I FIRST met L in one of my tuition classes and we hit it off right away. We used talk on the phone and text each other all the time. He is a really sweet guy. However, I didn’t want to start a relationship with him because I was afraid our parents would disapprove. He’s [...]
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Daunting differences
Posted: 3rd May 2012 by R.AGE in Ask AnythingTags: parents, relationship, religion
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When I was working as a teacher in 2007, one of my favourite students, C, fell in love with me and started buying me gifts and sending me letters almost every day. She kept doing this for two years, but I didn’t feel the same way for her because we are of the same gender [...]
Friendship dilemma
Posted: 20th April 2012 by R.AGE in Ask AnythingTags: Advice, Ask Anything, Column, friendship, relationships
I AM a 17-year-old girl and my close friends are S and P. We have been together since Form One. However, S and P have known each other since primary school. S is friendly, cheerful and an extrovert. P is very “princess-y”, stubborn and sensitive. No one is brave enough to tell P her mistakes. [...]
Fixing things
Posted: 13th April 2012 by R.AGE in Ask AnythingTags: Advice, Ask Anything, Column, Problems
B AND I had been friends since we were 15. I had just moved from another school and she was one of the first friends I made in my new school. At the time she was a bit of a tomboy, so most guys didn’t really like to hang out with her. However, the two [...]
I am 17 this year and will be sitting for my SPM exam. However, I have been in such a bad mood lately, it’s so hard for me to concentrate on my studies. I come from a broken family. My parents divorced when I was five, and I have not seen my father since then. [...]
I AM 13 this year and just entered secondary school. There are 11 classes in each form in my school and I am in the 1st class. Unfortunately, one of the classes had to be shut down because there aren’t enough teachers. So, the students from that class were then moved to various other classes; [...]
I sent a letter last time about having an imaginary boyfriend. Both of you gave such good comments and advise for me to solve my problem but I realised that the more I try to solve it, the harder it gets. Trying to forget that “boyfriend” of mine has made me feel more appreciative of [...]
If there is one thing that I’m unhappy about my life now is that I have overprotective parents. I am their only daughter and recently turned 18. I do quite well in school and have many friends who keep asking me to party and hang out with them. Unfortunately, I always have to turn them [...]
I AM 17 and will be sitting for my SPM later this year. My problem is that I just can’t make myself care about my studies. My friends and classmates are all busy going for tuition classes and revising their lessons, while I just hang out with my younger friends at the mall and do [...]
I AM currently working as a temporary teacher in my former alma mater after finishing Form Six. I was assigned to teach in the lower forms, and I got the chance to get close to J, who is in Form One this year. We have actually known each other for a few years, but we [...]