Take her to Kuriya for the fugu.

Or the white fish with truffle sauce at Aoki/Shabu Shabu Gen at Shaw Center. Not sashimi, but the wagyu shabu shabu is amazing as well.

But do it near pay day lah.

Kuriya maybe $100-200 per person for a decent meal if you don't drink sake.

The white fish with truffle sauce was shocking. $90 per individual plate... the amount of fish is equivalent to about only 2 slices of regular sashimi plus a couple tablespoons of truffle sauce. Wagyu was $50->much more per 100gm, depending on cut, marbling etc.

Usually I'll go only when company pays. Luckily for me quite often.

Own pocket kenot tahan. But if you want to impress your lady friend... have to lor

This post has been edited by seantang: Aug 19 2010, 11:19 PM

The lady friend in question is a professed sashimi fanatic, after all... and fugu is the ultimate sashimi.

IMHO, tastes like fish I wouldn't spend money on it if I had the choice.

This post has been edited by seantang: Aug 20 2010, 10:16 AM

IMHO, internships serve no purpose except fill time so that a university can issue 4-year degrees instead of 3-year ones, and confer honours without requiring the same academic justification that a 3-year degree would warrant.

From a student's point of view, if he had to spend 4 years after STPM/Matriculation/A-Levels/Year12 etc., the best possible choice is spending 3 years in uni + 1 year full time post-graduation work.

Delivered by parcel mail/courier?

Figured out how to get movies on an external hdd/thumb drive/memory card etc into the iPad so that you can watch your own collection? This is the sticking point for me about the iPad although I love the browser.

Hmmm... no improvement then since the launch. I heard about the camera connecting kit.

My movie files are mostly avi, about 1-1.5GB per movie. Sometimes, I copy the vob files from the DVDs I buy in Malaysia if I can't finish watching them before I have to return. Over wifi, that would take an eternity to download. It's really dumb... spoils a good product, but that's what Apple does best. Spoil a good product with their pettiness.

I'm a sofa bum. Clamshell laptops & keyboards are simply too unwieldy on a sofa especially when you're not in a proper seating position, and when you're fully reclined (as in bed,.. or sofa). I have actually been considering a tablet netbook, like the Asus eePC T91MT but the touch screen response, intuitiveness and the underlying insufficiencies of Windows 7 for touch GUI is miles apart compared to the iPad.

This post has been edited by seantang: Aug 22 2010, 06:00 PM

I have never purposely stood in the sun. Always try to be in the shade Anyway, I can't imagine why anyone would be sitting under the sun, trying to surf the web on his iPad/tablet/netbook/laptop.

This post has been edited by seantang: Aug 22 2010, 07:09 PM

It's simply form or function. Muslims in Malaysia, especially the religious leaders and politicians, overwhelmingly prefer form over function.

-10% is about right in terms of the salary figure for doing the same job in Singapore (paid in S$), vs in Malaysia (paid in RM).

Asking for 20% more than your current RM salary... is a bit too optimistic, unless the Singapore job involves a significant promotion vs your Malaysian job.

Doesn't apply to most global MNCs or banks.

Very, VERY broadly, the pay scale in Fortune MNCs in Sg:

Jnr Execs (60-70% of population): 2500-6000
Snr Execs/Jnr Mgrs (15-20%): 7000-12000
Mgrs (5-10%): 14000-20000
Directors (3-5%): 22000-40000
VPs (the most senior guys we have in Sg, 1%): above 50000

This post has been edited by seantang: Aug 23 2010, 09:12 PM

Like Obama said, yes you can. All MBA admissions are on a case by case basis. It's a combination of academic history, work experience, money and timing... whatever the business school wants to get at that moment.

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Added on August 24, 2010, 9:53 amWho have you been applying to?
What position did you apply for?
Where were you employed previously, and in what position?


This post has been edited by seantang: Aug 24 2010, 09:53 AM

No... that means they want to see what makes you think you are worth S$3800. They'll let you know whether they agree with you.

Anyway, the positive thing is that you've gotten yourself an interview.

JobsDB is ok. Jobstreet is almost a waste of time. Try http://www.efinancialcareers.sg/. It has more banking related work but still a good resource.

Do you have a Linkedin profile? Quite a lot of Sg recruiters lurk there.

http://www.linkedin.com/

Big4 turnover is very high, so the firms are forced to constantly hire. They can't be too choosy about residence status.

Generally true, but like I mentioned, there are exceptions.

If you have a strong degree (like a 1st class honours or a distinction degree) plus an exceptional GMAT score (like 720-730 onwards) - you have no trouble getting most MBA programs to consider you, even without a shred of working experience.

MBA programs like getting a variety of strengths in their students, for the interaction and discussion that they spark.

There are also part time or distance learning MBAs which don't mind taking in candidates who just started working. Because by the time they finish the program 3-5 years later, they would already be managers.

This post has been edited by seantang: Aug 25 2010, 12:03 AM

It's probably due to the difference in the type of skillset, the results of the background check and their judgement how easily these folks will assimilate into Singapore society.

Does that matter? Since you're already getting zero replies, this can't make you worse off than you already are.

Do some homework lah. Not difficult because there are only 3 service providers here.

Go to each of their websites, pull out the details of their prepaid programs and put everything into a spreadsheet to compare.

That's what I did to decide which iPhone plan to get for my Nokia.

This post has been edited by seantang: Aug 25 2010, 08:59 PM

Don't you have to pay for incoming calls for Prepaid?

What I really find truly stupid about Singapore mobile services is having to pay S$5 for caller id and S$5 for international roaming. It's ridiculous.