Goi's Fitness Forum

Sufian wrote:
Thus, until this day, u will never see me talk shit about low piad jobs and stuffs. I have tried them all before. I was part timing as a cleaner for a semi con factory for a month when I was in Sec 4, albeit during the schoolholidays. I know how it feels like to be paid $3 per hour, in which every hour is a tiring one. That is why, I would like to tell the boys who are having it good right now, with the parents being so supportive financially, and with maids in tow to clean up for u, start thinking about being independent. Or at least, start caring where the hard-earned money that your parents make are being blown to.

alex wrote:My pocket money comes from cleaning the house, doing household chores and running some errands.

alex wrote:From all these to a business owner, not too bad.

alex wrote:On a different note, sometimes i am more sceptical of some people who claim that they are not well to do.Yet, every month i see a new and fairly expensive item on them and they are on financial assitance also.What gives?

KEVIN LIM wrote:- 16 Yrs Old immediately after O levels, work at KTV lounge for about 3 months as waiter because 2 days no makan already. Have to worry about my next meal cos parents divorce and no pocket money. Mostly roaming the streets and billard saloons.

- after that between 16-18 yrs old alot of odd jobs, construction worker, making coffee at tanglin halt 16th floor, work at zhi char stall helping to slaughter fish, crab, prepare food (sibei fun).

- 18 yrs old, sign on Air Force cos sibei jialat roaming the streets always no money, no security and sometimes no food.

Derek wrote:I guess I'm 'lucky' in that all the jobs I've held, ranging from the mundane (distributing flyers at Raffles Place - I always open my mouth and ask people to take the flyer - Appeared on TV once when a camera crew was doing a news story there) to the average (making phone calls to get people to attend investment courses) to the more intellectually inclined (the manipulation involved in the clockwork behind network marketing), and the more interesting ones (co-running a weekly speed dating event at a restaurant every Friday evening for two years), have taught me many valuable traits. One of the most noteworthy ones would probably be to psycho yourself into loving what you do.

Steph_Parker wrote:

KEVIN LIM wrote:- 16 Yrs Old immediately after O levels, work at KTV lounge for about 3 months as waiter because 2 days no makan already. Have to worry about my next meal cos parents divorce and no pocket money. Mostly roaming the streets and billard saloons.

- after that between 16-18 yrs old alot of odd jobs, construction worker, making coffee at tanglin halt 16th floor, work at zhi char stall helping to slaughter fish, crab, prepare food (sibei fun).

- 18 yrs old, sign on Air Force cos sibei jialat roaming the streets always no money, no security and sometimes no food.

wow, look at you now.

lips wrote:

Derek wrote:I guess I'm 'lucky' in that all the jobs I've held, ranging from the mundane (distributing flyers at Raffles Place - I always open my mouth and ask people to take the flyer - Appeared on TV once when a camera crew was doing a news story there) to the average (making phone calls to get people to attend investment courses) to the more intellectually inclined (the manipulation involved in the clockwork behind network marketing), and the more interesting ones (co-running a weekly speed dating event at a restaurant every Friday evening for two years), have taught me many valuable traits. One of the most noteworthy ones would probably be to psycho yourself into loving what you do.

i know you love NS. sign on man!

alex wrote:kevin lim you pai kia also ar

Steph_Parker wrote:

alex wrote:kevin lim you pai kia also ar

pai kia got different levels too.
ah beng.
mats.
bad boy.
good kind of bad.
bad kind of bad.
etc
and many many more diff categories...

random.

KEVIN LIM wrote:

Steph_Parker wrote:

alex wrote:kevin lim you pai kia also ar

pai kia got different levels too.
ah beng.
mats.
bad boy.
good kind of bad.
bad kind of bad.
etc
and many many more diff categories...

random.

Hahaha you damn ace man, thanks for taking that question. And yes I WAS (past tense) one.

Sufian wrote:throughout my time in JC, I worked as a guitar sessionist at Hard Rock Cafe. Throughout my time in NUS, I worked part time doing delivery for the fast food restaurants (canadian pizza, McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut). And throughout all these times, I still gave tuition whenever I can sneak in a few hours of free time here and there. Other than that it is all study and sports. I was a sporty nerd.

There were times in NUS that I had to deliver the pizzas to NUS, to the Forum. Well, I was a year 3 that time, and the ones who ordered were my intake students, who were there for a Malay committee meeting or something like that. Imagine all of them ( about 40 plus of them), looking at me trying hard to balance 7 large pizzas to bring to them. They recognised me, and some of them started sniggering and taunting me. Saying things like how come NUS student need to do this? Cannot do other things? Well, my answer to them, I can still remember to this day is, "Unlike u people, I stopped taking pocket money from my parents eversince I turned 17. And, even if i do, I would not be spending money on pizza. I would rather eat prata with egg, only $1.10. So that the rest of the money I can save to pay off the school bills and hp bills."

Thus, until this day, u will never see me talk shit about low piad jobs and stuffs. I have tried them all before. I was part timing as a cleaner for a semi con factory for a month when I was in Sec 4, albeit during the schoolholidays. I know how it feels like to be paid $3 per hour, in which every hour is a tiring one. That is why, I would like to tell the boys who are having it good right now, with the parents being so supportive financially, and with maids in tow to clean up for u, start thinking about being independent. Or at least, start caring where the hard-earned money that your parents make are being blown to.

Sufian wrote:throughout my time in JC, I worked as a guitar sessionist at Hard Rock Cafe. Throughout my time in NUS, I worked part time doing delivery for the fast food restaurants (canadian pizza, McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut). And throughout all these times, I still gave tuition whenever I can sneak in a few hours of free time here and there. Other than that it is all study and sports. I was a sporty nerd.

There were times in NUS that I had to deliver the pizzas to NUS, to the Forum. Well, I was a year 3 that time, and the ones who ordered were my intake students, who were there for a Malay committee meeting or something like that. Imagine all of them ( about 40 plus of them), looking at me trying hard to balance 7 large pizzas to bring to them. They recognised me, and some of them started sniggering and taunting me. Saying things like how come NUS student need to do this? Cannot do other things? Well, my answer to them, I can still remember to this day is, "Unlike u people, I stopped taking pocket money from my parents eversince I turned 17. And, even if i do, I would not be spending money on pizza. I would rather eat prata with egg, only $1.10. So that the rest of the money I can save to pay off the school bills and hp bills."


Thus, until this day, u will never see me talk shit about low piad jobs and stuffs. I have tried them all before. I was part timing as a cleaner for a semi con factory for a month when I was in Sec 4, albeit during the schoolholidays. I know how it feels like to be paid $3 per hour, in which every hour is a tiring one. That is why, I would like to tell the boys who are having it good right now, with the parents being so supportive financially, and with maids in tow to clean up for u, start thinking about being independent. Or at least, start caring where the hard-earned money that your parents make are being blown to.