T)

As you can see, the subjective midpoint is not the arithmetic mean, but the geometric mean. Substituting the ages, it comes out to 17.9 years old. So, if time is perceived proportionally, then out of a lifespan from age 4 to 80, half of your subjective life has already passed by around age 18.This is also why we always feel that the older we get, the faster time flies. A year during childhood represents a massive proportional change, whereas a year after growing up is just a tiny increment within a long reservoir of experience.
What we are truly losing is not time itself, but our capacity for time to leave distinct markers in our memory.Therefore, what I just wanna say is I hope everyone can courageously try new things. The length of a life does not just depend on how long you live, but on how many moments are truly remembered by you.

Hey guys, posting for my senior, He graduated from a Engineering with Business diploma with a 2.15 GPA. Local full-time uni is 0% chance. He didnt tell his parents his gpa yet... but its those really toxic families (ive overheard some of the phone calls during events)

sooo like before i reply him, what are his options? i know suss part time degree is one, private uni is possible but worth the money? idt he wld go considering his household mentality abt private.... suss type still possible,, work straight away... also to those ppl who had a low gpa how did u tell ur parents?

Contrary to the stereotype of girls loving to shop. I hate shopping for clothes. I enjoy looking at fashion inspo and buying out of necessity like me needing to get office friendly wear for the start of my career fresh out of school so I would usually buy a few pieces, like <5.

I always repeat what I wear/like everytime i go out until my parents nag me to clear out my old clothes and get new ones, but its always the sentimental attachment that gets to me. I also thought of getting my work wear tailored swift 👀according to my measurements but ofc it aint cheap lol .

My buying decision also factors in how much I can see myself wearing the piece so its based on depreciation, aside from material, cutting and price. What looks nice on you in theory may not look nice irl especially with bad fitting room lighting.

So today, I went out to JB to shop with my parents, anyway parents pay which im grateful to them. My dad complained it took me 1.5 hrs to try a bunch of clothes the store assistant recco which I bought like 4 tops 1 pants out of a variety of tops, pants and fish soup OL dresses.

My mom explained diff clothes have diff cutting for diff bodies like girls shop is different from guys shopping usually like just wear okay can liao (which to me is ideal cos i wear for function mostly). And I honestly feel that some clothes' quality do not justify the price like Im paying SGD $50 for a top but the material is so thin and/or rough (cough cough Bove Lonito)

Also btw i go clubbing, legit all the guys dress the same (black T and pants), girls also the same but at least got some variety (usually a cami and a mini skirt/shorts).

So like i was like

you ask me to buy clothes> idw > u buy for me> not nice> i go shopping and i take my time to choose options> u complain i take so long or so ex> I anyhow whack> end up not nice> end up I dont wear frequently so its wasted $ > wear the same old clothes again> cycle repeats, might as well dont buy lor

Yeah might as well dont buy, also stop being influenced by soc med and capitalism what to buy and somemore dont use. it aint healthy for the environment and your wallet.

I rarely fall in love with people. Why’d it have to be someone who doesn’t feel the same way that I do. I knew it was gonna be a rejection but I still confessed anyway and now it hurts so f*cking much. I can’t stop thinking about how things could’ve been different if I maybe had done things differently.

What hurts me even more is the fact that she said so much good things about me in response to my confession. Why couldn’t she just say something bad so at least I know why I got rejected. Now I’m left thinking no matter how much I work on myself I’m just never gonna be enough. I f*cking hate myself. If I’m always gonna be disliked anyways why do I even bother, no one’s ever gonna f*cking love me anyways. I know relying on external validation to self-improve is a sh*t move but I can’t change my mentality or how I’m wired. F*CK why am I born like this.

