Driver comes out of their car and starts rocking/shaking the car away, oblivious to the fact that their actions sometimes resembles what couples do on bed. All in an attempt to make a trip to Johor Bahru all worth it, which means squeezing every possible drop of petrol into their car. See a video below:
But does rocking/shaking a car allow you to pump more petrol? For the sheer fun of it, we wanted to prove it today. Read on…
Singaporeans like to go into Johor Bahru (JB) to shop, eat and play a game of golf – but only over the weekend. When asked the question if they will like to reside in Johor Bahru, most will give a definite “NO”, due to the safety concerns, custom jams and perhaps lingering uneasiness of staying in a bumiputra country, where privileges are still accorded to specific races.
With the global financial crisis that started in Oct 2008, there is an increasing number of Singaporeans who actually made the decision to move out from Singapore and make Johor Bahru their permanent home. Money is usually the main consideration: The rental income from a 4-room HDB flat in Singapore will be able to sustain your living expenses in JB. There are also cases of whole family units moving into JB from Singapore; 5-room flat in Singapore is rented out, rental income is used to tide over family expenses while parents continue to look for employment in Singapore – children travel across the causeway daily to school.
Home across the causeway?
Irene is one of the growing number of Singaporeans who made such a decision to relocate into Johor Bahru. In the article below, she shares with us her thoughts and experience on making Johor Bahru home.
“Living” In Johor Bahru, by Irene
What do you do when you are somewhere in your mid-life, single, getting tired of the 9 to 5 routine office job, but still need some kind of income to sustain yourself?
Like many other Singaporeans, I, too, decided to rent my flat out and go live in JB. Perhaps the difference for me is in the process of looking for a place to stay in JB, when prices of houses in Singapore were escalating, the plan to rent out my flat turned to selling instead Read on…
A car is a must when you have a baby. After all, you will need to ferry tons of baby related stuffs around, like baby prams, small mattress and warmer bags when you go visiting. In addition, you will not want your baby to be exposed to cramped MRTs or jerky buses, if possible. So when my baby boy was born, I knew that I had to get a car. It seems simple enough – get an off-peak/ weekend car with the $17,000 government rebate.
I end up spending $34,000 (including COE at $4,445) for a Toyota Altis in Jan 2009. And because I need to go into Johor Bahru every weekend (my wife’s parents stay in Johor Bahru), I get the extra benefit of pumping the petrol in Johor Bahru at a very reasonable rate of RM$1.80/litre. Including season parking and car insurance, I ended up paying $420 more/month on transport, which I also find very reasonable.
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Things started to get tricky 2 months after I bought the car. Baby was sick and I needed to bring him to the doctor on a Saturday afternoon. Time is 2pm and still not within the eligible period OPC cars can go on the road (starts from 3pm on Saturday). Do not want to wait an additional hour so no choice but to tear the $20.00 coupon so that I can start driving. The first bad experience of having an OPC. There are similar incidents when I need to use a car but is hindered by the OPC timings (need to attend friend’s wedding on a Saturday morning, took weekday off to bring my wife for checkup etc..). Each time, I tore the $20.00 coupon. Read on…
