Is Singapore REALLY That EXPENSIVE? 🇸🇬 Possible ON A BUDGET?
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- Is Singapore REALLY That EXPENSIVE? Singapore is the most expensive city in South East Asia and also one of the most expensive in the world. If you're visiting Singapore as a tourist, be prepared for higher expenses compared to the rest of Southeast Asia. However, there are ways to make your trip more budget-friendly. Join us as we explore popular tourist attractions and see just how much we spend in a day in Singapore on a budget!
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These people sitting on the floor are most probably overseas foreign workers either from Philippines or other East Asian countries. They usually gathered together with friends on their day off, have meal together and sometimes sing karaoke together.
What a wonderful video. Singapore is one of the most expensive city in the world and the one of the most fully developed countries. The city area looks really walkable, pristine.
Singapore is very walkable indeed and very pristine, we’re loving it 🥰
@@sunkissedbucketlist That sounds lovely. If you guys have the extra budget, you guys need to see the hybrid orchids at the botanical garden, and also visit the bird park, the latest one, not the old one. Watched it on videos, absolutely beautiful species of hybrid orchids and wild species of birds from all over the world. 😀
You need to add a little splash of light soy sauce on top of the dark ones and white pepper to the soft boil eggs to have the perfect taste.
Will keep in mind if we have it again 🥰
Lau Pa Sat is not a typical hawker centre, prices are on the steep side as it caters more to tourists and the CBD officer workers on weekdays. Try those in Chinatown or one of those satellite towns in the suburbs like Toa Payoh, Tiong Bahru, Bugis area Albert Complex etc.
Within 5 mins, there are three large hawker centres in Chinatown: Hong Lim, People's Park and Chinatown. You have over 900 places to eat, almost all Chinese food (Chinatown, duh).
it is 100% a lie that you can't be on a budget whilst on holiday in Singapore. thank you for proving that despite being first time visitors! 🤗
I feel you can explore outside central Singapore. For example, if you want to go industrial area, you can go to Tuas via the MRT to see all our factories etc. Jurong East/Tampines is another good place with tons of shopping. Sungei Buloh or Bukit Timah Hill (mini hike) or the various nature reserve in Singapore to see nature. The zoos/bird park at Mandai (can be a bit expensive if you guys dun mind). Moreover, there is coast to coast trail/round island route that allows you to walk the whole of Singapore which usually can span a whole day.
For your info, the transport is calculated by distance with a max cap of $3 so definitely affordable.
If you live in HDB flat (not private condo), don’t own a car, don’t eat out in restaurants regularly but hawker centres or food courts, don’t drink at bars on regular basis, don’t get children into various training classes, as a middle income professional couple in Singapore, living expenses are manageable. Whether you have enough money for retirement, I am not sure because it depends on your overall lifestyle.
plus don’t smoke , dont gamble.
Commenter, are u a middle income couple with no children?
Yes provided with no illnesses too(like asthma etc)
That's why I'm choosing to stay single. Not even married.
@@gliu1431 one kid. sick just go see at polyclinic. not really middle income.
@@lalaley4562 then you will miss out the joy of having a family. it outweighs the cons
Hi guys, another awesome video with some good yummy food. Thanks for sharing and I really love y'all bc you put out some awesome videos. Take care
Our pleasure! Thanks Linda 🤭😉
Totally not how I expected Singapore to be. Wow! Thank you for showing us around. What a super friendly local in the cafe at the beginning and looking forward to you returning to Satay Street. My mouth was watering! Great budgeting! £35 for the whole day! Result!
Such a cool place, we’re loving it here 🤩🥰
@@sunkissedbucketlistthank you for showing that Singapore can be done on a budget. 😂Are you guys still in Singapore? I could bring you guys around the non-touristy parts. 🤣
I was in Singapore back in 97! One of the best cities I have been to.
97? I recall Singapore was nothing much even in 01’. Development started afterwards
It’s actually a really British breakfast to have soft boiled eggs with toast “soldiers”, and people even used to have them in those ceramic egg holders. It seems like the current generation of younger Brits aren’t familiar either the previous food culture. Do you guys know what Bovril is? I grew up drinking it.
bovril how to “drink” ? i remember is spread on bread and mix with congee
@@___Danny___ Mix with hot water! It was a source of protein, so it's a bit like a cross of a drink and a soup. We usually took it that way, never with bread (my grandma put milo and condensed milk on bread instead).
