like mackiddo said, WP is the lowest pass in SG - normally used for unskilled workers. Many/most WP holders not even allowed to get pregnant or marry PR/Singaporeans or they get deported and their permit cancelled - shows you how much SG wants you here long term.

Most/Many WP not allowed to get married
WP not allowed to sponsor spouse/children for dependant's pass
(among others)

relevant? how is any of your babbling relevant to this thread?

Not only EP. I'd imagine any card also can as long as your fingerprints are stored with government. My fiancee before getting her EP, used to go through automated lane using passport even when she was on LTVP (long term visit pass)

Most online guides say P1 EP ($8k) should wait 1 year before applying, P2 EP should wait 2 years. Just saying.

I've been using starhub cable 12mbps, no complaints. haven't used any other ISP for comparison.

About $100 a month for combined Cable TV + 12mbps Internet.

It's not the same in SG ler. It's more or less standard practice here for two agents to co-broke, then tenant will pay half to "his" agent, and landlord will pay half to "his" agent.

For renewals, the agents will typically write into the agreements that "if you renew this lease then you have to pay an additional 1 month agent fee to me" sort of thing. My agent unofficially told me no need to tell him or pay him, just handle everything myself *shrug*

roughly speaking $300 is for share room. $500 is for your own utility (i.e. very small) room. common/master room about $700 and above. entire unit $2k and above.

Enough with the spamming, man. If you have nothing good to say don't say it.

Guys, any thoughts on SGD/MYR rate movement from now til end 2012?

Need quite a bit of MYR end of year / early next year to pay bills in KL/JB, wondering if I should change now or wait for a few months.

Haha my bills are actually all the wedding stuff. pre-payment for banquet (1x JB 1x KL), pay photographers, pay this pay that ... so it's a decent enough amount of $$

Whoa

Since I'm going to UK next month for my brother's wedding, I should take this opportunity to go and get JPJ extract

... wouldn't they just like say "pay rm150 for international permit" though?

Is this the fault of "Singapore?" Or is this because you lived your entire life outside of SG, and just moved here (i.e. your childhood friends, family, relatives are all in KL)?

Business trips are only fun the first few times you go, and/or if you're single and available. After that it is like eh go overseas again?!?

http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/lta/en/motor...fsingapore.html

Yes, but you get 10 free days per car per year.

No you can't. You need a work pass to work. Work pass must be sponsored/initiated by the company who hires you. Needless to say no company will bother doing so for unskilled part-timer work.

get involved somehow in some project or work or whatever with your counterparts in singapore. build close relations with them, then get them to pull you over.

Accomodation is one of the biggest fixed expenses you will have here in SG, so if you have that available (for free) then there's no reason not to come here. You get paid roughly 1:1 (sgd:rm), but things are generally less than 1:1. The difficulty here is really not the choice of where to work, but whether you are able to find a job here in the first place - it's always more difficult to get hired in a foreign country vs your home country.