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Congested Heat or Wide Open Spaces

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:30:00 +0000

Singapore. Scorching weather in concrete jungle. Yes, that is the weather we have here. But we are so used to it, we just complained hot or humid. You won't catch us saying brrr...it's so cold, it had snowed in nor would you ever catch us saying we have to scrape the car windows down. We have the air conditioning on almost every night unless it's broken. And we go about doing the normal things we do each day, going in and out of office from the hot scorching sun to the cool comforts of air conditioning in the offices and malls.

But what is really getting to me, is not the weather. I could go to Thailand or Malaysia and weather the same heat yet not complain much. To me, it is the space constraint. In Singapore, space is so limited and wherever we turn, there's buildings, flats, condominiums, offices, shophouses..everywhere.

In Malaysia, Thailand and Arizona homes that weather hot scorching weather it is not congested. Because of the wide open spaces, big open land and big trees, it feels like a holiday and you breathe easier. Arizona may have their scorching days but they have winter too. So you get to have unconstrained air conditioning without having to be kept in a small room or building.

Blogging For A Pilot Job

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:15:00 +0000

Want to be a pilot? Well in Asia's fastest growing airlines industry, AirAsia is looking to recruit 10 pilots without any experience necessary. The catch? You have to blog about why you think you are right for the job! Sounds pretty easy? Well, they need to meet the required requirements like aged between 18 to 28 years, have a good eyesight, mentally and physically fit and a good command of English Languge and Bahasa Malaysia (the official language of Malaysia)...

I definitely am not cut out for the job...LOL but I believe I would be applying for it if it were two decades ago! Bet this way of recruiting, will be giving lots of positive publicity to AirAsia because of those who wants it so bad. Anyone already started blogging about it?

I would love to read about it too!

Deciding Between Laptops or Desktops

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Decades ago, buying a computer involved so much of research for me. But they were mostly very exhausting ones. I practically went to retails to find out the specifications of the personal computers and asked the sales people who sold them. Only did I realized that those that were paid commision to sell the products thus were not looking out much for customers' requirements and needs. They would sell their own products they work for and would not recommend any other brands.

Much later, I found out that in order to get a fair and justified professional advice, I just need to look at the right place online to find out what I need to know when searching to buy the right personal computers for myself.

As I have been using a desktop in the past decades, I couldn't decide if I wanted a new desktop or I should be getting a laptop instead. I want something portable but at the same time I wasn't sure if a laptop would be able to withstand long operating hours if I had it turned on for long periods of time. Reading up finally got me decided that a laptop still prove to be versatile and many new laptops were highly optimized workhorses too. I could always fix an extra desktop monitor should I need a larger screen.

Ideally one should always read up before one makes a decision in their buying decisions. It also helps to understand your budgets and needs too.

Argument Leaves Women Naked

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:24:00 +0000

I read about the recent news whereby a Malaysian girlfriend of a French tourist was found naked at the corridor of a hotel. Apparently she was being locked out by her French boyfriend after an argument. The woman, 46 years old, was found by a hotel staff who helped her cover her body and given some clothes.

The French tourish was then arrested under charges of criminal intimidation as well as outraging the modesty of the woman. According to reports, the police was called up when a fierce argument happened the night before.

Well, how can this boyfriend of hers leave her out there naked? I really just cannot understand it. Even if an argument had broken out, that is such a cruel thing to do. I hope the punishment is stiff for him.

Drug and Alcohol Recovery

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:34:00 +0000

For those who find themselves at the wrong path at some point of life, there is a silver lining to look out for. Promises had been founded 20 years ago with a vision to provide world class treatment and environment for those who find themselves addicted to drugs, alcohol and many more negative influences in life. An alcohol rehabilitation using a 12 steps-treatment, Promise ensures it's patients receive the best comprehensive continuum of treatement services and care to bring them back onto the track of recovery and integration into normal life. The treatments are hightly structured, with focus on personal needs and may vary from residential, extended care, day, outpatient and sober living.

Jackie Making A Comeback

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:23:00 +0000

Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy saga has brought the world to a financial crunch, crippling many large organisations when they lose their investment money. Some of the poorer individuals are even made up of retirees who have given up their only retirement fund collected from years of hard earned jobs for this fund.

