Apple has a telesales dept?

online as in internet, or tele as in telephone?

What does Apple sell online or over the phone? I didn't think that you had any products that would require online solicitation or cold calling customers.

Or do you mean customer service / service desk?

Take a look at the rail map for Singapore, mark out the stations that you would want to live nearby and then on the online real estate websites, choose apartments for that budget within those areas. The good thing about Singapore MRT is that the names of the stations are the same as the names of the areas.

I'm more familiar about the North South MRT line and 5-6 stations from Raffles Place means Newton or Novena. Since you want gym facilities, that means private condos and not HDB flats. For Newton and Novena... 3 bedroom furnished private condo with decent gym... you might want to double your budget to get more options.

How long will it take you to find a job?

If you don't mind the daily commute... why not?

Question is whether the savings from living in JB is more than the additional income you would earn if you invested those 2-3 hours per day into your job, a second job, part time work or your own small biz?

For me, it's important to be able to say 'yes, no problem. Be there/at the airport in an hour' when the job calls. Thankfully, it doesn't happen often... but when it does, it's always a mini career defining moment. Add to that the fact that my current boss likes 8am meetings... living in JB means I have to leave home at 4-5am... or pay S$40 to take a SG cab from Kotaraya II.

What connection?

The boy only needs to do NS if he wants citizenship or to remain a PR after he turns 18. He can always give up the PR and return to Malaysia or apply for a EP/WP if he wants to stay.

From now until he's 18, he's a PR by virtue of being a dependent of a PR.

I just like the idea of Chinese boys knowing how to shoot to kill, use a knife and being capable of military-grade physical combat.

If I had kids, I'd definitely pack them off to NS.

So... what is so exciting that you get to do in Malaysia but can't do in Singapore?

You cannot do these things in Singapore?

During peak hour, half the trains terminate at Yishun. And after Yio Chu Kang, the distance between stations is quite a bit farther/longer. If you're a bus guy, a lot more buses from AMK/Bishan/Toa Payoh area.

No lah... it's just a standard phrase in job ads.

But you have to realise also that if the kind of job being advertised can attract a good number of local applicants, chances are that the employer will not waste time to consider any foreigners.

Obviously you need to come down here and protect her, right?

Anyway, just make a police report and legally inform the landlord. They'll have to work it out. She can also call her MP directly or go to the Community Center to find out when the MP will be conducting his next meet-the-grassroots session. They usually respond quite well to educated folks who are capable of going straight to the press or PAP HQ.

In any case... the alongs in Singapore are softies. All they dare to do is paint this, paint that. I've never actually heard or read of actual cases of physical aggression.

Well... let's put it this way. The circumstances that allow you to light firecrackers in Malaysia is also the same thing that allows robbers and snatch thieves to go free after they rob/harm/kill their victims.

There've been case after case of bastards on motorbikes whacking old folks from behind when they doing their morning walk exercises in Ipoh and then robbing them. Quite a few died from their injuries... of course lah.., 70-80 years old kena whack on the head by a crash helmet swung from a speeding motorbike. Not one assailant has been caught.

So... back to the point... it may be 'exciting'... but in a "living in fear" kind of way.

You're in KL right? Just fly down using AirAsia, Tiger, Jetstar or Firefly on Friday (I think there's over 30-40 flights each day in total and quite cheap) and take a taxi from the airport to the interview. If you fly in early, go there first and ask if they can interview earlier. If they can, great. If they can't, then just go to a nearby McDs/shopping mall and hang around until it's time.

The wonders of Google or simply visiting the SMRT website: http://www.smrt.com.sg/trains/documents/Train_Poster.pdf

Nope. Will never consider a bike.

If you suck at riding, you die. If other drivers suck at driving, also you die. Even the smallest accident is a painful and bloody affair, no matter what.

Please elaborate. What's the connection?

For point #1... people don't say bike riding is dangerous simply because they drive a car instead of riding a bike. They say it's dangerous because it's dangerous. Plain and simple. Any bike rider who thinks that riding is "not dangerous", and that the injuries in the event of an accident are not severe - needs his head examined.

As for point #3... all the people I know who used to ride bikes when they were younger or poorer - all say the same thing. They will never consider riding bikes again. It's just too risky. They have too much to lose or are too old to deal with the possibility of needless abrasions and fractures. All of them rather pay 2K or 3K more and get a 2nd hand Kancil.

This post has been edited by seantang: Jun 10 2010, 11:24 PM

Perhaps... riding a kapcai on a little muddy path is somewhat different from riding a big bike on the expressway.

But that's the other thing. Kampung riders who suddenly ride in cities and highways... greatly increase their risk of accidents. Just like how all those people who normally drive to supermarket only, suddenly think they are competent to do high speed long distance driving during Raya and CNY.