How I Benefited From Financial Assistance If you’ve read enough About Me, you would realise that I was not born with a silver spoon. In fact, with one working parent and a household income below $3,000 for a family of five, I often qualified for bursaries back when I was in school. I still remember receiving my first bursary in Primary 3. My grades, especially English, improved rather dramatically in the second half of the year and the “Most Improved Student” award was conferred on me. Even though only a token sum of about $200-$400 was awarded, this amount meant the world to me. Really. I could now buy my storybooks… (albeit with the leftovers after getting a Nintendo console… ) Back then, the only library in the Western region of Singapore was the Jurong East Library and the stock of books it carried were pretty limited.  Books with ......