Well, it was tough. We were married for 3 years in the States before coming here, despite the objections of her mother due to my former relationship with a stripper who was working her way through med school but ended up becoming a failed Survivor candidate and then did a tell all Jerry Springer interview which put me in an unfavorable light and exposed a prison stint which I would have preferred to have kept secret.
As soon as I arrived in SG, my secretary Pei Pei and I developed a close relationship due to the long hours. However, it remained platonic until I met Pei Pei's younger brother Boon Yew at a karaoke lounge. He had just returned from his sex change operation in Bangkok, and looked phenomenal in his, or rather, at this point, her Cheong Som. I was smitten with Felicity, as Boon Yew was called from that point forward. And, as I had just finished singing my best Wayne Newton song, I must say the feelings were mutual.
Then the lies started. Ah, the lies. They got deeper and deeper. My wife, I suspect, took solace in her Yoga guru tennis instructor, and her game improved greatly. And the money problems, it was hard to keep Felicity's ravenous appetite for all things satisfied, especially for mink boas. And of course I had to keep Pei Pei quiet too, since if her father, a member of parliament, found out I would surely have been deported (again, but that's another story).
After a while, though, I realized the destructive course I was on. I gathered Pei Pei, Felicity, my wife and Raj together and we talked it out. I'm happy to say that it all worked out. Felicity is now my live in house keeper and only occasionally works at the Boom Boom Room when she is not busy taking care the lovely new baby which my wife and I recently were blessed with, which Pei Pei was kind enough to carry to term for us through artificial insemination (or at least that's what my wife thinks) since my wife couldn't conceive anymore due to her intensive tennis lessons (or at least that's what she told me). I hired Raj on at the firm and he is now a stellar performer who gets on wonderfully with Pei Pei.
Feel free to let me know if you need more info for your article. My story is pretty mundane compared to most couples that move to Singapore, perhaps I could refer you to some of my friends as well?
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