@@iamjjeoreoremember mine is breakfast bread spread, night time supper mix with congee
Warning if you are slimming, do not watch this. Another Brilliant Video.
The kaya toast & soft boil eggs breakfast is a typical Asian especially Malaysian & Singaporean thing. Its so good😂
The kaya toast was good but personally we don’t love soft boiled eggs but we know it’s super popular here 🤩
Hi. For the half-boiled eggs, it is bland because you guys did not put in the second bottle of soya sauce which is salty & umami packed (More transparent & liquidy in texture). Pepper also adds dimension to the taste. Will highly recommend you guys re-try with both types of soya sauces & pepper. Remember that the more transparent sauce is really salty, so put in a bit first, and add more if needed 😉
Love your Singapore blog video and how much you enjoy the city especially the locals food 🤝🤗🤗
Stay safe with best regards from Amsterdam.
At the 29min to 30min point of the video showing the wedding chapel, this is the location that hosted the wedding in the movie Crazy Rich Asians...
There's no right or wrong way of eating the kaya toast or bun with the soft boiled eggs. My husband doesn't eat the yolks so he'll separate the whites and the yolks without breaking the yolks. Still interesting to watch after 30 years!😊
I'll eat the toast and leave the side- bits without the kaya into the mixed up eggs with a few drops of the light soya sauce and a dash of pepper n let them soaked a while before eating them. Yummy!
Have fun exploring 😊
And hydrate often🧉🧃🥤
Hi, if I see correctly, it's $16 for 10 chicken and 10 mutton/ beef. Total of 20 sticks. If you just want to try, you can buy 10 sticks at $8.
Thanks for creating and sharing yet another amazing video clip. Enjoy your stay in Singapore, beautiful couple. Cheers!🍻
We’re having the best time thank you 🤩
You guys are adorbs much…can’t imagine how you could get so excited chasing after the green man always! 😂😂 Welcome to Singapore 🇸🇬🤗🤗
It takes forever for the lights to turn green so when they do, we make sure to celebrate 🥳 😂
I love your vibe and energy! Thank you for loving our country.
CHIJMES is pronounced 'Chimes' CHIJ stands for Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. And that building housed a convent for nuns, and a school. The school has since moved to the suburbs. And the building has been preserved.
You are beautiful people
Welcome to Singapore
Much praises from both about Singapore
Have a pleasant trip
God bless both
Take care
Singapore has a wide variety of food choices, those food courts without air conditioning are quite affordable. The ones inside shopping malls are not necessarily cleaner; I once bought a bowl of laksa noodle soup at a mall's food court, and there's a small cockroach inside! The Indian clerk refused to give me a refund! Very unpleasant experience.
Having said that, the Indian-style curry and flat bread are some of my favorite foods!
If you plan to live in Singapore long term, the housing cost is high, especially if you buy a property. Cars are the most expensive in the world, but fortunately you don't really need one because they have good public transportation.
小小的坡县有啥美食？
@@JIARENGAN 有的1450
The food we’ve tried everywhere so far has been top notch 🥰
you should visit chinatown hawker centre, theres lots of good and cheap food there too
Of course we will, thanks for the recommendation 🤩
@@sunkissedbucketlist There is a buddha tooth relic temple right beside it. The vicinity of the area is steep with history. If you are planning to go into temple, be aware that they are particular about dress code. (respectable)
I can not remember if it's the same location where I have been,but I do went to a place where you can buy cheap foods but equally delicious compared to a fancy restaurant.
All hawker centers are cheap and have really good food 🥰
Half/soft boiled eggs are eaten with soy sauce and pepper. It's the local's english version of soft boiled eggs with salt and pepper. Wonder why would the guy talked about having it with salt or vinegar. Kaya is the local twist of the western custard or curd. The Hainanese were the last chinese ethic group to arrive from China to to this part of the world. Hence they didn't have much labour choices. Most ended up as cooks in the English kitchen. The kaya toast and eggs is one of the local breakfast influenced by the British.
Love the nice man that was telling you about Kaya!
He was such a fountain of knowledge 🤩
Beautiful! I think there are few cars because the citizens need to pay $25,000 just for the right to own a car!
