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After Covid, Now Monkeypox

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/explainer-how-concerned-should-we-be-about-monkeypox-2697966 Seems like the world has no shortage of bad news, finally when we see some relief from Covid-19, out of nowhere comes monkeypox, then there's the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, China lockdown, global inflation. The wanton mee at my neighbourhood hawker centre increase price from SG$3.50 to SG$4.00, 12.5% increase. What a bad year. Key takeaway from the monkeypox news article: As of 21 May, 92 confirmed cases and 28 suspected cases of monkeypox in 12 countries. Monkeypox is a virus that can cause symptoms including fever, aches and presents with a distinctive bumpy rash. Fatality rate of around 1 per cent. Most people fully recover in two to four weeks. Spread through close, intimate skin on skin contact with someone who has an active rash. "COVID-19 is spread by the respiratory route and is highly infectious. This doesn't appear to be the case with the monkeypox," sai
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6-8 Weeks Waiting Time for Passport

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https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2022/04/submitted-passport-renewal-for-daughter.html I submitted renewal for daughter on 15 Apr, that time say need at least 1 month, until now still no update, so I google and found that now they change to 6-8 weeks, wow, if worst case 8 weeks that means have to wait until 10th of June, I guess ICA must be really overwhelmed right now. Also found this link, seems like there is a massive surge in passport applications, 8 weeks also don't know enough or not. https://www.ica.gov.sg/news-and-publications/newsroom/media-release/response-to-media-queries-on-passport-applications-and-queue-management-at-ica-building
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5-room HDB @ Henderson Sold for SG$$1.4M

https://www.asiaone.com/money/sold-14m-sellers-singapore-s-most-expensive-hdb-flat-may-be-walking-away-cool-650k-profit Wah, now HDB worth so much, not sure if really worth so much or just inflation, reading up about Bitcoin and money made me realise that we are living in an inflationary money system, the price of everything will only keep going up because governments will keep printing money in order for the economy to grow, that's not a problem if salary can keep up, but usually that's a problem. On the bright side, I just checked my 2-room resale prices, seems to have gone up too, I think by the time I sell for my new Tengah flat, it might be able to cover my existing loan, and I can use the rest plus my CPF to fully pay for the Tengah flat.
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李国煌 Mark Lee Into NFT Lol

https://www.instagram.com/marklee4444 - his instagram https://twitter.com/marklee4444 - his twitter I used to watch his shows a lot, he is eloquent, humourous and doesn't put on airs, very typical Singaporean haha. I read through his tweets, great humour as always haha. GN 地震s Today I quite Tok Kong cause becum teacher! 今天教我的boomer frens ： Degen - 地震 Discord - 打死狗 Rugpull - 地毯池 WAGMI - 哇沙比 Wen lambo - 几时蓝宝 Ape - Hoot ah! LFG - Chiong ah! Anything missing ? Plz teach Free lesbian for boomer — marklee4444.eth (@marklee4444) April 23, 2022
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NiceHash QuickMiner v0.5.4.2 RC - Good!

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https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2022/05/nicehash-100-lhr-unlock.html https://www.nicehash.com/blog/post/nicehash-quickminer-v0-5-4-2-rc-lhrv3-unlock Yesterday NiceHash released a new Release Candidate (RC) for the 100% LHR unlock, I have been using it, so far so good, no more Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD), MH/s also looks impressive. Only one tiny issue is when I stop mining, my screen freeze, I had to press Ctrl + Alt + Del to unfreeze it, not a showstopper though.
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PRDV151: Bitcoin for Everybody - Passed!

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https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2022/05/prdv151-bitcoin-for-everybody-my.html Finally I completed the course, now I know more about Bitcoin than ever, and I can add it into my resume haha. After I completed and passed the final exam, the cert was emailed to me immediately, exam was not too difficult, MCQ to test my knowledge of what was covered during the 5 units. The first 3 units took longer, lots of reading, the last 2 units quite straightforward for me so I managed to finish faster, but may not be straightforward for others, I shall not reveal too much. I must thank Saylor Academy for providing this course free of charge, really appreciate the effort put into producing this course to teach people about Bitcoin, the history, technology and people behind it. I'm just wondering, what if one day 1 Satoshi is 1 USD? I might not see it, maybe my daughter will, just a random crazy thought haha. If you are interested, you can sign up here:  https://learn.saylor.org
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PRDV151: Bitcoin for Everybody - My Progress

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https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2022/05/left-cheek-is-fully-recovered.html These days I have been following up on the course, so far about 57% completed by counting the green boxes; 16 out of 28. Free course and cert here if you are interested:  https://learn.saylor.org The course is supposed to take 12 hours, but I spent too much too time reading too widely on the links in the units, end up I realise along the way they also cover so no point over-reading, maybe I too kiasu haha. I find the course very interesting, open up a whole new world for me, now I know why Bitcoin has managed to hold dominance, the community behind it is incredibly strong, the technology is revolutionary, some of the smartest developers are actively working on it, adoption is growing rapidly, it's just crazy. Back in 2009 or 2010 I played with it for a bit, thought it was just another fancy thing and I was studying for my degree at that time so I didn't dive in too deep, what the heck, look a
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Somebody File Police Report on UST/LUNA

https://watcher.guru/news/investor-files-police-report-against-terra-founder Accordingly to the screenshots to the police report, this person knows at least 1000 or more Singaporeans invested in UST and/or LUNA, but there is no mention of how much was invested or lost. One glaring point in the report is this, "influencers and finance gurus told people lies saying UST is 100% safe and they can earn 19% forever " There are 4 blog links in the police report, using the  Wayback Machine  to look up archive copies of the blogs, I couldn't find anywhere that says 100% safe or 19% forever, in fact the blog writers actually mentioned the risks of UST/LUNA, for example death spiral and depegging. https://blog.seedly.sg/anchor-protocol-review-anc https://kpo-and-czm.blogspot.com/2022/05/retiring-using-anchor-earn-crypto-com-visa.html https://www.drwealth.com/what-is-terra-luna https://investmentmoats.com/money/stablecoins-high-interest-how-safe Regardless, it is very unfortunate th
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Bitcoin Number 3 Wallet Taking Some Profit

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https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/address/1P5ZEDWTKTFGxQjZphgWPQUpe554WKDfHQ The number 3 Bitcoin wallet made a weird move today, moved 1,500 BTC to coinbase, and then moved 1,200 BTC back. Did this whale sell 300 BTC? Maybe he/she is taking some profit, earlier buys were below $30,000 after all.
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$BTC Average Price: No. 3 Wallet

Date: 2022-05-17 12:29:42 Address: https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/address/1P5ZEDWTKTFGxQjZphgWPQUpe554WKDfHQ Balance: 127,367.54 Cost: $2,853,511,661.39 Average Price: $22,403.76 BTC Price: $30,221.83 Profit/Loss: $995,768,453.24
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