well i think the only thing stopping you is your spouse...sometimes if the spouse is head strong there may be unnecessary marital conflicts...and also whats your cash burn rate...
as much as i dislike SG (even chip goodyear can turn down temasek's offer despite cash being thrown at him), like you say its good to have a hinterland to return to. And since this place is dense, there are still business opportunities to be had...
all the best...hope to join you in the future
Thanks, wife is very supportive luckily. Infact it was wife who told me she cannot stand SG anymore, her family too. My best friend and another close friend all went to US. One of them is back but thats because he already established his hinterland already.
Like the FTs here, we should focus on working in SG but retiring back in whichever hinterland we can establish. As the old Chinese saying goes, A cunning/clever rabbit has 3 hideouts. We unfortunately only have one red dot, where can we run to? Pulau Ubin?
At least the FTs still have a place and don't have to be discriminated against.Thats why they can be so garang and more daring and "hiong" than us. Hard to do business here except for food and maybe education, i did 2 before but problem here is the people cannot think for themselves but blindly copy others.
Once you have a viable business, you only have like a 3 month headstart before the whole market is flooded with copy cats. Much of our people also cannot accept new things, new technologies even new game types(non-innovators), hence very difficult for new markets. I remembered when i brought in lan linked Xbox for FPS games, folks were complaining where is the keyboard. We lag behind even 3rd world countries in terms of mindsets.
I only want a better life for my family and my parents. I also don't wish to be a security guard/taxi driver which is the fate that most of us white collars will be looking forward to when we get retrenched due to age discrimination.
My plan is to get the arrangements to move there without needing to get a job first, buy a house with most of my cash and then maybe another small place/apartment and get the rental to live on while i come back here to continue working.
With the savings plus rental and plus my job, more than enough to achieve the dream while having a place to retire to.
Folks here keep thinking things are ok for today but there is always tomorrow, no one knows what it brings. Better to do it now then later when i am too old and regret. By that time, probably don't have the means/money and over age limit.
There is no place in the Auckland region that has been anywhere near zero during the daylight hours.
