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The year is 2004. We’re seated in the school hall, and I’ve just received my PSLE score from Mrs Siti. Is 199 a good number? I look up from the laminated sheet of paper to the sight of...
If you’re reading this during your exam season, my heart goes out to you. You might be extremely worried about the upcoming exams, losing hope because you feel like there’s too much to memorise,...
I was in my final year at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) when I got the news that I had been accepted to polytechnic through the Early Admissions Exercise (EAE). EAE is a programme...
The disruptive COVID-19 season has certainly been a disappointing and frustrating period for most of us, with many of the plans we had for the year being written off. Even as I write this, I will be...
One of my fondest memories of celebration is not my own. It was the day of the historic World Cup match between Germany and Brazil in 2014. I was on a Lufthansa plane and about to arrive in...
I am an unusual Singaporean – a homeschooled student. I was homeschooled due to bad experiences in Secondary One. I couldn’t take the bullying and I was a very sensitive person in the past....
In my line of work, I often have to do financial assessments for clients. I look at their income and the breakdown of their expenditure like food, transport and household bills. So, a typical...
When the news reached my inbox, I felt angry. I replied the emails with my concerns, thinking that they would fall on deaf ears. “The senior leadership probably only cares about the reputation of...
Two days ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement to urge all overseas Singaporean students to return home, which caused many who are studying abroad to scramble for flights....