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Born in Sg, survived seven years of IJ, escaped to canada for the miraculous rebirth.. likes to say she found self there, But well when can we reach self actualization? now a waterloo student. 110% horse mad, was practically born on the back of a horse ( or rather wishes she was) horses are my favourite thing.

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Monday, March 05, 2012
Singapore I love you?

As usual... writing this when I should be finishing a history essay and planning for at least 3 other ones.....

But... anyway, I was speaking with one of my friends about immigration to canada. She asked me if I considered staying on, this is a question I get asked many times. ( either that or why i don't want to stay on in Singapore, the lovely island in the sea)

Something Ive come to realize, Yes as I have mentioned in the past, Singapore will always be my home. It will always be special to be. When the issue of citizenship comes up and renouncing it, my reaction at first, several years ago would have been, an uneasy one. I didn't want to renounce it. Why give up something that was a given, something that I was born with ( this scenario would only play out if i obtained canadian citizenship and had SG citizenship and was forced into a situation to denounce one) Then I realize, does having a little red booklet make me a singaporean? well yes technically it does. But do I REQUIRE one to KNOW that I am a citizen? to still have that connection? 

I don't want to return to Singapore for a few reasons
a) Regret- i don't want my canadian experience to simply become one of the memories I carefully store in a box on a shelf, to remind me of my younger self

b) Opportunity: Singapore is small with limited opportunities, Canada has a much larger industry anfd field in what I am interested in

c) Moralistic values-  I am proud of my chinese heritage, culture and values that come with it, to an extent. Mention " you conform and have been influenced by Hedonistic Liberal Western Ideals and have ignored conservative Asian Values" and I fight the attempt to shoot you.
-hey, i grew up in a country where holding a placard with the words " world peace now!" on the streets would get you arrested
- Where teachers would get " distracted" by two 14 year old girls holding hands walking to class ( ok maybe not a good example)










- Sex ed for teens in Singapore still has a lot to be desired! when I was 14, we watched videos where pre marital sex = Worst decision you could EVER make


- Your younger sister can be twenty years old and know nothing about birth control other than condoms ( thanks sex ed in singapore) 
- Mental health is still taboo


Oh and don't get me started on the education system, stuff to follow