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The Autumn Wind
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My mother is always unhappy with me going out in the same boyish outfit every day ? T-shirt, fitted hat, long shorts and overly-colorful sneakers. She says if I wear like this every day, I?ll never find a girlfriend. I just said, ?okay??
I know better, though. I?d rather spend a ton on...
Overall, this fair is a compact yet promising and entertaining one, just for a weekend trip.
First and foremost, as a Brony, I am interested in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic-related cosplaying. I saw Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, and I feel honored to shake their hands. But I am...
Written by my friend, Harry, to me. Reposted with permission.
I had talked to my parents pertaining further education but it seems that It is not a good move on my side and theirs. This is because my father has no insufficient ready cash on hand so he has to dig out his CPF to fund my...
I read about Spinning Compass's thoughts on the 'Feminism Mystique', and thought to myself,
So, in my society, the NTs, those without autism and all those special needs like dyslexia, they are encouraged to go on to college and get the highest degrees they get.
For now, the trend is that...
The Singapore government announced to expand the number of places in its locally-funded universities from 27% of the primary 1 school cohort, to 40%. This may not be enough.
As a Singaporean politician, Jenn Jeong Yee mentioned, he estimated that 41,000 Singaporeans are enrolled in...
Singapore has always been multicultural. Here, we have 200 years of continuous trading and development, so we have a multicultural society for around 200 years. Immigrants come in from the Malay Peninsula/Malaysia, Spice Islands in Indonesia, Siam/Thailand, China, India and recently...
It's really extraordinary in the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), where I currently study a degree in Accounting and Finance.
Given that society in Singapore in really hierarchical, there is no place for failures, or lower-than-expected outcomes for all students. The prevalent mood...
I admit passively aggressive to most other people, I always wanted to beat others soundly, because I just don't like some things, and I have found no viable way to speak out loudly against them, as I'd like to, since we are living in a mostly conformist culture in my society.
Perhaps I should...
I feel that I am trained to live my parents' dreams, not mine.
I just want to edit and share with my ideas freely, especially if it's for a good cause, like speaking out for people with Autism and striving for unity within the Autie community in my country, or saving the Earth, or even...
I feel thankful that concrete steps have been done to improve the employment situation in people with ASDs/autism, especially through E2C, the employment and employability centre for people with autism. I think, though, they lead to careers in the private sector, with MNCs/large multinational...
My government is actively promoting new births. I usually dismiss such political exercises.
Look at our younger friends. They have to go through endless and mindless standardised testing, everywhere around the world, be they are in Singapore or the United States. They grow up with lower...
I have a vision for the autism community around the world. I hope that eventually, all around the world, people with autism can be empowered and enabled to contribute to the world, through their unique gifts and talents that they share with the rest of the world, regardless of autism functioning...
As mentioned recently, my purpose in life is to help to better the world through solving issues that affect my community, my society and the world I live in. My vision in life is to feel more energised every day, than the day before, and I feel really happily tired whenever I go to sleep...
I know clearly what my dreams are. It is just that I need some time to settle in my thoughts, before articulating them in words.
Definitely, it's not my parents'. My parents want me to be a doctor, or someone who do some form of medicine. Given that I have already depression since I was 17...
I also have an inability to compromise, and this has an adverse effect on me and my life.
My culture has a lot of grey areas. It could not accept mere yes and no's. I could not accept an ambivalent solution, it's either a 'yes' or a 'no' for me, and well, truth hurts.
I always feel anxious...
By this statement alone, I think she tried her best to reinforce the two values in the Pathlight School (Singapore's school for high-functioning autistic people), that is, compassion and competence.
In my opinion, Compassion and competence are not enough for the autism community in...
I have a good friend who's a backup dancer for Lady Gaga. He tells me that dance is a temporary career just for fun, you can't earn money by doing backup dancing all the time.
I don't think so, I disagreed with him. I remember the time when some guys I know decided to give flyers to me...
Autism is a spectrum.
Some of us with autism may be high-functioning and engage in quantum physics, while many more just bang their heads or go missing while their parents don't watch.
Indeed, this is the reason why many autism groups experience internal quarrels and conflicts. Some High...
The society I live in, Singapore, has a social hierarchy.
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As I mentioned, those on the very top of the hierarchy get the opportunity to study overseas, most likely China, United States or the United Kingdom. What do those scholars do...
As a teenager, it is when I found myself at odds with both my being as a teen, as well as an Aspie. Why can't I be like any other person? I feel that I lived through dark ages with little Aspie support, that has only been given after my teenage years (that is, around 3 years ago).
How...