I literally feel like shit. I haven’t felt this sick in a long long time I hate it. I wanna k*ll myself I literally feel like k*lling myself. Someone please say something encouraging I really can’t handle this anymore. I need therapy I need help I need love I feel so lonely so sick and tired of always getting rejected I’m done.

context: we are in 2 of the same cca's, both y1 in poly and dont rlly talk much with eo. i just find her really cute and her quiet side is very calming too. idk if she has ajy interest in me (she forgot how i look like when i told her my name).

ive never actually approached women myself b4. the 2 exs i had came to me first, so i dont rlly know how to ask a girl out 😔😔

and asking "wanna go eat dinner tgt tonite?" sounds a bit creepy too... literally dk what yo do 💔

can someone lowk wingman me or guide me on what to say? thanks 😭🙏

hihi JC1 here in a low-tier jc (so opportunities outside of sch dont come easy sadly)

like i know ppl usually say by JC, u shld more of less alr know what u wanna do for ur career.

BRO like everytime i ask myself what do i wanna do in uni or what job i wanna choose, i panic a lot. i still dont even know what im passionate abt, what i wanna do in life that gives me security financially and mentally. thankfully however, i narrowed down and managed to strike out being a doctor or anything related to the health sciences or any med sch + bio courses in uni cos i CANNOT do bio for the life of me...

if it helps, i take CMEg (H2 Chem, H2 Math, H2 Econs, H1 Geog) in my jc rn. i took this combi to still open as much doors as i can if i strike out H2 Bio (NEVER want to do bio again after o lvls...) rn im just locking in and working hard as much as i can for sch, and hopefully make it to one of the big 3 unis here

i alr tried seeing my school's ECG counsellor, and alr talked to my parents abt this. all weren't of much help sadly :(

not to mention, ppl hv been talking bad about AI uni courses or courses relating to CS, Data Science, Biz and all. ITS LIKE EITHER ITS TOO COMPETITIVE (eg Law School) / TOO LOW JOB PROSPECTS / JUST A HOPELESS COURSE IN GENERAL 🥲 🥲🥲

growing up, i come from a mid-income family, so i rlly want to have a job that genuinely allows for a decent salary, okay number of working hours, and just be financially comfortable in SG. i intend to be in a higher income bracket when i start to work. (i plan to stay and reside permanently in SG)

i always have nightmares that i might choose the wrong career path and not earn enuf to make a good living here, or like the job progression in my future job may be skewed badly. i rlly do not have enuf ppl around me who has survived thru the job search after uni, and like im so scared of the future job prospects. rlly hope someone reads this and is able to guide me 😄

How to handle ite intern? So this intern initially was good, proactive, taking ownerships and had good commends from coworkers. But ever since the company done his report, he flip 180 degrees. Start being MIA from work, reporting sick every week, and every week got family member pass away giving a lot of grandmother story. Tbh interns only have to work 4 days a week. So I don’t understand what’s the issue.

Is there anyway to change his intern result? The teacher is being unresponsive and covering the intern as well.

aw guys they removed my update 2 weeks and last wk it was holiday class so i’m back this wk w an update hehe
frm the last post some of you guys said to be more vague so todays update will be more lowk.
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tldr from last wk - he didnt come but i managed to talk to his friend to find out more about him! he was sick though so i wrote down notes frm class to share w him! moving forward i will befriend his friend even more,, we had good chats! i hope he doesnt misunderstand though... EYE ON THE PRIZEEE

THIS WEEK WELLTHIS WK WAS GOOD
i managed to sit beside him hehe cause his friend waved me over to sit w them! i also helped him w one of the essay planning qns so i mightve impressed him hehe! lowk im doing beter just cause im paying more attention to help him...i also asked fr his tele to send him the notes!so now i hv his number… maybe next wk aft class ill ask him for dinner?! and study

been rlly emo recently and i realised that every person i've genuinely wanted to become close to already has someone they're closer to. like they already have a best friend, anothet person they always text first, update about their lives, tell everything to.

it's not like i don't have friends. i do. i have people that isit and eat with, talk to in school, hang out with aft school sometimes. but... i don't think i've ever been anyone's BEST friend

whenever i think i'm getting closer to someone, i end up realising they'll always choose someone else first. if they have good news, they tell someone else first. if something bad happens, they go to someone else. and honestly i don't even blame them because they're not doing anything wrong. you can't force yourself to see someone as your "number one" friend. it just sucks being on the receiving end of it over and over again.