It is something that taught the world a lesson. Some banks have been wonderful by paying some amount back, especially those who are less educated and taught that investments do not have risks. The latest news I read about those who got 'burnt' by this monies lost include Hong Kong mega star singer, Jacky Cheong, who had lost about S$8 million worth of assets.

A movie is in the works this year although he has known to be halfway into retirement. In need of money or passion fueling this contract? We don't know but as usual, his movie will be popular and his fans are all waiting eagerly.

Skin Blues

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:49:00 +0000

Scorching hot and windy spells. My skin gets too dry and the sun gives me pigmentation. I've tried many types of facial products that claims they can help prevent pigmentation and dry skin problem. None helped. I've got allergies that only the best natural ingredients work on me. I've been reading up about a homeopathic treatment. It had been proven to work on those with eczema, pruritis and other fungal infections. 7 Cream with Manuka Honey sounds very luxurious and wholesome. It is formulated with natural ingredients. There's more on their website about their natural 7 cream products. Check them out if you have similar skin problems and looking for natural ingredients.

New Ways of The Young

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:35:00 +0000

Winnie Cheng has been caught on camera kissing two different men on Christmas night last year in Hong Kong. And this year, what can be worst than posting photos of party and smooching as many as 19 different men on her blog.

So what is the father of Winnie Cheng has to say over her frivolous ways? The father is none other than the popular actor Adam Cheng. Her photos in the blog were taking on many locations from streets, beaches, night clubs, public transportation and even on the bed. Almost 20 years old, Winnie insists that it is no big deal being in a bikini kissing tattooed man who were topless.

Ahem.. In my days, we weren't allowed to even go to the movies till we are 21 years old... but if that would have been my daughter, I'd flipped!

Tell Them About Your Site

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:49:00 +0000

If you have a blog and would like to increase on networking and traffic, Acobay is now one labeled as the hottest networking site. You can register without email and post about anything of interests and find those who share the same passion. If you are into online businesses, Acobay will be a great place to tell people what your site is all about. That may just increase your revenue, awareness and more traffic to your site.

Big Reunion for The Little Nyonya

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:23:00 +0000

If you had been glued to Channel 8 watching The Little Nyonya the other time, you'll be pleased to know that MediaCorp will be showing the stars of the production gather together for a big reunion to be telecast on 26th January 2009 at 7pm during the Lunar New Year's Day. There will be footage that was not shown and some information on the Peranakan dishes that were featured too. The actors will also explain outcomes, fates they played of the blockbuster drama serial.

The Little Nyonya was Singapore's most successful drama that broke the 15 year record as most watched ever. It has a total of 34 episodes and features actors like Jeanette Aw, Joanne Peh, Felicia Chin, Qu Yu Wu, Xiang Yun, Pierre Png and more wonderful actors and memorable actings.

With such high ratings of viewership, it has also released the DVD version in 2 sets. The first DVD set containing Episode 1 to Episode 12 is out on sale now. The second set of Episode 13 to Episode 34 will be sold sometime next week (20th January).

Holiday Frames

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:12:00 +0000

Holidays are the best time to destress. We feel more relaxed and everything tastes and smells better too. We shop for clothes and wear the casual ones when we are on our holiday trips or during this festive occasion. But we always get stuck with the same pair of glasses, the one we have bought for both work and home. Selecting glasses always puts us in a spot because they cost so much and we tend to pick one that is neutral and practical so that it is not too fancy in the office or when meeting clients. But when we are enjoying ourselves in a holiday mood, we are dressed for it. Why not get a pair of glasses for that occasion too. If you worry about costs, then Zenni Optical will put your fears of extravagant spending aside. They are well known for their cheap eyeglasses that costs as little as $8.00 so you can never go wrong when you have more than 2 pairs of eyeglasses.

To usher the holiday spirit, Zenni Optical even has Holiday frames specially designed for you. Instead of putting on the same pair of glasses you wear at work, perhaps you can have that spare eyeglasses for every occasion because Zenni Optical's frames are all so affordable!

I had a good look at their holiday frames and I really like the black and white theme with snowmen and evergreens. I seldom get to see frames that has any designs like that on the side. Most of those I see are patterns that are generic but these were a little different. This will never go out of fashion and you can wear them during the last few months at the end of the year to usher in the holiday spirit of Christmas. And because it is in Black and White, it can be worn to match with many clothes too. Cool.

