Hello there! my name is Jing Ying, but you can call me JY instead. My birthday is on 25th March 1999, which means i’m turning 21 this year! Some things that make me happy are pretty sunrise, sunset and flowers. I enjoy baking, eating, shopping, listening to music, watching random videos on the internet and sometimes reading. I also love spending time with my friends, because they never fail to make me laugh and they meant the world to me.
sunrise view from my house’s balcony 
my close friends since sec sch ❤ 
me and my older bro ❤ 
random pretty flowers found in my photo gallery
I graduated from Republic Polytechnic with a Diploma in Biomedical Sciences. I did learn a lot during the 3 years course, but I realised that wasn’t really my thing. My internship was at A*STAR, doing all the science stuffs in the lab. I was working with a lot of zebrafish. My typical day include breeding the fishes (yes I even learned how to spot the differences between male and female zebrafish), collecting their embryos, collecting their scales for genotyping and also fixing their embryos at a certain stage. As I was only an intern, my work was pretty mundane and repetitive. I did learn a lot during the internship and gained a very valuable experience. However, I couldn’t foresee myself doing science in the future. With that, I took a few months break.
After graduation, I wanted to gain more experiences in the workforce. I started working full time at ASTAR as junior procurement admin. 5 months of being an office lady really gave me a sneak peak into adulthood. Being the youngest in the office, I was lucky enough to have friendly colleagues who were all very patience with me, even though I bet most of them can’t even remember my name as they addressed me as “xiao mei” (little girl).
After that, I tried working at a preschool as a relief teacher for a few days. It was so fun and it kind of gave me baby fever. The downsides are smelly diapers and crying babies. But the 2-3 year old kids were all so cute and precious!! I also work part time at a children’s clinic, and I am still working there till today. The job at the clinic is pretty straightforward. However, I remember having a hard time reading the doctor’s handwriting during the first few shifts of my work. “VENTOLIN?? VASICAN?? ERMMM IT LOOKS THE SAME???” Luckily, now that I’ve already work there for a few months, I am able to read his handwriting in a jiffy.
Why Psychology?
There are endless things to learn about in this area of study! When I was younger, people always tell me that I can’t really do anything with a psychology degree. That honestly made me skeptical about studying it because I was afraid I could not find high paying jobs without a Masters or a PhD. However, that break I took after graduating from poly made me realised that there is harm going for your interest. As I mentioned above, I like children and I want to be able to help them. I want to understand their thoughts, developmental processes and why certain children behave differently from others. That itself motivate me to take up a psychology degree. Hopefully in the future, I am able to further study and be able to specialised in child psychology.
How can BCM 110 help?
The media is of paramount importance in our daily lives, especially to younger people. I am pretty sure most of us in this generation rely on media so much that without it, it feels unnatural. Media studies will enable us to learn ways on how we can raise awareness on relevant issues, while psychology teaches us the process of thinking and development. I believe with knowledge on both psychology and media, we will be able to promote physiological issues and also reach out to people in need.
That’s all for now! Thank you for reading!
jy 
Hi JY, what a nice introduction you have here! We have similar hobbies in food, music, viewing certain clips on the internet and occasionally reading books and would love to hear more about your hobbies. Perhaps, we can get to know more about each other in real life. Your previous experience in the Biomedical field and especially A*STAR really perked my interest. I would also like to hear more about the finding on fish as I have a pet fish. Your thought process as to why you study Psychology is commendable and wishing you all the best for your future endeavour.
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Hey JY! This is a really short and sweet introduction about yourself. I really admire how you were very balanced in deciding the degree path. Even after hearing the negative side of this course, you chose to pursue it because it was passion. I am caught up at the idea that you like baking. You should make something for the class someday. Very eager to try it. Oh! and I really love that little girl. She is so cute. Her eyes are so angelic. I could die for such an adorable little kid’s hug. Loved reading about you very much.
– Akshaya
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hey jy!! I’m glad to have the chance to know more about you.:) My birthday is also in March! Maybe we can share our reading list so we can have discussion on the content haha. I think it is good to have a break when when you have struggle especially when it comes to things related to your own future. I believe that your experience of having internship and being a relief teacher is definitely beneficial to you even if you are not continuing in that two fields. It’s glad to see you find your ideal career path!
I agree that most people rely on media so much. And I believe psychology and media are somehow linked and media could be helpful in analyzing issues. That’s why we as psychology students need to study about media.
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