yeah, i hate australia being not australia enough. just need to make one here.
I hate australia for not having appropriate job here, so i just need to make one then.

my wife still cannot get over the idea of being jobless if she's in Australia

oh well... let's see how it goes later when she joins me

Haha some girls abit insecure. They dont feel that comfortable depending on their hubby.

Not insecure lah. Just that it's never easy having to depend on someone for income when you're so used to working for 20 odd years or so. Male or female, it's the same feeling around.

Personally I never want to be a stay at home person. I would rather work. Partially cause I'd feel like my brain is rotting and my education was wasted.

But that's just me lah. Some people are very happy to though, and that's quite admirable 'cause I know I just cannot do it.

well you never know when ppl have too much free time on their hands, might be an entrepreneur

Haha, yes that's very true!

i can totally understand her feeling... its like self made redundancy, not a good feeling

I'm quite happy that my partner chose to come over here, leaving her job behind and started working as something different over here. Not the best job but happy that she s willing to adapt to the changes.

good for you
my wife already accepted the fact of leaving, actually we didn't thought it will be so soon...
but since i already found a job, it should be a lot better than going there and search for one later on...

Good la. One couple shud have the same goals. Can be quite stressful and sad when.both partners want different things .

Good luck dude. Hopefully u love australia

From what I observed, the Australian (Asian) tried hard to move out from Australia (due to greater opportunities out there). What the parent thought "good" for the kids may not be necessarily true. Most of my friends' kids chose London or States for their study/career. One of my cousins (Australian Chinese) is now in KL and another in Dublin, leaving behind my uncle & aunty in Sydney.

Hot trend now: Bangla etc --> Malaysia --> Singapore --> Australia --> UK/US

This post has been edited by z21j: Nov 2 2016, 12:42 PM

Well you re not wrong in that sense, the 2nd gen tend to behave very Aussie like and does not have the competitive edge such as us who started thriving from Malaysia. In my company, the Asians working here are really migrants with just 1 or 2 abc while the rest are local local Australian.

Then again it's just my point of view.

Also having Australian passports enables greater opportunities to those listed above.

I experienced greater work-life balance in Singapore + Higher disposable income + don't need to knee down for career progression purpose. Last time when I hold junior mngt position in SG firm, I can actually decide on my own in term of what time to go home @ meet my friends/family. My office to home literally < 30 minutes of travelling time (peak period maybe up to 1 hr max). Lunch hour can meet up clients/ colleagues etc..

In Aus, I woke up at 5am, travel to CBD by public transport takes about 1 hour ++ (non peak hour, bus+train, lower frequency). I don't drive to CBD to avoid traffic jam in the evening and save for paying parking fee (very expensive, can be up to $80 per day). I end my work at 5pm but reach home at about 7pm due to various reasons. Lunch hour, eat in front of computer/laptop. No bonding with colleagues. The only bonding activities with colleagues would be the drinking session on every Friday.

I'm in the finance and investment industry. Say I have "x" amount of workloads; I still need to "rush" and complete the works during working hours, whereas in Sg, I can take my time to complete them (although I may need to overtime, but I'm not so mentally stress to "rush" them). When I rush for the analysis/report, I tend to make mistake(s) and during presentation, it doesn't look good. Yes, I'm "busier" here as compare to when I was in Sg. The only good thing is that I can spend quality time with friend/family during weekend/public holiday, just like yesterday I went for hiking with friends. But yes, it's not good enough. I'm pressure during the weekdays for rushing the works (and I just took lunch like 30 minutes ago @ 4pm here). Too busy until I forget the lunch hr. Well, I got to continue working now.

This post has been edited by z21j: Nov 2 2016, 01:38 PM

are they single or married?

interesting... thanks for sharing your experience... i'll be there next month to find out what's installed for me
driving in melbourne CBD is a pain, i'll never do that ever again!

Which sub-urb will you be staying? Since you decided to come over, you must take this opportunity positively.

just curious, anyone sponsored their relative into Australia before? e.g. brother, niece, etc cos i am only able to find, partner/spouse, child, older relatives and parents... not much info for others, like younger relatives... do they have to apply themselves and add me as sponsor for additional points?

Cousin that went KL = Engaged, and the one who went over Dublin = single.

i'll be temporarily staying in Heathmont and will look for a proper rental property around Ringwood, hopefully walking distance to Eastland
train from Ringwood station to CBD seems a reasonable around 50mins

i have to be positive else my wife and son won't get to come over

Yup, this area quite ok. I've a client at Kilsyth and always passby Ringwood. I think yes around 40min to Flinder St station.