My Misadventures in Unadventurous Singapore

I seem to have a very eventful life in Singapore. It seems to me that I am being showed around every possible wrong turn in this otherwise boring city.

• What would happen to you if you could not get into the career you've spent many years to build?
• What would happen if your house agent is not truthful?
  What should you do if you lose your work visa on the day before you are to go out to another country for a holiday?
• What would happen if you accidentally lose all your travel documents, certificates and important papers in an MRT train?
• What would happen should your employer forget to renew your work visa?
• What will happen if you become sick in a foreign land?
• What woulld happen if you suddenly find yourself LONELY in a foreign land?

I do not want to bore you with the answers but YES, I do know the answers. I think I found out how life is for a foreigner in Singapore the hard way. I am nonetheless grateful that in all of them, I learned and was not conquered.

I am inclined to believe that, despite the fact that I still do not have a solid plan to go back to the Philipppines for good, Singapore was not very kind to me. However, I also know that all of the experiences I had here has something to do with what is in stored for me.

Now, some good points.

• I have always lived in beautiful houses in Singapore and always with wonderful people.
• I have always been working and have not found myself without money or without work.
• My relationships changed here...it showed me the true status of what part people play in my life - REALLY.
• I find that I have become closer to God here and more free to engage in the different activities of my organization and church.
• I learned to cook, to be careful of my speech in the presence of others and to live with other people apart from family.

I know that there are a lot more... and a lot of mishaps as well... that I just laugh about now. I am one clumsy, thoughtless, careless person...and GOD has been very good to me!