Well all the best. I'll bet your wife and you have prepared yourselves mentally for this moment. Probably a good idea to ensure that your daughter is prepared too. This is probably not the easiest age for her to move from anywhere to anywhere especially between 2 places which are quite different.Wd40 wrote: ↑Wed, 03 Jul 2024 5:18 pmActually the very next day, after I made this post, we have decided to call it quits and move back to Bangalore. The date is set to 31st Mar 2025.
The timing is as per my daughter's start of school term for 8th Grade.
The purpose why we came to Singapore has been fulfilled. We have made enough money for us to last in India for our lifetime.
We are unable to get PR in Singapore, so there is no more any reason to stay back here.
We don't want to be in that situation where we dont fit in here and neither do we fit in when we go back to India.
I think there is this perfect time window for us to go back to India now, while our parents are still alive, we can go back and spend time with them. Spend time with our relatives, make some long term permanent friends and set roots there. My daughter is also 13 years old and she can go 5 years of schooling there and she will forget Singapore very soon.
Singapore is like a Dreamland for us, the perfect lalaland, but then it feels like an illusion and not real. It is like we could spend here another 30 years and still it is as if we are stuck in time and haven't achieved anything or havent really lived here. This is because we don't have any connections here, no links no roots, hence no memories.
I can understand that.Wd40 wrote: ↑Wed, 03 Jul 2024 5:18 pmSingapore is like a Dreamland for us, the perfect lalaland, but then it feels like an illusion and not real. It is like we could spend here another 30 years and still it is as if we are stuck in time and haven't achieved anything or havent really lived here. This is because we don't have any connections here, no links no roots, hence no memories.
We still have 9 more months to go, school admissions start only in October for the next year. I plan to put my daughter in a nice International School in India with good facilities compared to the Indian school she goes here which is a 1970s rundown abandoned local primary school. Also we will rent a nicer condominium and have a car & motorcycle Vs HDB and public transport.smoulder wrote: ↑Fri, 05 Jul 2024 8:54 amWell all the best. I'll bet your wife and you have prepared yourselves mentally for this moment. Probably a good idea to ensure that your daughter is prepared too. This is probably not the easiest age for her to move from anywhere to anywhere especially between 2 places which are quite different.Wd40 wrote: ↑Wed, 03 Jul 2024 5:18 pmActually the very next day, after I made this post, we have decided to call it quits and move back to Bangalore. The date is set to 31st Mar 2025.
The timing is as per my daughter's start of school term for 8th Grade.
The purpose why we came to Singapore has been fulfilled. We have made enough money for us to last in India for our lifetime.
We are unable to get PR in Singapore, so there is no more any reason to stay back here.
We don't want to be in that situation where we dont fit in here and neither do we fit in when we go back to India.
I think there is this perfect time window for us to go back to India now, while our parents are still alive, we can go back and spend time with them. Spend time with our relatives, make some long term permanent friends and set roots there. My daughter is also 13 years old and she can go 5 years of schooling there and she will forget Singapore very soon.
Singapore is like a Dreamland for us, the perfect lalaland, but then it feels like an illusion and not real. It is like we could spend here another 30 years and still it is as if we are stuck in time and haven't achieved anything or havent really lived here. This is because we don't have any connections here, no links no roots, hence no memories.
I presume that school admissions at the other end are taken care of? Will you be taking a break when you get there or is it going to be work straight away.
Yea for sure, you can stretch your dollar to get a more luxurious life in India. If you remember the DBS guy who had to give up his PR and return to India over the flag on a t-shirt issue, he blogged about what it's like to move back. He mentioned that it's a good idea to move to a tier 1 city and live in a more upmarket condo. Exactly what you plan to do.Wd40 wrote: ↑Sat, 06 Jul 2024 2:25 pmWe still have 9 more months to go, school admissions start only in October for the next year. I plan to put my daughter in a nice International School in India with good facilities compared to the Indian school she goes here which is a 1970s rundown abandoned local primary school. Also we will rent a nicer condominium and have a car & motorcycle Vs HDB and public transport.smoulder wrote: ↑Fri, 05 Jul 2024 8:54 amWell all the best. I'll bet your wife and you have prepared yourselves mentally for this moment. Probably a good idea to ensure that your daughter is prepared too. This is probably not the easiest age for her to move from anywhere to anywhere especially between 2 places which are quite different.Wd40 wrote: ↑Wed, 03 Jul 2024 5:18 pmActually the very next day, after I made this post, we have decided to call it quits and move back to Bangalore. The date is set to 31st Mar 2025.
The timing is as per my daughter's start of school term for 8th Grade.
The purpose why we came to Singapore has been fulfilled. We have made enough money for us to last in India for our lifetime.
We are unable to get PR in Singapore, so there is no more any reason to stay back here.
We don't want to be in that situation where we dont fit in here and neither do we fit in when we go back to India.
I think there is this perfect time window for us to go back to India now, while our parents are still alive, we can go back and spend time with them. Spend time with our relatives, make some long term permanent friends and set roots there. My daughter is also 13 years old and she can go 5 years of schooling there and she will forget Singapore very soon.
Singapore is like a Dreamland for us, the perfect lalaland, but then it feels like an illusion and not real. It is like we could spend here another 30 years and still it is as if we are stuck in time and haven't achieved anything or havent really lived here. This is because we don't have any connections here, no links no roots, hence no memories.
I presume that school admissions at the other end are taken care of? Will you be taking a break when you get there or is it going to be work straight away.
I have deliberately kept a low key lifestyle in Singapore, because when we go back to India, we want to up it and not go down. In Singapore you have nice public amenities so you don't need to spend for luxury.
In India, public amenities are poor but we can afford to spend on luxury.
Overall I feel both my wife and daughter will love their new lifestyle in India and forget Singapore very soon like in a month or so.
Best part my daughter can have a cat and a dog as pet. So some things which are an unaffordable luxury in Singapore, we can easily afford in India.
I don't plan to work in India, or atleast not immediately. My networth is SGD 1.8 million and I have invested it appropriately, I can withdraw safely enough for all our future expenses without running out of money.
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