current salary sgd5k ok... cpf take away 20% only can take 4k.

after rental and spending only left 2k plus nia...

Earn 5k, take home 4k...

give back parents 800, rental 600, usual spending 1k.

Only left 1.6k nia. nowadays save this 1.6k dunno when then can go back msia.

unless i leave totally and take cpf along also...

yah. after confirmation get pay raise is different from the norm already.

talk about it only after one year and review bah. why job so hard to find nowadays u all also keep changing job?

I change once every 2 years i think quite frequent and i read some of u change every 3 months.

I am single, but i am currently dating.

dating expenses is not that high, 2-3 times eat restaurants a week, maybe thats why got to 1k/mth. my gf spilt the bill with me sometimes cause she earn slightly less then me.

I also do go overseas as well for holidays, usually that is using my annual bonus.. go aussie, china, taiwan, japan etc... my bonus (>4 mth) is enough for me to go overseas 2-3 times a year. the rest i save.

1k breakdown is roughly $20 for 3 meals a day (600), transport (120), phone bill (50), discretionary spending (200+) like movies, buying clothes, toilet accessories etc... i am currently using a iphone app to track my expenses so it is fairly accurate.

This post has been edited by FrontierX: Aug 23 2016, 08:58 PM

sweee...! i like.

i go food hunting usually. restaurants i keep to minimum cause all too ex. cafe hop occasionally only. maybe good food reminds me of my home in msia

there are some nice food in sg, notably the tiong bahru market, amoy st, jurong yuhua market also okok...

it depends on what u like to eat reallly. i go too many places that i cant recommend all at one go!

try to get a placing in singapore first. jobs are getting lesser by the day and the employment passes threshold is getting higher and limited every year

for the salary u will not be disappointed compared to working in msia.

the more impt question is what can u offer versus ur peers AND singaporeans AND other nationalities that will make the sg company choose u instead of everyone else? think from the perspective of the singaporean company.

in my company its very meritocratic and they are more willing to hire msian (cause is msian company duh) but other MNCs are not so generous.