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Ugly Big Toe Nails
I have some ugly big toe nails. Most people’s big toe nails are quite alright, but I think mine is exceptionally on the big side.
They are about 2cm x 1.5cm. Which is quite big.
Recently, I think the power that be is trying to get rid of it. Note the following series of incidents.
Saturday night - Accidentally scrapped my left toe nail against XT’s heel when I was walking. Starts to bleed and a bit filmsy.
Sunday was a rest day, keeping the nail nice and clean although some blood seems to be clotted there.
Monday evening - Accidentally scrapped the same left toe nail against cardboard boxes while trying to lift them to be thrown away. Bleeding starts again. Cleaned and keeping it clean again.
Monday late evening - Little one accidentally fell off the bed while climbing on said bed and stepped on the same left toe nail. Bleeding starts again.
I wonder what else is installed for it in the next few days. Will it be totally ripped off accidentally by some unknown misfortune?
Tune in next time for more adventure of the unfortunate left big toe nail.
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Cousin’s visit
My cousin was over in Singapore over the last week for a visit. My mom asked me to go out with her for a meal or something, just to see her. I think my mom wants this to happen coz she knows how much my auntie dots on me and so wants to return the favour when my cousin is here. My aunt would take time off just to take us out and stuff.
Unfortunately I was quite busy over the last week with work and moving. There wasn’t much time to meet up even, so one day before my cousin flew off, I met her with XT and my mom for dinner.
Out of mischief, I actually wanted to bring her to eat the Sarawak noodles. Heh heh… Yeah, just a thought since my cousin is from Sarawak as well. In the end, we went to Hong Kong Cafe at Anchorpoint.
On a side note, they sell Sarawak Laksa at this coffeeshop in Golden Shoes. Its quite authentic but of course the actual one from Sarawak is much better tasting.
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Moving house
Hmm.. its not easy to move house at all. There are so many things to be properly packed, stored and labelled.
The last time I moved house, it was in 1993 or so. i remembered all I had to do was to go to school in the morning and to go to the new house in the evening. All the boxes are there already and ready to be unpacked.
These time round, its more tedious than that. There is no one to pack except for oneself. I sourced the Internet for a good and cheap mover and most of them quoted me $190 for the one way trip and also inclusive of around 20 carton boxes. Luckily I managed to find one that only charged me $100 and includes 20 free boxes, all new. They even delivered to the old house.
Unfortunately, the amount of stuff to be packed swelled up to 35 boxes at least and the location (non lift floor) added an extra amount. We had to spend two trips to transport the boxes as well as some furniture. All in all, it came up to $250. I think its quite an okay price. I think if I had gone with other movers, it would probably cost $300.
A few things I learnt from the move.
1) No matter how many boxes you estimate you need, always add 20% more.
2) Move the people out of the house before you pack the house. Its easier and there would be more places to store the boxes before the move.
3) There are always some stuff that you forgot to pack. You probably need a few more taxi trips to transport the rest of the stuff.
4) Don’t ask friends to help. They can only help you that much and you don’t really save any money. Get the professional movers to help.
Actually its easier to move from a small place to a bigger place, there would be enough room to put all the stuff. The worse is to move from a bigger place to a smaller place, you got to throw away a lot of things.
One thing good about moving is that one tend to throw away things that are no longer needed. The amount of stuff to be thrown is a lot.
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This will horrify a boob lover
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Hm… Why not?
Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) has started a new campaign recently for 3 different reasons.
Firstly, why not increase Singapore’s attractiveness as a place of business.
Already Singapore was voted one of the fastest and easiest countries around the region to start a new business or to conduct business. The amount of red tapes that a person has to go thru has been reduced a lot. So if there are even more ways to increase the efficiency, why not? One of the earlier ideas that came about was the Online Business Licensing Service (OBLS). It lets businesses deal with licenses from just one portal. I assume that previously, it was more tedious, you had to go down to the bureau to settle it personally.
Secondly, why not nurture entrepreneurs of tomorrow?
Lets get this straight, the education in Singapore is very good academically. But over the last few years, the government had been trying to get people to be creative instead of just studying blindly. Whats the point of studying and memorizing academic text when you can’t apply it? Well, entrepreneurs sure don’t just study (some don’t do well even), but they sure can think creatively. They can think of a hole in the system and then they would try to fill the hole.
Who have heard of Duck Tour previously? If you want to visit the historical places in Singapore, you had to take a tour bus. The Duck Tour enhance it by adding the ability to tour the water area around Singapore.
Lastly, ACE wants to encourage more innovative and competitive businesses thru the campaign. One of the more competitive businesses that happened was the F1 night city race.
