Coolkidsrock2:

The tax part is hard to swallow. When I was schooling, I volunteered at St Vincent's de Paul. The locals pointed out to me certain individuals who chose not to work (and have many kids) so that they can collect (even more) dole. Got to admit that I am not sufficiently big-hearted to share so much of my salary.

sweetiepie:

School standards are far below than spore. Even with individual Learning program arranged by the school, the school basically do not teach just ask the kids to do matheletics and readingeggs educational websites at home. So a lot rely on parents to teach if the kids want to do more rather than just playing.

Coolkidsrock2:

And Blackmores supplements are cheap as well. Is it still those kind of prices mentioned?

Coolkidsrock2:

If stay there now, got to pay tax which is too painful. Not sure if can afford the same lifestyle as here based on net pay.

BeContented:

Would you believe me if I say I kinda understand a little?
My aunt migrated to Australia years ago but she comes back SG & stay in my mom's house 1-2 times a year. Each time 3-6 weeks. Whenever people ask her how is Australia, she will claim 'Good. Better than SG'. But in private, during her chats with my mom, we know the real picture is not as rosy as what she portrays to others..........

sunflower:

I was in Australia (Perth) many years ago for a few years, married with no children at that time. I cooked but not everyday. There were places where you could find reasonably priced food in addition to the typical Fish n Chips, such as Japanese, Italian, French, Chinese, all very authentic, except Chinese food which most modified to suit the ang mo taste. These were mostly take-out places, some with limited seating capacity. I had really authentic and yummy Japanese food, ranging from A$3.50 to A$6, Italian food at about A$9, yummy chicken rice (A$5) and dim sum (A$2 – A$3 per plate) in Chinatown. Even tried French delicacy at their “market” for A$5 (I think, can’t really remember now). Restaurants would definitely cost more, but they did not have service charge and GST, but we gave tips. Come to think of it, it’s quite similar to the cost now if I eat out at restaurants in Singapore.


Went to Melbourne a few years ago for holiday. Found they sell really HUGE sushi near a train station. Bought one row, (for A$5?, can’t remember now but thought it was quite reasonable for THAT size of sushi). Was REALLY full after eating. Hee, hee, I love sushi so if I’m staying there, I can eat that (with different kinds of fillings) everyday. :drool:

I’m not sure whether things have changed and whether prices have gone up, but I guess if we know where to \"dig\" in the suburbs, we may be able to find places that sell “cheaper” food.

sweetiepie:

Isn't this topic abt migration? u mean I cannot share things abt life migrating to Australia. U mean I cannot say what is truth? 1st of all I did not say my neighbor is ang mo. Yes there are a lot of Asian here. my whole building are Chinese mostly from China. It is the support that I do not have like childcare support, emotional support away from friends n family. Lifestyles changes, lower education std..Let's face it, these are somethings we all have to face when migrating. Unless your quality of life still stay the same in both countries.

Abt cooking, if the cost of living is not high and foods here are not expensive who would want to cook every day in Australia. Unless u are well off, spending that type of money is ok. But even my friend who is single and holds a decent job here are bringing food from home to office everyday. U see a lot of working people doing that as well. This is part of the culture here.

I will not go round telling my friends, family or relative abt how bad life is here. Only a few truth friends.will know n my husband. Because nobody knows me in this forum that is why I am willing to share the experience here. Believe or not, only if you truthly experience it, u will know. :drool: :drool:

rains:

If you do read my first post, I was trying to balance the negative experiences of migration with a good experience. I wasn't responding to the misery post about having to cook every day at all.


Whether cooking every meal is misery is subjective. And migration is not just about this. If I want to migrate, this is not the first thing on my mind. So there's no need to keep harping on cooking every day as being miserable. And as I've said, I did take leave last year to be a sahm. I enjoyed every minute of it. To me, that's a luxury that I can't afford to have. But I'm not complaining that I've to work.

