{"id":14,"date":"2017-10-02T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T01:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingabroad.site\/en\/?p=14"},"modified":"2023-05-14T14:44:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T05:44:22","slug":"shoko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingabroad.site\/en\/shoko\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressing myself more: Shoko(Tokyo>Singapore)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14\" class=\"elementor elementor-14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-327afee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"327afee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4081e2e\" data-id=\"4081e2e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d299c6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d299c6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.2 - 11-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Shoko relocated herself to Singapore<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base);\">&nbsp;looking for an international environment and a culture of diversity.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base);\">\u201cInitially I thought this would be a waypoint for my future life living in different countries\u201d. A photograph behind her shows her husband, recently married in Singapore.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base);\">Profile<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Name: Shoko&nbsp;&nbsp; Age: 30<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Shoko was born in Nagano prefecture in Japan. While attending Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, she spent 1 year in Delhi, India, for an internship program. She has been working at an IT company and recently offered to be transferred to the Singapore office and moved there in January of 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: clamp(2.719rem, 2.719rem + (1vw - 0.48rem) * 1.742, 3.625rem); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base);\">Have to make it happen before tuning 30<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;I remember you were thinking about moving abroad for a while, and made it come true. What was the trigger to make you move into action?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>I always wanted to live abroad, since I was a student. Then when I turned 28 I panicked, thinking that \u201cOh, living like this, I might end up being in Japan for good\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Having a stable job, if I had wanted to, I could have continued my life in Tokyo as it was. I had other plans, \u201cthis is not the life I dreamed about.\u201d That\u2019s when I resolved to move abroad before I turn 30 no matter what. I was gripped by a feeling like, \u201cnow is the only chance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mugikomuraoka.jp\/projects\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/image2-e1506346341388.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"558\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Super Trees in Gardens by the bay<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h1>International and diverse<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;What was your expectation for living abroad?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko:<\/b> Firstly, I wanted to work in an environment that is international and diverse. I was longing to put myself into a world that I didn\u2019t know. A place where there are people with various backgrounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">As for how I picked Singapore; I thought it would be the best if I were transferred abroad inside the company I have been working for.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Therefore the only option was Singapore. That, you could say, is why I chose this country, haha. Though it has been exactly what I expected, working with people with many different backgrounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mugikomuraoka.jp\/projects\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/image5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"424\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Restaurants along side the river in Boar Quey<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;Is the atmosphere different in the office in Singapore, even if it is the same company?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>Very much. In the Japanese office, there were only Japanese employees, whereas here there are people from many different countries. India, Australia, China, Vietnam, America&#8230; really diverse. Also among the Singaporeans, there are some who immigrated while in university then acquired permanent residency and citizenship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">It is much more international than in Tokyo. If I remember correctly, 25 to 30 percent of the population here are foreigners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-Is the work style different there?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>I have the impression that people don\u2019t push themselves to work too hard. My company is originally from the States, so I think the business culture here is more or less American.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Though some people don\u2019t work beyond expectations unless they are asked to do so. People don\u2019t work outside the boundaries of what their tasks are. That creates good work-life balance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">In Japan, there was always a consciousness to take it one step further, to make it better. Here people do not do that, if it\u2019s not exactly what their tasks are. From a Japanese sense of value, people may find it not good enough like, \u201cIs it really okay like this?\u201d Though it is an efficient way because the boundary is made clear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Dating and marriage in Singapore<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;How do you meet people outside office?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>Meet ups are really popular in Singapore. There are a variety of groups, such as photography and bouldering, which one can join. I took part in some when I first came here.