She was born in Malaysia and got Singaporean Citizenship later on.
But everytime she sees the swearing in ceremony for new citizens, she gets upset.
Why huh?
She assumes the government "anyhow award citizenship and P.R."
A close Indonesian friend of ours who has double Masters and worked as an Engineer in Motorola then, didn't get his P.R. till many many years later.
A technician's PRC wife had to return to China to get her passport chopped and come back every few months because similarly, she wasn't granted citizenship till much much later.
I don't know about now. Maybe the government does "anyhow" award citizenship. SHE got her citizenship without a degree, not as a Skilled Worker, didn't serve N.S. Also don't know how she became Singaporean (To begin with, I'm not interested. If I do find out, it's for the sake of an argument)
In fact, she seems to have forgotten where she started from.
What an irony.
I don't enjoy the currently overpopulated tiny island that we live in, but I believe in Live and Let Live. I am thankful for the grace and hospitality shown to us by friends in Tucson though we were "aliens". Unless any individual come across as unreasonable (anyone from any country can be unreasonable), I don't see why one has to be so offensive...
So, what makes her deserve citizenship more than these new citizens?
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