Personal Experience - Income as a student

I started earning my own keep during my time in polytechnic due to working experiences accumulated during the break from O levels to poly studies. It felt good not having to ask my mum for pocket money and in a way made me feel that I can lessen the load on my mum. So these are some of the few jobs that I did over time.

1. Fast food cook

 This my first job that I apply and got after my O levels. I was a cook at Long John Silver and was paid $4/hour.

Really tough for me as I worked as a cook and burned myself a few times. I was also required to filter the oil which I thought was rather dangerous.

2. Waitress

This is usually the first part-time that most Singapore students get exposed to. I first started working part-time in a cafe due to the cafe 'fever' where most people spend their weekends with lattes and breakfast platters. With a starting pay of $7/hour, I was pretty pleased and worked during the weekends.

I was lucky to work in a relatively small cafe which was self-service so I only needed to serve and wash the dishes. This was where I start learning to not be so shy and to speak up more.

3. Events (Cashiers & Promoters)

Events was a good platform for me to earn cash within a short period of time. I worked in expo events and also as a promoter for events which can last anywhere from a few days to weeks.

4. Tutoring

 This is how I am currently earning my keep. $20/hour and I teach around 4 sessions per week. Really good platform as I realized that you can keep up with the current syllabus and also because I love interacting with children. Over the past year of tutoring, I realized that the amount of stress that children experienced right now is way more compared to my time.