Callie Yak

From reference from SGagainstpoverty, according to the Department of Statistics, 105,000 families in Singapore are earning on average $1,500 per month. Meaning that life is a daily struggle for about 387,000 Singapore citizens and permanent residents. After paying necessary utilities, schooling, housing rental, loan instalments and medicals, they are left with about $5 a day for transportation and food for each family member. How do they do it?  Hence, I decided to take on the challenge of surviving on SGD5 for my food and transport for a day. SGD5 for the Challenge As I come from a family of middle income, I challenge myself to follow my normal purchasing routine and lifestyle using only $5.  I feel that in this way, I can fully understand the less fortunate families in Singapore better. In Singapore, I feel that poverty is a rising problem amongst Singaporeans, it may be because of the rising cost of living in Singapore. Doing this challenge, I feel that this way we...

Change. Change is trying on different things. Change is when something is done the unusual manner. Change can be both positive or negative. In this context, it is to change/remove a bad habit. To initiate change there are different stages, precontemplation, contemplation, determination, action, maintenance and termination. Is change something expected from a citizen? Is it the job of the citizen to change themselves for the better to improve the country? How can such little action change a nation? Stages of Change Model  (By Prochaska & DiClemente, Johnny Holland, 2011) With reference from the Six Stage Change Cycle , Precontemplation is when one does not have the thought of removing their bad habit. They do not see their habit as negative or affecting them in anyway. They see advices that the people around them give as over exaggeration and tend to overlook them. Dr. DiClemente had referred the reasons to be in precontemplation with four "R"'s - relu...