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The death penalty keeps us safe. [link] It deters residents from committing violent crimes [link]. We heard that before. It doesn't work. People still die from murder and illegal drugs still come our way. You can argue till the cows come home but you can't deny a fact, criminals who commit death penalty offence are not afraid to die. Drugs traffickers are not afraid to die. They know very well what was awaiting them if they screw up. Murderers are not afraid to die. They are more afraid that their murder targets survive. They want their targets to die and are well prepared face the noose if caught.


Mind you, death penalty works. It just doesn't work on the these criminals. If we slap the death penalty on say, bankers who launder drug money, you will see the number of drug crimes drop like lead. While we are at it, we should extend the death penalty to criminals who sell out our country, misuse retirement funds and seize national assets. Execution should not merely be done publicly at Raffles Place, it should always be shown 'live' on the internet, after a brief introduction of the criminal and his or her crime/s plus a 'live' telecast of his or her last words to the audience. We can even consider extending it to CEOs of train operators and watch broken down trains miraculously self repair and run like clockwork. With Singapore's scant regard for life and obsession with economic growth, let's not pretend that an under-performing politician's life is worth more than a drug trafficker where the former easily hurt the country more with his mistakes or crimes.


There are a lot of Singaporeans fighting against the death penalty. How naive. Where are we going to house all our criminals on life sentence if we abolish the death penalty? By building extensions in Changi Prison the manner we building new Terminals at Changi Airport? We are talking about a country who is considering exporting our elderly to the North and you are expecting them to make space for criminals? Face it, no extra spaces will be set aside to house these folks. Death is the way to go.


When I say public execution, I don't mean the conventional hanging. That is way too soft. We've got to send the right message across. With our proud Eastern values, I say we bring back


Drowning by the Pig Cage

Forget about the traditional pig cages. We have to move on with the times. The builders of DBSS Pasir Ris One seems to be experts in crafting cages so they should be invited to tender for the props required to perform our execution by drowning.


No doubt, Hua Tiong and Moh Seng will be the forerunners in competing for cranes contracts. Companies specialising in underwater filming will also get a slice of the economic pie. Sponsors are allowed. Advertising space on cages will be available. We are creating more jobs than NTUC by reforming execution.

Crucifying

Let's bring back this ancient form of capital punishment that Christians in Singapore should appreciate. However, let's not do it the conventional way. Like Minister Tharman said, Singapore has to take reference from the others and improve methodologies ourselves to make it even better. We should fix the cross on the Reverse Bungee at Clarke Quay and set it off after the crucification process. That'll be something. That will boost tourism more than the bull fights in Spain does, I tell ya. Let me guarantee you, you will not even see defects in HDB flats anymore after this. It will surely bring forth a few hushed giggles to hear a criminal saying, "I died for your sins," as his last words.

Beheading

That's my personal favourite by far. Sticking to our great Eastern values, we have to bring back beheading. Not the ISIS style of course, the Justice Bao style. We will have 3 types of guillotines, one for commoners, one for government officials and the last for royalties. Lovely. Let's not forget the economic value of this form of capital punishment. Beheading shall be held on top of the Vortex Well of Marina Bay Sands. The MBS shall collect bets from the public to predict which segment at the basement of the well the head will land onto after the severed head roll down the vortex. Being a national of gamblers, that will raise TV ratings exponentially!

Burning on a stake

This isn't going to be as messy as you think. We have facilities already available at Bright Hill, Bishan. All we need to do is a little bit of A&A works and add a viewing gallery so that Mediacorp can place their cameras for 'live' telecast. City Satay will no doubt be interested being sponsors of this segment. 


Last by not least;


The firing squad

With so many "bobo shooters" in the SAF, criminals on the death row will finally be of some use. No doubt it will be traumatizing for the criminal having to experience the possibility of many rounds of re-shoot, the deed will be eventually completed in due course, since confinement on Saturday is guaranteed if the misfiring squad fails to gun him down before sunset.


Folks who mock at the SAF can no longer say our soldiers are paper soldiers because now we KILL live targets on everyday basis. Our neighbours will no longer fuck with us, offer century long peace treaties and we will be able to slash our defence budget by half, enough to feed all the Singaporean poor 3 meals a days in any restaurants they want.

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During social gatherings, I can't help to notice how misinformed Singaporeans/ex-Singaporeans can be. 


