Archive for the 'General – My Views' Category

How To Have A Conflict Minimised Funeral

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

This post maybe a bit sensitive to some. The recent events happened to me has thrown me off momentum, at least for now. What I am talking about below applies more for chinese funeral, but generally, having a Will is good for everyone. Firstly, to avoid any possible arguments, disagreements in the family: “Make a [...]

A Sad Day

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

My grandpa passed away today. This morning when I woke up, I was feeling so lethargic, and I could not cheer myself up, not knowing why. Maybe it was a sign that someone close is leaving. Yesterday I was having flashbacks of me and my grandpa. He used to bring me to the coffeeshop during [...]

When You See Someone Cries…

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

I was out today having lunch with my hubby in town, and when we are heading off to another destination, we saw a teenage girl crying and her friends comforting her. My first thought was a very common one, “Why did she cry?”. Subsequently, “Did she had a tiff with her parents?”. Somemore, “Will she tell [...]

Convenience vs Going Green – Lift Upgrading Pros & Cons

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

When convenience is abused, its practically going against Going Green. The area where I stayed underwent a lift upgrade and recently completed doing so for a few blocks. The new lift was great, able to stop at every floor, very good for the elderly citizens. That was just the surface however, The new lift now [...]

Electricity Tariffs Up Approx 21.5% In Singapore

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

As the title said, this is going to be tough for poor families in Singapore.  It starts officially on Children’s Day, 1 Oct 2008. This is the highest electricity tariff raise ever seen.  The first thing that came to my mind was lots of people will go to coffeeshops to watch TV programmes, then they [...]