The results of balloting for HDB BTO SunShine Court Flats are out.
And out of the 171 available 4 room flats, my balloting queue number is 929! In another words, ZERO chance.
Oh oh, I thought I would be lucky since I’m a CCK kid! But gahmen look into other aspects I believe (which I shall not reveal :p)
So what now? Spent another $10 on another round of ‘betting’. I don’t know or get a resales flat?
We shall think about it a little while later.
Anyone has blackhat tricks to get a much (x1000) smaller ballot number? I would love to hear them! Ha!
Congrats to all who strike gold for the balloting of SunShine Court!
Bye, SunShine :.(
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This story was emailed by a friend of mine, Evelyn. This is cool and I have read many different versions of the story. I’m glad that it is sent to me to remind me of the important matters in my life, especially in such current economic situation.
Did it remind you too?
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24
hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2
cups of coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items
in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very
large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that
it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them
into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the
open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if
the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the
jar.Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if
the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous ‘yes.’
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the
table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling
the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
‘Now,’ said the professor as the laughter subsided,
‘I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The
golf balls are the important things—your family, your children, your
health, your friends and your favorite passions—and if
everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still
be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your
house and your car.
The sand is everything else—the small stuff.
‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’ he continued,
‘there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will
never have room for the things that are important to you.c
‘Pay attention to the things that are critical to your
happiness..
Spend time with your children. Spend time with your parents..
Visit with grandparents. Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will
always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
Take care of the golf balls first—the things that really
matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.’
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee
represented.The professor smiled and said, ‘I’m glad you asked.’
The coffee just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there’s always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.’
Please share this with someone you care about..
I JUST DID
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After a month or two of researching and decision making between Blackberry verse Nokia E71, a month of waiting for stock to come in, finally I lay my hands on my beloved Nokia E71!
I started reading user reviews and information of the phone mainly in Hardwarezone.com.sg forums and was eager to be part of the community. But it took me quite a while to be there.
I was a little cheapo in the sense that I was waiting for Singtel to throw in some promotion for number port customers! (I called the customer service number at least once every 2 weeks to check if there are great deals). When I finally set my heart on E71, there wasn’t anymore stock. PERIOD.
The stock would be in during CNY.
Initially I wanted the white color one, but the stock is taking far longer than my temptation could wait. So I settle for the grey one since it looks and feels more biz like. Here’s the machine!
So what was the difference between this handphone and my old one Nokia XpressMusic 5610? The answer is none!
I know you’re going to say there are way too many differences. Yes, there are very different in their structure but the main concept is still very much the same. Afterall both are Nokia! My favourite!
The one thing I really appreciate is Wifi which will allow me to log onto wireless@SG when I’m out. Convenience of a network without paying or paying much.
There seems to be many applications just like iPhone which can be added on. But frankly at thsi moment, I do not know what are available and useful for me. Applications sound like plugins for blogs. There are so many millions of them, which are the necessary and suitable ones?
Well. it will take me another month to understand my hp more.
Cheers!
PS: Tell me if you’re an E71 user as well!
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Recently, I bought a pack of $2.00 Nasi Lemak at Choa Chu Kang MRT. It is the typical one you will see everywhere like in this poster EXCEPT … … I was shocked to find out that the chicken wing was missing instead I saw a hot dog. When I asked the server, she said that they were running a promotion but no where did I see any promotion notice.
I felt slightly cheated but lack the courage to return the packet of Nasi Lemak I bought. I guess the recent economical downturn is the best explanation. But still, consumers should always be notified, shouldn’t we?At least we can make a decision instead of being disappointed with what we did not expect.
Photo Credits KM (Benny)
Today, I had my favourite economy rice only to find out that Califlower is considered a meat dish! Because it costs more than other vegetable dish.In fact, my usual style is to order 2 veg and 1 meat dishes. However, my recent encounters were that it will cost me $3.00 instead of the usual $2.70 for 2 veg and 1 meat dishes.
Do you have similar encounters like me? How do you respond to it?
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