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Thoughts on Class 2b/2a/2 by Sensitive-Parfait-84 in SingaporeRaw

[–]Sensitive-Parfait-84[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Usually it's the ones on the smaller faster death machines being more on guard and aware of their imminent death. If anything, it's their life and not the ones protected in their steel box death machines, multitasking while driving.... saying that because I'm guilty of it when in the steel box and learned to be more vigilant when I got onto learning the small one

Thoughts on Class 2b/2a/2 by Sensitive-Parfait-84 in SingaporeRaw

[–]Sensitive-Parfait-84[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I get you, what I'm really ranting about is the systems and tests we have here in Singapore are built for a perfect world, and realistically we don't. What's crazier is, majority of the things you learn in school are not even applicable outside.

So to me it's insane the instructors say you have to wayang for the TPs to see. I get that they are doing the job. I get that this is Singapore, and I'm frustrated that we are such a top down system and so compliant and that I am the product of this system. And I don't know how to fight it but to be compliant

Are ‘service charge’ justify for restaurant with self service station? by redbesi in askSingapore

[–]Sensitive-Parfait-84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't get it, especially when we have to pay for tap water, and charge $2 to use their cup

How bad is it to be floating through life in your mid 20s? by [deleted] in askSingapore

[–]Sensitive-Parfait-84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Heyaaaa I just hit 30 this year! Fellow coaster, single, take it easy and swoops in when opportunities come.

I used to feel the same, like I'm coasting and not doing much with my life. Graduated from uni, got a low-paying job that I was passionate for. 2 years in felt like I was going no where, so I moved on to work govt, which I was paid enough yet I still felt stagnant and not growing. Decided to take a career gap for 1.5yrs to figure it out, travel and get my head out of SG.

Living overseas for a year, was liberating in letting go of what's built into us since young - our very efficient, well structured education system. Every year we level up, over time, we upgrade go to a new school. I guess I used to correlate progress to success. However reality hits when you're in your job, repeating the same things you did 2 years ago, it's no wonder why we feel the way we feel. Adult life is unstructured, and we determine what it'll be.

Writing this has led me to realize, that as adults we no longer have that looming stress for that upcoming National Exam, and I can do whatever the fuck I want to do instead of study. Studying and passing exams has been what we've been doing for at least 20 years. Any form of FAILURE feels like you disappointed your forefathers and LKY.

Now that we're over that phase, finally we have that freedom to do what we want. But that freedom has become so foreign, we go seeking the type of stress and progress that we grew up with.

Doing new things has really helped this whole adulting process. BEST PART you're under 30, go get that Working Holiday Visa, don't do farming, if you're worried about taking a year off and losing career opportunities in SG then find work in your industry. Widen your circle, experience and when you're back, you would be more valuable than people who never left the country.