I, for one, welcome our Android Overlords.

If it was a year ago I would say definitely go for iPhone OS. The variety of apps and the smoothness of the phone is top notch.

Now with Android fast catching up, things are less clear. The Snapdragon processors brings the platform up to par with iPhone's speed, although overall, the UI on Apple still feels smoother, less lag, than Android (I guess thats the price you pay for open source which is supposed to run on a wide range of hardware configurations, vs Apple's locked down ecosystem where everything is tweaked to perfection).

Personally I would wait another year to see if Android apps can catch up to the quality of the iPhone. As is stands, Market is a complete crapshot so the App Store is still more advantageous for developers. But more and more 'popular' apps have found their way to Market.

Rumors are the A4 will be the brains of iPhone 4..if true, that's one juicy and power-frugal chip! Specs wise, it will probably beat the Desire. After all in the world of consumer electronics, the latest usually ends up being the greatest for the duration that it remains the latest.

Haha if he ran an online search for her facebook, friendster, contact, etc etc already then that baru kira buaya king.

Yeah what is TCSS? And what's a tarp?

haha no i dun usually hang out at kopitiam thread.

Brunei is nice...near to my home in Sabah compare to Sg...currency also strong haha. If I can one day I wan to jump also.

It is feasible to stay there but drive sg registered vehicle in and out? or the toll charges make it not worthwhile anyway? cos if working in Tuas area, this the distance don't look too bad.

Yeah on average you only save about $100-150 going from single to twin sharing. To some, a small price to pay for privacy.

Haha sg so hot until need portable aircon ah? won't the owner kbkp and demand extra if u use something like that?

the portable aircon using water evaporation not so good apparently, esp in high humidity places in southeast asia.

How long does it take usually for EP to get approved from day of application? the form states up to 5 weeks....-.-

one thing i learn about singaporean cuisine...even tho the name of the dish might be same as in malaysia, this does not necessarily mean the same dish similar to how hokkien mee is different in Penang vs everywhere else in malaysia.

last time i ordered prawn noodle in sg, it should more aptly be called pepper noodle!

Last time i survived on an intern stipend of only $610 a month, + RM500 from my parents monthly, shared room, cooked most of my meals, even got extra leftover to go back melaka spend. But more or less every other day have bring bread lunchbox to office and dinner spaghetti or maggi. The problem is when u got money, you tend to spend...so up to you to be disciplined if you want to take advantage of the SGD currency to save.

I budgeted that i should be able to live quite comfortably in a single room $400 and $300 for food, extra $300 for entertainment expenses. That's still $1000 in savings you can take home, equaling most fresh grad gross salary in Malaysia. The real fun starts when you bring that money back home and use there ^^

it would be even more awesome if your hometown happens to be in labuan or langkawi. can buy a honda civic everytime go back.

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Added on June 15, 2010, 11:50 amDefine huge amount? A bit scared to carry anything more than SGD1k in cash around.

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wah lester your home owner very good hor. got lubang for 1 more? haha

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Added on June 18, 2010, 11:00 pmNice breakdown on expenses there, useful for those contemplating cost of living in Sg. Would be interesting to compare it dollar for ringgit vs living and working in KL.

This post has been edited by reign226: Jun 18 2010, 11:00 PM

depends on what field of work you are doing and also the company.

generally engineering around 2.3 to 2.5
but my friend only got 2. so it depends on your luck also. if kena chinaman company, good luck.

This is based on my own personal experiences and also the figures quoted are for Malaysians with no PR. SG/PR should command a higher pay especially if they have degree from local Singaporean university instead of a Malaysian degree.

AFAIK the recruiter told me 2.5k and above is only for Singaporeans with reason being they went for National Service, so they are unable to offer 2.5k for me. Hence i was quoted the 2.3-2.4 figure.

I am having problems with this as well. So far I use Roomsdb.net, Easyroommate.sg, Share Accomodation and Flathub...its been very hard to find also. Previously I used Sg-house managed to find quite a few non-agent ads but nowadays through sheer volume, agent ads have flooded most of these sites that it's become virtually impossible to find and connect with people who are renting out directly.

If possible I would also like to find houses...preferbly ones that don't have to stay with owners. Blessed when are you going over to Sg to work?

My company asked me to find 2 guarantors and a witness during contract signing...but I don't have any relatives or friends there...-.-...what usually happens in this case?

For my job, apparently I will be bonded for 2 years, so I guess should I cabut early, the company needs to take action and can do so against a local citizen who became my guarantor.

Finally I'm back in Sg. Can add my record, staying in Lakeside and working in Tuas. =)