Singaporean teens are hooked with online gaming. Online gaming can be addictive and it can destroy your child’s study habits. As a parent, you need to act upon this before your child loses sight of what is important and just live at the moment.

Here are some ways you can encourage studying and discourage gaming:

• Do not begin with the end in mind: Parents are inclined to emphasize the importance of passing the final exam or the diploma. Sometimes, your child simply wants to enjoy the learning process and not just think of the “end game”. It would be more beneficial if you help your child with his/her goal setting.
• Help your child track his/her progress: Students only need to feel accomplished. With this, you need to help your child track his/her progress every day or every week. This way they will feel they can get far.

• Give challenges that are right for their skill level: If the task you are delegating is not challenging, your child will easily get bored but when you give a challenging task, your child tend to give up right away. You have to be in between. When you give a task, make sure that it is right for his/her skill level.

Maybe there are other things that you can do for your child. The important thing here is you are with him/her. Being addicted to online gaming is not easy as it looks like. If you find things difficult, there are many people that you can ask for help. You must know that there are many coaches and counsellors here in Singapore that can help you and your child.

Many Singaporeans dream of being a model not just locally but internationally. It is a nice feeling being recognized by all especially the modelling industry which is a tough market to enter. There are many models out there with extraordinary features. The only challenge is how to market these features.

If you are fond of the runway, this news will delight and inspire you. Behold the 2014 Model of the Year.

• Cara Delevingne: For Cara Delevingne fans out there, she is the outstanding model of 2014. She is 21 years old but her age did not keep her from dominating the industry. Aside from modelling, she is also acting and designing. She is from London and she is considered as one of the most recognizable faces this year.
• Binx Walton: The runner up is Binx Walton. She co-starred with Cara in their Chanel advertisement this year. She also got major campaigns for Celine and Balmain. In fact, she has walked in forty three shows at the ever famous Spring/Summer 2015 catwalk.

• Andreha Pejic: The third place went to Andreja Pejic. Andreja emerged after her gender reassignment surgery. Though she is not the first transgender to join the modelling industry, her presence was recognized by all. She graced the public with her men and women’s fashion shows.

If you want to belong to the roster, it is not yet too late. Everything you do, make sure that you are getting one step closer to your dreams. Singapore is a land of dreams – many things can happen or could happen. As long as you are willing and confident, you will get far.

Good luck and break a leg!

It is indeed very important to help save the planet because this is our home, and probably the only home we’ll ever have. Despite this, what many people do today is they keep on inventing so many gadgets that they say are helpful but only end hurting the Earth.

There are so many people around the world who plans to create different things that can keep the planet Earth be a safer place to live. However, there are still individuals who doesn’t care about what will happen to the world.

The effects of destroying is seen and experienced by many, but there are many ways to prevent it. Below are three simple steps to keep the Earth habitable.

1. Use energy-saving light. Everyone must cooperate with this one. It is only a very simple actions to help save your own planet. If you do not care anymore, suffer using candle at night. By performing the change of light bulbs, you may reduce the amount of toxic waste all over the globe.

2. Turn computers off. At night, you cannot avoid to open your computer to study or perhaps make a research of a certain topic. It is not the computer that destroys the planet, it is the usage of it. When you use your computer overtime, be sure to let it have a rest.

3. Avoid pre-heating. Heating bread and other food is a big no-no. When you re-heat your food, it cost you a lot of energy, especially when you are using an oven. However, if you cannot avoid using your oven, check the food by just looking through its window instead of opening it. Just open the oven when the food is done.

Earth is the place human beings live and it is very important to take care of it. Nowadays, there are several discoveries made by people which destroys the planet. However, it can be avoided by using the natural and old-fashion ways of the basic doings people do in their everyday life.

Laundry Drying

In this period, people are using a laundry dryer that just last for hours or even minutes. However, it has no good effect on the clothes. It will only destroy it. Drying your wardrobes using a machine operate system will not last longer because it will be brittle. It’s like a fruit that is forced to be ripe, it would not be delicious. Moreover, if you use a clothes dryer, the color of the shirt will easily fade.

Be a Vegetarian

Sacrifice the meat and eggs in your fridge. Also, avoid eating fruits and other snack and focus on being a vegetarian just for a week. Not only you can benefit from it, you can also help the planet by doing this for just a week. But when you like it very much, you can be a full-pledged vegetarian.

Wash when you are fully loaded

It is not a crime if you wash your laundry everyday but imagine the cost of doing this. One, you will pay for the person who washes your clothes and another is that your water bills will be a little bit higher than you expected.

The month of October is the most anticipated month for inventors, scientists and peacemakers. This is the month of Nobel Prize – the most prestigious recognition for people who contributed big to the world. Singaporean inventors and scientists are dreaming of grabbing one of the prizes.

You heard about the laureates of medicines. Three doctors discovered “inner GPS” which is a valuable breakthrough for Alzheimer studies. Other laureates will be announced in the coming days. As of this moment, the Nobel Prize for Physics was given to Japanese inventors.

