A dream that he worked towards. An identity she can't lay aside. A 'natural' progression. Three Singaporeans tell CNA why they chose the little red dot.
SINGAPORE: From speaking Singlish and loving food to ordering kopi like a local, what does it mean to be Singaporean?After completing junior college in Singapore, Mrs Marcella Teo, now 28, moved to Australia, took a gap year, then started her undergraduate studies in Perth.
“I think I understood that only when I got to the point where I realised, I would never give up my Singapore citizenship,” said Mrs Teo, who works as a speech pathologist.. But when she visited her family in Australia, she was introduced as a “Singaporean cousin”. When she was in Australia, she would be on the lookout for chai tow kway, or fried carrot cake, even though she knew it was not as good as what she could get in Singapore.On National Day, she still makes an effort to wear red and white, and listen to old National Day songs on YouTube.I am Singaporean and it would feel weird to me to say I’m not, or I’m no longerWhen Ms Jessica Zhuang, 36, had to give up her Chinese citizenship, she did not struggle emotionally.
“My family, house and job are all in Singapore. I don’t plan to leave. Becoming a citizen was a very natural thing,” said Ms Zhuang, who works as a research fellow at the National University of Singapore. She got married in Singapore and has an eight-year-old daughter.Ms Zhuang moved here when she was 18 and completed her undergraduate studies atI found it quite magical, because National Day in China is a serious occasion with military displays, and the emcees are solemn,” she said.
Senthil did not set foot into a Housing and Development Board flat in his first seven years of living here.But Mr Senthil had a dream – he wanted to have his own flat one day. When he shopped at wet markets, he would look at the blocks of flats around him, wondering what they looked like inside and dreaming of a future that seemed impossible.
Now 48 and a director of an electrical engineering company, Mr Senthil said Singaporeans have been kind to him and his family.
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