I've already stated, for me personally I'm unable to do that. If you are in the situation, you should ask yourself, why can't you get a better pay? what's lacking for you to get a better pay?

move because better $ and hitting the ceiling, not going anywhere
marry kl gal, 5 years transition is co-incidence 

i see u master the iron head kung fu 

Expenditure is relative mah. Earn $2k of course got no choice but to share room, but if you're earning $10k will you still feel like sharing room to save $300?

Just chipping in to give some additional info. Moving from KL to SG, you have to give up certain ... comforts. Ringgit-to-Dollar, rm2.5k/mth you can have a nice comfy gated condo with swimming pool, and drive everywhere in a local car. sgd2.5k/mth you can only get a <1000sqft hdb (i.e. public housing) flat with no facilities, and have to take public transport everywhere.

In addition, the first-month relocation & settling-in money you need to cough up can be quite an eye-opener - when moving in to my current place (rented) I had to cough up over $12k for agent fee, first month rental, 2 months security deposit and furnishing. If your company doesn't cover your relocation then you have to further factor in the costs of packing and shipping all the contents of your KL place to SG as well.

Other than housing & owning a car though, everything else is less than a sgd1:myr1 ratio. quick & dirty example, marutama ramen in MY is like rm20 a bowl; in SG it's $14. Also, just commenting on river's $5k estimation, that's about the average basic monthly expenses for myself + my fiancee without kids - and not including all those "miscellaneous" stuff that every month also sure got - things like birthdays, needing to fly back to M'sia for whatever purpose, holidays, shopping, savings, etc etc.

eh where got? $5k is for two ppl leh. take out the housing rental and it's $1.2k/pax/month that's hardly what I would call "luxurious"

Guys.. I've already decided to stay in Jb n work SG...
I'll be going from tuas link daily by car.... Any idea how early shud i start going to work??

And which place should i stay in JB near to tuas checkpoint..??  anywhere that is safe & gt lotsa fooods ?? Is getang patah okay?? heard  from fren jb is very dangerous..lolx

I wish ah soon open one in yishun..

ah soon bak kut teh at taman sentosa, jalan wong ah fook curry fish head.
u can go for bukit indah, gelang patah is a bit ulu and not very convenient. i stil don't get it, why u wanna choose Tuas over causeway? causeway is always cheaper and more convenient if u work at paya lebar.
talking about safety, i would advice u to go for more new area. Austin, Tebrau, Setia Tropika, Bukit Indah area. most of those place more atas compare to other places. hence the property there are more expensive.
those bangla and indon cannot afford it hence making the place more secure and organized.

besides bkt any recommendation?

I spend less than sgd50 for one session in kbox wor? 3k how to spend wor

Bike is dangerous and can die of lung cancer easily. Pity those riders and officers at c,point with the smoke.

8 committed people a bit hard to get I think. We can barely get 8 people to join a BBQ gathering session planned months in advance lol.

if I decided to convert it to cash, is it higher than Clear card ? but Clear card a lot of dining perks, which i use quite often 

Mine is still 2X monthly salary limits after so long. Never offer to increase also. Maybe spending power not there coz this is my secondary card.

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Added on April 26, 2012, 11:10 am

I'm also confused on those minimum requirement set by banks. Shouldn't it be regulate by the central bank, like the MAS ?

You think it's too high or too low? Anyway two points. The figures you quoted are household income, not per person; and average and Median are two different things entirely.

"As reported in the news, median monthly household income from work has increased by 11% from S$6,342 in 2010 to S$7,037 in 2011"

To me I don't see much wrong with these figures. One family one household, mother and father both work and earn ~$3k each also around there already what (the figures quoted in the article are inclusive of employer CPF).

If you are willing to walk 15-20 mins, basically u get all the banks near JB town. but not SC, Citibank, or CIMB.

I got $1 = RM2.452 on monday night in my frequent money changer. market rate is $1 = RRM2.45, I get special rate at the money changer coz i change a lot...
help other forummer change, my self change, the the aunty see me terus give me VIP rate.. haha

1 month change around 2k lo. aunty also want me give her more business ma. so i help my coleagues and friends change, then aunty automatically will give better rate 1.
but i change very frequent, this month it self i think i changed around 20k. help ppl change.

Wah, so many rich uncles. Can belanja or not? What job you do ah? Can hire me ka?

Tipu lah. Orang kaya manyak sini.