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Getting a Reality Check – Cost of Basic Survival in Singapore – S$20 a day
I mentioned in my earlier post that in order to move out of complacency, I need to move out of my comfort zone. To move out of my comfort zone, I need to know where I am in the comfort zone. To do this, I did a reality check of how much it would cost [...]
Reflecting on the future
I’m getting married soon. I have been working full-time for almost 2 years now, I earn a decent living but still nowhere near very comfortable. I tried hard to save money but it’s always so difficult, even though I live a rather modest life without indulging a lot. Few days ago I just booked a [...]
FREE S$44 Expedia vouchers up for grabs
Specially for readers of mrbiao.com, I have 10 voucher codes for use on http://www.expedia.co.uk, which will give you GBP 20 (~ S$44) off your hotel or flight/hotel booking. Only valid for new Expedia.co.uk members, and one code per account only. No minimum booking required, so you can potentially get a hotel for cheap or even [...]
$100k donations for NUS student stricken with cancer within days
Some time last week I received an email about this PRC girl in her final year at NUS needing donations because she is currently stricken with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. I have to admit that I was a little skeptical at first, wondering whether this is a genuine case of hardship. It has since emerged that [...]
Campus tragedy in Singapore
From ChannelNewsAsia: A Nanyang Technological University (NTU) spokesman had confirmed that a final year student from the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering stabbed a professor Monday morning. The professor at the engineering faculty was in his office when the student stabbed him with a knife in the back. Prof Chan Kap Luk, a Singaporean [...]
3 Singapore hotels in TripAdvisor’s 2009 Top 10 Dirtiest Hotels
Singapore’s tourism officials usually market our island-state as a “clean and green” place. However, 3 Singapore hotels have been given the dubious honour of being in the Top 10 list of dirtiest hotels in Asia Pacific by TripAdvisor. I’m not really surprised, because Singapore is not as “clean and green” as it claims to be. [...]
Budget airlines – AirAsia’s the best
Since budget flights came into existence in Asia, I’ve taken dozens of flights on AirAsia, Tiger Airways and Jetstar. Out of these three, my favourite is actually AirAsia. Actually in terms of comfort and service Jetstar is the best, but it is a bit on the expensive side. It is not difficult to see why [...]
mrbiao.com is 3 years old
mrbiao.com is now 3 years old. Seeing that blogging about societal matters don’t seem to help improve anything, and that Google Adsense has only yielded him US$30 over the years… mrbiao is contemplating turning this into a food blog (um, of NUS canteen food and normal coffeeshop fare?). Hmmm.
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