But it's fun, even comical, to observe "newer" Singaporeans explaining things to the "older" ones. I would also wait and see if Lynus makes an outdated remark about Singapore and anyone will suan siao him for it. You see, Lynus left Singapore in the 80s. Back in his youth (late 60s), according to him, policemen were as tougher than thugs such that even thugs shook whenever they landed themselves in the hands of a policeman. "Nowadays police are like ah gua," he said.


For the others, many of us including myself, can find ourselves alienated gradually. The prices and size of a HDB flat for example, can never be agreed upon among Singaporeans who came here at different eras. Some of them will be in disbelief when being told the latest price and look around for a few nodding faces affirming it. Well, that is because land prices has been soaring in Perth over the past decade. Land parcels allocated for home building is also shrinking. A decade back, buiding a house on a 700m2 plot of land was common in many suburbs. Some years back, it was reduced to 500m2. Back then small houses on 100-200m2 were almost non-existence. Apartments yes but not houses. Today, we can find such houses easily in the new suburbs.


Singaporeans who left long ago find the trend distasteful. "Times are bad and it isn't as good as the past anymore," they said. True. No one can deny that. "Singapore may be a better place than Perth now," they reasoned. That's when they need to be shown some pictures here of DBSS Pasir Ris One, where 3 room flats were selling from S$390,000 to S$470,000, 4 room flats going for S$550,000 to S$670,000 and 5 rooms going for S$650,000 to S$770,000. Woah, with $770k, I can still build a lot of shit here in Perth. Times may not be that bad in Perth after all.


I can't even understand why they call it Design, Build and Sell Scheme. What difference of that from a Build-to-Order scheme? You mean to say a buyer can design his own house or construction can commence without achieving 90% sales? No. So what fucking difference does that make? From HDB website, DBSS is explained this way,

"The Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) was introduced in 2005 to offer greater choice and wider variety to meet the housing aspirations of higher income flat buyers for better design and finishes. The involvement of the private sector enables public housing to be more responsive to the needs and aspirations of Singaporeans."

Okay. Higher income flat buyers. They meant suckers. Better designs and finishes. More responsive to the needs and aspirations of Singaporeans. Ok, let's see.


From my old friend Alan Ong, who lived in Pasir Ris all his life and helped me take a walk up to mentioned DBSS to take some photographs of top finishes and allow us to sneak a peek at the needs and aspirations of Singaporeans.

Width of corridor

Ground level

The front doors

Steel grills
More steel grills
Better designs and finishes

From the pics I was provided: Tiled skirtings, lackluster tiles, inconsistent grouting, steel gates complete with welded base plate, protruding door joints, square hollow steel gratings welded with flat bars at an angle, exposed galvanised cable support system, basic white wash, standard doorbells. Better design and finishes? Didn't expect to hear that during SG50 era. Don't let me see what's inside. I'm having early dinner now.


Needs and aspirations

Do Singaporeans need grills? I'm sure we do because the builder was responding to our needs. I suppose we jump off a building too often. Then we complain about increasing council rates and do not realise costs are increasing clean-ups below. So installing grills is "win-win." But why grey grills? Why not blue, which has a calming effect. Why not green, which gives a fresh feel? Grey symbolises indecisiveness, fence sitting, detachment. Is it the builder's way to describe Singaporeans? Or is that something to do with Singaporeans' aspirations? Do we aspire to be prisoners or prison wardens? Or caged birds? Or factory workers? I thought some Singaporeans are laughing at me for working in a factory in Perth. Fair go but not when you are living in a fucking factory, please.


Why are corridors designed to be that narrow? Is it because being slim is the aspiration of all Singaporeans, given the incredulous amount of slimming advertisement going around? Or is this the designer's response to our wish to get "closer to one another" or to "recreate the kampong feel?" Is this done to encourage neighbours to finally talk to one another again? It definitely works because the first thing you will tell your neighbour in the morning is, "Close your bloody door and let me through," or "Get the fuck out of my way, I'm late."


More needs

Is there some kind of new perverted fetish or fantasy going on that Singaporeans will now like to die as a BBQ product that failed the QC? Where do you jump if the fire escape is blocked or on fire itself with all those grills around? Can we be left with some pride instead of looking like a piece of meat with grilled marks on our faces when our friends visit us during our funerals?


