Reviewing My Living Expenses in Singapore 2021 (as a Malaysian graduate)

My (real) expenses in SGD (rent, food, transport). Also talks about different lifestyles and their costs.

Merlion in Singapore. Unsplash photo by @jangus231.

If I get 1 cent every time someone in Malaysia asks me how is the living expenses in Malaysia, I will probably be getting 20 cents now. It’s not even a dollar mainly because I don’t have many friends and I don’t talk to people that much. It’s sometimes tiring for me when I’m being my introverted self. Anyway, getting asked about my living expenses in Singapore 20 times a year is still a lot. So I’m writing this article so that I can just send my friends a shortened link next time (and literally earn cents from them if they have Medium membership. :P).

Intro

I will split this into 3 parts based on the variance and range. In later sections, I’ll discuss the Pros & Cons of the various options, as well as my estimated spending in detail.

1. Rent + utilities. Rent varies HUGELY for ex-pats depending on the lifestyle choice. Some choose to rent luxury condos in the CBD area; while some choose a co-living lifestyle (4–5 digit SGD rent) in shared rooms in the far North, far East, or the far West (couple hundreds SGD).
2. Food. Hawker centers in Singapore feed…