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post Jul 19 2013, 12:06 AM

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QUOTE(jitshiong @ Jul 18 2013, 09:17 AM)
deodorant, not everyone is as elite as tayhaithian. He's like the top 1%? How many fresh grad gets RM7K, not to even mention SGD 7k! shakehead.gif
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although you're not into IT, we know you make a lot drool.gif from songlap shakehead.gif

QUOTE(Fiona Chin @ Jul 18 2013, 02:28 PM)
Poor people don't have a lot of cash, really. 1% interest rate of 100 only 1 dollar per year. Most of my cash went into early pay off of my house loan here, better off. Left few months of expenditure in saving accounts for rainy days which I put in OCBC for convenience of withdrawing money and internet banking.

If you want liquidity from fix d, break the sum into smaller parts, then choose different maturity periods so that they mature at different time. If you got 50k, then 10k 24 months, 10k 18 months, 10k 12 months, 10k 6 months, 10k 3 months, so every quarter or what you got money to do whatever you want. It take some time and patient for this to work. Op for the monthly maturity one if you really have problem managing the cash flow. I have been doing this for few years for the down payment for the second house I and my fiance planning to buy. Recently we lump together all the money and make 3 3-month maturity so each month we got cash at hand for the down payment and rubbish fees. Fix d interest rate + flexibility thumbup.gif .

For emergency case, better buy insurance than saving it on your own.
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in sg, with a low interest environment i believe should take your sweet time to pay your loan back while you take your cash to invest in something which offers higher yields..

no lor, for hsbc min is $25k as they are promoting their advance acct, so have to put one lump sum... so i mix between diff banks lor

yea... got insurance liao, investment savings/life, 32 critical etc etc, medical, ntuc income, ntuc membership.. yada yada.. all these pushers vmad.gif

QUOTE(Girl1991 @ Jul 18 2013, 10:39 PM)
Hi, I have gotten the IPA letter for my EP. However, my passport will expire on March 2014. Does it mean that the expiry date of my EP will only up to March 2014? can i renew the passport now? (the IPA letter has already registered with my current passport number)
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congrats bro... thumbup.gif welcome to the club

msia's immigration will question you and might even reject your renewal.. i suggest you continue and renew later to avoid complications..

pm mackiddo or deodorant for VIP expat club membership... enjoy cash upfront upon approval, absolutely free, no gimmick... dont know whether there's still slots available or not as it is very exclusive
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post Jul 19 2013, 01:19 AM

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QUOTE(rawrkun @ Jul 19 2013, 12:19 AM)
Urrm, is there any way for Malaysians to open a bank account in Singapore without deposit? When to OCBC earlier and they told me that I need to deposit at least SG1000. Wonder if its the same for other bank..
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my company have relationship with uob and stanchart.. no deposit required for acct opening, no min monthly balance fees, free balenciaga pen rclxms.gif
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post Jul 23 2013, 12:42 AM

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QUOTE(rawrkun @ Jul 20 2013, 04:02 AM)
Any funds/trust/investment with good interest rates to recommend? I have some funds in Singapore set up a long time ago but its maturing soon...
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ermm, depends on your liquidity needs... short term FD lor, medium term reits / stocks, uber long terms those savings plan by insurance pushers

if u had read my analysis earlier on, better to put in msia FD if you r willing, the yield vs ex rate still favors msia and sgd:myr is at a high level now

QUOTE(almeizer @ Jul 20 2013, 02:51 PM)
You may try SG REIT. The price for some REIT(s) drop quite a lot past month. I think it's time go in.

http://reitdata.com/

http://www.sgx.com/UnderMaintenance.html?W...eits/investors/
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yeaps... yield is still there and principle amt had dropped a lot

QUOTE(chrisw @ Jul 21 2013, 08:58 AM)
File my tax on the following year April, in SG or MY? Care to elaborate more..?  notworthy.gif

