Club 30's "Kill The Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 40th Edition
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Rhonda since you are free most of the day why not pop by vivocity instead of rotting in front of the pc since the book is important?
Jetta, I guess the both of you have to decide what are your priorities and the sacrifices you guys wanna make
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Once again.... thanks to everyone for your support through the times when I was mentally burnt out and stressed out of whack over the past semester.
I'm just glad that my whines and rants over academic matters didn't put off anyone in here.
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NOOriginally posted by tare:*rub eyes*
av has been sodomized??!!!
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Singapore has its charm and merits. I never knew I'd live to say this but after living in Melbourne for a year, I must emphasise what I thought of before I left - that if I could somehow become much richer, life here can actually be good.Originally posted by av98m:Well, as long as he likes local food and the 2 of you can deal with the horrendously overcrowded conditions in Singapore, which are only going to get worse...........
Oh, not to mention the ever rising cost of living.
Oh well, you know that old saying, "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride!"
Anyways, this is a good place for families if you think about it in terms of public transport for the kiddos, safety, and a 'better' school environment. I was totally stunned by the level of school bullying that goes on in AUstralia!! It makes the bullying that goes on in the neighbourhood schools here lame in comparison.
I had a patient, a very dear and lovely Aussie lady, who was talking to me about her son. I complimented him after he left because he was a very well-mannered and filial young adult. Her eyes welled up with tears as she told me how she almost lost him because he tried to commit suicide by jumping off the school building because he had been cruelly bullied by his classmates for more than a year and he was at breaking point! THey taunted him endlessly, pushed and shoved him, made him do ridiculous things, and though he told his mom a few times that he was being bullied, he didn't really make a big deal out of it, so she thought that it'll just pass. TO her horror, he quietly tried to end it all one day. 
He now lives with permanent injuries because of the nasty fractures to his legs and arm that he ended up with. He's in Uni now, and nobody there knows his story so he's happily having a new lease on life. Wish they were my neighbours cause I feel so darn proud at how well he's turned out! Bless their souls!
Bullying in schools is often reported in the Aussie newspapers and Current Affairs programs on TV and trust you me, it can be downright shocking! -
btw what is Getting To Know You Part 4?
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Because I'm still not feeling well. That spinning thing returned.Originally posted by elindra:Rhonda since you are free most of the day why not pop by vivocity instead of rotting in front of the pc since the book is important?
Jetta, I guess the both of you have to decide what are your priorities and the sacrifices you guys wanna make
But I'm not rotting because I don't smell any sulphur. 
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the smells of overexposure and all that.. was part of Singapore in the past...
is still pretty much standard in many parts of Malaysia...
and is still part of the areas where us NS fellas go to...
is not the smell of the shopping malls -
Oh dear the weather is not treating you kindly *pat pat*Originally posted by Rhonda:Because I'm still not feeling well. That spinning thing returned.
But I'm not rotting because I don't smell any sulphur. -
aha... ear infection..
must be due to the drama serials you watchOriginally posted by Rhonda:Because I'm still not feeling well. That spinning thing returned.
But I'm not rotting because I don't smell any sulphur. -
I remember an article about a parent suing the authorities for her son's plight. He was bullied in school and scarred permanantly. Now he's unable to socialise and find a job.
Can't remember where this took place though. -
Bullying is also becoming a more serious problem in Singapore's schools today, and it shows no signs of abating.
Just thought I'd point it out. -
I'm quite young because I grew up at a time when HDB flats had already sprung up and my paternal and maternal grandparents lived in apartments.Originally posted by the Bear:the smells of overexposure and all that.. was part of Singapore in the past...
is still pretty much standard in many parts of Malaysia...
and is still part of the areas where us NS fellas go to...
is not the smell of the shopping malls
By the time I was born, sewerage systems were already up and running and sanitation standards were much higher than AHEM... 'days of yore'.
Methinks me didn't grow up in a shittier era!
/me runs outta da way, for this Bear isn't caged!! -
Eh, izzit? According to the Nobel Laureate, the Bear, watching too much Korean drama series results in your brain matter dripping out of your ears leh, didn't mention anything about ear infections wor!Originally posted by the Bear:aha... ear infection..
must be due to the drama serials you watch -
dang ....... how come no Cs and Ds .......Originally posted by fudgester:My results (name and matriculation number pixellated out, of course):
My point average has dropped slightly (it was 4.13 out of 5 last semester), but I'm not complaining.
