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Salty Bet for Some Entertainment

Link  to Salty Bet. Found the website through a youtube video, at first I thought they were playing with real money but actually they playing using Salty Bucks which is a virtual currency with no value. So when you create an account, you get $400 of the virtual money. I think it's pretty good fun to pass some time, if you have nothing better to do at home, maybe you can create an account and place your bets haha.
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McDonald's White Chocolate Strawberry Pie

Taste very oily, and totally don't look as advertised, one piece for $1.50. Previously they have this chocolate pie also kind of oily. I think the apple pie still the best, crispy and full of filling and don't taste so oily.
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Golden Toilet Stolen

Source A solid gold toilet was stolen in England haha.
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Getting Hazy Again

Today the haze seems to be the worse so far for this week, the burnt smell is stronger, I wonder where is burning, most likely our best neighbours are burning their forest again. Every year is the same, the same thing keep happening, not very good for health, everybody gets sick, now I'm a bit sick sigh.
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Starhub $25 Sim Only Plan Looks Good

You might be thinking why Starhub haha, not that I own their shares but I have been using their services since the 1.5 Gbps cable days and so far I'm satisfied so don't really feel like switching. So when me and my wife's mobile contract expires, I will most probably switch to the $25 sim only plan, it will slash our mobile spending by slightly more than half, can save more money this way. About the mobile phone, currently we are using iPhone 8, so far it's still working fine unlike the iPhone 6 not even 2 years the battery going weak. If phone still working then no need to buy also, can save even more money, one iPhone also not cheap, or maybe in future can consider using those Android-based phones but I don't really like Android interface, still prefer iOS which is more intuitive.
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Watch One Punch Man Manga Online

https://one-punchman.com/ While holidaying in Bangkok, and during free time in hotel room, I found this manga site to watch the ever popular One Punch Man manga, it's pretty good, managed to go up 101 chapters so far. In case you don't know what is One Punch Man, it's a story of an ordinary man who somehow got super strong, so strong that he can beat anything with just one punch hence the name One Punch Man. It may sound really boring with such a simple title but it's a really good manga, one of the funniest and epic. The anime is even better but it's coming out much slower than the manga so I decided to just read the manga instead. So if you haven't watched the anime or read the manga, please do, don't miss out.
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Back from Bangkok Part 3 of 3

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Last hotel of the trip, Novotel Bangkok On Siam Square. Of the 3 hotels that we stayed, this is the most expensive. Price: 2 nights including all taxes was S$312.92, that's S$156.46 per night. For the price I think the Holiday Inn Bangkok Silom was way better overall and way cheaper. I guess Novotel is more expensive due to the really great location, it's all walking distance to the major malls and shopping areas, can even walk to MBK or the Erawan Shrine. Photos below. Not a great way to start the experience, see that black ant haha. For the pricing, they actually only provided a queen-sized bed, how disappointing, furthermore I booked a non-smoking room and they only had a smoking room with double bed; the one available non-smoking room had twin beds. Even though I'm a smoker, I find the room a bit smokey, wife was complaining but well not much of a choice. More expensive doesn't mean good. Overall the interior feels dated compared to Holiday Inn Ba
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Back from Bangkok Part 2 of 3

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So next two nights we stayed at Holiday Inn Bangkok Silom, I think it is the best out of the 3 that we stayed during this trip, just the lobby was really impressive. Price: S$197.05 for two nights all taxes included, S$98.525 per night. Photos below. Managed to get this roasted pork belly rice at 7/11, only 3 boxes so must go in early morning. Just look at the lobby, so nice and comfy, worlds apart compared to that Grand China Hotel. Nice view of the city. King-sized bed, really comfortable, makes me want to buy one, I think when I get my BTO I am going to get a king-sized bed. Even have a work area, they have LAN cable too. By the way the power sockets are international sockets so no need for those stupid converters. Their own tuk tuk haha. Ate these at MBK, pretty good, I'm glad they brought their street food standard to the food court because I thought all that good taste will be gone but good thing it didn't happen. Com
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Back from Bangkok Part 1 of 3

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Sigh, sian, back to reality again, had a nice time there because this time round we didn't stay at one hotel all the way, for 6 nights, we stayed at 3 different hotels so it was refreshing throughout. So I'll break up my story in 3 part for 3 hotels. First hotel is Grand China Hotel @ Yaowarat Road a.k.a Chinatown. Price: 2 nights including all taxes was S$102.35, I got one night free. Without the free night I guess total would be S$180-S$190, so that's about S$90+ per night. I'll be blunt, the chinatown sucks, full of old buildings, mostly uninhabited I think, I wonder why the local government don't tear down all those old ugly disgusting buildings. Our two nights happened to be on weekends, so the night markets are open, and it was crazy crowded, super packed with tourists, food is very expensive too, no aircon but price is like restaurant pricing, just for context, one simple fried rice 100 Baht. Anyway we ate at a road stall which served nice fishball no
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