Don’t Depend On It

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We’ve had a fair old time sorting out my employment pass and Laura’s dependent’s pass. First off, and this is worth noting, you absolutely need hard copies of any qualification certificates – Education, Degree, professional, etc – on which you are basing your application.  I stupidly did not properly sort this out before I left,… Read more »

Javan Myna Birds Fighting

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Saw this bunch having a good old scrap out of the spare bedroom window.  They made enough racket to actually wake me up – no mean feat as Laura will tell you! These are Javan Myna birds, not the Hill Mynas that can imitate human voices, and are *everywhere* in Singapore.  In fact Wikipedia has… Read more »

Money Talks

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There’s a really obvious difference between discussing money here and in the UK.  We Britons, and in my experience most Europeans, won’t ask someone how much they paid for something except in somewhat limited circumstances – they might be a good friend or when the question is purely informative and the product is commodotized (e.g…. Read more »