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Today is her mobile line's last day of contract so we went to change to the Sim Only plan. For the XS plan I am paying S$49.8598 per month, the Sim Only plan is S$25 but not sure is inclusive of GST or not but still it is much cheaper, have more data 5+10=15GB, the XS only 3GB, the rest is the same, free 100 minutes outgoing call, free incoming calls, free caller number display, send SMS is 5 cents but these days hardly use SMS. Too bad my own line will only end next year, my broadband contract end same day as my mobile, so next year can change together, probably will downgrade my broadband to the lower speed plan, now they giving me 1Gbps for S$39.90, I thinking of downgrading to 500Mbps for S$29.90, 1Gbps is just overkill for me.

Diners scolded by drink stall assistant I read this article with good interest, this brings into mind the times I was persistently approached by sales people on the street, and whether those encounters were considered touting, and whether touting is legal in Singapore. From this link, looks like if someone tries to sell something for a business in a public place "persistently or in any manner as to cause or be likely to cause annoyance", it is considered touting: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/MOPONA1906?ProvIds=P1V- If that's the case, many sales people currently on the street are actually guilty of touting, especially when they tell you they are not selling anything and they will take only 5 minutes, end up they take more than 5 minutes and trying to sell high premium insurance policy. Touting is a seizable offence, which means police officer have the power to detain for up to 48 hours: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/CPC2010#pr68- But I'm a nice guy, as long as

If I remember correctly I think I bought this monitor between 2009 to 2010, it served me well, it's a good monitor, have built-in speakers but kind of heavy though. I think I bought it for $3xx. So just now I threw it away, went to Courts to buy a new monitor. This time bought LG, model is 27MK430H, S$249, these days monitor really cheap. This model have so many features so I think it is a steal. And also, these days monitors don't seem to come with built-in speakers, no wonder it's so much lighter. So I also bought a Creative Pebble speaker for S$39.90, it's wired so a bit messy but whatever la, have sound is good enough, but the sound quality is pretty good. Update: Just an update after using the new monitor and speaker. I like the monitor so far, great value for money. The speaker sound quality is good also, but one problem is when turned on, it will produce a noise which sounds like harddisk spinning, I think last time my cheap Logitech speakers also hav

The kindergarten only accept GIRO for the monthly school fees, and the GIRO application was rejected by OCBC, the rejection was because my signature was irregular, worse still cannot setup the GIRO through internet banking, seems like the option is not available for CDA, maybe because CDA is a special account unlike the usual deposit account so it also comes with more restrictions. Oh by the way, CDA must use signature, cannot use thumbprint. Then today deliberately took half day leave to go kindergarten to settle this matter once and for all, then the staff told me to better get a chop from OCBC, wah piang eh reach there then tell me, lucky the bank very near within walking distance, so I immediately walked to the bank, weather damn hot, smelly and sweaty in my office attire. So reached the bank, took a queue number, the staff took my ID card and the kindergarten GIRO application form which I already filled up and signed, they went to check for a while, finally asked me to

Source Looks like GST is going to increase from the current 7% to 9% soon, not sure exactly when but definitely coming, according to the source, between 2021 to 2025. I remember the last time when GST went up to 7%, from 5%, everything in general seems to have increased by 20% or so from a consumer's point of view, it felt as if a product has been taxed, and when it changed hands, it got taxed again, don't know how many times but when it finally reached the consumer i.e. people like me and you, we ended up having to pay 20% more, weird. I also heard of stories where some unscrupulous business owners exploited the hike and further increased the prices, not sure how true or if there is any point for them to do so because if products suddenly become more expensive, people would just find alternatives, but then if all the businesses do this, then we won't have much of an alternative. I wonder how all this will fall into place, it's like the movie 2012, we know the e