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https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/circuit-breaker-extended-four-weeks-june-1-pm-lee Wah lao eh, tahan for almost one month now say want to extend, now even tighter controls, go buy thing only one person can go, basically forget about any outdoor family activities. But it's good, one time jia lat jia lat better than more jia lat in the long run, hope this storm blows over soon, but I think even as the numbers come down, I don't think should resume normal activities immediately, still must slowly relax, cannot one shot relax. Businesses jia lat lor, I doubt the measures can help much if no crowd, especially those retail business that rely on crowd, I think by now mostly already close down.

Recently recontracted my 1Gbps fibre to 500Mbps, then in my bill I saw this extra S$30 charge: I called Starhub 1633 and they told me recontract also count as modification, so there is a S$30 charge (with GST is S$32.10). Wtf? Anyway just pay la. But expected la, if downsize they need to earn a bit back, if upsize then they give discount, normal.

Prior to this covid situation, delivery used to be when the rider arrive, they will make a phone call, knock on door or yell, the purpose is to notify the customer that the order has arrived. Now, they just dump it somewhere you can't see and then quietly left! I encountered two such incidents, one this very morning. Previously ordered some western food from deliveroo, the guy simply left it outside my door, no call, never knock door, never make any sound, just left it there and go, we know because my wife was sitting at living room waiting. After waiting for a long time, I contacted deliveroo, they resent the order, then the next rider found the first delivery outside my door and informed me, ended up I have two orders. This morning ordered breakfast from Mcdonald, left a note telling them to leave it on my doorstep and door is open, supposed to arrive at 11:45am, 12+ still haven't arrive, call them again and they say instead of breakfast, they will resend lunch. Finally...

Last year until now still no news on signing lease agreement, log in to HDB portal still no date yet, I think with the stricter covid measures it would probably drag on even further. Hopefully can get the flat soon, maybe before I'm 40 years old would be nice, now already 37 years old haha, how time flies, daughter coming to 5 years old soon.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/record-447-new-coronavirus-cases-in-spore-of-which-404-are-linked-to-dormitories https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/covid-19-728-more-cases-singapore-which-654-are-dorms Looks like the covid situation is getting worse here, from 15 Apr 447 new cases to 16 Apr 728 new cases, just one day 62.86% increase, wow, my annual increment is not even that much. https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/covid-19-nearly-50-people-be-fined-not-wearing-masks-public-places And government is taking this very seriously, they actually started to fine people for not wearing mask, and also fine those who breached safe distancing rules. I think everybody got to take this seriously from now on, it is for everybody's own protection. Tomorrow hope the number of new cases will go down, if still continue to spike, I think until 4 May also not enough, may even need to extend to mid of May or worse, into June. At this kind of time, really good to know SG have th...

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-wearing-of-masks-compulsory-at-malls-supermarkets-12634066 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-face-mask-compulsory-public-transport-khaw-boon-wan-12633738 You can collect your free reusable mask at Community Centres (CC) or Residents' Committees (RC). Find out where to collect using this online service: https://www.maskgowhere.gov.sg/

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-social-gatherings-private-and-public-moh-12617800 Just read this news today, like really read the details, have seen it but didn't notice the impact. Wonder if I can still bring wife and baby for walk, will it break the law? Same household though, I mean stay home all the time also not very healthy, need to still go out for walks, exercise. Anyway tighter controls also good, because looks like recently the spread is getting worse, 200 over cases in one day. Now I go out also a bit scared, wonder who is infected who is not, those who are infected better don't go out at all.

Today went to Chinatown area to get daily necessities such as shampoo and shower foam, usually we buy at myCK, but surprising it is not open, but good thing the store above it is open, so managed to get the products that we need, pricing is similar to myCK. After that went to Chinatown Complex to see if we can get some food, the shops below all closed, like a ghost town, but if go above, a lot of the food stalls are opened but not many customers, nobody dine there because not allowed so all takeaway. I bought half a duck for S$20, usually I think is S$17-S$19, also bought some chwee kueh, 4 pieces for S$2. This will go on for a month until 4 May, wonder how these stalls survive.

With the government announcing a slew of measures last week , my company started the work from home policy today, actually even before government announce, my company already told everyone to start today, previously there was the team A and team B segregation, now is everyone work from home. Actually last week already started for me, I feel that working from home seems to be more productive, as in no need to travel to and fro, that already saved me around 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. I wake up, brush teeth, immediately can start work, usually I wake up around 7 AM, now I wake up a bit later at 7:30 AM. So today managed to get a lot of things done, and have a lot more time with family, more time for rest, same amount of work or maybe even more was done, I like working from home. If have meeting or need to travel to customer site, then just go and then come back home straight, really good. Anyway this will last until 04 May at least, hope the virus stop spreading. Everyone stay...

When I changed my Starhub XS plan to no sim , they gave me a free 3 months Amazon Prime membership. Note that it is for amazon.sg, not for amazon.com, even though my amazon account is same but the region is different, so is the prime membership. So today happened to need to get a new ethernet cable, so might as well make use of the free membership. By the way it is not auto-activated, need to manually activate it. They will send a SMS to your mobile number with this link: http://mystarhub.page.link/AmazonPrime Then on your mobile, you need to have the Starhub app, click the link, it will open up the page to activate it. Or you can also manually go your Starhub app, under the mobile number with the Amazon prime offer, go to Add-ons > Featured Services > Amazon Prime > Manage. Then you have the option to subscribe for the mobile number that you want. After that just login to your amazon.sg account, you will see you now have prime membership, something like this: Hell...

Yesterday heard my friends saying our prime minister will announce something at 4PM regarding the virus, after that all sorts of speculation started flying around. I wasn't taking much notice because I still have to go to data centre to check some issue, stuck down there until 9PM+. Anyway today went online to see what happened yesterday, wow so much new information, don't know where to start. So I went to gov.sg instead, thought I might get something useful there, indeed found this link that pretty much summarised everything:  https://www.gov.sg/article/covid-19-updates-and-announcements I outlined the following for convenience: Kindergarten closure from 8 April 2020 until 4 May 2020: https://www.ecda.gov.sg/PressReleases/Pages/Advisory-to-Parents-Keeping-Our-Children-Safe-Against-COVID-19-Preschools-to-suspend-general-services.aspx No IPPT, no ICT, until 4 May 2020: https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/mindef/news-and-events/latest-releases/article-detail/2020/Apri...

The contract for my line ended on 31 Mar 2020, I took leave to go Starhub shop to change the line, to my surprise the service staff told me on the last day if want to change, there will be a S$25 termination charge. Alamak, good thing is I have too much leave, so go walk walk with family also not bad, take a break from the never-ending work. Previously my wife's line I also did on the last day of her contract, but maybe Starhub changed their policy, well they did have a clause saying they reserve the right to change their policy at any time. So you guys take note to do whatever you need to do AFTER your contract end, no more last day. I even called Starhub 1633 just to double confirm, the phone support confirmed I can only do after my contract end, otherwise there will be a charge, he also told me I can actually change to no sim plan online. So today I went to Starhub website, did the change, quite straightforward, so easy, like this actually don't even need to go to th...