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Starmex Aircon Very Easy to Clean

The vanes can be removed easily because the middle and left section can be unlocked and the inner vanes can be pulled down by unlocking it, exposing the fan takes less than a minute, but nothing much to clean because we only used it for about 2 months. I think overall I'm very satisfied with my aircon, the cooling power is solid, at 24 degrees it's so chilling, have the Genting Highlands feel, 25 is just nice for me but my wife prefer 24, I can't imagine 23 and below, must be super cold. The best part about this aircon is they have this silent fan mode, you turn it on and there is barely any sound coming from the aircon, it's as if the aircon is not even there, and the difference between silent mode and normal fan mode is just that silent takes a little bit longer to cool the room so no biggie. One problem with this aircon is the fan is too powerful, previously I was using auto fan mode and when the fan goes into high speed, it will vibrate and make a lot of noise,
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Wife Completed PR Formalities

Our appointment was at 1.45pm, we reached ICA building at 1pm and registered at about 1.05pm, the PR services centre at level 5 was quite empty so we didn't have to wait long, about 10 minutes later our number was called, we went to submit my wife's passport, her long-term visit pass plus (ICA will keep this), 2 passport size photograph taken at the same level (4 pieces for $5), the approval letter, paid $200 by NETS ($100 for entry permit, $50 for re-entry permit, $50 for blue IC), and finally collected my wife's entry and re-entry permit and a slip of paper to register an appointment to collect her blue IC. And she got a new IC number starting with S, her G number is no longer in use. The whole process ended before 1.45pm, faster than expected, I thought we will be stuck there for at least 2 hours lol. And just to share an incident while taking photo at the level 5, the uncle insisted that my wife put on a coat for her photograph, I checked the approval letter and there
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Sichuan Mala Pot Really So Expensive!

This is the part two of my first post . Today I checked with my colleagues, one told me he paid $26 for two when he ate at Chinatown, the other told me they went to eat in a group of 4 and they paid $28 which comes to $7 per pax, now I can see this mala pot, oh wait, the correct name is Mala Xiang Guo i.e. Spicy Fragrant Pot lol, is not cheap food, even though the ingredients are cheap but the actual price is not, we are not eating at restaurants, it's just food centre or food court, how can they sell so expensive, ridiculous.
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What to do When ICA Rejects Your PR?

I like to share stories so let's start by sharing my wife's PR story. I married her in Sep 2010 and I applied LTVP for her, then in May 2011, I applied PR for her, waited for about 6 months and it was rejected with no reason given, boy was I pissed, but I knew I was simply trying my luck so I had no intention to appeal nor submit it again as soon as possible, that is because I did a lot of research on this topic, spoke to a couple of friends, co-workers and relatives, and I realized that if there is not much change from point of submission to appeal, then there is really no point to appeal. For spousal PR application, ICA will assess both of our eligibility, just look at the Form 4 , they want to know our occupation, salary, education level, number of children, then they will also want to know our IRAS and CPF information, so what I'm saying is if there is not much change in those information, then really no point to appeal or submit soon. So for my wife's ca
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First-Time LTVP Applicant is Required to be Present in Singapore

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Thanks to an anonymous visitor who encountered this issue and also updated back to this blog. The reason why first-time applicant is required to be present in Singapore is because when the applicant submits the application online at e-VP , one of the mandatory field is DE Card Number, this number comes from the white card a visitor gets when he/she enters Singapore. For renewal, there is no such requirement. I have attached following screenshots from the original posting for reference, the comments was posted at  How to Marry a Thai in Singapore . Original Comments
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Office Connection Damn Slow

I heard that my office building is using 10Mbps internet connection, basket such a big building with so many users and they only have 10Mbps, ridiculous, so in order to speed things up, I brought my work home, my fibre connection is so much faster, what a world of difference. I really think large organizations should spend a bit more on faster connections, why scrimp and save on this kind of necessity, it's the internet age, 10Mbps is not acceptable! At least 100mbps please.
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Sichuan Mala Pot So Expensive

Just now my wife tried the mala pot for the first time, it's not the steamboat kind of mala pot, it's the type where you choose some ingredients and then the chef will stir fry it in the mala sauce. She ordered seaweed, black fungus, sliced bamboo, enoki mushrooms and sliced pork, guess how much, $15, what the heck, ok the serving is enough for two but $15 is a rip-off and it doesn't even come with rice, I can buy whole packs of everything and cook it myself for less than $10 and serve at least 4, anyway they only gave two small slices of pork in case you think it might be the pork that is expensive. It's mostly just veggies, how come they can charge so much just for veggies, the mala sauce is not expensive, you can get it at any supermarket for around $2+. By the way it's at a food court, Kou Fu at Commonwealth MRT, even so, the price is still ridiculous, I wonder if this is the normal price for mala pot, it's our first time eating it, my wife told me the two
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Eldest Aunt Struck with Cancer

Just now went to visit her at KK hospital, she looked really tired, I think it's due to her medication and she told me she might not make it, her neck is swollen and she can barely move, she's 68 years old, I think as a person gets older, all sorts of illnesses start to appear, it's just part and parcel of life. I was not sure what I should say to her, I kept telling her to rest. She is now in a single bedroom, I think it's the ICU, tomorrow they are going to transfer her to a healthcare home, I think it's a charity home so the costs will be lower. She told me to take care of my father, I just said okay sure.
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Just Configured My Blog to Auto Publish to Twitter

