everything is a matter of getting used to it. What
everyone fears most is change, and ironically change is taking
place every single moment. People get out of their comfort
zone to settle into a new comfort zone and the period in-between is
the adjustment period.
When you first arrived in a new country, maybe everything is
strange and unfamiliar to you. People don't speak your
language and don't understand your culture. You might find
that country not as clean as Singapore, the food sucks, no chinese
tv or radio programme, nobody to speak singlish to, no newspaper or
any print you can read and those in english are selling at high
prices, etc etc. I would say, congratulations to you! You are
in for the next level of sophistication.
You are exposed to a different culture, you will learn to like
new food, you will learn a different language and you will make
friends of different backgrounds. There are lots of places to
go on weekends, unlike Singapore. Enjoy the cool mountains,
clean beaches with wave you can surf, breath-taking scenary you can
only see in magazines in Singapore. There are lots more you
will encounter and benefits. You bring an air of difference
to a new place, everyone is curious about you and treat you nicer
compared to their fellow countryman. You are exposed to new
opportunities that you can capitalized with your cross-border
network and connections.
And a whole new world is waiting for you. Aren't these
worth going after for a little bit of discomfort initially?
Anyway we are trained to be exported, with our command of two most
important languages in the world. Have you ever wonder why we
studied Simplified Chinese instead of Traditional Chinese like in
Hong Kong and Taiwan?