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Passed My IPPT

If I run slower by 2 seconds I would have failed lol, glad I pushed a bit more during the last stretch, at least I can get $100 for incentive pass, not enough to cover my taxi fares for this ICT but better than nothing. I calculated that I have spent $30 on Monday, $22.50 on Tuesday and $41.30 today, total is $93.80 so far, so I think my budget of $180 for taxi fares should be enough, just 3 more days to go.
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I Can Renew My Starhub Mobile Line

Ha, you might be wondering how come I can blog even when I'm serving my in-camp, actually today I get to book out, tomorrow and Thursday have to stay in for training, sigh. Anyway just realized that I can renew my mobile line because I have the hubber bonus, every 12 months I can recontract, now I'm wondering which phone I should get, I think I will probably choose the one with highest resale value and then sell it, I don't really like smartphone, my wife also okay with it. During this in-camp I also noticed that almost everyone have a smartphone, nowadays everyone bring smartphone to play games inside the camp, seems like the trend but I just don't find it interesting, maybe I'm just plain old fashioned haha.
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First Day of ICT Boring As Hell (As Usual)

But at least this ICT is not as tough as it sounds, this morning when I heard that we have a 3 days and 2 nights field training, I lost my breath for a while, really felt like fainting, and I was totally "sian" for the whole day, my platoon mates probably felt as "sian" as me but still we knew we have to do it because no choice. Luckily just now my officers announced that we will take turns to do it, that means one platoon will go first and then come back, the other platoon will take over and then continue the second day and night, and we will probably finish in 2 days and 2 nights instead, phew, I heaved a sigh of relief. 1 day and night not so bad, just endure a bit and that's it. Sigh, but after this still have 2 more high keys, I wish they will shorten ICT, maybe cut down to 8, 10 cycles a bit too much, why not they channel the money to raise NSF salary instead, reservist personnel not cheap because Mindef have to pay us civilian salary. Oh by the way to
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IKEA Pizza for Dinner

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I bought one whole packet for $5.90 and there are 7 slices inside, it's all veggies and not bad, the bread is quite special. IKEA Pizzabitar
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Now Trying Out Cyberfox Web Browser

I'm still having issue with Google Chrome even after upgrading to 64-bit, sometimes it will get stuck at the top left of the screen and there's nothing I can do about it other than close the browser and open it again, or I can drag the tab out but that's just stupid. So I just downloaded and installed Cyberfox, really cool looking and so futuristic, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed, previously I thought Palemoon would solve all my problems unfortunately I wasn't a very happy user, let's see what Cyberfox can do for me, but so far so good. If you are interested, you can download here .
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Next Week In-Camp Training

Now that I have moved to a new house, I now live farther away from my camp, if I take bus/mrt, it will probably take me around 1 hour and 30 or 45 minutes so I have contacted one of my platoon mate who lives nearby and we will share a cab to and fro the camp, I think one person would pay about $12-$15, actually if driving it's not really that far, about 20-25 minutes drive so if take taxi I think max is $30. I think we might have another mate who wants to share so per person's cost will be reduced further. I think I will budget about $180 for taxi rides lol, but I don't think I will spend that much la.
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Haze is Back Again (Again!)

I saw the news just now, the haze is coming from hot spots in Indonesia, the PSI is around 100, that means unhealthy level, and just now while making my way home, I can see that the sky is getting foggy, and today two of my co-workers took sick leave. I also feel a bit unwell, feel so tired, not sure if it's because I slept late these two days or because of the haze. I hope it gets better or else I can't go for my Saturday run, I have been running without fail for a long time now and I don't wish to be interrupted. I still don't understand why the Indonesian forest keep catching fire, I wonder what their government will say about it, probably tell us not to overreact while they stay out of the haze far away in their capital.
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Sigh, So Shagged

