Rising cost of Living

Singapore residents can already feel the rising cost of living, primarily in the housing sector. The rental costs are way up to the charts! You will not believe how costly it is to rent a simple hdb unit. And dont even start to ask about the private condominiums, the prices will go way over your head. For those people who share flat units, maybe its fine with them, but what about those who prefer to live by themselves, say for instance, a family? I do not know if this is just because of those greedy, self-centered, painstaking housing agents who just want to earn easy bucks... its all ridiculous!

There will come a time when people here will need to have 2 or more jobs just to keep up, and I will not be surprised.

Saying that, I remember one instance when I went to this small clinic to get some medications for myself ... the doctor has to get a drop of my blood for examination purposes. They have this cute little pink skin poker thingys, instead of the traditional way of using the syringe, they use the other for which they say, to make the process whole lot easier ... oh well, guess what, the doctor doesn't know how to use it! He had to call his partner using his mobile phone while I was there unbelievably staring at him ... but still, the call didn't help so he had to do the traditional syringe way, but... BUT ... here's the rub .... you'll never believe this... after the blood session, his other mobile phone rang and the caller was asking about a residential property ... the doctor is also a house agent! Oh my god. He was like looking at me with a facial expression I couldn't describe, I can sense that he was not comfortable so he just told the person on the other line that she called up a wrong number, but then, before saying so, he already asked what kind of house she was looking for ... what a dumber! I bet he lost that client of his! hahaha ....

What can you say about that huh? I'm not kidding... it really happened and that is the last time I visited that clinic. I really want to say the name but, you know, I have to hold myself back.

Going back to the rising standard of living here, despite of this, I still love Singapura! :D