Haaaa, good one but you're dealing with an old Dog. No, not all counties are the same and in the case of Singapore and Malaysia, you'll need to sit for the full conversion to the local certification. I hold validations for the country of Laos, Cayman Islands, and now the Philippines. I have full ATPL' s in 5 countries. Whatever country you are applying with will have their own set of rules and in the case of the country we are talking about,the Philippines, expat pilots use a validation. In my opinion, the reason for this, is we are definitely temporary pilots there. As soon as enough local Pilots are ready for the seat, we will be history. It's the life of a contract pilot..... However, many countries welcome expat pilots and when you go to work in Singapore for example, it's long term, thus you need to convert. Good luck! There's a big world out there and the life of an expat pilots can be a fun and lucrative one.