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Wife Left Money Inside ATM

Yesterday night we went to buy groceries, wife and baby went into Sheng Siong then I went to smoke. After not even 5 minutes, suddenly my wife called out to me and told me she forgot to take the money after she withdraw, asked her how much and she said S$200. I asked her anyone behind her or not but she cannot remember. So I immediately used my phone to call the POSB hotline, there's a number on the ATM, anyway I also saved that number earlier on, 1800 339 6666. It took quite a while to finally have someone talk to us, so I told the story, the service staff told me there are two scenarios, one is if nobody take the money, the ATM will take back the money, and credit back to account (didn't mention how long or when), two is if someone take the money, they will check the CCTV and then it will be a police case, but the latter is rare. Either way, she will need to raise a request for her team to investigate, then she ask me to pass the phone to my wife because she is the account ho...
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Getting So Many Scam Call and SMS

The scammers really trying very hard, I think because it is lucrative, all they need is get a dumbass who responds, don't be surprised though, there are still many dumb people hence they supply the market, supply and demand, if there are dumbasses, then there will be scammers. So many pattern, from quick loan to betting to job offer, even impersonating MOH, MOM and SPF. Today got really fed up and downloaded the Scamshield app for myself and my wife, she also getting lots of all these nonsense calls and SMS, I told her as long as it's an unknown number or some moron claiming to be from MOH, just ignore. But then even if there are dumbasses, doesn't mean it should be easy to execute a scam, the problem is where ever these scammers are operating from, that country is corrupted and does not enforce strict regulation on their telco and ISP providers, that's why it is so easy for these scammers to make these scam calls and SMS. Which country? India, China, but they are prob...
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Ordered Baby's P1 Textbooks

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The online ordering opened last weekend, so I went online to order the books. In total plus the delivery is S$184.80. Total have 52 items, I wonder if all these stuff will last throughout the year or only first half of the year. By the way the number in the bracket means quantity.
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Bought Logitech G915 TKL Keyboard (White)

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Have been following the keyboard on Lazada at around S$260+, been reading some really good reviews on it. Then on Monday I saw the keyboard going on offer at $$240.49 at the 11.11 sale, price is inclusive of delivery, so can't resist and quickly ordered one. It also goes well with my white  G304 and white NR200P computer casing, only my monitor is black though, hmm maybe should have also bought a white monitor instead but well, I'm still happy with my AOC monitor even though it is not white. Feels really premium, I think need some time to get used to it, but the feel is really great and it is not noisy, just like a normal keyboard, mine is the GL Tactile keycaps. And the Logitech G Hub is really cool, can control both my G304 mouse and this keyboard, can adjust the lighting too, shows battery too, fantastic. Should have bought this keyboard long ago, one keyboard to rule them all.
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Received Letter from Baby's Primary School

Received a letter from the primary school with a whole bunch of things to prepare but I think I pretty much submitted whatever I can submit on Monday and put everything in calendar so I don't miss out anything. I have the list below if you are interested. Download Parents Gateway mobile app - after login via SingPass, it will auto-retrieve your child info. Purchase of textbooks and school uniform - both order online, for textbooks there will be a list of what to buy, for uniform just get ready a measuring tape. Both textbooks and uniform total is around S$300 for my daughter, not inclusive of the white shoes though, I think have to buy separately. School bus service - just register interest online, I suppose the bus operator will contact me later. 2-way is S$93 a month for my daughter. Student care centre - this is for needy families, can apply if need to. P1 orientation - it's a zoom session, so just wait for the day to come and login. Submit pupil data - it's an online fo...
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Bought Microsoft Office 2019 Professional Plus Retail Key Online

https://www.allkeyshop.com/blog/buy-microsoft-office-2019-professional-plus-cd-key-compare-prices By the way there are two types, one is phone activation and the other is online activation. Finally bought it at Royal CD Keys , bought the retail version with online activation, activate, download and install in less than 10 minutes. Bought it for 7.50 EUR which is about S$11.74. Update: Final charge S$12.19.
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Undervolting CPU and GPU

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I read some good things about undervolting CPU and GPU, seems able to get more or less same performance but using less power and in doing so reduce temperatures, so I decided to try it out and got some nice results. Tools required for undervolting CPU ThrottleStop: https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-throttlestop Intel XTU: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/17881/intel-extreme-tuning-utility-intel-xtu.html Using the Intel XTU to run stress test, before undervolt it was 90 degree. After undervolt, it dropped to 80 degree. So this worked nicely. Tools required for undervolting GPU MSI Afterburner:  https://www.msi.com/Landing/afterburner/graphics-cards Heaven Benchmark:  https://benchmark.unigine.com/heaven Using the Heaven Benchmark to run benchmarking, before undervolt, Afterburner was showing 1800MHz and 80 degree near the end of the benchmark. After undervolt, it maintain around 1845MHz and at most 78 degree but usually hover around 74-76. We...
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Bought Windows 10 Professional Retail Key Online

I finished assembling and setting up my new PC and also setup my Hades Canyon for my daughter (also clean and repaste), totally forgot about the operating system for the new PC. So I went online to search for cheap keys, found this site:  https://www.allkeyshop.com/blog/buy-windows-10-professional-cd-key-compare-prices Finally ended up buying at  Royal CD Keys for 2.67 EUR which is about 4.18 SGD. If you are wondering what's the difference between OEM or retail key, the main difference is there's no support from Microsoft for OEM keys, whereas retail you can call Microsoft for support, but then again how often does one actually call Microsoft, Windows 10 is very stable and easy to install. Other than that, OEM key are selling slightly cheaper, if the above doesn't mean anything to you, then just go for OEM key, no point paying that extra if you are never going to need support. Ultimately, no point paying a few hundred dollars for an operating system especially for home P...
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Samsung SSD 980 500GB - CrystalDiskMark

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https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/980
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Just Bought a New Computer

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Recently was looking for a new PC to replace my Hades Canyon which I bought in 2018 . I compared quite a few places like Aftershock, Mansa, Dreamcore, Lenovo, Dell, and finally decided to buy at Sim Lim Square because it is cheaper and no need to wait for months, also to clarify, the local ones no need to wait too long, only those big brands have months of waiting time due to part shortage. So these are the parts: INTEL I7-11700K S$559 (wanted 11700 but no stock) MSI H510I PRO WIFI S$235 (H7 Plus cpu cooler won't be able to fit in, blocked by the IO heatsink) T-FORCE VULCAN 3200MHZ 2x16GB CL16 S$210 SAMSUNG 980 500GB NVME M.2 S$112 GALAX RTX3060Ti (1-CLICK OC) 8GB (LHR) 8GB S$899 COOLERMASTER NR200P WHITE S$139 (wanted the NR200 but no stock) LIAN-LI SP750 SFX 80+GOLD S$159 CRYORIG H7 S$60 (wanted the H7 Plus but heng no stock) SICKLEFLOW 120 WHITE LED PWM S$15 (wanted 3 but I didn't say 3 so they ended up packing only one, heng because the NR200P comes with 2x120mm fans, but n...
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