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post May 23 2009, 05:32 PM

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QUOTE(seantang @ May 23 2009, 02:27 PM)
Just out of curiosity, how many of you knew early on that you can go through the auto clearance gates at Sg immigration using only our Malaysian passports?

I only found out last Thursday night at Tuas immigration. Seems like I  bodoh-bodoh wasted over 4 years queuing at the manual clearance counters when there was no need to. I wonder why the immigration officers never once made a remark or asked me why I didn't use the auto clearance gates instead.
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seantang, u r not alone...me too... cry.gif im oways d last one to get into d bus...bus driver mad.gif me ady...

oh ya, need to ask u all sumting...i start working in spore 20 april (EP), can i apply PR in july? hmm.gif nwadays need to mk e-appointment...haiz...sien...birth cert need to translate sumore...where? how? go to supreme court for d translation ka? where's supreme court wor? subordinate court i know lar - near MOM... cry.gif

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post May 25 2009, 06:32 PM

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QUOTE(topmankl @ May 25 2009, 06:06 PM)
Hi guys, I know this may not be the place to ask...but do you guys know whether it's possible to buy a SG prepaid number in KL?
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hi, topmankl...
(sory, i hv forgotten dat passport is needed for registration)


Added on May 25, 2009, 6:40 pm
QUOTE(washabushi @ May 25 2009, 05:58 PM)
aiya...
he wan clementi area jurong east area
very very mahal 1 this few place
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yalor yalor...even my fren hv to sleep in d living room...SGD 500 share wif another fren...

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post May 26 2009, 06:21 PM

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QUOTE(giorgene @ May 26 2009, 05:21 PM)
when the time i applied EP, i provided them my cert in english version but they want malay version and then another colleague of mine provided them malay version cert, they want english version pulak!!
Are they tried to fooling around?
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giorgene,

i do understand ur feelings...coz nowadays oni they become bit strict + guai lan ady...last time no need de...i went to MOM 3 times leh for my EP cry.gif coz my uni letter of completion dun hv d keywords (which they want vmad.gif)

applying PR oso need translation (my fren called d officer, they say any doc other than ENGLIST must translate) + book appointment on9... shakehead.gif sien

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post May 28 2009, 05:24 PM

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QUOTE(yrh0413 @ May 28 2009, 04:30 PM)
what's the best way to travel to KL then? tongue.gif

Normally I just take KTM from Tanjong Pagar... get a bed and sleep the whole journey. The next morning the officer will wake everyone up. tongue.gif

Moreover it is cheap... only less than RM50
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hmm.gif i oni tk Causeway Link bus (Friday 7pm) => reach KL 12am, for me, for d time being, dis is d best way coz my ofis @ IBP, juz 5-min walk tongue.gif SGD 49 (2-way)

i would like to try other ways to go bek KL...other buses(but thinking bout d destination... sweat.gif Pudu > convenient for me leh)...flight (but thinking of d cost, sweat.gif )...firefly? train less than RM50 ( brows.gif not bad ar)

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post May 29 2009, 05:48 PM

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QUOTE(yrh0413 @ May 28 2009, 06:59 PM)
I tried bus before... comfortable but the time is awkward. Reach KL around midnight is dangerous and troublesome to my parents/friends. sweat.gif
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ya, i do agree wif u...as for me, it's more convenient coz NEARER to my house... tongue.gif hv 2 b very very careful lor...
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post May 30 2009, 02:47 AM

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QUOTE(seantang @ May 30 2009, 01:47 AM)
Do you need to 'deal' with them? If you really feel you have to respond... tease them back about earning less than half of what you do, and still pay more tax to build mosques and MARA colleges. Smart...
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rclxms.gif well said!
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post Jun 13 2009, 11:22 PM

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QUOTE(animob_16 @ Jun 13 2009, 04:10 PM)
Hi guys and gals,

I will be going to SG next month, but now I am wondering about my mobile stuff..
because my bf still stays in Msia, so I'm not sure which mobile plan shud I take up as I plan to call him instead of he calls me cos I was told SG call rates are cheaper than Msia call rates.

So, any mobile plans to recommend??
p/s: I will make more calls to IDD instead of local calls, thanks ya..
one thing to mention, now I have one prepaid card which hi card, so can I still continue using it? or I need to change a better plan?
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hi card? smile.gif after that, u buy SuperHot 128 for only SGD 26 rclxms.gif (u hv $28 for international calls, and FREE $100 local calls wub.gif ) roughly $0.08 per min to call ur bf lor... tongue.gif then u can buy Speed IDD card (SGD 8.5, approximately $0.052/min), u hv SGD 10 credit (but mind u...sumtimes, u hv to call several times then onli d operator can connect u to d person u wan to call)

welcome to singapore!

