Pretty typical here I'd say. They treat their people here the same way. Once you have hit a theoretical age, you are put out to pasture whether you are still useful or not. Life is cheap in Asia.
I'd love to have the dog, but as I live in an HDB flat, again, in all their stupidity/wisdom here, like cats, they're not allowed. (The fact that I have a nice park in front of my flat and it's a 2nd story walk-up nevermind).
