Callie Yak

In Singapore, you may think that when you grow up everyone will eventually settle down with a 9 to 5 job typing their life away with reports on the computer. But did you know there are actually people with unconventional jobs? Their jobs are unusual and not like what you'd expect. What is unusual?  Well to me unusual jobs are jobs that not many people find mainstream. I'd call a doctor, lawyer, surgeon, dentist, accountant and lawyer mainstream as they are jobs that many people aspire to be. However, jobs like being a mermaid are unusual to me because you don't hear people going around saying that when they grow up they'd wanna be a mermaid! Kumarason Chinnadurai I've did my research and I've found a person in Singapore that I'd like to write about. This person holds an unconventional job of a drag queen ! Many of you may have heard of him or maybe even saw one of his stand-up comedies, he's none other than Kumarason Chinnadurai or also know a...

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...

Voices, opinions and ideas from around the world can all be heard at Global Citizen ( http://www.globalcitizen.org/ )! I've been reading articles at this website for the past few days now and there was this one article that really stood out to me. It really got me thinking about what it would be like if this had happened in Singapore and so on. Hence, I've decided to pen in my thoughts on the article down here on my blog!                                                       Background Information The Rainbow Pride Flag I came across this article on The Colourful History of the Rainbow Pride Flag . Like what the titles says, it talks about the history of how the Rainbow Pride Flag became a symbol for the LGBT community (LGBT community is also referred to the gay community). It talked about this guy, Gilbert Baker, who had taught himself how t...

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...