oh .. you mean foreigners are not paid much much higher than locals ?? you just did injustice to my imagination of "EXPAT"noskich wrote:Not sure why most ppl here automatically assume that if someone is coming from a Western country, say like in this case the UK, their lifestyle is for sure better than the lifestyle of an average Singaporean and thus costly to replicate in Singapore?
Yah, London is so expensive because it's so dreadful, that makes sense. Everyone who can, incl most of the USSR billionaires, buy mansions there as, er, it's such a bad placenoskich wrote: This poor chap, if he lives in London god forbid, half of his salary would vanish for a modest accommodation and the rest goes for food, transport and utilities.
USSR ? During USSR, there were no Rich, all were equal, or so I was taught ..JR8 wrote:Yah, London is so expensive because it's so dreadful, that makes sense. Everyone who can, incl most of the USSR billionaires, buy mansions there as, er, it's such a bad placenoskich wrote: This poor chap, if he lives in London god forbid, half of his salary would vanish for a modest accommodation and the rest goes for food, transport and utilities.
You're suggesting that the philosophical concept of communism works, in real life. Ha!ecureilx wrote:USSR ? During USSR, there were no Rich, all were equal, or so I was taught ..
Because it is. Average Singaporean lives in an HDB, which would be considered a significant downgrade to most westerns. Things such as hot water from the faucet, etc, are not deemed luxuries, but essentials in the west. In order to have things comparable to an average western apartment in Singapore requires moving into a very expensive condo meant to replicate a western experience.noskich wrote:Not sure why most ppl here automatically assume that if someone is coming from a Western country, say like in this case the UK, their lifestyle is for sure better than the lifestyle of an average Singaporean and thus costly to replicate in Singapore?
Never flown Lao, but Vietnam Airlines is rather nice. The short hops are new ATR-72s, anything longer is generally a newish to new 737 or 777. It's not quite SQ or CX, but it is better than any other national airline in the region, including China and India. (Except now defunct-Kingfisher, those FAs were hotJR8 wrote: Really. You think Lao or Vietnam Air is tough... phhh nothing compared to Cuban.
mm... maybe zzm9980 doesn't have much of a choice there ?? LOLJR8 wrote: But I have no compelling need to go back to VN for maybe 20 years?...
89 - 95 - 08 ? > '30
if you think an ATR is scary, try in a twin piston engined BN, or a Czech Let (which literally bounced off the runway during every approach / landing, when I flew .. ) ..the lynx wrote: ATR72 was the scary bit. When I started my backpacking trip, I was supposed to fly into Luang Prabang via Hanoi, first via Vietnam Airlines, followed by Lao Airline using the domestic carrier, hence ATR72 (codeshare)..
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