More aspiration

Is there an ambition to break Guinness World Records somewhere? Did buyers tell the builder that they are planning to go for the "Longest time staying sane in confined space" record? Perhaps they are trying to win another global award after someone won something for designing a building that looks like a vertical computer motherboard. This one will definitely win the "Best Defence Against Zombies without Usage of Plants" award because there is simply no space for plants and zombies claustrophobic.


Why?

Why on earth anyone will choose DBSS over BTO? I heard somebody mentioned living in DBSS is certainly different because people are higher class and less crass than their BTO counterparts. I can't stop laughing when I heard that. And other nationalities are saying Singaporeans have no sense of humor?




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The time in need came earlier than we thought. I am expecting a tricky year to come when it comes to managing annual leave. 20 days of AL never seem enough, as most will be burnt up visiting Singapore, leaving none for holidays. With a new born coming in November, the situation will only get trickier. There is no room to take occasional leave, such as accompanying the wife to the hospital for check ups.


That check up was a particularly long one that took 3 hours or more and it was unlikely that toddler Albany was going to find it interesting enough for her cute smiles to last. So we decided to give the "free childcare services" offered by the hospital a try. I was the reluctant one, worrying about whether Albany would react badly in a new strange environment and her safety and other what not. You could take a Singaporean out of Singaporean but not his kiasi nature. But there is also another thing called bo bian. So off the creche they went! 

That was a new word to us. Neither of us could pronounce it. The wife sent me some pictures of it while I was at work. It looked pretty homely, though clown-like pictures on the door spooked me a little. Fortunately colourful flags made it feel better.


Fortunately Albany was receptive to the idea of staying there for a few hours. She has grown. A year before she would have kicked up a big fuss and hung on to me like a koala like she still does regularly these days. After registering themselves, Jen was given a large pager like one of those you will get while waiting for your meals


It turned out pretty good. The carer told Jen she Albany was well behaved and played with one of the kids there. She was delighted when she saw mummy and managed to last another 50 minutes drive without going cranky. It was a good day for mother and daughter as well as the brooding father elsewhere.


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I wrote about this man before but I would like to do it again.


The first ten years of my life was unforgettable because of Pelvin. He was 2 years older than me, born in the year of Dragon, good looking, intelligent, witty, polite and funny. Adults had endless praises for him, girls loved him, boys wished they were gays but loved him all the same as straights and the younger ones like me looked up to him. Everyone called him Mun Zai, as our term of endearment.


If people love the movie "Frozen" I could only say that was a remake. For Pelvin would be the almighty Elsa who could wave magic with his farts and I would be a starry-eye silly Anna amazed by everything he did. I was pretty sure at some point I went up to knock on his door and asked if he would like to build a sandcastle with me. 


Pelvin was ridiculously strong for his age, with forearms muscles formed like a teen. He taught me how to draw intricate drawings, such as a Chinese dragon that I thought he copied from somewhere but I never saw a similar version anywhere since. He performed simple but stunning magic tricks that wowed me and was generous enough to teach me a few. One of the trick, making a toothpick jump up from through mock telekinesis was never found in any magic trick books I flipped through later in life. I have no idea how he learn his magic tricks, given the fact he had no materials to learn from then. He could make weird but working gadgets from everyday items, again, not found anywhere in science books available to us. Whenever he told a joke, he had that uncanny restrain to keep a straight face even after his audience burst into laughter and when I was 9, he saved me from drowning. To me, Pelvin was the superhero, not Captain Planet, Spiderman nor Superman. I would not be able to list out the intriguing moments he conjured in a single post.


One of the funny antics Pelvin did was to exhale a puff of "smoke" from his mouth. As usual, everyone present stared at him in amazement. He jokingly told us he was born in the year of dragon and that was why he could do it and pointed out I could run so fast because I was the horse. After everyone called bullshit, he proceeded to show us the trick. It was simple yet annoying difficult trick to master that involved compressing air in our lungs and slowly exhaling to create a mist-like appearance. Nothing much useful but it was funny like hell for us.


When I moved out of the neighborhood at 10, I saw Pelvin four more times in my life. Once during a sprinting race the Sports Day in Secondary School where he bravely came second in a race impossible to win. The second time in the Polytechnic Student Affairs Centre where we exchanged a few words. The third was at the bus stop below Commonwealth MRT station after he came back from his studies in Manchester. The fourth was on the hospital bed, where he could barely whisper yet managed a weak smile and told me he would be alright. 


