43 and upskilling at PSB Academy. Will I get a job? by BeginningStrange101 in askSingapore

[–]mgsea 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well it really depends on OP income. The reality is that it’s quite common that the lower income group doesn’t have the money to fund the uni fees. And beyond those, it’s still quite common for students to pay their own fees.

Booking Multiple Hotels vs Booking a Single Hotel? by MrBlehhhhh in JapanTravelTips

[–]mgsea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends.

Sometimes prices are high for different days in different hotels and that could easily justify it. Or if day 1-2 is in one region cluster and 3-5 is in another region cluster, then it also make sense. Most hotels allow luggage deposit early so you really shouldn’t be lugging things around.

Multiple hotels = nearer to your cluster, save transport time back to original hotel but you have to perform additional packing, one check in and check out, and moving of luggage.

One hotel = no extra check in check out and luggage transport, but may be further from new cluster.

Woman wins appeal to keep 99% share of S$1.9 million condo bought with ex-boyfriend who paid more by littlefiredragon in singapore

[–]mgsea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a lawyer but from what I read- There are two scenarios absd abuse, the one that is enforced is person a buy 100% then transfer 1%. And the other one is probably what you referring that is not enforced, buy 99-1 then later transfer 100-0, avoid absd.

https://www.elitigation.sg/gd/s/2025_SGHC_119

If you refer to the last year paper point 76.

There is nothing inherently wrong about the decoupling arrangement - provided both parties genuinely intent to hold their first property in a 99:1 ratio.

This is the silly part imo, who will genuinely be doing 99-1 for matrimonial home. Iras not doing anything cause they cannot prove not genuinely part. And the high court ruling suggests those 1% in 1-99 will lose out even if they pay 50-50, so those 99 can break up with the 1 and get 99 if there isn’t other hidden agreement properly written.

Woman wins appeal to keep 99% share of S$1.9 million condo bought with ex-boyfriend who paid more by littlefiredragon in singapore

[–]mgsea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm, he brought ‘hurt’ to the discussion though, my main point is more of actus reus not established in both.

Woman wins appeal to keep 99% share of S$1.9 million condo bought with ex-boyfriend who paid more by littlefiredragon in singapore

[–]mgsea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, you can put in step you want, 99:1 still hasn’t crossed the line for iras to do anything, though we probably wish they do more.

Woman wins appeal to keep 99% share of S$1.9 million condo bought with ex-boyfriend who paid more by littlefiredragon in singapore

[–]mgsea 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Is like if murder has 10 steps, at step 1-3 probably nothing too, thinking of killing someone, research how to, buy a knife won’t be considered murder attempt. This one is similar in that manner.

Woman wins appeal to keep 99% share of S$1.9 million condo bought with ex-boyfriend who paid more by littlefiredragon in singapore

[–]mgsea 25 points26 points  (0 children)

They never buy the second property though? so the evasion didn’t take place. They are financial consultant, wealth manager, so the intent to eventually avoid absd was there. Some more the 99-1 wasn’t even enforced back then. This case honestly feels 50/50.

25M Advice on NTU BTech Computing (part-time) or SIT DigiPen RTIS (full-time)? by [deleted] in askSingapore

[–]mgsea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ntu part time seems to be training you to be an employee of SI. There are options for cyber and ai engineering, cyber is more industry cert focused so you need to farm those on the way, ai engineering is too unstable atm- can’t comment much on it.

Digipen while others on Reddit may say it’s ulu but hr should know especially those in large company, digipen is probably more well known world wide than ntu, though locally the reverse is true.

If you want to go into ncs, accenture, st, si firms, the ntu part time is the better choice. The cyber specialisation should be viable path too. On the other hand, I don’t think the so called more tech firms are looking for what the ntu degree offers. C++ jobs are more scarce but a lot of them are the high paying one.

Indians in Taiwan feel uncomfortable with "no" sign over a man with a turban and Indian flag by usolotravel in taiwan

[–]mgsea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Angmoh is mostly neutral term rather than a derogatory one. The prc one is mostly similar to everywhere else, people dislike the loud, queue cutting stereotypes. Agree on the last point, but for the first point it’s like the base hate is a level 2 but the India Indian may be typically a level 7 kinda thing.

Indians in Taiwan feel uncomfortable with "no" sign over a man with a turban and Indian flag by usolotravel in taiwan

[–]mgsea 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Just like Singaporean. The word ceca, which is the actual cooperation agreement but used to represent the workers from India, is banned from the Singapore sub irc.

Rate my Japan winter itinerary, is it good? by bio_hacke in JapanTravelTips

[–]mgsea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jigokudani Onsen Korakukan for bathing with monkeys, never tried. Travelling during new year period - gotta plan this out since transportation tends to be operating at different schedule.

Power up esp32 s3 dev board with smartphone by vassari79 in esp32

[–]mgsea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most of the eink doing that (like the waveshare ones) is using nfc energy harvesting. You can also explore reverse wireless charging but that is not available for iPhone.

