Just open a MY savings or chequing account in the same bank as your MY home loan. Then TT one time a large amount (6 months or something) into the MY account and autopay your loan from there lah.

Maybank and CIMB are pretty active in SG. If your MY home loan is also with them, you can open an account with them in SG and use their ibanking webpage to pay the loan from your SG account via a remittance or perhaps against your credit card.

Actually I don't know how many kids he has or where he lives. The chap's called Harry.

Depends on how many interviews you get, right?

If you only have one interview... doesn't matter if it's common or not. You have no choice unless you feel this job is not worth trying for.

If you have a few interviews, naturally you would tell them that you're an outstation applicant and try to group all the interviews together into a couple of days.

Yesterday's Maybank2U.sg remittance rate to Malaysian Maybank accounts was 2.47. $15 fee for maximum transfer of $20K. That works out to be an effective rate of 2.468. Pretty good. Will probably transfer next week when salary's out on Monday.

02-12345678 or 65-12345678 is 10 digits, just like a malaysian mobile number 0xx-1234567. My SG number has been receiving TAC sms for years.

Just update your profile in Maybank2U website.

The feeder buses in Singapore are pretty good. Staying 2-5 bus stops away from the MRT might be quite a bit cheaper than "walking" distance". And if you dislike walking or the weather, choosing a block with a bus stop directly downstairs/next to it, is a good idea.

This post has been edited by seantang: Jun 24 2012, 08:00 PM

You have left nothing for toiletries/cosmetics, girly stuff, restaurant meals, new clothes/bags/misc stuff etc.

Either you get a bf who will buy you all that, or you have the strongest self discipline and willpower of any girl I know.

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Added on June 24, 2012, 11:42 pmSomehow, I still don't trust money changers completely. How do you pass the funds to the money changer? A suitcase of cash, a cheque or how?

This post has been edited by seantang: Jun 24 2012, 11:42 PM

I usually transfer 20k because I tend to wait and wait for good exchange rates and also accumulate the amount to minimize fees. That's 200 notes. Ya, damn stress to walk around with that much cash in your pocket.

Ya, that's because they look like contractors from Joo Chiat. If you look like an accountant with a wad of cash in your pocket... you'll be stressed.

That's why the mainstay of my shares is always telcos. Starhub, M1, Maxis, Digi... super cash cows. On one hand, I dislike having to pay extra... maybe $30-40 per month on my telephone bill... but on the other hand,.. the additional income will mean much more additional dividend over the same period.

Do they take cheques? Or must bring cash?

Unlike Malaysia,.. high end jobs in Singapore is determined by merit.

Education (your qualifications), skillset (what you can do), experience (what you have done), network (who you can influence) and reputation (what you can influence).

I actually mean your network of people. Not how well you mingle with people.

Do you have a network of customers or suppliers aligned to you, which the company will benefit from if they hire you. Do you have a network of professional peers and acquaintances if you need to obtain expertise, advice, hiring etc.

Being able to deal with people is a given. It's like not having a criminal background. You need before you can start. You don't even need to put it down as a strength.

I think Deo's 'dafug' is because he thinks 7K is much too low.

I think it's down to a liberal use of the words "Chief Whatever Officer".

It's quite possible that the one and only IT guy in an Abang Ah Beng Pty Ltd is classified as CTO/CIO.

Don't mix up the 2 things.

1. The regulation of drivers ie. drivers' licence is regulated by Traffic Police. It determines WHO can drive (verb). Not WHAT you drive. It's all about which licence you need depending on your residency status and your length of stay in Singapore.

2. WHAT you drive ie. the regulation of vehicles is by LTA (Land Transport Authority). It determines WHAT you can drive according to your status, assuming you are already a WHO under #1 by having a qualified driving licence for your particular status.

There is absolutely no causal relationship where the such & such driving licence you have allows you to drive such & such registered car.

It's your status (residency and residence) which determines which driving licence you need to be able to drive.

And then it's again your status (residency and residence) which determines which car you need to drive... assuming you have the appropriate driving licence from above.

This post has been edited by seantang: Jul 5 2012, 10:30 AM

Have you ever seen chess gal or pix of her? She's pretty darn hot.

Sorry lor

By the way, real estate queen... any thoughts on My Manhattan in Simei? I was looking at Katong Regency because I really like the idea of living directly above a shopping mall / MRT, but I couldn't kowtim the $2000 psf kind of pricing. My Manhattan's concept is pretty close as it's directly opposite Eastpoint Mall and diagonally opposite Simei MRT. The psf is much lower as Simei is obviously further from town and not as hot. What do you think? I'm heading to the showroom tomorrow to look see look see.

This post has been edited by seantang: Jul 6 2012, 10:41 PM