It has been sometime since our last gathering... 6th Oct we are going Legoland JB. Feel free to pm me or visit our gathering thread if u wanna join.

port your number over to umobile prepaid.. no roaming charges in SG.
and RM1 gives you 3 days access. RM100 gives u 300 days.

but bare in mind, Umobile coverage is not that good in somepart of KL.
But the coverage in JB is very very good. and its not expensive to use in SG.

last time i use my maxis prepaid, 1 min = Rm5. u mobile 1 min = RM0.5 (outgoing and incoming same price)

Entrance ticket is RM140. Mykad holders gets RM30 discount. I heard Maybank customer get additional 10 or 20 %

He doesn't work for Keppel la...

easiest and cheapest way to get accomodation is through friends and relative. if you have friends or friend's relative that live in SG. you can get it cheaper than market rate and skip the agent fees.

sounds like my company to me... working location in Tampines?

ur car cannot stay in Singapore mare than 18 hours a day. must leave the country at least 6 hour a day and pay VEP.
if you stay in SG, u cannot keep a msian car here.

you dont have to check the car park price if you are driving a Malaysian car. Foreign vehicle are not allowed to purchase HDB car park anyway.
If you really need the car, then the only choice for you is to stay in JB. actually, staying in JB is not that bad. Depends on your working hours.
If you work from 9:30 to 6:30, you can leave home at 8:30am and u still can reach office in time. only pain is when going back. it might take 2 hours. (I am talking about Causeway)
If use 2nd link, then no jam but prepare to pay super high toll everyday.

then take Tuas...

for Tuas, toll RM7.50 + RM7.50 + $3.20 + $3.20 + $20 VEP.
Causeway toll RM2.90 + RM1.20 + $20 VEP

I start work at 8am. I normally leave home around 6:30 or 6:45am. last time my work place is in AMK. start 9am. i will normally leave at 7:45am. won't be late.
if you are driving, spare additional 30mins at the time, then you won't be late unless some cock up stuff happens (like immigration system down, major accident at SLE).

my work place is Tampines.. ain't that further compare to his?

I believed Tampines is further lo..

i suggest you to try early a bit. i go by bike. last time when i haven get my PR, my experience is before 7:45, the car jam at causeway is very bad, but after 7:45, no cars at causeway edi. so if i late for work for eg, i wake up at 7:45, i leave home at 8am, i can reach AMK before 9. but if by bike, i can't because the queue is a lot longer. But for cars, around 6:40-7am is very jam. now everyday when i go causeway, the car queue is longer than bike.
so you need to do some testing on your own.also try to keep your self to the left counters. because the left side, there is only 1 lane (8 counters open) and you won't jam at the kastam side. right side got 20 counters. so you will be jamming at the kastam on the right. the left side you will be sharing with bikes and bikes go to different kastam counters. so you save time there.

PS: the nightmare is when going back. the queue at causeway is freaking long. no issue for bikes, its the same for us. but for cars, i think u at least need to queue 1 hour+ to get out of Singapore. Malaysia side sometimes need to queue, sometimes dont.

i stay not in JB town lo. i stay near Johor Jaya area. i travel around 55-60KM 1 way. 1 day around 110-120km. actually when you get use to it, its not that bad. i work 12 hours per day somemore. start work 8am, finish 8pm.
i wake up around 6, leave home at 6:30. reach office 7:50 like that. go back 8pm, reach home around 10:30 (including dinner). watch a 1 hour drama then sleep. not bad ma...

This post has been edited by Lester1987: Sep 30 2012, 01:42 PM

Even i stay in JB, i can't save that much.. he is darn good in managing his savings..

yeah.... JB is not that bad. agree with u.

Also the travel time is not that bad either. they keep saying waste 2-3 hours a day. but they never calculate the time spend even when you stay in SG.
For example. You stay in Sengkang, work in raffles place, you need to spend around 45 mins MRT ride. If you stay in JB, lets say u ride a bike, you only need around 1 1/2 hours to reach office (sometimes earlier).
in total you only spend 45 mins more compare to your SG counterpart, but in return, you get cheap rent, cheap petrol, freedom to move around.

and

Telco doesn't accept IPA. Only banks do. you can try prepaid mobile internet. I believe passport should be good enough for those.

you dont need to renew your WP, but you need to update your WP with teh new passport number.

inform HR, HR might ask u to settle ur self at MOM. anyway its very fast.

only the bolded part. others is the same. and also EP can apply dependent pass while S pass can't.

I can save $1k per month previously with $2.2k salary. Now everymonth negative.

The key word is "don't go out often, stay home play dota and watch drama can edi"

i know someone holding 4 PR previously. Indon, SG, AU, NZ.

dude, if ping 8 sec, i think he die 10 times also not enough in his game.

It should be milli second. <8ms this is what always shown when you do a ping test.

I am not sure, but for my case, My employer didn't tax me anything because it shows my income below 20k since i left the company in January.
They do provide me with an IRAS letter showing my income for year 2012 but no tax deduction was made. I work in that company more than 2 years though.