&nbsp;Recently I got married to my husband, whom I met at one of the meet ups for bouldering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base);\">There are many locals who participate in meet ups. To me, a lot of Singaporeans are active and diligent, always trying something new, developing themselves.<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mugikomuraoka.jp\/projects\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;How is the dating situation in Singapore? How do people meet?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko:<\/b> Local people around me it seems often get married with someone they meet in university, after dating for a long time. I don\u2019t hear much about workplace relationships. There are also many who use online dating apps like Tinder as well.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Also, the government runs a match making website. It was a surprise for me to find out that the government is involved in that area. Also I hear that many women now are career\u2014oriented or that many of them are not marriage oriented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base);\">People here like to work or need work to live, so I think there are few women who wish to become full time homemakers. In fact I don\u2019t know any except for Japanese women.<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">It is common to have a maid\/helper, so they leave home stuff to them. Also there are people who work shorter hours, and people her would never look coldly at it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h1>Things that don\u2019t occur in the mind if in Japan<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;Have you been in touch with the Japanese community in Singapore?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>Not at all. I do hang out with Japanese friends but I am not a member of The Japanese Association.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-There is such a thing as \u201ca member of the Japanese Association\u201d?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>Yeah, the joining fee is about 1,000.00SGD (approx. 750.00USD). They have a variety of activities and clubs like badminton. So I was a bit interested initially but, the joining fee was so expensive that I decided not to join, haha.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The Japanese community here is huge; there are about 40,000 Japanese living in Singapore. Many stay only inside the Japanese community. People from other countries say to me sometimes that, \u201cJapanese only hang out with Japanese.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;Do you think you have changed after moving to Singapore?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>Yes, now I feel like I have to express myself more. Over here people are very assertive, so I need to say what I want and what I don\u2019t want more clearly. I had this exact same feeling when I was in India as well. This is something that would never occur to me if I were in Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">People state things clearly, both in work and private conversations. As there are people with various cultural backgrounds, I believe this culture has grown to encourage you to assert your opinion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mugikomuraoka.jp\/projects\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/singapore-2706849_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"> <span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Business district in Singapore<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>There are some aspects that I can\u2019t do well yet though. That said I think the way I work has changed. My job is sales and I make phone calls to potential customers. Here in Singapore I talk to them like \u201c Are you going to buy this or not?\u201d hahaha. So straightforward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Of course we support customers during the evaluation process, but when it is clear that they don\u2019t want it, it is a waste of time for both parties, so I say \u201cWe have information online, please refer to it first. Let me know when you are ready to buy. Goodbye.\u201d That\u2019s it. It is efficient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h1>Getting familiar with Singlish<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-How do you like Singlish?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>It is very different. The accent sounds like Chinese.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Last week the Japanese team was visiting here and we went to have dinner together. At the restaurant everyone thought that the waitress was talking in Chinese. To be honest when I first came here, I thought it was Chinese. I think I have improved my listening pretty well by now though.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">In Singlish, besides those \u201clah\u201d or \u201cloh\u201d at the end of sentences, the grammar is confusing. \u201cShe does\u201d becomes \u201cShe do\u201d, \u201cWhere are you going\u201d becomes \u201c Where you go\u201d, \u201cWhat are you doing\u201d becomes \u201c What you do\u201d. This is because Singapore has been at the center of the business hub of South East Asia for so many years, so the English conversations evolved into easier\/shorter sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;It is not like they teach Singlish at school, right?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko:<\/b> No, they don\u2019t! People use very neat English in work and writing, but it changes in daily conversations. I do speak it sometimes. I am still working on it haha.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>20% of salary goes to fund automatically<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;Is there anything that was different from your expectations?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>Not in particular no but, if I was to venture to say, it feels like there are so many government regulations and not as much freedom as I expected. There are many things that are under control of the government, for better or worse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;Such as?