So I have this really interesting job offer from a Swiss company which would like me to work and live in Singapore.
How is it really like to live in Singapore? Research in German is almost always butthurt. Research in English varies a lot. Maybe a fellow Singaporean could answer a few questions or some others tell me about their experiences?
>living costs
I will make around 7500 SGD /month working for the Singaporean branch of the company. Is this enough to have a comfy life and some fun? I also can't find much information about the tax system. If my contract says 7500, how much am I going to take home?
>purchasing power
So I can just fly over to Thailand, Indonesia or Malaysia and be in third world where everything costs nearly nothing and spend a few days like a king?
>locals
How are Singaporeans when it comes to foreigners? I can pretend to be extroverted as it mostly helps. Will it be easy to find some lads?
>others
What else should I know besides leaving the chewing gums home?
>>58258783
Do it! I had the opportunity to work in Singapore for almost a decade and it was some of the best years of my life.
>So I can just fly over to
Yup, SE Asia is a playground and purchasing power varies incredibly, not sure on swiss visa agreements but that will be your only hurdle. You also always have the aus/nz option if you want to feel at home.
>How are Singaporeans when it comes to foreigners?
How are they to European (ie. white) foreigners? Absolutely fine, it's a pretty cosmopolitan city.
>What else should I know
Too much to list. #1 piece of advice is almost all forms of vice are policed extremely vigorously, as for the rest there are websites (city-data, etc) that are great resources.
I lived in Singapore for a while.
Don't bother making meals, eating out is way cheaper than cooking yourself
>>58258783
enjoy yur smog
>>58258783
>Lads
Ton of other foreign lads who work and live in Singapore, some even post here and held a meetup.
Also, does your contract include housing or is that something you have to figure out yourself? Otherwise ask on /trv/, less shitposting and vastly more knowledge.>>58259605
>>58259210
Also this, eating out is just as cheap if not cheaper than home cooking and not as time consuming.
>>58260701
>>58259605
Replied by accident. Fuck posting from phone desu
>>58258783
>leaving the chewing gums home
No feel free to bring some in, you're not persecuted for that. Just don't bring drugs. Also expect big porn sites to be banned
>So I can just fly over to Thailand, Indonesia or Malaysia and be in third world where everything costs nearly nothing and spend a few days like a king?
You can drive to Malaysia, people do that often for lower gas prices, let alone cheaper things all around.
>How are Singaporeans when it comes to foreigners?
Literally 2/5 of the country is foreigners although most are chinks or poos. I take the subway every day and each time I come across at least 10 white people (3 stops), you probably won't have many problems.
>>58260997
>Also expect big porn sites to be banned
Isn't your country secular?
>>58261043
It's secular, with a very varied mix of religions (Buddhist 30%, Christian 20%, Muslim 14%). I have NO CLUE why big porn sites are banned, it's annoying.
>>58261082
Fucking hell.
Write a letter to the government you need a government sponsored gf as long as porn is banned because of human rights etc
>>58261132
>porn is banned
Porn is definitely not banned in practice, it's just sites like Pornhub, Redtube and Xvideos. Most other sites aren't banned because the government is clueless about the Internet but still it's stupid.
What about half chink? just got my s-pass.
Anything I should know?
>>58261543
Most people are chinks