He died at 26 to Leukemia. 


I could remember going for a run after I heard the news about his passing. I ran till I was short of breath and felt my lungs bursting. He would have gone on to a great life, probably achieving so much that I would watch him giving an interview on TV one day. If gods exists, they must be jealous of that man and took his life away. At the end of the run, I told myself I had to learn to live my life meaningfully and not let it to waste like how Pelvin lived his to do him justice. It is really difficult but I am still trying.


When I saw the mini clouds of vapour from my breaths in the freezing Perth morning while pushing the bins out to the open, I couldn't help but think of Pelvin the Dragon. He will always be my brother and will live on in my mind.
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If you know any early risers in Perth, you would have known we have achieved 0 degree Celsius in some point of the morning that caused a thin layer of ice forming on our car.


Not surprisingly, the first thing my colleague told me was the ice on his shield, given the fact he had a rather mild first Winter in Perth last year. I remember him smiling in glee and told me that it was "No kick." He said the same for the heat in Summer too, as we experienced the best Summer out of my entire stay here so far last year. I hope my colleague's balls freeze, shrink and wrinkle like raisins every morning this coming July. As for the coming Summer in half a year's time, hopefully he will experience that 40+C heat while I am away to Singapore. Heheh. Welcome to Perth. There is much to find out and explore.


The fun part about living abroad is that there are little things to discover and experience along the way. Weather is only one small aspect of it. Sometimes life can be so monotonous after decades of living under the same conditions such that the near future can actually be predicted. For some, this is stability and bliss. The same conditions can be distressful for the others. It will probably sound odd to hear someone moving to boring Perth to kill his boredom in his mundane Singapore life. In truth, the mandatory discoveries I have to face makes life feel anything but boring. Or perhaps, only boring people will find boring Perth exciting, if that suits you.


It also really depends what kind of jobs you do here. An office worker will never understand how far the limits of weather can go, for example, since they wake up much later and spend mere minutes in the open and the rest of the day under air conditioned environment. By the end of the day, temperatures would have moderated. Summer evenings will be colder. Winter evenings will be warmer. I am glad I don't work in the office. Perhaps this was the problem right from the start. I simply don't like to work in the office, yet the Singapore weather pissed me off to no end. Individuals do not like to admit that the problem lies in themselves. Angry Singaporeans will spout the standard, "If you don't like it here, fuck off," whenever they run out of points to debate a topic. However, that statement, while it doesn't sound good, is good advice. There isn't much one can do to change an environment to suit himself. Change is already hard to achieve by itself, not to mention you will be fighting against human beings who hates what you love. If you, for some reasons like to eat dog meat for example, is it easier for you to push for dog eating to be made legal in Singapore or move to Vietnam to get your meat fix?


You can call us quitters for all you like but in reality, we are simply fighting for what we really value. The truth is the hardest to stomach. If you think "quitting" is easy, come and give it a try and see how long you last.
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Australian Education Minister Peter Chandler secretly billed taxpayers $1800 for a two-night stay in the “Grand Club Room” at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore as part of a $22,000 trip that did not appear on ministerial travel forms.


Mr Chandler, a former Deputy Chief Minister, released the cost of the trip for him and his chief-of-staff to the Sunday Territorian, but failed to disclose the trip’s entire price tag.

The Sunday Territorian has obtained documents that show the trip cost over $7000 for him, $7000 for his former chief-of-staff Anthony Jarvis and another $7000 for Department of Education chief executive Ken Davies.

There was also more than $1000 spent on hire cars. [link]



Well that appeared on the newspaper. Word for word. Awkward. I am not interested in discussing about the deed. To me, it didn't surprise me a bit because it is the nature of human beings to be corrupted or take advantage of situations. That really applies to Singaporean humans as well, since we are by no means any superior species that makes us any different from the others. Thus, I will never be convinced that paying an incredulous amount of wages to a Minister will render him or her incorruptible. Not a chance. Lest someone accuses me for insinuating that our incorruptible super human Ministers may be corrupted after all, I have to clarify that I do not have information to prove that. So our Ministers remain as clean as their uniform.


