still too high....

today's price for 92 octane petrol at caltex is $2.07 before any discount .....

that's still way to high....

what can we do about it??

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

damn......

and for this round, the car mileage did not improve.......

maybe it's the tyres (remember the leak that i cannot find?)

annual tax...

this month's big outlay....

insurance $1043.50...

road tax $618.50 (including radio licence).....

OUCH...!!

chip chip

piece by piece new credit cards have been streaming into household by mail........

and all are now equipped with a new chip to try to beat the baddies......

besides that new feature, i realised that they now come in a matt finish.......

perhaps that glossy look is no longer in vogue..... just like how that car owners were going GA GA over the matt-sticker-look awhile ago....

sooner or later someone will bring the glossy look BACK.....

IDEA..!!!!!!

want to earn a floating city that's almost like MONACO..????

POWER one kind......

can this be as big as an aircraft carrier..????

new polks

the new flagship loudspeakers from polk audio is a BIG step in terms of technology and price from the LSi series.....

can't wait to see, feel and hear them....

is anyone bringing current polk audio loudspeakers to singapore...???

annual update....

nowadays a i5 processor laptop computer can be yours for less than S$1,000........

and prices continue to drop and drop..... almost as fast as you can say INTEL.......

the issue is MOST and MOST of us do not need the increased computer power EVER..... but since we can get better performance for less money on an basis, who are we to complain....

a replacement period of 3 years is still reasonable and i plan to stick to it until the present one KO....

sometimes the temptation will rise itself ... especially during the quarterly mega computer shows we have either at the expo or suntec city....

by then things really get cheap....... and real cheap..... who can resist the herd mentality during these events when people RUSH to buy and buy.....

if you are not keen to drop some dollars then better stay away.......

super profits

it's time for starhub to tell everyone how much each unit of the set-top box costs........

in this age and day, they cannot expect to collect monthly rentals in excess of the cost of that box.......

if a subscriber has paid up the unit cost of one in monthly rentals, then he should have earned the right to own the box once and for all....... it also means starhub should lose all rights to collect rental anymore......

people have forgot how much we have all paid for rentals......

DAMN..!!

recce trip.....

what better ways to spend a Sunday afternoon than to check out the latest thongs and mules at a Louis Vuitton boutique...

for FANS only, first the TULUM thong @ S$700.....

then the TULUM mule @ S$700....

and the most comfortable of all, SOLSTICE thong @ S$830!!!!

OUCH OUCH OUCH...!!!!

from what i know, sizes are running out so if YOU are interested better act NOW....

where's the target...

now is the time for ALL da post-Christmas sales ....

metro TANGS robinsons CARREFOUR topman .... YOU name it!!!

so what should you GET...????

bedlinen..??? pillows??? shirts??? undergarments???

and not to forget, YOU will need to battle the CROWD....

good luck....

rolling up still....

too many bids facing too small a quota....

BANG..!!!

kena big time LOR...!!

seventy-two thousands and 1 dollar only.....

lose the certificate....

perhaps it's time to scrap the COE system.......

the ups and downs of the market prices are driving many people nuts......

i am very sure that we have been accustomed to the abnormal COE prices for the past few years and now the truth hurts badly.....

if the authorities do away with the COE, they have to counter balance the policy by increasing other upfront and variable taxes and expenses....

how about making the following changes....

increase ARF to 200%....

increase registration fee to $20,000.....

increase petrol duty to $1 per litre.....

increase ERP charges to at least $10 per gantry......

increase parking charges to $10 per hour (peak) and $5 per hour (off-peak)....... season parking to $200......

at the end of it, no more jams.......!!!!

no interest 2....

still nothing???

no worries, i will wait until Wednesday.....

by then, i will end the For Sale advert and keep the MSB......

it's not a do or die sale anyway.......

r u balanced..???

recently more and more of my colleagues are catching on with this power balance business..... at first i spotted one guy with it.... and then i realised there is another wearing one as well..... and another one....

i am not sure if what this product can do what it's supposed to do..... from what i know, wood, pure quartz and precious metals etc can be used for resonance tuning..... but for holograms? well, this is the first time ......

so far no one i know who is wearing one has been able to demonstrate its power and effectiveness.... of cos i have to catch the demo video on the product website to understand the 3 PB tests......

the next time i see them i am going to get them to show me exactly how it's being done in the video.....

btw so are you wearing one?

no interest....

alamak..... !!

almost 24 hours gone since the FS post and so far there's no interest in the MSB DAC....

aha looks like i am destined to keep it for good....

sonically there's nothing much to criticise but i was bitten by the upgrade bug.... after all i have been using it for years and the urge to change cannot be eliminated easily......

can someone just take it off me for a good price.....

pay & pay...

i was soooo distracted and forgetful that i paid my citibank credit card bill TWICE.......

and now citibank owes me money ....

to get back the money i have to spend and charge to the card until the account is back to NIL.....

gosh what have i done.....

too expensive 2....

gosh ...

so it's true after all....

even the mighty TOYOTA has called it quits.....

tidak boleh tahan oredi lah.........

no choice i guess.... cos after spending so much, they did not even win a race....

so it's a sad end as the last of the japanese says byeeeeeeeee

came and gone....

well well...

the S$9-million toto lottery is over....

and no wins and no prizes won... so sad..... cos that equates to no paddock club tickets, no GTR and no rm011, haha.....

congrats to the 3 lucky winners of the top prize

as for the rest of us? life goes on....... sigh

no problemo......

true to my expectations, the most recent fuel mileage has dropped off a little...... and i knew it was down to the way i drove for the last tankful......

i cant help it when it's so fun to drive ....... errrr i realised that extra dollars and cents were wasted when i stepped on the gas more but it's so FUN.....

overheard....

overheard this afternoon........

this guy was telling the rest that he owns a rm012...and rm009..... and also the rm011 singapore gp edition...... and etc.....

hmmmm..... so shiok.....

haha..... some ppl just have the luck ...err i mean the money rather....

got me thinking: how long do i need to save up to buy a S$300,000 watch...????

sigh, it's too painful to even think about it.......

who cares about you when things go awry

if your private banker, either directly or indirectly, "helped" you to lose 1 billion dollars..... you surely have a right to be upset ....

the only consolation is not many ppl have 1 billion dollars to lose in the first place..... but i guess many are interested to see the outcome of the case...... how liable are banks and their private bankers when investments go bad......how liable are they for the advice they give...... how liable are they for the information they give....... and what defines "misrepresentation".... and so on....

the street rule is... banks are your friends when you are in rolling good times..... and they could flip instantly like a "roti-prata" when you run into bad times......

so beware....