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Canned Soft Drink Lose Fizz Slower?

Fizzy drinks are great but when the fizz is almost gone, the experience is much less enjoyable. Take coca cola as example, I notice that the 1.5L bottle tend to lose a lot of fizz just over one night, but for canned version even without sealing it and leaving it overnight in the fridge, the fizz is still almost the same. I'm guessing that aluminium seems to be able to "trap" gas better than plastic bottle.
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Grab's New Cancellation Policy Take Effect 25 Mar 2019

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"What if I cancel because my driver’s not moving, or taking too long to arrive? Will I be charged? If there’s a need to cancel because your ride’s taking much longer than indicated to arrive, you will not be charged. Just as we’re able to show you your driver’s current location, we have safeguards in place to detect if the driver’s not moving towards you." This happened to me twice on the same day. I booked Grab and both drivers just go horlan and forced me to cancel on my end, I guess they must have picked up someone on the way to me and decided to let me wait and wait until I cancel. Really bastards, wasted 30 mins of my time. Anyway I have uninstalled Grab, the point here is they allow their drivers to waste my time, so what safeguards do they have in place for not wasting passenger time? Now I'm using the Comfort app, one bad thing is if use card have surcharge but it's fine since before I use Grab I also pay by cash so no issue, just that now I keep for
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To Use Cash to Pay HDB Instalment in Apr 2019

So this month will be the last month that I can use my CPF ordinary account savings to pay for my monthly instalment of $721. I think should not have a big impact since I already knew this even before I bought my flat back in 2014 so my planning have always factored this in. The thing is that I still have $34,933.13 in my OA but I can't use it, this is because the lease on my flat was less than 60 years when I bought it so there is a limit to how much CPF savings I can utilise, so after a certain threshold I must pay by cash. And don't forget when I bought my flat, my OA was wiped out to $0, so from that time until now my OA still managed to grow. Anyway next month have to remember to manually pay to HDB, I think there is a late payment charge, these bastards, why is there even a late payment charge on public housing, what if some people really have trouble paying, are they really going to charge these people extra? The current late payment charge is 7.5% per annum by the
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Simple Dinner

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Luncheon meat, egg and veggies. Luncheon goes really well with rice especially fried rice.
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Updated Blogger Theme

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Source Yesterday wanted to refresh my blog template because getting so outdated, these days responsive web design is the in thing, at least for SG it is getting more common. SG is quite slow on this aspect, actually responsive web design is not something new, just that SG is slow, you can see some government sites are still non-responsive. Anyway found that blogger have some new themes and they are responsive. In case you don't know what is responsive, it means that your site can automatically adjust itself to fit into your display device, be it desktop monitor, laptop screen or even tablet and smartphone so that your site will look nicer and cool.
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This Two Wings Really Bastard

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Their website stated pay $3 more to get a side dish and a drink, so I paid the premium and ordered two sets from foodpanda, end up the sides never arrive, so I paid an additional $6 just for two soft drinks, wtf. Then report to foodpanda they say cannot reach the store, so they processed a refund for the $6 with cash voucher + 10%, so it's like $6.60 refund. Knn $6.60 to ruin my mood. Then see the chicken wing even more du lan, knn it's actually one chicken wing cut into two pieces then count as two pieces, like that also can. I cut a $1.80 popiah into two pieces and sell each piece for $1.80 can? Knn this kind of bastard tactics. Local company some more, owner also look like local some more, wah, this kind of local crooked shop should shut down like right now. Eh but seriously, maybe I should consider open a popiah store, then I sell on foodpanda, I put One Piece $1, then someone see wah so cheap and order 5 pieces, when deliver to house open up wah really 5 pieces
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"Bee Bee" Snack

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Found this snack at Sheng Siong, long time never see this, used to eat it a lot when I was a kid back in the 1990s. I remember last time one packet was $0.10, most if not all mama stores will sell. This snack is really tasty but a bit spicy. There is also a blue version which is very rare, only bought it once, the blue one is also very good.
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Mac N Cheese Zinger

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Just tried this for dinner, the mac & cheese bun is really disgusting and super oily, I think even more oily than the fried chicken! Such a bad idea, wonder if the person who designed this burger actually tried it. I think you are better off just ordering the normal zinger which is more balanced with veggies and much less oily.
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Change to Re-Offer of Balance Flat (ROF)

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Source In May this year I would have completed the 5 years Minimum Occupation Period (MOP), which means I can apply for a new flat from HDB. Now me, wife and baby staying in a old 2-room flat at Queenstown, really old and rundown, getting worse with each passing year. Renovate also like waste of money because eventually we will move out. So when I saw this news at first a bit happy because they will implement after my flat meet MOP which is just nice, but after reading details then realise that only 120 flats will be offered, very strange move because if you see the SBF or ROF exercises, so many leftover flats, why don't they just offer it all for people to book anytime. Anyway by the time should be able to book BTO so hope can MOP before the May BTO. Just did a calculation, if sell my current flat at $200,000, total loss is about $90,000 after paying outstanding loan, levy and return to CPF. Bought it at $250,000, this flat 50+ years, I think can sell $200,000 already
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Simple Company CNY Lunch

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Veggie is good, the rest is alright, fried rice a bit lacking though.
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Baby Reunion Dinner 2019

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Look so happy lol.
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Going to Phuket After Songkran

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This April me, wife and baby going to Phuket for holiday, but wife and baby will be going to MIL home in advance, so after Songkran I'm going to meet them directly at Phuket airport. This time we going to Patong area, probably about 1 hour or so taxi ride from airport. Wife say Patong is the area where tsunami hit, I remember there is a movie on it, can't remember the name. Wife and baby to BKK - S$278.00 Wife and baby to UTH - S$160.99 Wife and baby to DMK-HKT - S$378.10 Me to HKT - S$75.09 All to SIN - S$354.79 Hotel (4N) - S$502.28 Total - S$1749.25
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Decent Increment and Bonus

Surprisingly my company paid me a bonus and also gave me an increment, both pro-rated of course but not bad, just nice have some extra money for Chinese New Year. The bonus kind of little even if not pro-rated, about 1.3-1.4 months, but increment still not bad, can see more than 4% if not pro-rated. So far still doing fine in the company, for now still not so busy but I think mid of this year should be very busy so now take it easy and try to tie up the loose ends.
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