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In this episode, Lucas and I had a chat with Timothy who is one of the case worker's of SG Accident Help Center. During which, we talked a bit about the organizational aspects of SGAHC and Tim’s lessons and experiences when volunteering.

Lucas is currently an 18 year old whom just finished the IB program. Lucas's Instagram: @Lucas_5ever

Location of SGAHC: 6 Flanders Square, Singapore 209297

Visit their website if you would like to find out how you can help at https://www.sgaccident.org.sg/

Organisation's instagram: @sg_ahc

Timestamps

Introduction on yourself 0:00

Background on SG Accident 0:40

How did you end up doing this? 2:40

Joys when dealing with migrant workers 4:45

Strategies you use to get migrant workers to open up to you 7:17

In what situations do you have to get them to open up to you 8:43

How do you balance helping the workers and what is the best way to approach the situation 10:50

Do you think you have found your purpose in life? 13:48

Can you talk a bit more about what is service learning and give us some examples?14:43

How do you think we can balance material giving and non material giving? 19:20

How did you find out migrant worker were who you wanted to serve 23:24

How can we put the needs or others first considering things like pay and passion? 27:58

Quick takes

Do you have any advice for the younger generation? 32:55

Anything you wish you had done differently so far? 34:41

What is an easy way people can find more meaning in their lives/Will money make you happy? 36:12

New cafe that SG Accident is coming up with 40:51

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Jonas Chow used to be my math teacher in IB while I was studying in ACSI (I). He has been teaching math for over 10 years. Additionally, he is also a hallmaster taking care of scholars in the boarding school. This is his story of how he chose his major.  0.26 interest: younger 2.43 educational pathway as a teacher (scholarships) 4.45 What University, course and scholarship 5.50 Why did you get into teaching 6.45 Parents reactions to major 7.23 Other courses/backup plan 7.50 Personality (factor,initial fear) 9.08 Considered other courses ? 9.28 Why did you decide to be a hall master 10.30 Exception vs reality (Teacher) /How to reconcile with things you don’t like in your job 11.54 Biggest challenge as a teacher 13.16 Do you think having high salary is important ? 14.10 Reconcile with pay passion job security 16.26 Did you care about your pay when you were young ? 18.11 Advice for anyone who cannot decide who they want to do 19.45 How to deal with not getting you dream course 20.45 Considering overseas as an option 23.20 actionable steps to decide on your major 24.28 Going into jobs you don’t like

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(Timestamps below) In this episode, me and aaron dives into why we care about what others think of us, why we should not care about what others think of us and how we can overcome this. We then also talked about fitting in, people pleasing, self love, and why you can achieve anything you want with hardwork.  

Aaron graduated from IB in ACS(I) in 2020 and was previously a canoeist in the school. IG: all.out.aaron  

My email: waynetanz09@gmail.com

Time stamps   0.00- Being judged in the gym 3.36 Why do we care about what other people think of us 4.21 - Role of social media (why it makes us unhappy) 7.01- Historical reasoning , how can we stop comparing ourselves with others 9.55 - Faking your personality to fit in 11.56- Why we should not care about why people think about us (reason 1) 12.55 - Reason 2 14.11 - Reason 3 15.44 - How can we stop people pleasing 17.19 How can we love ourselves more (2 ways) 19.31- Why we should give ourselves credit for our achievements. Being satisfied with what we have 20.28 Why you can achieve anything you want even if you don't have talent 21.15 : Another way to increase self love 22.11 Why you can achieve anything you want even if you don't have talent (part 2) 22.51 Fixed and growth mindset 23.46 Concluding remarks: Last advice for anyone who cares too much about what people think of them

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In this episode, Aaron talks about his experiences being in the army, applying for university and maintaining friendships. Then we also went into a short some discussion on some concepts in a book called 12 Rules for life, tips for work life balance and finally ending with some bits of advice.

Aaron is currently a 19 year old serving the army as a commando as of 2021. He graduated from IB in ACS(I) in 2020 and was previously a canoeist in the school. IG: all.out.aaron  

Timestamps :D  

0.44 Army experiences

7.31- Life after IB ( Uni)

9.00 Course aaron applied to

10.41 Decision on course

14.34 Maintaining friendships in uni

16.56 Book out days

18.25 Book : 12 rules for life (discussions: biggest takeaway, application: instant gratification)

24.12 Tips for work life balance

27.26 Advice for younger self

28.56 Final concluding remarks (Advice)

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We're kinda just chatting for the 1st 6 mins, if you want useful stuff skip to 6.40 it was kinda weird when I started too so. Sorry it’s not really in-depth for some parts. Shaveen is 18 years old in ACSI IB program now as of 2020 IG: Shavmeme

Time stamps: 0.00 -Transferring to a new school 6.40 -studying techniques used (active recall, space repetition.) 19.05 -motivation and drive, uncertainty 22.34 - stress, overthinking 24.00 - finding rest 26.23- Quick questions and advice with shaveen