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Dear fellow Forummembers, Never in a million years could I have imagined the response on my thread "A Caucasian Singaporean?" that took a jump here for some reason! I thank you all for your thoughts and your input, but there is two contributors that stand out in the crowd - namely WIMH and SMS. Of a...

My experience is different from yours, mate. I've been living in Asia before, and I've not encountered what you describe. Maybe because I've never labeled myself expat, and never will.
Flawed? Well, say/think what you will. I'm off the subject.

OK, Plavt. I think much of this has to do with how much you're willing to adapt and leave a lot of your Western ways behind. This is challenging for many people, but if you're willing to socialize with locals on their level, much is won. I'm actually not concerned about me being viewed as an outside...

Hey guys,
Thanks for your input. I really appreciate all your opinions, even the more critical ones, even if some people have chosen to face me with their opinions on another, unrelated thread.
I promise to return with threads related to this field later.

I happily second that.

As said, Sg: I'm growing just a little bit tired of your style. Like I told you, there's more to it than that, but you only show how unnecessary it is even to try to explain. :( You're entitled an opinion, but please don't try to show it down other people's throats. If you gotta problem with my opin...

Who says I want it in my neck...???

That's right, Amber Lee...My preciousssssss.....

Thanks for your kind words, WIMH! By the way, I'm a big fan .
With a little luck, I'll be there in the fall or 2009 the latest, as I gotta organize my family's move as well.

If Obama wins, it'll be entirely thanks to ObamaGirl. I dig her assets...

Paranoid propaganda. Political power and secret networks have alwys been intimidating to people, but in reality this piece of junk represents the folklore of our times. "The people flying those planes were not terrorists blahblahblah, maybe it even was the US government yadayadayada...." C'mon guys,...

Sg: Quite obviously, you are not a big fan of Singapore, so I guess it is futile to try to explain why it's going to be my future home, isn't it? Your opinionated style of getting your point through [-X does not help much either, as a. I am more familiar with Singapore and the Singaporean society th...

Ozchick, I don't think this has so much to do with you being de-sensitized than today's filmmaker's inaptitude to grip their audience. Harrowing, realistic violence by itself, even if neatly packed into poetic camerawork and strings, is not enough. :( I hope that the future will bring more bold film...

Jpatokal: chances are that this kind of movement goes much faster in Eastern Europe, where Communism has left the people longing for something else. For them, EU seems to be the way out. The rest of Europe is hardly united, as the British actually would like EU to go back and just be the old EC, the...

Cutie, Jpatokal: You seem to know where I'm coming from wanting to leave. :D The systems in both countries used to work much better, when you could really count on getting a pension to begin with. :cry: Nowadays, you have to save in order for you to have a pension you can actually live on. The cold,...