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Singapore Expat Forum and Message Board for Expats in Singapore & Expatriates Relocating to Singapore

No, nor am I a hairy person, but I do shave my legs and underarms, like most women I know, and for that, I need shaving cream, preferably in a scent suitable for a woman. At Carrefour, you are probably seeing Nair Hair REMOVAL cream, something totally different. And I have been to every Cold Storage...

For the second time in two years, I cannot find any ladies shaving cream in Singapore. I've been to all the grocery stores/drug stores within a 5 mile radius of my house, and everyone seems to be out. What's more, they all tell me they never had it! "Don't have!" they all say, or "No stock!"while lo...

I enrolled my daughter in K2 at OFS when we arrived; she is now in 1st grade there, but I wouldn't recommend it. The academics are slapdash at best. If you are interested in more details, PM me.

Good choice--we spent the last two Christmases in the Maldives with our 6 year old and loved it.

We chose OFS for our daughter, mostly because there was no other option (or it didn't seem so at the time) but if I had it to do over again I wouldn't send her there...I have not been happy with the quality of the teaching; it's very crowded and chaotic, and the facilities are pretty run-down. PM me...

You might consider joining the American Women's Association--they have a lot going on all the time. They have volunteer opportunities, hobby groups, play groups for moms with little ones your age, classes, group outings, etc...you should be able to find something to interest you there, and you will ...

We are also from the US, and my daughter is currently at OFS for 1st grade. We arrived last summer, and I was in the same boat you are, with having to make a decision without being able to come here first and not really finding any frank advice on this forum. So, I enrolled my daughter for K2 at OFS...

Road Not Taken, please tell me more! Is it OK to drive up to the Woodlands and crash their thing?

This is our first Halloween in Singapore and we are wondering if many people trick or treat with little ones. I checked the forum, but the only posting I saw on this topic was from 2005. We live in a new condo that doesn't seem that congenial for trick or treaters--what do people usually do? Are the...

Hi there: My husband is British, I'm American and we just moved here three months ago from Houston. We moved to the East Coast, because we thought it would be nice to live near town (approx. 20 minute commute) but also near the beach. We live in a high rise with a sweeping view of the Straits, which...

I think you either need to be really frank with her about what your expectations are, or you can send her back to the agency and get some one else. The only thing that seems serious is the cough--you should call her agency and see when she last had a medical check-up. A persistent cough could be ind...

I'm just curious to know where you all are putting the second maid!

As I mentioned in an earlier post, we used an agency called ADP. We found them on the netmaid.com portal. That portal allows one to specify, in order of importance, what one is seeking in a helper. We put child care as our number one priority, and several helpers came up from different agencies, one...

I was a little surprised at how shabby the school seemed to me to be overall--maybe my expectations were too high. My daughter (the one in K2) is having a little trouble with the discipline--they seem to be very heavy on it, but so is the IB school in Houston, so that may just be the way IB schools ...

We paid $488 plus $353 for insurance, but we chose the most comprehensive insurance policy they had, just in case. Another agency I contacted charged around $600 something for the agency fee, but the same fee you had for insurance.