Hi. Galing din ako sa SG. Spent 6 years in the tiny island. 1st problem encountered is of course the weather kasi winter (around june) nung pumunta kame dito pero handa na kasi nagshopping muna sa sg ng mga panlamig. 2nd problem is lack of IT jobs compared with melby and sydney. Dito kelangan jack of all trades, marunong ka dapat sa network, systems (email, virtualization, etc) which is not the usual practice dyan sa sg ... more on specialization sa sg. 3rd problem is the high tax rate, in short maliit ang take-home pay mo compared sa sg. Sa una medyo nakakabigla pero masasanay ka rin kasi in truth wala ka namang magagawa eh ikaw yung nagpumilit pumunta dito so you need to adjust your spending habits. So far happy naman kame sa adelaide ... mababait mga tao (all ethnic background), wala halos trapik, and most of all feel mo ang lawak ng lugar unlike sa sg after many years parang sinasakal ka na ... it takes guts and lots of faith to move from an almost comfortable place to a new and exciting one.