Hello! I’m Amira, currently a year 1 Environmental Studies student from the National University of Singapore (NUS).
More about why I decided to join BES:
I have to admit that BES was not on my mind growing up and I genuinely did not know about BES until I was reading through the NUS pamphlet. However, once I researched more about the course, I soon realized it was the perfect course for me! I have been interested in animals since I was in kindergarten. I’ve watched countless animal documentaries and my favourite would be “Meet the sloths”. Unlike other children who might ask for games or toys for their birthdays, I would always ask for a trip to the zoo or the sea aquarium. To this day, I would still visit the zoo and even volunteered at the Singapore Zoo during my school holidays in 2019.
Another factor contributing to my decision towards BES was my interest in recycling. My family has been greatly affected by this as I would always nag at them whenever they would throw away something that could be recycled. It went to the extent of me sending a list of things that could recycled according to the National Environment Agency (NEA) to my family group chat. I am also grateful to my parents for being responsive towards the Bring Your Own (BYO) movement where we started bringing our reusable bags whenever we go grocery shopping!
More about myself:
A fun fact about myself is that I’ve played netball for almost 12 years and counting (more than half my life!). I’ve also picked up floorball when I was in Junior College! After reading that, I would assume that you may think I love exercising – but I dread anything that involves running. My other interests include online shopping and cooking! There are countless items in my Wishlist on every online shopping website :’) The highest number of packages that I have received in one day is 6! Apart from online shopping, I enjoy cooking my meals (baking too!). I guess it would be safe to say that I spend more time in my kitchen rather than in my room at home! My top three dishes to cook are mushroom soup, spinach alfredo pizza, and shrimp fried rice. Not trying to brag but my family members will physically fight over my egg tarts and banana bread :”)
You must be wondering what my blog would be about! Is it worth it? Well, my blog would be about the affordability of a sustainable lifestyle in Singapore! After I started managing my own finances, I’ve come to realize how expensive sustainable products are in Singapore. More about this in the next blogs to come 🙂 Stay tuned every Friday!
Hello Amira! I’m so glad you’re writing about the cost and feasibility of maintaining a sustainable lifestyle! It’s something that I’m interested in but I’ve never had time to do my own research on how to go about it and how costly it can be. I’m excited to read more about what you’ve found on living sustainably in Singapore and I hope more Singaporeans can adopt affordable, realistic sustainable lifestyles!
Hello! I’m so glad you’re interested in this topic as well! This topic only dawned upon me recently as more and more local sustainable stores started gaining popularity on social media. After looking through their products, I realised I could not purchase anything as it was out of my budget 🙁 However, after conducting more in-depth research, I’ve come to realise that affordable eco-friendly products do exist! Stay tuned every Friday to find out if a sustainable lifestyle is truly affordable!