nothing very strange abt go abroad to further studies.... anywhere, not only aust/UK/ca.......
in fact many s'pore students are doing that, be it on scholarships, parents sponsor, to pursue own interests, coz of the sch abroad, reasons can be many.....
anyway if my memory doesn't fail me, cavin said b4 in an interview he was there bcoz his father hoped to have a graduate in the family.(dun ask me which interview, i can't rem exactly)

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"Life is not about what you've gained, but what you've done"
---- Wong Kakui (1962-1993)