haha lucky i'm a guy...so easy to stay comfortable and still look good. not so easy for girls...

Highly doubt it. Either you are a PR or you're not. Having a Sg number or not doesn't change that fact. And anyway it's not any easier to call a local number than it is to call a malaysian number. they just need to add a +60.

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.

I think I agree with this the most.

Yeah, I mean, I didn't turn out too bad and i followed sekolah kebangsaan all the way through. Agree that in the case of higher education, it may be harder to get into the 'top' universities, but AFAIK, my employers just see my cgpa, relevance of subjects and how I present myself. As long as they understand that you are from a gov uni, that is usually enough (as its hard enough for nonmalay to enter public universities).

I was however asked to rank my university (UTeM) by a singaporean interviewer. I told them that usually the university here follow the trend of age (the older you are, the higher you rank, mostly). She seems satisfied, and explained that the reason they ask is because their trainee program is only open to the top 4 universities in Malaysia, but they may bend the rules. In Malaysia, I was never questioned about the validity of my degree, or how good my university is during interview.

yeah usually corporate plans are better because the company provides subsidies? or at least it will be better than what the general public gets. Funnily enough the corporate plan at a company I work with last time didn't have coverage inside its own building (certain areas).

I am going to Sg soon, working at Jurong but my friend might be working at Bedok (other side of the freaking island). What would be a nice compromise location to stay in terms of distance? His place is just in front of Bedok mrt, so for him is quite easy as long as he can get access to mrt.

I'm thinking either Clementi area or the red line MRT area near CCK , although I welcome any suggestions. I am guessing in terms of rental, preferably if can keep below $300 per pax.

so with budget around $600 what area is available that is near to the middle of the island (hv to be away from town area i suppose)?

Thx for the feedback all, so probably I will aim for Clementi/Commonwealth area...other places nearer to town on Green Line a bit out of budget liao.

I'm from Melaka, usually they will just arrange time for an interview. Sometimes if I lazy, I will request them to do phone interview. But from Melaka take earliest bus to Sg, reach also noon ady, so I guess any further and it's not realistic to expect the candidate to go down for face 2 face interview.

Incidentally my friend from Klang got call for 2nd interview, which must be f2f, so he will have to spend a night at his hostel in Melaka before going down.

Don't need to think so much, just apply and if the company wants you they will let you know. I secured a job thru just a phone interview once, even tho the HR told me if I passed phone interview I would still need to go down for f2f. Sometimes it's about luck, and meeting the right interviewer with authority to go against established company policy if they find you to be a suitable candidate.

Are you working already? What position are you looking for? Sometimes it's a bit of luck also...

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Added on May 22, 2010, 4:12 pmCurrent political climate, and also increased worker levy starting soon may discourage some companies from recruiting across the causeway. But for bigger companies usually they already have a working relationship with MOM so the permit application, although an extra step to deal with, is not a big problem for them.

Furthermore, hiring foreign workers means they immediately save on some 1x% of CPF contribution, and they get to offer a lower salary compared to locals. Or sometimes certain jobs its harder to get locals to join due to negative perception towards the job. One of my fren, an engineering fresh grad, is only working for 2k salary over there. As long as the dollars make sense, they will always be willing.

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I will most probably be going to Singapore by next month. Anybody got contact for nice cheap single room (or, who wants to share room with me)? Looking around West or North area.

You are looking for a room too? maybe we can team up.

Depends on landlord...last time my landlord is kind enough to only take my 1st month rental. I told him its my first job in Singapore and he said its okay, the 1 mth deposit i can pay to him next month after I get my first paycheck. I guess you can check with your landlord b4 signing agreement.

its very hard to find rooms without agent...they are swamping most of the sites with their ads, which are sometimes pointless and advertise other irrelevant properties as well.

I thought once you restore, Apple won't know if you jailbreak it before?

Actually HP laptops perform even worse than Acer...

Hw much is the pay for fresh grad? say one with bachelors in comp sci from msian uni.

lets say cust support like the previous poster mentioned

You are gonna be working in Sg soon too?


Why is S Pass more troublesome than E Pass?

I think S Pass got somesort quota within a company so they have to play balancing act, whilst E Pass no such limit. Correct me if wrong.