End of Overseas Stint

Four years of overseas posting came to an end in July this year.

It had been a good and happy experience overall. What I love most about working overseas is the freedom I enjoyed - the freedom to do what and go where I wanted after work. Living alone with little of life's commitment was just great. I have to admit, though, it sometimes got tough when I felt lonely and bored. Thankfully, I am one who is able to get over boredom rather quickly.

I thank my blessing stars that I was healthy and had rarelly fallen ill in the last four years. To be down alone in a foreign country would not be something I would have loved to experience.

I thank my staff for making my overseas stay enjoyable. Some of them are now my good friends. I had learned a lot from them. Their fight for equal treatment, their cheerfulness and optimism in outlook and their fight for their loved ones had broadened my views on life.

The four years of experience, though short, is something that cannot be bought with money. I am glad I took this path.