From the Doc's posting, i can easily conclude that Doc was one very disgruntled doctor when he was in Singapore. That could also be the very reason he decided to migrate to somewhere else. i can also imagine that when Doc was growing up , mummy and daddy must have been constantly telling Doc " boy ah boy, must study hard okay be a doctor ,earn big money, buy big house for daddy and mummy to live in okay"...So Doc as an obedient child, spent all his childhood doing the ten year series diligently, memorizing and regurgitating the content of any subject required to get him the best possible results to get in med school.
In med school Doc did likewise memorising and regurgitating medical terms and the workings inside the human body..and Doc eventually graduated and became a full fledged GP after some internship.
As s newly minted GP Doc thought life would be sweet , money would start rolling in in no time. Not knowing that times had changed, unlike the old days money was really falling from the skies, now Doc had to compete with so many clinics mushrooming in the neighborhood...also Doc had to contend with the ever inquisitive patients..and patients that seemed to ask more questions that he could answer..with the advent of internet , more patients trooped in with their new found knowledge and research culled from the internet...and Doc found it too much to bear coz on one hand he needed the business and on the hand he found that he was not respected as Doc being bombarded by "silly" questions from patient..
everyday Doc had to drag himself to work and the pressure was too much for him, sleepless nights were a constant occurrence..and finally the last straw came, only Doc knew what it was, he said fuck it i am quiting. hence the long arduos journey of migration he has told many here.
and Doc has found the greener pasture being a doc in Canada treating a respectful bunch of patients,most likely some old angmo folks or Asian immigrants who always have a healthy respect to noh koon regardless of their skills.
It may not have been a loss to Singapore as a disgrntled Doc may do more harm than good to the people in Sinkieland