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PARENT: “ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD REGARDLESS OF PSLE RESULTS, NOT FEAR”

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I took leave to accompany my boy to get his PSLE results. I asked him if he was nervous but he told me he was confident he will do well so he’s not nervous at all.

He also said that he prepared tissue in his pocket just in case his classmates cried. While I should be proud of my boy for feeling confident, somehow this behaviour makes me very uneasy because the Chinese always say 骄兵必败. Overconfidence might become complacent and that’s when things will go wrong.

True enough, when he received his results, I could see that his facial expression changed.

He didn’t cry but he looked like he was close to tears. The moment he saw his results, he walked to me and asked to go home. He didn’t even want to talk to his friends. I knew if I asked him anything he will surely break down so I just held his hand and brought him out of the school.

As a parent, I definitely want my boy to do well but I also think it is good for our children to learn how to accept failure. Only then they will know how to pick themselves up and become stronger. When they finally succeed, they will appreciate it so much more.

I always felt that my boy takes everything for granted and this is actually a good lesson to wake him up.

After we left the school, I brought him for his favourite Swensens and told him that what’s done was done and we can’t do anything to change the results. What we could do was to learn from this experience and try again next time. Although he is still very upset, I hope these words encouraged him and let him know that his dad and I are supportive of him no matter what.

To all the parents of the P6s, hope your children did well in their studies! If they didn’t do so well, they are probably feeling sad and scared so as parents, we should let them know that we support them and love them.

All the best to all your children!

MAN LOST IN MONEY IN S&P INVESTMENT, THINKING IF FIXED DEPOSIT IS BETTER

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Looking for advice on investment portfolio

I saved $30000 monthly in a joint account with my wife since my business picked up 10 months ago.

I had invested in the unit trust, and s&p since last year November, but all are in the red.

Unit trust especially is down 50% and I had taken $10k of my savings monthly to average it down.

Recently I put most of my savings in fixed deposits, and USD fixed deposits.

Besides all these, what is the best option for me to build a long-term investment portfolio with sustainability.

So far I had tried some wealth manager advice, but basically all are in the red.

Is fixed deposit,t bills, or SGX bank shares the only option I can look at?

Here are what netizens think:

  • Also since all ur stuff is in the red, try diversifying into other assets tht move in the opposite direction of your current portfolio
  • Probably not a good idea to source for financial advice on FB tbh.
  • You save so much a month, cant hire the best financial adviser, and you want to ask strangers for financial advice? No wonder people say fools and money will soon part
  • Worse place for advice. But as long as you keep your investments in tried and true companies, the bear market is only temporary. Now may very well be the best time to be doing your homework and investing in solid companies for dirt cheap. It’s literally a 2 to 3 year black Friday sale. The only question is when to buy and what to buy.
  • Can never time the market. As long as you don sell. Paper lost only. Going back to ATH will take awhile.

GIRL TOLD BY DOCTOR THAT SHE’S “CLOSE TO INFERTILE” SO SHE CHOOSES TO PLAY WITH FIRE

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possibly pregnant and freaking out

my gynaecologist said I was close to infertile so I and my bf took the chance and now I’m scared.

hi! I’ve been reading on this for answers and I have gotten plenty of them but I’m still freaking out..

for backstory, my gynaecologist said the chances of me getting pregnant are uber low. I would give exact details but I’m unsure of where my file is. all I can remember for sure is that she mentioned me being close to infertile

my bf came in me on the 6th so it’s almost on the 25-day mark. my period app says I should be starting in the next 5 days which would be fantastic but I’m having doubts.

i’m experiencing my normal PMS symptoms but they are extreme. my boobs are so sore it hurts to put a bra on, i’m going back and forth between diarrhoea and constipation, I’m bloating so much that it looks like I ate two 5 course meals, and cramping so bad it sometimes wakes me up in the middle of the night or early in the morning.

i know i can only rely and wait on my period, but i’m super scared and not sure what to do. is there any way to induce my period or prevent the growth from going any further (if applicable)? i’m a university student with a full time job and can barely take care of myself, i really don’t need a child. i’m 100% aware this is my fault completely and that my actions have consequences.

any answers or advice would mean the world.

UPDATE (11/24 – 12:33): i took a pregnancy test as recommended and thankfully, it came back negative! my stress has calmed down but i know my real answer won’t be until after my (hopefully not) late period. thank you for all of the answers!

BF REJECTS GF’S “ADVANCES” CAUSE HE THINK GF IS LIKE HIS MOTHER

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Boyfriend won’t have S with me

So I’ve been living with my boyfriend for almost a year now and we never had a lot of S. We were long-distance for a while and then when we moved in together S was maybe 3 times a week.

