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hksgmy
post Sep 23 2020, 07:42 AM

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If family is important enough for you to contemplate moving back to Malaysia, then, IMHO, all your other concerns are moot.

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post Sep 23 2020, 10:27 AM

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There's a saying: 好马不吃回头草

You left Malaysia for a reason - better pay, better lifestyle, better weather, whatever. Don't end up missing those reasons when you/should you want to come back for "family" - and don't make "family" the excuse to regret your decision. That's all I'm saying.

Good luck whichever way you decide.


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post Sep 23 2020, 11:35 AM

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QUOTE(abc2005 @ Sep 23 2020, 10:43 AM)
If you don't mind the devalued pay-cheques and increasing intolerance then anything else should not be a problem.
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But increasing intolerance is also happening in the rest of the world, especially towards Asians ... no thanks to COVID-19
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post Sep 23 2020, 12:09 PM

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QUOTE(sunbearau @ Sep 23 2020, 11:54 AM)
So I'm not too sure on the education system in NZ but as someone that moved after primary school to Aus, I would say the public education system in Malaysia is really bad. Had to do a lot of personal catch up after moving.

How old are your kids? Ive known a few people that moved back from Aus with kids and their kids ended up being really miserable as it's a real shock how different the schooling methods are. Not to mention the increased racism your kids would probably have to deal with. People like to harp on about how asians are treated worse in Aus / NZ but its a really different case if you were born / raised there.

I am forever grateful to my parents for deciding to move to Aus and staying on for their kids education. They have moved back to Malaysia now and are enjoying their life with family.
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Wholeheartedly agree. I wasn't born in Australia, but because I embraced the culture & the accent wholeheartedly when I was there, I was neither discriminated nor ever made to feel out of place.
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post Sep 24 2020, 07:31 AM

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My expat neighbour (I’m based in Singapore) used to tell me, he wouldn’t have moved over from the UK if the package wasn’t double what he had been getting. Might be a financial baseline you could peg your decision to.

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