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Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:00 am
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Stamford American International School
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Pal » Thu, 02 Feb 2017 10:34 pm
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Staying, Living in Singapore
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Stamford American International Singapore offers an holistic education for students from 2 months to 18 years of age, being the first and only school...
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Stamford American International School seems like an excellent choice for expat families in Singapore. I like that it offers multiple internationally...
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Last post by Raymond L Clay
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 5:00 pm
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Last post by joop
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:28 pm
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Singapore Street Directory
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Pal » Mon, 12 May 2008 4:43 pm
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StreetDB - Singapore Street Directory
StreetDB.com is an interactive online Street Directory with mapping, driving directions and travel guides for...
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are these street maps still functional? i tried the link and sites but doesnt seem to take me anywhere... :???:
Street DB just worked for me.
it...
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Last post by ecureilx
Thu, 10 Jul 2014 8:35 am
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It's Dubai, but not as you know it:
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JR8 » Sun, 08 Mar 2015 1:47 am
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It's Dubai, but not as you know it: Expat designer creates series of posters satirising life as a Briton in the United Arab Emirates
It might be...
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would like to see a Singapore version
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Last post by retroman
Wed, 01 Apr 2015 9:00 am
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Germanwings crash
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Wd40 » Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:03 am
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Apparently one of the pilot was lock out of the cockpit :o
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1. Standard Operating Procedure breach ?
2. 11% of us have mental health issues
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Last post by martincymru
Fri, 27 Mar 2015 9:28 am
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A convocation of Eagles as some are winging away.
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sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 24 Feb 2015 4:38 pm
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March 6th. Location to be decided.
Confirmed:
SMS
martincymru
ecureilx
Steve1960
JR8
Barnsley
Tentative:
rajagainstthemachine
Nanana
The...
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Damn, I missed it! I was in town too :(
They let you out in the first place!? :lol:
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Last post by JR8
Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:04 am
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Locked threads
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ecureilx » Fri, 20 Mar 2015 9:57 pm
Saw a locked thread, sort of a first for me to see it here ..
Then I saw, the board 'possibly' accepts posts using the Facebook Login :D :D
Mods,...
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Last post by ecureilx
Fri, 20 Mar 2015 9:57 pm
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Typical Earth citizen will soon be Indian: Organizers of new
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ecureilx » Fri, 20 Mar 2015 9:31 am
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A bit of a Tongue in Cheek post ..
From ..
Hong Kong, March 19 (IANS)
By 2030, the average citizen of planet Earth will be an Indian man in...
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ok so we'll have movies showing rape on a global scale just great! lol
Daughter of the world ... globalisation ?
RATM, you started it
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Last post by ecureilx
Fri, 20 Mar 2015 6:46 pm
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'World's most $$$ cities revealed: SG tops the charts again'
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JR8 » Wed, 04 Mar 2015 9:00 pm
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'World's most expensive cities revealed: Singapore tops the charts again - and London doesn't even make top ten
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'Singapore...
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In the Akasaka district at lunchtime you didn't even have to go into the restaurant if you wanted take away, there'd be a guy standing out side the...
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Last post by nakatago
Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:23 pm
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The Germans are going to be caned and serve 9 months!
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PNGMK » Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:21 pm
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Mein gott in himmel.
Mein ass ist kaput!
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Can't find it.
Spray paint train
Tag with name
Got pain
For the rattan cane.
You know, if you just jumble the words a little bit, you could get...
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Last post by the lynx
Fri, 06 Mar 2015 7:45 pm
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Is life in Singapore more relaxing than in London?
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tedronwalker » Tue, 27 Jan 2015 6:25 am
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I suppose my question would have answers like, “It depends on each individual.” It is true, but it’s still better to hear from actual experience.
We...
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Perhaps not cheap but neutered for sure. You know, no Westerner can take any spicy food. It is so bad that there are some touristic enclaves where a...
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Last post by JR8
Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:08 pm
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Woah. Somebody doesn't like Singapore(ans) very much!
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Addadude » Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:15 am
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I'll be very, very surprised if this has never been posted here before, but here’s a link to an ever-so-slightly-critical commentary of Singapore and...
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It's ok, was worth reading it again, forgot all about that one.
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Last post by Brah
Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:02 am
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Incredible what I saw ..
