not sure about the others, but if you are talking about helpdesk (call center), then it will be around $1.8k-$2.5k depends on qualification. i got slightly more than 2k with 3 years exp, but i got no paper qualification, i study until form 6 only

never tried b4, i am here for around 1 year + only. mayb u can ask bloggerblue, he lost his passport the other week, but he is passing with the access card now, mayb we ask him try to use the normal lane, see if the ICA people will kacau him or not.

can change the travel date?? i am going back on 23rd. haven buy bus tickets. if can change date, then i take from you la. the RM31 tickets is 27 seater bus rite?

I am going back KL by bus this time, then i will bring my car from KL to JB, so this is the last time i will be taking bus/public transport to KL

not really sure about transnational because most of the time i will take those coach directly from SG like Aeroline. You just need to call tem up or go online, there is a section that u can change travel date and time, the 1st change is free and it must be done 1 or 3 days before the departure date if not mistaken.

not sure about Singapore Driving license. But riding a bike in Singapore is rather safe compare to KL, if u rode a bike in KL before, you will feel that riding in Singapore is a lot more comfortable, their roads doesn't have those manhole in the middle and bike can ride at the middle on the road if you are going a fast enough. and on the $$ wise, its expensive if u stay in SG because u need to pay $0.65 daily just to park your bike at the HDB car park. Road tax is expensive as well. The other day when i am jaming in the causeway, there is a uncle riding a Singapore bike similar to mine, he asked me how much i bought mine, i bought mine at RM8k so i asked him back about his bike, he said he bought his bike $8k. and his roadtax is $200+ yearly while i am only paying RM30 road tax and RM100+ insurance. I doubt his insurance gonna be cheap though. And when we park our bike back in Malaysia, we don't have to pay car park. So my suggestion, if u are planning to buy a bike, why not stay in JB and get a Malaysian bike, even after calculating the $4 daily VEP, it is still cheaper to get a Malaysian bike compare to SG bike unless you are talking about long term (at least 3 years and above). Who know ur company gonna transfer you to another country or you getting tired of SG and wanna go back to where u are from, by then you are on the losing end. And since u work odd hours, then you don't have to worry about the traffic jam in the causeway as well. as long as you go and do the biometric identification for biker (free), then you definitely can cross the causeway in less than 10 mins (avoid 5am-9am JB-SG and 5pm-9pm SG-JB).

you can look at that jam over there, but i can tell you, I can pass the immigration in around 30 mins even i started the queue on the bridge because they closed 2 of the car section and opened it for motorcycles. so its not as bad as u imagine

PS: forgot to mention, i might be 1 of them there... hehe, oh wait, izzit today's picture? if yes then i am not there coz i reach causeway at 6:15 on the bridge today and i manage to reach jb at 6:40, keke

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Added on December 21, 2010, 9:14 pmi think the school bus won't affect the motorcycle section, mayb u will see less bike after 7am (i assume coz some parents might go out earlier to send their children to school). I also started taking bike when the school holiday starts, about 1 and a half month now. overall i am satisfied with the experience because the expectation set to me by my friend is crazy (he say if wanna reach office 8am, must leave home at 4:30am which is bull crap). somemore he stay in Taman Sentosa while i stay in Taman Ehsan Jaya. If i stay in Taman Sentosa, i think i can reach office in less than 1 hour. Now my travel time also is around 1 hour 15 mins.

This post has been edited by Lester1987: Dec 21 2010, 09:15 PM

i think the traffic should be better now since they opened the bridge for cars that goes from SG-JB. only motorcycles are still using the curve road. But its actually good cause its a lot safer since there are no cars around when we are using that road.

omg, 10 years experience with masters asking for 3k SGD? are you serious?? this is crazy dude, some people at my company doesn't even have a degree and only have about 4 years experience is getting 4-5k a month. don't spoilt the market dude.

nola, i just curious why he lower his salary to that low since he got good qualification and a long working experience.
btw, will be going back to KL today, hopefully when i go Larkin later around 4pm still got bus tickets to go back.

There is a few reason why they ask you to stay in JB.
1. You can't stay in Singapore if u wanna drive a Malaysia car because the car must leave the country at least 6 hours a day and the driver must not held any residential address in Singapore it self.
2. Parking in Singapore is expensive, petrol is expensive as well.
3. If you leave home at 6:30 and reach immigration at 7am, i can guaranty that you won't stuck on a traffic jam because its rather empty (i commute daily by bike, but after school holiday, i not so sure).
4. Safety in JB is a not as good as SG, but if you stay in KL before, i would say its more a less the same, so no big deal.
5. when your company ask you to drive a Malaysian car in SG, i think the $20 VEP is beared by them right?
6. Rental wise, JB is a lot cheaper compare to SG, a room in SG is $500 (minimum) and with RM1.2k, you can get a whole condo unit just next to the causeway.

Unless you will be driving a SG car (you need SG license to do this), it is impossible that you can drive a Malaysia car in SG long term.

2+1 rooms HDB market rate is around 1.4k-1.6k in that area, so u decide urself. if its a 3+1 or 4+1 rooms, then is will be around 2k+

I am going back on the 5th Feb (Friday) night after work (6pm), if u interested, let me know. I am driving a Malaysian car though coz i stay in JB but i will drive to work on that day because its VEP free.

oopss, my bad, i though you were going back to KL from SG. sorry.

This post has been edited by Lester1987: Dec 25 2010, 09:08 AM

I am driving back on the 13th, but i originally already book my tickets for CNY, 1Feb from SIN-KUL, then 6th Feb from KUL-SIN, tiger airways. not sure how much does it cost to change name, may u can ask, if not that expensive, then mayb you can take my tickets since i am not using it.

room price varies from $500-$900 depends on size of the room and location.

i agree with this... those CKT is sweet is because they add tomato ketchup on it la. u can try to see they will pour some ketchup in when they fry, normally will mix with water.

wah~~ so nice? 听者有分 izzit?

Woodlands Causeway jam like hell this morning.... made me late to work. stucked on the causeway for 1 hour +. normally the queue is only around 20 mins. anything happened in Singapore? why their checking is so strict today?

not really, when u enter using motorcycle, in the peak hours, they just let u pass as there are thousands of motorcycles queuing there and they can't afford to check every single 1 of us. But yesterday its different case. they check every single bikers. but today back to normal.

no issue bringing pets cross the immigration since pets doesn't need a passport.

izzit? to me, Singapore and malaysia is just the same thing. But my current job is the most stress free job in my whole entire life. so Singapore = less stress compare to Malaysia. For me, i think it depends on what company and what position you are holding la. when u got a good job and company, that's when u should start enjoying ur life. if not, keep searching until you get one.