Callie Yak

Living in Singapore, there are many variety of food available due to the diverse community. Our food is affected by the people and the way they change it to accustom to their cultures. For example, the chicken curry is not only well-known amongst Indians, but as well as Chinese. Have you ever noticed that the chinese and indians have both very different cooking styles for the chicken curry? Although they both are very similar, the chinese chicken curry usually uses other methods for thickening the sauce while the indian uses mainly coconut milk. However, they both still taste delicious! Through food, people are able to bond and find similar topics with. It brings people together whether it is by cooking the food or eating them, either way they both build strong relationships with one another. Being a diverse country, we would try to accommodate to our friends preferences such like their religious food restrictions etc. In school, I have a group of friends that are of different race, ...

26th May 2017 Since we're coming to the end of term 1,  let's summarise what I've learnt so far in Active and Effective Citizenry! (AEC)  What was the best part about term 1? Well to me the best part about term 1 was where the lessons required us to speak up to voice our opinions. I find it very useful as it helped me to become more confident and courageous to participate more in classes and lessons. It helped me find the courage to be more active in lessons rather than listen to other classmate's opinion. It also helped me be more confident in my believes rather than tagging on to other people's different views and agreeing with them silently. It also helped me be more open-minded to new perspectives and opinions from other people. What was the hardest part about term 1? For me, the best and hardest part about term 1 is almost the same as I found it hard to speak up in class. It was especially hard as there were many dominant and vocal minorities in the cla...

Friday, 12th May 2017 From the lesson today in Active and Effective Citizenry from 10am till 12pm, we've discussed on the topic: Migrant Workers in Singapore. In this post, I will be sharing to you my thoughts on the Migrant Workers here in Singapore according to the topics discussed today. Are migrant workers in Singapore needed? Why do Singaporeans feel that the migrant workers are "stealing" their jobs?  Are the migrant workers in Singapore really needed? Why do Singaporeans feel that the migrant workers are "stealing" their jobs? Yes, of course! Migrant workers are needed in Singapore for our economy to survive. Singapore faces a current day problem of low birth rate which will eventually lead to the disappearance of "pure" blooded Singaporeans. Without migrants, the current and future day population of Singaporeans will not be able to sustain the economy. Not only that, majority of the migrant workers who come here to work take up lab...