SINGAPORE: A video on Instagram from a senior software engineer from India working in Singapore has gone viral, with people agreeing with the things that have come as a shock to the techie, but really in the best way. The man behind the Instagram account called @amandailylogs wrote that his move from India to Singapore [ ]
Wednesday 18 February 2026
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