Maybe I shoudl give everybody my experience.
I am a Singaporean by birth. Did my NS. After NS, went overseas, since I can't get into NUS. Did my education overseas. Got back to singapore, after graduation for holidays. MNC company offered me a job, while I had my papers for premanent residence submitted to the country I studied in.
While in the company, I got my permanent residence of the new country (i.e. where I studied). Another company pick me up as an expat.....they call it a foreign talent!...Got a condominium, a nice car and increase in pay of almost 500%. I join the expat group in the company. They never knew I was a local and nobody in the company knew I was local. All the expats were hopeless,...all of them very afraid of me...because I knew what I was doing.
There were several foreign talent in my office from India.......hopeless. I had a PhD guy who could not do any simple stuff......I almost fired him! GM kept him and he was allowed to be in my team.
Nevertheless, the old saying goes...you can't beat them ...join them. It was wonderful that I was an expat, but it was sad to see the locals doing all the dirty work and making little money. The expat did nothing, and made all the good money.
Aftr my contract in the company, I had several offers... but decided to leave Singapore. Today, I am in my new country with my own company..making more than I could in SIngapore....evern being in Singapore... as an expat. Thus, I agree that all the expats in Singapore are rejects from their country and nobody wants to be in SIngapore.
ASk yourself the question....Why will an expat leave all his friends and family in his country and come to Singapore when he is good in his country. I like to challenge even the anymohs in my country to anything...and they hate me because I am an Asian with their education (i.e. proofing to be as good as them or better) and I am better than them in their country.
Lastly. the moral of the story is.....since they come to your country...you go to their country and do better than them.......than you realize ...the expats in singapore are either rejects or loosers from their country.
Anyway......hope this enlightens several people.
Adios Amigoes!