Should I stay or should I go?
Re: Should I stay or should I go?
There is future in Cambodia but if you have money to invest or special skill (like university level education, specific work experience and so on) to start with making it without those seems difficult.
To my knowledge it is more realistic to hope to achieve something in the US or Australia without having financial or educational assets that it is in the SE asia region.
Whatever happens for the future generation the one who will make it will be the one with foreign education (local included), I doubt that the level required can be found in PP even if you can pay.
To my knowledge it is more realistic to hope to achieve something in the US or Australia without having financial or educational assets that it is in the SE asia region.
Whatever happens for the future generation the one who will make it will be the one with foreign education (local included), I doubt that the level required can be found in PP even if you can pay.
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Re: Should I stay or should I go?
Don't under estimate the change that kids will have on your lifestyle either, whether it be Cambodia or Europe. Putting your girl into a new environment that she hasn't had a chance to like, without her family support, with the stress of kids will be a good test on your relationship. I like the idea of going back when the monkeys are closing in on starting primary schooling, have the kids where you can get home help and other things that you won't get where there is minimum wage.
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In regards to the whole forgetting the roots thing... Maybe explain to your wife the kid is also half Barang and may never get to know the other half of his or her roots. It is a two way street and assuming it is your biological child and you are indeed a Barang then your wife should realize that there are compromises to be made. Asians tend to over emphasize their own culture while barely acknowledging anybody else's.
I would probably raise the kid in Oz if you are financially secure enough to do so. Get it a decent western education and sense of business acumen and send it back to Cambodia later with Cambodian passport. Perfectly bilingual child with all the rights in Cambodia of a citizen to own land etc. for the win. Of course at 18 it is up to the child to decide what nationality he or she chooses. I believe being raised in Oz would be more conducive to the child recognizing both cultures.
I would probably raise the kid in Oz if you are financially secure enough to do so. Get it a decent western education and sense of business acumen and send it back to Cambodia later with Cambodian passport. Perfectly bilingual child with all the rights in Cambodia of a citizen to own land etc. for the win. Of course at 18 it is up to the child to decide what nationality he or she chooses. I believe being raised in Oz would be more conducive to the child recognizing both cultures.
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