This may seem like a rant but it’s what I m feeling rn so bear with me for awhile. Ever since young, we have been sacrificing our childhood years to compete in this education rat race, with neverending stress from parents to study 24/7 just to get to a good school, university just to work 9-5 jobs earning measlesy 2k-3k+ in a work culture where u have to work almost everyday even during the weekends, depending on if u have calls from your bosses. Also during leaves and weekends u have to be available to contact 247 for work when it’s the time for u to be resting..
Since SG is too expensive and since we are small, there isn’t much for leisure activities unless u travel. Which isn’t really that cheap depending on where u want to go. I kinda envy those that have broke out of the cycle, enjoying many vacations, able to speak up at workplace to the bosses when u disagree without any consequences. Coz u if u speak up here, then eyes will starts staring at u, which makes u think u did something wrong.
Also, groupthink is a norm and collectivism is apparent.
Where we have to work till we die just to be able to afford a million dollars flat which is not really that big compared to the price we r paying. Such value can get us a bungalow in Malaysia or Thailand with a car and u can even have some left over.
Everyone here have become too robotic and have lost ourselves chasing materialistic things which isn’t really that much to be honest.
SG is a good country, it’s safe and can be very enjoyable if u are rich. But for common folks like me, I don’t really see a point of living here just doing the same thing over and over agn just to work at Hawker centres when I am old and continue working till death.
I agree that SG is super safe and no other countries can match it but what’s the point of being too safe when our mental health are suffering and we are becoming souless. And other countries are pretty safe as well. Not as safe as SG but are still safe. I went to Thailand, Malaysia and Germany and London. Never been mugged. U just have to hang out with the right people and go to the right places.
Netizens’ comments
- Life within SG can be quite restrictive but we make do with what we have. There are many small natural amenities and public initiatives that you could slowly visit. Little Guilin, horse stable at Pasir Ris, Kranji wetland etc. safra, hometeam, CCs, public pools at every corner. You don’t get this at Malaysia or Thailand.
If you’re a Uni grad and you got to work over weekends, you’re definitely getting more than $2-3k. If not you’re at the wrong place or wrong career path. Evaluate yourself rather than blaming everything else.
If you’re 35, you can get a 2 bed resale under $400,000, or 1 bed private under $650,000. Buy what you can afford. No need to aim million dollar house.
Traveling from Singapore can be cheaper and convenient. You don’t need a visa most of the time.
And really if you say Malaysia is safe it just shows that you haven’t really experience Malaysia. - My favourite activities are free actually, well almost free. Mainly just sleep, Run, Gym, And go out to meet friends.
You sound so jaded though, are you a young graduate? hang in there! because I think, in future life will get better - I’m sorry you feel this way. Probably you have feel that you’ve been railroaded growing up and now that you have “arrived”, it’s not the promised land you were led to believe. The only advice i can give is to take charge of your own destiny and forge a path to change your circumstances. If you decide not to, you need to own that decision too.
The most costly and bitter price to pay in life is that of regret.