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Finally Completed My Posting Out Assignment

My boss posted me to another team to help out for 5 days, then they added one more day which is today, and finally it's all finished, hopefully they won't ask me to go back again, really don't like the work there, very messy. But overall, it's good for me as it will look good in my next year's performance review, more points haha. Sigh, waiting for the bonus this month and increment next month, wonder how much I can get, but got some info that the increment this year will be good, see how.
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Married with Children and Still Natural to Fall in Love?

Source "Maids are human beings and we have feelings too. It is natural to fall in love," says Tara, who is married in the Philippines and has a four-year-old son with her Filipino husband. "I still love my husband and my son. But I am all alone in Singapore and I need someone here too, because I need to stay and work here for many years to support my family back home." Huh? She's already married and still needs another man to be there for her? I don't understand the logic, she got herself a boyfriend and isn't that considered cheating on her husband? If it's just a platonic relationship then I think it's fine but if you read the article, you can tell that the relationship is more than just friends. How about her son, she said she still love her husband and son, so how can she do something like this? I really don't understand.
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Wah Tonight So Damn Hot

I turn the aircon at 22 degrees with full fan power still warm, my room thermometer shows 30.5 degrees right now, what the hell, just now it was 33, don't think my aircon is faulty, it's blowing out cool air, I think it will take longer to cool the room because outside is hot. Just now I went downstairs and it was warm, at night also warm, something really wrong with this weather, night should be cooling, downstairs totally no wind, sigh, jia lat, lucky still have aircon if not can melt to death.
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House Flooring Still Not Started

It's been two weeks and my father's friend still have not start doing anything, not even applying for the permit, sigh, don't know when he can finish, father say by end of this month can move, I think by next month also not started, jia lat. But at least the house looks much better now, painted, cleaned up the bedroom, my father removed the aluminium window frame today, he said looks brighter, the windows frames are really in the way, I think only good if you have kids but we don't have so can't wait to remove it. He also bought some special cleaning agent to clean the doors, the doors look like new now so no need to change. Hope can get some good news about the floor this week.
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My Wife Sold Her Pink Bicycle for $130

We bought for $165 if I remember correctly, and also bought an air pump for $20+, the bicycle lock for $10 or $15, sold everything for $130. I think the condition is still good because my wife rarely used it, furthermore when we move to the new place, I don't think she will use it at all because our new place is quite hilly, nobody cycles there. My wife asked my father to help send it, she paid him $30 for the delivery, actually it's quite on the way for my father so I think $30 is still reasonable, so finally she got back $100, not bad. My wife sold it to a Thai friend she met on Facebook, there is a page on Facebook for Thai people living in Singapore, they share job info, sell stuff and make friends, it's like a Thai social circle in Singapore. She met quite a few friends there, all married to Singaporean guys, all couples like us, actually quite interesting to know there are so many couples like us and I think it's good for my wife to make friends with them, they
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Starhub 100Mbps Fibre Broadband Now $29.90

I signed up for the same plan last week and it was $39.90, today they have a promotion which runs until 15 June and the price is $10 cheaper, what the heck. Anyway today the Starhub guy came to install the ONT, router and the free TV box but he can't test because the power socket near the TP is faulty so tomorrow I will drop by and test it myself, probably paint a little bit more to make the house look even nicer and then bring my wife to Chinatown. There is one Bak Kut Teh stall at Chinatown Complex, the soup is white pepper based and really power, the meat is really the Bak Kut, the big ribs, really solid, the sesame oil chicken also power, they got a few other dishes and I want to try it tomorrow.
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Signed Up for Starhub 100Mbps Fibre Broadband @ $39.90

Signed for my new home, my existing fibre and cable TV plan will transfer to my father, fortunately he is willing to take over since him and my mother are using so no need for me to transfer over to new home, that will be damn costly, few hundred bucks just to shift the service over, I sign up for new plan they provide everything for free, install the termination point (previous owner didn't take the free installation offer, puzzling right, free also don't want), activation, install router, even give me 16 free cable TV channels and a home line, but I told them to cancel the home line, totally no use to us. So for those of you already on contract, please see whether you can transfer ownership to your family member before moving, you can do that, just need that person to go down with you to any Starhub shop to do the transfer so you can sign up for a new one, no need to shift the service to new place, they will charge you ridiculous amount of money for that.
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Today Sheng Siong Really Sheng 升

