Sorry to hear about your loss of kins
All I can say is work smart, not scoffing at your hard work but if you notice there are many people around the world working hard at rice field, plantations etc to the odd jobs you described but yet that doesn't lead anywhere.
Did you consider signing on? One of Singapore richest used to be an army regular before he started his business. My army buddy which came from a broken family also signed on (drunk father used to beat him), currently he works as a successful insurance agent after leaving the army.
Opportunities are abundant, if not in Singapore they are in Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand etc. But being a Sinkie gives you a leg up already, you have access to a population of rich consumers and access to manufacturing markets where our currency dominates theirs.
Your youth is your wealth and that's something a rich man can't even buy, question is will you squander it or can you turn it to an opportunity which will change your fate.
All the best, if you do make it share your story.
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Local sinkie, served NS. I have no house, no kin. Used to live with my grandmother but after I'm left alone, I have been renting rooms since poly. I have ever sleep at void deck for few weeks due to homelessness & broke before I entered army. NS was heaven for me, food and bed for free. I mostly didn't book-out for that 2 years.
Been working part-time since lower sec for pocket money. Paid for my sch fees and everything else myself. You name a job, chances are I have done it; waiter, car-washer, flyer distributor, manual labourer, door-to-door salesman, fishmonger, ntuc stacker, theme park operator, admin boy, deliveryman, driver, security guard, bike courier, midnight petrol station cashier and even airport toilet cleaner.
I read many posters here, all so rich and wealthy. To be honest, I really envy you all. But I dare say I have worked harder than most of you. I wonder if you all can achieve the same if you were under a similar circumstances as me.
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