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Vaping is Out of Control

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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/school-parents-on-alert-after-vape-peddlers-approach-primary-school-pupil Two teenagers trying to sell vape to a primary 4 kid, what the heck, easy to obtain is one thing, blatantly selling to a kid in broad daylight is crazy. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/organised-crime-groups-pushing-drug-laced-vapes-in-asia-including-singapore-un Nowadays some of the vape is added with this "etomidate" or "ketamine" drug, who knows what else they can add, imagine what will happen if your primary 4 kid take try vaping out of curiosity or peer pressure. https://www.go.gov.sg/reportvape Can report vape offences using the link, but HSA says they are dealing with a lot of reports.
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Got the New Job

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2025/07/time-to-change-job.html So the HR reached out to me last week, overall package seems pretty standard, nothing fantastic or terrible, 14 days annual leave, 14 days medical leave, outpatient and dental claim (with yearly cap), hospital leave (up to 60 days inclusive of the 14 days medical leave), group insurance (exclude dependants), only thing lacking is cannot claim outpatient or dental for dependants, but really it's not an issue, typically those that cover dependants will have a yearly cap anyway. There's a 1 month performance bonus, which is not bad. The one fantastic part is the pay jump, about ~34%, totally didn't expect that, I thought they would come back and try to negotiate down but they didn't even try, basically I just put in a higher amount as advised by my ex-colleague, and they simply accepted it. I initially thought at most it's a 5-10% jump, honestly didn't know this new role can draw this kind ...
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Time to Change Job

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https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2024/02/6-weeks-at-new-job.html My last post about my current job was last year, from then till now I have been at this job for about 1.5 years, and I'm moving on soon. The job itself actually is alright and quite meaningful and I really enjoy the work because there is a lot of things I can learn, problem is the manager and lead, outright incompetent and unqualified, what a waste of the team of good people we have, already 3 throw letter and I'm the 4th, more will come, eventually even the useless manager and lead will throw letter too when the project turns into a complete shitshow, I have seen this before, it will happen here too. Always must have idiots to ruin everything right, sigh. So before the real shit hits the fan, I thought I better get the hell out first, so last Friday 11th Jul I officially tendered my resignation. Funny thing is actually I announced my resignation on 4th Jul with the day of notice to be on 11th Jul, at t...
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Sony SRS-XB100 Review

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2025/06/sony-srs-xb100-portable-wireless-speaker.html After using this almost a month, I must say I am super impressed, for this price the sound is superb, especially the bass is deep, like really deep, no regret at all.
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Went to Wife's Hometown

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Daughter school holiday, so me, wife and daughter went to her hometown together, this time only stay at her home, didn't stay in Bangkok cause scared of the earthquake. Then there was the Air India crash that happened one day before we travel, scary sia, we took the same plane model Boeing 787-8. Last time I went was back in 2018 , 7 years ago, time flies, every time I make this kind of post I get so much older. This trip I made use of the YouTrip app, very useful, can use in any of the major chains like 7/11, Big C, Lotus, McDonald's, KFC and so on. The rates are actually pretty good, no hidden charges or anything crazy. Then at her house, overall very chill and relaxing, only problem is a lot of flies and mosquitos, my leg kena bite until quite jialat. Also not quite used to the food there, it's mostly original taste so not much seasoning, but good thing still have 7/11 and Big C so can buy lots of things. The kids there grew up, the adults there got older, wonder when I ...
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Sony SRS-XB100 Portable Wireless Speaker

Bought 2 of these at Popular, the price went down to S$49 each, usual price S$90. I got a light grey and a coral, one for me and one for wife. First of all the Bluetooth connectivity is super easy and the sound is amazing, especially the bass, I can finally blast my favourite tunes without my wireless earbuds. It has a 16 hour battery life per charge, and you can use it while charging, perfect for desktop PC. Good thing I didn't spend more money to get the JBL Charge 5, that one is S$189, I can buy like 3 of this Sony XB100 instead.
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Sushiro, Amazing

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Lunch at Sushiro, food is great as always, service is good, if I want a good sushi this is the place to go.
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New House in Tengah

So my new house i.e. BTO is at Tengah, a new estate, not fully complete, still have a lot of construction going on, can see there's still more BTO blocks coming up. There's also the building of the new JRL MRT (Jurong Region Line). My flat itself is nice, have some minor superficial flaws here and there but me and wife don't mind and don't bother as long as not safety issue or very obvious crack or window cannot close, so the only defect we reported is the service yard folding door dislodged after a few weeks of use, I have booked appointment for HDB contractor to fix. The block also nice, no multi-storey carpark, the carpark is at level 1, so residential units start from level 2 onwards, makes the whole area feel very spacious. My block have 3 lifts, I think nowadays 3 is the standard if I'm not wrong. Then around the block, it comes with cycling and walking paths, a lot of open space, not like old estates design until can walk cannot cycle, can cycle cannot walk. ...
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8 Months Never Update

My last post was that wife going for her heart surgery, been about 8 months since then. Reason why I didn't post as much was because a lot of things going on, new job, baby just finished surgery, key collection for BTO, wife's surgery, sell resale flat, move house. But now ok, everything settled, should have more time to post my ramblings. Also thinking of going for a holiday, long time never travel, but recently got earthquake, don't know should visit wife's hometown or not. New job Compared to last job, travelling time much longer, have duty roster for 24x7 standby, a lot of things to pick up, good thing is my past experience helps a lot so most of the work is not difficult, just at worst tedious. Benefits not bad, even my wife and daughter's specialist visits all can claim, only thing cannot claim is their surgery due to pre-existing condition, weird right. But applying leave got limitation, and management very out of touch, see how, maybe find new job, travelli...
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Wife Operation in Nov

Today went to see the surgeon, wife already decided to go for the operation so quite straightforward, only thing is the risk is about 20% because it's her second operation and weaker heart. So we chose to do it during school holidays, 19 Nov she will admit to hospital, 21 Nov will be the actual operation. The surgeon also asked to decide on what valve for the replacement, we chose the mechanical valve since it will very long, probably her lifetime, only problem is she will need to be on Warfarin for life. The other way is animal valve but that has another problem which is it cannot last her lifetime so very likely she will need another operation again. Thinking back her Thai doctor really kns, they put mechanical valve for her, it's supposed to last her lifetime, end up 14 years need to change, wtf. Anyway hoping for the best.
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