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Live-Aljunied. Work - Raffles Place

I have a studio room for rent at S$900 p.m. fully furnished. Location The Accord Apartments Lorong 15 Geylang. 10 min walk to Aljunied station. No agents. Start in Jan. Interested pls call me at +65 83202544

No agents. Technically its not my unit. I'm just a tenant but I've signed a 6 months contract and will forfeit my deposit if i move out now. However I am shifting in with my friends soon in end dec and the agreement was if I manage to find someone to rent the studio from me i will be reimbursed my deposit. So no agents

I am!!! I'm also looking for Liverpool kaki to eatch matches...

Hi Anyone interested? I need tenant by 1/1/2011
Good location especially if you work in city. 20 min only

Very not use to the black pepper Bak Kut Teh and generally I find SG food a bit sweet for my liking. Coming from KL I like it saltier maybe but still cannot understand the black peper BKT! Anyone can find Klang type BKT in SG pls post

I totally agree. Went for this so called "best bak kut teh" in Sg. Didn't like it at all. Dunno what's the deal with the peppery soup??!!!. Nasi lemak is all fried chicken. No rendang.... hokkien mee is watery not like kl thick and solid. In summary hawker food though cheap is not tasty at all.... Now i miss kl food so much

Hi, is it easier to quit my current job and look for another or quit only when I've found another job since I'm currently on EP and not a PR. If I choose the earlier options what will happen to my employment status?

Spot on man. At first I was also thinking about the stronger SGD, brighter prospects, etc when I first reach SG. After 6 mths there, I found that life is not that easy. Housing is small and ridiculously expensive, very fast and hectic and very crowded. Try taking an MRT in the morning/evening or anytime during the day and it's packed. There are virtually no place to sit down and eat in restaurants in the CBD during lunch time. So I tarpau like 5 days a week.

Spot on man. At first I did not realise this and was dying to come to SG like most people, lured by higher income, way of life, etc but I am begining to regret it now that I'm in SG. SG is always crowded irregardless of time. Try taking the mrt or going out for lunch/dinner and chances are you have to wait even in the food court coz limited space/seats. Cost of daily necessities are indeed cheaper than M'sia but if you factor in yr rent, utilities and other expenses, it would amount to be the same as KL. There is virtually zero chance of you owning HDB or condo before you hit 35 if you are a salaried person. (unless you come from rich family or are running a business). The working hours are longer in SG compared to M'sia and the kiasuism of people in work sometimes hamper the greater good of the company. (Everybody here only thinks of covering their @$$ instead of what's best for the co) While cars are technically cheaper than in Msia, dollar to dollar, the cost of maintaining the car is way higher, especially if you work in the CBD. SO if you're single, young and earning <SGD5000 like me, I suggest you to REALLY reconsider your decision. The only benefit of SG is for family people who are already senior mgmt with decent earning power (at least >SGD10K) who craves better education for their children, security and a better environment for their family. But if you're single and not settled down yet with earning <SGD5000 again consider Wisely. M'sia ain't that bad after all

Wow. that's a pretty spartan lifestyle! U sure you guys wanna do that? unless of course yr really desperate

while I am glad many people want to expand there horizon by comming to sg to work I highly recommend those freshies to spend at least 2-3 years working in m'sia first before comming to sg to stand a better chance of being employed. The reason I said that is because the competition here especially for entry level job is very intense and furthermore preference will always be given to Singaporean and pr. And from what I know singaporeans employers do not have high regard for Malaysian unis. They even do not have high regard for proffesional qualification like acca or CPA unless it is accompanied by a degree. They always prefer the local unis coz that's where all the brainiacs are

Dude, I consider myself trifty but yr bordering on insane man. Seriously is it worth it? I think u can enjoy better lifestyle back in m'sia.

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Added on March 27, 2011, 10:50 pmI always say the moral of the story is do NOT get caught. U can do what ever you want rob, rape, kill, etc as long as you do NOT get caught and if you could live with yourself after doing those things then who cares. If IF u do get caught, then YR SCREWED!

