Yeah it's hard to find a nice owner. I stayed with a malaysian couple once...pure nightmare. I dunno they are stressed out from work or what, but they were very unfriendly. Currently I am staying with a very cool Malaysian angmoh, very sporting and always ready to chat. It really makes a big difference to your daily life to not go back to a scowl and forced to hide yourself in the room all the time.

damn, my house owner just told me tat he wanna increase my rent to 500sgd. wtf! with 500sgd i can move to a room with at least an aircon and include utility fees! i am soo gonna move out soon

from what to what?

at first 380 to 430 due to my gf frequently visit me and stay overnight. now 430 to 500! the reason he give is tat the government increase the electricity bills, so hav to increase my rent also.

hmm.. i think its ok increase to 430 since you get to enjoy your gf... but the 500 have to see the location, some places is just worth it even without aircond.. u have to take a risk of moving, new place might not be good also... moving cost? new agent cost?

my location is good, the problem is tat, the owner and his mother. His mother stay at the living room and even sleep there, i hardly go out from room. then when we first rent the room, he says he dun smoke, but recently, he smoke like crazy, smelly like shiet. and not to mock his religion, he is taoist type, the house got 5 to 6 place where they burn incense. 2 more on the corridor, and big alter in the living room burning 24/7. walau eh..

So I drove my car back to KL during the National Day.. and while in KL, I just found out that Gomen refuses to allow SG cars to pump petrol RON95..

Walan Eh, Gomen jealous izit? I wonder what the damn impact can be resulted from refusing foreign cars to pump Malaysia petrol.

Those morons really use D1CKHEAD to think.

You're supposed to show your Mykad to be able to pump RON95 into a foreign registered car.

The real target are the Thais, not the Singaporeans. Thais come to Perlis and Kedah with pickups and minivans with modified fuel tanks to smuggle subsidised petrol out. I've seen a Thai pickup at my mechanic's place in Kepong with a 300L fuel tank. That's 6 times the normal size. The driver said he usually pumps petrol once an hour, 12 hours a day. That's 3600L of petrol smuggled out each day. Minivans, small lorries can hold a ton or two of petrol. Imagine how much money is lost.

Singaporeans are just an unfortunate casualty of war.

The real solution would be to remove petrol subsidies. But then... you guys will still complain anyway.

No, it wont help.

I have shown my MYKAD and said I am a Malaysian to the petrol kiosk worker and he refused oso. Terrible.

In the end, I have to pump Shell V-Power for me to drive back from KL to SG.

to gov thais are malays so it is ok...sg is chinese so not ok

You should scold the petrol kiosk worker. Its already on newspaper that Malaysian can pump RON 95 if u show ur MYKAD.

The Southern Thais can't vote for UMNO. So, it's not ok. Just that the customs, police and petrol station operators all take a cut and therefore the smuggling goes on unabated. Also a lot of the so-called nelayan... many of them smuggle petrol rather than catch fish.

can't remember the last time i pump 95Ron ... always 97Ron

Just an update, I just managed to got a good rent deal. I am renting whole unit 3+1 at $1500 at same block. Best things is I don't need to move so far, I am just moving next 2 units! Haha

This post has been edited by Joshua_0718: Aug 11 2010, 01:26 PM

Extremely cheap. Fully furnish? Location?

thats great!

btw, wheres ur district? at $1500, u r not sharing with anyone? i thought HDB not allowed to rent out the whole unit if follow rules?

would a fresh graduate with an Accounting degree be able to find a job in Sg? Or should I gather working experience in Malaysia first before venturing?

Thanks.

Yes, indeed. For 2+1, this area cost $1700-$1800

Fully furnish, but we don't mind whether it is partial or fully furnish, as we already have most of the it.
Location at Kallang, to be exact is Kallang Bahru.

Kallang. Sharing with 4 person including me.
Planning to get 1 more person, since we have an extra room now.

Renting whole unit is allowed after 5 years owning the unit.

This post has been edited by Joshua_0718: Aug 11 2010, 03:01 PM

A 3+1 unit F/F at Kallang for 1.5K!!
how did u get it? that's super cheap for such central area!!
Can't even find 2+1 for that price at central area.
Even 1+1 for 1.4k is very rare.

Haha, it is my next 2 door unit neighbour.

True, the price at this area are crazy high. In 2014, the price will even higher due to new MRT station coming up soon.

*hint hint*, buy property this area

This post has been edited by Joshua_0718: Aug 11 2010, 05:53 PM