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Do I have any chance?
Do I have any chance?
Hello everybody!
I’m new here and I’m seeking some advice.
I am planning to move to Singapore at the end of 2011/beginning of 2012.
My plan is to just come there and look for a job, since it seems to me that it is impossible to find one from my home country, Italy.
I am 26, hold a m.sc. in international economics, speak Italian, French and English fluently, have 1 year experience in international sales and some experience in translating. I’ve worked 9 months as an intern in Bangkok (government agency + white appliances company).
Do you think there is any chance for me to get any job, or should I review my plan?
Thanks for the constructive advice!
Alex
I’m new here and I’m seeking some advice.
I am planning to move to Singapore at the end of 2011/beginning of 2012.
My plan is to just come there and look for a job, since it seems to me that it is impossible to find one from my home country, Italy.
I am 26, hold a m.sc. in international economics, speak Italian, French and English fluently, have 1 year experience in international sales and some experience in translating. I’ve worked 9 months as an intern in Bangkok (government agency + white appliances company).
Do you think there is any chance for me to get any job, or should I review my plan?
Thanks for the constructive advice!
Alex
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Re: Do I have any chance?
Why not try London? UK is more welcoming to EU citizens and its closer to your home as well?nutz_85 wrote:Hello everybody!
I’m new here and I’m seeking some advice.
I am planning to move to Singapore at the end of 2011/beginning of 2012.
My plan is to just come there and look for a job, since it seems to me that it is impossible to find one from my home country, Italy.
I am 26, hold a m.sc. in international economics, speak Italian, French and English fluently, have 1 year experience in international sales and some experience in translating. I’ve worked 9 months as an intern in Bangkok (government agency + white appliances company).
Do you think there is any chance for me to get any job, or should I review my plan?
Thanks for the constructive advice!
Alex
Dude, this is the same reason I want to move to Singapore too. It's not a matter of money, I just want to change my life radically. But have you been there, have you spent some time there to see do you like the people, the surroundings, their way of life?nutz_85 wrote:Well, the point is that I want to move to Asia and make a big change in my life. London is close, I can still go there in the future!
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Most of all, do you want to be a hated minority? Can you live with that day in and day out? Will you be able to deal with the fact that everyone on this island considers you a rube and a target to be fleeced for all you have if they can get it? If so, bring it on! 

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
Oh yeah, to be perfectly honest with you, I'd love to be treated like that.sundaymorningstaple wrote:Most of all, do you want to be a hated minority? Can you live with that day in and day out? Will you be able to deal with the fact that everyone on this island considers you a rube and a target to be fleeced for all you have if they can get it? If so, bring it on!

Btw, SMS, I love your style.

SMS, you rotten old cynic!!sundaymorningstaple wrote:Most of all, do you want to be a hated minority? Can you live with that day in and day out? Will you be able to deal with the fact that everyone on this island considers you a rube and a target to be fleeced for all you have if they can get it? If so, bring it on!

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29 years here will do that to you......BillyB wrote:SMS, you rotten old cynic!!sundaymorningstaple wrote:Most of all, do you want to be a hated minority? Can you live with that day in and day out? Will you be able to deal with the fact that everyone on this island considers you a rube and a target to be fleeced for all you have if they can get it? If so, bring it on!

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
"big change", "radically"bobypf wrote:Dude, this is the same reason I want to move to Singapore too. It's not a matter of money, I just want to change my life radically. But have you been there, have you spent some time there to see do you like the people, the surroundings, their way of life?nutz_85 wrote:Well, the point is that I want to move to Asia and make a big change in my life. London is close, I can still go there in the future!
are u guys sure? maybe u don't want to move to SG then
what about indonesia? That would be different...
SG it's the safest and easiest place to relocate but the ang mo are still too many if u wanna that CHANGE in life...
IMHO at least
Oh come on, dude. Indonesia is nice to go on vacation but I don't see myself working there. It's a poor country, it's dirty, crime is quite high, the public transport is as bad as in my country... Yeah, you're right that the change would be even more radical, but Singaporean lifestyle is radical enough for me since I live in a poor, dirty and extremely corrupted country. I think it depends on which country you currently live in and what kind of life you're used to.adione wrote:"big change", "radically"bobypf wrote:Dude, this is the same reason I want to move to Singapore too. It's not a matter of money, I just want to change my life radically. But have you been there, have you spent some time there to see do you like the people, the surroundings, their way of life?nutz_85 wrote:Well, the point is that I want to move to Asia and make a big change in my life. London is close, I can still go there in the future!
are u guys sure? maybe u don't want to move to SG then
what about indonesia? That would be different...
SG it's the safest and easiest place to relocate but the ang mo are still too many if u wanna that CHANGE in life...
IMHO at least
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