Flyer has Back-Up Mechanism Now

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:50:00 +0000

Remember the Singapore Flyer that had stopped due to some problems recently on Tuesday? It stopped for almost 7 hours because of some power disruption. Some passengers were lowered down to safety but the ones located on the higher level were impossible to be lowered down. Well it is not yet running and won't be for the New Year. Business that are located in the location had complained on their drastic drop of business since the Flyer stopped operations. But a shop there is organising a New Year's Party there so I guess that may help to bring in some customers. Their rent for retails will be waived until the end of the year so at least that helps to offset their poor business operations cost a little.

The flyer will be open for operations only when it is being double checked for safety. Also, additional back up mechanisms will be added, although there is additional generator standby, so that the flyer will be kept on moving.

Value for Money Hosting Packages

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:03:00 +0000

I have been considering getting a domain name for another blog of mine but have not decided on which web hosting company to use. One thing for sure is that there are so many hosting sites available and they all have their own packages at different price. Some of the pricing offered are not the final one you see on their website so as you check out, you may end up having to pay more than what you see initially.

That was until a friend recommended me UK-Cheapest. There lots of savings with UK-Cheapest because you don't pay for unnecessary and hidden costs that may occur during checkout. All that is listed on their website is what you pay. And if you buy hosting from them for Starter, Personal and Business packages, they will give you a FREE .UK domain, not one but two years! How about that!

They have packages suitable for all from Budget, Starter, Personal and Business. Their packages do not incur any setup fees, unlike some other hosting company and you can get a refund after 30 days if you are not satisfied with your buy, with no questions asked.They also have a 24/7 customer help desk and 100% Free Support to help those who may have problems.

Other non charges services they provide are unlimited nameserver changes, unlimited number of forwarding of email addresses, URL forwarding and free homepage builder. Unbelievable!

So the next time if you are considering a web hosting company, choose one that gives you more value for money such as UK-hosting. Cheap and reliable, it's a dream.

Punish those Drunk Drivers

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:13:00 +0000

With Christmas and New Year's celebration both within a week each, there are certainly more parties to attend and more reasons to celebrate. Some Singaporeans and residents are forgetting that no matter what, it is still dangerous to drink and drive. So, on Friday night, when the traffic police set up a series of road blocks covering the watering holes in town, as many as 18 were caught for drink driving when they failed the breathalyser test for alcohol limit. All of these arrested were men between 28 and 60 years old. And during this 4 hour, there were also 21 others who were summoned for other traffic related offences too. Can you imagine how much danger all these people are causing to the rest of the road users and pedestrians?

I think the police should clamp down harder before more any harm. Perhaps pubs should not allow their patrons to drive back by offering them a special pub taxi service as a special deal for those who consumes more than 2 drinks.

In Singapore, first time offenders are fined between S$1,00 to S$5,000 or jailed up to 6 months but can you imagine how much grief, costs and others if there was an accident or even a fatal one. Perhaps these people should be slapped with a Drink Driver Offense sticker on their car, driving license to warn people and also to shame them. Singaporeans are all very image conscious and always like to avoid embarrassement. If those caught for littering got to wear the CWO (Corrective Work Order) jackets and sweep the streets in Singapore, these drunk drivers should be punish too. How about letting them wear Drunk Driver jackets and have them prune the trees... perhaps they would understand why the streets should be free of drunk drivers!

Help for those in Debts

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:59:00 +0000

With the bad economy downturn lately, the reports on newspapers and other media had reported that more and more people are using their credit cards for big ticket items by paying in intalments. I guess when one does that, the larger amount when divided by a year or two or even more is a smaller amount but this way of payment can be addictive. A report also shown that for one who didn't realize how much he is paying in total, ended up signing up for several items on instalments and chalked up a debt of S$110,000 and got himself in a spot when he cannot pay up his monthly payments.

What is Credit Counselling SingaporeCredit Counselling Singapore is a body that can help you if you are in trouble with your debts. This is for those who are residing in Singapore. They were set up because of rising problems of credit debts. It started being registered as a Charity in 2003, then officially registered as a society with full time staff in March 2004. With their successful programmes in managing debts, under a Debt Management Programme, CCS was finally officially launched to the public in 2004. Since June 2005, it is now a memeber of a National Council of Social Service.