Which was fine with me, that’s my sweet spot. But now he refuses to have S with me entirely. I ask him about it and he just says he’s tired and even when he’s not tired that he just doesn’t feel like it. I told him I couldn’t possibly go on like this as we talk about getting married and having kids often.

Yet despite our trying to schedule it and our talks, he continues to put it off. He assures me it’s not me and I do know that his S drive isn’t very high but I’m not sure I can do this anymore. I even got on birth control so we could do it unprotected and still… nothing.

It’s all gotten to a point where it’s not healthy at all, I end up angry and frustrated and feeling awful, my self-esteem gets thrown out and he feels pressured and stressed which doesn’t make it better. I just feel like I’m sick of waiting and waiting until he feels like it and keeping my mouth shut and repressing all of my feelings.

Plus, he thinks I’m his mother. I don’t know I love him but I’m not sure what to do anymore.

What am I doing wrong? What should I do?

SKIPPING CNY TO AVOID RELATIVES: “GET A PLASTIC SURGERY TO GET A BF”

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I do not want to attend Chinese New Year gatherings because of the sake of my mental health.

I am 25(f) had a craniotomy 2 years ago. Lunar New Year is approaching and its common to have a family gathering where relatives far and near comes together..

I never liked going as I have skin problems similar to the late Michael Jackson .. because they would always ask “hows you skin” “Still no boyfriend? Owh yeah its because of your skin right.. told you to do plastic surgery”

After that no one else talks to me.

And it’s the same every year. I have done great things that they can ask, like how I managed and completed ironman and how I am getting stronger in the gym and hey I run a pretty dope home baking business. But nope they decide to make me feel that I am only “visible” because of my condition and nothing else.

They would “celebrate” my one year of craniotomy like they would remember such shyt but they cannot remember the day I won a competition as a child or me completing my PhD. They can ask what are my plans after getting my PhD and stuff but nope! My condition seems to be a hotter topic and they would repeat the same question.

Since the surgery every small or big gathering, it always been a hot topic.. they really do make me feel tht I am only seen for my skin condition and my recent surgery, everything else I have done is nothing..

Even my neurosurgeon said my Mental health is very important. I really do not feel like going as it just drowns me in my own emotions thinking that I am only seen because of that.. I feel left out, I feel sad.. but at the same time sorry if I have to turn down a family gathering.

 

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MAN FILES POLICE REPORT: HIRES CLEANING SERVICE ON FB, BUT SCAMMED $7,000

A netizen recently shared on Facebook after he was scammed of his savings which were saved for buying his home in the future.

Not only that, part of the money was needed to pay his credit cards and now he will be getting credit card interest because of the scam.

He said that after the unfortunate accident he have no choice but to work harder.

Here is the story:

Hi All,

This post is to raise awareness on the recent cleaning service scam that i was a victim of..

I recently saw a post on facebook on cheap cleaning services so i decided to get it for my girl. I was contacted by facebook messages and they said they would contact me to give me more details on it.Having sourcing for cleaning services online before and didnt have problems, i assume that this would be safe.

I wasn’t suspicious at the start cause some business owners would rather contact thru WhatsApp for easier communication.

I agreed and true enough, i have gotten a message from the “Cleaning services” under the below number.

I was instructed to download the app which i wasnt suspicious of being capable to route all your messages(your banking OTP, ETC) to their application.

I only found out that i was a victim of scam after trust application notified me that i need to approve a transaction which was never incurred by me as i was busy at work.

I swiftly logged in my POSB ibanking app to find out that my hard earned savings of SGD7k was being transfered to pay for my credit card to increase the limit so that the scammer could swipe the maximum amount. I quickly acted and called DBS hotline to freeze all my credit card and accounts(which is done within an hour). I am now left in debt and i am liable as DBS said if they are unable to recover the funds, i would be liable for the credit card bill which was incurred WITH INTEREST if i am unable to recover the funds and pay off the credit card charges incurred.

I am really disappointed and to make things worse, i have contracted covid and i think i am affected psychologically by these turns of bad event happening after one another. I am still thinking that OTP itself as a verification is not a good way to authenticate the transaction as the scammer could have just routed your messages to their app and use your card. Trust card app notification of approval was the thing that actually saved me from incurring more losses. So i am wondering why major banks like DBS didnt take an additional measures to ensure that the transaction was actually done by you by adding an exrra step of push notification to approve/deny transaction function like trust, instead of just having to rely on OTP.

Looks like i have to work for another year to pay off the debt incurred and actually have some savings. This savings was actually downpayment for my home purchase at malaysia but looks like i have to give up on this and work harder.

