Os-Tril-Ya

As someone who is brought up in a built-up, fast-paced, results-oriented society such as Singapore, it is not everyday you got to live life... in fact hardly.

That's why Perth was such an eye-opening trip for me. My goodness, it's such a beautiful place. Once I'm done with NS, my plan is to piss off from here to settle there. Might not seem very patriotic, but then again, it's declared in Singapore's shared values that "No one owes Singapore a living". Heck yeah... Too bad there's National Service to serve, otherwise I'll be long gone.

Anyway, you know the phrase "The grass is greener on the other side"? Well, it's literally like that... and more. The sky is bluer, the lifestyle there is way better (and by better I mean more meaningful), the prices of cars and houses are lower (not the case with food though!), the air is fresher, the people are MUCH friendlier and yes, my gosh-darned sinus condition is practically non-existant throughout the ENTIRE trip, contrary to the fact that it's a colder place!

I have my peeves about there though. It's REALLY dry and most showers aren't detachable so I couldn't spray my butthole clean, but I guess that's pretty minor considering all the advantages.

Someone once told me that he'd rather live in Singapore as a first-class citizen than a second-class citizen there. After experiencing it, I'd say that even as a "second-class citizen" over there, I feel being treated better. But then again, I never really believed in the caste system.