Recent content by Starving.Artist

I cannot believe the way things are going with HDB's new policies! FOr starters pte property owners buying HDB is not a new thing and up to 4 years ago just as the property market started to upswing, there was no problem with the property prices. so obviously pte / HDB owners don't seem to be...

yes yes of course, lets stop all this rental nonsense. lets squeeze out all the citizens who are renting flats out. This will allow HDB via EM Services to thrive in the rental of flats that were bought back during SERS

I see where you are coming from and yes Amy Khor sounded absolutlely stupid by saying the barrage 'helped' us because by nature of a dam... it just holds water in.. But i have to say that the barrage was valid in an attempt to secure water resources as water could be similar in value to oil one...

yes you can register under his name and yes you can insure it too... do note due to his age your insurance will be high. Best to select a 'low risk' kind of car... meaning definitely no 2 door cars, no coupes, no cabriolets, no turbo etc... as the latter will attract higher insurance premiums...

Good write up. I personally use my CPF to fund my home because i've actually written it off. My prediction is that its actually going to get harder and harder to 'withdraw' the money come retirement so i think of my 20% contribution as some kind of tax that i will never see again.

Re: OCBC 'did its duty' you know what i think is sad... that you are in your 90's and you still have 8-9 mil in the bank... if i was hitting 90 i would have tried my best to draw down at least 5 mil of it, if not more on wine women and song...

if you are not using all the rooms, i say rent it out... at least one room. the income will either offset the monthly payment or give you a little extra money.

dont con yourself... in the old days not everyone lived in goodman road area too.. the lesser incomed lived in kampungs... and the fortunate had bungalows... somewhat fortunate had wood bungalows and very fortunate had stone... the in betweens had the lower half brick and upper half in wood...

SIXTEEN DEGREES CENTIGRADE exhibition in Singapore

BTW where would you go outside thailand? cambodia? Laos? you can drive there too you know

I suppose you could ask them at the insurance counter if they do comprehensive. i guess not many ppl take that option... in regards to the leaving of the car in thailand.. when you enter you will state how long the car will be in thailand. so as long as the car exits by the date you stipulate it...

Cos that would be missing the point of travel... you know... the journey...

oh and don't forget to detour to the little market at Prachap Kiri Kan which is at the border of Burma and Thailand. it was an interesting little place. its at the narrowest point of thailand

You'd take the Sadao border crossing to Thailand... do note its a mess at the customs. expect to park the car, come out, clear immigration, then clear customs (remove all bags from car for checking) then do temporary importation papers into thailand. its total chaos, but ppl very helpful and...

Driving to bangkok Insurance: your ntuc insurance will cover you for singapore and west malaysia only, and that is fine, when you cross the thai border you will need to buy (required by law) thai car insurance. its very cheap Temporary importation Do note that you will either need to be the...