Haha, yes I have a twitter account, bet you didn't know that lol... Anyway I can't find much use for twitter, I really have no idea why it is so popular but it sure is good for people to post real-time updates, or maybe that's why it is so popular. So today I decided to make use of it, I found this web service  twitterfeed , I can configure it so that whenever I make a post on my blog, it will automatically publish to my twitter account, I can even configure it to do the same for Facebook, too bad I don't have a Facebook account now, maybe I'll create one later, nowadays it's all about the likes lol. So let's see if this post gets auto published to twitter, be going for lunch now, ciao!
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Dreamt That I Got Fired

The scene that I saw was a big corporate room with someone who seems to be the CEO, not my CEO in real life though, this dream CEO is younger without any white hair. Me and two or three other people that I have never seen before were sitting together in the room, what happened next was the CEO telling us that we are terminated immediately, everyone else said nothing and simply walked out of the room, I tried to ask for the reason but the CEO said nothing. In my mind I was so worried, so angry, so confused, wondering how the heck am I supposed to get a job, wondering why the heck was I terminated. Next scene was the company HR passing me a payment slip, seems like the CEO ordered the HR to make immediate payment on the next day, obviously because I was terminated and he wanted to pay me fast so I can get lost fast. After that, I woke up, so scary, now I realize that I'm scared of losing my job, fortunately in my company, it's not easy to get terminated, you really have to sc
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Automatically Reload Properties File in Spring Framework

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Can't believe I spent so many days trying to get this to work, in the end it is actually so simple lol, now there is no need to restart my server whenever the properties file change, spring will detect and reload it on the fly. I created a demo project in hope that it will help someone, there really is no need to spend days looking for such a simple answer ;) My Project Structure demo.jsp <h1>${hostname}</h1> <h1>${driver}</h1> <h1>${reading}</h1> <h1>${writing}</h1> database.properties hostname=localhost driver=oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver language.properties reading=english,chinese,malay writing=english,malay web.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"  xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"  xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"  xsi:schemaLocation="htt
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Woman Relieves Herself in Public

Source Wow, seems like she took a dump, in public, and at the MRT station! It's getting worse, the last news that I read about such incident was a young boy pissing into a bottle on the train, are these people mad or what, we are not living in the jungle, you don't shit or piss wherever you like, not in public view, at least take cover, find somewhere isolated, shit or piss onto grass patch, it will be useful as fertilizer, but this woman is the ultimate, she outright shits on the floor, so who is going to clean up after her, at least the boy pissed into a bottle.
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My Job is Secured for the Next 8 Years

Today we just took over a new project, this is the one where I was supposed to be the lead but luckily my boss decided to let my senior take the lead, I find that I'm not leader quality lol, no actually being a lead is quite a pain in the ass, have to prepare monthly reports, attend meetings, just taking over this project I've already attended a lot of meetings and I don't really enjoy it, I'm the hands-on type of person, I prefer to get things done, meetings are a waste of time to me. Another thing is I realized that I won't get a promotion even if I get to be the lead, haha now you know why I say lucky, more responsibilities for the same pay. Anyway I heard from my lead that we won the project with a contract of 8 years, that means I will have a job for the next 8 years unless I resign or get terminated, I don't think I will get terminated, I got to really screw up real bad in order to get terminated but of course I will be trying my best not to. So in this
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Long-Term Visit Pass - Plus (LTVP-PLUS)

http://www.ica.gov.sg/news_details.aspx?nid=12665 Good news for those of us who cannot get PR for our beloved spouse, because the Singapore government has come up with a enhanced long-term visit pass called LTVP-PLUS or LTVP+. I'll sum up the key points in the FAQ provided by ICA so you don't have to go through one big page. Do let me know if I missed out anything or correction is required by dropping a comment. GENERAL LTVP+ will be in effect from 01 Apr 2012. LTVP+ holders will enjoy extended duration of residency, public healthcare subsidies and easier access to employment. No separate application required for LTVP+; an application for LTVP will automatically include your spouse for LTVP+, if eligible. LTVP applications submitted from 01 Feb 2012 will automatically be considered for LTVP+. The first approved LTVP+ will grant 3 years residency and subsequent renewal will be 5 years. Current holders of LTVP will be considered for LTVP+ on next renewal. If holde
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How to Marry a Thai in Singapore

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You should refer to here -  https://www.rom.gov.sg/reg_info/rom_marriage.asp Please spend some time to go through and understand the information on that section (legal provision, other information, filing of notice, solemnization and etc), if your still not sure, feel free to drop a comment here or you can use their FAQ . The ROM website did a really good job of putting together the information that you need in a well-organized manner. I've done it once and I think the guide is very easy to follow. The only hiccup I've had with my marriage is during the  Appointment for verification & Statutory Declaration where both of us were required to read out a wall of text and my wife had difficulty getting past the first few lines and the counter guy got fed up and told my wife to stop. Definitely my oversight as I didn't arrange for an interpreter beforehand but luckily, there was a licensed interpreter at the scene and we managed to get her to do the interpretation fo
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Commission Calculator for DBS Vickers SG Stocks

Made this little tool to help me calculate the costs of buying or selling a stock, just enter number of shares and price and it will show both buy and sell costs at the same time. Can even choose by cash upfront, online or phone and it will calculate using respective rates. Cash Upfront ONLINE By Phone Shares: Price: Value: Commission: Clearing Fee:
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