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taxico, thanks! that was one detailed reply. anyway... the person who was arranged simply is going to take care of me getting started up - his fees include co-ordinating much more than my pickup - my medical checkup, immigration etc. - i was just joking (somewhat) about the $100 in a way as I divide...

these are greenbacks. alright, some bills don't look green anymore, but you get the idea... :wink: that's what i thought. just confirming. i don't think bringing $1,500 over is a problem if you can carry that amount safely and they don't come in giant bundles or anything (eg, chinese money)... it i...

Thanks for the input guys. well, the deal is, as soon as I land there I have to pay for my pickup, temporary hostel accommadation (I am coming over there as a student), which by themselves come upto S$1000 (and i am getting a train card, a SIM card, medical checkup and all that is arranged by someon...

Folks, I'll be landing in singapore in two days - my local bank convinced me to carry US$ (the local branch didn't have S$ - I didn't get the logic quite right as to why I couldn't just carry INR and convert it in Changi airport:???:) - is US$ accepted in most places or would I have to change it in ...

thanks for the responses all you guys!

Thanks guys - for a rider whose just ready to camp in the training center if necessary, can I assume i can get a license within 2 months?

Very basic questions, somehow I am finding it hard to get answers... I only want the minimal license (the <200CC one) and don't really need a course (if the provisional license let's me just appear to the test, bringing the bike magically to the testing center). i don't have a drivers license to con...

thanks for the responses folks. i guess i get a clear idea now. << They cook with Ghee, cooked over a small charcoal burner that is often the favoured method for meal preparation by a lot of Indians and has a tendency to create lots of ghee ladened greasy smoke that permeates everything it touches >...

Thanks for the responses guys! (and i have to remember to turn off the HTML option and i keep losing the stuff i was trying to quote :-(. too lazy to redo this post - i hope things are self explanatory as to what i was quoting) <<Singapore>> Turtle, I guess that was a good start. i guess that was mo...

turtle... that was a nice detailed response. interesting though - i have heard that about malaysia - in fact, once i was in the KL airport for 8 hours waiting for my next flight and honestly i could swear the only time i saw tamils or heard someone speak tamil was couple of guys cleaning the carpet ...

<< a) Some people are simply racist. >> which is what i was curious about. they don't say we want only chinese or malay like others do - they are saying we don't want indians. i would assume the ad would have been posted by mostly chinese or malay considering the population distribution - atleast, b...

i am just going through the ads in . and a couple of other sites. and i notice once in a while "indians not allowed" or "no indians". i find it interesting (for one obvious reason, i am indian moving to singapore)... i hardly see anyother race or nationality or religion being singled out (i see pref...

thanks durain.

well... (sigh!) i guess that's what it is then. paying hardly $120 a month for a beautiful single bedroom apartment here in india (oh wait, my apt is not furnished, so let's assume it is $150 a month ), it is scary to get over there.

wish me luck you guys!

durain & saint: thanks for the inputs. i have been going through the classifieds now again i noticed singapore expats site seem to give only the shared accommadation. i am going through the other rental websites - but a quick feel from this forum will be great. so, most of the apartments i am seeing...

thanks for the response. what about a bit of distance? i can bike (motorcycle) or take the transit if it is not too expensive? what about flats with two bedrooms? as i mentioned earlier, i don't like the multi bedroom with one master bath and the rest of them share another. can i get a decent one fo...