Damn.. its been a year..

Yes, it has been more then a year since I posted anything here. I wonder what have I been doing. For one, my 2nd kid is now 7months old. This is most probably why I have been away. He is pretty much a few hands FULL.

With the arrival of my 2nd kid, I decided to get a car. And have been driving since April. It was a good deal. I was actually looking into gettin a car since I had my 1st Kid, but I held it off cimply because taking a cab is just easier. But After the 2nd kid came, Taking double cabs for family outings is just getting really irritating. Furthermore, the number of CABs have increase in Sinapaore, but the "style" might I mention of the way they operate is just not helping. Cabs are here to provide a service. If this service gives me an option of not needing a car. I would not have bought a car. I remembered waiting for a cab for like 30mins + in town area after 7pm. And just stopping 1 cab is hard enough. looking for a 2nd cab was just totally "gay"!. In the end I send the family in a cab and took a bus myself....

It is funny how our local government stress so much of having bigger families and not buying cars in their day in day out campaign but you see all the things that they are doing do not quite add up.

example:
-a five room flat is now defined to be 110meters Sq. smaller then some 4 rooms I know of.
-90% of the cabs in Singapore can only git 4 adults.-_-"""
-Utitlies charges increases by 9% recently. Not to mention the regular changes periodcally.
-Milk prices have increased.
-GST/VAT charges is increased from 5% to 7%.
-The appoval of NETS/SWITCH(similiar in UK) charges for merchandisers up from 0.35 and 0.55% of purchases incrased to 1.5 to 1.8% of purchases.

Their only action to increase child birth are these:
- baby bonus for new born S$3000 each to be paid in installments half yearly.
- Income tax rebate of S$10~20k
- Child acc. every $ you deposits earns you S$1 for a max of S$6k. To be used on education and other direct child expenses.

My take is.. throw all the bonus away and stop all the hikes in charges and prices for our daily necessities!


this has not been a good year.
and This morning is even worst.... left my wife for work on the wrong foot.
com'on.. its Friday!