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Airasia 20% Discount

Yesterday I was talking about Airasia tickets for 4 from Singapore to Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Udon Thani and back costing almost $1700, today they came out with a 20% discount, but the discount applies only to the base fare, excluding the airport charges, so a $125 ticket becomes $110.40. I ran a check again and the total cost comes up to about $1460, it's cheaper but still over my budget, actually I was thinking of maybe $1200, and maybe $1400 max, don't really want to spend so much on the tickets. I think I will wait, who knows they might come up with more discounts since the situation in Bangkok is becoming more uncertain and chaotic. Worse comes to worst, we will skip the holiday and save the money, so maybe I'll give more ang pao for my parents, and give my wife more allowance, and I will have more money to invest, everyone will be happy ;)
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Maybe Not Going to Thailand this April

I was talking about planning a trip to Thailand this coming April, the air tickets costs around $1700 for 4 person to and fro, damn expensive, that's $400+ per head, and it's only for air tickets, doesn't seem like a good way to spend my money. Note that it includes air tickets to and from Udon Thani, it's all to play safe, fly from Singapore to Don Mueang to Udon, no need to leave the airport, mainly it's for safety reason because I really don't know when the protests will end, who knows it could drag on and get more violent. If it was more peaceful, we could have considered taking a bus to Udon instead, but with the current situation seeming spiraling out of control, no. Now I'm thinking where we should go for holiday, maybe Genting Highlands is a good idea? I ran a quick check, transport plus accommodation for 4 person is around $500, compare to $1700 just for air tickets, and we would have plenty of cash for spending, why not. Got to save some money
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Gangnam Style - PSY (Jayesslee Cover)

I didn't know Gangnam style can be performed like this! It's very soothing, very nice to listen to after a day's work, check it out!
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SingPost and Prudential Partnership?

If you are going to Singapore Post Centre at Paya Lebar, please be mindful that they have Prudential staff stationed there. Today when I was there, I assumed everyone there was SingPost staff, now I don't even know if the lady who attended to me was SingPost or Prudential staff, so anyway when I entered the building, a lady approached me and I thought how nice of her to be so proactive, she helped me with my parcel collection enquiry and also asked if I have got a new medishield thingy, and she sounded like I might have missed out something awesome and so she introduced me to another lady. I was thinking how come SingPost is doing insurance nowadays. So I spoke to the second lady, she asked for my SingPass id, I typed in the password, and after talking to her for a while she told me she is from Prudential, and it's a partnership between them and SingPost, man I was shocked. So she tried to sell me their shield plan but I told her I am already covered by NTUC Incom
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Parcel Sent from Thailand

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My mother-in-law bought some supplement for my wife, it was sent from Thailand on 07 Jan 2014 via Thailand Post using EMS. This morning she still have not receive the parcel and since we are going to ICA, we also made a trip to Singapore Post Centre at Paya Lebar to check. The staff there asked for our tracking id (the Thailand Post EMS tracking id) and my wife's identity card (her LTVP+), so she checked and found that the parcel has been dispatched to our residence. And indeed, we saw the parcel on the common desk when we reached home, guess my mom signed on my wife's behalf. This is what the Thailand Post tracking looks like for those interested, Thailand Post Tracking The total weight is 240 grams, total cost is around 5000 Baht (about 192.77 SGD) so no need to pay GST (if the total value including postage costs more than 400 SGD, need to pay GST, details here ).
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Update Passport Details to ICA after Renewal

Earlier on, Singapore Thai embassy informed my wife that her passport is ready for collection , so yesterday she went to collect but I forgot to tell her that she also need to update her passport details to ICA as it is a terms and condition of long term pass, Terms & Conditions of Long-Term Visit Pass (LTVP) "You are required to notify ICA if there is any change in your passport particulars or place of residence within 14 days of the change . You can report a change of address online through your local sponsor via e-Update of Address." And seems like I can only update address online, can't find any function to perform passport update, so I accompanied my wife to ICA today. The process is very simple. 1. Photocopy both the old and new passports' page with photograph, and also photocopy front and back of the LTVP/LTVP+. 2. Proceed to the counter at Level 4 Visitor Services Centre, go to the left side where there is a blue uniformed officer, only that offic
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Duck, Chicken and Pork for Chinese New Year

This year for the first time ever, I ordered a roasted duck, a roasted chicken and half kilo roasted pork, in the past my parents used to buy it, now I have sort of taken over that. So today I went to get the bill and made payment, total was $77; 35 for duck, 24 for chicken and 18 for pork. I thought of ordering 1 kilo for the pork but it was too big, don't think we can finish it, we still have steam boat and some other food.
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My Wife's Thai Passport is Ready for Collection

She went to renew her passport at the Singapore Thai Embassy on 23 Dec 2013, so after about 18 days, which is today, she received a phone call from the embassy saying her passport is ready for collection. I think it was quite fast because with the protests going on in Bangkok and news of shutdown, I thought everything would be slower, I was even a bit worried her passport would not be processed if the Thai government got shut down, but luckily it wasn't that bad. My wife also said the staff at the Thai embassy are very rude, I went there once and the lady who attended to us was really rude, it's like she hated her job and she's still got to do it anyway kind of attitude, I thought government staff should be more well trained in terms of attitude since they are representing their country, strange, even weirder is Thai people you meet on the streets in Thailand are much more friendlier.
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