If you see the problem here, a corrupted official will remain clean so long no evidence is brought up against him. Yet we are placing absolute trust in a group of humans when we couldn't trust ourselves to be incorruptible in their positions. It is perhaps good to ponder over a hypothetical scenario where somebody wants to be a whistle blower. Does Singapore has a conducive environment to keep a whistle blower safe from doing something right? We have always talk about how Singapore is being run under a top down model. Thus all information, including a whistle blow, has to be properly filed and moved up the chain of command. So what if the whistle blower is whistle blowing against the top of the chain of command? 


That is where the media plays a big role. Unfortunately, we do not have an independent media in Singapore. As such, mistakes have been always played down or swept under the carpet. Take the above report about the Australian Education Minister for example, will our mainstream media report it as it is, without fear or favour if such a thing happens in Singapore? Will the Singapore media even publish information in the documents received by a whistle blower at all, if it involves a key figure of the country? (I am not talking about the likes of TT Durai) Even if it does, will the Straits Times use words like "failed to do so" to describe the case factually or use words like "incomplete disclosure of information" or "honest mistake?" Will journalist take a stand and establish what is right or wrong? No, no, no and no.


I am not saying the alternative media at our disposal at the moment is good. They are expected to be bad because they are not allowed otherwise. The government claims alternative media is divisive and never fails to nip one it the bud before it blooms. It is the same way how the incumbent set to destroy an opposition party before it gets good enough to be a viable alternative so that citizens have no valid excuses not to choose the intended people to run the show unless they are out of their minds. Can this be good for the country? The argument was that since it worked for the past 50 years, why wouldn't it work for the next 50? Well, if everyone including our government calls Singapore's progress for the last 50 years a miracle, why do we seem to take for granted that things will work out the same way again? Do we really think miracles happen everyday? It is called a miracle for a reason, for fuck's sake. Looking at the current batch of leaders, we definitely need more checks to run the next lap.


Alternative media has mixed performances over the last few years. There was a fair share of inaccuracies or even fabrications but considering the fact that headlines such as Bromptongate, AIMSgate and MP sex scandals were fanned through alternative media to the point it gives MSM no choice but to cover (though in their damage reduction manner wherever applicable), that emphasize the need to allow these alternatives to grow and be credible enough to serve Singaporeans well.
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The government of Singapore is a big believer in stimulating the economy through fiscal policies. The construction sector is the most favoured industry for the government to spend their money on, since it provides and creates the most number of jobs within the industry itself and a healthy spillover to other supporting industries or services, such as the logistics, FnB, etc. Therefore, just when you think Singapore is done with major construction projects, a new one pops up. 


When it comes to need, it is hard to justify Gardens by the Bay when a fantastic Botanic Garden exists. I find it difficult to convince myself how does such a monumental place add value to a Singaporean's life in a meaningful way. One wonders when Gardens by the Bay will ever recoup its S$1 billion construction cost with retail rental and entrance fees. Even if you include higher tourism figures, that is going to take longer than a life time. Besides, which tourist visit Singapore just because of Gardens by the Bay? Would a tourist visit the same attraction several times? Whether or not Singaporeans need the new facility is not the key, spending the money is. To show some empathy to the Singapore government, it is indeed not an easy task to spend 1 billion bucks on something that doesn't look too stupid. At least Gardens by the Bay proves a few point. With money, one can create life, nature and landscape that doesn't belong to this habitat. With that encouraging achievement, we can move on to building unprecedented feats such as an underground or underwater city.


Mega spending projects that precede and succeed Gardens by the Bay were the Esplanade, casinos and our new National Stadium. Changi Airport Terminal 4 is obviously earmarked to be the next, estimated to cost S$1.28 billion to build. This will undoubtedly keep the construction sector buzzing, which in turns support other industries and prevent the economy from slowing down. Do we need Terminal 4? It is debatable. The airport will be able to cater to considerably more people with the new addition. That accounts for something, at least.


Terminal 4's design is rather interesting. The first and second thing that comes to mind is Suntec City and the Vortex Fountain at MBS. It could be Fengshui or just a coincidence that both locations are doing pretty well in their businesses. With Shitty Harvest ruining the Fengshui in Suntec, I guess it was time to build another mega fountain elsewhere. Wonder if Shitty Harvest will attempt to buy Terminal 4 in future?


It is a beautiful design. Lest someone associate it with some awkward human reproduction organ, I will say it first that it resembles a doughnut. Well, after building a durian, why not a doughnut?


