But you are a boss wor? Manager and financial controller. $3K? You mentioned $5-6K in the past leh.

Chap chue, char chue.

This post has been edited by seantang: Jun 4 2012, 10:16 PM

Very simple.

How valuable is your time? Which one would you rather have? S$1000 in your pocket each month (more or less, that's what you save by living in JB) OR an extra 2-3 hours each working day to do whatever you want?

For me, definitely live in Sg. S$1K or so per month, more or less, won't make much difference to my quality of life. If I didn't spend it on rental and taxis in Sg, I would spend it on pimping my car or buying useless IKEA furniture in JB. An additional 2 hours a day however, makes a huge difference.

It's not free lah.

The IDD portion of the call is free, but you still pay for the local call portion. And that local call portion is not offset against your local free minutes.

The FAQ from the link I posted says that if you don't re-contract after your current contract ends... the T&C of your current contract will continue indefinitely until you re-contract or terminate. So that's what I'll do when I my contract ends. I'll simply continue and just carry on.

NCS? Be careful... even the Biz Development Director cannot avoid having sex 7 times with a client to get business. Imagine what their junior engineers will be forced to do.

Yes, there is that.

Have to do the math lor. See whether the extra charge of $5.35 per GB (depending on your use) is more or less than the $400-500 handset subsidy. But what has definitely disappeared is the current deal of getting 12GB for the lowest plan and still getting the handset subsidy.

Are a lot of you guys from KL, and living in your parent's house before coming to SG?

I notice most of you say that rental in SG is expensive. It's expensive in KL also.

I rent a HDB for the same rental I paid for a terrace house in PJ. In that sense, I don't see any change in rental expense at all.

This just means it's easier to sublet. Not that rental is cheaper.

And if you have a family ie. you need an entire unit (whether flat in SG, or house in KL), subletting is not an option. For people like me who value privacy greatly, subletting is also not an option.

KL works for people who don't mind locking their bedrooms, I guess. Me... I had enough of living with strangers since my college days.

Actually my comparison was that rent is the same.

My assertion was that many forumers FEEL rent is expensive because they suddenly have to actually pay rent instead of living at home.

My thinking is that you need to compare apples for apples... ie. compare the std of housing, not the type of housing or amount of land.

A HDB flat is the standard unit of mass housing, just like how a terrace house is in Malaysia. I was in PJ for 6 years and paid from RM1300-1800 rental for a double story terrace house. I pay about the same now for a HDB flat.

This post has been edited by seantang: Jun 11 2012, 04:57 PM

Where exactly is "there" and where is "locally"?

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Added on June 12, 2012, 4:37 pmIf the interviewer hears you referring to them as a mid-term firm, no way.

If you refer to them as a mid-tier firm, yes.

This post has been edited by seantang: Jun 12 2012, 04:37 PM

True that.

Plus you have to pay the credit card tax for Malaysian cards.

Also there are almost no real cross-border card promotions or benefits. I have a couple of credit cards in SG and I closed all my cards in MY. One of my SG cards has effectively 3% cash rebate on any spending, so that ngam-ngam pays for the forex spread when I use it in MY. But I normally use cash in MY now.

Those are usually jalan-jalan cari makan type promotions which are "verified" by sight... actually it's not even a joint promotion with the card issuer.

I usually use my card for those structured promotions like POSB-Carrefour/Watsons etc, UOB/Maybank-BestDenki/Court instalment plans etc... those you only get when they stick your card into the card reader.

Typo here no harm. Don't typo your CV or cover letter or any correspondence with them. Sure KNS.

As Mackiddo said... pay structure. For the global MNCs I've experienced, if you are hired into a certain job level, you get paid the salary for that job level - even if you stated a lower expected salary.

The reason is that you will find sooner or later from your colleagues if you're being paid equitably for your job level.

And sometimes, I come across some candidates who are simply 'unaware' of what they are worth (in terms of the job level/salary expected, given the responsibilities of the role). If they have a strong profile, I don't mind giving them a very pleasant surprise. I don't want them to get pissed off after they find out that their peers gets paid more than them. I think this builds a lot of trust and goodwill.

If you need to catch a flight at 7pm, plan to get there by 5 - 5:30. That means you'll need to be on road by 4:30 - 5 if you take a cab. If you take a bus, even earlier depending on the bus route you choose. From Suntec, Friday evening... I would consider catching a cab at a taxi stand at anytime after 4pm to be a bit risky. Normally I would call to book a taxi or use a limousine service.

If you take the train, you'll need to find your way to City Hall MRT. It's probably the most reliable way to get there. But sucks if you don't enjoy long train rides.

Heard today that a HK colleague of mine just got his PR approved.

This post has been edited by seantang: Jun 20 2012, 11:11 PM

HKee working in SG got his SG PR approved. With entire family, wife and kids.

This post has been edited by seantang: Jun 21 2012, 10:07 AM