i wish i could stay here longer, but it's been an interesting stay, and above all i learnt that this world is so big, and the opportunities are indeed limitless. it sounds so cliche, but us singaporeans like to keep our worldview to singapore, maybe malaysia and australia, but coming to the USA, and interacting with all kinds of people has made me realise that, really, we can access and live in any part of the world, if we put our minds to it. most of us are well-educated, and any country in the world would love to have a singaporean professional.

i've met people who've spent time in india, russia, latin america, south america, mexico, mongolia, south-east asia... the list is endless.

it'll be cool if i knew spanish, i'd be able to communicate with the vast majority in the world, if i had spanish added to my current repotoire of english and chinese.

and i've also found that, across all segments of humanity, our similarities far outweigh our differences. cultures may be different, but the human experience is common to all of our species. hope, pain, love, joy, sadness, loneliness, desire etc. ... every single human being experiences these, regardless of language and background. every human being desires to hear and be heard by someone else, and to communicate his feelings and thoughts. every human being needs to love and be loved in return, to know and be known in return.