1218Singapore real estate, Leonie Towers, Leonie Gardens, Grangeford housing, condo apartment "You got Tenant" ad & family stories by AsiaHomes Internet.

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2000


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Dec 16 00. 




Low rise white building in the foreground is the Overseas Family School, off Paterson Road.

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Leonie Towers maisonettes and apartments (white building, extreme right), is a 2-min drive to Orchard Road, are favoured by Caucasian expats with large families and a lower rental budget.

Leonie Gardens (pink buildings, click thumbnail to see bigger image), opposite Leonie Towers is newer and is extremely popular with Caucasian expats.

Grangeford Condo (brown building on left of bigger picture) is a 3-minute walk to Orchard Road and Takashimaya Shopping Centre and is usually fully leased.

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Do brilliant teenaged scholars know what they want in their career?

"Mum would not allow me to go bush walking." This slim bespectacled and fair teenager told me when I asked whether she would have joined some nature conservation groups or something similar since she liked nature and animals.
There was no point pursuing a study in biotech if she did not have the interest although her father said she wanted to.

She could get into any medical faculty in Australia, the recruitment agent had said, based on her very high academic results. She had more than 5 offers to study biotech from the Australian Universities and she had to make a decision by mid January. 

"The quota for the internet time is almost used up, therefore I can't surf for info," when I asked her about biotech books and career info.

"I don't know what biotech in detail and I don't know what are the prospects in Singapore. There is just no info on biotech," she said.

The parents could not afford the $100,000 a year tuition fees if she had chosen to study medicine in Australia but biotech tuition fees are around $15,000.

"Well, biotech is a Science degree, " I said to the father. "It appears that she does not really have interest in biotech based on our discussions today,"   Her father concurred. 

"It appears you have not spent some time to guide her.

Why is she working at the bank at $50 per day now when she should be researching on biotech career and scholarships this December month? Does she need the money?"

"No," the father said.
His wife had asked him to check out the career at the Straits Times and elsewhere.

"Should we spoon feed our young ones? Shouldn't the young girl do the research?" I asked the father later. 

"Are Biotech and life sciences. Are they the same thing?" I asked the young lady. 

She could not differentiate.

"If she studies medicine, she could still go into the biotech field, but if she studies biotech, she would not be able to be a doctor," I said to the parents.

I just feel so sad that such a brilliant scholar was not interested in medicine and become a doctor.  But she does not have the passion for medicine.  Nor for biotech either.

How do parents guide such scholars to choose the right career choice?

It is extremely difficult especially if the parents' careers do not excite the young ones.

As for me, my two young boys have not been  academically brilliant. Therefore I have no chance to worry about the $100,000 per year for their medical or veterinary studies!

As a father, I feel extremely sad and hope that they will realise that good things in life don't come easy.  Being top in the class or at least being motivated to excel in their studies will mean a lot in later life.

Whatever other people say, academic excellence still opens doors to the best jobs in the world, the best choice of spouses and comforts in life. There is nothing wrong with being technicians.

But the first son appears to be like a manager. He does not even want to dirty his hands and want to give commands to the younger one to perform tasks allocated to him.

Teenagers reading this article.

Learn to manage your time but give top priority to your academic excellence. Make sure that you study hard.  Know what prospective careers you want and study the industry during your spare time.

Easier said than done.  You have so many extra curricular activities, computer games and downloading music using Napster.

Middle-class youngsters cocooned by their parents do not know that it is money which makes the world go round. 

When the examination results show they have not done well, it will be too late. 

Time and tide wait for no men. Sometimes, I envy people with no children.  If they are self-motivated to become scholars, the parental pride reaches for the highest stars.   When they get relegated to neighbourhood secondary schools, our hearts break into many pieces. But our young ones are just not aware of the deep sadness of their parents.                 

Academic excellence is not for brainy teenagers  only. Any average person can excel if he wants badly the good things in life.  Do you have that motivation?

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