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Opened My SP Services Account

I signed up online and they sms me a while after saying they will go check the meters but I don't have to be present, I think these few days the transfer should be completed. They also charged $60 for the initial deposit to my account. I wonder when the town council will open an account for me, if can open soon I will sign up both for the POSB Everyday card recurring bill payment, there is 1% rebate for SP and 0.3% for town council.
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Brought My Father to My New House

This morning he drove us there, he wanted to take measurements for the kitchen cabinet and flooring, he said because the house is small so should be easy to do and won't cost that much as we mostly have to pay for material, whatever he can do he will do for us, if he can't, he has friends who can help, he's trying to help me save money. So tonight I will give him one set of keys and let him do whatever he needs, if need money I tell him to just let me know. I also asked him to source for aircon, he is in the carpentry line so he has friends who install aircon too, they can also find supplier, I'll leave it to him. He will also do the painting for us, change the power sockets and light switches. Anyway the house is empty now, just now forgot to take pictures.
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$13.43 Savings with POSB Everyday Card!

I charged $352.10 to my card last month and they awarded me with 13.43 Daily$ which I can use it to offset my bills, that's about 3.81% savings, good!
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Collected My Keys!

The owners are very willing to hand us the keys, in fact the male owner saw me last week and he wanted to give me the keys, but I think I walked too fast and he couldn't catch me, by the way he is living in the same estate as my parents, just a few blocks away. They are also okay with us moving in early, or do whatever works that we need to do, very nice and friendly couple. We have not taken over the SP account yet, but the owners say we can feel free to use the water and electricity because they still have unused rebates, about $50 or $60+, really helpful, where to find such nice sellers. So just now me and wife went to Courts to take a look, we went to the aircon section, the nice salesperson explained some stuff to us, and he recommended me to buy this Midea brand aircon, it's made in China, $2299 for system 2, very cheap compared to other brands. Then I told him I also plan to buy a fridge, washing machine and mattress, and I asked him if there's a discount if I buy
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Never Too Late to Study

Source I find that his story is very similar to mine, he dropped out at secondary 3, I dropped out at secondary 2, both of us realized that without paper qualification, the road will be very rough, I know there are people who succeeded without any paper but how many are there in every 10 who tried? Anyone know the statistics? Worse are those who keep telling you stories of this guy who became rich without PSLE, or that guy who made it with only N-levels, or that ITE graduate who is earning $5000 a month, it's like saying one should buy TOTO because there are people who won first group, but do you know how low the probability of winning is? Doesn't mean you shouldn't try but also doesn't mean you should fully depend on it, get what I mean. But I really respect this guy, he went through a challenging path, 2 years of ITE night classes and then 3 years of polytechnic, I think he studied full-time in polytechnic and that's probably why it took him 3 years, I remembe
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Thai Social Network in Singapore

Singtip.com Just to share this site with you guys, they have a forum on jobs and housing, it's all in Thai though so I think you can get your Thai partner to check it out, maybe he/she will find something useful there. But actually if you want to find a job for Thai, good place to start is Golden Mile, I know that place is more famous for the nightspots but it's quite lively in the day, they have a supermarket, department stores, restaurant and some other businesses running, there's also translation services there at level 2 so it's not all that bad.
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Want to Buy Daikin Aircon for My Resale Flat

Daikin is a bit more expensive but I think it's worth it, best of all they have their own servicing team, better to let the real experts handle my aircon but problem is they don't sell directly so I can only buy from dealers, so now I'm not sure which dealer is good, if you have experience please share with me. Currently my parents are using Sharp, it's not bad but the compressor seems to be getting noisier, my wall mounted unit used to be noisy, I think the guys who cleaned my aircon didn't put it back properly, I took out the casing and put it back and now it's quiet. Another thing with Sharp is they don't have their own servicing team, I really prefer people from the manufacturing company to service my aircon, who else knows their system better.
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Maybe Can Get The Keys this Weekend

My agent just informed me that the sellers may be ready to let us do the inspection this weekend, previously he also mentioned that they are willing to give the keys early for us to do our renovation so I'm guessing we might also be able to get the keys.
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