This post has been edited by mercury8400: Mar 27 2011, 10:50 PM

If you think yr masters is gonna to make a difference in giving you an edge in empoyment in SG (wheter its investment banking or just banking in general, you are making a huge mistake. Every tom d*** and harry has a Masters in SG. Unless its from the top tier ivy league unis the rest just isn't worth having because the most of the guys fresh off the boat from India (and believe me there are tons of them here) all have a masters degree from one uni or another. Its about experience. And if you want an investment banking job why even consider a telecom industry? Taht would seriously limit yr options in the future. Investment banking specialising in telecom? How small is the market for that? Get yr exp from auditing 2-3 years of auditing background then jump into an investment bank as an entry level position or alternatively jump to corporate banking now then chalk up 2-3 yrs experience then jump over to investment banking (i think there would be some leverage of exp in Corp banking)

If you are a malay Malaysian with a local malaysia degree and little(<5 years) /no experience and wanting the come to SG to work, I'm sorry to say that yr chances is more or less equivalent to ZERO! First yr not a PR or citizen which already put you at a disadvantage. Second yr non chinese and hence do not speak mandarin and that put's you even more to a disadvantage. Thirdly, our local Uni is not held in high regard by singaporean especially if yr a malay coz of the quota system and that puts you down at the bottom of the list alongside the other immigrants such as the Indian, Myanmar, and other 3rd world country people who come over to SG to find work. Fourthly, the perception here which is the same as in malaysia is that the malays in malaysia are lazy and unmotivated. So that puts you behind the indians, myanmar, thais etc. That would make yr chances of landing a job here more or less zero %.

Correct. That's why there are so many of them here. Just walked pass some cafes near my area in Eunos, there are so,so,so many of them out to watch the cricket match. I thought I was in India.

First of all I wanna say that I'm happy that there are modern Malays like you who are forward thinking and realise the plight we as Malaysians are in right now. I like to clearify that the statement I make is not intended to be racist but the jist of the problem (as most of the other people already know) are as below.

I stand by my statement that "generally" the malays in Malaysia are lazy. You and a select few are the exception to this and I applaud you for that. Again unfortunately, the majority of the Malays are still lazy and unmotivated to work hard. ( P.S I did not mention they are lowly educated. I merely imply that the local/public Unis has lowered the std of entry so low just to cater and fill the quota). The concept of competition, efficiency and effectiveness just doesn't occur to them. The tidak apa attitude is so prevalent. While I do admit that this also applies to non malay people as well, however bearing in mind that Malaysia comprises 60% of malay population the no of malays with these type of attitude far exceeds every other race. Coupled with the NEP makes things worst and which is the main culprit for the breeding of this type of attitude. The non malays on the other hand, do not enjoy such luxuries and hence has to fight teeth and nail to preserve their wealth. This has been highlighted many times by Tun Mahatir but the majority of malays are still ignorant to this fact and cling on to their hard belief that this is their right. But this is definately a curse not only to the Malays but to Malaysia as a whole and effects all people in malaysia. Instead politician chose to turn this into a racial thing thus obstructing the view of the "big picture" for their own political mileage.

The reason why SG is so advanced is because there are none of these NEP or protectionist policies. This in turn provides a competitve place where most people/co work hard to differentiate their services/products from their competitors i.e. value add. This in turn brings in other investments from overseas namely the MNC. Coupled with their high standards of work skills, education, infrastructure, and open minded immigration policy to admit the best/most skilled people, it is a perfect opputunity for foreign MNC to set-up their operations. That's why there are so many regional/global operations in SG, which in turn benefits the people of SG. SG has also sucessfully migrated from a low cost services to one which is value added type of model hence increasing the GDP per cap of their people. They had a tough time during the 60s when they broke up with Msia but they soldiered on. Like they say when the going gets tough the tough gets going.

Now I'm sure Malays are a tough bunch of people. Afterall they also suffered the colonisation by portugese, english and dutch. However, with the current mindset and NEP is not going to help the cause. Get rid of it. Sure it hurts in the short term but like i said when the going gets tough the tough gets going. There is no doubt in my mind that Malaysia can do so much more than what it can right now. However, right now malaysia is so complecent whether politically or economically. That's why most people are off to somewhere else.

But believe me when i say this, the majority of malaysian overseas are still malaysians at heart and we love our country. I'm sure many will return only if they can effectively fix these problems.

What co are you working at? I'm also working in raffles place