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 Working in Singapore v8, Tan vs Tan vs Tan vs Tan

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benedictee1981
post Aug 25 2011, 07:09 PM

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QUOTE(siberfriend @ Aug 25 2011, 05:35 PM)
2nd SPR applicaton on may 2010, and finally approved today. ^^
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Its take more then a year to approve?
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post Sep 22 2011, 03:36 PM

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im interested on VCP 5 course but the fee here is freaking expensive.
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post Sep 24 2011, 11:18 PM

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Live in JB or other part of the world is all about individual preference.Myself is staying at JB and working at Tuas.No Offence biggrin.gif
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post Oct 6 2011, 12:24 PM

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QUOTE(Materazzi @ Oct 5 2011, 09:35 PM)
May I know how much does the apartments near the causeway cost? Maybe I will consider to buy property there since u only need 45 mins to reach office, how about from JB to Tuas? how many minutes?
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If travel by car, i leave from bkt indah about 7am and pass Tuas checkpoint about 7.25am to 7.30am. the whole journey is about 10km. depand on the traffic also, if monday will be a bit jam.
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post Oct 6 2011, 01:49 PM

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QUOTE(ivanswk @ Oct 6 2011, 01:13 PM)
very encouraging  rclxms.gif
somebody from bukit indah, u driving sg car i presume
u parking at ? ur working location?
i read from other forum got secret secret road can bypass the traffic  rolleyes.gif
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biggrin.gif nope, i follow my friend singapore registered car. sg car expensive to maintance but if needed, have to go for it.his job required a car to travel around island. dont know about secret road, usually most of car will drop down at the petrol kiosk before heading to singapore. cheaper petrol.actually there is a lot of car pool around whrereby i can meet almost the same face of commuter at check point. tongue.gif
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post Oct 6 2011, 02:20 PM

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QUOTE(ivanswk @ Oct 6 2011, 01:52 PM)
any horror story staying in bukit indah ?
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i just shifted there 3 months ago, got hear there was gang fighting happen there.
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post Oct 16 2011, 09:45 PM

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QUOTE(Dark NT @ Oct 16 2011, 07:35 PM)
I am trying to apply dependant pass for my wife. One of the document required is the marriage cert. I submitted but it got rejected because it is in Malay. I called the High Commission in SG but they said they don't do translation service.

Anyone knows how to get the cert translated and endorsed?
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The nearest 1 will be at tjb building, just behind wisma persekutuan johor.forgot wat office name,is on ground floor.i did translation for Rm90 for my pr application.nowadays ica a bit strict, all must be follow accordingly.those old day,can simply hantam.

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post Nov 1 2011, 04:07 PM

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QUOTE(mercury8400 @ Nov 1 2011, 03:10 PM)
SG gov these days very, very efficient leh...
I put in my PR application 2 weeks ago, today i got approval letter....
2 weeks processing time!!???! Compared to M'sia, take forever... or are they just desperate for people coz SG population shrinking....
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Wah so fast, mine one took 4 months to approve but is with my spouse.
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post Nov 3 2011, 11:16 AM

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QUOTE(BRC @ Nov 3 2011, 11:07 AM)
Is 14K SGD pay high for a person below 30?
Permanent Staff but on EP...

Industry: O&G services
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Consider high. i been working for SBM FPSO Kikeh project and Nobile Drilling in IT field for the past 3 years. salary so so. maybe crappo can clarify?
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post Nov 3 2011, 12:32 PM

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QUOTE(crapp0 @ Nov 3 2011, 11:39 AM)
It depends on alot of factors, which company your working for, position, experience etc.

If your supporting their IT infrastructure for these companies, your most likely in an IT service company which support clients such as SBM and Noble corporation right?

You cant really compare salary range between yourself and those who work on the field on the rigs as technical managers, inspection engineers etc.

Some contractors are paid very high or your on long term contract, either per hour or a days work which is within a 8 hour time frame, whichever is lower.

I know some contractors who are paid 300 USD an hour for the 8 hour duration and a special OT rate above the 8 hours. With their allowances and hazard pay, they make upto 4000USD a day.

But im just grateful i dont really need to worry about not having enough cash to pay my bills and that i have food on the table and a roof over my head. And a healthcare plan.
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biggrin.gif sorry, im not comparing my pay with other. As IT support, i do need to work on rig,onshore and offshore especially during the sea-trial.At the end of the day, it will be same working environment as others.is just diffrent on job sope and responsibility. Anyhow is a good exposure to working in oil and gas field.
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post Nov 4 2011, 09:59 PM

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QUOTE(crapp0 @ Nov 4 2011, 07:13 PM)
Why dont your company get contracts to equip older oil tankers with wifi?

Seems like mostly rigs and FPSO get that treatment.
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Previously i was from outsource company.Mostly the IT manager will have their own preference vendor to supply and install the equipment. they dun even compare the pricing and just proceed with 1 vendor laugh.gif . All the big network provided player like pacific.net,rig.net and etc will be their choices.
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post Nov 5 2011, 10:43 PM

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QUOTE(crapp0 @ Nov 5 2011, 09:22 AM)
They got the money and most of the staff onboard the rigs or FPSO need network access since we need to constantly send e-mails and VPN into the company servers to do our job.

I heard that some if not all of the US navy aircraft carriers have implemented some sort of internet accelerating technology which is able to cut down on bandwidth usage.
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Yup, each of the rigs or FPSO will equip with at least 1 white color globe as access point to connect back to their satellite. It will live, 24x7 monitoring and technical support by their IT personal. The crews is also working on 24x7, that why they need consistence connection.i once been on board for few days, cant escape when needed, their will dig through all the way to look for you. biggrin.gif

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