http://leongszehian.com/?p=1947
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you’re right in highlighting that the tax is higher, eating out is more expensive but life is more than that.
I’ve been in Aus for 4 years, the tax is high but I get rebates for my kids to buy books, computers, rebates that encourage me to live a greener lifestyle. My electricity bill is about $300 per quarter and I stay in a 2 storey house when my bill is about $300 per month in Singapore when I stay in a 4 room flat. We cook our own meals and even though we don’t get to eat $100 wagyu burger or drink fancy mineral water, we can cook a decent spread and a lot more veggies and fruit.
I work hard here.. maybe even harder than in Singapore. Life is not perfect but for some reason, there’s a smile on my face. My kids smile a lot and laugh a lot too.. when they go back to Singapore for a visit, they are one of the few kids I see laughing. The rest are bespectacled kids with sullen faces whose most common words are.. i’m bored.. very sian.. What was that statistic? 1 in 4 will wear specs? Gosh..
At the end of the day, you want a happy life don’t you. If you can find yours in Singapore, that’s good. But why find fault with other people’s choices. If you wanna point out certain facts, go ahead. Why feel disturbed?