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post Jun 14 2009, 12:32 AM

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juz to inform dat actually no need to translate birth cert. juz knew it when my fren went to submit her application. she's mad.gif coz she has wasted her time n SGD 18 blink.gif hw cm last time when my fren called ICA, d officer said need to translate if X in English (she ady mentioned she's Msian) sweat.gif

spore's fun for me (coz i nvr go anywhere since i cm to work in spore cry.gif) coz im too lazy to go out tongue.gif weekdays work till 10pm++, weekend = sleeping + eating + cleaning + laptop tongue.gif i shd change, im too old for my age (24) doh.gif
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post Jun 14 2009, 12:50 AM

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QUOTE(kockroach @ Jun 14 2009, 12:34 AM)
I asked my gf to call me from Malaysia, using the pennytel voip services. Call from PC though, RM0.028 per min. hehe.
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whoa, RM0.028/min shocking.gif nice, provided d person v wan 2 call hv internet access...thks 4 d info, kockroach.
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post Jun 15 2009, 06:03 PM

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QUOTE(Mackiddo @ Jun 14 2009, 09:49 AM)
wow .. so many steps huh ? guess you have all the grounds covered smile.gif    ... you could try starhub HoMeConnect also. sometimes you buy SGD$10 they give you SGD$15 credits
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Mackiddo, thks 4 d info...I'll go n get d brochure @ IMM...
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post Jul 15 2009, 06:48 PM

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i oways go 2 cck lot 1 to exchange SGD => MYR (d rate there quite high)...pls dun go to imm (normally -0.01)...any other places where d exchange rates = quite high?
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post Jul 18 2009, 07:09 PM

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QUOTE(B-Mecha @ Jul 17 2009, 03:43 PM)
huh? just now i think i saw suntec's money changer offer 2.445. last saturday i change at choa chu kang 2.43. i prefer to change in singapore than JB, but dont know about KL
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last fri i went to change @ CCK = 2.43 too...but dis week increase to 2.445 ady... cry.gif i m nw wait n c... brows.gif national day will b going bek home...hmm...
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post Aug 18 2009, 08:42 PM

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QUOTE(crapp0 @ Aug 15 2009, 09:21 AM)
Tried that website, its more of a tool for rental agents to hawk their rooms, ive used it quite a few times trying to find a room. And nearly all of the time it doesnt go 100% smooth.

An example would be the use of the washing machine, most ppl would say that you have free use of the washing machine or within the limits of being reasonable. But after a week or so, disputes will arise about its use as an example, the landlord will ask you to only wash in certain days due to he/she wanting to recycle the waste water from the RO water machine for use in washing your clothes on the premise that it saves water for the landlord. But the real kicker is that the landlord never mention this when he/she wanted to rent out the room with the facilities.

Most of the time, i find that a large majority of landlords in singapore are very particular about water, especially the use of the washing machine. Thats why im looking for a house where there is no landlord since i hate these kind of stupid stipulations, told to me after agreeing to rent from them. At least they have the courtesy to tell me beforehand.
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im staying wif landlord...

staying with landlord => restrictions. i.e. no cooking, no friend can visit, n yes, they are very particular about water...i reduce my shower time by 10mins coz of this...they like nagging (depends on ur luck oso)

but at least i dun hv to worry abt d cleanliness of d house...some housemates can b very annoying too...

thx 4 d sharing, crapp0...
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post Aug 19 2009, 08:01 PM

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QUOTE(seantang @ Aug 18 2009, 09:20 PM)
How long did you shower originally?  hmm.gif
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25mins, now 15mins tongue.gif
cry.gif no more enjoyable shower session now.

im a girl, with long hair tongue.gif

juz went to xchange $$$, rate SGD => MYR = 2.44 @ Lot 1 CCK...

highest = 2.445 once (few weeks before spore national day), doh.gif i hv waited (hoping that it will increase), but it falls => 2.42 (few days before national day) cry.gif

so d moral of d story = change whenever =>2.44 or higher tongue.gif

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post Aug 20 2009, 08:30 AM

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QUOTE(seantang @ Aug 19 2009, 08:51 PM)
My tap takes around 5 seconds to fill my 1.5L boiler. One minute, that means 18L. 25 minutes = 450L of water. Let's say 500L for easy calculation. 1m3 or 1000L costs S$2.03 at the higher domestic tariff. That means each shower you take... errr, took... costs a buck.

