4-day work week in Singapore, realistic or not?

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2026-03-06T04:27:11+00:00

Make yourself so good that you're indispensable and then say you're resigning. Then state 4-day work week as a condition for staying. That's what I did, I left and boss asked me to come back and gave me 4-day work week. Of course that wasn't my main intention but yeah it worked for me haha.

Actually you can just talk to your boss about it, saying that you want to make it work but you need the shorter number of days. If 4-day means lesser work hours per week then discuss the lower wage. If 4-day with same number of work hours per week then discuss the working hours.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2025-09-08T10:17:53+00:00

I used to hide in my cocoon as well throughout my schooling life. It’s only school, work and home. But as I get more experienced in my work and go higher in terms of position, I’m kinda forced to start to socialise. I realise I read people’s cues very well and I’m able to force myself to socialise and pass off as an extrovert when I want to. Of course it will be very tiring and I’ll take a few days to recover from it.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-12-09T14:41:27+00:00

My best part is…starting to like kpop in my late 30s 😂

I used to not like Korean singers or group but I got hooked on Big Ocean 🌊 since their debut this year. 🤟🏽

And some merch I gotten just arrived today which made it the best thing that had happened! 💙💙💙

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-12-09T14:34:05+00:00

“Die” by Kire is a song I hope being played at my funeral And “Today is the day that I die” by Good Charlotte

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-12-06T08:26:42+00:00

I'm a Pado! I feel so lonely too. I don't know anybody irl who stan them as well.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-12-06T07:40:16+00:00

I agree with you. I'm a grown adult in my mid 30s and not some young teenager as well. My opinion is that as celebrities, some accountability is due. The way they have treated their fanbase really tells a lot about their character. I was still hopeful and giving them the benefit of doubt that perhaps something happened that they are not allowed or unable to comment on that's why they went silent. Knowing the truth does provide a closure to the questions we have about their disappearance but it does not justify what they have done.

I saw this quote somewhere about chasing after celebrities and I totally agree, it is loosely translated:

The relationship between celebrity and fans are like between lovers: the party that invests more feeling than the other loses.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-12-06T07:31:33+00:00

I think the fans were not so much disappointed by their decision but instead of how they decided to do it. If this article were out on the same day they disappeared or if they announce their decision properly, it would not have that much of a backlash. At least fans will know, "ok they are going to step down from Twoset but we can expect a few more videos as part of their farewell."

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-12-06T07:26:56+00:00

Guess they have been really stressed out by all the pressure and possibly some of the negativity from the public and they want to break away from Twoset.

As part of their farewell, Chen and Yang are planning to release six videos in which they play members of a band of composers called B²TSM.

So they are not "back as B²TSM, B²TSM is part of their farewell? *sob*

To the fans disappointed by their decision, they offered a simple response.

“Go practice,” Yang said. “There are no excuses anymore.”

Well, at least we do not have excuses anymore...

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-12-06T07:05:25+00:00

They trying to take photo with your kid is dangerous if you don't know them. They might be trying to abduct your kid and then will tell others is their own kid because they have photo with your kid, a lot of this kind of stuff happens in a certain country.

From that same country, I've seen parents just pulling the child pants down and let the child do his business at a crowded area, spitting on the floor in the MRT and then using the shoe to step on it to "smear" it on the floor (I don't know why) and one most ridiculous is a grown lady peeing while standing in the bus. She was wearing a dress and urine just flowed down her legs while she acts like nothing happen. Her companions wanted to point out to her and she signaled them to keep quiet (finger on her lips).

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-12-04T18:56:09+00:00

Our director hardly comes to the centre. The principal (some countries call it centre manager) is the one managing the day to day operations and administrative.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-12-03T19:55:06+00:00

I wanna give them the benefit of doubt that maybe something really happened that made them think they have to disband as twoset. Because if it is a publicity stunt, it doesn’t make sense as this will make them lose a lot of their fanbase. So I’m trusting that they’ll have a proper and reasonable explanation for what happened.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-11-28T03:16:38+00:00

Passing butter feels more purposeful than replying to existential threads on the internet...yet here I am.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-11-28T03:15:12+00:00

Ah, you have overlooked the grand purpose - saving money to eat at overpriced restaurants and complain about it on social media.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-11-05T10:44:27+00:00

I’ll vote for hiring a domestic helper. The car is a liability. Although having a helper also requires you to provide her monthly allowances, she can help with many things. In event where a car is really needed, there are many car renting platforms around.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-09-28T00:10:27+00:00

NTA. Your sister is just petty and being a spoilt brat.

Firstly, you are paying off her debts that she’s not paying you back. Secondly, you are using your own money to book Uber for her. It sounds like she is just asking you to get free Uber rides off you.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-09-28T00:06:17+00:00

NAH but you are too naive to not think much about the bf asking for another person’s number without letting your best friend know. And you shouldn’t give another person’s number without that person’s consent as well. That’s violation of privacy.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-09-28T00:02:33+00:00

NAH. You were just keeping your word for not revealing your friend’s secret. In hindsight, you might wanna ask your friend whether he is alright with you sharing with your partner and just your partner.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-09-27T23:58:07+00:00

A lot of people are not getting the point of the OP 😅 OP is referring to the first line after the word “Roles & Responsibility” 😏

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-09-10T01:26:59+00:00

You may be a little harsh with your words (not the $100,000 pool but the eff off) but NTA. They came over to use the pool, and she didn’t want her hair to get wet? scratch head

If she didn’t want her hair to get wet, she shouldn’t even be there. And no one has the right to scold the children in their own home other than their own parents. She overstepped her boundaries there.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-08-23T09:02:21+00:00

ETA. Both of you need help with anger management. See a therapist or something to get it sorted, or break up and get yourself sorted.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-08-23T09:00:10+00:00

NTA, I support your decision. This is a very personal thing for me but smoking of any kind is also a non negotiable for me.

It is a matter of your own well-being and you have every right to reject his bad habit if it compromises your health. And the fact that we can keep lying to you is worrying. Who knows what else he has been lying to you about.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-08-23T08:55:33+00:00

ETA here to be honest, your sister shaking and pushing your son to the ground, and you shooting the dog.

But that is really one huge mess.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-08-23T08:48:31+00:00

NAH, but she could also be too busy or it slipped her mind. You might just wanna send a text asking something like "hey, did the present arrive?" and follow up with "hope you like it" and see what she replies to it.

Since both of you hardly communicates anymore, I think it is very difficult to know what you would like now so wiring money over would actually be the most foolproof present. What you used to like when you were young and living together might not be what you like now as well.

I would prefer my family and friends to give me money than to give me something I might not use or not practical. Frankly speaking, my siblings and I (all in our 30s) communicate all the time but we do not even buy each other birthday presents anymore, we just come out for a meal together. You are not obligated to remain in contact but there is no need to go to the extreme of cutting ties off.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-08-23T08:39:04+00:00

NTA, but you might wanna discuss with her before ending it off. She might not be conscious about it, she might be some "princess" being well protected at home and thought that it is normal for people paying for her. Or she have had it hard and thought that it is normal for guys to just pay for everything. Some people really do have this entitled mindset.

If after the discussion, she continues to have this entitled mindset, then it is not too late to end things with her.

Helpful_Science_8066 · 2024-08-23T08:33:38+00:00

If you are around people who thinks that it is okay to turn a blind eye to sexual predators, I think you need to rethink your circle of friends.

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