Regarding that short option talk given by Ho Thiam Aik last Friday, well, I did some consideration about it and came to some sort of conclusion.

Firstly, yes, I agree with him that going into Food Tech, you'll have to have a good memory, since almost everything there is memory work. But does that mean the other options will be easier? I don't think so.

He also ONLY has experience in the Industrial Chem and Polymer section, and probably (yes I'm assuming. I hate people who assume. What an irony.) the stuff he heard about Food Tech is ONLY from his friends and students in that option, hence giving only the negative side of Food Tech. (Please, don't tell me there's only negative things about Food Tech. It's never possible.) And of course, since he has the experience in IC and Polymer, he can OF COURSE tell you the plus and minuses of the two courses with ease. But with Food Tech, he can only tell us what he heard about it to us, and not what he has experienced.

Yes yes, I agree with him that it might not be possible to use Food Tech to get into a local University, and even though I do not know the exact numbers, I assume that he is right about the admission criteria for Food Tech students to get into local Universities, since he is a University graduate afterall. I admit that I was rather shaken when I heard it as I was aiming for a local University. BUT, come to think of it, since I already did not go into a JC, I might as well pursue an overseas degree, instead of a local one, since it takes lesser time (This depends on what course you choose).

And now you might go, 'but a local degree is better than an overseas one.'
I say, PROVE IT.
Yes, it depends on what overseas University you go to. Some are good and some are not. If you enter a good one, there's no reason why the degree from that University is in any way inferior to a local degree. So what if it takes lesser time (depending on what course you choose) to get an overseas degree? Does that mean it's not as good as a local one? Prove it. Really.

Also, even if you might not admit it, local Universities take in far more JC students than Poly students. Last time I saw it on the newspapers, the Polytechnic intake for Universities is only 30%, with the rest going to JC students.
With the 5 Polytechnics in Singapore, that's 6% for every Polytechnic.

I might be wrong about this, but since there're so many local University graduates in Singapore, the market here is saturated with them. Wouldn't getting an overseas degree from a good University separate you apart from the rest of them? I'm not sure about getting a better job with an overseas degree, but at least it sets you apart from the saturated market full of local degrees.

One obvious difference from studying overseas is the school fees. It'll surely be a few times more than studying locally, BUT, that cannot be a reason because you can aim for scholarships so that your school fees can be partially for fully funded for.

Yes, I have no qualms about going overseas to pursue a degree now.