Pinoy in Singapore

I’m so used to checking what’s new on the US MSN website that I am just so frustrated with this local Singapore MSN website called XinMsn I’m close to pulling my hair out.  It all started with the localized Singapore MSN website.  It looked like the US MSN site except the news is more about [...]

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As Apple’s iPhone becomes available to subscribers from other telcos besides Singtel, the battle for the most attractive subscription plan begins. Here are the subscription plans from the 3 major Singapore Telcos:

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I recently upgraded my Sony Ericsson K610i to the LG Secret K750.  I’m not really the type who needs to have the latest phone on hand but our phone package allowed us to upgrade phones every year which we didn’t do last year and hubby thinks we’re losing out.  (Yeah, we’re suckers for marketing schemes [...]

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I’ve recently read in a news article that despite the economic recession, people in Singapore are still buying techie stuff.  In fact, according to the article, the sales of DSLRs are continuously increasing despite the economic downturn. That means crowds are still expected at the next IT show which happens to be on

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Last Sunday, I finally agreed to let Mr. Tsiken buy me an Asus Eee PC 8G. 

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I have noticed a major slowdown in our internet connection for the past few months now. When we first signed up for Starhub a year and a half ago, we got the 12Mbps connection. That was unheard of in the Philippines. In the Philippines, you’d be happy with a 1Mbps connection speed. So I thought [...]

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Calls to the Philippines from Singapore now cost just about the same as if you were calling from the Philippines with your cellphone. 

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When we moved to Singapore, we chose to keep some Manila based credit cards because it’s always better to use a local credit card when you’re in Manila so you don’t have to pay extra charges for foreign currency exchange. But there are times when you would need to call the credit card companies and [...]

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Since we are still contemplating if we really need the Kababayan card (coz we already have 2 mobile phones subscribed to Singtel), let me share the tools we use to get in touch with our families back home.

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It would be wise to know what the cost of living is in Singapore before taking the big leap.  Singapore is definitely a more expensive city to live in compared to Manila.  Based on the Cost of Living Survey – Worldwide Rankings 2006 by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Singapore is ranked 17th (from 2005′s 34th) [...]

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