Blogging for Money Works for Me. No Scam.. Phew!

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:02:00 +0000

A year ago, I had blogged for fun. Then a friend of mine introduced me to paid blogging. I had not believed him at first. He said, no harm trying it out. " If you make your first 100, that is one big step into the many 100s you will earn." I didn't believed him but I signed up anyway.

I was really sceptical about all this paid blogging. I thought lots of fishy business and how can I really earn. Perhaps it's only few cents worth and it will take me as long as a decade to make a few dollars just for the benefit of some scam that benefited someone at the top.

But how wrong I was, because as soon as I sign up, it was few days that my blog got approved. I made my first $5 on July 28 with a post about sunglasses. Yes, the money is there shown on the dashboard, a virtual dashboard and I had 30 days before I could really see if that $5 will end up in my PayPal. Before the end of 30 days, I had written more jobs, from reserving jobs from the marketplace. Almost 30days and I braced myself that if this works Great but if not, a month of writing is not a waste of time. I got to read more about advertisers' products and did research to know more about it.

It was really true when the first $5 finally went into my PayPal account. You will need to open a PayPal account before you register PayPerPost, okay. So that you can have all the information required at your fingertips. Yahoo! As days passed, each job that I did was deposit into my PayPal without fail and pretty soon, I saw my first 100, 200 and it kept me going.

I took a print screen of my dashboard here. I may not have made as much as some of the full time bloggers who earn as much as 500 per month, but this is really helpful to me. It is up to you how much you want to earn.

To date: I have earn $435.75 and I still have $146.39 to be paid into my PayPal.

If you are convinced that this will work for you, I hope you will than sign up from my blog so that at least the genuine information that I have imparted works and you are being referred by me. I don't hide anything but at least I earn a small tip by being your referral.

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Luxury Items Not Popular in Recession

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:04:00 +0000

With the gloomy economy and recession blues, pawnshops are now doing brisk business. Many people have started to bring in their valuables like gold and gems to pawn. However, second hand luxury stores are are hit by the recession wave and not doing as good business as Pawn Shops. They are receiving more than the usual luxury watches like Rolex. However, the second hand Rolex is not very much in demand now as new ones are selling at lower price compared to previously.

So, luxury items are not very much welcomed in second hand stores. People are not looking for such items to buy anymore and are getting very cautious about their purchase now.

Singapore is the first country in Asian that slip into recession recently. Business has drop generally as few people are buy.

Great Eyeglasses Website

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:55:00 +0000

My eyeglasses cannot fit me proper now because i lost the nose pads that holds the ridge of the nose. I brought it to the optical shop and they told me they do not have the missing parts in stock and advice me to get a new pair. I was shocked when the lady quoted me $120 for a pair of eyeglasses that belonged to a no frills section. How expensive and since I didn't buy it, I had not worn my eyeglasses for a while.

Then as I was surfing, I found this website called Optical4Less that is an online store selling prescription eyeglasses, bifocal reading glasses, tinted sunglasses and more eyewear. I was stunned when I saw that the price that was stated was as low as $15 for a pair or prescription eyeglasses. That is a lot of difference from retail shops that I have been buying from! And also the range available for other low prices are wide and the frames are trendy, fashionable and really stylish. Never would I have thought that I can get eyeglasses cheap from the internet at all. They have them in alloy, plastic, rimless or semi-rimless, bendable titanium, kids' eyeglasses and a big range of overstocked eyeglasses at $15 only.

What is even more wonderful is that if you were to purchase more than a pair of these eyeglasses, they offer FREE shipping! So can you imagine getting two pairs of eyeglasses for under $50? This is really a steal.

If you upload your photo, you can do a virtual fitting on the eyeglass of your choice to see how the frames look on you. It's way too cool.

Parental Matchmaking for Singaporeans

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:34:00 +0000

Singaporeans are now moving back in time when it comes to marriage. Well, behind their back, that is. Apparently parents who have given up their single children looking for their own partners have decided to take matters in their own hands. They turn up for parental matchmaking session to find partners for their children between the ages 25 - 45 years old.

