National Day of Giving 2024 is on Friday, November 29, 2024: National Portfolio Day?

Friday, November 29, 2024 is National Day of Giving 2024. Giving Tuesday: A National Day Of Giving Giving Tuesday: A National Day

During my senior year in high school I went to National Portfolio Day in Boston MA, at Massachusetts College of Art. It was pretty useful, they give you feedback on which pieces are your strongest and areas you need to work on.

Tons and tons of college reps were there. Including RISD, Monserret, Parsons, Pratt, etc..

I would recommend bringing as many pieces as you can, I brought gosh about 20 but of those I had 10 seperated incase the rep only wanted to see a select view. I also brought a piece I was working on and they seemed to really appreciate seeing some work process.

It's a great experience and great critique, I had one rep that actually accepted me to their school on the spot (as long as I wasn't failing all my classes). One bit of advice though, primarily this is to get feedback on your artwork. That being said, it's great to talk to reps from RISD but the line is half the people there. What I did was I went to the small lines for the smaller schools where the reps were still refreshed genuinely there to give you solid feedback. I got advice from I think 10 different schools this way! However I made sure to stop by the 3 schools I was seriously considering.

goodluck its lots of fun!

China National Day?

Chinese National day is on October 1st.

It is usually arranged to have multiple holidays. So, in 2008, it will be likely that people get off from Sept 29th - Oct 5th.

Nothing is official yet.

What are your thoughts on this year's National Day Rally?

Every National Day Speech or Rally, is meant to let Citizens have some light into our Government's plans to improve our lives, instil sense of National Pride into you and give you something to dream about. In short, it is to encourage you to strive harder and be more positive of your future as a Singaporean.

Education, is key and fundamental to our country's future as our children are pillars of our future's society and supports or maintains a steadfast economic progress for our country. The crux of it lies in how much benefits will really be accorded to our own breed and creed compared to the PRs and foreign students? In addition, how equal will it really be between the gap of the rich and the poor, giving true equality and fair competitiveness? Last but not least is whether our education system is turning our future generations into paper chasers and finally ending up in a never-ending cycle of bills to get by and settle?

As for foreign workers, reducing from 100,000 to 80,000 and slowing down the influx is quite a piece of good news. But then there is the part left out which is on allowing 45,000 Bangladeshi domestic workers (maids) to be recruited into Singapore. Bangladesh is considered as a Non-Traditional Source (NETS), used to be only for the marine and construction sectors but is it not adding on of 25,000 more foreign workers than reducing?

The Government engaging in the property market by introducing more new public housing off 22,000 units, increased from previous 16,000 units is a good measure to cool off the rising prices of properties. But what type of public housing? Designed and Built which price tag is as close to the private condominiums? Or is it going to be really affordable to Singaporeans? Furthermore, new restrictions imposed like increasing the number of years to reside then owner can sell it, is good. But why decrease percentage of loan amount from 80% to 70% for second property owners? Any measures taken for Senior Citizens who wish to buy a second property for his own use or retirement stay and leaving his first property to his off springs who may not be able to buy one on their own? Or in a divorce case, a spouse may have to get a second property so that appropriate accommodation be provided when the family splits up?

Singapore have a growing population of senior citizens. Are we forcing them to live under one roof, cramped up in a small flat, with married off springs and grand children? Is this the idea of a 3 tier family, suffocating in a single unit? Should we not consider our senior citizens who have slogged their lives and contributed to our Nation, in one way or another?

With Singaporeans seeking and dreaming of the 5 "C"s, marital woes surged and divorce rates went up and causing our birth rates to go down. When that happens, either one of the spouse may have to end up sleeping o the streets? Being a Singapore Citizen, why can't they buy a second property unit and have alternatives for their lives after or during their rough patch of their lives?

The decreased percentage from 80% to 70% on loans will not only make the above 2 categories of people's life more difficult but also adds on to their burden, ending up in another cycle of bills and loans to pay and to settle till they die. Does that mean Singaporeans are going to be like what our (SMM) LKY had said that all Singaporeans should not have any retirement age?

Dreams, aspirations, hopes,... it is up to every Singaporean to go for what they want and work for. I believe all Singaporeans will only really dare to dream, aspire and hope, if it is truly equal and fair to the 100% true Singaporean whose fore fathers had contributed to the building of our Nation and made us really as One United People.