@gold_and_water You walked into their trap, itโs not about being thorough itโs about seeing how much they can squeeze you. Iโll bet you just let the agent roam your place at will. You have to make it a hostile and uncomfortable experience, question everything they say. It makes a difference.
@LeadingReport Whatโs even crazier is that roughly 30% of jobs created were in government, which in theory is going to U.S. citizens. So that means roughly 1 out of 5 jobs created since 2007 was a private sector job for an American citizen. Mind blowing ๐คฏ
@anarch97@ndboulton@BowTiedPassport But in HK local kids can actually attend international schools and many do, in SG itโs not really an option. Dubai kids can too, but there are so few of them compared to foreign population itโs probably somewhere between SG and HK.
@ndboulton@BowTiedPassport Itโs a really hard accent to fake. Honesty I could fake a Chinese accent easier than this, my guess is his accent adapts to his audience but he does it mostly subconsciously.
@ndboulton@BowTiedPassport Whatโs unique about SG compared to say HK or even Dubai to some degree is that the local and expat ecosystems are completely segregated - schools, housing, activities, etc. So you end up with different accents on a tiny island. What kids hear at home also makes a huge difference.
@CaitLady1984@BowTiedPassport My guess is he can modulate his accent somewhat for his audience, so I wouldnโt say heโs faking it but when he talks to his grandmother in the U.S. he probably sounds different ๐
@BowTiedPassport Nah it was pretty legit, you can see from the picture he went to a local public school so thatโs where he picked it up. 99% of white kids here attend international schools, so the accents are more global. My kids have been here for 6 years but youโd think they live in the USA.