With only 3 years experience, it's a pretty good offer. I dare say he won't get many other offers paying the same pay. If one starts at $2500, it's a 20% increment each year to get to $4500.

For me, the whole point of working in Singapore is to retire earlier than I could have if I stayed in Malaysia, not work even longer. Oh... and also to buy stuff I could never afford if I stayed in Malaysia.

When I did my sums 6 years ago before I came to Sg... I will have saved the same amount of money (in a common currency) by the time I'm 43 in Sg, as I would have at 55 in Mys. But that calculation was based on a flat salary to make the calculation easier. But the fact is that my company has a much larger office in Singapore. I have gotten 3 promotions since I arrived here, whereas in KL, I had already hit the ceiling.

For you guys, it should be even earlier as most of you are practically starting your careers here. Whereas I had already "wasted" quite a few years in KL and Ipoh.

If I could re-do my career all over again, I would work overseas immediately after graduation and after 15-20 years, retire back to Ipoh to a simple stress free job making coffee at Starbucks or something, earning just enough to pay for the road tax, petrol and insurance for my Evo X or Skyline GTR which I would have already paid in cash for.

best thing is tax we paid is not used to build mosque

Hi I am looking for a room to rent around woodland/marsiling/admiralty. Prefer to be near mrt station. I am 28, working as engineer (start in Sept). I am currently looking around, but if anyone of you have any available room to rent, kindly let me know.

Where do u stay? I play badminton somewhere near Tampines. PM me if interested. Let me know also if you r looking for kaki to join u.

For more budget experience can try Suki Sushi. The selection menu not as large but the important thing is they have free flow sushi sashimi! Me and my friends tasted it and loved it. Good service and food is fresh, easily beats the lousy RM88 places in KL like Tenji and Jogoya. Per pax around $25 with gst.

most of the time i will be flying around $30-$40 for the air ticket. just book around 2 weeks in advance than can edi. But if expensive period also around $60-70 only. I don't go back that often, now i wait Jetstar promo i only go back. I am a fat guy so if sit Airasia, not comfortable. Tiger got more legroom but still not comfortable. Still Jetstar is the best but around $4-5 more expensive. But Jetstar we can pay with the SAM machine to save the $6 admin fees. So still Jetstar better.

Hi guys....i hv one ques here...
S pass holder with 2k salary can apply for sg PR?? after 2 years or ......

im diploma holder....is it possible??

I will be working in Singapore/ -raffles place and I looking for place to stay? 

Anyone has a room available at Singapore

well, that's not what a mp should do... and they are doing it right... not like msia's longkang mp... longkang block also call mp.. and mp do it for publicity stun

because they cant afford ppl sitting around surfing for a fewhours... there's limited space in sg

You are right, of course. Life does tend to take the path of least resistance.

But there is another option... change the status quo. Those of us who are overseas do what we can. I go home to vote in the election and blogged to carry my views to those in Malaysia. The blog attracted several police reports during the last election, so my stategy must be making some difference.

I have not given up hope of returning to Malaysia. Things are changing because of 2 reasons. Firstly, decent people are fair-minded. Some day the larger Malay community will realise that ''maruah'' means self respect, not pride. You cannot attain self respect without  being inscrutably fair.

Secondly, the country is running out of money. The handouts will have to stop when there's none left to hand out. Then they will have to start 'creating' wealth instead of being obsessed with 'taking' it.