I apologise for the lengthy story. The recent issues sparkling debate in parliament as well as in the local newspapers bought my attention to share/seek advice from online. I am the first graduate in my entire family to study in NUS from India.

After financially struggling in secondary school and bachelor managed to be in the top creamy layer. ( I also understood while studying, it’s hard for locals to get into NUS/NTU, i am sorry we didn’t know that before if I look into your perspective, I have taken a local opportunity ).

With a lot of aspiring dreams applied to Nus to do masters, to my luck I got admitted and took a loan in India as well as here in a local bank, signed a bond with MOE to work in Singapore. I must thank Singapore and all my fellow friends across all nationalities who made me comfortable with lectures, group discussions, projects and so on.

With a hefty loan on my back($4XXXX), I continued to study hard, worked as a intern to meet my day to day needs. After graduation in 20XX, I managed to secure a job in an MNC and started working (NON – IT).

Started with my basic EP salary($3X). At those time the dependent pass salary was some $4XXX, and along the way the government has raised the dependent pass salaries to $6XXX. I am happy with the team and continued to work along with them for X years, and still, I don’t want to leave the team as we became good friends along the way. In those years, I have cleared my bank loan in Singapore, India bank loan, and served the bond, while closing the bond I thanked MOE for this opportunity, without them I’ll not be here, and still happy to continue working.

Since I am reaching age 3X, parents started to question for a marriage and a match was found. Happily, I announced it to my manager, and asked him, I need support on the dependent pass ( my salary is $4X) he said sorry we can’t raise so much to meet your needs. That’s where my depression started to kick in as the match rejected saying I can’t afford to live together. When I shared my story with my fellow colleagues(locals), they are in a state of shock as they thought my salary is high, but In reality, I am in the same boat as them.

If I ask for more pay to support my dependent pass I feel sad for my co-workers who put in the same effort and it hurts to ask for a raise for myself. In recent days, I observed the news well, and even myself I realised to see many Indians who bring their entire family to Singapore along with their elderly parents.

Anonymously I checked their profile in social media, found it to be they work in X and X company with a basic bachelors degree from some random university, offered a pay more than an NUS graduate.

And they can afford to rent a condo, make their child study in a private school and applying PR here.( I have seen the recent surge from 2018) In this, I have the same doubt as people ask, – how did the company hire them directly into SG? – what is the experience/ qualifications we need to attain that level of pay? – Almost everyone can afford to have a maid – for them DP is approved instantly, and can rent a condo ( I stay with my friend in a shared room in HDB)

This confession is not only from my side, is from most of the fellow graduates who passed out of NUS and NTU ( including PH.D degree holders) are also among them. – most of them stay in hdb in sharing a room. –

We repay all the loans – Serve the bond and be loyal to the opportunity offered to us – Companies cannot sponsor for a dependent pass. With all the info I shared, we need the same answers as the local people ask, how did people from the country can directly come here without any struggle.

According to the Ministry of Health, a surge in cases has been reported by the Ministry of Health of over 1,400 cases.

As of 22 September 12PM, the ministry has reported 1453 local cases, among them 1277 from the community, 176 from dorms and 4 imported cases.

Death cases:

Case 70252:

A 65-year-old male Singaporean, has passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection on 22 September 2021.

On September 1, he tested positive for COVID-19 infection. He had diabetic mellitus, end-stage renal failure, and hypertension and had not been immunized against COVID-19.

Case 74791:

A 90 year-old female Singaporean, has passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection on 21 September 2021.

On September 13th, she tested positive for COVID-19 infection. She had had a COVID-19 vaccine and had a history of stroke, asthma, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, all of which, along with her old age, left her more vulnerable to serious disease.

Case 75271:

A 50-year-old male Singaporean, has passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection on 21 September 2021.

On September 13, he tested positive for COVID-19 infection. He had not had a COVID-19 vaccination and had no known medical problems.

 In total, 68 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.

My boyfriend is really really smart. He is a mechanical engineer and he’s already earning 5 digits in his 20s.

He told me that his mum forced him to take the mensa IQ test and he actually scored 155 when he was 20.

However sometimes it really frustrates me when he uses his logic against me. What would you do if you were me?

Examples:When I asked for a valentine’s date at the USS, he told me to go there some other time because of the crowd. His reason is that Valentine’s Day is a “corporate trick” to make us spend more on things we don’t need and that day doesn’t have any significance.

When I asked him what ring he is going to buy for me when we get married, he started talking about how the price of diamonds is artificially inflated through a monopoly and started talking about the history of marketing of diamonds.

When I asked him when he wants to get married, he said that marriage is a social construct (?!?!) and that we should get married only when we feel stable enough to BTO. The list goes on but I guess you can feel my frustration already…

According to the latest COE bidding results, the price across the 3 categories has increases substaintially.

With CAT B and Cat E increasing the most by over $5,000.

• CAT A increased by $1,000 to $48,000 (Cars up to 1600cc and 130bhp)
• Cat B increased by $5,710 to $68,310. (Cars above 1600cc or 130bhp)
• CAT C decreased by $1,001 to $39,000 (Goods Vehicle & Bus)
• CAT E increased $5,302 to $70,002 (Open)

The next COE bidding will be on 6th October 2021.

The number of people who have fallen victim to job scams has continued to rise, according to the police. At least $6.5 million was lost in work scams between January and June 2021, with the biggest sum defrauded in a single case being around $676,000.

The Police have observed two variants of jobs scams:

First Variant: victims were told to download fake mobile applications to grab the jobs through the application.

Thereafter, they would be instructed to top-up funds into their account on the applications by transferring the money to bank accounts provided or to convert the amount into cryptocurrency and transfer them into wallets provided by the scammer. As scammers would have allegedly promised victims their commission after a certain number of tasks have been completed, the amount will then be reflected in their mobile application accounts.

However, the victims then realised that they have been scammed when they were unable to withdraw the money from these accounts.

Second Variant: victims would receive a warning letter via WhatsApp and be pressured into making further fund transfers to bank accounts or cryptocurrency wallets provided of they have chosen to discontinue with these jobs.

The letter would indicate that their mobile application accounts would be frozen and legal actions could be taken against them if they were to discontinue with the ‘job’.

The scammers have also included the emblems of Singapore Police Force, Singapore’s Coat of Arms as well as the Supreme Court on the warning letters issued to victims to enhance the credibility of their ruse.

Victims would eventually realise that they have been scammed when they do not receive their commission after completing the tasks given to them by the scammers.

A 13-year-old xmm shared how she was in a “relationship” with a boy but they broke up about 2 and a half months ago.

She said that they broke up because he tends to spend more time playing sports instead of with her.

Here is the story:

“Hi so I am 13 yrs old but turning 14 soon.

Like 2 and 1/2 months ago, I broke up with my bf.

He initiated the break up cuz of his studies but I realise that nowadays he tends to spend more time playing his fav sport with his friends than study

and I just have a feeling that we can still be back tgt although I don’t really think he still has feelings for me cuz he lost feelings for me once

and he said that he will try to gain back but he lost more and then it turned into a breakup.

l wanted to get back with him but I am not sure if it’s a good idea cuz my friends warn me about getting back tgt with him as even tho he hurt me a lot, I still love him and still have feelings 4 him

so I need some advice and this has been on my mind like everyday but idk what to do”

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