Is your property currently rented out?

If you do not have any family or friend who could help u to manage, you may need to engage property management agents to help u.

I think it is better to have your property tenanted (rent out or family/friend staying) than leaving it empty.

I do not know. But I see successful PR applicants at the age 40+, probably because they are highly paid in their jobs.

Just to share my two cents after staying in Kulai (not far from JB) and experienced about how JB locals act in daily lives.

Firstly I do agree that Singaporeans actually act similarly to how KL folks act, especially those that speak English. I had a colleague from JB who worked in Singapore last time and he said he went to KL once and saw a group of friends talking in English. He thought they were Singaporeans visitng KL but then realized they are actually local. So that's proof no. 1. I also travelled to Singapore for a camping event with locals there in 2019 (pre-covid) and I do not feel much difference in behaviour and communication styles between Malaysians and Singaporeans, except for some terminology they used which is not common among Malaysians.

Also, I heard from my JB colleagues that apparently there are a lot of high school dropouts in JB community so their education level is lower. More surpirsed that when I started working in Kulai with most colleagues from JB, the English level here is so low that a Chinese ed people like me is considered very good in English. I even had a colleague avoid talking to my banana colleague and instead spoke to two other persons for clarification in a matter, when in that that matter PIC is my banana colleague. Imagine my shock.

Anyway this is not to discredit all Johoreans or JB people. Just my humble observation.

This post has been edited by weehournow: Jul 4 2022, 10:59 AM

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Anyway just thought it would be fun and insightful (?) to share how many applications I submitted before landing an offer. 99% of those applications are Singapore jobs, and that excludes my application on LinkedIn.

Who are these people recommending SG? In SG your offer is only 3.6k, in KL is 5k plus. Why would you go to SG? At your pay, you would never own a house, never own a car and you probably won't get PR for a long time, if at all. If you go KL at least you can build a career there and own a house.

With your pay, you'll be renting a room only, a room in SG even a HDB costs 1k or more in 2022. You'll be eating hawker food, taking public transport and little money for entertainment.

Lots of people want to complain cost of living is high in Malaysia, but then they buy a fancy car, rent a fancy room or whole apartment, and eat in fancy restaurants. If you live the same life you would live in SG, then you wouldn't need to complain about cost of living. You would be able to save up just fine.

This post has been edited by sinkiebaharu: Sep 25 2022, 06:43 PM

Wow unker so bad, try to dampen ts spirit.

Don't be disheartened ts,

Limpeh sarkpot u
Where there's a will, there's a way.

If limpeh listened to limpeh and Kopitiam advice, limpeh won't be here today.

And tasted many flavors.

Am I rite? CoolStoryWriter
Sometimes u need go out of your comfort zone to grow up

Lol is not about dampen his spirit. Is just giving him proper advise. I'm just helping put proper perspective to have a better path in life.

Which advise? Do share.

And how are you doing now in SG? What have you made for yourself there? Do share.

I reread again and TS is 30 which is probably not too late to start afresh. I guess he need to suffer a few years and push a bit before can get a decent pay. Maybe about 40 got chance to be comfy and own a resale HDB. Still I think KL would have overall better chance of doing well.

This post has been edited by sinkiebaharu: Sep 25 2022, 06:54 PM

Nvm I'm already in SG. Currently under EP and so far so good. Enjoying low dollar-to-dollar food and entertainment. Accommodation is slightly higher but manageable.

Great.
What kind of room you rent? How much? Location?

Common room non sharing. 750 at old airport

Great to hear that.
All the best on your career.