You see people sitting around the CBD areas on the floor with friends because these are usually migrant workers with either live with their employers (as domestic helpers) or in dormitories. So they don't have their own space at home for meetups and gatherings. And they can't afford to pay for drinks and food to sit in cafes so they usually buy or bring food and sit outdoors.
So you’re saying people can’t afford to pay for food and drinks at a cafe even on minimum wage? Really? 🤔
to be exact, most of the migrant workers they work here to earn more pay to support their family at their home country that why they like to gather at the town/city areas with friends during their off day usually on the sundays.
@@sunkissedbucketlist If they're domestic workers they make between 700 to 1200 SGD per month, with paid housing (because they have to live with their employers) and food, and employers are responsible for basic health costs. They can choose to spend money at cafes but most want to save and send money home, or to pay for any debt that they might have incurred to come here. Migrant workers in construction earn more but many have to pay for board and food. We don't have minimum wages here.
@@sunkissedbucketlist people on minimum wage would be considered low income workers. They wouldn't be eating cafe food. Even as a middle income earner, I typically eat food at the hawker centres and neighbourhood food stalls.
The magnets were 4 for SGD10, should have picked out for the deal. 😊
The people you see sitting on the pavement are foreign workers, they like to hang out in public places like parks on their off days on weekends. Although I am not sure if they are allowed to be picnicking on those pavements, I think as long as they do not become public nuisance & block the walkway, it should be fine.
Hi! Welcome to Singapore! You guys should do a day in Sentosa Island via Vivo City! It's a little on the expensive side, but there are lots of activities to do, especially The Luge, Flying Fox and Bungee Jump! Also, there's Universal Studios Singapore! Hehehe! Enjoy your time here!!!
We would love to go check out the beach but we heard it’s closed because of the oil spill
@@sunkissedbucketlist Oh yeah....! My bad! But there's still the activities mentioned!!! Hehehe! :P
Alina McCleod, the Canadian vlogger did a budget of S$100/- in one day including a drink at the Marina Bay Sands.
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This is for you 🥇
No.1 expensive city in the world ! 🤭
3:07 Nah it's because people wanna avoid traffic jams actually and secondly, sometimes some roads are closed for either construction of new MRT or some event that needs the road like a marathon or if you noticed the big structure at The Padang, that's one of the reason why no cars are around in the Marina Bay Area/Downtown. But if you go to Orchard Road, that's where you'll see most of the cars at. Crowded. Also 11:14 that area Bugis is known as the Art District. Hence, the art mural. If you go further up the street, you'll find two tertiary Art Institutions, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and Lasalle College of the Arts as well as secondary art school, School of the Arts of SOTA.
Chijmes used to be the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ), hence the name. It’s pronounced “chimes” due to the convent bells.
The place also housed an orphanage and two schools, one of which my mother attended. Plenty of stories from the students there too :)
Thanks for sharing 🤩
Singapore housing and cars are damn expensive.
Food are affordable; public transport very cheap.
True that 👍🏻
As for the magnets, we can get 1 for $1 at Chinatown.
Wow welcome to my country Singapore 🇸🇬✔️👍
Another awesome.
Thank you 🤩
As far as being a tourist goes, it is certainly possible to be on a budget. Some tourists visit all the touristy places & fancy restaurants so naturally its expensive. Some prefer doing what the locals do, eating at hawker centres et al then that’s a lot cheaper.
Welcome to Singapore. Hope you like it. :)
You should go to Haji Lane when you are in Bugis. From Bugis just walk all the way straight down towards Lavender
We visited Haji lane but in the next vlog stay tuned ☺️
Were you all aware that Raffles City was built on the grounds of Raffles Institution? Also the developers developed the Raffles City on the banks of the Yangtze in Chongqing.
did u know michael jackson used to stay in raffles hotel during his show here back in 1993 and 1996? 🤭 tons of people gathered at the foyer where u guys walked on so that was nice to see hahaha
Oh wow we had no idea 🤩
Satay 8 is the best. Lol every other satay stall in the street pales in comparison. Satay can be a meal on its own and you've already eaten dinner.
Wow, amaazooon!😮
Spectacular!
