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HDB dog owner here. For a standard flat, only ONE dog is allowed and it must be from HDB's approved list of smaller breeds, think toy poodle…
Did ours recently, so real numbers-ish. The big buckets: banquet (usually the biggest, hotel vs restaurant vs void deck changes everything),…
Took a landlord to the Small Claims Tribunal over exactly this and won my deposit back, so real experience. It's designed to be accessible w…
Been there, corporate pressure cooker, dreading Mondays, running on empty. Here's what pulled me out. Step one was medical, I saw a GP becau…
Cleared RT twice, no drama, here's the deal. Failing IPPT means you're placed on the Remedial Training programme, you complete a set number …
I do the JB run roughly twice a month and I've tracked it properly for a year, so here's the honest math. Groceries and household stuff genu…
Lived with in-laws for 3 years waiting for our flat, so I've been in the trenches. What kept the peace: first, your husband must be the one …
I keep waiting and Grab-ing, and for us it mathematically wins by a mile. We spend maybe 400 a month on Grab and public transport combined, …
We kept ours sane by separating what we wanted from what tradition demanded, then compromising. My parents wanted the big dinner for relativ…
I turned down a counter-offer and I'm glad I did. The classic pattern is: they match your salary now because replacing you is expensive and …
After 8 years married, the setup that worked for us: a joint account for shared expenses (mortgage, utilities, groceries, kids later) that w…
Cross to JB almost monthly by car, so learned this the hard way. Timing is everything. AVOID Friday evening and Saturday morning going in, a…
Controversial take, but I gave up my car entirely and switched to a mix of Grab, public transport and occasional car rental for family outin…
Start at the polyclinic or your GP first, don't jump straight to a private specialist and burn hundreds of dollars unnecessarily. A polyclin…
I accepted a counter-offer once and regretted it within 6 months. Here's why: the reasons I wanted to leave (bad manager, no growth) didn't …
I tried the subtle route first and when it didn't work, I had a calm direct chat with the colleague privately. I said I noticed our ideas ov…
Push back, but do it smart. Variable bonus is discretionary so you can't demand it, but you CAN make your manager go to bat for you. I did t…
Let me give the cautionary but fair view. Owning a dog in an HDB is absolutely doable, many do it happily, but it's not for everyone and imp…
Yes you can, Medisave is usable for immediate family including parents, spouse, children and grandparents. Went through this when my mum was…
Here's how it actually works based on my own experience as a 30-something NSman. Each work year you get an IPPT window. If you don't pass IP…
Depends entirely on your life stage and where you stay. When we had a newborn and stayed in a non-central area, the car was a lifesaver, no …
Mixed feelings after 5 cycles. The camaraderie is genuinely the best part, you reconnect with a bunch of guys you'd never otherwise see, and…
Regular JB-goer here, worth it IF you play the timing game, brutal if you don't. My rules: go on a weekday if you can, never Saturday mornin…
I took the JC route and went to uni, and while it worked out, I'll be honest that JC was academically intense and not everyone thrives in th…
We kept things mostly separate for the first few years and it worked fine because we both earned similar and had no kids. But the moment we …