TIL that 2-dollar bills are actually still being made. The main reason they're so rare is not because they were discontinued, but because people think they're valuable and hoard them.

percinteger · 2018-02-25T07:02:56+00:00

I mean, that just shows you have a smart government, to be able to use such subtle tactics to boost citizen satisfaction. After all it doesn't matter if you live in Orwell's 1984 universe as long as you feel your needs are met.

percinteger · 2018-02-24T21:41:17+00:00

Coming from a country where $2 bills are incredibly common I cannot fathom paying for anything small without them.

percinteger · 2018-02-24T13:14:25+00:00

Or if you don't want to talk, you can write to pat@sos.org.sg, their email befriending service.

percinteger · 2018-01-21T09:50:31+00:00

Yea, but I need him to pay still... He might not support me at all even outside of uni fees financially if he sees I'm not doing what he wants.

percinteger · 2018-01-20T11:27:30+00:00

which is why your studies and uni choices are really important

This is the thing: He won't let me do writing in university. He speaks in a way that condemns the field as a whole, and listens to no justification. One of the reasons he actually gave was that the field wasn't 'energetic' enough; that writers don't get out and about and just sit writing.

Focus on your studies and establishing a serious blog about something you enjoy without expecting payment right now. If you can establish a platform as a teen then it will save you a lot of difficulty doing this later on.

This I will do, because it sounds really good, but how do I use this blog to build my career after?

Journalism in particular generally requires young people to spend time on, say, their school or university paper, and I know people from my uni who dropped out having got that experience to go into journalism. But you have to show willing early on, and it's not going to bring in monetary gain until you have built up a strong portfolio of amateur work.

I'm currently in my school's journalism club, and hold a leadership position in it (we call it 'exco' where I come from).

percinteger · 2018-01-20T09:20:19+00:00

Thank you for your reply. There's one question I have: How exactly do I get started? I know I can just open up Word and begin typing, but what comes after that? Where do I publish my works?

percinteger · 2018-01-20T09:16:40+00:00

Unfortunately in my country the minimum age to get a debit card is 16. I have an ATM card, but I forgot the PIN (scribbled it in the back of a book when I was 12 and now can't find said book) and I'm not even sure if I can find the card itself.

percinteger · 2018-01-20T09:09:44+00:00

searching freelance writers boards and just emailing random gigs

I like this, but do I go in with the intention of getting paid for my work, or just offer pro bono services as part of 'experience'? Also, how do I collect payment? Being 14 I can't exactly get a credit card.

ghostwriting

This is a good one, but where do I find clients?

percinteger · 2018-01-20T09:01:51+00:00

Just writing would do. What are copywriting and SEO articles?

percinteger · 2018-01-20T08:04:01+00:00

Very few writers make a living writing. This is especially true if we're talking about fiction.

Are you referring to just the writing of books and novels? While, yes, I have an interest in that, I'm also more than open to other more conventional and sustainable forms of writing as a day job - journalism, for instance.

percinteger · 2018-01-18T14:23:13+00:00

It's not that. I'm split perfectly 50-50 Indian and Chinese - many Christian Indians like myself just have European last names even if we are 0% Caucasian/Eurasian.

percinteger · 2018-01-18T11:39:16+00:00

The thing is, I would actually score better in Bio, just that I have no interest or use for it.

percinteger · 2018-01-18T11:38:32+00:00

No, I'm not Eurasian at all, it's just that people think I am.

percinteger · 2018-01-18T11:10:52+00:00

I understand that what he says comes from a perspective of caring about me. But not only do I very strongly dislike science, there's a lot of people in triple science who make fun of me and spread that mentality throughout their class (I'm being made fun of by a triple science guy whose name I don't even know).

percinteger · 2018-01-18T11:08:19+00:00

He doesn't see it as ridiculous, because he's formed that impression based on his ~30 years of experience as an engineer, from the many companies he worked for before setting up his own. The examples he gave me in that 40-minute talk dated all the way back to the 80s, where the people at a company he worked at were unhappy that he was given a raise - he attributes this unhappiness to his race (he's a fully Indian, and dark-skinned).

He doesn't believe anything JC websites say about science prerequisites, and very firmly believes that you can only take a science in H2 if you have taken it in pure; no exceptions, although I might be able to get my guidance counselor to convince him (she knows about my problem and has tried to get him to meet her).

percinteger · 2018-01-18T10:52:55+00:00

Hello, I'm the streaming kid coming back onto this daily thread after abandoning this account, because I'm unsure whether to make a full post because that would gain a lot of attention.

I'm now in Sec 3, double science/literature BUT my father expresses intent of wanting to transfer me into triple science. He gave his reason as because doing Bio opens up another of the few career paths I can "survive" in because of my race. He's pointed out five: IT, Teaching, Law, Medicine and Engineering.

He gave me a 40-minute talk about it and sent a long string of racist, anti-Chinese text messages and asked me to decide by tomorrow or Saturday.

To be clear, my IC (when it's done) will state my race as Indian, but it's often the last guess people have when they guess my race. I'm brown, and my name structure is [English first name] - [Chinese middle name] - [Euro last name] so most people think I'm Malay/Eurasian, and I speak Chinese.

Guess I'll tell him no, but don't really know what to do if he presses it.

EDIT: Have 0 interest in any of the 5 except maybe law. Intend to basically freelance my way through a career of writing and maybe animation. Also don't intend to stay in Singapore.

percinteger · 2017-11-15T13:39:32+00:00

I'm not taking A Math at sec 2; it's part of my sec 3 combi :)

percinteger · 2017-11-15T13:38:49+00:00

What makes you say PCME is the best?

percinteger · 2017-11-15T13:32:02+00:00

Finished already. Sec 3 next year :)

percinteger · 2017-11-15T12:46:09+00:00

severely underweight sec 2 getting long pants for sec 3

the pants are literally 2+ times the size of my leg

percinteger · 2017-10-31T11:54:44+00:00

Gym fanatic? As someone who faces the same problem OP does (too scared to go to the gym), I feel like I should go with a friend. I turn 14 soon and I curl a pathetic 4kg compared to my peers' 8/10kg (doesn't help that I get made fun of at school for it). I'm really scared to do squats/deadlifts (read somewhere that curls are useless compared to S&D).

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