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Future @RadX in the training? Really his choice or there's no choice? Or maybe he (and his parents) wanted to know if the industry is really that lubricative or has plan to start one. What's next, internship at Geylang? I bet @Jamesc and @Inlinefour will fast hand fast leg go and sign up for a diploma or degree course using their Skillsfuture credits to secure their internship. Hahahaha But on a serious note, as a parent, would you support your kid if he or she decided to take up an internship in the funeral industry? I wouldn't, especially when their experience will be listed in the resume for their first few job after they graduated. I am not superstitious, just that I don't see any value add when taking up internship at funeral industry. Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/interning-at-a-funeral-home-students-may-benefit-from-attachments-not-related-to-future-careers SINGAPORE – When Marco Chua had to pick a company for a work experience programme organised by his school in 2022, he decided on a funeral home as he was curious about what went on behind the scenes. Even though he had no plans to go into that industry, he was eager to see what soft skills he could learn. While some students might shy away from an industry dealing with death as they feel it is taboo, he says he felt comfortable during his two-week internship at The Life Celebrant Funeral Home as he often had conversations with his parents about death. "My parents are open-minded and feel that any sort of work experience is good. They felt that the experience could be educational for me," says the 18-year-old, who graduated from Yishun Innova Junior College (YIJC) in 2023. YIJC's head of department for humanities, Mrs Renee Low, says the college tries to include some unconventional attachment options to show students the breadth of possibilities that exists in the world of work. "By observing how funerals are planned and executed, students will learn the various skills required of event managers. They will also learn about the social and emotional support that grieving families usually need," she says. Marco says he was involved in the logistics for setting up a funeral wake and accompanied bereaved families to the columbarium. "I learnt about the process for sending off a deceased person. It taught me that things are not as easy as they seem and the people who are working put in a lot of hard work," he adds. He says he picked up logistics and communication skills through his work attachment which can be applied to his future job and even in his daily life. "I learnt to be more understanding towards others as I had to be able to speak to people who were grieving and be careful with my words. This helped me to to communicated better with others," adds Marco, who hopes to be an engineer.

The email in my iPhone and iPad is not showing the attachment but my Macbook is. Anyhow know what's wrong? By the way its a gmail account.

Hi, I am having trouble uploading picture to the forum. The picture has been viewed upright but it turned out inverted after attaching it to post. Anybody has any fix for this? TIA

My nephew told me he's currently being paid $4500/month as an attachment student doing backend IT work. No bonds attached He's doing one semester of attachment with Barclay as part of the University engineering curriculum. Didn't know that the economy is thriving so well that students can get so much allowance! Take home for the day: GO WORK IN BANKS? Mod i'm sorri. I wanted to put this in the Lite N easy instead. pls help me move this thread. thanks

Hi all, Need some help as to are we able to paste a picture or graphic right onto the email page, not as an attachment? Cos I'm thinking of creating a personal graphic 2008 CNY greeting message and sending it to friends. (I'm using Yahoo mail). Thanks in advance