Vallobre
Visit to the Vallobre Caves with the Temasek Club Switzerland.
I wish it was summer, would be so great to dip my feet in the waters, but it's too cold now.
1000 metres above sea level, the winds were cold and chilly. Though, the autumn leaves were really beautiful.
Photos of the Cave
Broadly speaking, the participants belonged to the following categories
1) Singaporean females with their swiss husbands; relocation to Switzerland
2) Singapore males posted to Switzerland for work; brought their family along
3) Young single working adults, consisting of mostly Investment bankers (kaching!)
4) Young children aged 0-9 belonging to (1) and (2).
Stranded between 2 extremes, the Survive Switzerland Duo belonged to none of the above mentioned categories. Nevertheless, I had fun playing with the kids. It's so weird for them i feel, especially those who are going to here for good, like the girl in the middle who has a rather Singaporean accent but counts herself Swiss. I hope her self-proposed identity will be accepted by the Swiss, or else she would just be out of place. The rest of the kids there are already sounding and looking like ABCs or in this case SBCs.
It was also interesting to engage in the conversations of the adults and eavesdropping as well. And at the same time strange watching and listening to them talk about their children, rent, car, work, healthcare, insurance, expat contract, because in a few years time I 'd have to step into the job industry.
Later in the evening, we paid a visit to the JuraParc
Then half-expectedly, the Survive Switzerland Duo followed their cars back to Geneva and took a "Spot the Mistake" Photo at Lake Geneva. Can you tell what it is?
I wish it was summer, would be so great to dip my feet in the waters, but it's too cold now.
1000 metres above sea level, the winds were cold and chilly. Though, the autumn leaves were really beautiful.
Photos of the Cave
Broadly speaking, the participants belonged to the following categories
1) Singaporean females with their swiss husbands; relocation to Switzerland
2) Singapore males posted to Switzerland for work; brought their family along
3) Young single working adults, consisting of mostly Investment bankers (kaching!)
4) Young children aged 0-9 belonging to (1) and (2).
Stranded between 2 extremes, the Survive Switzerland Duo belonged to none of the above mentioned categories. Nevertheless, I had fun playing with the kids. It's so weird for them i feel, especially those who are going to here for good, like the girl in the middle who has a rather Singaporean accent but counts herself Swiss. I hope her self-proposed identity will be accepted by the Swiss, or else she would just be out of place. The rest of the kids there are already sounding and looking like ABCs or in this case SBCs.
It was also interesting to engage in the conversations of the adults and eavesdropping as well. And at the same time strange watching and listening to them talk about their children, rent, car, work, healthcare, insurance, expat contract, because in a few years time I 'd have to step into the job industry.
Later in the evening, we paid a visit to the JuraParc
Then half-expectedly, the Survive Switzerland Duo followed their cars back to Geneva and took a "Spot the Mistake" Photo at Lake Geneva. Can you tell what it is?
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