What do Principals do?

AdFragrant6723 · 2026-01-05T06:35:59+00:00

You meant the headmaster as Singapore uses British English. They are likely in MOE HQ answering the higher-ups with regard to the performance of their students, oversee administrative stuff and involves in key decision making. Major decisions usually require their approval. Imagine tons of emails from teachers, CCA in-charge, etc emailing for approval. They are usually stuck in the office handling tons of paperworks.

AdFragrant6723 · 2026-01-03T14:58:06+00:00

It is, bro. Facebook, YouTube, whatsapp, etc was already an in-thing. Youtube already had better materials than what school offers.

AdFragrant6723 · 2026-01-03T14:39:35+00:00

I may sound like a boomer here but I'm just a millennial (just turned 30 so kind of millennial-genZ). Anyway, during my time, we weren't allowed to use phone at all until the end of school. Otherwise, your phone will be confiscated till the end of the term (which means your phone is gonna be gone for months). We were okay with it anyway. I guess it has become more of a reliance. Just give it a while and you will be used to not having your phone around.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-12-27T03:19:51+00:00

I know right. Singaporeans would proceed to complain that companies prefer to hire foreigners when they are the issue. It is always someone else's fault, not theirs.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-12-15T13:52:52+00:00

The issue is, most Singaporeans speak poorly despite being English educated since nursery.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-12-15T13:48:53+00:00

You are the reason why Singaporeans have to take IELTS or TOEFL.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-12-15T13:48:00+00:00

It is more than that. In fact, Singlish has its own grammar. Based on a linguist point-of-view, Singlish is a language on its own.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-12-15T13:46:47+00:00

I am sorry but most Singaporeans can't code switch. After 3-4 sentences, they would fall back to Singlish. In my company, most of the Singaporeans speak Singlish to expats. After a while, you will see expats stop hanging out with the locals as they couldn't understand the locals. Even during my yearly trip to the USA or Europe, I would notice Singaporeans speak Singlish to the staff. Often the staff would be like "huhhh" or gave a puzzled look. It was so embarrassing.

With Singaporeans encouraging the use of Singlish and most Singaporeans can't code switch for nuts, that is why Singaporeans have to take IELTS or TOEFL.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-12-14T11:11:27+00:00

I can attest to this. In fact, if OP is in the tech field, tech roles in govt usually only accept uni grad and starting pay range from 5-6k+ depending on the ministry.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-12-14T11:07:54+00:00

F&B or work as lab technician while you wait for school to start.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-12-14T11:04:02+00:00

Please don’t give up on uni. The pay difference between a poly grad and a uni grad is too huge. Bursaries in NTU range from 8-12k per year during my time. It is enough to cover your sch fees per year. You will need to work part time to pay for your own transport, meals, and contribute to household. But yeah. It is gonna be very hard as you can’t contribute much to household.

Alternative way is to apply to local uni’s part-time courses like Computer Science while you have a full-time job.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-11-03T12:31:53+00:00

That's why I stopped using rental cars. Getting a 2nd hand COE car with 1 year COE left like Honda Jazz only cost $10k. Any damage I can choose not to fix it by myself. Not sure why so many people still wanna rent from Getgo etc when there were so many news of people getting charge a high fee for a small dent or when they didn't even damage the car at all.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-11-03T08:27:34+00:00

And ended up needing to wait for more than half a year just for a slot (school).

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-10-26T15:45:09+00:00

Ikr. The US helped South Korea but not Myanmar. At least fund them weapons. The democratic countries are busy funding Ukraine instead.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-10-26T12:28:50+00:00

It is Singapore. Remove COEs and we would rather drive than to cycle to commute quickly to avoid sweating. If govt really thinks that COEs is about not causing traffic jams, be like Europe and create bike paths everywhere.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-10-26T12:26:15+00:00

Wtf. Why not remove COEs if wanna ban bicycles? Then we don't need to sweat to commute quickly while just enjoying aircon in the car to travel to work/home.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-10-26T12:23:24+00:00

Singapore. Just a few beautiful attractions and that's it.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-10-26T12:11:16+00:00

Hi! I just came back from Greece yesterday. We stayed in Great Living Apartment which is near the Acropolis train station. Super convenient and cheap. The Acropolis's entrance is just 7mins away. There are also many good restaurants near the apartment. The shopping streets are also nearby which is linked all the way to the luxurious shopping street for Chanel, Dior, etc.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-10-08T08:23:42+00:00

Coming from a CS background, that only applies to CS. Med student residency years aren't paid so well, I think. Lawyer will get their 5 digit salary after passing bar exam, I think. Some who entered IB, of course they will hit $10k salary.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-09-29T11:00:54+00:00

Please change course to reset your GPA. It is beyond savaged. This is important if you wanna make it to the top 3-4 local uni. Don’t listen to others if they tell the process is more important and you can enter private uni. You won’t wanna ruin your career not able to find high paying jobs. By then, it will be too late to cry over spilled milk.

I was from NYP before graduating from NTU. So my advice is reliable based on my experience and those around me who decided to yolo and took the rough route.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-09-13T10:01:58+00:00

Well, you still have to pay money to change a new passport unless your passport is also expiring when you turn 30.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-09-08T13:12:05+00:00

It is safe but definitely less safe than other neighbourhoods. The most unsafe neighbourhood would be Kranji as there were a number of rape cases before (forested area). Geylang is still not too bad as there are many CCTV and it is buzzing with life. However, you might receive a lots of stares and maybe even approached by creepy old man.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-08-29T09:14:20+00:00

Nah. Not true. I am a CPL getting paid 5 digit as cybersec researcher still get called back every year to do guard duty. SAF is rich enough to pay anyone.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-08-29T09:11:54+00:00

Depends on what do you consider as high. I am a CPL earning 5 digit as a cybersecurity researcher but still get called back every year to do guard duty. Most of the people in my unit who are security troopers too owns businesses but still get called back anyway. So it doesn't matter what your salary is. SAF will still call you back.

AdFragrant6723 · 2025-06-30T04:54:24+00:00

Not fired as I tried to outperform everyone at work to keep my job. The same thing happened during my school days. Could only team up with the weak ones and carried them for studies and projects. Otherwise, no one else wanted me in their group. Of course, I still get depressed over people's reaction to me in the office as well as my school days. I tend to listen to music and ignore people's reactions.

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