Malaysian in Singapore...

Many wanted to work in Singapore but scare of the living cost in Singapore...
i have been here for 3 days and looking for a job while doing some survey on the environment here..

salary in S'pore is slightly lower to Malaysia's salary...
a degree can get an average of SGD 2.2k...
while Malaysia will be around RM 2.5k...
a different of around 10%++

Room rental...
the most expensive expense in S'pore...
share a medium room will cost you around SGD 350++ include all dy...
Sharing a medium room in kl will cost us around more than RM250++ include all the expenses...
S'pore is 40%++ more expensive...

how about buying stuff in Singapore??
Taufu tiwn pack in Spore is below SGD 1
Malaysia is Rm 1.75
75% more exp than S'pore...

Chicken rice in Spore can go as low as sgd 2 while average is Sgd 3...
malaysia will be no less than Rm4...
Malaysia is 30% more exp...

hair recover cream in Spore is around SGD 15...
malaysia will be 25...
Malaysia is 75% more...

30 egg in spore is around 5.50-6...
malaysia will be 950 to more than 10..
malaysia is 80% more exp...

newspaper cost sgd 0.9 but malaysia the star is rm1.50...
malaysia is 30% more exp...

Large bottle of beer will cost sgd 6.5 while malaysia will cost at least rm12
90% more exp

samsung s2 sell on average sgd750 while malaysia sell at least rm1800
more than double..

today,
i bought a pack of instant noddle,bottle of vita milk,2 taufu,10 eggs,mushroom and 1 apple...it cost me Sgd 7.55
malaysia will at least cost more than rm 12 for the same stuff..

whn ever the leftover of ur salary,u may convert back to malaysia as long as ur not going to stay in spore forever..
my frnz survive very well in s'pore with the salary of Sgd1.5k...
tats the different with malaysia...
living in KL with rm 1.5k...GG dy lo..

i'm trying to find a job here...
to save $$ and gain experience at here...
wouldnt stay here forever...
good to work but not to live..

3 comments:

chiachyi said...

thanks for sharing!!

Anonymous said...

how is ur interview??

val thong said...

bro all the best,