Understood that I would need to still need to file my tax report in MY next year, 2014 due to my earnings frm Jan-July 2013..what about 2015? Do I still need to file tax report in MY?
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when you leave you got to report to msia's income tax authority... they will tell you what to do

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post Jul 23 2013, 12:42 AM

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QUOTE(fcuk90 @ Jul 21 2013, 10:48 PM)
it is possible to reach novena to catch the bus (7pm) back to PJ ?

if i leave tanjung pagar mrt at 6pm
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dont risk it, it is peak hour and there's a change in line

QUOTE(akioen @ Jul 22 2013, 06:42 PM)
I saw the website state u need to earn at least SGD$3000 to apply employment pass, is tat mandatory?
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supposing this year, but my coy still manages to hire below 3k

QUOTE(megadisc @ Jul 22 2013, 11:54 PM)
hi there

need ur advise for my fren

currentlsy stayin at tmn daya(mount austin0 but will start work near IMM building (jurong east mrt)

not sure whether to rent a room or travel by public transport

previously was working at woodlands so not so bad .

appreciate.
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wow, it is going to be far.. there's no public transport direct to imm, from mrt at j.east still got to take free shuttle to imm from jcube
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post Jul 23 2013, 01:15 AM

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QUOTE(megadisc @ Jul 23 2013, 12:46 AM)
they want him to start on this wednesday so eveyrhint is last minute ...

omg ...i am so worries

for the moment plan on waking up super early this week and spend the after work hours lookin for room around woodlands ...
one more thing ...wife is workin at woodlands whereas he will be working at IMM ...

so where is the cheapes place to rent a room ...just wanna narrow my searching criteria ...
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well, take it as a challenge... d shorter d timeline d more exciting brows.gif

if i were your friend... i would choose somewhere along the redline.... yew tee seems to be hot on the list as it is currently the hq of the northern alliance... lots of hdb and quite accessible.. rather cheap too.. get the newer blocks

are you jason?
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post Jul 23 2013, 08:51 PM

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got 2 places to offer...

yew tee, common room, single person... start sept 2013

marine parade, condo, single room... start anytime
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post Jul 23 2013, 11:43 PM

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Haze back? mad.gif vmad.gif doh.gif Singapore gets the jitters from spikes in Sumatra hotspots


252 hotspots recorded yesterday.

According to a release, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment Agency, Mr Ronnie Tay, has today written to one of his counterparts, Indonesian Deputy Minister for Environmental Degradation Control & Climate Change, Mr Arief Yuwono, to register Singapore’s concerns over the sudden spike in hotspot counts in Sumatra and to extend Singapore’s support and assistance to Indonesia’s efforts to prevent the haze situation from recurring.

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post Jul 24 2013, 10:23 PM

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QUOTE(megadisc @ Jul 24 2013, 03:46 PM)
Still quite blur on converting my driving license

Can I just walk into jpj and ask for the form?
What is it called ?
Please
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yeaps... ask for extract form.. diff jpj have diff format.. say you want to get an extract of your driving license record

say it is for loan or job purpose

QUOTE(shiyau @ Jul 24 2013, 08:17 PM)
Hi all, i got a question.. i'm planning to bring my motorbike into SG and drive it daily here.. May I know how much I have to pay per day or whatsoever fee? Is there any regulations that prohibit me from driving here daily?
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this one you have to ask king of bikers lester1987 funny to see sometimes how the bikers open way for him to clear customs... like royalty on a guard of honor inspection
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post Jul 24 2013, 10:27 PM

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HOW TO HAVE $100k by 30 rclxm9.gif


SINGAPORE - When you are trying to get by on $35 a day, the once routine act of getting a taxi to work starts to look awfully like an indulgence.

A cab ride from my home to the office costs only about $6 but that's 17 per cent of my daily allowance so it's the bus for me these days - at a paltry 83 cents a trip.

This is just one aspect of an austerity drive where I try to rein in my daily spending to that daunting $35, which is in the ballpark of the $32 daily budget that I arrived at in the Young & Savvy column two weeks ago.