CHIJMES = Church of the Holy Infant Jesus Middle Education School. This used to be a Catholic Convent and school. There is an old drop box where people can drop off their unwanted babies in the last century for the nuns to care before it was developed into an entertainment centre.
I'm Singaporean but never knew that fact. Cheers for the info!
Correction : Convent not Church and NOT OPEN to outsiders. Only Nuns.
@@muhammadnazrul6320 LOL. I am not Singaporean but I do love history. When I was in Singapore, I used to walk a lot and read up on the history around the sites that I walk to. In fact, when I was in Shenzhen, I show my new Shenzhen friends a few places that they didn't know existed and they have been living there! Just my hobby ! I do read up before going to different places.
Thanks for sharing 👍🏻🤩
Basically, if you visit SG, dont complain about prices.
my area that breakfast set is $3.20 , wonder how much is this one in the video ?
Yum i loved soft boiled eggs and kaya toast for breaky. I had it in KL, Malaysia + will have it again when i return 👌
I wonder why they don’t provide you white pepper to go with your eggs. We usually eat the half boiled eggs with soy sauce & white pepper powder to spice it up a little. At first the taste might not be appealing to you but once you keep eating it, you’ll understand the addiction. It’s like a comfort food. Best to dip the kaya butter toast in the eggs. Btw typically we use normal toast bread with kaya jam & butter. Only this cafe specialises in buns. But i recommend you to eat it with plain white bread toast next time
CHIJMES - someone has already commented that this was a convent school years ago. A very popular girl's school. This place is stunning at night. BTW, CHIJMES is not for the budget traveller🙂
But you can go there take pretty photos for free!
@@Silverelfz yes thats for free🙂
You guys should go explore the heartlands if you got extra time like bedok to explore the life as locals. Travel by bys or mrt train
Sounds good thanks for the suggestion 👍🏻🤩
If you really want to save money, go across the Malacca Straits and spend the night in Karimun City in Tanjung Balai. A short commute that saves a lot of money!
welcome to SG
Thank you 🙏🏻
CHIJ : Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. Also an orphanage for unwanted babies left by a side door.
Long lines are always due to slow inefficient one to one ordering system.
When will you go to Indonesia again by fast train?
NO.2
Silver medal 🥈 for you 👍🏻🤩
welcome to Singapore
Thank you 🤩
Gosh! You guys walked right be my office!
But seriously, you can easily spend far less than S$60 a day. You just have to know how to do it. You easily have lunch at the excellent hawker centre just behind Bugis Market, and you would have spent around $10-$15 between the two of you.
S$60 between two people is still decent we reckon but we’re sure there’s ways to make it even cheaper 😉
America has a lot of street art too, it's called graffiti lol. Singapore is one of our favorite cities. For a visitor, it's not that expensive if you eat at hawker centers. We can't eat anything good for less than $5 USD. A bowl of noodles will cost you $25 USD if you eat in a restaurant, you have to add taxes and tip (at least 18%).
@35:00 These people are foreign domestic workers on their day off - none are Singaporeans.
How are you so certain that “none” are Singaporean? 🤔
@@sunkissedbucketlist very rare for Singaporeans to enjoy seating in the open ground in this July heat, not that they would in Dec! - speak with them them to verify if you dont believe😅 But you may find locals at the Botanic Gardens picnic ground when there are performances!
@@sunkissedbucketlist lol that's because locals recognise locals. Locals will gather in homes and eateries. They are domestic helpers and/or foreign labourers gathering outside as they do not have their own private place or home. Domestic helpers in Singapore are from Indonesia/Philippines/Myanmar/Vietnam. You will see the same thing in Hong Kong during weekends. Where tons of domestic helpers gather along a bridge with their mats and "picnic".
@@sunkissedbucketlist Locals rather picnic/barbeque at the beach, not smack right in the middle of the city centre. If they want to do karaoke, they can do it in airconditioned rooms at the many community clubs in the housing estates. The housing estates in Singapore are well equipped with facilities which make them so self-contained that many Singaporeans do not need to head to the city centre on weekends which explains why traffic is rather light on the streets there.
@@sunkissedbucketlistSingaporean here. I can confirm that these are foreign workers. Singaporeans will not karaoke in public. Hahahaha.
