A Singaporean man recently posted online and explained about the good and bad when moving to greener pastures. For this man’s case, he left Singapore for Australia. He described on his career prospects and he also stated on how he has a work life balance.

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About Me

30 M. I live and work in a large Australian city.

High school – went to an independent all boys school in Singapore.
Uni – BA and Master’s, Go8 Australian University.
Relocated to Australia after completing military service about 10 years ago.
High school teacher, 3 years into full-time work.
Parents retired, still in Singapore. They visit me once or twice a year (obviously not this year).

Career Stuff($$$)

Generally speaking, you won’t be moving to Australia for the money. Not worth splitting hairs over remuneration especially in an ordinary white collar position; they’re roughly about the same.

Based on freely available info, almost all teachers in Eastern Australia will earn about 75-77k early career w/ some experience. You get an additional 9.5% on top of that for superannuation (CPF)

I could not find reliable and freely available payscales for MOE teachers. Best I found was ‘GEO3: $3515-5616’ which I think is roughly equivalent to where I’m at. Looks like it’s heavily pro-rata based on performance and additional duties, but then again I might be wrong.

What is tax like? I pay 17k in tax. I’m eligible for a tax return of >1k, so all in all 16k. Giving us an adjusted salary of 67k.

What are the hours like? 38 hours/week inclusive of lunch breaks, which are sometimes taken up by yard duties. About 2-3 hours a week prep outside of school. Yes, these are real working hours, not mandated working hours.

Any additional duties, extra curricular activities? Officially, none outside of school hours. May spend up to 6 hours a term doing random club stuff.

What are the holidays like? 12 weeks a year. For most non-leading teachers they will be yours to enjoy as you please.

Any appraisals? Appraisals are required for promotion to the next pay grade. They are largely a formality if you’re competent.

Working environment? I’m fortunate enough to be in a collegial workplace and just hosted a big EOY party for them.

Lifestyle

Lifestyle is very good. I leave for work about 7.45 and return home between 4.30-5.30. I enjoy running (2x a week) and the gym (also 2x a week), so I’m in the best shape of my life. I mostly dine out, $10-15 Asian places. Nice restaurant once a week, then late nights at bars/clubs. Sometimes dinner dates. Also enjoy weird sports like cricket and live music.

Asian food – SG is better. Everything else – Australia is generally better (YMMV depending on where you live).

It’s a 10 min walk to a big park and 10 min drive to the beach. If you get bored of the city, you can escape down to the country.

Property Matters

I own an apartment in a large Australian city, 2 br. Location is equivalent to say, Somerset. Apartment living in the CBD is not very popular amongst Aussie families. It’s a very old, spacious apartment in a classic building (think London). Paid 6XX.

Not much left to go on my mortgage. 2% fixed interest.

You can make heaps of money investing in property. Trouble is, almost all freestanding houses within 10 to 15km of the city are over a million bucks. We are generally an asset rich but cash poor lot (not unlike SG).

Is it safe?

Not as safe as Singapore, safer than London/NY/Paris etc. Homeless people are quite visible around the city but are mostly harmless. This is because the cost of housing is sky high.

Lots of ATs around in the city to make you feel at home, if you are so inclined.

Getting Around

The public transport system is certainly not as good as in SG, but it’s not terrible either in the inner to middle burbs. If you live in the Western/Outer suburbs, be prepared to drive. If you live in the inner city, a car becomes a luxury. Driving isn’t fun during peak hour.

An anti-s*xual harassment educational post was recently posted on the Grab Kakis Facebook page.

The posting which was made by grab shows the correct scenarios on how drivers should talk to their passengers.

The wrong scenario had the driver saying “Kind of la. More shiok when I hanky panky with my wife. Does it work for you too?”.

A Singaporean man recently posted an advertisement that he was looking for a prospective girlfriend. He stated on how handsome he is and how he has a 6 pack abs. He further said that he’s studying a top tier MBA full time.

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Hello, would like to get advice from folks here on how to get matched irl.

A bit about myself: 28M, 178cm, face above average (ex-model), body athletic (6 pack abs, bench 2 plates for work sets, etc), social drinker, non-smoker, does not sleep around. Currently not working but studying a top tier MBA full-time and will work in either finance or consulting next time.

So there is this problem – I have a “player” face (although I think I clearly don’t behave like one) and I think girls who don’t know me well have the impression I am a fuccboi/flirt. And the ones who know me better say things like “you’re too perfect you will never get a girlfriend”. Although I am also somewhat picky, I have indeed dated girls like a 6 or 7 in the past. So I guess it’s not all about looks for me too.

To people who may advise me to broaden my choices and go out on more dates, well, I have no income now and my time is pretty precious (school, recruitment, networking, etc). So I would prefer a targeted approach and only go on dates more selectively.

And if any girl reading this is willing to hang out, kindly leave a comment below. I will get in touch maybe

A Singaporean girl recently posted on her frustration after her boyfriend has never said I love you to her for the whole duration of their relationship. She even stated on how he would try to evade her questions when she talks about marriage matters or the application of BTO.

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What do you do when your boyfriend never says “I love you”?

My bf and I have been together for about a year and a half but he never says I love you. Slightly more than a year ago, we had a huge fight and almost broke up. He said he saw no future with me. But then I managed to convinced him to give us both another chance and here we are, 1 year on.

On the surface, we looked like any other couple. Meeting each other on a regular basis, going to each other’s home like it’s our own home. He treats me really well too and both our parents did drop hints about us getting married as well . But throughout the year, he never tells me that he loves me. He never once mentioned about applying for a bto. He never once talked about our future.

