Eh... I am earning $3.8k per month.
I also don't dare to buy car. Everyday still taking mrt.
I really don't understand how come so many people can afford driving nowadays in Singapore.
Maybe my salary is too low to buy a car.
I wonder how much they pay for the car installment, fuel and etc. per month.

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haha. When I was at Spore, I also earning abt your salary now and I took mrt to work, happily.
But i have friends who earn 2.5k own car. It depends how u manage your expenses. Get a cheap car for eg. 1000cc hyundai getz, it's abt 40k include coe. Mthly installment abt 600~700, fuel abt 200~300. Of cos all in sgd. Eat at heartlander kopitiam cost abt 5/meal. Still got spare to shop at orchard during weekends and have occasional restaurant meals. They also live happily. But maybe not much saving so always skip our hi tea gathering.

btw, Msia is not 3rd world country. Nobody is living on the tree...
Both places have own unique part. It depends what u want.

To mountain and jimmy gf,

I still find the best way to look for rooms is to go to the targeted area and hunt for the ads usually paste at the lifts lobby, letter box area of the blocks.
For the west area, the cheaper rooms shall be around Jurong East and Clementi area. Or u could search further up to Bukit Batok and up up up. Go get a mrt line map and pick those area near to the stations. Travel time definitely < 45 mins.

Btw, I am a "seasoned" Msian who has lived in Spore for long long time. But I am at central south area.


For Soon84, go chk up jobsdb.com.sg.
Frankly speaking, with SPM/PMR, u wont get as many chances as the graduates. But if u dun mind to work as coordinators, clerical works at local companies, service line like restaurants, boutiques...

Slacker, why come back and forth Msia and Spore?

Once u got the SPR, u r SPR permanently. You could live in Spore permanently.
Re-entry permit, as uggested by the name, is to allow re-enter to Spore from overseas as Sporean i.e. no embarkation form needed, and via Spore citizen lane at their checkpoint.
To obtain/renew re-entry permit, one of the criteria is u need to "contribute" to Spore. Thus u need to have a job. Employer letter/cpf acct statement/income tax eval form are few of the required docs for the application/renewal. Usually if u are at work for > a year with >2k mthly salary, u shall be able to get the renew of another 5 years.
For your case, if u could get a job before Nov, u'll still stand chance to get the re- entry permit renewal for shorter period, maybe 1 year.
Another way, if u r a lady, go married to Spore guy and get dependent pass and u would have re-entry permit too.

Here is the tricky part.
SPR allows u to live in Spore permanently provided u stay in Spore forever, no stepping out of the boundary.
Without re-entry permit, once u stepped out of Spore, when wanna go back to Spore, u'll lose the privillege. U'll be treated as other normal foreigners...gotta fill up embarkation, only allows 2 weeks stay bla bla bla.
Conclusion, SPR is just nothing. Unless u wanna "jail" in the little island, otherwise to secure the rentry permit to have movement freedom is more important.

Where I got this info? Check ICA.
http://app.ica.gov.sg/index.asp

Wow so pathethic dun want to go back home town for Chinese New Year or Hari Raya ar?
U can try to apply re-entry permit at Nov when your current re-entry expire as long as u are working at Spore that time, and your employer is willing to help you with the employer letter since u could be still under probation.
ICA might not gv u full 5 years re-entry but probably grant u 1 year or so. this depends on them. Then u go apply again once when it expire lar...then u could get 5 or 10 years probably.

Msia license can't drive singapore registered car. Gotta take "undang" test and convert to Spore licence if you wanna live there. The test is not as easy as our Msia one, I think need some study.

If u r SPR, also cannot drive Msia registered car even u have valid Spore license.

Details see below links.

http://driving-in-singapore.spf.gov.sg/ser...cence/index.htm
http://www.lta.gov.sg

Dun worry, Msia acknowledge Spore license even if driving Msia car or driving in Msia.