Wonder if Agent Y and Stephen are interested in returning to Singapore to participate in building this. It will be a dream to be part of the team to build the key feature of the building. The curved dome will be a nightmare to build and what a challenge it will be!

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By normal standards, it is reasonable to claim it is quite a feat for a Singaporean "Army regular" to get an Australian Permanent Residency through his work experience. After all, all you know by now about the conventional immigration paths [link] available. When someone asked me about "alternatives" sometime back, I responded with a rather shitty post that includes options such as coming by boat. You should have guessed it, I probably know more than I claimed. If I didn't, I do now because I am still constantly learning about such stuff. So should you, if you plan to move overseas elsewhere one day, even though Australia may not be necessarily your preferred destination.


So what about the army regular getting a PR here? Isn't his chances close to zero based on the SOL? Well yes if you are solely looking at the SOL. Not if an employer are hiring though, because in such a situation, the SOL will be thrown out of the window. 


As it seems, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been recruiting foreign mercenaries soldiers to join their ranks. [link]. To date, an unknown number of ex-Singaporeans have joined the ADF on a special fast-tracked citizenship package, on top of a job waiting for them before they set foot onto Australian soil. Think of it as a Sublass 457 work visa leading to citizenship on steroids. The ADF calls such initiatives, "Good value." I bet our regulars in the SAF, RSN and RSAF wouldn't disagree. It would be a win-win situation for those who are considering a move out. Rather than leaving the force to join insurance companies in Singapore, why not continuing the passion overseas?


For the benefit of lazy fucks in the force, you can click on this [link] for more information. Don't say I only criticize chao regulars and never give out lobang. As disclaimer, I have not examine what kind of positions they are looking out for. So don't come barking at me when you cannot find a Storeman or M113 driver position to apply for. My guess is: You have to be rather good in something useful. My bet is Combat Medic would be one of them. To see the rest of the list, perhaps this [link]? Why don't you explore and let me know. After all, Singaporeans have been documented to join the ADF through this channel. It works.
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I stole this screenshot from a fellow Singaporean living in Perth.


Hmm, if this is going to happen, it looks like I will have my balls frozen when I walk out to Lucky Brian at 5am the next morning. I can tell you something. With cold air stroking your face, Monday Blues will be the last thing on your mind. Since the heater doesn't work as fantastic as the air conditioner in my car, it will be an interesting drive to work.


While cold weather may seem "shiok" to many young Singaporeans, it may be noteworthy to know that old folks do not seem to enjoy it the same way, for some reasons unknown to me, since I am not that old yet. I have seen that for my own parents during their stay here in Winter as well as Stephen's mother, who is currently in Perth for a holiday and is down with cold. Other complains I have heard from other folks include painful joints, shivering etc.


Children, on the other hand, do not seem to be affected by cold the way adults do. Some of the children in Albany's childcare centre have been wearing rather little for Winter but show no signs of being bothered by the cold. Fortunately, this should be as cold as Perth can be. In fact, I cannot remember having experienced a sub zero day in my past 3 years at all.


The good thing about Winter is the afternoons. If only we do not need to work, a sunny Winter day would be a perfect one to spend on the beach, or fishing. Not one of those rainy days though, unless you missed the ice bucket challenge era and want to have a feel of it.


At this time of the year, many Singaporeans will die for such temperatures to spend their days. No doubt, this will be the envy of dwellers at the sunny isle. But there will be a time where we will be oven baked on daily basis while you will enjoy nice breeze, at the end of the year. It's just an opposite cycle. I would like to make a trip to Singapore that part of the year for the first time, if possible. January perhaps?
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A Blessed Singaporean21 June 2015 at 19:47
I support nobody and I am more neutral than you are. Either you don't understand yourself well enough or you are trying to protect your ego by smearing me.

No doubt 2/3 of the Parliament is PAP, you obviously didn't realise that many GRCs are won by walk-over. Even the President won his mandate by a mere 1/3.
Despite all these events, many Singaporeans have moved on not by choice, but by making the best with everything they got to overcome every situation.

You ought to be proud of them, not telling them "every Singaporean is to consume their shit tomorrow".

Let me correct you - system doesn't produce me or you, at least I never consider myself as a product. One thing for certain, you didn't survive in the system that you started in compared to many who are either doing very well or at least doing better than you. You wished you could, but you chose Australia to start afresh.

