还是咱们国家好

昨天我给我的airwave放了一天假。从市区回来，我在地铁上坐在两个中国人旁边。

甲：再做两年就可以回去了。
乙：他们有一些打算再做几年，然后就可以申请PR.
甲：PR有什么好？
乙：就是啊，而且家里还有老婆孩子，我多想早点回去。这里有什么好？又没有烟，又没有酒。
甲：对啊，这儿哪有我们国家好？
乙：那天我跟两个朋友去吃饭，叫了三个菜和两瓶啤酒。这样就要50块。那是要两百多块人民币！

I pretended to listen to my ipod but was actually enjoying listening to their conversation. They are so proud of their country. They were certainly not whispering. In a cabin (almost) full of Singaporeans, I thought they were quite bold. I definitely wouldn't have done the same if I were in their country.

The irony is that we sometimes think the Chinese people are here. Everywhere. There are at the food courts, coffee shops, shopping malls, food reflexology centres, ... And we wonder, why don't they go back? And here you have these 2 who really do want to go back. They don't think we are really any good.

The other thing that struck me was the pain of 离乡背井. I could almost feel 甲's heavy heart at the mention of his 老婆孩子。I hope he gets home to his family soon.