Comments for Mr. Buyot

Comment on Plague of purchasing by Mr. Buyot

Mr. Buyot — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:52:47 +0000

hahaha ziyong… ziyong…

Comment on Plague of purchasing by Chua Zi Yong

Chua Zi Yong — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:36:34 +0000

End of day, come Singapore and work in our company :D

Comment on Plague of purchasing by Mr. Buyot

Mr. Buyot — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:30:40 +0000

Brilliant Talat! Haha

Comment on Plague of purchasing by Talat

Talat — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:26:20 +0000

Why not convert everything to Big Mac Index. At the end of the month, how many Big Macs are you left with in Singapore and Malaysia?

Comment on Plague of purchasing by Mr. Buyot

Mr. Buyot — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:51:26 +0000

I figured someone would say “SGD$1000 != RM1000″. The whole point of my post is that, that is not the point. You earn SGD, you live in Singapore, you spend SGD. You earn MYR, you live in Malaysia, you spend MYR. That’s the bottomline.

If you want to think that “I work in Singapore, then I bring back SGD into Malaysia, it will be twice or more the amount”, I would say that logic will work if you work in Singapore and you’re living in Johor Bahru.

To further drill down, let’s go back to my hypothesis. While I’m living in Singapore, I have SGD$1605 to spend on other luxuries. A price of a netbook in Singapore is roughly SGD$400. Let’s say I bought that netbook. Now I’m left with SGD$1205. I then move on to an Apple store. I buy an iPod Shuffle that will cost me SGD$78. My new balance is SGD$1127. I’ll stop there.

Let’s go back to Malaysia. I have RM1342.50. I go to Digital Mall in PJ, I buy a netbook that cost me RM999. Now I’m left with RM343.50. I go the Apple Store (eMachines, etc) and I buy an iPod Shuffle for RM178. My new balance is RM165.50.

I would want to add more variables into this hypothesis: government taxes (income, GST, etc), or maybe give it a level playing field for the cost of owning a car in Singapore. It would drive the final amount of “money-in-hand” at the same amount with living in Malaysia. But why would you need a car in Singapore?

Comment on Plague of purchasing by Bernie

Bernie — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:27:43 +0000

I think there’s an even bigger issue – which is SGD 1000 != RM 1000. If it was, I wouldn’t complain. For example: let’s say you have SGD 1000 to spend on a mobile phone, you’d be able to get model A. Try using RM 1000 to do the same thing and you will likely be very disappointed as model A will cost a whole lot more.

But wait, it’s not just mobile phones but also:
1. cars
2. most non-local electronic goods (meaning almost 99% of what you and me buy for our households)
3. broadband

Now people may argue that these are not necessities, but I will follow your lead and ask “are you retarded?” too. These are but basic things any modern society will have and if we claim we will are a developed nation, then please include these in our cost of living.

Comment on Mission by Mr. Buyot

Mr. Buyot — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:38:13 +0000

Hmmmm…

Step 1: Tell developers they are damn good. Go crazy with the pitch.

Step 2: Pay attention to their ideas. Improve on them. Critic on them. But never say it’s not worth trying.

Step 3: Pursue their ideas like it’s your own idea. It becomes magic (or hell).

Step 4: Rinse & repeat.

What do you think?

Comment on Mission by Leong Hean Hong

Leong Hean Hong — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:15:12 +0000

Any specific step on how you are going to implement it?

+1 for that idea

Comment on Singapore, a new adventure begins. by Tine

Tine — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:38:08 +0000

Congrats dood =) Can’t wait to work with you some more in SE Asia!!