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the lynx wrote:
Note: And OP, to be objective, not all rude Singaporean-looking people are in fact Singaporeans (look at Malaysians and some PRCs). And other foreigners who are of different ethnicities can be jerks also (just to be fair).

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yeah, it's an S-Pass.

All the news about cutting back on importing FTs... I applied for her online (as a Finance & Admin Exec). She got approved in 4 days.

4 yrs work experience in Philippines and none in SG.

Hmmmm..

the lynx wrote:If you don't wanna work in Singapore (and want to remain in Malaysia instead), why on earth would you want to be a Singapore PR? Doesn't make sense...

In case Perkasa come knocking on his door.... seems like irrational fear, but maybe not.

Going to hire someone who needs an EP (salary $2500). I've already done all the procedures to be able to apply the EP online at MOM for my employee. I have to do this myself instead of a HR person. I guess I will find out eventually, but exactly how tedious is that process? I know I know, my admin m...

:o :o Britain's jobless total jumped to 2.57 million people in the three months to August, the highest amount since 1994 according to data on Wednesday, dealing a heavy blow to the country's recovery hopes. Britain's unemployment rate meanwhile shot up to 8.1 percent during the quarter, the highest ...

"The secret to a successful marriage is having low expectation" - Warren Buffet.

http://edvantage.com.sg/edvantage/featu ... lish_.html

Should this even be an issue at all?

boffenl wrote:Honest to God, that was the funniest thing I've read all day!

I'm still clueless.

I've been staring at spreadsheet all day.

All of a sudden a thought came to mind:

they call it a clusterf*ck because people don't like cluster or that cluster is confusing?

I have no idea.

Have I been looking at too many numbers?

nakatago wrote:Hoo-boy.

Wind In My Hair is Singaporean.

I know that.

The thing with Singaporean English is that they speak very fast and employ a lot of abrupt sounds. I would like to know how to improve understanding Singapore English. The problem with Singlish is that it is not English with a Singaporean accent. It is almost a different language with its own gramm...

Thanks for the info, so if I wanted to spend an evening out drinking beer in bars/pubs, then where would be my best bet? Or do people from the vicinity simply flock to Johor? :) I live in sembawang. Go up to sembawang way, pass sembawang mrt on your right, then through canberra link, traffic light ...

Oh dear here we go again, the reason I asked was that I had started a thread on retiring in Singapore and maybe you had replied in the wrong thread, since your reply was based on retiring in Singapore. If you haven't, it's no big deal, I wont lose sleep over it.. It just seems your reply was a litt...

I can't speak for others. I'm going to retire in JB. Gelang patah, 2 storey house, RM330k, gated community. => about S$140.00... that less then a brand new BMW320i. By that time, I don't see the point of living in Singapore. better brush up on my gardening skills. Someone mentioned earlier that I s...

Plavt, I'm with you on this one. The guy makes two posts, one from Canada and one from Australia? and a new registration answers? Something fishy in Denmark as they say if you ask me. How now? Proxy ISP? SMS - you are right to be wary - DO NOT go near anything in Pasir Ris Farmway 2 - they are all ...