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 (WTA) stay in johor, work in singapore, Some question about transport and living

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crapp0
post Aug 9 2008, 10:55 AM

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QUOTE(woopypooky @ Aug 9 2008, 10:23 AM)
Planing to work in singapore. And never been to johor before. Need opinion.

1. Easy or not to find a single room to stay in johor? how much on average?
2. Rent a room in singapore, average how much?
3. Since i won't have own transport, what kind of transport available to travel to work? how is the bus fare? how many buses will i have to swap to reach singapore downtown?
4. What time best recommended to start travel early morning? Say...i work office hours. Will there be buses at night?
5. What is the average price per meal in both johor and singapore?

I want to consider all these to weight out the advantages and disadvantages. Please offer some insight.Thank you very much.

Any other good idea? Or comment?
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I have a colleague who is working in singapore and staying in JB. So i can give u a rough guide.

1. Reasonably easy but not as easy as singapore, single room about RM400 depending on location and size of room plus the amenities
2. Also depends, im staying in a common room for $400 sgd, that about average price if your looking for single common room in the yishun area, closer to central town like ang mo kio and bishan is much more expensive
3. Bus and MRT are standard, but if from JB wanna travel to downtown, depends on area, best bet would be 2 use MRT if possible
4. if you start at 8pm, you need to start leaving at around 5-5.30 since the jam on the causeway is very bad now with the Mas Selamat thing. Around 1-2 hours to get through the causeway, not including travel time to from causeway to your office. Most buses will run until 11pm, others at 12pm. Only on weekends will you get "Night Rider" buses which run all night long.
5. In sing around 3 dollars, in JB if i not mistaken now food price increase so around rm5-6 oledi

For more information on bus and mrt routes including time schedules, you can visit smrt website.

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post Aug 9 2008, 09:02 PM

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QUOTE(PK7833 @ Aug 9 2008, 02:19 PM)
1. Easy or not to find a single room to stay in johor? how much on average?

Easy to get, dont worry..Ard rm150 depends on which area u stay.

2. Rent a room in singapore, average how much?

Huhuhh..very expensive!

3. Since i won't have own transport, what kind of transport available to travel to work? how is the bus fare? how many buses will i have to swap to reach singapore downtown?

If stay in JB, it's better to get a motorbike if u are guy. If u work in factory, normally they offer the bus kilang to fetch u everyday from JB to S'pore.

4. What time best recommended to start travel early morning? Say...i work office hours. Will there be buses at night?

7am. Yes.

5. What is the average price per meal in both johor and singapore?

RM5.00 without drinking, S'pore SGD5.00 without drinking.
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U start travelling from JB at 7am, sure will not reach work if u start at 8am. Which place u goto eat food cost 5 sing dollars? The food courts at paragon or wisma atria?

The food stalls in most part of singapore cost around 2.50-5.00 depending on what u having. Average hokkien mee is 3 dollars, bak kut teh is around 4-5.

If you are lucky, you can leave your house at around 6pm but thats cutting it close. Even for me staying in yishun, i wake up at 6am to goto my office in bishan coz the jam is terrible.

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