Very expensive. I think it's a few bucks per kg for washing, and another few dollars per piece for ironing. I can't remember exactly, but I do remember taking one look at the price list when I got here a few years back, and then heading straight to the supermarket to buy laundry detergent.

Probably the same concept as the foodcourt beneath Singpower before they sold the building. The rent was subsidised by Singpower in return for discounts for Singpower staff, but the folks manning the stalls rarely checked for staff id.

This is a huge open ended question with a 1000 different interpretations, isn't it? What kind of replies are you looking for?

OK... I find it's pretty good.

I think the ratio of (Malaysians in senior positions in Singapore / All Malaysians in Singapore) is higher than (Malaysians in senior positions in Malaysia / All Malaysians in Malaysia).

In fact, I reckon (Malaysians in senior positions in Singapore / All Malaysians in Singapore) is higher than (Singaporeans in senior positions in Singapore / All Singaporeans in Singapore).

This post has been edited by seantang: Mar 28 2009, 11:50 PM

Since AirAsia cancelled the Ipoh-JB flight, my only option is the coach. Praying hard that Firefly's Ipoh-Sg route will not become a political victim.

This post has been edited by seantang: Mar 30 2009, 09:44 PM

Bad luck, mate. Where do you work and how extensive is the retrenchment exercise? (if you don't mind telling us, of course).

Mine's being auto-submitted ie. exempted from manual submission (in Sg, this means clicking "submit" on the tax website) because my return's quite simple.

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Added on April 2, 2009, 11:10 amThat's right, Sepang F1 GP this weekend.

How are you getting your live telecast? Starhub/Mio or try use external aerial to get NTV7 from JB?


This post has been edited by seantang: Apr 2 2009, 11:10 AM

At least he didn't typo chest_gal

Good luck.

Because they don't like going through customs and commuting 3 hours each day?

And JB is not exactly the most desirable place to stay.

I don't think I can save much living in JB cos I don't spend much anyway. At most, I'd probably save half my rental only. Food... can't save much for one person only, and besides JB isn't that cheap to begin with. And there will be the additional cost of owning a Sg car as I cannot imagine taking public transport from JB to Sg every day.

So, unless owning a Sg car + losing 2-3 hours of sleep each day is better than paying a few hundred S$ more rental... it's damn not worth it.

And that's before considering the fact that JB is not a very nice place to live. I've been there for day trips & short stays, and frankly, I feel a bit like I'm in Jakarta, Bangkok or Manila. I feel like an outsider, everybody's staring at the waterfish and never know when someone might just walk up and pull out a knife. KL, Pg or Ipoh feel much, much more hospitable.

You want to save money. So, just work out which option saves the most money lah.

Wah, there must be a thousand people in your firm leh.

S$15K is a lot of salary, man... even if you need to work 12 hour days.

Quite a good job. Almost 3K per month including allowances if you join with a 1st class honours.

One of classmates was an ASP in Sg, when he was 25 or 26. Pretty good job. Singapore's civil service promotes young people very fast if you're good. The IGP, Chiefs of the various arms of the armed forces and many Directors of govt depts are only 40-something. If you're lucky enough to be selected for their elite Administrative Service after 8 years in the civil service (ie. at 30-32 years old), your starting pay (SR9 salary grade) is S$370,000 per year.

No lah... I just have a good memory of whatever I read

I'm in biz finance with a petrochem MNC.

No problem lah. I get this reaction is every forum I'm in. I know I'm not exactly the most lovable online personality and sometimes tend to be overly concerned about winning an argument (or making sure the other chap doesn't)... but what to do... old dog don't learn new tricks

You realised I mentioned "if you are good", right? There are a lot of people who are not good enough, and Singapore is ruthless when dealing with the mediocre.

If I remember correctly, there are only 300-400 people in the Administrative Service.

Good luck anyway, and welcome to Singapore.

Then you must have awfully low salary, man.