Hey Cliff,
Yup, born in Singapore, finished my NS and then came over to Melbourne!
Hey, you got a better deal than your SD than I did. MSRP at the time was S$7280, and I got mine for S$6650. And yeah, the guy at Hour Glass shrugged his shoulders and said that he couldn't budge from full MSRP.
I agree the AD shops with names like "How Yoo Hung" are much better places to get a bargain. I remember walking into a place in Chinatown and the lady behind the counter started with something like S$13,000 for a TT Daytona and looked like she expected me to start bargaining.
Anyway, glad to see you made it here and I look forward to your posts!