I calculated that this figure would allow a person starting work at 25 years of age to hit $100,000 in savings and investments by the time he was 30.

But it has been an uphill struggle - reflecting reader comments after the article that it would be tough to live on such a budget.

My personal plan has been to spend less on weekdays and relatively more on weekends, hitting $35 a day on average. I want to make it part of my lifestyle so I can carry on like this through force of habit.

It is still too early to say if I can make the average consistently but there have already been some lifestyle changes, most notably after I downloaded an application on my mobile phone to record my every purchase.

This makes me realise when I've spent too much on wasteful items and so is helping me to change my spending patterns.

There are now times when I quench my thirst with plain water or tea that I've brewed myself after seeing how many $1.20 soft drinks I bought on one day.

- See more at: http://business.asiaone.com/news/keeping-b...h.8H196ttZ.dpuf
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post Jul 25 2013, 12:44 AM

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QUOTE(rawrkun @ Jul 24 2013, 10:58 PM)
Any activity to recommend for a cheapskate, foreveralone fellow like me?
Been to the national art gallery (free entrance on Fri evening), free performance@esplanade, national library, riding random public bus.. any other suggestion?
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free climb @ bkt timah, free books and newspaper @ pub lib, free park @ ecp/pasir ris, free gardens by the bay, free window shopping @ orchard, free hangout @ changi airport, for other things there's mastercard
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post Jul 25 2013, 09:16 PM

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QUOTE(Blues89 @ Jul 25 2013, 01:43 PM)
do anybody know the salary range of 1 year exp in IT field?
in SGD,around how much if i were to work there
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sgd 1.6k-3.5k

QUOTE(jtcs87 @ Jul 25 2013, 08:25 PM)
I just need to go senai airport from singapore only.  rclxub.gif
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from woodlands cross over to jb, i think there's a bus from jb sentral to senai... you have to do some searching
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post Jul 26 2013, 08:37 PM

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QUOTE(megadisc @ Jul 25 2013, 09:52 PM)
me at tmn daya ...

the drive to kastam

then bus to mrt

the mrt to jurong mrt

then bus to work at IMM...

XD
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not workable

QUOTE(akioen @ Jul 26 2013, 09:53 AM)
so which area in JB i should stay? my route will be:
- drive and park at custom
- take bus to kranji mrt
- change to circle line at bishan
- alight at caldecott
- and take bus or walk to office
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not workable

QUOTE(megadisc @ Jul 26 2013, 06:22 PM)
Sgd600 for couple room at woodlands
That's already 2 months of my house monthly payment
Quite heartache pain
Hahahahah
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can share room to reduce cost... get a gf, and can enjoy sexy time together..

QUOTE(IlikePanadol @ Jul 26 2013, 06:55 PM)
Hi gang, opinion please.
If stay in Bt.Indah, drive via 2nd link to Upper Changi Rd. How long would it take? Going and back that is. Assuming office hour.
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not workable
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post Jul 26 2013, 11:50 PM

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QUOTE(WyjSwmW @ Jul 26 2013, 10:12 PM)
Can u pls think more logically?

regardless whether it is a toilet or a changing room, it is still not an acceptable place to have your meals. On top of this, I never in my life before seeing myself why there are basins in the changing rooms, clearly this is not changing rooms but toilets.

why dont arrange students to have it at the corridoors, music-room, school basketball court, covered walkways etc etc and even at several covered designated carpark lots is still not too bad in my opinion.

now, think of it one of your student in the pic is your lovely daughter.

is this case ever ever happened in SG, i think the HM had long be demoted to become an assistant teacher in her school by the MOE
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demoted? more like sack and charge under sedition.. what if srjk schools place all muslim students in the changing room during lunch break? i bet the shit would be worse.. anyway.. here's the wrong place to discuss this topic

QUOTE(IlikePanadol @ Jul 26 2013, 10:58 PM)
Family staying in Bt.Indah Sky condo.
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eh, the condo is ready meh?
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post Jul 27 2013, 12:46 AM

