Persona (Anti User)

Mdm Chua, 43, a housewife living in 3 room flat in Sembawang with her family. Her family consists of her husband and 2 sons in their teens, 16 and 18 respectively. She lives a rather comfortable life; her taxi driver husband is able to cope with their living expenses.

 

She used to hold a clerical position before the birth of her sons. She decided to dedicate whole heartily in her sons welfare during their childhood period which leads to her resignation. During this period, her life revolves around her sons and completely cut off her ties with the social world. By the time her sons got into secondary school, she felt that its time for her to rejoin the society. Due to the gap in between, she realized that she could no longer find a job she used to have. She do not posses the skills needed for the current job market, one of the most problematic area is her handicapped in using current commonly used IT solutions, e.g. Office, use of internet. After countless failure attempts, she decided to give up in finding a job.

 

Her kids have grown independent enough to plan activity for themselves. Her husband spends most of his time working due to current economy. She often found herself pretty lonely in the weekday’s afternoon. She feels that he loneliness is for her to bear, and should not be known to her family members as there have their own share of problem. Due to a certain event, she gets to know a group of housewife living around her district.

She is encouraged to find activity for herself by this group of housewife. Together with them, Mdm Chua started take up classes ranging from cooking to dancing held by the local community centre.

 

They do organize trips and gathering very often. There will always be a fixed event organizer for the above events. Mdm Chua is used to being a passive participant in the group events. She will be contacted through phone if there are any events coming up. These events will have a fixed meeting place and time therefore as a participant, one only need to remember the correct date these events are held. Without much important information to occupy her thoughts lately, she do not feel there is a need to remember the days of these events are held. Even if she was to forget the details, the topic will most probably be brought up in their casual conversation during their daily CC activity.

 

She is a very friendly lady who likes good company; therefore she blends into the group quiet well. Unless she has urgent issue to settle, she will be attending most of the events. Whoever is attending is not so much an issue to her, she maintains quite a good relationship with her neighbors around the district. She knows she will gain good experience from all the events.

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