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Anton Casey Left Singapore with Family

It sure escalated fast, I remember reading about his comments on Facebook last week and now he has left Singapore with his family. I did a search about him and people were relentlessly bombarding him, even people who were trying to be nice were attacked as well, the wrath of Singapore's netizens is limitless and merciless. I think people are getting overly worked up over this issue, and also being online and without having to face the person himself, it's easier to say whatever you want, and I feel that people just lose control. Anyway his comments were not entirely wrong, the part where he mentioned the stench on our MRT, that's true, our MRT is indeed smelly, being a regular commuter I had to endure the stench of farts, burps, sweat or strange food smells, I'm not saying I never fart nor burp nor sweat, it's just that some people do it on the train, I never fart or burp on the train, I do have the urge sometimes but I can force myself to endure until I leave the
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Toto $5M Reunion Draw on 24 Jan 2014

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Almost forgot about it, I bought $2 quick pick, just trying my luck, but I'm wondering what I will do if I win, probably set it aside for stocks, imagine I win $5M hahaha, dream on. Anyway there's another Hong Bao Draw on 14 Feb 2014, the price is $10M, remember to buy! $5M Reunion Draw on 24 Jan 2014 9.30pm For the official info, click here .
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Thinking of Going for a Cruise

I have no idea where I should go for holiday, been looking at some cruises and I also managed to find a good blog series on a Caribbean cruise, it's a very detailed and after reading it, I felt like I've been there, but actually I've never been on a cruise. Come to think of it, a cruise sounds like a good idea, the ship is like a city by itself, it's so big, plenty of facilities, food and accommodation covered, entertainment covered, there's even a casino, pool, rock climbing etc etc etc, very tempting, the best part is when the ship docks, I can take a shore trip, wow. Now let me check it out more,  maybe I would go in March or April.
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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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