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My Aircon is Not Working Again!

Oh great, it's not cold again, so it completely went down on 12 May, and then they fixed it on 21 May by topping up the gas, they did say it was an interim measure and they would arrange another visit to determine the location of the gas leak because they did not have the equipment nor spare part, and they did call the next day to arrange for a visit, which is supposed to be this coming Friday, 31 May. Now I have to get them to come and top up the gas again. Sigh, so troublesome, why can't they just quickly fix the problem once and for all. I really hope they can eradicate the problem this coming Friday, they better bring along their whatever equipment and spare part, how can their service staff go to customer site without equipment and spare part, don't get it, I thought they have a van. Gain City, thank you, while I appreciate you for selling me the aircon at discount price coupled with some freebies, but your support is slow, I hope you improve on this or you'll
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Things to Consider When Buying Aircon

After going through that gruelling 9 nights without aircon, it kept me thinking about my next aircon purchase. I'm definitely not going to buy from Gain City, reason being they did not run the pipes properly for me resulting in a gas leak. Even though it took about 1 year 10 months to be completely drained of gas resulting in that last failure, it's still not acceptable. My colleague is using Daikin aircon, everything from installation to maintenance was done by the company and in his 3 years of usage, there was only one breakdown and it was due to a known bug in the compressor's motherboard, and of course it was replaced with no cost. And it took 9 days for them to come down here to fix my problem, that's too long, I appreciate the fact that they fixed the problem but it's just too much. I'll probably buy Daikin, my colleague seems like a happy user, and my China colleagues keep telling me Daikin is the most expensive brand of aircon in China, probably becaus
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What If I Win Lottery?

I bet most people will ask themselves this question at least once in their lifetime. So what if I win? Let's say S$1 million. I will dump it all in government-linked stocks with at least 5% dividend yield, without considering the trading fees, the rough return is S$50,000 a year, and I don't have to do anything, every year I'll get paid. I asked my wife what she will do if she have that kind of money, she say she will help people in need, gosh, not that I'm against helping people in need but I think before we help others, we should help ourselves first i.e. achieve financial independence and then help with whatever spare cash. Having S$1 million in cash doesn't mean I will be financially free, it just mean that I have that kind of money to spend, question is how long can it last if I keep spending? So it's better to setup passive income, dividend stock is a very good choice. Daydreaming on a public holiday is kind of silly huh.
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My Thoughts on Investing in Lottery (TOTO)

Recently I have been reading quite a lot on lottery winners, about how lady luck smiled on them and about how some of them lost all the money so quickly. Then I thought, if I had that kind of money, I would probably not tell anyone, and I would invest all of it in stocks and just collect dividends. I would keep my job though, a person simply cannot sit around and do nothing all day, you could say if I had that kind of money, I could start a business or tour the world to keep myself busy but those are not what I like to do. Then it struck me, if I never buy, chance of winning is zero, then what's the point of daydreaming about it. So acting on my justification, I bought a number for 4D and 2 sets of quick pick numbers for TOTO, all for S$2. Just checked and my 4D number didn't win, now waiting for tomorrow to check my TOTO numbers. I think I would probably try my luck every week, buy S$1 at a time, so I would end up spending S$4 a month, which is really not much. I feel like
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My Aircon is Finally Working Again!

Let's recap, it all started on 11 May when I noticed that it wasn't cold and I had to switch it off and on again for it to work but that didn't last long. The following night, there's no cold air coming from the unit, not even the one in my parents room. We also tried switching on the one in our living room but it's not cold as well. By the way, we are running a Sharp system 3 inverter setup. So I told my mom to call Gain City because we bought everything from them; from running of cables to installation. Unfortunately, they were fully booked until today, and luckily, the guy who came today managed to solve our problem, but not entirely. Initially he suggested to clean the aircon as he suspected it might be due to dirt and mold but my mom told him that we cleaned the unit only recently, actually it was cleaned about 6 months ago but anyway, we are sure it's not due to dirt because for the unit in our living room, I think we switched it on no more than 3 time
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New Free to Play MMORPG Neverwinter!

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Site Download Found out about this game last week and have been playing for a while, I'm a level 10 Control Wizard! Very cool game, feels like World of Warcraft (WOW) but the gameplay is much different, it's got a First Person Shooter (FPS) feel to it because you need to aim to attack, not like in WOW where you select a target and your character will auto-attack. It's also got tons of quest, there's even player-made quests and the graphics is good, but I think they are still working on it as it gets a little choppy sometimes but it's not that bad. Must try, and it's free! Oh and don't create an account first, download the game and create through the game's login screen so you won't see those silly errors that I encountered, what a waste of time! See, isn't it pretty! My Level 10 Control Wizard
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What Causes Pain?

Why does she cry so much he asks himself, as her cries pulls him out of his concentration of trying to write something, what is he trying to write? He is writing this story, as he questions why, why does she cry so much. Is it due to pain? Does pain cause a person to cry? He doesn't cry when he is in pain, why is that so? What can make him cry? How long has it been since he last cried? But does pain really make a person cry? Or perhaps it's just because she is a baby, but does that mean a person should cry in pain? What causes pain then?
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Singaporean and Foreigner Couple Can Buy New Flat (BTO) from HDB with Singaporean Baby

Recently I chatted with a colleague of mine and we spoke about how HDB flat prices are getting more and more expensive. I told him I definitely won't buy resale flat because of the COV and will wait for my baby and then apply for BTO. He was aware that my wife is not a PR so he was quite surprised that I can apply for BTO. I was surprised that he was surprised, I thought everybody knew that because the eligibility conditions for new flats are put out very clearly. New Flat Eligibility Citizenship You must be a Singapore Citizen - I am. Your family nucleus must comprise at least another Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident - My baby will be Singaporean. Age You must be at least 21 years old at the time of application - I am currently older than 21. Family Nucleus You must form a family nucleus under one of the following schemes: Scheme Family Nucleus Public You, the applicant and; - your spouse, and children (if any) - Me, my wife and baby. - your pare
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May is Definitely One of The Hottest Month in Singapore

I wonder when it will rain and I can't remember when was the last time it rained, I just can't take the heat anymore, and the aircon is not working, even two fans aren't solving my problem, the heat is just unbearable, even at night. How can it be so hot, I can feel the heat surrounding me, it's like the air is still, no wind at all, ok there's the occasional breeze but it dies out too fast to make any difference. Tonight is 31 Degrees Celsius according to Google, that's like daytime temperature, what the f... I remember it can get as hot as 38 Degrees Celsius in the day when I was at my wife's house but it was freezing at night, I don't know how cold it was but I had to tuck myself into a thick blanket to stay warm. I think that's the good thing about farmlands, they don't have tall buildings to block the air flow, look at here, tall buildings everywhere, my house for example, wind can only come from one direction because it's blocked ever
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Help! Another Super Hot Night!

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My aircon is really faulty since yesterday night, I think the compressor is not working as all the aircon in my house is not cold. What a bad timing! 31 Degrees Celsius And tonight is 31 Degrees Celsius, oh crap! The servicing guys can only come earliest on 21 May, one more week to go... I hope it rains soon...
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