Life's good, what's up? How's life in the high rises with the other 95%?

Not enough oxygen. Brain dead from lack of oxygen.

You staying at penthouse of coz leh.

will tmr be crowded at custom? :/ thinking to go back msia for a week

Sifus,

Can i get you all punya opinion on food expenses in Singapore. Is preparing own food and bringing to work better or grab a packet of mix rice will be better? Im not particular on my food.

Monthly room rental itself so sakit 😣

defintley ly packed like sardines ...

Can you cook in the first place? Most room rental don't allow you to cook.

I can do lunch and dinner for two for 300 to 400 per month if I buy grocery in SG. Normal lunch and dinner no fancy meat or seafood. However, I am too cheap to buy in SG, I get my vege and fish from MY now.

FionaJie how's your BMW X5? When queueing in causeway issit cold and comfy inside?

Hello deodo uncle, I normally take MRT to kranji and 170 from there. Hard to run a family leh, please appreciate your wife more OK!

i stay at bedok .quite convinient i would say.

Any where is pack in morning. Go out early from home loh

Raffles quite near. 20min

This post has been edited by fcuk90: Mar 21 2015, 11:38 AM

Wow! Thts quite good for 2 person

Do you mind sharing how you manage?


For me I can cook at my room rental place. Not really particular on my food but i do take care of my diet but and nothing fancy or seafood. Also, some people are telling me that those hawker stall are cheaper than preparing own food which I nvr believe since Uni time i prepare my own food and help me save quite alot. Is it true?

Depends on where you work. In CBD it's hard to find cheap food (example yesterday I go NTUC food court at raffles eat bak chor mee also $6.50 liao). on the other hand if you are in like west or east and/or got cheap company canteen then it could be easier to find ~$3 lunch.

Working as foreign worker must think like a foreign worker.
If not, you can't save money.

for me, definitely cheaper eat at work place cafeteria. lunch typically around s$2.20 (fish+meat+vege). coffee & tea are free all day.
breakfast s$1.50 (beehoon + egg + luncheon meat)

so, really depends .....

This post has been edited by Mackiddo: Mar 21 2015, 04:59 PM

Bro, I doubt anybody could give you a clear answer on the effect of the Fair Consideration Framework. There could be many factors at play during an application. One thing I can tell you tho is NUS and NTU chem engg grad will almost always have a higher chance of getting into high tier company. I think it is a good idea to apply for ALL the chem engg related position instead of a specific industry. Try sending out 50 to 80 resumes if you haven't already. Check out any upcoming career fairs and find people who might be able to give you internal referral. For the industry you mentioned, Abbott, Novartis, MSD, Alcon, GSK, Baxter are some companies I can think of right now (you are probably more knowledgeable on this than me). I would advise AGAINST starting as a technician regardless of how good the company is, as a degree holder. There could be as big as 1k in terms of the basic pay difference and that will seriously affect your subsequent leverage to nego for higher pay. Most HR don't care about how much OT allowance you have in your previous job.

Just my 2 cents. You are in a far better situation then I was last year as it is still March. I graduated from UK uni with the same degree and result like yours. However, I only started to find work in the later half of the year. It was hell. Most of the chem engg related jobs were gone. In the end I jumped industry and funny enough, i met quite a few fellow chem engg graduate who did the same thing.

As for the workpass, the salary is not the only criteria and 3.3k is only a guideline. Your qualification, position, industry and the company foreigner quota will also determine if you get E or S pass. From what i have seen, engineering position will generally get E Pass without problems.

Good luck and stay positive during the job hunting!

yeah ,
raffles place food market not bad ( but long que at lunch time, a lot good food there ) nasi briyani $5 .

chicken rice $3 .

Hi, anyone here that organize futsal on a weekly basis?

M1 100mbps S$29 plan is backk...

I cook home dishes and mainly vege. Lunch would be 2 dishes rice, meat and vege. Dinner then 3 dishes rice, meat, vege, tofu or egg and simple soup. I get my stuff from wet markets, fresher and a lot cheaper. I go there weekly last time, 70 to 100 SGD can cook for one full week.

I cook mainly for health purposes, and the mums force us to. You don't save much cooking yourself in SG because of the cheap labour here compared to OZ or UK.

For single person meal recommend you get a personal rice cooker and do steam dishes. Very convenient. Google it for recipe.

I just got back from market, bringing back next week vege stuff 80 RM, 30 SGD only, can stuff full one whole hand carry already. If you buy premium beef then 30 SGD one meal also not enough.

so cheap ...