Why I want to move the whole family to Australia

My dear kids, one day, you might ask me this question. So I guess I'll write down the reasons here before I turn old and forget the real reasons. :)

Life, is about having choices. I didn't have any choice growing up in Singapore. That doesn't mean it's bad. Sometimes, "no choice is good choice" - you just get on with life. True, but sometimes, it's better to have more choices. One of the reasons is also I don't want Didi to go through what I've been through as a man in Singapore - National Service. When I offer this as a reason for moving out of Singapore, many people commented, "NS is good what". But, when I challenged them, "given a choice, do you want to serve NS?", the answer is always a unreserved "no". So yes, I know straightaway that it's the right choice for me, for my family, for my son.

My granddad went to Malaysia from China, and my own dad came down to Singapore from Malaysia in the 1950s. I guess it runs in the family. :)

One day, Tsin and Tsong, if you feel that Papi has made the wrong decision to move you guys to Australia, by all means, look for the place that you feel is best for you and your loved ones (maybe your kids, your spouses, etc.). The best place for you could be Singapore, you know...? Who is to know what's going to happen 20, 30 years from now?

After all, Life, is about Choices, and moving to a new place seems to be a tradition in the Tan family. :)

== Written on a day when Papi is worried that he still hasn't got a job in Australia 3 months after he started his job-search and as a result, is wide awake, although he has been having little sleep the past 3 nights due to work... :(