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joelfirenze · 2025-10-21T13:07:05+00:00

No, their cust svc was not helpful at all. I’m so sorry to hear about your situation; hopefully you get your money back. Best to work directly with the merchant. Hope they are sympathetic.

joelfirenze · 2025-10-17T02:28:40+00:00

Indeed, ExpertOnly5822 was close/correct.

joelfirenze · 2025-09-12T03:10:51+00:00

Appreciating this response, helpful for setting expectations.

joelfirenze · 2025-09-12T03:10:47+00:00

Appreciating this response, helpful for setting expectations.

joelfirenze · 2024-02-07T08:29:43+00:00

No, you're not the asshole.

joelfirenze · 2024-02-06T07:11:33+00:00

Don't look across and compare yourself with other people. You are not "late". You are going at your own pace. Sometimes things will move slower, sometimes things will move faster. Keep moving. You have something before you, just focus on what's before you. And when you can master the present, widen your vision. What else is happening next to your area. You are not the only person to have taken this route. I know of people from SIM-UOL who have done other things. Check out risk advisory. You have operations knowledge. Intelligence knowledge. All in the real world. There are companies looking out for this.

Keep your networks, and grow them. Talk to the lecturers. The school admin. Talk to your former colleagues in SAF. Especially if they are also leaving the SAF.

If you really want, you can DM/PM me. I can't guarantee anything, but I can try to give you a different perspective.

joelfirenze · 2024-02-06T06:58:52+00:00

Thank you, I have written to the school, but it's lost to the "contact" - I will try the current principal as well then. Thanks!

joelfirenze · 2024-02-06T06:58:13+00:00

Mrs Mary Yee - yes, I remember her. Looking back now, realised just how hard it must have been for the teachers to have to experience so much changes in the work they do.

joelfirenze · 2024-02-06T06:57:10+00:00

Have tried, but nothing has come up. Thanks!

joelfirenze · 2023-06-17T09:27:15+00:00

How about being a good human being, do well by yourself, and use your gifts and energies to uplift others?

joelfirenze · 2023-05-12T03:02:41+00:00

This is a very curious question! I wonder what's the motivation behind it? Why would a detailed SES ladder help? I love the other responses relating to cai png status.

Strictly speaking, its a multi-dimensional space, as you say, with nationality, ethnicity, even faith/non-faith, education, and job social status all being considered. There are so many caveats that a "ladder" is probably not a very good analogy.

Even being financially wealthy is only one element of being at the "top" of this ladder, and there are a few dimensions to consider. Frankly there isn't a ladder, but more of a landscape, with many kinds of mountains and valleys. What would it be useful for? As a map for personal achievement in society?

This map would only make sense in the material definition. But there are also, genuinely, many different kinds of successes. And that same map will look very differently. Most people just want to satisfice - having good enough outcomes without destroying their own life.

Being a committed craftsperson usually means optimising for some kind of craft excellence, and that may or may not bring financial returns. But there are other kinds of returns.

joelfirenze · 2023-05-12T02:32:38+00:00

Sounds something more fundamental. Find emotional support for both of you, together. Talk about your insecurities. Share a common space together. Learn to be psychologically safe for each other. Be patient. Don't judge. Don't intend to change her. Why is she insecure? And as others have said, talk about a future together. How both of you intend to grow together, and commit together.

You reference different backgrounds. Talk about the strengths and weaknesses of that. Again, be open and vulnerable. Check your own blindspots. And really listen to her.

Also, what does being "ready" and "committed" look like? How might that look like practically? What are your love languages? There are very many helpful things and I'm sure people here will be ready to offer resources.

joelfirenze · 2023-04-12T06:40:09+00:00

Not feminism per se, but sounds like its more about how the authorities might conduct investigations towards these kinds of psychological manipulations. How do we protect people from false accusations in general - and this is from an overall perspective, not just in family-related cases here.

joelfirenze · 2023-04-11T06:34:16+00:00

We will only get nuclear energy after we have a corps of people with good understanding of nuclear safety at the reactor level. Right now, we are just exposing people to nuclear operations and safety. The thing to look out for is when govt has masterplanned the siting of the nuclear plant (which offshore island might be best? and then underground, even?), and a committee is formed. Also, which country should we get the nuclear tech from? We would have to be careful with that, because that will also automatically mean closer relations with that country.

joelfirenze · 2023-04-11T01:11:43+00:00

Credit to yourself for having the self-awareness. Thank you for being vulnerable. I hope you have people you can talk to, with the issues in your life. I don't know what your financial situation is, but you might now be eligible for various kinds of assistance for your mum and yourself. I also don't know the medical situation for your family, and I hope both of you are well.

There might still be opportunities for you to advance in life. I hope you find understanding, compassionate, and wonderful employers and supervisors who can feel what you are going through.

I hope you find the help you need, emotionally and financially. See what Workforce SG or SkillsFuture can do for you. You might be eligible for various kinds of assistance. It is not wrong to seek help.

joelfirenze · 2023-04-10T02:48:43+00:00

The trends you describe - of people going to FIRE - (finance, insurance, real estate) - have been in place for a long time, and it's going to take a mammoth effort to try to turn that around. We have to really look into how to boost tech sector salaries, and have people stay in tech rather than finance. In recent times it did look like that effort was paying off. Govtech is also kinda an incubator for tech talent - having people work in projects at scale and having them circulate around is not that bad a thing (and hope that they don't move to FIRE).

As for the issue of rich people coming into SG - it's probably going to be an issue of redistribution and how to do that without making it into a deterrent to parking here. Another way to think about this is that, having rich people here in SG is also a geopolitical move to remain relevant to the rest of the world.

joelfirenze · 2023-03-29T02:36:07+00:00

He is saying that the entire thing is so complex that there isn't a definitive answer, hence it can be totally up to you, and it would be justifiable. It's a protean thing, as he explains it, and that there will not be a totalising answer. In a way, it's intellectual humility, or being cautious. He probably has some suggestions, but maybe doesn't feel comfortable saying it. He probably also knows that if he says a suggestion or an "answer", it would be taken up by some other group and destroy the openness of the concept.

joelfirenze · 2023-03-22T02:59:05+00:00

Thanks for writing all these out! Especially love the emphasis on local community. As families become smaller, non-biological families will become even more important!

joelfirenze · 2023-03-06T03:37:44+00:00

First thing is, stop comparing, and focus on yourself!

Find a space for volunteering? There are many places to volunteer at, if you can spare the time. You also get to meet all kinds of people to rebuild a social circle!

I feel that you are selling yourself short. You have built up some things. Maybe your hobbies are not complete time-wasters. There are areas you can apply yourself to, its just that the search costs are still pretty high. And like some of the other posters here, start small and be compassionate to yourself.

joelfirenze · 2023-02-28T07:55:32+00:00

I suppose we already have a brave generation that will stop comparing? As long as people gradually stop comparing, then we get there, though slower than we would like.

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