S$30 a month for showers. Double that if you shower twice a day. Plus S$2 a night for aircond, the utility bill for just one of you is easily S$100 per month.
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25 minutes = 450L of water? but d water is not running for 15mins nw doh.gif juz dat im "staying" inside d bathroom for 15mins laugh.gif

icic ok ok i'll train up myself => faster...taking shower = battle sweat.gif

no air cond in my room... tongue.gif poor ppl here (better, it makes my skin very dry. in ofis = x avoid...haih).
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post Aug 21 2009, 07:53 PM

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[quote=washabushi,Aug 21 2009, 09:25 AM]
please let me know ur contact to add in my
person-to-contact-when-bored

how abt me? cry.gif
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post Aug 22 2009, 03:03 PM

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QUOTE(washabushi @ Aug 22 2009, 08:57 AM)
u've got PM  rclxm9.gif
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thx.


Added on August 22, 2009, 3:04 pm
QUOTE(dveHetal3 @ Aug 22 2009, 12:08 PM)
anyone going back during hari raya?
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me...in fact, most of us coz xtra 1 day holiday rclxm9.gif


Added on August 22, 2009, 3:12 pm
QUOTE(crapp0 @ Aug 21 2009, 08:24 PM)
Anybody stay with landlord who is a single parent with a child in singapore?

Donno why children who come from single parent most probably will turn out rotten.
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nope.
normal one. 2 parents n a child. oways nagging. asking their child 2 stop playing pc games (study, finish school homework, finish tuition asg), but his father is playing whenever he has time doh.gif
his mom wants him to b like me in future tongue.gif (but my mom nvr ask to do homework wor... rclxms.gif )

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post Aug 22 2009, 05:12 PM

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QUOTE(crapp0 @ Aug 22 2009, 03:24 PM)
I will be going back since this coming hari raya puasa holiday since it sure boring stay back here. But last year didnt go back since my landlord who was malay treat me homemade food, and not bad, especially his spicy fried chicken.

My current household just the parent and the only child, nearly everyday the mother will scold the son after she comes back from work until her voice becomes coarse. Like always the son come back from school later then when i return back from work (Thats how late he comes back) and sometimes he comes back even at 10pm and hes just only 13 years old. Usually will have shouting match between son and mother, luckily i bought noise cancellation headphones when the shouting begins. I pity both of them since the son kena fire quite teruk from the mom since she is the like those auntie once got small problem will TCSS, and mother has a "wild" child who doesnt listen and doesnt care the situation he is in since with him following his current behavior, sure become gangster one. Oledi training everyday come back very late, the kid got no cash, no handphone and yet can find something entertaining that he can stay outside till night time.

Plus their house no internet or even computer. They have a tv but its in the moms room.

Anybody want 2 hear their shouting match?
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rclxub.gif pity both of them, n u too tongue.gif
for me, im still very afraid of d lightning (april) when i first came to spore...so scary ... sweat.gif (mayb coz 1st time im staying @ flat => height = 9th flr)
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post Aug 24 2009, 08:28 AM

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QUOTE(blessedvillain @ Aug 23 2009, 11:19 PM)
any one working in oil and gas industrial or ship yard in Singapore? I would love to hear your working life...
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i wud like to know too...coz i wan to drag a fren of mine (reservoir eng) to work in sg... icon_rolleyes.gif
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post Aug 24 2009, 09:03 PM

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[quote=giorgene,Aug 24 2009, 01:01 PM]
I don't think u can get any reservoir engineering job in sg, there is no oil production and exploration in sg..
Sg oil and gas industry mostly on oil refineray plant, vendors, manufacturing etc..


Added on August 24, 2009, 1:04 pm

too bad then cry.gif im trying to drag more frens to come n work here...i understand that construction field still hiring...but not sure about o & g industry... sweat.gif

im going to ICA (PR application) on dis saturday, keep my fingers crossing smile.gif

i hv a bus ticket to sell out, one way, from Pudu to Jurong East Interchange, SG, 21 Sept, 4pm, single seat (5A to be specific tongue.gif ), Causeway Link the yellow bus, SGD 27 (cheap leh brows.gif ), chances to drool @ lengnuis / lengcais (perhaps wit their own partner beside them doh.gif , air-cond, very punctual, if there's no traffic congestion sweat.gif @ Tuas checkpoint, u'll reach Jurong East @ 9:40pm (which is unlikely tongue.gif , i reach Jurong East Int @ 11:15pm last time - National Day)...kinda desperate ady..trying out my luck here...hehe...(in case, d uncle @ counter cant help me cry.gif )

pls pm me if anyone interested. TQ. notworthy.gif

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