today was commented that i still look like a student and having student lifestyle. well... i am wat... dun quite like the tone my fren was using as if it's not a good thing as if i m supposed to be a grown up but still pretending to be a kid. my frenz here are almost all working class already and the gap btw them and me are getting bigger. i still quite enjoy this innocent student lifestyle of mine, which sadly won't last long. can't quite imagine what their lifestyle is like but just dun like the way they are trying to 'teach' me sth about life.
anyway was talking to my fren abt work and income. actually now the average income among my peers is quite high according to my fren. in big companies can easily get 5000 and above renminbi a month. and a civil servant in shanghai is paid 10000/mth. just some time ago, a newbie in the IT industry has starting pay of 30000 to 40000. given the living costs in china, it's almost equivalent to getting that much of S$ and spend in Singapore. i dunno how true is that but he's a civil servant in the tax department of Beijing so how wrong can that be? well... probably Singapore is more stable but less opportunity. look at us, graduating with a second upper honours or even first degree, and getting a pathetic a little over 2000 starting pay and work like a horse. haiz... are we a bit underpaid then? if that's the case, i wonder how singapore retain talents... can easily get a more relaxing and better paid job overseas lor.
well... half a yr more and we shall see...