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And nobody forces you to go to your quarters at night or forces you to return home because you were conned and ended up owing a year or more's salary to some agent who conned you. Or just cancelled your WP and didn't pay you and didn't repatriate you either. Nobody promised you one thing and gave y...

You say more balanced, but then give a very myopic and unbalanced opinion of your own. We're Westerns mostly, we've traveled about and seen a lot and dealt with this shit in our own countries. Your argument for the locals pretty much amounts to blaming the government for brining in too many foreign...

Fortunately, I don't, even after 30 years, have the tiny immature mindset of a local. I hope the hell I never get their mindset. Sadly, yours is typically local. Going international hasn't done a thing for you either. You are still the same as you were in YOUR own country as well. Ironic, neh? You ...

Wd40, they already do that. I work smack in the middle of an industrial estate and am surrounded by FW dormatories. Monday mornings the number of Kingfisher bottles by the curbs are astounding, but even though I've work late on Saturdays and often on Sundays, I've never had a problem with any of th...

you, by any chance, aren't their landlord I hope :D Just kidding .. I am a Sporean.... Please be aware that there is a difference staying / renting a HDB flat vs a condo. There is no fencing, security guards etc in HDB estates, so people are free to come and go. Therefore, there is really no protec...

Hi, Do you have children or it is just you + husband? I think it is important to think about safety vs $ or matter of principle. So manay things can happen to you + family; the money lenders, this landlord etc etc... I would suggest you move house asap.. forget about whats right or wrong, how much m...

I am a Sporen landlord but I am not sure about the rules... My agents charges me a fee for helping me rent out my properties and he shares the com if an agent brings him a tenant. If this is indeed the rule, then the tenant's agent is in the best position; he shares 50% of the com I pay to my agent ...

"3. Costs - 1 month deposit + 1 month rent up front seems to be fairly standard, with agent commission rates at 2 weeks rental per year leased is that actually correct? and if so, when is this expected to be paid in relation to the leasing date? " Really, this is not a must ~ you dont have to pay an...

@Hairy legs, are you not worried about the pollution and what it does to your kids? Seems to the one fact that keeps many from going. Seriously, I didnt think much about this when I decided to come over... But, I can see that the Chinese have longer lifespan than S'poreans, mind you, a Politician's...

The family and I have been here (shanghai) for the last 5yrs. I can only say that there are more people wanting to move to China compared to 5 years ago. I can see this trend in the Company's struggle to keep me on expat terms plus the number of students in the Intl school that my son attends. Perha...

Another funny thing I DIY'd this week. Ever since we moved every morning around 6-7AM I could hear a bird coming and hitting away our cardboard box below the window where AC is installed. This happened for a week, I realized probably the bird is trying to build a nest. On careful examination, the h...

Honestly I'm not surprised, even with the correct salary you'll struggle with your race and religion (no offense). Singapore has learn some lessons on immigration from the west and unlimited immigration from Paki/India/Nigeria/West Indies and it's effect on the UK is I suspect one of those lessons ...

My views; Plumbers will charge you more vs a local because a) he assumes you are rich / company account / ignorant about local prices. He will make his trip worth it by working backwards; eg, he wants to make S$100 from you, so he will try not to repair stuff buy will insists you replace it with new...

No matter how angry you are, NEVER take matters into your own hands. NEVER go over to the work site and fxxk them etc. A tenant of mine went over to my neighbour's renovation site, ran into a fit and PUSH the site supervisor into the drain.. And I read about this in the New Paper as the police was c...

If it is for my own use, 5 yrs +, but I find that I have to replace them more frequently for those in properties I rent out. I would rather buy a cheap one (for own use as well as for my rental units) because washing machines is old technology, so we dont really need super duper washing machines. In...