Hard at Work: Life in Singapore by Gerard Sasges & Shi Wen Ng

Author:Gerard Sasges & Shi Wen Ng [Sasges, Gerard & Ng, Shi Wen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789813251335
Google: CdvWzQEACAAJ
Publisher: Ridge Books
Published: 2019-11-15T23:14:14.858953+00:00

Tuition School Owner

I started working when I was 14. My first job was McDonalds at Shaw Centre in Orchard. At that point in time, my dad had to support all of us … with me, there’s six of us. He’s the sole breadwinner and he only sold curry puff. I don’t know how we survived, honestly. But anyway, my brothers were independent and went out to work at a very young age, so I followed suit. My first job was the fries station … I thought it was tough. [laughs] I mean it was hot and I was young. But I needed the money so I didn’t think much and just do. I was good at following orders and half a year later they promoted me to crew leader. I was 15 then and not long after, they posted me out to McCafé. I guess that’s how I stepped into the working world. I stopped working at McDonalds when I went to poly.

After secondary school, I had a very strong interest in sports. At that time, only two polytechnics offered courses related to sports – NYP (Nanyang Polytechnic) and RP (Republic Polytechnic). NYP offered Sports and Wellness … very technical. The one I entered in RP was Sports Business. Anyway, when I was in poly … same thing: I needed money to fund my studies and pocket money. Since I was 14, I never took pocket money from my father. It was tough lah, but good experience. McDonalds’ pay was too little so I worked in a gay shop … I mean the pay was good. It’s not exactly a gay shop … it’s a metrosexual shop. They hired guys who look good and got figure one. [smiles cheekily] Funny lah, the bosses will touch you, hold you and somehow your pay increase! So yah, I did that during my poly days. After the third year, the shop closed. When they started, the hype was crazy and I think the boss expanded too fast – he had 20 over locations in town area, you know? One shop rental about $20,000. Crazy ah, that’s why have to close down all 20 of them.

After working there, my next phase in life was army. I was thinking, what can I do before entering army. I didn’t think much about making money lah, but just being independent. So after poly, I wanted to continue my studies but money is always a factor lah. My dad … my mum … I didn’t want to depend on them. I mean they probably just had enough for themselves. My siblings also I don’t know lah, we are all very independent. I got into the tuition industry before army and worked for this tuition centre which only had one branch in 2012. Half a year later, I had to leave for army but still had a close rapport with the boss. I got into OCS (Officer Cadet School) in army … and the only takeaway is you will never die, you only get stronger.

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