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Immigration Phone Scam

Source SINGAPORE: The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said it does not call up members of the public for transfer of funds pertaining to immigration facilities such as extension of stay in Singapore. This comes after ICA received public feedback that some individuals including foreigners had received suspicious phone calls from a caller who claimed to be an ICA officer. The calls made to the victims happened over this week and were from a phone number that is similar to the ICA hotline (6391 6100). ICA said the caller would tell the victims that they had not filled their disembarkation/embarkation cards properly. They were then asked to transfer funds to the caller in order to make their stay in Singapore legitimate. ICA said such calls are not authentic and that the police have been informed of the scam. The public is advised to ignore such calls, and not transfer any money via remittance agencies, banks or any other means to the caller. The public should call the poli

Photos from Thailand Trip

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Photos! I didn't take too many though as I keep leaving it at my wife's home, but here goes... New Tesco Lotus in Kumphawapi District Random shot of chickens in cages Rubber trees at my mother-in-law's house Look at the neat formation I heard this is the correct way to cut the tree Cut rubber tree front view See how the liquid used to flow down to the collection bowl I think it takes time to fill up Young rubber trees Another small farm for young rubber trees Growing healthily Young spring onions See how the spring onions have grown Bamboo trees, it's a very useful tree Lots of snail shells, I see piles like this everywhere I wonder what these are for This is how they manage their waste, burn. My wife's uncle's house This is how they store clean water See how big the jar is Honeycomb, this is honey fresh from the trees! Rear shot of the honeycomb Yu

Just Came Back From Thailand Trip

Went to my wife's hometown in North Eastern Thailand (Udon Thani) with my parents and then had a short stay in Bangkok. I have some pictures to share but I will post my spending, get some sleep and then upload tomorrow. Air tickets to Bangkok (4 adults) Fare Price S$200 Tax S$136 Checkin Baggage S$18 (1x 20KG) Booking Fee S$36 (online booking charge) Seat Fee S$20 (seat selection) Total S$410 Air tickets back to Singapore (4 adults) Fare Price 5160 THB Tax 2800 THB Checkin Baggage 900 THB (2x 20KG) Booking Fee 900 THB (online booking charge) Seat Fee 500 THB (seat selection) Total 10260 THB ( S$428.06 ) My spending for the trip (11 days) Taxi to Changi Airport S$10 Bought a 10 pack Sampoerna S$32 Changed S$3450 at Suvarnabhumi Airport @ 22.63 for 78073 THB 12000 THB for my wife to return to her mom. 15000 THB as payment for sinsod (by installment). 2104 THB for bus ticket to her home in Udon Thani (526 THB per pax). 2400 THB for bus ticket back to B

Singapore Budget 2013 - Wage Credit Scheme (Update)

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In my last post , I mentioned that I am eligible for the Wage Credit Scheme, but today when I looked at this article from IRAS, seems like I am not eligible. Basically the government will co-fund salary increment, but only for employee whose Gross Monthly Wage is S$4000 or below. So how do they derive Gross Monthly Wage? My monthly salary is S$3300, and I usually get 3 months bonus a year, and I have a S$500 allowance for each year. Total basic wage = 3300 x 12 = 39600 Bonus = 3300 x 3 = 9900 Allowance = 500 Total = 39600 + 9900 + 500 = 50000 Total divided by Number of Months Worked = 50000 / 12 = 4166.66 Meh. I was happy for a while...

Furious World Tour - Bangkok

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Other than Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsey, Furious Pete is the next guy I want to see on a Food + Travel show, enjoy! Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Singapore Budget 2013 - Wage Credit Scheme

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Today I came across this scheme at our budget website . It seems that our government will help businesses pay their employees a higher salary increment for 3 years by topping up an extra 40%, but this only applies to employees whose monthly salary are S$4000 or lesser, which also means I am eligible, Yay... I wonder if it is capped at S$200 since the picture shows only that amount. Anyway, I don't think my employer will pay me that much, I'll probably get S$100-S$150 increment for 2013 depending on performance. So let's say I get S$100 increment from my employer, and our government tops up 40%, I'll get a total of S$140 increment for 2013, sounds like not bad huh. The thing is, what happens after 3 years? From the 4th year onwards, employers will need to cough up that extra salary increment from their own pockets? I don't think they will like that.

Google Glass - Say Delicious in Thai

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Wow, voice command, GPS and... translation!?! 1:47 "Say delicious in Thai" - Aroi Maybe I should get one.

Bought Sheng Siong at S$0.65 on 01 Apr 2013

Today it closed at S$0.67, I think it will go higher later on. It's giving out dividend in May, let's see...

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