look at the jammed    ... all the motorcyclist  looks like ants on the bridge.

look at the jammed     ... all the motorcyclist  looks like ants on the bridge.

Just curious, since I have only been travelling from JB-SG for less than one month, do the traffic/bus crowd after 7am be the same during school days and school holiday?  What about when getting back to JB in the evening?  Very curious...

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).

if i am correct, they will charge for 3 months?

Not quite right... really depends on the level / position / industry

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

30mins of exhaust fumes almost everyday ? that's more than enough damage.

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Added on December 22, 2010, 1:05 pm... crossing the causeway now. traffic is crawling. looks like a lot of Sg cars is going out and getting into Msia.

hi all
I come from Kajang, single
Has about 10 yrs working exp. in MNC R&D electronics & as sales engineer (1 yr only)
currently pursuing Master of Eng. Management in UPM, will be completed
within 1.5-2yrs
Interested to get a job in Singapore in future due to current situation in M'sia is not encouraging.
Will stay in Canberra road Sembawang in the future, relative apt. is there.
Any opportunity inform me in future. (finished scanning the thread from V1-V5, n DL some important links)
In fact, downgraded salary after switched to local company as sales engineer, but is reasonable due to no exp. Resigned already (dont have 2 mention 2 much about Chinaman company). Grateful that I got some sales exp.
Quited Jap MNC due to no work-life balance (stayed overnight once a wk in recent yrs)
(passed JLPT Level 3) - just some other ability
found that searching job in Sing. is not easy, been trying for few mths
even asking for SGD3K only -engineer or sales job
Thanks!

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.

Isnt your market exclusively in apple products? Since its a controlled item, i dont think theres much problems in spoiling the apple market.

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.

hi Bro,
I mean job for sales engineer, SGD3K.
As for manufacturing,
my specialty is uncommon in Singapore.
I had surveyed that 4 my job scope,
it is considered niche market.
They will offer as Assistant Eng only.
Anyway, all of them rejected me because
either open for PR/citizen or my qualification 2 high
for assistant eng.
n also, i noticed that the job description for engineer
in Singapore is more challenging, most of the skills I not acquired.
maybe due to education system different, or mostly kwailo MNC provide these skills.
I was graduated in Physics.
Anyway, as long as I able to get job in Sing. then I can settle down
and aim for PR and so on. C how lah.
Now oledi 31 yrs old, late oledi when look back.
Recently I got called for interview for sales engineer in Sing local company,
when I demanded that I 12 stay in Sing. n drive M'sian car (they 1 me 2 stay in JB
n to n fro daily), no more reply from them.
When review back, ridiculous 2 drive m'sian car in Sing.
But if stay in JB, many disadvantages :

-need pay house rental
-safety
-jam in traffic/custom
-driving risk (eg. accident, etc)
-energy

4 company point of view if stay in Sing (I guess)
-SGD20 per day, petrol, parking, higher allowance, etc.
but advantages for me :
save rental, time, energy, good safety

Thanks!

Thanks for the info,
btw how much do u think i need 2 pay my aunt apt in Sembawang HDB
(I live there alone 4 whole house), I already have a figure in mind, just need some opinions.
Electricity + water + etc.
in the future, will go there 1 month, get the newspaper, n hunt 4 job.

BTW, how to installed free GPS for my Iphone 3GS.
can send to shop to fix it? how much? any idea?
I know Garmin can't be installed. maybe papago, tomtom, etc ok
Correct me if wrong.

thinking about M'sian car, it would be a problem if i left it n work in Sing.
Luckily not yet purchase any property in M'sia.

What is the salary should I demand for engineer in MNC?
I think similar to what I got in Msia rite?
The master degree I pursuing now is not thesis, just coursework based.
Somemore not NUS or NTU.
Many people adviced to take MBA because popular n high demand, but it is just 2 business oriented 4 me,
I prefer some technical knowledge so that not 2 boring.

THX.