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>Well, the government issues a personal ID for individuals; the ID controls everything. It is almost like the one we have in Japan. Though here it is not only used in administrative institutions, but also in places like the gym. The ID is used to register for most things. It is a super administered society and a very well made one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Another thing is the Central Provident Fund. For Singaporeans and permanent residents, 20% of their salary is automatically saved in the fund every month. The usage of the fund is limited, either to pay for specific medical care or to buy real estate in Singapore.<\/span><\/p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mugikomuraoka.jp\/projects\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/image4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"321\">&nbsp;<br><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Old school shop house and skyscrapers<\/span><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;Then, as long as you don\u2019t have the need for medical care, the only option is to buy real estate?<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>Right. I heard that 95% of Singaporeans purchase real estate in Singapore. It doesn\u2019t have flexibility, as it is compulsory. It is the same for self-employed workers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">It means that it is almost mandatory to buy real estate domestically. So Singaporeans seem to have this idea that they are better off staying inside the country to take care of their loans and such. It gives you a clear path.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br><\/span><\/p><p><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; In the case of irregular part time jobbers?<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>Well, actually there is no such work style as an irregular part time jobber, unless you are a student. No Neet (Not in Education, Employment or Training) either. The employment rate is surprisingly high. Giving that there is no welfare system and the medical fee is high, you must work in some way to survive.<\/span><\/p><h1>Being scolded for drinking water<\/h1><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;This maybe a tiny thing but you are not allowed to chew gum right?<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>That\u2019s right, you are not allowed to bring it in here, for the reason of public hygiene. Also it is prohibited to eat or drink inside a station. There is no vending machine. Once I was scolded for trying to drink some water, haha. Another time I was scolded for trying to take a picture, hahaha.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Also fines are extremely high. If you illegally park a bicycle, I saw the sign the fine is like 500SGD(375.00USD), for a car it is about 1000SGD(750.00USD). So people don\u2019 t really even think about doing bad things. It seems it is functioning very well.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br><\/span><\/p><p><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-I am curious what Singaporeans think about it.<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>They don\u2019t complain or object against it at all. More like, they are very proud of their country, I think. It is safe here. There are many who like to travel overseas, but it seems like they have this idea that \u201cSingapore is the best to live in after all\u201d.<\/span><\/p><p><\/p><h1>Wait, where am I now?<\/h1><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;Has this relocation changed your perception of Tokyo?<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>Tokyo has different cultures in each and every station, which is fun. Even inside Tokyo, like Koenji to Ginza, the atmosphere, the people, all varies. I find it amusing.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Whereas in Singapore, it is almost the same no matter which station you stop by. The design of the city looks similar, wherever you go there are the same shopping malls with the same shops inside. I wonder sometimes, \u201c Wait, where am I now?\u201d I don\u2019t have this sense of like \u201cI\u2019m going to this area for a change of mood\u201d like I do in Tokyo.<\/span><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mugikomuraoka.jp\/projects\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/singapore-1383055_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"> <span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Orchard Road<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;I see. Though it is multi cultural, the city itself sounds more like homogenous.<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>Yeah, I think so. China town and Indian town, they are of course different though. There is not much more difference other than that. It seems like Singaporeans have preferences like \u201cI like the west side\u201d or \u201cI prefer the east\u201d, but to me it is not that different.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">As there is no such thing as traditional Singaporean culture, I feel a bit short on fun in that aspect. The country is 50 years old and young, it started from scratch. I feel the sense of identity for Singaporeans may be different from that of the Japanese to Japan.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Singapore is a country that has developed with the goal to rise economically. So what they think about in general seems to take root in economic growth. This perception is different from what I am familiar with. Everyone seems to have this mindset that \u201c a country is equal to its development.\u201d I heard they study very systematically from when they are little, and it is definitely an academic career based society. Everyone is very conscious that they want to be number one.<\/span><\/p><p><br><\/p><p><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;Would you consider moving to another country again?<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Shoko: <\/b>Going back to Japan could be good though, I do want to move to another different environment again. I came here thinking Singapore is good for work, and initially I thought this would be a waypoint. Like, maybe it would lead to other places if I live for a long time.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Now that I got married here, it is not just about me anymore, it\u2019s also about his job situation as well. So I am not sure yet. 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