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ecureilx » Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:16 pm
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22 Feb 2015- I happened to be entering the Burger King at East Coast, when a “south Asian” mother, with her kid of about 2 years, was dashing out of...
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If it was my kid who was at the receiving end, I would have seriously grabbed the offending kid and held him/her till the parents came over, or...
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Last post by ecureilx
Thu, 05 Mar 2015 10:03 am
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Last post by Strong Eagle
Wed, 04 Mar 2015 9:55 pm
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IRAS Letter of guarantee - new to me!
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PNGMK » Thu, 05 Jun 2014 10:33 am
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Well this is new. I've been asked by IRAS to forward a letter of guarantee for XXXX from a local bank or established limited company in Singapore....
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Hi
Just wanted to comment on this as I just went (going) through this now.
I too got this letter. I'm on EP and my company covers housing, kid's...
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Last post by CAtoSing
Tue, 03 Mar 2015 6:50 pm
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PR approved, but I don't need it anymore WTF!!!???
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Sergei82 » Wed, 11 Feb 2015 4:53 pm
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Hi everybody. Long time no see. Last year was very rich on events for me: 1) war in my homeland which totally isolated and broke my parents and most...
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Does anyone know which of the Hong Kong expat forums is most active at the moment? Need to ask them some questions which are hard to google out...
I...
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Last post by ecureilx
Sat, 28 Feb 2015 11:43 am
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The Child In The Basement
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earthfriendly » Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:53 am
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Interesting article.
The people who stay in Omelas aren't bad; they just find it easier and easier to live with the misery they depend upon.
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perhaps the child find that the suffering in this basement is better than where she came from. Or maybe after the suffering, she will grow up to be a...
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Last post by nakatago
Tue, 24 Feb 2015 7:03 pm
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Marrying hassles
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Aragorn2000 » Sat, 21 Feb 2015 9:04 pm
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Indians are not allowed to marry whites in Europe?
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I googled a bit for the sake of curiosity and most of the EU countries requires for a foreigner to deliver a “no impediment” certificate. This is for...
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Last post by JR8
Sun, 22 Feb 2015 2:34 pm
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advice on moving to Bangkok from Singapore
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darpy » Sat, 14 Feb 2015 6:03 pm
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We have been in Singapore for about five years now and my head has been turned by Bangkok. I was wondering what others thought of the expat life in...
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You might find some of the answers you're looking for in one of the Thailand forums:
There is also some general info in another recent...
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Last post by maneo
Fri, 20 Feb 2015 5:23 pm
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$10,000 note withdrawn - is it going up in value?
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PNGMK » Mon, 16 Feb 2015 12:28 pm
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The highly prized $10,000 note is no longer in printing. (The tool of trade for bribers in Jakarta -
I suspect the note is already worth more than...
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It's collected from a lot of people who don't use US$ at all. In fact it's a PITA, as when we go to ID I'm usually scrabbling for the required US$...
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Last post by JR8
Thu, 19 Feb 2015 6:30 pm
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BURNING SMELL - EAST AREA
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martincymru » Mon, 16 Feb 2015 5:45 pm
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Anyone any idea of the source?
(lasted for 5 days now)
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I couldn't find any news articles.
However looking at the local air quality map it seems the air quality in Pasir Gudang is no worse that that in...
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Last post by ecureilx
Thu, 19 Feb 2015 5:05 pm
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Re-entry permit expired
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teal854t » Sun, 15 Feb 2015 3:54 am
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My father got his PR through investment in 1977 or 1978. I was a teenager then and got my PR through him. I've been living/working in U.S. for over...
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One thing to remember is that ignoring FOREX risks CPF is secure...
Barings bank was considered 'secure', bullet-proof even, for the 233 years...
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Last post by PNGMK
Mon, 16 Feb 2015 6:28 am
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Saint Jack, only Hollywood movie completely shot in Spore
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noskich » Fri, 31 Jan 2014 1:44 pm
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After looking for this movie for a long time I finally managed to find it online and it wasn`t a dissapointment! Firstly it shows Spore in the 70`s...
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After it was the GPO but before it became a hotel, it housed IRAS. I know as I made a number of trips down there thanks to my company's Australian...
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Sun, 15 Feb 2015 11:26 pm
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