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post Jul 27 2013, 09:15 PM

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QUOTE(rawrkun @ Jul 27 2013, 11:45 AM)
Any mall similar to lowyat here?? Electronics seem be pricier here, maybe need to check more places...
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sim lim square or funan mall... sg quite smalll so price wont differ much actually... if can buy in msia coz no gst

QUOTE(hhkangyong @ Jul 27 2013, 12:18 PM)
just work in SG for a year and not affordable to pay 40% cash for car loan. at least my partner and me are working around Jurong area. so  it becomes a benefit to both of us.
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can contact aloong for soft loan... he lives at central

QUOTE(r1v3r @ Jul 27 2013, 03:42 PM)
The point is : Why close the canteen during ramadan when there is non-muslim student.

Years ago I was eating in a mamak stall and two police came in to warn the owner to close shop during ramadan. The poor old mamak keep smiling and make the Ampun gesture to the police. So what's new?
It is not about the toilet or changing room, is the Islamic politic for a multi-racial country problem. Religion should be personal, non-muslim's right must be respected.
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cause the operator is muslim, no food to offer.. then you would say non muslim can still use canteen and bring own food, but the operator is lazy to clean the place when the food consume is not by him...

msia no lky, msia got mamatir instead.. thats why... anyway, dont discuss this topic in this thread anymore... later deodorant rage vmad.gif mad.gif
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post Jul 28 2013, 12:34 AM

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QUOTE(toughnut @ Jul 27 2013, 09:39 PM)
i'm cheap labour la. eat chap fan 10-12 times a week, ride bus/mrt daily  cry.gif
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lies lies, thou shall not lie, big sin...

QUOTE(Jurlique @ Jul 27 2013, 11:05 PM)
Dont forget 2 years ago, a HM in Johor asked cina students to balik tongsan.

This kind of incident will never happen in SG.
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i believe will happen... just that there would be substantial action taken... instead, in msia you get rewarded for it..

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ntuc-assistant-di...acist-post.html
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post Jul 28 2013, 09:04 AM

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QUOTE(megadisc @ Jul 28 2013, 12:44 AM)
any place to find chap fan around IMM building ...i dun wanna eat at IMM liao ..

too ex ...
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there're 2 places, we call small toh guan and big toh guan... got to find out the address though.. those kind of hdb coffee shop

you can take the shuttle bus from imm to jcube... then eat at the coffeeshops there or jcube or jem


QUOTE(megadisc @ Jul 28 2013, 01:31 AM)
it's tpractically maddess from woodlands to there ...went for interview twice

nearly pengsan ...
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from bkt indah he would had taken 2nd link...
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post Jul 28 2013, 07:58 PM

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QUOTE(keeystar @ Jul 28 2013, 10:11 AM)
hi, may i know how much is the monthly rental for marine parade, condo, single room? thx
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pm you...

QUOTE(megadisc @ Jul 28 2013, 11:12 AM)
yeah ...cant find the nearest hdb block around there ...headchace
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lol... just gotta search
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post Jul 28 2013, 10:31 PM

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QUOTE(hamliomusica @ Jul 28 2013, 10:13 PM)
hi guys, my gf will be working at SG soon, and I would like to visit her maybe twice every month and so, I most probably will stay for a night at her room (she stays with a local family and they approved of my stay but will be subjected to some minimal charges)

But I've heard some news that the authorities do not encourage such activity and they will question me, is it true?

or if there are any other implications on my action, please let me know
=)
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no la.. it is ok since she rents the place permanently.. they would question you guys only if you guys pay on a daily basis and in out on a daily basis... but her stuff is there for long term so it is ok
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post Jul 28 2013, 11:07 PM

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QUOTE(hamliomusica @ Jul 28 2013, 11:00 PM)
haha..icic, cuz I heard the landlord mentioning about it..thx guys! happy.gif
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but maybe to make sure you wont get into trouble, please post pic of your gf here... we would ask washabushi to check, since he's a cop

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