I don't know why I'm writing this. Maybe life suddenly sets me thinking...

Was just wondering about why Singaporeans love migrating to other countries when our little red dot is so vibrant and awesome (in my POV). Why pple say they love Singapore and yet move to somewhere across the globe.

It's too fast paced here. You start early, going through 6 years of compulsory education, and although the nxt few years are not neccessary, you make it a "must" to move up cause it's what defines who you really are cause others will look at you and criticise you for being uneducated. Then you fight for a place in university, because that's what everyone does, you're just keeping up with them. You want to be able to hold a conversation with them, not being one who gets left out on every topic that's being discussed. Cause the truth is, what pple look at, is your level of education, no matter how hard you try to deny.

Then you move on to your most important and stressful, and unfortunately, the largest portion of your life, work. Yet again, education is involved. Your qualification's what matters most. W/o it, your colleagues and employers look down on you, and every single thing you do spites them. When you head home, you head to bed thinking that everything that happened today will happen again tmr. It's a vicious cycle.

Life is like that. What you decide to do has it's consequences and often, you're either not in the right position to make things right, or you don't have the ability to do so.

And probably cause of the people around. It's tiring having to keep up with appearances. It's tiring to put a smile on your face when you so obviously dislike that person and act like you're okay being around them. It's like how comedians are expected to make you laugh, even when they're not obliged to do so. It gets stressful and overtime, you lost interest in it, and ultimately give up.

So if one day I'm tired of life here, I'll pack my bags, pen a few letters, and head to somewhere not like this stressful country. Maybe somewhere with more greenery and lesser pple. I already have that place in mind, it's beautiful and quiet :) But I don't think I'll stay there forever, I might come back someday cause I'll still miss Singapore a lot.