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Somehow still managed to qualify for $22,500 of housing grant for the new flat that I applied in May this year , not sure how they calculated but they probably deducted the $15,000 singles grant which I took when I bought my current 2-room resale flat. I think the grant will help a lot, probably don't have to take too long of a loan, hopefully don't even need to take any loan, but also depends because my current 2-room flat is depreciating fast, past 6 months prices range from $185K to $218K, I think by the time I sell, if can sell $180K already laughing. Looking forward to new house, hope by 45 years old can pay finish.

Recently whatever games I try to play seemed to run very badly, I thought it's just wear and tear, as time goes by hardware gets less effective. Today Sunday nothing better to do so I randomly booted into BIOS to take a look, happened to notice that the CPU temperature was 100 degrees, thought that was definitely abnormal, the casing feels so hot especially the bottom is almost like burning, don't remember this kind of temp when I bought it last year. https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2018/10/finally-setup-my-hades-canyon.html https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2018/10/final-charges-for-new-pc.html Since nothing to do, I found the following video and opened up the casing, wah the dust so damn thick, no wonder running at 100 degrees lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fiePyi6Xu0 The casing a bit challenging to open, it's like trying to open a laptop casing, I think I may have somehow bent the fins a bit but I guess it's ok sinc...

On 22 May 2019 , I applied for the Tengah BTO together with my parents under the "Multi-Generation Priority Scheme (MGPS)". On 26 Jul 2019, I booked a flat and also paid the option fee. My parents also did the same thing on the same day since we are under the same scheme so must book together. In the option to purchase document, HDB will invite me to sign the lease agreement within 4 months from the date of the option, by now already past 4 months but no news yet. I also checked the HDB portal, also no date assigned for the lease agreement appointment. Anyway I dropped them an email to see what they say. By the way on the day of signing the lease agreement, I suppose to pay 5% of the purchase price of S$240,800, which is S$12,040, and my CPF OA can fully pay for it. As for my parents, I think they don't even need to pay until they collect the keys because they are eligible for the deferred downpayment scheme since they are right-sizing i.e. downgrade from 3-ro...

Yesterday when I went to sleep, the upper and lower teeth on my right cheek started to ache, not sure what happened, maybe because I drank some orange juice which I left in my bag for a few weeks, don't think it is expired but I guess the acid caused the ache. Whole night all the way till 4-5am cannot sleep, then fell asleep and woke up at 6am+ due to the ache, then sleep again until 8am woke up then go see the dentist. The dentist found cracks on my teeth, the one on upper right cheek is most severe, so she gave me an injection and then filled the crack. Also took x-ray, seems like teeth structure is ok. She say the crack is due to grinding at night, same diagnosis as my last dental visit. Last dental visit in Apr 2018. Then she recommended getting a night guard to protect my teeth, custom-made one for S$350, I think if two doctors give me the same advise, it's definitely time to do it. She said think of it as an investment, I have to agree with her, especially when sh...

Source He went to overseas to make Singapore proud, now he become so (in)famous in US, even the major online platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and Tweeter had to shut him down because he is simply too (in)famous. "I really love the thrill of voicing a controversial opinion that’s right and creating a huge buzz and discussion around it. You obviously see that from me when I decided to criticise religion and the Singapore Government while I was in Singapore, so paedophilia just seems like a natural extension of that in the US" Actually he can just say he is an attention whore, no need to talk until like so chim. He can also say he pleasure himself by pcc to children pictures, no need to use chim words like "paedophilia". "Now I know some of you might accuse me of ‘betraying’ Singapore, but that applies only if one has the obligation to care about a country just because they were born there, which they don’t, so sayonara friends" Good for him lor, k...

Previously I dropped enquires to NParks and also LTA as my estate don't even have cycling path nor park connector network (PCN) so I asked them how my wife can make use of the PMD to send our daughter to kindergarten, NParks say they are working with LTA and will update me again. Today LTA replied, they pretty much just copied certain parts of the transcript of what Lam Pin Min said in parliament on 04 Nov 2019, the full transcript is here:  https://sprs.parl.gov.sg/search/sprs3topic?reportid=oral-answer-2079 Like that I might as well just read the transcript right. These government bodies really don't know doing what, just copy and paste without addressing citizen concern. I already provided postal codes of our home, the kindergarten and told them my estate don't even have cycling path nor PCN and they still reply to tell me can ride on cycling path and PCN, wah kin nan na like talking to wall. Sigh, ban also good la, if one day my family also kena knocked down then ...

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 ...