SkillsFuture + anything related to upskilling/learning something new!
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@thebottomsupblog said in Skillsfuture Credits - the $500 top-up in 2020 expires end-2025!:
@HNS2015 Did you find a suitable course?
I’m starting on my specialist dip next week — I had the orientation last week. It’ll be 3x per week (weeknights), but thankfully mostly online classes.
Haven’t done this in a while, so still bracing myself for the time commitment!
That’s great! All the best for your specialist dip! It’s not easy juggling studies again, but online classes, has some flexibility. Jiayou!
As for me, I haven’t been actively looking for any course since completing my last one in June 🤭
I’ll probably be more available during the school holidays since I don’t have to rush around to pick the kids, settle their lunch, and bring them for tuition. But no hurry for now as my SkillsFuture credits aren’t expiring anytime soon
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Just wanted to update on this — it’s pretty tiring to have evening classes 3x a week (6.30-9.30PM), even though it’s online! Most classmates are working full-time too.
Definitely looking forward to the upcoming school break, even if it’s just two weeks
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@thebottomsupblog I admire your energy! Keep going!
I took out a EdX subscription, but haven’t had time to do any of the courses yet. Been busy with work, a trip, etc. Hope to take at least one course next week when my current freelance project is done. My husband took out a Udemy subscription, and has embarked on a 100-day (supposedly) Python course - that is something I wouldn’t take even if you bribed me extravagantly!
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@slmkhoo I probably have an unfinished Python course in my Udemy list too, can’t remember if it’s 30 or 100 days hahahaha! Hoping my 14yo will take over.
I had a taste of Python when I did my data engineering bootcamp in 2023. That was also when many of us first heard about ChatGPT and actually it was a very good coding tutor!
I thought it was fun, but also felt that I was very late into the game haha. I did get to use it a bit when I subsequently had a tech traineeship, for data cleaning.
It’s something that I might tinker around with if I had a lot of time, but it’s just one item in a very long to-do list, including tons of books to read and movies to watch!
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Popping in to share that I just finished my first paper for my current course (a specialist diploma in career counselling).
We had to do APA-style referencing — not something we’d like to relive, that’s for sure. But thankfully there’s AI to the rescue these days!
It’s quite a brain workout to read academic papers again, I must say. In my previous specialist diploma, I did business analytics, which was more about using tools and setting up a workstream to analyse big data — we didn’t have to care so much about how we phrased things, and there was hardly any need to reference.
I’m still very glad that I signed up for this course; it’s actually useful for improving how I deal with the people around me as well. However, it will make me think twice, just in case I should want to sign up for grad school all over again! I think I will hold off “heavy” courses for the later part of 2026, and focus on fun stuff like photography, drums, zine making
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@thebottomsupblog said in SkillsFuture + anything related to upskilling/learning something new!:
Popping in to share that I just finished my first paper for my current course (a specialist diploma in career counselling).
We had to do APA-style referencing — not something we’d like to relive, that’s for sure. But thankfully there’s AI to the rescue these days!
It’s quite a brain workout to read academic papers again, I must say. In my previous specialist diploma, I did business analytics, which was more about using tools and setting up a workstream to analyse big data — we didn’t have to care so much about how we phrased things, and there was hardly any need to reference.
I’m doing the reverse - in that I’m having to “retrain” myself to craft carousels to post on IG! My usual style is not so suited for that (as those who’ve read a lot of posts here will know). I’m using AI (Copilot) to edit my drafts to make them more contemporary in style!
I’m fine with preparing bibliographies (any style) - I used to be a librarian!
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@thebottomsupblog I’m about a third of the way through a course entitled “Masterpieces of World Literature”. Quite interesting, but there’s a quiz (20 MCQs) at the end of every work presented. I do a section when I have time.
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@sharonkhoo Oh nice!!! What are some of the books that you have to read?
NLB has this series called A Bridge to the Classics:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/100069047889702/948198266803290/I think this month, they’ll be talking about Dostoevsky (can never spell his name without checking!)
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I’m sad. No follow up on my “successful registration of interest” for the dog grooming course. I guess I have to smell her Fritos toes for eternity.
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@thebottomsupblog said in SkillsFuture + anything related to upskilling/learning something new!:
@sharonkhoo Oh nice!!! What are some of the books that you have to read?
NLB has this series called A Bridge to the Classics:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/100069047889702/948198266803290/I think this month, they’ll be talking about Dostoevsky (can never spell his name without checking!)
Confession: I’m lazy! I don’t read the actual books! Maybe the Wikipedia summaries… I’m using the course as a shortcut - just to get an idea of the books as I don’t think I’ll ever get round to reading them! The only one in the list that I’ve read is the Odyssey (about 40+ years ago!). I have heard of some of the others, but most are completely new to me.
Texts/authors considered in the course:
Section 1:Goethe and the Birth of World Literature
Section 2: The Epic of Gilgamesh
Section 3: Homer, The Odyssey
Section 4: The 1001 Nights
Section 5: Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji
Section 6: The Lusiads
Section 7: Voltaire, Candide
Section 8:Lu Xun and Eileen Chang
Section 9: Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones
Section 10:Wole Soyinka, Death and the King’s Horseman
Section 11:Salman Rushdie and Jhumpa Lahiri
Section 12: Orhan Pamuk, My Name is Red
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