Pinoy in Singapore

One Pinoy’s journey to adapting to life in the Lion City and make it a home away from home…

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Service with a smile

January 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Yesterday, we went to the Work Pass Services Centre to have our helper’s fingerprint scanned for her work permit.  When we got there, there were a lot of foreign workers.  Most of them, I noticed, were south Asians.  The office, though air-conditioned, looked something like what you would see in the Philippines except for the [...]

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Random Rant

January 20th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Dear receptionist at the Healthway clinic below our block,
I went to your clinic with my maid for her initial medical check up for her work permit.  So being her employer, I approach you to make the inquiries on her behalf.  I then gave you her passport which is required to be presented so that you [...]

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Girl Molested in Public at Sentosa New Year Countdown

January 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment

I saw this on yahoo news and got interested because the article said that no one helped the girl and instead some people preferred to play voyeurs and take videos. It’s unbelievable to me the reaction of the people interviewed in this video.
Apparently it’s a good thing that Singapore has a low crime rate [...]

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Our friendly neighborhood police officers

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday was my 10th year anniversary with Mr. Tsiken but instead of celebrating, we were a little depressed because Mr. Tsiken lost his wallet.  In it was 2 credit cards, his driver’s license, employment pass and S$300.00. 
We didn’t really know what to do, so after much research and asking around,

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Different people you’ll meet in Singapore

May 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Singapore is a very multiracial country.  There are the Chinese, Malaysians, Indonesians, Filipinos, South Asians – Indians, Sri Lankans, Bangladeshi, the Caucasians… you name it.  All of them exist in harmony in this little country at the southern tip of continental Asia. 
But because there’s a lot of different cultures,

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