February 16, 2006

BookJetty.com

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Herryanto said:

I find myself doing repetitive task of searching good books in amazon site and checking NLB online catalogue if they are available in the library. Very time consuming, so this site combines information from Amazon and NLB under one page. Do check it out.

Recommended by johannes: "easy to use.. though still beta and a bit slow.."

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Submitted by johannes on February 15//11:12pm and published by jseng, shianux :: 6 comments | 2215 reads | trackback

January 12, 2006

Black Disc

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fugs said:

But can someone tell me what the f*** are these black discs that you can find at your block's first floor lift lobbies? You can also see them outside of utility rooms at some blocks of flats as well.

Recommended by moe: "I'm curious...that's why!"

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Submitted by moe on January 11//11:02pm and published by shianux, preetamrai :: 8 comments | 1503 reads | trackback

October 01, 2005

About hopes, grand plans, and card pyramids

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Leaf in the Wind said:

Risk - The more levels you build, the higher the risk that it may topple. The taller they are, the harder they fall. Also, the bigger the structure, the greater the cost (more time and effort). The more time and effort you put into building up something, the greater your desire that it wouldn't topple, and the harder you work at trying to ensure that it doesn't.

Procrastination - When procrastinating, you can do the weirdest things...

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "A short story of simple pleasures and moral truths to building card pyramids. Or anything else, for that matter. :)"

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Submitted by Anonymous Coward on October 01//2:51am and published by fembot, LMD :: 788 reads | trackback

June 23, 2005

HDB owners being scammed???

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Singapore Critic takes issue with the meaning of ownership as defined by HDB and compares it to renting a private apartment.

...an overwhelming 95.6 percent of households interviewed prefer to own rather than rent a flat. ".

My question now would be:

  1. How many of these people actually think that they "own" their 99 year lease hold flat?
  2. How many of these people actually know that they are actually "renting" these HDB flats from the government, and not "buying" them?
  3. Or are these people voicing their unhappiness that these flats are "leasehold"?

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[shianux: a leasehold is still considered a property right, and is considered 'ownership' as well, albeit a time-limited one. How many lay people understand the legal difference between freehold or leashold? And furthermore, there aren't many places left in the world where fee simple titles can be found. For all intents and purposes, a 99 year lease is more than enough.]
Submitted by yuhui on June 23//12:21pm and published by jseng :: 1643 reads | trackback

April 14, 2005

Got problem or not?

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Lancerlord said "In the Straits Times today regarding the topic of having ca-Sin-No here in Singapore, it says that "Gambling addicts: 55,000 at risk".

But on the other hand, in today's Today frontpage news states "What gambling problem?"

So is having a ca-Sin-No here a problem or not? One paper says at risk, the other says what problem."

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Submitted by admin on April 14//2:38pm :: 848 reads | trackback