Let me correct you again - you can hump on your sacred belief that assumptions make life better, but in reality - assumption doesn't do anything.
It is action to do good things for a good cause that makes life better. It is very simple, but you are blinded by your ego to realise it.

I don't carry balls by saying "I am a vivid reader of your blog". I am checking your blindspots, if you think my words mean any good.


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Smearing you? I really love this one, especially since you are the one who started about my intelligence or lack of. You seem to imply that you understand me better than myself and went on to "correct" me for the remaining parts of your post, not to mention reminding me about my ego. Let me start off by thanking you for all that. If you really know me, you would have known I don't give a damn what you think of my intelligence level because I don't owe you my living. If anything, your remark was put in to establish how smart and superior you are. My friend, your EGO needs to be checked, not mine.


Not to mention you finally admitted thinking that Singaporeans who moved overseas such as myself are failures of "non-survivors" of the Singaporean system (whatever that meant). That can only mean that you inevitably think that Singaporeans such as yourself who chose to stay in Singapore are "survivors" or "stayers," and therefore, are superior beings. Typical Singaporean EGO. Not really surprised you don't even realise that.


Contrary to your sacred belief, I would have lived on like most average Singaporeans holding an average day job if I never chose to leave Singapore. If I had never leave, I would be living in a HDB flat, having just enough to feed my family and an odd vacation here and there, living like most Singaporean families. I supposed you will call that "non-surviving," perhaps based on the above-average job that you hold. I wouldn't. I wonder who has a big EGO to worry about. 


I know your ego does not allow you to be wrong and I must be corrected at all cost. Since you cannot be wrong, I am certainly puzzled by the fact that only a single GRC (Tanjong Pagar GRC) was won by a walk-over in the last General Election. Unlike yourself, I don't define that as "many," and it certainly isn't "obvious" enough for me.


I certainly did not tell Singaporeans to consume their shit tomorrow. I would suggest you to re-read what I wrote again, if your ego allows you to. Perhaps you will finally understand the underlying meanings behind it and quit quoting me out of context.


What is obvious for me though, is that someone with a big ego like yourself of course, wouldn't "carry" my tiny balls by telling me that you read this blog quite regularly. Unfortunately you do and have bothered to scrutinize it more than any of those so call "vivid readers" would. (it's avid by the way). I would suggest to you to stay away from reading materials from a blogger who obviously have lower intellect than your great self. Even someone of my humble status understands that we should be learning from someone better, not worse, in order to improve. Don't be too bothered by readers here that appears to be "carrying my balls." They are all fake and I post all of those myself to ease my so-call big ego, if that makes you feel better. I am surprised you did not realise that, given your superior intelligence. I believe it is quite a shock to break this to you: You are the only reader here. Never too late to run, though.


If your purpose is to offer unsolicited help to the weak, I welcome you on board to asingaporeanson.blogspot.com as my Chief Editor. However if you are here to massage your inflating ego, you will be better off making faces at poor fucks in crammed SBS buses at the comfort of your car at a red-light junction. I would be one of them, if that makes you feel good.


This would be my final response to you. For poor fucks like myself do not have the luxury of the time to engage with malarkey.
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Albany's Quotes

"Daddy, my promise is

painful."
-

Albany showing me her pinkie

"Let's go to the park of living

room."
- she

led me, as she pulled her toy pram along

"A-P-R-I-C-O-

T."
- Albany,

15/8/2015

"Tax."
-Albany, after taking part of the dessert she

served me to her plate, leaving me open mouthed in

disbelief.

"I will hug

you tightly so you cannot go."
-grabbing my arms with both hands

while trying to fall asleep. 25/11/2015

"Daddy, don't get injured at

work."
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Albany, 3 years old

"Daddy, I love you. Because you cook yummy lunch

and dinner."
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Albany, 14/2/2016

"Mummy, why are these called shorts?

They look long to me."
- Albany, 20/2/2016

"You

are the best daddy in the world because you did these (pointed to

the house renovations)
- Albany, 1/5/2016

"I left the door unlocked so that you can come in because I love you so much."
- Albany, 21/11/2016

Emails 2017

Hi Nix,

I came across your interesting blog and wish to ask on your honest opinion.