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Yesterday they  announced that they will open a shop in Tampines Central, today their share price finally moved up after months of not much action, I think it's a good news for investors and shoppers alike, the location used to be an S-11 foodcourt, me and wife used to eat there after seeing the doctor at the polyclinic, oh the clinic is just about 100 meters away, just cross one road, and the Tampines North Community Centre is just opposite of the clinic. S-11 Foodcourt I think it's a really good location, that area is quite boring, the S-11 closed down already due to lacking business but now that Sheng Siong is going to open shop there, I think it will spring back to life, even their share price also spring back to life. Sheng Siong at 0.645/0.650 And I really think this shop will bring in a lot of revenue for Sheng Siong, just look at the crowd in Tampines, damn scary, all the uncles and aunties will swarm there after their clinic visit, mind you, the clinic i
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Make Payment to SP Services Via DBS iBanking

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I still have not sign up for the POSB Everyday Card recurring bills payment, want to wait until I receive the town council bill then sign both together. And I just receive my first SP bill, so I thought I might as well try paying via iBanking and I found the process to be very easy. First you login to iBanking , then go to Payments > Bill Payment and find SP SERVICES, can follow the following image, once you have the same, click Submit: Find SP Services On the next screen, you select the Pay From, can be directly from your POSB/DBS account or from credit card, I charged to my Everyday card, then fill in the amount as stated in your bill, and the Consumer Reference No. refers to your SP Services account number. Once you fill in the info, just submit, finally I think there will be a confirmation, just submit again. Fill in the info I made the payment last Friday and today I can see it reflected in my SP Services page, done! Paid on 06 Jun, reflected on 09 Jun
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Open Source Screen Capture Tool

Recently I was looking for a Snagit alternative and found this free software called Greenshot that can do whatever Snagit can do, if you are interested, go download it!
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Washed My New Room Today

The painting work for our room is mostly completed, just need a few patch here and there, so today we flushed the room with water, only the flooring, then I scrubbed with some white cleaning agent, my wife used the dust pan as a squeegee to remove the water, I think the whole process took us almost 2 hours, damn shagged. Actually we wanted to paint the kitchen but we ran out of emulsion, went to the shop nearby but they don't sell the same brand, father say must buy same brand if not colour might differ, so I didn't buy, he said he will buy on Monday and told us to clean the room instead. After cleaning, I thought might as well wash the kitchen, I know we are going to overlay later but the sight of the flooring really disgusts me, so dirty, I flushed the flooring with water, and I found that kitchen flooring was easier to clean since the drainage is right there.
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Aircon Installed and Some Other Stuff

The aircon guys came around 11.30am, they finished installation at about 3.15pm, I think they did a good job, looks very nice and the aircon is cooling. Another team sent the fridge and washing machine but they came late at around 5.15pm due to heavy rain but never mind, most important is the fridge and washing looks good! Today I also signed up for the 100Mbps Starhub fibre line, the installation is free, only have to pay $39.90, it also comes with free 16 channels cable tv and home phone line, but I cancelled the home line because me and wife only use handphone so really no use. They will install next Tuesday and Friday, OpenNet got to come first to bring the line in, Starhub later to setup the router, my wife will go on both days to open the door for them. Just now we also bought a queen-size spring mattress for $280, includes delivery, like not a bad deal, don't know what brand though, wife say okay then I just buy haha, she keep saying she don't want the current mattre
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Tomorrow Deliver Aircon, Fridge and Washing Machine!

They got a free slot tomorrow so they will deliver and install tomorrow, great, I took leave just for that haha, I think I will go early to do some painting and decide where to put the equipment, still not sure where to install the aircon.
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Long-Term Visit Pass - Plus (LTVP-PLUS)

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How to Marry a Thai in Singapore

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Commission Calculator for DBS Vickers SG Stocks

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