I honestly expected it to be worse.
if only i had such good results during my time -
you'd be surprised how messed up the sewerage system was in the 80s..
and you'd be surprised.. nevermind
take comfort that you never had to see these things.. or smell them..
btw, sometimes when you vacation, you go off the beaten track, into the places where the real people live and not a facade for tourists, you'd see a lot of things which guidebooks never tell you..
and somehow, you will be enriched spirituallyOriginally posted by Rhonda:I'm quite young because I grew up at a time when HDB flats had already sprung up and my paternal and maternal grandparents lived in apartments.
By the time I was born, sewerage systems were already up and running and sanitation standards were much higher than AHEM... 'days of yore'.
Methinks me didn't grow up in a shittier era!
/me runs outta da way, for this Bear isn't caged!! -
It is juvenile here, compared to countries like the US and Australia. It can get really rough growing up in neighbourhood schools in the States. I don't think I would've survived.Originally posted by av98m:Bullying is also becoming a more serious problem in Singapore's schools today, and it shows no signs of abating.
Just thought I'd point it out.
It definitely isn't all rosy here, but certain things, this place comes up tops in my opinion. -
I was at the receiving end of bullies back in school.Originally posted by av98m:Bullying is also becoming a more serious problem in Singapore's schools today, and it shows no signs of abating.
Just thought I'd point it out.
Heck, I was still at the receiving end of bullies even when I was in the army. -
your brain has to implode and rot first...
the rotting infects your ears.. which therefore affects your balance.. which manifests itself in the 'spinning thing'
*called 'vertigo', but since brain has imploded....*Originally posted by Rhonda:Eh, izzit? According to the Nobel Laureate, the Bear, watching too much Korean drama series results in your brain matter dripping out of your ears leh, didn't mention anything about ear infections wor! -
Going by a logical progression of the topic of the day, erm... if you go off the beaten track, you'll go see places where sewerage rots, for instance, and you'll be enriched spiritually?Originally posted by the Bear:you'd be surprised how messed up the sewerage system was in the 80s..
and you'd be surprised.. nevermind
take comfort that you never had to see these things.. or smell them..
btw, sometimes when you vacation, you go off the beaten track, into the places where the real people live and not a facade for tourists, you'd see a lot of things which guidebooks never tell you..
and somehow, you will be enriched spiritually
In that case, let me live blissfully ignorant, far away from the rotting sewerage! -
Bear if Rhonda's brain is no longer there it is not possible for her to type out anything in sgForums
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Sometimes, if not most, you'd have to stand up to bullies.
I remember being bullied in school before. Though it was mild, it got to a point that I stood up and slapped that guy in the face. After that, life was good
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time to tough up ur sweet character, bullies grow up to become ur colleagues in the futureOriginally posted by fudgester:I was at the receiving end of bullies back in school.
Heck, I was still at the receiving end of bullies even when I was in the army. -
Gee, I must be a mighty evolved human being then, able to function well with an imploded brain...Originally posted by the Bear:your brain has to implode and rot first...
the rotting infects your ears.. which therefore affects your balance.. which manifests itself in the 'spinning thing'
*called 'vertigo', but since brain has imploded....* -
Unfortunately school authorities here also do not take it very seriously, and very often when a child complains of bullying, it is either shrugged off as "boys will be boys" or both bully and victim are punished.Originally posted by Rhonda:It is juvenile here, compared to countries like the US and Australia. It can get really rough growing up in neighbourhood schools in the States. I don't think I would've survived.
It definitely isn't all rosy here, but certain things, this place comes up tops in my opinion.
And teachers/principals' hands are also tied in a way because often the parents of the bullies refuse to accept that their kids are bullies and will complain against the school so its one big clusterfuck. -
uuhhh..........and believe it or not, I was bullied in school.
reporting it to the teachers/discipline master certainly did not help.
The last resort, which is extreme violence, did. I ambused one guy after school, beat the crap out of him, and threatened to kill him if he didn't stop.