Do you think it's a good idea to pay 6 months worth of house rental in advanced to secure a place to stay before we go over. Our situation makes it a little difficult to look for one in Darwin with 2 dogs that we couldn't leave behind. And we don't have a job there yet. Oh, we have gotten a 489 visa. And we are intending to move somewhere in June with our 2 dogs and an almost 2 year old kid.

Appreciate your intake on this.

Thanks a lot!

Hi Elaine,


The housing market is currently quite depressed so it should not be difficult to find rental properties. I don't think it is a good idea to pay 6 months in advance at all. You shouldn't find it a problem to get one. If you face any difficulties, let me know the details and see if I can give you ideas.


Hi,

Saw your blog while searching on Singaporean based overseas and hopeful can meet a bunch of you all if i ever go over eventually.

For myself after looking at migrating or completing the process before i do not have enough points to qualify.

Basing on my current situation, it seems since my CV is leaning towards the marketing and financial field. Which in this case seems only Adelaide and Darwin is the only option for Subclass 190.

Do you know any fellow Singaporeans based in either place?

Anyway, for me is more towards wanting a more laid back life and changing the environment. Ideal situation would be to work another 10 years before settling with a small farm land in the country in Aussie. But my worry is whether i would be able to secure a job in Aussie especially with my advance in age 38?

Lastly, any good advice for a frog in the well on his migration journey to aussie?

Many thanks in advance

Regards

Stanley

Hi Stanley,

If you cannot qualify for skilled migration on points, you will not be able to work here, unless you find an employer who is willing to hire you for your skill set and apply for a work visa for you. It is unlikely in this economic climate but may be your only chance.


Dear NIx,

Good day!

I have been reading your blog and decided to migrate to Australia.

I have been researching on how to go about migrating to Australia and unfortunately, I seem to have hit a road block, thus writing this email to seek your advice on which type of visa should i apply.

I will be turning 36 next year. BE Chemical Engineering from UNSW (Stayed in Sydney for 2.5 years and graduated in 2008). Msc in Maritime Studies from NTU (Graduating in June 2017). Currently working as a Business Development Manager in the Shipping Industry. I have also attached my CV for your reference.

I am confident of getting 60 points in the Points Test BUT my current job is not on the SOL list.

My mother's cousin is a PR in Australia and she and her family are living in Perth (I do not know whether this information helps)

I was thinking of taking part time courses in ITE in Electrical Wiring, Residential Plumbing or Air Conditioning and Refrigeration since these jobs are on the SOL list.

Any advice will be really appreciated.


Regards,
Colin Soh

Dear Colin,

First thing first, I would like to know how you qualify for 60 points in the Points Test. Will you be able to provide a breakdown ?

*Please note that if your occupation is not on the SOL, you will not be able to claim points for work experience nor academic qualifications.


Hey buddy!

Was scrolling through and landed on your site. Loved the Art of Survival; plain, blunt yet simple.

I'm a local Sporean dude and just got my PR. Currently workin on contract job and planning to move down under. I realise getting a job in Oz from Spore isn't gonna be easy. Thought of giving it a try since its been just a month. Plan B is to just move and get an unpaid internship for 3 mths. Any advise?

Kind regards,
Hi dude,

To be honest, I don't have a single clue about unpaid internship or anything like that. If you manage to get one of those, I will appreciate if you can let us know the details so we can all learn from you.


I apologise for being painfully obvious but if you find it hard to find a job in Australia from Singapore, then come here and look!


Hello,

My name is Adam and I cam across your blog about migrating to Australia. I would love some advice or experience that you can share with me with regards to my questions.

First of all, I am a US bachelor grad in Mechanical Engineering and worked in the US for 2.5 years. I am a Chinese Malaysian and I'm 25 years old by March (2017). Do you have any ideas or suggestions on migrating to Australia? The subclass 189 doesn't allow me to accumulate enough points because of my work experience did not meet the requirement of 3 years which I was told that usually the Australia immigration officer pay the most attention to. If you disagree with that statement, I would like to hear your advice on that.

The other way I thought is by studying my Masters degree there and while studying, I could think of an idea to set up a business there. Didn't research much into this path but if you have experience with this path, I appreciate a lot if you are willing to share.

Thank you very much and hope to hear from you soon,
Regards,
Adam

Hi Adam,

It sounds really simple. Choose the path of least resistance. Work for 3 years to gain your 60 points then! You'll need the funds to relocate anyway.


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