Apr 10 2015, 10:38 AM
QUOTE(Lester1987 @ Apr 9 2015, 07:15 PM)
As all mention, it all depends on your work location.. In terms of queue in the customs, undeniable, Bus is faster on a normal day (except Friday and eve of PH).
U will spend around 30 to cross the boarder. from JB to woodlands. But bare in mind you need to take into consideration the time the bus travel. for a non-peak hour, It took me around 45 mins to get from woodlands interchange to JB City Square. because the bus need to travel and u-turn, blah blah... this is during no queue hours.
For Bike (I am traveling with bike now). Woodlands is better than Tuas. Tuas bikers all dont know how to queue properly and have a lot less counters compare to woodlands.
On average, In the morning, worst case scenario for woodlands is you will be queuing for 1 hour. But average queue time is around 30-40 mins. This is because in Woodlands, they open around 80-100 counters in the morning cater for bikers.. I have never try traveling in from Tuas before, cannot advice on that. Going home, woodlands will take you around 2 hours queue. The worst I queue before is 3 hours. Reach woodlands at 6pm, manage to cross at 9:30pm (this is special case due to people dash through the immigration and they lock down the whole building 30-40mins).
On average you can cross at 7:45-8pm. There are around 50 counters opened for bikes during peak hour as they closed 20 car lanes and convert them for bikes.
As for Tuas, they also close car lane for bike when going back. But i traveled there twice. fastest i manage to get through is 8:30pm. slowest is 8:45pm (nothing special happen). reason being is there is only 13-15 counters open only for bike at Tuas. they only have 6 automated counters while woodlands have 10.
For me, I work in Tampines, if I work 9am, I leave home at 7am and can reach on time. if I leave office at 6pm, I will reach home at 8:00-8:30pm. My home in JB is at Mount Austin though. a bit far from causeway.
Thank for the detailed info. My concern is that i don't want to be late for work should i get a job in SG. With your info, I can at least estimate what time I should be getting up and ready to go work. So can I say that I needed at least 2 hours to spare in order to get to my work place from JB causeway to SG work location? U will spend around 30 to cross the boarder. from JB to woodlands. But bare in mind you need to take into consideration the time the bus travel. for a non-peak hour, It took me around 45 mins to get from woodlands interchange to JB City Square. because the bus need to travel and u-turn, blah blah... this is during no queue hours.
For Bike (I am traveling with bike now). Woodlands is better than Tuas. Tuas bikers all dont know how to queue properly and have a lot less counters compare to woodlands.
On average, In the morning, worst case scenario for woodlands is you will be queuing for 1 hour. But average queue time is around 30-40 mins. This is because in Woodlands, they open around 80-100 counters in the morning cater for bikers.. I have never try traveling in from Tuas before, cannot advice on that. Going home, woodlands will take you around 2 hours queue. The worst I queue before is 3 hours. Reach woodlands at 6pm, manage to cross at 9:30pm (this is special case due to people dash through the immigration and they lock down the whole building 30-40mins).
On average you can cross at 7:45-8pm. There are around 50 counters opened for bikes during peak hour as they closed 20 car lanes and convert them for bikes.
As for Tuas, they also close car lane for bike when going back. But i traveled there twice. fastest i manage to get through is 8:30pm. slowest is 8:45pm (nothing special happen). reason being is there is only 13-15 counters open only for bike at Tuas. they only have 6 automated counters while woodlands have 10.
For me, I work in Tampines, if I work 9am, I leave home at 7am and can reach on time. if I leave office at 6pm, I will reach home at 8:00-8:30pm. My home in JB is at Mount Austin though. a bit far from causeway.
QUOTE(bearbear @ Apr 10 2015, 12:48 AM)
If you take bus from gelang patah or bukit indah through tuas, bus will go drop you at Jurong east. I tried once and vow to never do it again If I can. The queue and amount of people doing it is just incredible.
Ultimately it depends on what sort of lifestyle you want.
Pay more for free time
Pay less for traffic time
No choice bro, definitely most people would choose less pay for more free time if i read you correctly which means working in MY would be a better choice. I am in my mid thirties and looking for a better job opportunities which equals to better pay in SG plus the high conversion rate in SGD against RM. The reason I want to give it a try in SG is because we are unable to cope up with the cost of rising in MY. Ultimately it depends on what sort of lifestyle you want.
Pay more for free time
Pay less for traffic time
I'm married with 2 kids and I already starts to worried if I would be able to even send them to college in the future. Not mentioning that buying a house with a RM5k income is almost impossible when i am the only sole bread winner. We are not those spendthrift but we need to prepare for for the future aheads of us.
If I continue to work in MY, I forsee that I would still be running around with max income of 7 to 8k in another 5 to 8 years and that if taking into consideration that the economy is good and the bosses are making more money and they are willing to raise your pay. But that really depends on which company you land into, otherwise it's going to be tough to reach that income bracket.
I would eventually move my family to JB and get a property in JB if I forsee SG is going to be a better option. I felt so uneasy to leave my family, but the thought of the sacrifice made today would eventually be better for the whole family in the future which have made me to look into SG as another option.
I would rather sacrifice for a better pay and queue like the rest of the malaysians do and spend my time with my kids on the weekend if this option of working in SG is going to materialize.
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