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Monday, September 21, 2015

Loneliness

Referring to http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-research-on-overcoming-loneliness-1442854148?mod=e2fb

Suggests four steps to combat loneliness, which he describes by the acronym EASE:
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Extend Yourself. “You cannot connect if you isolate yourself—or if you only connect online where many people present a non-authentic self,” Dr. Cacioppo says. Accept social invitations, even if you don’t feel like going out.
Develop an action plan. It isn’t enough to rely on random invites. Get your calendar out and map out your social life. Make sure your week is scattered with social activities. If you don’t have any, take the initiative to plan something and invite others to join you.
Share good times with people who have similar interests. The best way to not be lonely is to spend time with folks who share your interests, values and attitudes. If you don’t have people in your life who fit the bill, it is time to make a plan to meet more, which will require going to the right place. Love to read? Join a book club. Love to run? Join a runner’s group.
Expect the best. When you get lonely you may read other people’s actions wrong. Did your friend really blow you off? Or was she overwhelmed with work and children and truly too busy to call? “Give the other person the benefit of the doubt,” Dr. Cacioppo says. “Friends don’t mean their actions as negative as they sometimes appear.
My new anti-loneliness antidote? I adopted a puppy. Scout demands that we get out of the house—multiple times a day. She happily makes friends with everyone she meets. And if the people we meet like Scout, it is a pretty good bet I will like them.
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Adopt a puppy? My mum most likely will kill it. sometimes, the cause of loneliness is the people closest to you.  Maybe with alot of money, you will not feel loneliness anymore. Therefore I have attached lucky numbers for you! Huat ah!

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Mind fucked

I keep thinking of death recently..

Longevity can be a burden if you don’t have anyone special in your life. You like kids but you only can shower your love to your nieces, nephews and kids of friends or someone who don’t need to give a damn about You. You want to see them, it is like begging them to let you. What for?

I come across a Thai Ad

Thais really are creative and came up with such touching advertisements.

“The first place that you go when you passed away, is the memories of others” So true that's the only place that we know that is proven right.




Thursday, December 5, 2013

Singapore GST

How Much GST Would I Have to Pay?

According to Singapore Customs, if your holiday takes you away from Singapore for more than 48 hours, you’ll need to pay 7% GST on any holiday purchases exceeding S$600.

And if you’re only taking a mini-vacation this holiday season lasting less than 48 hours, you’ll need to pay 7% GST on any holiday purchases exceeding S$150.

If you bring back any of the following, you’ll need to pay GST no matter what:
  • Liquor
  • Tobacco Products
  • Petroleum
  • Goods imported for resale (another overhead for running a blog shop)


Take out the packaging and you will not need to pay GST! Prove it is not brand new and for personal use.

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Registering with the Do Not Call Registry - Have you done it yet?

Registering with the Do Not Call Registry
Registration with the Do Not Call (DNC) Registry is free and simple. There are three methods to register:
    1. Online @ DNC Registry website
      Log on to www.dnc.gov.sg to register or deregister on any Register.
      Note: Access to the device which you are registering the number of is required to complete the registration.
    2. SMS
      Send an SMS with the message "DNC" to the following:
     
    SHORTCODE ACTION
    78772Register on all 3 Registers
    78773Register on No Voice Call Register
    78774Register on No Text Message Register
    78771Menu for other options (including to deregister)
    Note: You can only register the number that you SMS from and SMS charges will apply.


 
  1. Phone

TOLL FREE NUMBER ACTION
1800 248 0772Register on all 3 Registers
1800 248 0773Register on No Voice Call Register
1800 248 0774Register on No Text Message Register
1800 248 0771Menu for other options (including to deregister)


  1. Note: You can only register the number that you call from. This number must not be subscribed to caller-ID blocking service.
Tip: If yours is not a fax number, please also add your number to the No Fax Message Register.
You should expect to stop receiving unsolicited telemarketing messages through your registered telephone number 30 days after registration (if you register on or after 2 July 2014) and up to 60 days after registration (if you register before 2 July 2014).
Your registration does not expire unless you terminate your telephone number or if you deregister your telephone number from the DNC Register(s). You may deregister at any time.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Pasar Malam in Johor pelangi


Took leave and went shopping in JB.

Accidently found that there is a night market in Pelangi, it will be on from 5pm every Tuesday.

The location is near to Pelangi Leisure mall where the Giant Supermarket is, near Jalan Pingai.






What is available there? It is like old fashion fun fair , with a lot of very nice local food and cheap fruits.


I think old folks will like it. Plan to have your dinner there! After dinner, can go Giant to shop for cheap toilet paper. (Not that you will have stomachache!)