I have attached the police report and whatsapp messages for reference. Please take care and i hope nobody falls into victim of this new scam and never allow the application to access your phone messages or calls if it is downloaded from an unidentified source.

The victim spoke to Singapore uncensored and said:

Hi i was recently involved in an scam. I feel DBS should be responsible as they should implement more security feature instead of just using OTP to approve credit card transaction

WOMAN ATTACKED BUS CAPTAIN JUST BECAUSE SHE MISSED HER STOP, JAILED 8 WEEKS

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38-year-old Tan Chun Feng pleaded guilty to three charges that includes a rash act endangering the personal safety of others and mischief, and she was sentenced to 8 weeks imprisonment.

She had attacked the bus captain after missing her stop, before peeling her cell’s padded lining while she was inside police lockup later that night, according to Channel NewsAsia.

What happened?

The incident happened on 17 October last month, when Tan boarded Tower Transit bus number 143.

She missed her stop and had thought that the bus captain didn’t allow her to alight on purpose, before taking a video of him and cursing.

She then reached out to pull off his mask while the driver was driving, so that she could identify him for her video.

The driver then tried to fend off the woman, and she then pull on his left arm and struck the driver’s face, resulting in his glasses falling off.

The police were then alerted to the incident, and she was then subsequently arrested.

Damaging police lockup cell

At about 3.20am, Tan (who was inside a police lock-up cell) noticed that the padding lining had a tear, and she then went to peel it off some more.

She caused damages of about $1,638 to the cell.

POLICE INVESTIGATING S’PORE-BASED CRYPTO PLATFORM HODLNAUT FOR CHEATING & FRAUD

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The Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) of Singapore is investigating a crypto platform that is based in Singapore, “Hodlnaut”, and its’ directors for alleged fraud and cheating.

They are being investigated under Section 417 and 424A of the Penal Code 1871, after the Singapore Police Force received multiple reports against the company, for false representations.

The Business Times reported that the police had received multiple reports against Hodlnaut between August and November this year, alleging that the directors falsely represented their exposure to a digital token.

The police also advised those who deposited digital tokens with Hodlnaut, and who think they have become a victim of fraud, to come forward and make a police report, and provide documents relating to transactions with the firm as it would help them with their investigations.

Hodlnaut previously submitted an application for judicial management back in August following the collapse of Terra-Luna.

They claimed that it would help them with their recovery, and they also wanted to avoid liquidating their assets.

The firm then halted user withdrawals, token swaps and deposits on 8 August, and they said that they told MAS that they wanted to withdraw their application for a Major Payment Institution license, which would enable them to offer crypto services.

They then slashed all their open interest rates to 8$ annually from 22 August in an attempt to stabilise their liquidity, as well as cut costs, according to Coindesk.

Hodlnaut also laid off 80% of their employees to further reduce expenses, and they wrote on their blog that they were working hard on a recovery plan.

MAN FOUND WOMAN’S LOST KEYS, BROKE INTO HER HOME TO STEAL $10K WORTH OF ITEMS

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48-year-old Wang Bingshi pleaded guilty to charges that include breaking and entering, and property embezzlement; he was sentenced to 1 year, 6 months and 2 weeks imprisonment.

He found the lost keys to the victim’s home and saw that there was an address on the keychain, and he then went to the flat at the address, according to Shin Min Daily News.

What happened?

The incident happened in Punggol on 6 May earlier this year. The victim lost her bag with her house keys inside, after leaving her home with her husband.

Wang found the bag with the keys in them and saw an address written across the keychain, and he then went to the address where he then saw CCTVs at the entrance.

He removed the cameras to avoid being detected, before using the keys that he found to enter the unit.

Wang then managed to steal $9,796 worth of items from her home within 17 minutes, including 26 pieces of gold, some cash, a tablet, and even the CCTV cameras that he had removed earlier.

Police investigations also revealed that Wawng had robbed a man of his wallet earlier that day, at Punggol Waterfront Square.

POLICE NSF ALLEGEDLY WANTED “SERVICES” FROM ESCORTS FOR NOT REPORTING THEM

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A 20-year-old full-time national serviceman with the Singapore Police Force, Fahd Siddiqui, was charged with 2 counts of corruption on Thursday.

He had allegedly tried to get explicit services from social escorts in exchange for not reporting them.

What happened?

Fahd allegedly tried to get explicit services from social escorts on 1 November at Robertson Quay Hotel and again on 4 November at Hotel Grand Pacific at Victoria Street.

According to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), Fahd was off duty when he allegedly committed the offences.

Fahd, who was a special constable, was subsequently taken off the frontlines after his alleged offences came to light, and his case was then referred to the CPIB by the police.

He is currently out on bail of $10,000 and is due to the back in court on 15 December.