Dangerous jobs in SG that pay extremely well

No need degree, just risk your life can bring in at least 4k+ each month. Easy hire. Any suggestions? No SAF/SPF/SCDF

Netizens’ comments

1. Commercial diver
   • This is true. I know people who’ve done very well for themselves in this trade.
     • But it’s long hour at random timing depending on project. In Singapore the pay is not that good unless you go offshore. And the cert cost a bomb. About 20k?
       • This is also true. But you don’t need high academic achievement for this trade. And you can exit quite rich. Provided if you save well
2. Oil rig worker. No need higher qualifications, very long shifts out at sea with no immediate medical help but pay is good.
   • Would you recommend for a female to join?
     • It’s doable but you need to be okay with very traditional male dominated work cultures. O&G guys are stereotypically muscular jocks who like rough and tough stuff.
       Also for some reason, all the girls in the industry are very stereotypically attractive. I think the industry attracts the alpha personalities.
     • I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody, male or female. It’s a very tough job and the majority of people quit within 2 years due to social isolation and mental fatigue. You have to be desperate to do it.
       Plus global oil dependence won’t last long, there’s going to be alot of rigs closing down once renewable energy production scales up over the next 2 decades. Some will still remain open to supply the raw feedstock for chemicals and other manufactured goods, but the bulk of oil jobs will be gone.
3. my friend, was a guardsmen for ns. after ord, rappel off building to clean window. 6.5k a mth, 8-5, No cleaning at night due to visibility safety, too windy also cannot clean, rain also cannot clean.
   • This one like solid eh where to sign up
4. Diver, underwater welder
5. I used to work on offshore oil rigs. Pays well. Crews on boats and ships pay well too.
6. High raise building window cleaner, don’t need degree but need certificate…
   Class 4/5 driver
   Construction equipment operator (especially those involving heights)
   Demotion Specialist
   Work involving ships or oil rig maintenance or going up the shop/vessel/rig when it’s moving
7. Ship cleaner/painter. 10k per trip.
8. The issue with all these high risk jobs is that you can only do them when you are young. Commercial divers usually stop in the 40s. I know one who quit in his 40s after he lost most of his hearing and has to now rely on a hearing aid. He works in an office job now.
   • You need to plan for a second career if you work in one of these dangerous jobs because they cannot sustain you until retirement.
9. Security on commercial ships. 9k+ for a mostly mundane job if I heard right
   • Not sure but the people I know who got it were referred by other people so it seems like a “networking” position. Most time they say the sea is boring cos there’s no wifi and not much to guard but in the event that there are pirates, well then that’s a different story. High risk, high financial reward. A lot of money changes hands in international waters.
10. can try oil and gas companies in jurong island (technicians and such), with ot pay easily can reach 4k. think most of them trying to hire ppl, cause no sg’reans wanna travel to JI

My husband was talking to other women and now I want to date other people

I (26F) been with my husband (33M) for 7 years married for 3. He has a drinking problem. He gotten better over the years but its still an issue.

Before we got married we both cheated on each other. I cheated one time and he cheated on me twice. He still reminds me til this day about it, even after we got married.

I been loyal ever since the last time i cheated because i felt horrible about it even though he cheated first. We have two daughters 6 and 4 and the reason we stood together for this long is because of them.

Even after getting married he still continued to talk to other women while i busted my ass at work and he been home with the kids.

The love for him has drained from me little by little every time for all his drinking, his infidelity and now I’m at the point where i want to date other people.

I want to feel that passion again and feel on top of the world, i want to see other people but i feel stuck because he’s the one who watches the kids while i work.

I just feel like i have nothing left to give this marriage and want something more.

Netizens’ comments

1. Don’t set yourself on fire to keep him warm.
2. This is a toxic situation just divorce and get it over with. You destroyed your marriage. There isn’t anything there. I wish you the best of luck, but I would suggest divorcing and moving on with your life also before you get involved with somebody again get some counseling.
3. OP, please just get a divorce. You are doing more damage to your children staying together

My gf (24f) insists that I (26m) go somewhere else to ‘satisfy my needs’

My gf and I have been together for 5 years and we always had a steady life in bed, as usual it was wild and 24/7 in the early stages and dropped off a little by little as we got into the comfortable stages and life got busy.

We were always great and passionate in bed despite being less often. We now have 2 kids, after the first, life pretty much went back to a steady routine, and we did it 2/3 times a week.

But since having our second, her drive is gone… and like not reduced, just straight up gone.

We now on average go about 6/7 weeks before we get intimate (because she just doesn’t feel it) which I am struggling with as I would still be having it every day.

I have tried many options and suggestions with her, like agreeing time schedules to take the not knowing away, but she wasn’t keen on the pressure of having to be in a set day so we didn’t do that.

Have tried to suggest mutual stimulation but she doesn’t even want to do that anymore. Tried me just doing stuff to her or her just talking into my ear while I do my stuff myself but she doesn’t want that either.

After It now being 9 weeks, it’s hit a point where she won’t let us kiss for more than a peck because ‘she doesn’t want me to get excited’

there’s 0 passion or affection, no touching, no teasing nothing intimate in any regards. She has now started telling me that I should ‘as long as you always come back to me, find what you need elsewhere’ and I really don’t know what to do?

