This is why FT are replacing Singaporeans
The foreigners are hungrier than our locals. Willing to work hard and long hours
The young generation only know how to talk about work life balance and instagram their holidays
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“My wife and I were broke as hell. We ate $2 chicken rice. I remember it was at Woodlands MRT station near Causeway Point, because we went there hundreds of times.”
Out of “nostalgia”, he still drops by the $2 chicken rice joint at Woodlands MRT station occasionally for a meal. “The chicken rice is probably $3 now,” he commented. “Now when I think about it it sounds funny, but back then I didn’t have a choice.
I came here broke as hell. But life will be better when you work hard. Maybe not immediately, but in the long term if you keep going, eventually it will work.”