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Sheng Siong Up to 16 Months Bonus

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/sheng-siong-reward-staff-16-months-bonus-after-tremendous-performance-2020 "The bonuses for Sheng Siong employees range from 4.68 months to 15.72 months, depending on the workers’ grade" Wah seh, I think even if get the lowest of 4.68 is still way above market rate, most companies probably slashed bonus to 1-2 months or worse, no bonus, or even worse, no job! I think Sheng Siong is really generous, they actually share their earnings with staff, now this is what I call a good employer, I have only pure respect for their management.
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VILLA MAYAVEE in Phuket

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Recently saw this video, so amazed by it, wish I can have a house like this haha, no money to buy dream also not bad.
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I Actually Got Promoted

Today boss gave out the appraisal letter, bonus is 1.75, 0.25 more than last year , didn't expect that at all, thought this year bonus going to be really bad or none at all because last year was undoubtedly a very bad year for all sectors. Then increment is about 9.09%, which is a tiny bit higher than last year, also didn't expect that at all, thought maybe 3-5%. So seems like both bonus and increment are above my expectation, I mean last year was really a terrible year and my project was burning crispy so I wasn't expecting much. And, I also got promoted, maybe that's why the increment is pushed higher due to this, but I really don't see how the new title will change anything, all along I feel like a one man team, everything have to do myself, give me a managerial title not sure what's the point, who am I managing? myself? Jeez. Or Chief Executive Officer of Myself? Seriously. I mean in my previous company, when a person holds a managerial title, that person is
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Wow, Armed Robbery in Singapore

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/youth-admits-s48000-armed-robbery-jurong-moneylender-locking-sole-female-shop-assistant And I never thought it would still happen in this day and age, when cameras are everywhere, seriously after they commit the crime, where can they hide? Didn't they know there's something call security cameras, and police would probably have access to all the cameras? I think in order to get away successfully, they have to take out all the surrounding cameras, so that police can't trace to them, but then the place where they commit the crime was at Block 135, Jurong Gateway Road, which have quite a good human traffic flow so bound to have many eye witnesses. But at least they didn't hurt anyone, if not more charges would added.
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Read About Amazon's FBA

https://services.amazon.com.sg/fulfillment-by-amazon/how-it-works.html Recently I read about Amazon's FBA program, and it sounds easy to get started, they actually have a warehouse in Singapore, which sellers can then send their products to the warehouse, and then when buyers buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.sg, the warehouse then pack and ship the products to the buyers, it's really kind of cool. I think even I also can start selling something and have my own business, but the problem is, need a product to sell, not sure where to get started on sourcing for products. But I think for people who already have products, isn't it great to be able to sell on Amazon, I mean their website is hugely popular, you can't possibly get a better exposure for your products, well at least that's what I think. Anyway, next week getting bonus and increment, wondering how much, but don't expect much, bonus at most 1 month, increment probably 4-5%, the standard, confirm tender after g
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Be Careful, Murderers at Large

https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/girl-7-raped-and-murdered-1995-family-receive-tip-after-appeal-help The headline is about a little girl who was attacked in 1995, the murderer remains at large, then in the same article there are 3 other unsolved cases, but I notice all happened long ago, the most recent is 2000. I think in those times our technology maybe not so good, now 2021, everywhere also have camera. But these murderers still remain at large, how can they just get away with it so easily, if catch them must lock them up until they die, don't hang, too easy for them. I can't imagine who would attack a 7 year old girl, it's just crazy, what kind of world is this.
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Richest Man in the World - Elon Musk

According to Forbes, this guy ranks number 1 as of now, worth $183.8 Billion USD, previously I think he was in top 10 but not number 1, suddenly become number 1, how I know is because my colleague told me today so I was quite surprised, I thought he was just selling autonomous cars or something. Right behind is Jeff Bezos of Amazon, $182.4 Billion USD, that's $1.4 Billion behind the number 1. I can't even imagine having $1 Billion USD, according to google it is $1,325,820,000.00 Singapore Dollar, that's around 18,542 years of my current salary plus bonus. I think wealth is such a weird thing, there are the super duper rich, then there are the super duper poor, it's just weird that money is able to define people's life. Then sometimes I feel that I'm just working to make money to pay bills, an endless cycle, and now that I have a family, feels like I'm stuck in this endless cycle, sounds kind of depressing lol. Feel like trying out something different, at lea
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New Year New Resolution New Job?

This month going to get bonus and increment, today went for appraisal, not too good, not too bad, and I notice there is one statement about my general discipline needing improvement, not sure in particular which episode it is referring to, probably all maybe that's why it's "general", I guess it's because I shot back at my useless project managers several times, also shot back at the GovTech clowns a few times, for me very simple, if you come to me with unreasonable crap, don't expect me to return kindly, especially when I'm very busy, seriously I didn't have the time nor energy to entertain these clowns. Other than that black dot, my boss mentioned and penned down that I "saved" the project a few times, but I think he's just putting in nice words so I won't throw letter, I'm just doing what is supposed to be done, as with any other projects, the real problem with my project is team members have a gross lack of skill set and learn
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Free Covid-19 Vaccine

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/enough-vaccines-secured-all-sporeans-prs-and-long-term-residents-who-can-get-it-free-gan Wow, seems like all residents here will get the vaccination for free, except for tourists or short-term pass holders. Now that's cool stuff and really inclusive society, at least this time they didn't forget that some long-term pass holders are actually spouse or family member of Singaporeans. Now it's just a matter of when. Hope the vaccines arrive on time, everybody get vaccinated, then we can return to normal, hopefully can get back to normal before baby go to P1, really wish we can go visit my in-laws, bring my parents over too, they also getting older, should bring them over as much as possible.
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Toto S$5M

Bought S$50 of quick pick, didn't even win anything haha, sigh, thought have chance to win something, oh well. Hope 2021 is better, the virus under control, everybody do our part to continue to keep it under control, but not sure when we can get vaccinated, I think it's not cheap, hopefully there is some subsidy or can use MediSave to pay, I think everybody should get vaccinated where possible. Then maybe try finding a new job after getting bonus, time to move on, getting quite stagnant already. Daughter also going K2 this year, so fast, next year P1. Anyway, Happy New Year to all!
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