vanessa,
i agreed wif u though i feel kiasu at times loo...in fact, i was tinking of sending my kid to m'sia since my hubby is m'sian. somehow feel dat he will be more carefree there n tend to be more "streetsmart" or "kampung smart"?? i heard so many wonderful childhood dat my hubby had when he was young eg like catching fishes in ponds, rearing spiders, climbing trees, etc. very unlike in sg de childhood loo~ now i c my nephews all keep playing pc games, psp, ps2...haiz...then when they c real life animals or insects hor, they are like me very "sua ku"..haiz....worst of all, when we c insects flying around, we scream like siao..hahahaha...^^ very "unman"..haha....^^