kunwei2005

This morning, the LCD TV just won't power on. Damn, just over a year manufacture warranty. Luckily when I bought it at Harvey Norman, I bought 3 years warranty as while. Singapore is just too humid for electronics. So far, a removable hard disk, a firewire CD-ROM drive, now a LCD TV.

On my way to MOM, I had a small talk with the taxi driver. After knowing I am going to MOM to apply EP, he started to complain his life. He was a corporate director, with Bachelor in Business, and MBA degree. After lost his director job, he couldn't find one. He said the most recently application was failed and a Taiwanese got it. He couldn't understand why his own parents fed other kids first, and let their own kids hang and dry. Of course, here 'his parents' means Singapore government. Enough of his whining. It was about a year ago when I just arrived Singapore. I am sure he will find a manager level job. The economy of Singapore is getting better.

A pack of primium cigarettes (Dunhill/Marlboro/Mild Seven) costs SGD 11. How much of it is paid for tax? Based on Singapore Budget 2005 . It is about SGD 7.04.

中午去吃饭.在一家马来餐前排队.这家的盘子也不怎么运转不灵,竟然用光了. 新加坡的吃饭的地方一般都是统一收碗统一洗, 洗好的在送回各个摊位.每家的盘子碗都略有不同. 这位马来大妈自然很着急. 跑到旁边的摊位借盘子. 那家竟然不给借. 看来竞争也很激烈呵. 正在无措的当儿, 看见一个小伙计收了几个盘子回来.匆忙拿到后边,一个家伙很快的在不知道什么脏水了涮了几秒. 就拿到前面来了. 马来大妈拿一个毛巾擦了擦,就开始装饭了. 我有幸排到了第一名. 吃了这么一顿恶心的饭. 不过也不难想象. 统一洗碗的估计也就这么回事儿了.

The software DVD player on Apple checks DVD region everytime the disk is loaded. The region can be changed for only 5 times. This limitation is posted by greedy Hollywood. It works fine if the PowerBook/iBook owner stays in one region most of the time, and the DVD region is set accordingly to that region. But it is a very stupid feature in Singapore. The DVD sold here has region 3, 5, 6. Region 3 is for Singapore, region 5 and 6 are from China. The region 5 works as region 0 - a.k.a. don't give a shit about region. I also have some region 1 DVDs. How I suppose to switch them for only 5 times? This region is designed to prevent piracy, but forgets how often people are traveling around the globe now. Most hardware DVD players are now de-regionized. Whatever region DVD can playback. Why post such a stupid feature on computer manufacturers?

My daughter hurted her nail, with some bleeding, but not that bad as I thought. Anyway, we drove to NUH Children ER at 11:00PM. The waiting time was just too long. When it is done, it is 1:00AM. The facility/service fee is SGD 90.00, toes SGD 32.00. Total charges SGD 122.00. Government subsidy is SGD 52.00. We paid SGD 70.00 out of own pocket.

The restaurant is located on the top of Jurong Hill, the highland behind the Jurong Bird Park. It has Japanese, Korean, and Malay food. It is a quite and nice place. Since it is the highest point around Jurong area, it has a good view, especially the Jurong Island. It also has the Tree of Fame, a few trees planted by visiting Presidents, PM and big guys.