A good friend and I exchanged emails re woes of Aus, earlier today…
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From: Ian Teh
Date: 10 October 2017 at 14:03
Subject: Fwd: Euthanasia article in The Age today
To: (Tress)
FYI – I fear for Australia.
There is every chance that schools like St Andrews’ (xxx’s school) and Brindabella Christian College (Christian school in Canberra) will be prohibited to teach basic Christian principles like complementarity of a male and female universe.
If that happens, what can Christian parents do to bring up their kids in biblical ways? We might not have the freedom to do that.
Regards
Ian
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From: Ian Teh
Date: 10 October 2017 at 13:59
Subject: Re: Euthanasia article in The Age today
To: Jason Chew
articulate = BS? 😂😂
I think if our kids have half the chance to go to a place like Singapore/HK, they should be given every encouragement they can get. It’s not so fair on them because in many ways, those countries are harder to live in/raise a family (takes more effort) than here where things are more laid back (relatively speaking of course – it still takes blood sweat and tears to bring up a family)
Regards
Ian
On 10 October 2017 at 13:54, XX wrote:
I am not as articulate and my ideals are not as high as yours but the goings on everyday directly and indirectly just irks me more and more! YYY kept telling me to just be patient and bear with it.
Your last paragraph resonate well …
On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Ian Teh wrote:
i still get why people want to leave Malaysia. Things have only gotten worse since we left, so all those reasons for leaving only amplified, not diminished.
It’s just that I’d hesitate to encourage them to leave to come to a place like Australia, if they take into consideration their kids’ faith journey. Australia is as negative (if not worse) than Malaysia in that regard, given what has happened in the last few years.
Starting over is the price one pays to provide a better chance for the family, but not sure about how better that chance is in terms of faith journey.
We’re staying because God willing, we are old enough and have seen enough to know what Australia is experiencing is the devil – and sin – playing out its role in full flight. But if kids get immersed in this environment, there is so much more rubbish to impede their spiritual development. I dont know how our kids are going to bring up their kids in this environment.
Regards
Ian
On 10 October 2017 at 13:30, XX wrote:
We feel the same. We met a new’ish migrant from Malaysia on Sunday and wondered why?! Why when you are doing OK and you uproot to come here and start all over again.
Anyway we feel kinda stuck here as well because of the kids and how we want to be near them…not necessarily reciprocal feeling haha
On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Ian Teh wrote:
haha. Good on you.
I’m here to stay. For now at least (and the foreseeable future), Malaysia is a place I cannot see myself living in. Thankfully I don’t have growing kids to worry about anymore.
But I would/could no longer unhesitatingly encourage people to leave Malaysia to come over here.
Regards
Ian
On 10 October 2017 at 13:00, XX wrote:
You know what bro. I was saying the exact same thing to YYY yesterday and today – to the extent of buying an apartment in KL “just in case I go insane here” !
On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Ian Teh wrote:
I was talking to G…M…P (MMM’s wife) during the church camp and she told me about a Sarawakian doctor who worked with her. That doctor and his family were considering migrating to Aus and she asked him which place offered the better chance of securing a strong foundation for his children’s faith formation.
The clear answer was Sarawak.
Yesterday I was saying to T.. that if I were to make a decision today, knowing what I do now of Australia, I wondered what my decision might be.
Australia is such a godless society now (even anti-Christian), bringing up kids in this environment is probably as negative as bringing them up in the Malaysian context.
Regards
Ian
On 10 October 2017 at 12:36, XX wrote:
Ante 