Food, transport are generally not expensive in Singapore . Experience reveal the truth instead of reading articles in internet that often give a wrong impression from reality .
like to you comment a combo trip Singapore , Malaysia n Thailand
Sounds good!
its only expensive if you come as a tourist and want to live like a king and queen
toast dipped in eggs, sounds wrong..... hmmmm hmmmmm mmmmm have u heard of French toast???
also in UK, iw as introduced to soft boiled eggs that came in those little egg holder cups that u eat the egg from
sometimes things aren't so unusual or foreign but appear so much more so just because you're in a foreign environment
You don't eat French toast immediately after dipping it in runny egg; it needs to be cooked first.
Just because “some” people in the UK enjoy it doesn't mean everyone will automatically love it, even if it's considered a British tradition.
Let's be open to differing opinions and accept that not everyone will share the same tastes, foreign environment or otherwise.
@@sunkissedbucketlist the eggs are cooked here too!! Just less 🙂
What ethnic group is Taz from?
Singapore foods = Malaysia foods x 3.5.😄
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新加坡街道干净整洁，不过绿植没有想象中的那么多。 以前的地理课本和中国新闻都是说：新加坡是花园城市，经济发达，人民富裕，整个城市被绿植覆盖，连屋顶都种满植物，空气清新。每天早上清洁工都会用水把街道冲洗得干干净净
There are lots of green spaces in and around the city, certainly more than most major cities we’ve seen ☺️
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the egg and bread is just like soldiers and egg. what's the fuss???
Fois gras is just a bird’s liver what’s the biggie? 😂 If you have to ask that question then you clearly have zero interest in kaya toast so naturally its nothing special to you.
什么时候来中国啊，你的中国粉丝在等你
We’re coming soon stay tuned for updates 😉
还有你们听谁的建议哔哩哔哩点赞10万的，哔哩哔哩5万多已经很棒了，都是真正的粉丝@@sunkissedbucketlist
Cheap and Singapore does not go hand in hand..😅
Jealous comments?
food price for a meal. if you want to compare Europe price for a meal then?
It’s not cheap but it isn’t always as expensive as it’s made out to be. You can eat for 2 people for under £10. There’s many free things to do, you can shop on a budget also 👍🏻👍🏻
If Singapore is expensive, where do you think the lower income group lives, eat, and send their kids to schools?
A bus driver can live comfortably in Singapore. 😅
You need money to come to Singapore. Why come here on a budget, it's like going to a Michelin restaurant and only ordering water
How can you be on budget it's the most expensive city in the world
Expensive city to **live in**... if you a tourist visiting for a couple of days its quite affordable. The transportation, the food, the brands all can be found below $10. Just that the housing & cars are expensive
You will only know when you experience it yourself and not by rumors from online, Singapore was rated as most expensive city is due to price of car and private apartment, tourist doesn’t need those.
Don't buy a car and real estate ? 😂
We clearly showed it in the vlog 👍🏻 Hotels are ridiculously expensive, but the day to day doesn’t have to be!
@@raymondloke why you need to buy a car or apartment while on the move?
新加坡和台灣都比中國好1萬倍 歡迎妳來台灣看看 🤗 welcome go to my country Taiwan
Sad to say Taiwan is like Singapore in the 80s
You will only know when you experience it yourself and not by rumors from online, Singapore was rated as most expensive city is due to price of purchase car and private apartment, tourist doesn’t need those.
The hotel prices are way above average making it very expensive in that sense for a tourist. But the day to day things can be done on a budget for sure 👍🏻
@@sunkissedbucketlist it do have very cheap budget hotels too if you willing to look around, with as low as only $40 per night such as hotels 81 which you had passed by one in your video.
There are no hotel 81 for 40$! That was in the 1980s@@shadowj3311
Also depends on when you come. National Day period (summer holiday for many parts of the world), F1 season etc hotel demand goes up. So it will be expensive.
Hi Taj 😉🙃Libby look like a Hippy Fashions 😂😂😂
欢迎在来 中国旅游游玩 😊😊😊😊😊
Soon 🥰
下一个国家准备去哪里？
It will be a nice surprise 😮
馬來西亞的😂😅平好多嘅
便宜没好货。
工钱也平好多😂😅
They are poor m'sian can't afford to visit SG, 1.1 millions poor m'sian come to work in Singapore