Shit... any advice how to finance property in Singapore? Seems to me monthly salary SG$5,000 also not enough. But then average household income is less than that. So, how does the middle income group survive in Singapore?

90 sq metres is considered an average sized unit in Singapore.  5-room units which are 30 years old and barely 100 sq metres (and also needs renovation of at least SGD20-30K) in better locations like Queenstown, Redhill and Tao Payoh are selling for SGD700-800K! 

Decent-sized condos (100 sq metres and above) at these locations are going above SGD1 million.

Unlike Malaysia where the property market is relatively quiet and stagnant, Singapore has a runaway property market with locals and foreigners (particularly Chinese nationals) continually buying and selling properties in an ever-increasing spiral where prices of condos can rise 20-30% in a mere 12 months!

my gf says she would rather die than have her kids be schooled in sg. i dunno, she believes that malaysian education at least is more well rounded and the kids have a more meaningful childhood. i guess its about what we want out of society.

To make their children suffer the 1 hours or so travel time. I wonder how does one encourage out of the box thinking since you just tell people not to follow their predecessor method of solving the problem. But then again they will just wikipedia it so thats not really thinking out of the box is it.

There was a time when they said that whilst the school plays a big part, parents is ultimately the driving force and the pillar of the child's growth,  irregardless of being in M'sia, Singapore or JB, no miracle in school can save the child from his parent's neglect to be the guide in all things.

even the iphone plan is not worth?..saw the iphone lite plan is only sgd56/mth..but i dunno what other charges impose
sgd200...wow..that's alot

isn't singapore too small a place to work for long term? don't you get bored?

As far as i know, u need to pay $100 for the ERP machine, then everyday u enter Singapore, u need to pay $4.

Do you guys normally go to malaysia on weekends? I got an offer to work their and have one month to decide

Thanks! Great info! Now i can try to make a budget. Is it an option to rent an ERP machine? How much would that cost then? If u meant borrowing from others,i dun think i have ne frens who have them.

What can do when on the average singaporean food not that nice.

Why not just ask your company to put you on company blackberry enterprise plan. Since it wont be personal but for business but you can take advantage of using it for minor personal calls or using skype whenever you feel homesick or to call love ones.

I rarely call my parents or frens over the phone, preferring to use either skype, e-mail or msn.

I thought skype recently released a updated apps that allow call over 3g? By the way does apple employee use jailbreak iPhone?

My opinion is 50:50 of success, okay maybe up to max 70% if you want it higher. (Just a pluck from air figure)

Look at all of those Malaysian working in SG now, do you think they are not as good as those Sgrean which went thru NS?

Btw, I wanted to ask something.
What is the approx MRT travelling time during morning peak hours, say around 8am?
For e.g. from Admiralty to Raffles, how long does it takes from station to station.
Thanks.

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

Hi guys, need your advise on this. My girl lives in singapore with a bunch of friends (rented), and they were there since beginning of this year. Today she told me that her house got splashed red paint because the ex-tenant owed loan sharks some money.

Right now, for me, I'm worried for her safety. What do you suggest she can do?

In another 1 day time, the productivity of whole SG nation will drop !

World Cup 2010 will commence !

You will see many zombies at work..

lol.. share with ur housemate ler...