‘Latest Articles’ Archives
Married man with young daughter: “Help me! My wife is having an affair!”
Hi Gilbert I’m currently facing sleepless night… I could be drinking till I knock out but after 2 hours, I’ll be up again… waking up in the middle of the night staring at the window till the sun rises… plus I seem to be losing my [...]
Why Singaporeans don’t like to do their PhD here
Hi Gilbert, I saw your post: "Only One Singaporean PhD in NUS Economics Faculty" on TRE (and also chanced upon your blog) and I see that you feel strongly about this. However, I don't think you quite get to the root of the problem. I hope you'll [...]
Defamatory lawsuits against TRE – a serious back-step for the blogging community?
The blogging community has been recently rocked by three cases of high-profiled defamation suits against Yawning Bread and Temasek Review Emeritius involving Law Minister Mr Shanmugan, Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong and F & N Chairman [...]
Eight Major Manpower Issues Affecting Our Country
Hi Gilbert, I believe the following are some of the issues faced by most of our local workers now, namely: 1) Unlevel playing field for locals vz foreigners because of NS reservist, CPF, etc. that allow employers to prefer hiring [...]
Ex-regional sales and marketing manager finding it tough to be re-hired
Dear Gilbert, I have been following your site for the past 2 months and I must give praise to you for all you've done. I've read alot of postings from other fellow Singaporeans who are finding it very difficult to get reasonable [...]
Joint Workshop and Mini Job Fair With Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group
Dear Friends in Transition We are please to announce that the esteemed Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group (AKLTG) and Transitioning will be collaborating a joint workshop and ending of with a mini Job Fair [...]
Whistle blower to MOM: Reopen investigation into shipping company
From: eddie tan Date: Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:19 AM Subject: Offence Wrongly Prosecuted By Our Authority To: _ng@nea.gov.sg Dear Sir/Mdm, With reference to my initial email, I have gathered more gray area pertaining to the [...]
Jobseeker frustrated at interview with Resort World Sentosa
Hi Gilbert This is to share my negative experience in job application through e2i for a Resort World Sentosa position. I was called on 14 Feb this week by RWS to go for a swim test at Queenstown swimming complex the following morning. [...]
Foreign talent: “My employer wanted to terminate me due to my pregnancy.”
Dear Gilbert, I saw your blog while searching the rights of women on maternity benefits and I have problem on my maternity benefits. I am a foreigner and currently working in a local company. I am holding an Employment pass with a monthly [...]
Lamentations of a former tutor
Hi Gilbert, I read from transitioning that you are helping jobless PMETs to find tutoring assignments while in transition. I was a tutor for a few years before I quit in 2005. I had both good and bad experiences with students and parents and it [...]
Yaw, senior civil servants, school principal – too much sex or not enough?
By now, the whole of Singapore would have known that Mr Yaw Shin Leong has been sacked by Workers' Party CEC triggering a by-election in Hougang SMC. Squeaky-clean PAP MPs are now trying to remain as white as snow and so far they are [...]
Local job market over-taken by foreign talents
Hello Gilbert, I am aware of the “Support Singaporeans First” campaign and what you and others are trying to do is commendable but I wonder what really is the root of the problem. I think the truth could be in between but our [...]
Sign our online petition against high influx of foreign workers
Dear Singaporeans, Foreign workers have overloaded our infrastructure, compete with mid-ranged PMETs for jobs, lower our starting salaries and jack up our housing cost. Today, there are 1.8 million foreigners living in our midst and [...]
Weak show of support harming protest events?
Rain threatened the Singaporeans First event yesterday at Speakers Corner but it held off gloomily as we started our speeches against the heavy foreign influx of workers. I expected about 100 people to turn up and was slightly disappointed that we [...]
26-year-old Singaporean lady trying out new business venture
Thanks for allowing transitioning.org to interview you online Eileen, can you tell us abit about your new business and is this your first venture? We are classified under conference, business intelligence and media industry. Our business [...]