Today spent 4 hours at a user meeting, definitely one of the longest meeting ever, as we just took over this new project, we had to go through whatever that was outstanding when we took over, it's quite a long list of items, including the outstanding service requests, we also had to go through the problems reported by users after takeover, bloody hell just the outstanding problems took us around 3 hours, the system owner was always digging into the details and finding new things for us to do, gone through the whole list and only managed to close one case, wah piang, ended up with even more things to do. Don't know next week in-camp training is considered lucky or not, even if I can MIA for one week, that doesn't mean I won't have anything to do when I come back, I bet there will be a lot of things waiting for me to do, shit.
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Try Order from Foodpanda.sg

Boring Sunday, don't know where to go so stay home and rot. So earlier on I found out about Foodpanda.sg, seems like they have a lot of partnerships with local food stores, so they offer a large selection and they display clearly the minimum order and delivery charges which is very useful. I placed my order at 3.15pm, and I just received it at 4.30pm, not bad, I ordered from Canadian pizza by the way, smells good, going to eat now!
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Google Chrome 64-bit

Source Finally they have a 64-bit version, I am now using it and let's see how much difference it is from the 32-bit version. And recently I encountered a weird problem with the 32-bit version, sometimes Chrome will get stuck at the top left corner of my screen, not sure what I can do to solve the problem, haven't try uninstalling but since the 64-bit version is out, might as well upgrade and see if it's better.
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Using Java Keytool to Manage SSL Certs

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Set path to java bin folder The full path is something like this: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\bin That is because you need to be able to access the keytool.exe in bin folder: keytool.exe Run cmd as administrator Make sure you run cmd as administrator or else you won't be able to modify the cacerts: Run as administrator Change directory to the cacerts directory In the command prompt, cd to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\jre\lib\security In the directory, you will see a file cacerts, the certs are all stored there. Listing cacerts In the command prompt, type: keytool -list -keystore cacerts When prompted for password, try changeit , if that doesn't work, try changeme . You can also add alias to list a specific cert: keytool -list -alias MyCert -keystore cacerts Importing cert Type: keytool -import -alias MyCert -keystore cacerts -file C:\MyCert.cer Same thing, it will prompt for password, after that it will con
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Data Centre FM Job Not Easy

For those of you in the IT line I'm sure you know what FM means, it's Facility Management, refers to people who work with servers, network, database, basically people who keep your infrastructure up and running smoothly. Today I went to our data centre to deploy some stuff, got stuck there from 2pm until 7pm, was in the server room for about 3 hours and I cannot take it, the aircon is very cold to keep the servers cool, humans are not meant to be inside, and these FM guys have to work inside for long periods because it's their job to check stuff to make sure it's running, they also have to handle many service requests from customers, not easy. I think maybe data centre FM job is tough, I've seen some in-house FM and their job is quite relax, if nothing happens they can just surf net, play games and etc. Speaking of which, I still haven't finish what I was supposed to do there, shit, so tired, have to go back again, really hate that place, cannot imagine how pe
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So Tired and So Busy!

I wonder if I am stressing out myself for nothing, I look at my colleagues and they take it easy, but I keep feeling that I have so much to do and so little time, have a deadline here and there, then out of nowhere my in-charge gives me something to do, debug some program, check some code bla bla bla, then I get stupid emails and calls from our so-called software developers from Philippines basically asking me to troubleshoot their development environment, can you believe it, they are supposed to be the technical experts, now I'm troubleshooting for them, isn't that ridiculous, it's the first time I that worked with them and these people are terrible, deadline means nothing to them, I don't feel any sense of urgency from them. I have always been working with China developers and I must say those that I've worked with are very experienced, highly skilled and they can deliver on time. I have a China developer doing some stuff for me now but because he is so good, ev
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Wife Not Pregnant

