lol i dont mind if i'm really earning like 4-5k a month. but the truth is, i'm not even earning half of it. web designer is not being appreciate in singapore especially those who work in design / advertising agency. 12 hours a day is common. if can have 10 hours working life, happiness (but pay still sux regardless u have diploma or degree or nothing)


erm...i dont think that way, cos whenever i take the bus and sit down, i felt asleep hahahhah. when reach jb checkpoint, i wake up again. after i pass through singapore checkpoint, usually i took SJE so i can sleep all the way to bugis queen street.

nice pay u have, mind to share what position and field that you are working in? ur 1 month salary > my half year hardwork hahahah

without a work permit, a foreigner working in singapore is illegal. the reason of "travel" is because u only can stay in singapore for ~1-2 months with the social pass (the white card u get when u enter singapore). if there is no official employment confirmation and the company did not apply work permit for you, please beware that you can be send back to malaysia and get banned from entering singapore for few years (and bad record).

as i heard last time (~3 years ago) as long as the company apply the work permit through online or post, the worker are allow to work in the company for a month while waiting for the application to be approve. i'm not sure this is really the case or not.

there are a lot of news where company hire the person without apply the work permit, then force the employee to go back without paying their salary. if u have doubts can check with the company .

for my job i only have 14 days annual leave, taxi claim (if OT till after 9pm), and MC claim (max $50 a month). for your personal reference u should consider all ur expenses and fight for the salary u want.

no news from my boss, i doubt he even want to give me replacement holiday.

yea, i met more than enough pregnant mums that push me away, block the way to let passenger alight and try to squeeze into the MRT with their big tummy, that's pretty dangerous.

if u love singapore, why not? after getting PR then u can enjoy CPF, HDB Flat, and higher chance to get a job .

why not? not everyone in singapore is rich and there are rich malaysian guys that work in singapore also. as some member mentioned some singapore guys can be quite nerdy. btw my dad is a malaysian and my mom is a singaporean she follow my dad to ipoh after marriage.

but reality telling us that... u need a lot of $$ bullets to tackle singapore girl. i met a lot of girls that demand for a lot of things even for themselve and they complain why they don't have bf. oh well, different culture.

as i read somewhere as long as we declared the income in another country (singapore) we dont have to declare the income again in malaysia. but i met a person who telling me if we stay in malaysia more than 180 days for the year then the case might be different

hi guys, want to ask since i'm preparing the documents for PR application. i must submit the "testimonial from previous employer" for the application? my previous employer is so busy that hard to get her to write a testimonial.

This post has been edited by B-Mecha: May 19 2009, 06:57 PM

thanks a lot, it is so hard to reach the service agent of ICA with hot line and i couldnt get my previous employer . i guess i'll proceed without that. my current employer filled in the Annex-A, will it be better if i have testimonial from him? or Annex-A is enough?

Regarding the pay slip and income tax notice of assessment, i just received the income tax notice of assessment (1st time after work in SG for 3 years), since i only have 1 should i bring the IRA8 form (given by my previous company and current company years ago) to prove my income for previous years?