By 'negative feedback' in my first post, I was referring to comments about having to be treated as 2nd class citizen and no one to be friends with when your neighbors are Ang mohs. I was just offering an alternative view that it may not be true since Australia has a large community of Chinese or Asians.

When you are considering migration, would you be stopped by the need to cook every day'?

I wasn't responding to sweetiepie's miserable struggles with her problems. I saw that the topic was 'to migrate or not?' and not 'migration misery'. My objective was to offer a alternative view about migration ie. good experience versus the many negative views, some of which are probably hearsay.

rains:

sweetiepie:

Before I saw ur latest post, I thought ur wife is so lucky having a luxury life as a sahm. So u are a ftwm. why dun u post this question to this forum? I believe many can answer u how life is as a sahm in spore. Btw, try to bring ur 2 young kids here for months w/o ur husband and no support. Handle everything all by urself include fixing all furnitures. I am not sure if u will still think life is enjoyable with tight budget to spend, having to cook Mon to sun and no job by then.

I must say if u are single or coming here with family, that is fine but having kids with no support is really tough. I really dislike people being so sarcastic over something we share the forum. I have said again there is no right or wrong answer for migration. it is all personal choices.

I don't understand why you are saying that I m sarcastic. I am merely sharing a friend's good experience about migration. Why so hostile? And I never said that it's good life to be without support. I hope you read my post carefully to realise that I was talking about a friend who migrated to Melbourne with her family. If yours have been miserable, that's none of my business.

Subsequently, someone picked out my comment about having to cook every meal and I was solely talking about that. Why take it so negatively?

I never said that it was right or wrong to migrate. I really dislike people putting words in my mouth and start accusing me of things I did not say or mean.

And I do not have any question at all.

sweetiepie:

Before I saw ur latest post, I thought ur wife is so lucky having a luxury life as a sahm. So u are a ftwm. why dun u post this question to this forum? I believe many can answer u how life is as a sahm in spore. Btw, try to bring ur 2 young kids here for months w/o ur husband and no support. Handle everything all by urself include fixing all furnitures. I am not sure if u will still think life is enjoyable with tight budget to spend, having to cook Mon to sun and no job by then.

I must say if u are single or coming here with family, that is fine but having kids with no support is really tough. I really dislike people being so sarcastic over something we share the forum. I have said again there is no right or wrong answer for migration. it is all personal choices.

BeContented:

rains:

I can't help but sometimes wonder if negative feedback on migration is a propaganda. Read alot about negative experiences about migration but someone I know who has migrated is very happy about it. She doesn't feel like 2nd class citizen at all. In fact, she feels that she's treated way better than being a Singapore citizen.


I'd thought that most women would prefer to be a sahm to spend more time with their kids - something that's almost a luxury in Singapore. What's so bad about having to cook every meal? My kids don't even get to eat homecooked meals.

There's a huge Asian and Chinese population in Australia so my ex-colleague doesn't feel she's surrounded by Ang mohs.

I told my kid that I am not likely to be able to migrate so she has to. She said,\"It's on my bucket list!\"

perhaps if ever u have the chance to continuously cook everyday for 2-3 months, you can share with us if it's bad or not.
For me, it really became such a chore :sick: that I am only cooking 2-3 dinners a week these days. I sure love our hawker centers & foodcourts & zhichar stalls.

rains:

I can't help but sometimes wonder if negative feedback on migration is a propaganda. Read alot about negative experiences about migration but someone I know who has migrated is very happy about it. She doesn't feel like 2nd class citizen at all. In fact, she feels that she's treated way better than being a Singapore citizen.


I'd thought that most women would prefer to be a sahm to spend more time with their kids - something that's almost a luxury in Singapore. What's so bad about having to cook every meal? My kids don't even get to eat homecooked meals.

There's a huge Asian and Chinese population in Australia so my ex-colleague doesn't feel she's surrounded by Ang mohs.

I told my kid that I am not likely to be able to migrate so she has to. She said,\"It's on my bucket list!\"