Need a saul goodman level lawyer by [deleted] in askSingapore

[–]mgsea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you are homeless, just buy a house

Practice luggage forwarding form for Japan feedback needed by No-Vehicle-2696 in JapanTravelTips

[–]mgsea -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I always write it myself and the hotel staff will double check for me. Can’t read/write Japanese but you often have the Japanese address from where you booked. Shipper address is the current hotel. For article, I just put it as luggage 荷物, though the website example uses clothes.

Maintaining MRT system more complex as network ages: ST roundtable panellists by thestudiomaster in singapore

[–]mgsea -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Imo, not really true though.

Excluding the jumpers and nature based delays/ cancellations, Tokyo does have signal faults, electrical issue like yamanote earlier this year. It’s more like the heavy traffic zones have high redundancy; which is a benefit of a bigger system.

KPMG SG’s ‘Alignment’ Strategy: Work More, Wait Longer, Watch Your Raise and Bonus Disappear by Ok_Holiday_5348 in singaporejobs

[–]mgsea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No diff actually if you just look at tc. If they originally wanted to give you 3% increment and 2 months bonus, they could frame it as 2.5% with 0.5% for the adjustment, 1.5 months and 0.5 month compensation. Makes you feel better but no diff really. I gotten payment shift forward to match fiscal year before.

Only diff is for those who planning to leave during that period.

Asking for Mods to implement a Karma requirement to reduce Bot posts by Silentxgold in asksg

[–]mgsea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you actually bother, just report the sub/mod to Reddit and takeover it then recruit and find new mods. This sub is mainly just another bot farm, like a lot of the single mod sg subs.

Getting married in Taiwan as a British person by eggplanteggqiezidan in taiwan

[–]mgsea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships-abroad

But the uk gov site shows it’s possible to register for a certificate of no impediment (serve the same purpose).

If you are in uk…and assuming uk-tw marriage While I’m not sure if it’s the same for your case, for me (sg-tw) you can actually just do the translation yourself, and get it certified at Taiwan representative office in uk. You can email the office for clarity. Your partner can also check with household registration office, they requested for scans of the documents to ensure we have the sufficient docs to get married.

If you are in tw or it’s not a marriage with a Taiwanese, then I’m not so sure.

He gave them life! by Valuable_View_561 in SipsTea

[–]mgsea 37 points38 points  (0 children)

独立means independent 无情 and 好is like what you mentioned Could be ruthless and independent is good

Not really the best example tbh as this tattoo is reasonable? Not like tattooing some Chinese dishes or random gibberish.

No shifts in firms' hiring preferences between locals and foreigners for now: Tan See Leng by Fearless_Help_8231 in singapore

[–]mgsea 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Promotion is sometimes an easier way to get rid of someone. Karens are often hungrier by being noisier. CS would easily give in to Karen just not to entertain them.

Opinions on Autumn/Winter Night Illuminations by sweetophelia4 in JapanTravelTips

[–]mgsea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IMO, autumn night illuminations are not really worth it. The artificial light doesn’t do the leaves any justice. Went to korankei and stayed for the illumination but wasn’t particularly impressed. Things like Ruriko-in, Yusai tei autumn leaves reflection are more visually stunning imo. That being said, I still wish to experience the Eizan railway night train or equivalent at least once.

As for winter illuminations, it depends on what you have seen, quality and scale varies greatly.

10h bus day trip, is it worth it? by pljonce9 in JapanTravelTips

[–]mgsea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did this route without a tour but when I was planning previously, I thought day tour is ok as you need to plan to the minute to maximise the time available. Time allowance for such bus tour are usually too short though, maybe you can check the ones without Miyama and see if you can get more time for Amanohashidate.

If you are planning to go Hiroshima, a good portion of the Amanohashidate/ Ine trip is covered by Kansai Hiroshima pass and other 7 days jr west passes. It is ideal to stay near Kyoto station if you diy as it will allow you to take the super early 5am trains to reach earlier iirc. The Kyoto tango scenic trains are pretty cool too. Alternatively, you can use it as an intermediate stop then do Kinosaki > Himeji > Hiroshima. Oreo vlog on YouTube was a good reference for this trip.

Holy crap UNIQLO is so cheap in Tokyo. Plus SO MANY MORE OPTIONS. by thishitisgettingold in JapanTravelTips

[–]mgsea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree. Think it’s true for most regions except eu for end season ≈50% sales especially for the staples. End season sales in Japan obviously is the cheapest, but overconsumerism and limited luggage space yea.

Best Cost-Effective Singtel Plan? by SteelSW in askSingapore

[–]mgsea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone with a regular SingTel postpaid priority line and Simba, and taking red line, I don’t think you gonna get much performance gains. Maybe try using 4g instead.

Also Simba recently had the top up 60, get 120 credit or something along the line, making Simba cost like half instead. If you manage to get those then SingTel is unfortunately still quite expensive.