&quot;Never heard of this before. How does that work?&quot;<p>It&#x27;s just assumed that because I&#x27;m white I earn more money so I can afford to stay here.<p>&quot;The power bill is reasonable if that comes with water. Or does water come with rent or free?&quot;<p>Includes water in the power&#x2F;gas bill.<p>&quot;So, what kind of work do you do? With good hours, wages, and breaks? Is that average for your area?&quot;<p>Just a lowly .NET dev. 10am till 6pm, good salary, hour lunch. There&#x27;s a huge need for developers in Singapore. Singaporeans seem to get pushed towards Doctor&#x2F;Lawyer&#x2F;Accountant by their family, and those who do programming, often end up in big companies like IBM etc where they earn less and become a number, because family thinks that startups are not a good secure future. Atleast that&#x27;s what i&#x27;m told from Singaporean programmers.<p>Traveling from Singapore is awesome too. Got return flights to Taiwan for a week for $70, been to Cambodia for $80 return, japan for $260 return, thailand for $160 return. Etc. Great for weekend trips. Fly friday night come home sunday night. :)