QUOTE(rexona @ Dec 25 2011, 11:04 PM)
I'm renting 4-room (3 bedroom) hdb in bedok, 5mins walk from mrt station, at 2.3k. I viewed a dozen units around this area (bedok tampines pasir ris simei) and it seems to be pretty much par for the course price for this nexk of the woods.
Thanks for sharing, I'm still researching, hoping to make the jump somewhere mid-2012
QUOTE(seantang @ Dec 25 2011, 11:30 PM)
Added on December 25, 2011, 11:46 pmI tend to like someplace farther from the CBD, eg. AMK or Yio Chu Kang up north where the rent is cheaper. And there's really no need to pay a premium and stay near an MRT station. As long as you stay near a feeder bus bus-stop, you can get to the MRT station in 5-10 minutes (5-10 stops). Assuming a 15 minute train ride, you're in town within 30-45 minutes from the moment you step out the door.
My place is about 15-20 minutes walking from the MRT station, but there's a feeder bus bus-stop directly underneath my block. And with a smartphone app that shows next bus arrival time, there's minimal waiting time involved.
Added on December 25, 2011, 11:52 pmYour friends are right. The occasionally frequent "nice" meal will always happen.
Nobody possesses enough will power or underdeveloped taste buds to eat $5 economy meals 3 times a day, 7 days a week. Even if such people exist, they are not very fun to be around.
Haha, I've had a habit of occasionally going for fancy meals over here, and I don't intend to have a reduction in my quality of life just to have comparable savings. I'm still weighing whether the additional rental/travel bck msia costs will put me worse off than staying in Msia (where I dont have to pay rental or travel back) over the medium term. (next 3-5 years)
Over the longer term singapore is a definite winner as there's much better higher level progression, and I'd be able to accumulate more capital to start out my chicken-rearing business.
QUOTE(rexona @ Dec 26 2011, 03:19 PM)
You should know yourself and your taste buds. The thing is that generally Singapore hawker food (i.e. cheap) is inferior tasting to Malaysian hawker food. Some people not so particular about food then can tahan. Food at restaurants is great and has huge variety but isn't cheap. Example, some ramen places charge $20 per bowl.
For me, I normally eat cheap on weekdays and splurge a bit on weekends, I end up spending about $900/month on food & groceries (not including special occasion meals which will easily run you into triple digits per meal).
Yeah. Figured as much. I guess meals are dollar to dollar, and I should just transpose my expenditure in msia over to sg as a more realistic yardstick, instead of assuming $5/meal. Thanks.
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This post has been edited by ThanatosSwiftfire: Jan 1 2012, 06:11 PM