Woo hoo, this is the second session after a successful first session in September when 80 parents turned up. And what is surprising is that knowing how some of their children will protest, some of these parents are doing it without their children's knowledge.

In this event, there are also talks on how to bring up this subject to their children without letting them liken this event to something like an arranged marriage. Organisers deemed this as a way to interract and expand social networks.

Well, good luck Parents!

Increasing Drug Smugglers Lately

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:19:00 +0000

Despite Singapore being some of the world's strictest drug laws, there is an increase in the country being used as a transit point for shipping of heroin to countries like US and Europe, the recent reports wrote. In the local newspaper, in the first 9 months of this year, as much as 46kg of heroin were seized, which is 3x the total of whole of 2007.

In Singapore, a mandatory death sentence is applied to those who carries over 15 gms of heroin. Due to the bumper opium harvests last year in countries between Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, security officials are bracing themselves for more smuggling acts.

Monitor Your Website

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:14:00 +0000

Those who are into online business relies on their website greatly for business. When the site is down, the owner of the site loses many potential business. Sometimes one do not realize that the site is down until someone emails or when he himself tries to access it. How about if you are on holiday and you have no idea that your customers had not been able to access it for a few days?

However, there is a new service that one should consider should there be something wrong. This is a feature that can be signed up online that features Website Monitoring service. And the best part? It is FREE! This server allows you to be kept up to date whenever your site is down so that you can make calls to your webhost to fix the problem as soon as possible. This website, SlashDot provides website monitoring, web server monitoring service and is available worldwide. All you need is to register an account with your details and preferance for uptime reports. You can select a daily, weekly, monthly report on your website uptime. This information is gathered and will be sent to you by email or you can also choose to select an sms alert. If you site is down, you can quickly contact your administrators or webhost almost immediately. This way you will not lose precious time and money. If you are not sure, why not go to the site and do a quick test or try out their demo. This way, you have an idea how it works. Or read from the FAQ section for any queries.

It is important to keep your online sites and business available at all times.

Crude Oil Down Again

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Motorists are no longer complaining and sighing when they pump up full tanks. That is because for the second time this week, pump prices have gone down yet again. The petrol stations islandwide had reduced their prices by another 5 Singapore cents per litre.

Reports have been rumoured that crude oil prices may still hit south in coming weeks. If you are at the petrol station, you might find your regular 95 petrol to be only S$1.546 per litre. So pump up full now and enjoy it while it lasts.

This year in July alone, crude oil had been rocket high hitting as high as $147.27 per barrel.

Singapreans to get top priority

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:52:00 +0000

Business employers have been urged to give priority to Singaporeans by avoiding retrenchments. This was a message by the secretary general of the National Trade Union Congress, Mr Lim Swee Say recently at the Singapore Tripartism Forum on Thursday.

In the late, many companies have been making decisions to axe/retrench their employees to keep the costs down and to survive in this economy downturn. DBS and NOL were among the list.

Local companies are being reminded that there is a quota to be met, by hiring local talent before foreign ones can be hired. However, it is understandable that foreign workers are also neccessary for these companies to keep their costs down and avoid relocating to overseas.

Rui En's Second Album

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:02:00 +0000

I am excited to hear that Rui En, the Singapore actress is going to be releasing her second album soon. Her first album was Rui En Vol 1 and it was released back in 2002. I had enjoyed watching her act in the local mediacorp's drama recently too. It ended just recently.

According to reports, the songs in her new album are solely her works, her thoughts that she had penned down. An English educated background she certainly shows a lot of challenge and zest in writing Mandarin songs. I can't wait for the release, which will be soon.

Lavrenti Lopes

noreply@blogger.com (YYun) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:51:00 +0000

Watch out for Lavrenti Lopes, a young good looking actor who hails from Mumbai, India but is now looks set to be a heart-throb in the states. He is currently based in New York after graduating from the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in New York. With many ads under his belt (Zip Car, Axe Deodorants and Microsoft), you will next see him in SubHysteria, a new Hollywood film that will be released in April 2009. Read about him in this Official Site.

Hollywood certainly has a good mix of cosmopolitan actors from Asia. Having someone from India is going to be a dream come true.