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From failed MRT trains, DBS ATM card fraud, unsolvable incessant flooding to two top scholar-chiefs of sensitive departments implicated in a sex scam, [...]
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Dear Sir/Mdm, In the year 2007, a deadly explosion occurred in a Waste [...]
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Locals’ pay $3000 to $4000, expats $7000 to $8000 – same job scope!
Hello Gilbert, Singapore for Singaporeans indeed. I work for a British company and I just want to share some of my thoughts on social divide, animosity and preferential treatment for the expats versus us locals. My pay is very little only in the range of $2K ish - I'm 28 and I have a diploma. There is an Angmoh British PA - she is [...]
Young local graduate frustrated with initial work hiccups
Dear Gilbert, I am writing to request for your help to recommend a career counsellor whom I can get career advice. I have graduated with a First Class Honours degree from a local university three years ago. I first joined a market research agency as I thought it was my passion. In the eight months there I took on a lower pay compared to [...]
Jobless 60-year-old’s appeal for assistance from Prime Minister
Latest: Mr Fernandez has just found a part-time job in Jurong - congrats! We wish him the best in everything - Gilbert. To The Honorable Prime Minister of Singapore Mr. Lee Hsien Loong Dear Sir, I appeal to your kind office to assist me. My Name is Robertson Fernandez, 60 years old, married and with two children. I am [...]
Job offer of $1100 in restructured hospital – how to survive?
I am a Singaporean, age 27, who went for an interview at a local healthcare setting for the position of podiatry assistant. I have 3 years of work experience in a healthcare setting and have worked in two restructured hospitals in Singapore. I have also gained experience in two different disciplines. In between, I was doing a [...]
Divorced woman felt betrayed in a failed rebound relationship
Dear Gilbert, I am really glad to see your blog. I m a divorcee with 2 kids. I initiated the divorce and many others felt that I deserved what I experienced now. Even my siblings won't talk to me now. My husband was uninvolved in our relationship but he acted nice in front of friends and family. Once alone, he was not there for me [...]
Local IT Professional Seeking Greener Pastures in Melbourne
Leo has recently touched down in Melbourne on New Year's eve and left behind his family and friends to start afresh in a foreign place. Below is his response to our questionaire on why he decides to take the emigration plunge - following the footsteps of at least 5000 Singaporeans yearly who flee the prosperous island state to seek greener [...]
Local PMET Unhappy With Errant Foreign Employer
Hi Gilbert, I have chanced upon your website and have decided to relate my employment plight with a foreign employer based in Singapore. I am not using my real identity or revealing any names for fear of possible legal repercussion. Please publish this letter so that fellow Singaporeans might be cautious of such errant employers. I was [...]
Jobless master degree in engineering PMET struggling with unemployment
Hi Mr Goh, Sure, I can share my problems and I think by sharing, it will make me feel better. And if there is someone who can help me or hear me out, it would be even better. Not sure how detailed you need, I try to highlight the main points here. Since graduated with a local Master degree in Engineering in 2001, I have all along [...]
Blog story of a Madam Cabbie
I’m finally a licenced Cabbie! In Point of View on March 22, 2011 at 2:13 pm My journey to get a licence to drive a cab has finally come to an end after four long months. Hurray! Now I can start a new chapter of my life and see the world from a fresh new perspective. So I reckoned that starting a blog is an apt way of beginning my [...]
The typical Singaporean family: Underpaid, struggling and in debts
Hi Gilbert, I found your website earlier on. I know you are not able to help, but anyway I’ll just write to you, hoping it will release some of my tensions. Probably, I can start with what’s worrying me these few years. I feel that my life is very miserable since I got married in 2004 – we always had issues with [...]