Besides bringing in tourist revenue, it also put the country on the global map, telling people, hey look at us, we can do it too.
Singapore is a country with no natural resources, all it has is the people and the people are the one who will come out with new ideas.
Go join the ACE campaign contest here, who knows, your idea might win you $1000. Why not?
Although this is an advertisment for Blog2U, I like the idea of seeing ideas being appreciated and if possible, implemented.
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Memory Card DVD Players
Anyone knows any model of DVD players that can play movies from memory cards such as SD-card?
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RAM for my PC
I signed up for Singnet broadband at the PC Show last year. With it, came an Acer Aspire series PC. This is one of those small and thin desktop client that looks like a thick book. There is a total of 512MB RAM on it. Now, if I am using Microsoft XP, I would be quite alright with it running common applications like Word or Excel. But the PC came with Vista and 512MB doesn’t cut it.
I finally bought extra RAM from the PC show recently to compliment the existing ones. Now the computer is quite snappy and everyone is happy.
Unfortunately, not everyone has a PC show to go to buy RAM and furthermore, the RAM you buy might not be compatible fully with what you have. I once bought extra RAM for a work PC and in the end, I had to switch out both old RAMs coz the new one is not compatible with it even though almost everything is the same.
If Adding Computer RAM is tought for you, you can read on how to do it or the difference between the RAMs here. I had to use a software from PC Wizard (Freeware) to determine my existing RAM. Turns out that mini PC was using a SODIMM (usually for notebooks) rather than the conventional RAMs for desktop PCs.
If you are overseas and would like to get compatible RAMs online, check out Memory Deal. They have RAMs that matched the PC/MAC manufacturers original RAM for full compatibility. They also teaches you how to Add IMAC Memory.
Last but not least, if you want memories for older PCs, you can also find them here. An example is the DDR PC2700 Memory for older generation PC/laptop. I’ve checked the price listed on the site against Singapore Hardwarezone Priceguide and found that the price is lesser or comparable.
Check it out
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Skin MD Natural
I’ve suffering from dry skin on my feet, especially my sole. My sole would be extremely itchy after a day of wearing socks and shoes. Its even worse if I have a few drinks after work. When I come back from drinking, the feet would itch as hell. Sometimes I would scratch till it bleeds. If you had seen my feet before, its quite dry and there are a number of scars.
I’ve tried a few moisturizers from Johnson & Johnson and a few other brands. Well, they do work sometimes but I do have to put quite a bit. One of the common problem with moisturizers is that they will leave a feeling of oily skin after you apply them. This is due to the glycerin which helps to add moisture to the skin from the air around. Glycerin is the primary cause of the oily residue after applying. Skin MD Natural Shielding lotion does not have this problem. More about it later.
I’ve never heard of Skin MD Natural until a friend told me about it. She said they are inviting to review their product and since I don’t mind trying it out, I filled in the form and a few weeks later, the package came.
In the box, there is a bottle of 120ml bottle of the shielding lotion as well as 3 packets of the same thing for use when you are out and about.
Now, what is a shielding lotion. Its basically a lotion that forms a barrier between the skin and the surrounding air so that the moisture is locked in and at the same time, moisture is absorbed from the air. Read here to find out how it works.
The lotion has a watery consistency but after you apply it, its really absorbed into the skin leaving very very little residue on the surface. In fact, you don’t feel the typical moisturizer feeling at all. There is also very little smell as compared to other brands.
I let XT tried it as well and she also finds it very good. In a nutshell, she also said its good and effective and really works.
Once my sample pack is finished, I will probably order more as they don’t have it in Singapore yet. If you want to try it before you buy, you can check here on how to get it.
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Trading library comic books
I recalled quite fondly this process of trading library comic books when I was young.
Long before the library system was computerized, each of us children is given 4 red small cardboard holders that doubles as a library card each. Each holder can borrow a library book for a certain period of time.
Last time if you want to reserve a book, its all manual. You got to go to the counter, fill in a form. When someone returns a book, the title is checked against a list of reserved books.
Anyway, the library is stocked with comics titles like Tintin and Asterix. These books are hot items and its not easy to get them. If you want to read the entire series, you got to put in effort to trade for it.
What happens is you would need to get hold of at least a title from these series. Then when you are done with it, you go to the library but don’t return it. Instead, you bring the book into the library proper and walk around. If you see someone doing the same thing, you can ask the person to show you his collections. If its something you haven’t seen, you can opt to trade one of your titles for his when you return it later.
This is how you can complete a comic series last time. I remember doing this for a while until I’ve read the entire series. Then I just dumped the books at the return bin and the system will go on.
