Yesterday, I watched a show on Channel 8 which featured two men who have switched gears from their high paying professions into something that is quite unconventional in Singapore: urban farmers. I saw how the two men went around looking for plots of land in the city to grow vegetables and rear bees, which are just some of the work they do in their new jobs. One of them earned a five-figure monthly income before becoming an urban farmer. According to the duo, they do not really earn too much of their income now but they are happy doing what they love, engaging in the work of nature and being with nature.
The local TVs and newspapers have been highlighting stories of people who have switched to lower-paying jobs from their high-income jobs to escape from the rat race and in their new jobs, their incomes have reduced. But I ......