sometimes i look at people around me and they all seem to have their person. the one they spam on whatsapp, send random reels to, call when they're bored, or just somehow end up talking to every day without even trying.

i've never really had that, and i always feel like i'm the friend people genuinely like, but if i disappeared for a while, life would just carry on as normal for them. i think that's the loneliest part. not that people dislike me, but that i never seem to mean that much to anyone.

i thinj partjally, the blame lies on my own self. every time i feel i am getting close to someone, i always start catching myself pulling away from people before i got too attached because i am too scared of being annoying. every time i want to text first for the second time, i'll think that maybe they didnt text first cus they dony want to talk to me, or every time i have 心事 i hesitate to tell pl bcoe it feels ljke i am trauma dumping and trounling others, making a mountain out of a molehill and overthinking. thats why i say it here lol

so ya, i know friendships aren't supposed to be forced, and that people can have multiple close friends, but i can't help wondering what it's like to be someone's first choice for once

Hi im a sec 4 student and I applied to raffles jc basketball dsa trial for fun since my results are shit and I was from volleyball cca. I stated that my cca is volleyball and I showed them my participation in nsg in volleyball cca. Surprisingly today I ri email me and told me to come for the trial on Wednesday wth should I do💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 but I wouldn’t say my basketball skills is bad since I already know the basics of the game but I really don’t know what the hell I should do. Ps im a girl and im not that tall so dunking is out lol

Dear viewers, I have yet to decide between JC or Poly. For anyone whos in JC or Poly now (better if PCME or engineering course), or even in University, can you share your experience on the life in those schools?

I was hoping to know the following:

For jc, how rigorous is the curriculum? I know many says its a very steep hill to climb etc etc, and I even searched how the content looked like and it looked so difficult, but i just want to hear from more people. I too wanna hear your regrets, cultural shocks and good stuff abt jc, including future pathways. Lastly, can i hear some reasons why someone should go jc, after you guys been through it?

For poly, how competitive is the gpa system in competitive courses? I heard that not a lot of people really want an extremely high gpa, but that is different for competitive courses, such as aerospace engineering, which is why im wondering how difficult is it to maintain a good gpa if youre surrounded by people of your caliber. also, hows the hands on and group work experiences and the job opportunities/university post poly? Do many go on to nus/ntu after poly? And after doing my research, diploma in aerospace engineering is strong in finding an MRO job but its weaker in other areas of engineering, such as R&D as poly prepares for MRO way more apparently (especially tp's aerospace engineering), and i dont really feel like being covered in engine oil with black marks all over my clothes in 12 hour shifts [based off google on experience in singapore's MRO]. Lastly, can i hear some reasons why someone should go poly, after you guys been through it?

For uni, please state how you guys got into whichever uni (via jc or poly), and the life in there compared. Also do tell about your experiences in JC or Poly before entering uni.

You can always add more stuff, such as stuff most people overlook, etc. Ill always be happy to hear more, i really want to make an informed decision that i would not regret (or regret less).

If you want more info, you can try to search "JC or Poly as a person pursuing engineering?"

Thanks!

Hi all, anyone extend just to graduate with better class hon? Is it worth it?

For context. I’m a Graduating student this July, from local Uni. Have a job rn but it pays more for first class.

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So I rely quite alot on the library but some things just pmo and in hopes of potentially promoting better culture here are some rants

Rant 1: Seat hoggers

Its perfectly fine to leave ur stuff thr to go toilet or maybe take a walk for a few min but Ive seen people litterally come to put their bags and say lets go have lunch like let ppl use the seats if ur not gonna be using it for that long (this is for the free seats btw)

Rant 2: The no sleeping rule

Like I gets that u shldnt take up the seats to sleep but while working sometimes I wanna rest and maybe close my eyes for a few minutes without having a librarian come over and wake me up?

Rant 3: Inconsiderate noisy ppl

Those ppl that have full on conversations without even trying to whisper or the uncles that turn on their audio for everyone to hear. Pls just stop u can go litterally anywhere but the library to do that thx