She checked yesterday with her friend and the result is negative, her friend say check again in two weeks but I don't think my wife is pregnant because she just told me her menstruation is here, if pregnant she won't have menstruation, I think we will try again after that. Suddenly I thought what if she cannot get pregnant again, I read some sad cases where after miscarriage some women have difficulty conceiving again, I hope that is not the case for my wife, but if really like that so be it, the two of us can still live happily together, just that having one more person with us will probably make our household more lively, I can't imagine how it would be like when both of us are in our 40s or 50s and there's only two of us, sounds boring huh. I'll let nature take its course, no point thinking too much.
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My Wife's Long-time Friend is Coming to Visit

When my wife settled down in Singapore after our marriage, she went to look for a job at a Thai restaurant and met some new friends, they are all married to Singaporeans, all the husbands including me were waiting outside the restaurant haha, and that was 4 years ago. That time she met a young girl, I think 1 or 2 years older than my wife, they got along well because they are both from Isaan, I think also same province, both from Udon. So 4 years later which is today, my wife still remains in contact with her, now the girl has one baby girl and is currently pregnant with another baby, heard from my wife that her current pregnancy has been 5 months, while we are still childless, sad. Anyway her friend will visit our humble flat with her baby later, around 11am, and I think my wife might be pregnant again because she said that when her friend comes, she will use a pregnancy test kit to check, I hope it's good news. I heard from my wife that her friend don't get along well wit
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Received My U-Save Rebates

My last post . They just released my utilities bill online and they credited $195 ($65 for Jul, $130 special payment) into my account, my bill for Sep 2014 is $97.39 and it is exactly the same as last month (so zhun?), so that means I don't have to pay for this month, I still have a credit of $97.61, probably next month also don't have to pay if the charges are the same. I think maybe they didn't come and check the meters, I also didn't submit my readings, I read in my Aug bill it said that I can submit readings at their website but I forgot, anyway my Sep bill says on 02 Oct someone will come and take the readings. Ah, anyway this U-Save thingy sure helps with cashflow, I'm sure it has helped a lot of families, this is one thing the government should continue doing but I hope people will take it as a chance to improve their finances instead of thinking it's free money, take it as an opportunity to save that extra cash, or at least half of it.
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Encountered Two Outbursts of Anger in One Day!

Man Vs. hawker centre cleaner I was eating with my wife at Chinatown Complex when this man and his girlfriend or wife came to the table behind us, the man looks like he is in his early or mid 30s, the table was packed with plates and trays and he called out to the cleaner uncle to clean it, he sounded ok, not rude but the uncle responded in an unhappy tone and told him to wait, then this man shouted at the uncle and asked him if he was trying to find trouble, and then they started arguing, after that the man went to buy his food while his partner sat down. After the uncle finished with the other tables he came to clean the man's table, he complained to the man's partner and said he was busy, how come the man cannot wait, then the man came back and yelled at the uncle and told him to shut up and get lost, the uncle kept quiet and continued with his job. Foreigner auntie Vs. uncle While aboard the train to Farrer Park, one Chinese auntie started screaming at one uncle who i
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Bought a New TV!

Today we went shopping at Mustafa Centre, our LCD TV became faulty, the colours are gone and left with only white, have sound but no picture, all white, this TV served me well since 2008, more than 6 years, that time I bought it for $1399, it's a 32 inch Samsung LCD TV, actually I bought it just for my Playstation 3, that time really bought it all at whim, never thought about saving money, spent about $2k+ just for console gaming, now that I think of it, what a waste of money, but the TV remained useful throughout while I sold my PS3 at $200+, and I bought it at $700+, really stupid. I bought my 32 inch at Mustafa too, and it's been more than 6 years since I visited Mustafa, their variety of products are still as overwhelming as before, makes my giddy, but the crowd seems to have reduced a lot, last time I also went on a weekend, ultra packed, today the crowd was okay. Anyway we went straight to B2 to look at their TVs, nowadays the TV pricing is so much lower, the 32 inches
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Gooseberry at Sheng Siong