The inventors are:

• Professor Isamu Akasaki
• Shuji Nakamura
• Hiroshi Amano

The three inventors are awarded for their blue LED invention. The inventors created a new generation of white lamps. These lamps are energy-efficient. Apart from white lamps, they also developed coloured LED screens that have the capacity to stimulate phosphorus. According to BBC, the light bulb will be the next generation light bulb.

For your information, not all people have access to electricity grids; electricity are expensive. The invention of the three can help more than one billion people around the world because they are cheap and efficient.

The winners are now part of the roster of laureates. They will share a prize money. Let this be your inspiration. For aspiring inventors here in Singapore and the whole world, Nobel Prize is no elusive or impossible if you put your mind to it. When you do something, make sure that it will benefit billions of people. Who knows who will be the next laureate? Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favour.

If you travel in and out of the city, you should know that Singapore is the most connected (among its 10 member grouping) in terms of air links. There are about one hundred twenty flights that depart from Changi Airport heading for other ASEAN capitals every day.

Kuala Lumpur is the second with ninety one daily flights followed by Jakarta that offers about seventy flights every day. This data is given by Sabre, a consultancy company. Here are other details of the data given by Sabre:

• Factor leading to the success of Singapore: Traffic liberalization lead to the success of the city-state. Traffic liberalization means giving the countries access to new markets and extra flights. As the region pushes for traffic liberalization, experts say that there will be more opportunities. Ultimately, the success of traffic liberalization is not only for the benefit of carriers but also for the consumers. Think of it this way – the liberalization will lead to more flights especially with budget carriers in the picture. With this, consumers can enjoy cheap fares.
• Looking at the future: Indonesia finally signed a deal to permit other ASEAN airlines to make unrestricted flights to Jakarta. The “yes” of Indonesia is a positive thing after years of being reluctant. To date, Manila is the only ASEAN capital who has yet to join the campaign of removing air restrictions in support of traffic liberalization.

Travelling will be more attractive this time. You deserve to enjoy the world as it is and the airlines are helping you realize you dream of seeing the world.

Malaysia is the host of the International Crashworthiness Conference 2014 (ICRASH 2014) which is a first. Previous hosts were Melbourne, London and Kyoto. The conference tackled road accident and road safety in the region. The conference commenced on August 25 and culminated on 28 August 28 2014. The venue is in Riverside Majestic Hotel.

The conference started by highlighting number of road deaths in Southeast Asia. According to the World Health Organization, Thailand has the highest number of road deaths gathering 38.1 deaths out of 100,000. Thailand is followed by Malaysia with 25 deaths out of 100,000. In the region, Singapore is the safest road use nation.

Singapore only recorded 5.1 deaths out of 100,000 people. The efforts of the government to keep road users safe paid off. Going back to the ICRASH 2014, the regional average of road deaths is 17.91 out of 100,000. The figures were alarming so the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) gave a statement saying that road accidents are more of attitude than infrastructure.

The director general of MIROS Professor Wong Shaw Voon said that many road victims were men than women. Road users would break the law and if accidents happen, they blame it on the environment or the infrastructure. There are even others who think that road accidents or deaths are destined. This kind of thinking or attitude is wrong.

The point here is safety. Road users should practice and observe preventive measures to be safe. If you are on the road, it pays to be vigilant and slow down. Remember that the faster you travel, the higher the risk of accident.

Every year, thousands of graduates flood the industry to look for a job. Here in Singapore, fresh graduates will see small rise in their starting salary. This is good news for graduates this year. This is revealed by Hay Group, a management firm, on August 26, 2014.

Hay Group recently concluded its annual pay survey. The group presented the average monthly starting salaries for fresh graduates. Here are the starting salaries for fresh graduates:

• Second upper honours: For fresh graduates who garnered second upper honours, they should expect S$2,939 per month. This is 1.6% higher compared in 2013.
• Second lower honours: For fresh graduates who garnered second lower honours, they should expect S$2,852 per month. This is 2% higher compared in 2013.
• Without honours: For fresh graduates without honours, they can expect S$2,741 per month. This is 2% higher compared in 2013.

You should know that the top-paying sector is in the field of engineering. Engineering offers regular pay of S$2,888 per month. Engineering is followed by Legal (with S$2,856), Information Technology (with S$2,816), Project Management (with S$2,813), Production (with S$2,767), Finance and Accounting (with S$2,765), Corporate Affairs (with S$2,755), Property Management (with S$2,750), Research and Development (with S$2,738), Quality Assurance (with S$2,708), Logistics/Supply Chain (with S$2,703), Health and Environment (with S$2,694), Human Resources (with S$2,689), Marketing (with S$2,685), Administration/Support/Service (with S$2,685), Product Development (with S$2,677), Sales (with S$2,658), Customer Service (with S$2,637), Management Trainee (with S$2,605) and Call Centre (with S$2,602).

Additionally, according to the survey conducted by Hay Group, 1 out of 5 employers put a monthly premium (of S$214) for university graduates. This will surely inspire the fresh graduates.