Comments on: You never know until you’ve reached the other side

By: Alvin Lim

Alvin Lim — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:45:08 +0000

@gapnap
mmmm i think he’s more likely to be the slave driver ler

By: gapnap

gapnap — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:00:44 +0000

eh later Damien goes UK and become slave how
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By: Alvin Lim

Alvin Lim — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:38:30 +0000

@Damien Tan
I think not only them, I’ve seen a lot of people who always think European countries are better than Asian countries. So they sold all their stuff here and migrated over, only to find that those countries are not so nice after all.

But seriously, if you’ve never gone over there, you will never know whether it’s shit or candy. So what one needs to do is to plan accordingly so that when one really goes over to the other side, he can still return to where he came from if things don’t go well. And that is what this post is all about.

By: Damien Tan

Damien Tan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:05:08 +0000

“You never know until you’ve reached the other side”

I can relate to this from the Chinese immigrant scene in America. Many of them, especially those from rural China, come expecting a land of milk and honey where money is just there for the taking and people would hold hands and kiss around every corner. Its not that they didn’t do research. They do – all of it from Hollywood movies & tv shows. What they can’t figure out they filled with lots of wild imagination.

And then when they reach America, wham! They work like slaves and are paid like slaves, they kiss round the corner and get hauled up by the cops for public indecency. Some end up hiding in basements for years, terrified they’ll get busted for illegal immigration.

That’s when they finally understand that the greener grass on the other side is sometimes made of plastic.

By: Alvin Lim

Alvin Lim — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:23:20 +0000

@gapnap
Yeap, when i say “try to go over to the other side”, i do mean think or do some research before you jump over especially if the other side requires money or investment. once you are pretty sure it’s a good option, then just do it.

As for your friend, I’m sure he’s not alone and I’m sure many people have told him not to go into those ventures. Yet he persisted. This happened to some of my friends also. They just wouldn’t listen to anyone. But after they went in, lost so much of money, then only they realized that it’s just not going to work.

And the last part would be for them to call it quit, and go back to where they came from and start all over again.

By: gapnap

gapnap — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:46:15 +0000

I’ve got a friend , who wants to make alot of money . He has this “I will try anything” attitude .

He went from Insurance , MLM , football betting , Forex , Buying Shares , Investing in small businesses …

All of it didn’t turn out well , and he calculated he has wasted almost RM100,000 and 4 years of his lifetime .

I think it is okay to try , but we have to determine what do we really want , before trying .
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