I wanna out

last SG · 2005-10-08T14:01:16+00:00

Singapore You Are Not My Country (For Noora) by Alfian Sa'at Singapore you are not my country. Singapore you are not a country at all. You are surprising Si...

foxwalk SG

I have always known I want to move out of here someday. It's nice here too, but no place for children to grow up in. We are deprived here, and some people are so eager to embrace American culture. Hello, American culture isn't quite the best the emulate.

Anyways, I think I may have found out where I hope to immigrate to (don't know if it's possible to). I will need to find out more. I want a place where I get to experience four distinch seasons, and enjoy winter sports, good laws for workers' rights, uncrowded dinners... I want all of that.

Ok, GCT would have labelled me a quitter, but I don't care.

Fatum SG

Seems like you're looking for an Utopia .......

Rolling Eyes ...........

kops21 SG

Good Luck.... Wink

Rhonda SG

I believe that we all have different needs and dreams, and to label Singaporeans who migrate as 'losers' is really sad.

In fact, those who persevere through the migration process and actually make it happen, definitely are NOT losers! Rolling Eyes It takes a winning attitude to 'make it' in a strange country where you're mostly viewed as a '2nd class' citizen.

Wish you good luck! Wink

stellazio SG

Do what you want,don't care what others say.. Laughing

coffeeortea SG

what culture would you propose to emulate then?

where do you intend to migrate to?

coffeeortea SG

i forgot to add, i think that the best is to not emulate any culture at all, however, take note of the goodness of each culture and then form a hybrid of your own culture. you dont need to influence the whole society, it is merely for your own self, and those who want to adapt to it.

the Bear SG

i am a quitter too... but i have quit and am staying here Wink

i refuse to join the rat race because i am human and i'm not a rat..

if the rest wanna be rats, let them Wink

and this is my home... i feel moving away isn't a solution for we will find new problems elsewhere which leaves us back at the start again...

however, if one day, i do find Mrs Bear, and circumstance make us have to go, i'd do so without a moment's hesitation for then, my place would be beside her Wink

BrUtUs SG

home is where the heart is…

alexkusu SG

I see New Zealand is in your future..

foxwalk SG

No, the place I wanna move to is in Northern Europe, but I don’t know if that’s possible. It’s a country where people are polite, and amazingly humble. A place with 4 distinct seasons.

alexkusu SG

What you want and what is possible maybe different things entirely....

I still see NZ in ur future Mr. Green

foxwalk SG

I am tired of speaking English, and I think I want to move to a country where the main spoken language is not English.. Smile

Why do you see NZ in my future?

I don't think NZ has very distinct 4 seasons... the place where I am talking about has periods in summer when the night is light..

And I don't want to be un a country where they are very politically incorrect, such as UK, US and Australia.. though I did enjoy myself in Uk..

alexkusu SG

nz has 4 seasons. right now would be spring/summer while in canada, would be winter...i think.

what kind of language do you wan to speak? french? italian? spanish?

foxwalk SG

Finnish. Smile

Yup i know the southern hemisphere is the opposite in times of the seasons.

I think it is summer/fall in Canada now, and the opposite in NZ. But I dont know, because I've heard from someone in Finland that the summers are coming later every year there.

alexkusu SG

can you speak finnish? Shocked

i dont know much bout finland....oni knw santa claus n nokia Neutral

foxwalk SG

no but i can learn. i don't think it's difficult; there aren't hard to make sounds like in french or german... besides many finnish people can speak english pretty well.

alexkusu SG

so let me get this straight..u want to move to a place where you dont want to speak english but you cant speak the local language. The locals there however can speak english according to you. So you will probably end up conversing with them mostly in english…which defeats the purpose of you moving to a place where you do not want to speak english. Is that right?

foxwalk SG

I will learn the language before i get there. don't wory.

alexkusu SG

i wish u luck. just send a nokia n70 down my way if u get there Mr. Green