Hi All

I m a typical Singaporean that will never leave Singapore but will always think of this question though.Please tell me what you think...

Best Regards

Lychee88 

don't know.........relative i guess.

Originally posted by Lychee88:

Hi All

 

I m a typical Singaporean that will never leave Singapore but will always think of this question though.Please tell me what you think...

 

Best Regards

Lychee88 

If that is the case.. then the BEST place for you to retire is in Singapore.

Singapore is definitely not the best place to retire, there are  many places out here is good for retirement.

I missed my childhood kampong life whereby there is no TV, hardly have phones and electricity, drinking water from the well.

With my own papaya tree, neighbours growing vegetables around you, with lots of guava trees, rambutan trees and mango trees around you. I could always pluck one big guava whenever i want to eat. I had asked from my neighbour to eat fresh sugarcane that they have grown... etc etc etc. There were so many soursoup trees around me that time that i didnt cherish them and now I hardly can find fresh soursoup to eat.

I enjoyed flying kite once with my brother. One of our favorite places is a swimming pool kind of place where you can see fish inside and the water diversify to a small riverstream.

I love catching guppies when i I was young and was always beaten by my mom. I have caught tapoles and rear them like my pets till they are grown up to be little frogs. I love helping my neighbhour feeding and bathing his pigs and piglets. They are pinkish and fun to bath them. Surprises come in alot when by you found a warm egg that was just laid by a chicken. I missed playing with my neighbour dogs.

I missed all these  and not internet .....

You definitely have your own dream of where to retire, am I right? I m saying you, and not me.

Either Nova Scotia for me, http://novascotia.com/en/home/default.aspx

or Sicily http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily

Originally posted by Lychee88:

Singapore is definitely not the best place to retire, there are  many places out here is good for retirement.

I missed my childhood kampong life whereby there is no TV, hardly have phones and electricity, drinking water from the well.

With my own papaya tree, neighbours growing vegetables around you, with lots of guava trees, rambutan trees and mango trees around you. I could always pluck one big guava whenever i want to eat. I had asked from my neighbour to eat fresh sugarcane that they have grown... etc etc etc. There were so many soursoup trees around me that time that i didnt cherish them and now I hardly can find fresh soursoup to eat.

I enjoyed flying kite once with my brother. One of our favorite places is a swimming pool kind of place where you can see fish inside and the water diversify to a small riverstream.

I love catching guppies when i I was young and was always beaten by my mom. I have caught tapoles and rear them like my pets till they are grown up to be little frogs. I love helping my neighbhour feeding and bathing his pigs and piglets. They are pinkish and fun to bath them. Surprises come in alot when by you found a warm egg that was just laid by a chicken. I missed playing with my neighbour dogs.

I missed all these  and not internet .....

You definitely have your own dream of where to retire, am I right? I m saying you, and not me.

you sound like you and I are same generation ...  I do most of what u mentioned except that I live in city area ...  so no pig sty ...

Originally posted by Lychee88:

Singapore is definitely not the best place to retire, there are  many places out here is good for retirement.

I missed my childhood kampong life whereby there is no TV, hardly have phones and electricity, drinking water from the well.

With my own papaya tree, neighbours growing vegetables around you, with lots of guava trees, rambutan trees and mango trees around you. I could always pluck one big guava whenever i want to eat. I had asked from my neighbour to eat fresh sugarcane that they have grown... etc etc etc. There were so many soursoup trees around me that time that i didnt cherish them and now I hardly can find fresh soursoup to eat.

I enjoyed flying kite once with my brother. One of our favorite places is a swimming pool kind of place where you can see fish inside and the water diversify to a small riverstream.

I love catching guppies when i I was young and was always beaten by my mom. I have caught tapoles and rear them like my pets till they are grown up to be little frogs. I love helping my neighbhour feeding and bathing his pigs and piglets. They are pinkish and fun to bath them. Surprises come in alot when by you found a warm egg that was just laid by a chicken. I missed playing with my neighbour dogs.

I missed all these  and not internet .....

You definitely have your own dream of where to retire, am I right? I m saying you, and not me.

go to Aceh or something...stretch your dollar there and do what u like to do...and its relatively near singapore

retire in bukit timah.

or pulau ubin

If you are rich go to Penang and if you are not so rich go to Tanjong Pinang (Riau islands)

Originally posted by kramnave:

go to Aceh or something...stretch your dollar there and do what u like to do...and its relatively near singapore

Yes,the idea is enjoy a different environment and lifestyle but still within reach from a modern civilisation.

You would need a place with less medical fees as you are gonna be sick as you get older.

I can see myself spending my retirement years in the Puget Sound area near Seattle, WA:

Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

I can see myself spending my retirement years in the Puget Sound area near Seattle, WA:

isnt this area well known for submarine activities??

south african

Originally posted by laurence82:

isnt this area well known for submarine activities??

The Bremerton Naval Station is located within the sound, so there will be some submarine traffic in its waters.

If they start being bothersome, I'll just erect a depth charge launcher on the lawn of my waterfront home...

Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

I can see myself spending my retirement years in the Puget Sound area near Seattle, WA:

look like a nice place.

Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

I can see myself spending my retirement years in the Puget Sound area near Seattle, WA:

awwwww .... nice ! ... I've always had this soft spot for seattle too ...

but you do realize that seattle would be the first and nearest metropolitian area in the lower 48 for any ICBMs that, say, north korea would launch ? ...

Originally posted by Fatum:

awwwww .... nice ! ... I've always had this soft spot for seattle too ...

but you do realize that seattle would be the first and nearest metropolitian area in the lower 48 for any ICBMs that, say, north korea would launch ? ...

I'm not worried as long their missiles don't hit any of the Wal*Mart stores or gunshops in the area.

But what if a volcano erupts and empties itself into the Sound?

Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

But what if a volcano erupts and empties itself into the Sound?

Land prices around Puget Sound would become much more affordable then. 

I was thinking it would be nice to retire at one of the beach areas of thailand ....

the sun, the sand and the sea ....

run a pub or a resturant .. maybe a diving or sportfishing operation if I'm still up for it ....

low cost of living, friendly people, great food, great weather, not bad medical facilities, pretty safe, and not much pollution ....

india...

desker road

A nice place would be Costa Rica. Cost of living is back in the early 80's.  People are simpler and life style is slow. U can always take a 6 hours flight to miami for medical check up.

Lombok would be nice too, if you miss the Bali of the pre-tourist influx days.