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There is no harm to my playing with my dog in the tennis court, if I book it. You being offended by it is just unreasonable, and not my problem.

I want to get the guards fired so that their replacements won't chase after me, making up rules like this anymore. It's self-defense.

I don't buy anything here. The shopping is horrible. I buy books, clothes, select electronics and even toys from the US, online. Usually from Amazon.com. Anything you need to plug directly into the wall, buy from Amazon's UK website. In Singapore, even if you can find what you're looking for, the qu...

Um, at the moment, you are the jerk.

I know how to stand up for myself, and I don't let landlords push me around. That seems to be rare in Singapore. About as rare as quality housing. Connection? I think so. I'm not going to pay thousands of dollars a month for leaky, molding, crumbling crappy housing. I'm also not going to put up with...

Wow, you guys sound like real jerk neighbors. If you don't like dogs, live in a dog-free building. Otherwise, face the fact that dog owners pay rent too, and deserve to use the facilities just as much as anyone else. So far, I've settled on complaining about the guards to the company that employs th...

Well, I am happy to say, I did break my lease, and I did recover my deposit, and all of you nay-sayers are just sour. You can force people to sign ridiculous contracts, like Singaporean tenancy agreements, but when it comes to enforcing them, you have to have a lot more than just a piece of paper. F...

Hello, I have a question on the use of condo facilities by tenants: I have a lease at the Cote D'Azur condo by Parkway Parade. This condo has three tennis courts. Residents pay $2/hour to the office to reserve court time to use the courts. The rest of the time they are padlocked. Earlier this week, ...

For anyone coming upon this thread who might be fooled into thinking the Cote D'Azur is a nice condo, here is the update: It is crumbling. Cement is cracking off the facades, the boardwalks are rotting, and as the management has told me, there are leaks in all the units all over the complex. Not onl...

Hi. Just logged back in and saw there were questions about how foreigners can homeschool here in Singapore. As the MOE told me (over and over again) when I enquired, Singapore doesn't care what foreigners do. There are no requirements, registration or curriculum or otherwise, for foreign homeschoole...

Try making eye contact with your son. Does he hold your gaze? Try showing him pictures of faces showing different emotions, and ask him to describe what he thinks the people are feeling. If he won't hold your gaze, and can't identify other peoples' emotions, then you should have him evaluated by a d...

I haven't found a worthwhile way for us to learn Mandarin. The local tutors just plain suck. They are OK for helping with homework from a class, I guess, but I haven't found a Chinese or Singaporean tutor for any subject who can manage to teach something on their own. I also haven't been able to fin...

We want to break our 2-year lease after 15 months. We offered to find the new tenant; pay an agent fee (for 1 year lease); and give the landlord (for free) all of the appliances, new light fixtures, and other fittings that we added to the property to turn the unfurnished property into a furnished pr...

My girls wanted to try gymnastics, so I signed them up for a place that operates out of a very impressive looking gym. My girls were very happy to jump on trampolines, walk on balance beams, and practice flips into foam pits. Now, a few months into it, they hate it, because many of the coaches and c...

I an am American. I homeschool my two daughters. The MOE doesn't care one bit. They have told me so (three times): We are foreigners, so the compulsory schooling laws don't apply to us. We can do whatever we want. My daughters are aged 11 and 7. Personally, I don't get anything from the Singapore te...

Hi. I am an expat homeschooling two girls who will turn 7 and 11 this summer. We are interested in meeting other families for friendship and fun. We are located in the center of the island, near Bishan Park (or a long walk to Macritchie Resevoir Park). Anyone up for an outing, or just an afternoon o...