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I Wonder How Retail Shops Survive

Last weekend suddenly thought of getting a wireless headphone so that I don't disturb wife and baby, these days they sleep early because baby have to wake up early for school. So went into Challenger to casual browse, saw this JBL Tune 500BT headphone, looks very nice and surprisingly not few hundred dollars, usually branded wireless headphone S$300-S$400 or more also have, review also seems pretty good, selling for S$89.90 for non-member price, I don't have their membership by the way. Almost wanted to buy but when I did a quick check on Amazon, it was 39.95 USD, around S$67.XX after delivery charge, wow around S$20 difference. In the end never buy from Challenger, thought of going home then order online. So today bought at Amazon, including expedited delivery is S$69.49, think next week will receive. I also went to Lazada, some even selling for S$55.00 but ships from overseas, most probably is used, some is S$69, I guess those is they resell from Amazon, then some is S$
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Dorscon Orange

https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/risk-assessment-raised-to-dorscon-orange Yesterday company suddenly called for meeting, I busy so halfway run road already, end up it is to split our team into groups, like a buddy system, one work from home, one work at office, I think the objective is if office get hit with the virus, those at home still safe and can continue work. Heard from co-worker people buying out things at supermarket to stock up, don't know real or not, seriously really need meh haha, anyway I think it's safer for family to just stay in and not go out during this period, but work and school cannot avoid la.
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Tried NETS Click on Comfort Taxi App

Finally Comfort provide this convenient payment service, just need to setup on the app which is pretty straightforward to do, and then set it as the default payment type. So how it works is you book the taxi as per normal on the app, since NETS Click is the default payment so don't need to do anything else. After the trip, just stylishly alight like how you alight from any grab taxi and the service will auto-deduct directly from your bank account. Note that even though the setup is to the card which may be a credit card (mine is a credit card), it actually is a direct debit service. Oh by the way, happy lunar new year!
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Super Busy Recently

Now rushing to finish a project, everything feels compressed, so not much time or energy to post, plus baby start school this year so feels like so many stuff going on. Anyway this year bonus is alright, 1.5 months, pretty standard I guess, increment is unexpectedly good though, 8.48%, way better than last job. Out of nowhere also have a retention bonus which according to my boss is only given to a handful of people, which means if I stay on, mid of this year will get this special bonus, next year will also get it. To be honest I was thinking of leaving after getting bonus but the package seems pretty good to miss so I think I am staying for a while more, I'm glad that that this company knows how to recognise and reward people who put in effort unlike my previous company where the reward didn't justify my responsibilities. So there is a lesson here, if you want people to work hard for you, please be sure to treat them well, even in times of crisis, these people will go al
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First Day of K1

Today baby started her first day of school in K1, she seems to like it, never cry or anything, in fact she quite hurriedly went into the school so she can start the lesson. I think it is a good thing that she embraces education, hope she can keep this eagerness all the way to university and beyond. Since yesterday is the start of the strict enforcement of e-scooter, today we took bus instead, it's not that bad actually, just have to wake up earlier and get to the bus stop on time. Oh by the way, my daughter is morning session only, 8am to 12pm, no lunch but there is breakfast, saw the teacher giving out some bread, so actually no need to prepare breakfast for her.
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Happy 2020!

It's the start of a new year again, hope that this year will be a good year, get a good increment, good bonus and also at work everything will be smooth, but most importantly is everyone stay fit stay healthy. Oh tomorrow baby start her K1, she seems to be aware of it and looking forward, I guess that is a good thing. I took leave tomorrow just to accompany her for the first day and also make sure wife knows how to get there. Cannot use e-scooter so changed to take bus, na beh speaking of e-scooter suddenly blood a bit boiling, thanks LTA for banning, great job. Anyway, Happy New Year!
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Qualified for CPF Housing Grant

Somehow still managed to qualify for $22,500 of housing grant for the new flat that I applied in May this year , not sure how they calculated but they probably deducted the $15,000 singles grant which I took when I bought my current 2-room resale flat. I think the grant will help a lot, probably don't have to take too long of a loan, hopefully don't even need to take any loan, but also depends because my current 2-room flat is depreciating fast, past 6 months prices range from $185K to $218K, I think by the time I sell, if can sell $180K already laughing. Looking forward to new house, hope by 45 years old can pay finish.
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Hades Canyon CPU Temperature 100 Degrees (Celsius)

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Recently whatever games I try to play seemed to run very badly, I thought it's just wear and tear, as time goes by hardware gets less effective. Today Sunday nothing better to do so I randomly booted into BIOS to take a look, happened to notice that the CPU temperature was 100 degrees, thought that was definitely abnormal, the casing feels so hot especially the bottom is almost like burning, don't remember this kind of temp when I bought it last year. https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2018/10/finally-setup-my-hades-canyon.html https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2018/10/final-charges-for-new-pc.html Since nothing to do, I found the following video and opened up the casing, wah the dust so damn thick, no wonder running at 100 degrees lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fiePyi6Xu0 The casing a bit challenging to open, it's like trying to open a laptop casing, I think I may have somehow bent the fins a bit but I guess it's ok sinc
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HDB Haven't Contact Me to Sign Lease Agreement

On 22 May 2019 , I applied for the Tengah BTO together with my parents under the "Multi-Generation Priority Scheme (MGPS)". On 26 Jul 2019, I booked a flat and also paid the option fee. My parents also did the same thing on the same day since we are under the same scheme so must book together. In the option to purchase document, HDB will invite me to sign the lease agreement within 4 months from the date of the option, by now already past 4 months but no news yet. I also checked the HDB portal, also no date assigned for the lease agreement appointment. Anyway I dropped them an email to see what they say. By the way on the day of signing the lease agreement, I suppose to pay 5% of the purchase price of S$240,800, which is S$12,040, and my CPF OA can fully pay for it. As for my parents, I think they don't even need to pay until they collect the keys because they are eligible for the deferred downpayment scheme since they are right-sizing i.e. downgrade from 3-ro
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Sudden Toothache Since Yesterday Night

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Yesterday when I went to sleep, the upper and lower teeth on my right cheek started to ache, not sure what happened, maybe because I drank some orange juice which I left in my bag for a few weeks, don't think it is expired but I guess the acid caused the ache. Whole night all the way till 4-5am cannot sleep, then fell asleep and woke up at 6am+ due to the ache, then sleep again until 8am woke up then go see the dentist. The dentist found cracks on my teeth, the one on upper right cheek is most severe, so she gave me an injection and then filled the crack. Also took x-ray, seems like teeth structure is ok. She say the crack is due to grinding at night, same diagnosis as my last dental visit. Last dental visit in Apr 2018. Then she recommended getting a night guard to protect my teeth, custom-made one for S$350, I think if two doctors give me the same advise, it's definitely time to do it. She said think of it as an investment, I have to agree with her, especially when sh
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