Think of Singaporean singers who’ve done well for themselves beyond our shores, and names like Stefanie Sun, JJ Lin, and Tanya Chua immediately come to mind. For Chua, 50, it’s been almost 20 years since she called Taiwan home.

Appearing as a guest on a recent episode of Bowie Tsang’s talk show Let’s Go Home, she spoke about her decision to move to Taipei, and how moving there in 2006 turned out to be the one of the best things she did for herself.