Nicole Seah has officially announced that she will be moving to Thailand.
The NSP candidate for Marine Parade GRC in GE2011 explained in a facebook post that the move is in order to further her advertising career.
However, she also said that she will continue being a part of NSP and serving in its CEC. She said she will be back in time for GE2016.
Here is her facebook status in full about her decision to move temporarily:
Dear friends
I will be relocating to Thailand to further my career in advertising. It was a difficult decision, but I chose this country for a couple of reasons:
- ASEAN as a region has much diversity to offer. Thailand is a much larger country than Singapore, and the larger scale of work, managerial duties and budgets involved will be training for the challenges of public service.
- I am constantly humbled by the grace, and creativity of the Thais. As a single person living in a new country alone, I am excited to integrate with the locals, make new friends, and learn more from a different culture.
- It is near Singapore, and I will be able to return regularly to keep in touch with the ground.
At present moment I remain a member of NSP and the CEC. I will be back for the elections in 2016.
The tuition programme will continue without disruption, with the help of steadfast volunteers. Please continue to get in touch with us if you know of someone who needs help. I will be back in Singapore once a month (Yay for budget flights) for the Saturday morning programme and house visits. We are also constantly in touch via whatsapp, over emails and Facebook daily. (Yay for technology!)
If you require help, do continue to send in your feedback to Nicole (dot) Rebecca (dot) Seah (at) gmail (dot) com. If it requires a house visit, I apologise that I might only be able to attend to your query when I am back in Singapore once a month.
Thank you for your understanding and see you all in 2016. Kop-khun-kaa!
Nicole Seah
It is clear from the comments on her status that she will be missed but generally, people are supportive of her decison and commented that it will be a good opportuinty for her to gain an outside perspective and use that to her advantage when she returns to Singapore:
Nicole also later thanks all her supporters for their positive and heartwarming comments and added that she believes the re-locaiton will be good. She assured everyone that Singapore will always remain her home and she will surely be back:
