Originally Posted by jjason

hullo...the train from sembawang to raffles place costs $1.90. two way, make it 4 sgd. and if i take a bus from my apartment to the mrt station, it is an additional 1sgd or so, so total 6sgd minimum a day to get to work and back, no including any shopping trips or trips to elsewhere to meet friends etc.

8 sgd is pretty reasonable. 100 a week is for additional costs, be it traveling around, taxis when you are late (about 30 sgd for one way from admiralty to city hall), etc, it is a little more than what is needed, yes.

there is also a premium bus for something like 5 sgd to my office. so that will be 10 sgd two way.

so what kind of standard of life will 5k give you in singapore? especially if you have kids or plan to have a family.