sounds ok for me. so ur moving in ? what block ? i stay nearby MRT also.

Which room?

Most of the flats in AMK are more than 30 years old have been upgraded.

The original 'utility' room is now called the storeroom. It's really narrow, not more than the width of the door but long L shaped. If it's that room, I think it's too claustrophobic and degrading however low the rental.

If the flat has been upgraded (2 or 3 bedroom), they would have added a utility room at the rear of the flat, next to the kitchen & common toilet. That room is not as big as a common bedroom (it's probably 15"x15") but big enough for a single bed, a small closet and table - if you don't have much stuff. Anything more than that is probably way too cramped.

Hi, if got offer a job working at singapore with reason "Travel" up to 1 month, will this offense the labour law of Singapore?

Staying alone. If i had partner sure find a bigger place since utility room to small for 2 ppl.

Heres a link with the description and pictures of the room.

http://singapore.roomsdb.net/display_details.php?p_id=67352

This post has been edited by crapp0: Apr 25 2009, 09:45 PM

The map marker is at least a 15m walk from AMK stn. I stay at the corner of AMK Ave 5 & Ave 6, and it takes me roughly 13m-15m to get to AMK stn. About 8m to YCK stn.

The distance from the map marker is a little farther to AMK stn from where I am.

If you don't want to walk, you might want to take a bus. Lots of buses plying the main avenues in AMK.

Lol, i stayed some where near you, block 648.

Most of the nice places seems that its for ladies only. Near the the main roads or in close proximity to mrt stations.

What can do got gender bias. Hopefully dont add racial profiling in it.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Apr 26 2009, 12:06 AM

room looks quite ok from the pics! ideal for single occupancy. block 523, if u cut thru the park perhaps a 10-15 min walk...location considered good. very near to food court. got 1 bus servicing that route...265

block 523 is well within 10 min walk to MRT. i stay in 596A which is juz a bit ahead.

anyone up for a buffet tonight? chessgal & i plan to dine at fiesta brassilia at united square novena

hi guys, just a simple question... i bought 3 boxes of med size dominos pizza in JB & during inspection at the sg wdlands chekcpoint, the ICA officer (kinda cute chick) said "By rights, you cant bring in pizza"... seriously, is this true ?? she let me go tho without saying anything else..

by the way, im renting in JB, working in science park 1 for 14 months now.

p/s : any tips buying cheap cars/motorcycles ? thinking of applying PR

This post has been edited by crestfallen: Apr 27 2009, 01:52 AM

so how's the food ?

speaking of novena, ice-cream lovers should check out the ice-cream buffet @ Mingles there.

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).

but in my case...i come to work with the reason "travel" for the 1st 2 week then apply for it
my HR didnt do all these stuff for me...sweat...

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 .

Food was so so, not a meat lover myself but smartalec enjoys it very much. My favourite of the night was the beef bacon.

Bill came up to S$67++ after discount (Buffet & cocktails), cause we paid with citibank cc (50% discount).

Rating 6/10 - cause like i said, not a true blue meat lover.

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Added on April 27, 2009, 10:57 amYup, you are right, when i first came here, i was allowed to work up to a month pending my EP application to be approved.

This post has been edited by chess_gal: Apr 27 2009, 10:57 AM

Wow, we stay so near, I stay at blk 596C. Currently an owner from blk 596A is trying to sell off his house, hope is not your unit. He is asking 608k for his unit. All 596 block is really expensive.

Ouch, thanks for the info, how about business travel?

Ya.. some of the company is like tat, the staff will work immediately after the company fill in the form for them.. waiting for the EP approval..
But for my company, I only start working after getting my EP done. then I am 2 weeks late for the FY cut off date.. then No performance Bonus, the tat half FY.

w00t lets come out for a meal or drink then lol.