Hmmmm interesting ...... I never realize there could be so many complications.

I don't think I can totally separate everything in KL, e.g. I can't sell my house in KL even if I were to move my wife and kids to SG. My parents wants to stay there. And what if I want to go back to KL once in a while, I can't sell my car, and I can't terminate my KL phone line. So a lot of these expenses are still not reduced, I'm afraid.

If my wife comes to SG with me, for sure she must work too. But in the interim period before she comes, I will have to decide whether I personally want to expand my career to SG, or here in Msia .....

Hmmmm interesting ...... I never realize there could be so many complications.

I don't think I can totally separate everything in KL, e.g. I can't sell my house in KL even if I were to move my wife and kids to SG. My parents wants to stay there. And what if I want to go back to KL once in a while, I can't sell my car, and I can't terminate my KL phone line. So a lot of these expenses are still not reduced, I'm afraid.

If my wife comes to SG with me, for sure she must work too. But in the interim period before she comes, I will have to decide whether I personally want to expand my career to SG, or here in Msia .....

Then your decision becomes clearer. Since you insist on financing so many liabilities if you come to SG, then the job in SG must simply pay you enough to do that. It's now a straightforward mathematical decision. Just do a P&L over the next 3 or 5 years etc for the SG options you receive.

Wah, ur advice is very accountant leh, ie to budget a P/L for next 3-5 years... are u an accountant? There are many more non-monetary factors to consider as well... such as you might be leaving your loving pet dog (which cannot be valued just using a P/L)..

for single it is sg. but when have kids and wife, sg is too expensive or u become seantang single forever alone ah..

such as you might be leaving your loving pet dog

hdb can keep dog mah http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10326p.nsf/w/...ed?OpenDocument

in malaysia, law is not allowed to keep any dog in condominium/apartment.

anyway for you sashimi lovers, if you're at east-coast-ish area try out Fish Mart SAKURAYA in parkway parade. food's just so-so but the sashimi is unbeatable value, they've got pretty big variety, even have bluefin tuna belly. blogpost in sig otherwise picspam only:

Hmmmm interesting ...... I never realize there could be so many complications.

I don't think I can totally separate everything in KL, e.g. I can't sell my house in KL even if I were to move my wife and kids to SG. My parents wants to stay there. And what if I want to go back to KL once in a while, I can't sell my car, and I can't terminate my KL phone line. So a lot of these expenses are still not reduced, I'm afraid.

If my wife comes to SG with me, for sure she must work too. But in the interim period before she comes, I will have to decide whether I personally want to expand my career to SG, or here in Msia .....

Pet dog...? Just cook and eat lah..

for me i just kinda 'terminates every damn thing' . Sell my house in JB, sold my Msia car, move my kids to study in Sg. Wifey now taking care of kids full time. For now, I think that's the best option for me i would say.

for me i just kinda 'terminates every damn thing' . Sell my house in JB, sold my Msia car, move my kids to study in Sg. Wifey now taking care of kids full time. For now, I think that's the best option for me i would say.

bring the dog along by putting it into your stomach? 

are you chinese... i guess you are..

I don't think I can totally separate everything in KL, e.g. I can't sell my house in KL even if I were to move my wife and kids to SG. My parents wants to stay there. And what if I want to go back to KL once in a while, I can't sell my car, and I can't terminate my KL phone line. So a lot of these expenses are still not reduced, I'm afraid.

If my wife comes to SG with me, for sure she must work too. But in the interim period before she comes, I will have to decide whether I personally want to expand my career to SG, or here in Msia .....

I guess if you have kids, the better option would be working here and raised them here. They may not be street smart compared to Malaysian kids, might be even end up growing up as a nerd, but still, I think it is better compared to Malaysian education system (public vs public).

how about going back to malaysia every week? i have friends/colleagues who are going back to kl every week, just to see their wives/wives+kids/gfs (mainly in late 20s/early 30s). 1 of them of which i really salute is a woman in her 30s, her husband and kiddos in malaysia, she's alone in singapore. 

have u sold ur house at JB? wifey not working. wow ur salary must be high

I guess if you have kids, the better option would be working here and raised them here. They may not be street smart compared to Malaysian kids, might be even end up growing up as a nerd, but still, I think it is better compared to Malaysian education system (public vs public).

My reason coming here, or more accurately leaving Malaysia is I don't want my future kids end up going through what I went through in Malaysia, and I don't think there is any hope for Malaysia based on current socio-political environment.

Perhaps it is in the blood, me as a Chinese, I will go wherever that offer better opportunity.

yeah sold it, doesn't really make sense to keep it if the rental is not enough to cover monthly loan repayment. Getting a HDB apartment make more sense since 70% of the installment is settle by CPF. I'm that kinda ppl who doesn't really trust a maid to look after my kids    , so my wife fits in nicely. Just have to plan your budget a bit and you'll  be fine, no need high salary, occasionally scout the net for good deals ...etc Groupon, Jigocity, Big Deals ....etc etc      .... well, i'll leave that deals part to washabushi 

do you want your children end up complain and complaining?

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Added on September 10, 2011, 9:13 pm

if have family (wife and 2 children), how much is sufficient? maybe I am planning to work there if it is enough.
wife at home just nice if they wanna cook and do house chores, does ur wife do that?