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Question is, is it attractive enough to come to singapore (excluding the hongkies )

@wd40 why did you opt for cbse for your kid instead of icse? (Equivalent of GCSE O ) level Suprised you say cbse is relaxed, back in India everyone was complaining about how difficult it was As for psle im not sure why local parents bend over backwards to ensure their kids can cram and regurgitate e...

Some background - Age - 42 years Ethnicity and current nationality - Indian Male Married - wife is Chinese and Singaporean (formerly Malaysian) Daughter - Singaporean mixed race. Primary Chinese, secondary Indian (double barrelled race classification) Work in IT in a local bank Been here since 2013...

Taking BMW (bus, MRT, walk) is what everyone should aspire to. After 2.5 decades, I have a genuine love for public transport, especially after the advent of smart phones and podcasts. Since the pandemic I am so far behind on them all - not sure how I’ll ever catch up! same, i actually haven't drive...

makes me think with the increasing property rate, good time to buy condo in singapore as foreigner and then rent to other foreigners and locals, wonder how that's going to play out in the eyes of locals.

I think WD40 is trying to say is that Singapore is a good place to make money, not spend money (on materialistic pursuits), because you don’t get the bang for your buck here. but as soon as I arrived here, the prices made me lose all interest and I don’t even care about it anymore. My materialistic...

gramps is grumps

Then the question would have to be where the expert was moving from, if they were moving from somewhere where the quality of life was considerably lower, then living small here would not take much of an adjustment as it would arguably still present a better quality of life than living in the home c...

Etfs are the best bet on investment, none of the idiot relationship managers in banks wanna sell you one though, its not in their kpi or comms

I do get what you mean, but I don’t think that continuing to deny them civil rights that have been legal in other equally conservative countries for years now is a solution. Lately, legalizing pot has become the popular thing to do. I hope that never happens here. Why not? Just curious to hear your...

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Heres another consideration, Assume job holder makes it through all the hoops mom throw at them and they land a job of 10k 4500 is just the rental for a 2 bed condo these days Another 4000 grand in living expense assuming a family of 2 or 3 considering inflation, eating out,etc The balance savings ...

Happy to have masks off and dust off the last shreds of pandemic anxiety off and get back to normalcy

Lisafuller wrote: ↑

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 2:48 am

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Fri, 26 Aug 2022 8:29 am

For me 50% , quite steep, im sucking it up though
Given the fact there are not enough alternatives and supply is short

Wow, that is not even steep, it is straight up crazy! Which area are you in?

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They want me to condone homosexuality. But I am a Buddhist and, for a Buddhist, a relationship between two men is wrong. Some sexual conduct in marriage is also wrong. - Dalai Lama didn't buddha also advocate the middle path? And what would that be? It can be said that legalizing it would be to pro...