As my friends around me start to settle down one by one, I start to feel a little worried. As I was afraid of pressuring him if I asked him directly, I tried to drop hints by saying things like “omg xxx got proposed to”, “xxx managed to get the Bishan bto, so lucky”. On the rare occasions when we happen to be discussing on the topic, I would ask him things like if he preferred bto or ec, ask him which wedding photographer style he likes, ask him if he would wear the Chinese traditional costume on the wedding day or even what skills he would want his kids to pick up in the future. But somehow… he would always evade my questions and end it as there. I don’t even dare to use terms like “our wedding”, “our kids”. It’s always “your wedding”, “your kids”.

In the past year, I texted him “I love you” 22 times. He didn’t say it a single time. Not even “love you too”. It would always be either blatant ignore and change topic or a heart sticker.

I’m left extremely confused in this situation. Does he love me? Or is he staying in this relationship just for the physical satisfaction? I don’t know but I feel that one year should be long enough for someone to know if they want a future with their partner.

It’s the year end holidays and we were supposed to spend it together before things get real busy in Jan. But I just texted him to take both a break from each other for the next few days and meet only on 1st jan (because we already bought tickets to our planned activity). Perhaps that can get him some alone time to rethink about us. If he decides to break up with me, at least I’ll be starting 2021 afresh. Hope I did the right thing.

A video was recently uploaded on the Facebook page All Singapore Stuff which shows a young punk using a public bin as an obstacle for his skateboarding tricks.

The incident happened at a basketball court at Choa Chu Kang Block 660. After completing his stunts, he left the bin rolling on the floor with the rubbish all strewn all over the basketball court.

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A video was recently uploaded on the Instagram page Complaint.sg which shows an underaged girl dancing and smoking.

She was smoking at the HDB corridor which is currently deemed illegal. She then proceeded to upload her awesome video online to get more fans that appreciate her fantastic smoking dance.

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A 36-year-old man was sentenced to four years, nine months, and one week’s jail after he s*xually assaulted mentally ill patients under his care. For committing such offenses and abusing his position, he will be jailed and given 10 strokes of the can.

He molested and videoed his patients while they were naked. His other victims included his ex-colleagues and a pregnant woman who applied for a photoshoot model advertisement that he posted.

The man was caught this year in March after he was caught red-handed taking an upskirt video of her on an MRT escalator. Police found videos of IMH staff and members of the public after they seized his phone and the videos consisted of victims getting molested by him and videos of IMH nurses changing.

It was believed that he had filmed nine female patients in total. He even molested a victim who was restrained to a bed and he even filmed himself molesting her.

He pleaded to all charges.

A video was recently uploaded on the Facebook page Singapore Eye showing a comical accident that left everyone laughing.

A young punk walked direct into a glass sliding door and he had no idea that the glass door was in front of him. He smashed into the glass door face first and injured his nose.

He could be seen holding his nose and squealing in agony.

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Facebook user Raj Singh recently posted on Facebook on how Employment Work Pass holders are complaining and stating Singapore is racist and xenophobic. He stated on how these people who rant on social media on how they were restricted from returning back to Singapore. But some of these people would still plot ways to avoid the 14 day SHN. Some even went online to say how they escaped the SHN by transmitting through Dubai and then coming into Singapore.

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Here’s something I don’t get and maybe you can help me.

Why does Singapore let everyone walk all over it and even wipe their feet on it?

I read posts written by Work Pass holders from Employment Pass to Dependent Pass and LTVP holders (not work permit, not the construction workers or foreign workers)

Some nationalities complaining that Singapore is restricting them from returning back to Sg.

Complaining to their Ministers as well as ours. Writing to MAS, MOM and any other ministries. Also ranting on social media that Singapore is being racists or xenophobic.

Some plotting ways to avoid the 14 Day SHN.Or ways to travel to Dubai and then coming to SgThey don’t understand it’s about keeping the community safe. It’s not about race or nationality.

Singapore is NOT a big hotel. It’s a country. You should be grateful you’ve even been given a work visa in the first place. Then there’s a whole group complaining day and night about the SHN hotels.

A vegetarian had one meal that was not vegetarian sent to him and instead of calling up the hotel- rants on the group. Brings God into the picture too.

Every other post complains about size of hotel rooms – not enough to run about. That they paid $2000 for 14 days and should be entitled to some presidential suite. $2000 a room is $142 a night. Honestly $142 at best is a 3 star hotel- why complain?Size? Rooms are roughly the same size in the country. And still remember you are paying $142 a night. Taking videos of the room and saying it’s a prison cell is just wrong on so many levels.

They complain about rooms with no balconies(very few hotels have balconies), windows that don’t open (I believe most hotels dont want people jumping out), Many of the posts lash out at ICA, MOM and “SHN department”. Stating and teaching each other “call the SHN hotline every few hours until they meet your demands”I get it 14 days in a room can be hard for some maybe most.

But these people KNEW the requirements before booking their trip. Just because you pay $2000 doesn’t mean Singapore owes you a debt. You came for your own purposes. The SHN or quarantine or travel restrictions are about keeping the community safe.

I am disappointed in Singapore. Yes we can be nice and kind- but we don’t need to be a freaking door mat.

This wasn’t the case when the old man was in charge.

Too bad I’m not in charge either.

A video was recently uploaded on the Facebook page Roads.sg which shows a woman sitting in the middle of the road at night with busy traffic.

She seems totally oblivious to her surrounding as all the cars drove past her. Many cars were seen slowing down to avoid hitting her.

The incident happened on 27th December and a man can also be seen standing by the roadside who seemed to be talking to her.

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