Remittances from SG to PH: DBS vs i-Remit

Hi fellow SG-OFWs. Have you noticed that the online DBS remit to Philippines (https://www.dbs.com.sg/personal/promotion/php-remit) has S$0 transfer fee when you remit to home, or is it just a Christmas promo?

Even if it's just a holiday promo, using DBS is now better than, for example, i-Remit. The forex in DBS is recently comparative to Philippine ones (S$1 SGD = 33.35 PHP in DBS vs =33.41 PHP in i-Remit). Additionally, Philippine remit services have about S$4.00 service fee per transaction, which would end up DBS to be cheaper. Not to mention that DBS transfer can be done online, while Philippine remittance needs to be a personal transaction with online appointment (https://ibilis.iremit-inc.com/), which would mean going through long lines in Lucky Plaza.

So, at least until the holidays are over, using DBS is way more convenient and sometimes cheaper than using Philippine-based services. Do you agree? How about other banks e.g. OCBC and SingPOST?

Good and Reasonably Priced Korean BBQ

Manbok Chinatown Korean BBQ & Steamboat Buffet Restaurant, Singapore

I celebrated my birthday dinner here with 3 guests. Reservation was done nicely and quickly for a Friday night, and we were allowed to bring 1 of our own bottle of wine at no corkage fee. The meats were seasoned very nicely and deliciously. A la carte menu were also very good. Even the steamboat which is the resto's additional surprise is very good. Then, they offer 4 free beers for a group of 4-people and the beers were a treat! We bought more bottles of it which is 10sgd per 750ml bottle, not bad at all!

The place is amply clean and the restroom is also hygenic. Service is very good for a buffet resto, the waiters even asked us about our experience. Uncle is also very kind to us...

We were very satisfied and agreed my birthday dinner was great! The buffet cost 29sgd per pax. Highly recommended!