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by bobbie » Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:19 am
i will start to work here in singapore, i would like to ask to anybody had idea if i can spend my daily allowance of $8/day, for my food and $300/month for bed space. i had no idea regarding the marketing/cost of living here. please help me thanks! (can you specify the mostly expenses of foods,clothing,renting and etc.) thank you for your time. God Bless!

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by elizabeth » Sat, 30 Apr 2005 9:33 am
bobbie wrote:i will start to work here in singapore, i would like to ask to anybody had idea if i can spend my daily allowance of $8/day, for my food and $300/month for bed space. i had no idea regarding the marketing/cost of living here. please help me thanks! (can you specify the mostly expenses of foods,clothing,renting and etc.) thank you for your time. God Bless!

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i think is not possible to spent $/per day for food cos each meal here cost ard $5/meal as for bed space it will cost u ard there but i think that will be a share room with others.. u wont have a room on ur on.. but any way u will get used to it when u come here.. hope u will enjoy working in singapore.. by the way, which contury r u from??
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by bobbie » Sat, 30 Apr 2005 8:15 pm
i'm very thankful theres somebody like you gave time to answers may questions, actually it had been bodering me for almost a month, i came from philippines and i suppose to work there by this coming june. thank you very much for your effort, im very appreciated. god bless1[/b]
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