University courses

[doodbug]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2056152\" time=\"1642509840\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2056152 time=1642509840 user_id=53606]
My parents sent me to overseas Uni after I did badly for my A levels (too much time spent on BGR, passed promos but forced to drop one subject in JC2, still didnt recover fast enough).

I had a relatively relaxing time in the overseas uni, far more fun than the high-pressure study envt that my peers were experiencing in NUS. Scored relatively well and got a good job, good starting salary when I graduated.

My brother aced his A levels, got an overseas scholarship to an Ivy League Uni and my parents didnt have to pay a cent for his studies.

We are both living a happy life with jobs that we enjoy & pay well. I dont have any regrets taking a different path from him, but of course I’m eternally grateful to my parents that they made the decision to send me overseas.[/quote]

I can relate to this. I studied overseas, in what is probably considered an above average, but not top university - probably comparable to NUS/NTU.

Many of my Singaporean and Malaysian friends in university - those who were sponsored by their parents, are eternally grateful to their parents. This is because their parents supported them, even though many of them had places in NUS/NTU (our time no SMU and all). Some young people long to see the world, experience something different, or are simply tired/burnt out from the Singapore education system, and would like the option of living overseas for a while.

[phtthp]

But if u go overseas to study, must be able to cook on your own

[zac's mum]

phtthp\" post_id=\"2056156\" time=\"1642510536\" user_id=\"35251:

But if u go overseas to study, must be able to cook on your own

My mum gave me a crash course lol. And after a while, when good friends were made and all, we would take turns to cook dinners for each other, or pot luck each bring a homecooked dish, we learnt from each other that way. Yes even the guys learnt to cook, no sweat.

[MrsKiasu]

For a child go overseas to study…wait they stay there for long term how?


See someone staying alone, the husband passed away and the child settled overseas… actually quite sad.

[zac's mum]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2056160\" time=\"1642511347\" user_id=\"43981:

For a child go overseas to study..wait they stay there for long term how?

See someone staying alone, the husband passed away and the child settled overseas... actually quite sad.

I guess that’s a risk you have to take. For me, I could have stayed on in Oz to find a job + get PR there (some of my friends did). But i was suddenly homesick after 4 years there. So i decided to come back.

My parents did say that the added advantage (for them) of my brother getting a scholarship was that he HAD to come back to serve his bond.

[MrsKiasu]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2056164\" time=\"1642512873\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2056164 time=1642512873 user_id=53606]
I guess that’s a risk you have to take. For me, I could have stayed on in Oz to find a job + get PR there (some of my friends did). But i was suddenly homesick after 4 years there. So i decided to come back.

My parents did say that the added advantage (for them) of my brother getting a scholarship was that he HAD to come back to serve his bond.[/quote]

Do you thereafter have the feelings of going back there..as in back for holiday, work or for retirement?

[zac's mum]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2056166\" time=\"1642513551\" user_id=\"43981:

Do you thereafter have the feelings of going back there..as in back for holiday, work or for retirement?

Sure! Went back for a short course for further studies. Did work there part-time (pizza delivery with car; supermarket cashier) during the Uni semester breaks. Didn’t really feel the urge to find a full-time job there after graduation. Been back a handful of times for holiday with DH and DS. Retirement: maybe, see if DS wants to study there in future ba. Nice stress-free relak lifestyle there unlike here.

[MrsKiasu]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2056168\" time=\"1642514139\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2056168 time=1642514139 user_id=53606]
Sure! Went back for a short course for further studies. Did work there part-time (pizza delivery with car; supermarket cashier) during the Uni semester breaks. Didn’t really feel the urge to find a full-time job there after graduation. Been back a handful of times for holiday with DH and DS. Retirement: maybe, see if DS wants to study there in future ba. Nice stress-free relak lifestyle there unlike here.[/quote]

Sounds nice.. one thing I feel we are quite quickly attach to places that we stayed before.. so 'bad' and good.

[sharonkhoo]

phtthp\" post_id=\"2056156\" time=\"1642510536\" user_id=\"35251:

But if u go overseas to study, must be able to cook on your own

If you can get into university, ANY university, it can't be beyond your capability to learn to cook simple meals!

[sharonkhoo]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2056160\" time=\"1642511347\" user_id=\"43981:

For a child go overseas to study..wait they stay there for long term how?

See someone staying alone, the husband passed away and the child settled overseas... actually quite sad.

That's a risk you have to take. But it's not always like that. I studied and lived in the UK 4 times in my life, totalling over 10 yrs, then also in other countries. We still decided to return to Singapore. My daughter just returned from her undergrad overseas, and is happy to live here, at least for now. We didn't set any terms on her going, and we would accept if she decided to live and work overseas.

For all it's \"high-stress\" (and you can always decide to live lower and slower), it's where friends and family are. I also know of, and have relatives, who grow old after emigrating and it can be very lonely.