Woot woot~ the last SETA gathering was ~ i dunno when~ last year? Anyway it has been too long. So it was great to meet up today with long lost secondary school friends~ WY,WP,CL and MF. Through the gossiping sessions i found out tht 80% of those who are still in JB are working in Singapore and about half have already obtained PR status. Some of them are more or less inclined to become a PR as thts the only way they will get their CPF (something like EPF). Talk about brain drain~ with the 2.27 conversion rate it is definitely worth working in Singapore as it is just a causeway away. While some have become accustomed to the traveling, some find it too tiresome and have found places to stay. At S$1500 to rent a flat,the cost of living is definitely high. Yet all in all its worth it~ lots of job opportunities, high pay, safe and clean environment~~yada yada and the list goes on. I dun want to sound unpatriotic but we can certainly take a leaf out of Singapore's book if we want to advance further as a nation. The only grouse that most of my friends have though is how snobbish Singaporeans can be especially towards Malaysian. Oh well u can't win it all.
So we ate lunch at Tang's Tea House (which serves food other than tea as well) in City Square.
Cos MF had just returned the day before from a trip to Guangzhou she brought along momentos for everyone who came~ goody goody~ Ain't it sweet?

Hai~ so gossip for the day is ~ Yang Ching just got married
~ Ee Yean and Wooi Lan are married with children EY(1) WL (2)
~ WP getting married December
~ lots more tht will remain unpublished
Ciao~
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