Sunday, October 6, 2013

Dry Tulip

 
Got a few tulips and since these flowers are so expensive, I thought I can make it into dried flowers, like what we can do with roses.
 
No! we cant do that with tulips. They looked like salted vegetables!

Monday, September 30, 2013

Do not call registry...DNC


It is great! Out of the calls I received, 90% is from telemarketer and 10% from my mum.

All friends mostly whatapps me.
 
To register, visit www.dnc.gov.sg
 
 

Monday, September 16, 2013

Free Wifi in Taiwan for tourists!

If you are a foreign visitor and would like to use iTaiwan service, you can present your passport or entry permit (for Mainland China residents) at a Travel Service Center located at any major airports, train stations or mass rapid transit (MRT) stations in Taiwan and give the service personnel your e-mail address. After the service personnel applies for an account number for you, you can use the account number to access the Internet at any major indoor public area in Taiwan free of charge. Information on Travel Service Centers is as follows:

1. Travel Service Center, Tourism Bureau Located at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Kaohsiung International Airport and Travel Service Center, Tourism Bureau.

2. County and City Visitor Centers Located at Taipei Songshan International Airport, major mass rapid transit stations in Taipei, Taipei Main Station, major airports and train stations in counties and cities, and High Speed Rail stations.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Grandmother - Ah Ma


I miss my Grandmother.... She is like a mother who will not expect anything from me, it just 100% love. I know she is proud of me, I remember how she show me off in front of her friends. I really love my Ah Ma that very very very much...I don't dare to see her photo, every time i see her photo, I will start to tear.





I think my mother will be just a wonderful grandma to my nephews. Just skip a generation and expectations will be different. Same as my mother and her Ah Ma. I dont think she is that close to my Ah Ma. But I always hear her says how her Ah Ma love her and only complain about her mum (my Ah Ma).




If my mother will just reduce the expectations from me, we will be both very happy. I can bring her out for shopping, dinners and holidays. Which I will love to do but now when I am with her, she will just nag at me.




I only organise family outing which will involve my sister, aunties and maybe my sister’s in-laws. With this, I will divide her attention on me! Very tiring, but at least don’t need to endure the concentrated nagging. I wanted to bring my love ones to the places that I enjoyed. I am glad that I brought my Ah Ma, to a few overseas trips before she passed away. I still can remember her smile.
When my Mum pass away, I also dont want to regret that I never bring her out for holidays or treat her to nice dinners. Now maybe not just 2 of us in these holidays or dinners, but at least I have given her these experiences




Sunday, September 8, 2013

Cat on Heat - PMS

Bella is already 7 years old but still will go on heat. When will she menopause? The answer is NO!
Cats don’t have menopause. Their fertility can decline with age, but they won’t stop cycling into estrus.

Have already booked appointment to get her sterilized on 8 Oct 2013.
 
 


Longing for Tom.


When is Tom coming?



The PMS is normally a white clear discharge.

I will let my cat sniff catnip. This make her feel better when she PMS.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Free Gifts from Taiwan Tourism Bureau, Singapore

Just collected the free gifts from the Taiwan Tourism Bureau.

Every month, the gifts are different. For Sept 2013, I recieved the following:

A voucher for box of cake
Buy 1 get 1 free voucher for miniature world theme park
Free 1 way airport transfer bus voucher





Taiwan Visitors Association, Singapore Office
Address:30 Raffles Place, #10-01, Chevron House, Singapore 048622
phone:65-6223-6546 / 7
FAX:65-6225-4616
Email: tbrocsin@singnet.com.sg
Office Hour : 0900-1700 (Mon-Fri)

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Make your blog popular?

I am not really a professional when it come to blogging. Even my English is terrible.

But how to make the blog popular? I have the few points that I notice from popular blogs.



1. Act Cute - I think i seriously failed, all my friends said I look disgusting.



2. Show flesh, be sexy. I think my Grandfather is sexier than me! Look at the moves!




3. Be Hardworking take down notes, when you travel - I am trying!

4. Shamelessly promote your blog.


But why I care, it is just my personal blog. I happy can already! :-)



Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Someone



It will be nice to have someone to grow old with but not everyone is that lucky.

Nothing is forever, to be happy, to be sad..is all our choice.

Spent a day happy or worrying..is all up to us. I really believe "船到桥头自然直", even it does not turn out the way you wanted.

You lose something, You will gain something else...

I do not laugh at people who believe in God. But I do not necessarily believe in God -- nor deny that there could be one. LKY

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is very beautiful and clean. It is not like what we have in mind. We will visit again!

I just used my S3 phone to take these photos, it is already not too bad. Imagine if you use a DSL, you can win some photography contest!

Went to Adam peak, it is not quite tiring. We start at 1 am and reach the peak about 5am to see the sun rise. It is amazing!