frankly speaking working in Singapore and whether you are comfortable with it depends on 2 things (1) which stage of life are you at and (2) smart enough to know where to get cheap and nice stuff.
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- I believe those single guys just starting work would not like Singapore. Why? Coz there is hardly any comfort. U must rent a room somewhere at a not cheap price and you dont have a car to show off to girls. And since you just started work you probably need to rent somewhere out of the centre of city and this means longer time to travel between home and workplace. However, what you guys are missing the point is this: Singapore definitely have more opportunities for the smart ones, meritocracy here are stiff, you smart you go up faster. You will definitely get more recognised working in a big firm in Singapore compared to working in a similar big firm in Malaysia.
- For other guys at a diff stage in life such as myself who have a family and have reached a comfortable earning level, living in Singapore opens up a lot of good things. I bought a hdb flat in Tiong Bahru which is near the city, travelling using mrt to office door to door takes 30mins max. I dont need a car, my home is near to banks, shopping mall, wet market (i dun visit these much anyway, i have other sources for fish, pork and chicken that is even more cheaper and they delivery to my doorstep), clinics, bus stops, mrt, eateries etc. There are nurseries and playschools very near my home where i can take my babies to, plenty of good stuff to eat (not food courts), and necesseties are cheap if you know where to buy them from. My wife prefers to take taxi to work, it costs her $3.50 a trip and she reaches office in 15 mins, better than me, except sometimes she comes out late and there is no cab ;p She arrives back home 6+ to play with the kids. My dream is that my kids grew up well, attend a local recognised uni and mix with the right people and have a great career. My 2nd dream, to own a terrace house in Singapore later on if i can find a good one
Thing (2)
- I can tell you this: you dont need to go to food court for crappy food and you dont need to go to expensive restaurants. There are good and nice food in Singapore if u care to be adventurous and look for them. A friend of mine came down to SG to visit frens, his fren brought him to some dim sum place in the morning. I brought him to tiong bahru market in the afternoon and his comment was " this is the first real food i have in Singapore!". If you know where to find good food, you wont go wrong. Whether its tau foo fa, fried rice, 'tai chou', western, etc go to the right place to eat and you will find, dollar to RM, its even cheaper and just as nice.
- For fine dining, if you go to really posh area and restaurants then yes prepare to spend loads. However, if you compare to Malaysia very posh fine dining you actually spends more rm to sgd. Take beef steak for example. I went to a western restaurant near Pavillion in KL, the exported beef costs RM120++! Exported beef steak in a swanky restaurant in SG will cost you S$70 or less. Set lunch in KL costs around RM20++ to RM40++ in nice restaurants. I eat set lunches in my work place in the central district fin dining restaurant, it costs me S$10 to S$30. I took that same fren i mentioned to go eat at Tung Lok restaurant in the evening, one of the best restaurant in SG and it costs me S$100 for a very nice meal for 2 and he loves it. The only food i know SG always fail in is pork noodle which somehow always kinda sucky ;p
Jan 11 2011, 11:10 PM
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