Just now my wife bought 2 packets of gooseberries at Sheng Siong, 2 for $3.60, not very big packets so I think it is quite pricey. It's my first time seeing this kind of berries, I wonder what it taste like. There is a Wikipedia page on this berry, you can check it out, and seems like there is a red version, my wife bought the green version, I think green is sour and red is sweet, same like apples and grapes.
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These Few Days So Busy

This year is a very busy year for me, now my boss gives me more responsibilities, I think I can still manage as long as I have people to help me, luckily I have a very capable colleague from China, he is a very nice guy, very knowledgeable and experienced, I think he is around my age, I can always count on him to share my workload, we need more people like him, the best part is he is always willing to share and solve the problem, and also he can think of the bigger picture, some people just too focused on solving the current problem without considering the impact. I've had some terrible colleagues, boss give them work to do in the end I have to help them lol, basket, instead of sharing my workload they give me more work. Now that I think of it, I feel a little underpaid, since I'm doing so much shit now, I think my boss should pay me more, last year I was thinking I was overpaid because I didn't have too much to do, this year different, I hope in the next performance revi
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Sparkling Wine Stopper

Yesterday I bought a cheap bottle of sparkling wine for $15.80 at Fairprice, the brand is Andre and the wine is Brut, I have no idea what that means, anyway it tastes ok, 10%+ alchohol, it doesn't smell that strong because of the slight sweetness so it's very easy to get drunk without knowing it because before I realize it, I already drank half a bottle and was starting to feel a bit tipsy. So after half a bottle, I decided to stop, by then I also realize that the cork cannot fit back in lol, it's larger than the hole, how did it get so big huh ;) Anyway luckily there is a metal piece on top which I can still use to tighten back so it's not that bad. I just did a research and found that there is a special stopper for it, maybe I will buy one next time. I bought a normal stopper at Fairprice and didn't get to use it, it just doesn't fit in because of the air trying to get out. I also bought a wine opener and didn't get to use it because the cork comes out
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So Many Comment Spammers

Even though Blogger has a fine spam filtering system but I still get the spam comments into my email, sometimes I couldn't differentiate from the genuine comments so sorry if I did not reply. Maybe I should put the captcha test but I don't like captcha, it's such an annoying and yet useful feature but I find it more annoying. And I know why they are posting in my comments, it's because they want to promote their website, it's really such a lame way to promote a website, if you put genuine comments then fine, well at least be relevant, all of the spam comments don't make any sense, like this guy who keeps posting in Japanese, what the hell lol, or another who tells me he has problems with hackers, viruses and then he drops a link to a website selling shoes.
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Ekin Cheng Wind and Cloud

Just watched the movie, this song is so classic, next time I have children must let them listen lol...
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Trying for Baby Again!

Somehow I feel that everything is settled and all I need to do is to have a baby, I mean house, job, wife's PR all settled, what else. I feel even more motivated when I heard that the wife of my 26 year old colleague delivered her baby recently, I'm already 31 and my wife 28 and we still don't have baby, so what are we waiting for. Anyway I already have a plan in mind, once her pregnancy is confirmed, I will straight away buy tickets for her to go home, have discussed with her, the cost here in Singapore is just ridiculous even if she is PR, of course if everything goes well then no worry but for her case is very hard to say, what if there are complications, the cost can shoot through the roof, really no point paying that kind of money. So when she stays in Thailand, I will visit her once every 2-3 months, now I have plenty of leave so no problem. Maybe we might get a car there so it will be easier for her to get to the hospital. Now I'm thinking how much I should g
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In-camp Training Again!

