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Oyster Char Kway Teow @ People's Park Food Centre

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I didn't know oyster also can char kway teow, and this one super power, never put dark soya sauce, I think only fish sauce and chilli sauce, kway teow, yellow noodles, eggs, bean sprouts and oysters, got 4 pieces. Oysters were big and fresh, one plate $4 very worth it. Got $6 version, extra noodles and oysters. If drop by must try.
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Surgeon Review and Baby's Hospital Bill

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Today baby went back to surgeon again for review, surgeon said everything is well, he gave an open appointment in 2 months time, if nothing happen then can just cancel the appointment. Now the hospital bill. By the way the procedure name for her hospital stay is  Ostium Primum Atrial Septal Defect Closure , in layman's term is to close a hole in her heart. Total charges for 7 days stay was $23,672.96, of which 4 days were in ICU. Singapore hospital bill really scary, and this is for non-complicated case, my daughter was scheduled for 10 days stay, ended up only stay for 7 days. Then government subsidized $19,138.67, which is 80.84% of the bill. If my daughter is not a Singaporean, then I will have to pay $23,672.96. So $23,672.96 - $19,138.67 = $4534.29 payable. Then out of $4534.29, I only need to pay $1803.43 from my Medisave, the remaining amount of $2730.86 is covered by Medishield Life.
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Big Grasshopper Outside Anchorpoint Shopping Mall

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First time I saw such a big insect in city, maybe this guy lost his way.
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David's Laksa & Mee Siam

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Seen the stall a few times at the market but never try, don't know good or not, maybe tomorrow will go try, must support local hawkers. 27 Nov 2016 update: Today went to try, the laksa not bad, I like it, but mee siam I find it a bit oily, anyway I don't really like sour food, $3 each, eat until full, hawker food is the best.
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Guardian Charcoal Pore Strips $3.95 10 Strips

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Find that my nose have a lot of black heads, so I decided to try out this product, only $3.95 and ok la, not super effective but not bad, at least can remove some, or maybe I didn't properly follow the instructions.
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Pearl Centre 21 Nov 2016

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Took a photo as memento, I think government going to tear down this building soon, very old and smelly building, every time I walk past there is the smell of piss, walk inside even worse, the stench can be unbearable at times. Got one time spot one old man pissing outside the building in broad daylight, jia lat. But I like the food there, there used to be a Malay stall with excellent and cheap food, and a chicken rice stall at the end also power, don't know where they moved to.
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Foodpanda Riders Can Earn Up to $6000 a Month

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Source Somebody told me delivery riders earn more than me, I'm not surprised but I am curious to know how much. Sounds like very good money, Foodpanda have this page which shows their compensation: But is it easy money? Let's see. So every hour the rider gets paid at least $9 regardless of any delivery made. That's already not bad. So how many deliveries can a rider make in an hour? 1 is expected, 1 hour for one delivery. 2 is reasonable, 30 minutes for each delivery. 3 is you got to be fast, 20 minutes for each delivery. 4 is you got to be super fast, 15 minutes for each delivery. 5 and above I think it's just plain luck to be able to make it happen or you can teleport or you are the only rider on the road and there is no such thing as traffic light and the sky never rains. 2 hours break. 9 hours work. 30 days work. Rider 1 who earns $9 per hour = 9 * 9 * 30 = $2430 Rider 2 who earns $9.5 per hour by delivering only in CBD = 9.5 * 9 * 30 = $256...
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Today Received the last $1000 Baby Bonus

To date I have received $8000 cash gift from government, of which $6000 I put CDA, actually should be $14000 since they matched 1:1 for baby's CDA, I told my foreign colleagues they shocked, in their country where got such thing. But I think later when pay for pre-school all will be gone very fast, now pre-school so expensive, still undecided whether to send her to pre-school, feel like it's a waste of money. People tell me it's good for her to interact with other kids, I feel that it's not so good, if mix with good kids is ok, mix with those jia lat ones then gone case.
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Ssikkek Korean Grill BBQ Buffet

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Tomorrow MIL and wife's cousin going home so I brought them to try this BBQ, never disappoint me and glad they liked it too. Seems like they have some new dishes, the Gimbap and the french fries with a piece of squid inside deep fried, not bad. I have a video too:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j58Lisp3xTM
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Worth Opening a Bank Account in Thailand?

I found that the deposit rate for non-resident is 0%, checked major banks like Bangkok Bank, Kasikorn Bank, Krungthai Bank and Siam Commercial Bank and they are all the same. It's like you deposit 10,000 Baht into your savings account, after 10 years you still have 10,000 Baht lol. I think if visiting occasionally kind of pointless to open an account because it's not really any more convenient than using your ATM card from your home country, plus there is the withdrawal charges from your home bank and the agent bank i.e. the bank who operates the ATM. I did one or two such withdrawals very long ago, I remember the home bank will charge once, and the agent bank will also charge once, I think the charges for one withdrawal is around S$5 to S$10. I think there is a percentage factor, so when you withdraw large amounts the charges will be much more, got to check with your home bank. But if you are living there, I think a bank account is a must-have, working maybe not so much, I...
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