Netizens’ comments

1. I would recommend couples counseling and potentially a therapist. I think you both need to understand what is going on with the other.
2. In situations like this, outside help is something that should be a priority. This is not a healthy relationship at this moment. Some sort of relationship counseling is a must. My wife went through a similar period, and it took months to figure out the root cause. She wan’t ready to communicate it because she didn’t know how. But once it finally came out, we could take steps to fix the issue and we did! But looking back, I realize how much better therapy would have been for us and her.

Two men and a woman, aged 20 to 25, will be charged in court on 28 September 2023 for their suspected involvement in various offences connected to money mule activities, which include cheating and facilitating unauthorised access to computer materials.

A 25-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman are alleged to have sold their Singpass credentials to criminal syndicates to create new bank accounts. A 21-year-old man is alleged to have sold his bank accounts to criminal syndicates. He had purportedly deceived banks into opening bank accounts before handing over his ATM cards and Internet banking credentials to the criminal syndicates.

The offence of cheating under Section 417 of the Penal Code 1871 carries an imprisonment term of up to three years and a fine. The offence of facilitating unauthorised access to computer material under Section 3(1) of the Computer Misuse Act 1993 carries an imprisonment term of up to two years, a fine or both.

The Police take a serious view of these offences and will not hesitate to take action against individuals who may be involved in scams, and perpetrators will be dealt with in accordance with the law. To avoid being an accomplice to crime, members of the public should always reject seemingly attractive money-making opportunities promising pay-outs for the use of their Singpass account, bank accounts or allow their personal bank account to be used to receive and transfer money for others. The Police would like to remind members of the public that individuals will be held accountable if they are found to be linked to such crimes.

For more information on scams, members of the public can visit scamalert.sg or call the Anti-Scam Helpline at 1800-722-6688. Anyone with information on such scams may call the Police Hotline at 1800-255 0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness

I have a friend, let’s call her Jane, who is the kind of person who believes that her actions determine her social status. She will do anything to act as though she’s higher class than everyone else. She’s the type of person who only drinks wine because she believes that it’s the only “classy” drink.

I was recently at a dinner party with Jane and it was pretty obvious that she was trying to show off. She was constantly talking about how she only drinks wine and she was making sure that everyone noticed. I felt a little sorry for her because it was obvious to everyone that she was trying too hard.

I decided to have a little bit of fun with her.

I knew that she wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between wine and vinegar water, so I filled a glass with vinegar water and added a few drops of food colouring to make it look like wine. I then placed the glass in front of her and watched as she eagerly grabbed it and took a sip.

At first, she was taken aback by the sour taste of the vinegar water. But then she immediately tried to play it off and acted as though she was enjoying it. She even went as far as to say that it was “refreshing” and “unique”.

It was obvious to everyone that she didn’t realize that she had been tricked. She just kept drinking the vinegar water and pretending that it was wine. It was pretty funny to watch, but at the same time, it was a little sad.

It was obvious that Jane was so desperate to act like she was high-class that she was willing to drink something that she didn’t even know the taste of. It made me realize how easily people can be fooled and how we can easily be taken advantage of if we aren’t careful.

It also made me realize how important it is to stay true to ourselves and not try to be something we’re not. We can still act classy without having to drink wine or act like someone we’re not. It’s better to be ourselves and be confident in who we are, rather than trying to act like someone else.

I’m glad that I was able to share this experience with Jane and hopefully, it will help her to see that she doesn’t need to put on an act in order to be accepted. She can be herself and still be respected and accepted by everyone

A netizen shared how he recently lost his father to an accident and is experiencing grief for the first time, not knowing how to handle it.

Here is the story

Long story short, lost my father to an accident recently. As I’m only in my 20s, this is my first time feeling what actual grief is like.

We have always been close and I would always make it a point to eat dinner with him, no matter how late it is.

How do you guys handle grief? I understand that there’s always professional help but I would like to hear some other methods on getting over this hurdle. TIA.

Netizens’ comment

• There are 5 stages of grief. They’re like checkpoints for you to cross. You don’t have to cross it linearly. There will be days where you regress and have to ‘rerun’ this race. There is no special sauce in dealing with grief other than trusting that time will heal your wounds. You have to trust the process. When my grandfather died, I thought about him everyday when I wake up. It felt depressing but as the months rolled by, I thought of him less and less. That’s when I know I’m making progress.

Moving on and dealing with grief doesn’t mean we forget the loved ones that has passed, but rather, accepting the situation for what it is, taking the time to process your emotions and do our best to live a life they would have wanted us to live.

Today you might not be alright, and for awhile that might be the recurring theme. But one day, you’ll be okay. Lots of hugs for you. You’ll be okay. Keep busy in the mean time. As quickly as the negative emotions overwhelm you, as quickly it will recede.

• I lost my dad in my early 20s too. Even a decade later, I still dream sometimes that he’s alive and we somehow mistook somebody else’s death as his and we all happy after reuniting with him. The dream is always so happy, wake up and feel like shit.

The frequency of such dreams have reduced over the years but still happen occasionally man. Death of a close loved one is tough.

One quote from the marvel series that resonated with me a lot is: “What is grief if not love persevered”. just have to process it and accept it. There’s no other fucking way