Next month going back for ICT, see my old friends again, but damn stupid, waste of time, probably go back and wait for time to pass, go canteen break, walk around, go emart, talk cock, sleep, what else, maybe go range, go get $200 also not bad, nowadays the range at the new facility, it's almost as if they throw money at you, there's no way you cannot get the money, they let you take until you get marksman. And maybe I can get to clear my IPPT via the new system, sit-up, push-up and 2.4km, lol sure pass and sure get $200, go one ICT can get $400, really not bad. Sometimes I also feel bad, I'm a taxpayer and I'm wasting my own money, funny right.
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Sunday Lunch at Home

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My wife cooked my favourite stir-fry pork with chili and long beans, fried egg and chili petai with pork. Yummy!
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Sheng Kee Food is So-So

This morning me and wife went to Clementi Mall to try new food, we passed by Sheng Kee so I suggested to try it since we never eat there before. The eating space is very small, even the tables and chairs are small, true to what I heard from my colleagues who went to Hong Kong, they say the eateries there i.e. Cha Chan Ting (茶餐厅) are very cramped, people have to eat quickly and the shop helpers will chase you out if you are not eating or have finished your food because their space is very limited, we must be very lucky to be able to take our own sweet time here, anyway I don't like small eating spaces, so uncomfortable, unless the food is superb then I don't mind, unfortunately the food at Sheng Kee is just so-so. We ordered: Dry signature noodle $8.50. Rice with chicken and sausage $6.90. Milk tea $2.90. Add Gui Ling Gao and carrot cake for $1.90. Subtotal $20.20. Add $0.20 service charge and $1.43 GST, total $21.85. The signature noodle comes with 2 pieces of Shui
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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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How Much Will I Leave Behind If I Die Now?

Recently this question popped up in my mind a few times, I think maybe because I'm the only person working so I'm a bit worried about my wife's future if I should suddenly leave this world. I should take this chance and find out how much I can leave to my wife if I die. Dependants' Protection Scheme $50,000 in the event of death or total permanent disability. Term insurance with rider $100,000 for main plan, $50,000 for rider, total $150,000 in the event death or total permanent disability. Company term insurance 24 times of my monthly salary, 24*3944=$94,656. Home Protection Scheme It will fully pay up my HDB loan so my wife won't have to pay anything more. CPF monies (as of today) Ordinary Account (OA) $4,151.53 Special Account (SA) $20,147.32 Medisave Account (MA) $23,386.47 Total $47,685.32 So she can get $342,341.32 and a fully paid 2-room resale flat, not bad huh, she can either sell the flat and go back to Thailand or continue to stay here
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Fix XML Error When Adding Read More Function

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The read more function is here . Easiest way is to remove the entire highlighted part The reason why it throws error is because in xml, every tag must be closed, so other than removing the entire line, you can also do it in following two ways: Method 1 - add a slash to close the tag. <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vpGPR2cMdiQtyoxBtE1Nl2AEvjWrkGsWwW3mKJl8DD01Onv_6knyLz81rFCUc3YN8epCjt4eUERQ7rFgv8jPIQncGQbcUznKf1dA_gBosqlD2D8qrkXOgHEaMyoJFBkR_LALKXtWm2A/s1600/1x1juice.png" / > Method 2 - add a closing tag. <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vpGPR2cMdiQtyoxBtE1Nl2AEvjWrkGsWwW3mKJl8DD01Onv_6knyLz81rFCUc3YN8epCjt4eUERQ7rFgv8jPIQncGQbcUznKf1dA_gBosqlD2D8qrkXOgHEaMyoJFBkR_LALKXtWm2A/s1600/1x1juice.png"> </img> That's it!
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Google Adsense New Payments System

They updated their Terms and Conditions . They also have a new payment system . One of the main changes is that they are calculating my earnings directly in Singapore dollars instead of US dollars. Another change is that my payment threshold is now $150 Singapore dollars instead of $100 US dollars, overall it's higher but well, doesn't really matter much. Now I'm more curious about how they make the conversion from USD to SGD, I hope I don't suffer a loss in payments after the conversion! Anyway let's see how.
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Just Added a Read More Function and a New Related Posts Script

Haha, finally I found a good related posts script that looks nice and is easy to customize, the last one was terrible because I have no idea how I can customize it, the read more function is also great, now I can put more posts in my home page, previously some posts were too long and my home page looked really messy, at least now my blog has a more professional feel lol. Thanks to the following sites for the scripts. How To Add Automatic "Read More" Button/Hack in Blogger . How to Add Related Posts Widget with Thumbnails to Blogger / Blogspot .
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KFC National Day Celebration Combo at $4.90

Just now we went to KFC for a quick snack, there were long queues, most people were queuing for the Celebration Combo, why not, cheap and good deal at $4.90. So what is included? Two pieces of hot and crispy chicken that comes with a small flag that says " HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE", a regular whipped potato and a Nestle Sjora mango and peach drink, not bad right, I'm not sure how long does this promotion last so go grab yours today.
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Adjusted My Blog Layout

A few weeks ago I added a Qoo10 link to try out their affiliate program, it didn't work out, worse of all it probably is more distracting than useful, I think a lot of clicks are wasted on it, so today I took it out and changed my site layout to focus more on Adsense, we'll see how it turns out.
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Britons Murdered in Kuching

Source Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, both 22, were on a six-week work placement along with five other medical students to put the skills they had learnt during their time here at the university into practice. The two were found murdered at 4.15am on Wednesday with stab wounds on their chest and back following an early morning quarrel with several men in Abell Road. SAC Chai said initial investigations indicated the incident started when the two Britons, who had been drinking, began arguing loudly between themselves in a bar. The four suspects, who had also been drinking, confronted the medical students and told them to be quiet, he added. "One of the British students slapped one of the men, turned over a table and walked out," he said. When the students left the pub on foot, the suspects pursued them in a car. One of them got out of the vehicle and attacked the duo. When you are in a foreign land, always respect the laws and the people there, the worse thing that c
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Bought 2 Lots of CDL Hospitality Trust at $1.65

Just about 2 weeks ago it was at $1.795, today when I checked out the price I was quite shocked to see it at $1.65, lowest was $1.64, so I quickly went in and grabbed 2 lots, that's all the spare cash I have now haha. I like this counter very much because it has properties in different places, especially in Maldives, and the price fluctuates a lot which means this is a popular counter, anyway I'm now focusing on Cambridge Industrial and CDL Hospitality trusts, I realized that I don't have to buy too many counters, I just need to focus on a few good ones.
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My Utilities Bills So Far and U-Save

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My utilities bills so far. JUN, JUL and AUG First two months was low because we haven't move in yet, by the way first month they charged a $60 deposit so the actually bill was $7.18. So for this month it's $97.39, much lower than expected, every month I set a budget of $150 for utilities and service and conservancy charges (S&CC), my S&CC is $28.50 because mine is a 2-room flat, so 150-28.50=$121.50. I think my utilities bill can be lower because last month we had a leak in one of our toilet bowls, I fixed that about two weeks ago, so next month my bills should be slightly lower. I also checked with SP Services how come I didn't get any U-Save rebate, the lady on the line said I am eligible and it should have been credited in my July bill, she will check and get back to me.
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Setting Up J2EE Development Environment Using Eclipse 3.5.2 and Weblogic 10.3.3

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Just to share with everyone how I setup my development environment at work, I'm using Windows 7 and you will need to download 3 softwares: Java SE Development Kit 6u24  - i586 Eclipse Galileo SR2 Packages (v 3.5.2)  - Windows 32-bit WebLogic Server 10.3.3 Step 1 you download and install the JDK, it's very straightforward, just double click to run and install with default settings. JDK Installed to My C Drive Step 2 you download Eclipse and extract to whichever folder you like, I put it in my C Drive. Eclipse in My C Drive Too Step 3 you extract WebLogic to whichever place you like, for me is also C drive. WebLogic also in My C Drive Now go to your WebLogic directory, edit configure.cmd, add MW_HOME and JAVA_HOME, MW_HOME is the place where you extracted the WebLogic, JAVA_HOME is the place where you installed the JDK. Add MW_HOME and JAVA_HOME Open up a command prompt and cd to the location of the weblogic directory, for me is C
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