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  1. from Yahoo: The best flight attendants are from Asia AFP Relax
  2. Yes continue in main thread
  3. http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/...t-year-20130613 wah peng.... free train ride then... now new bus service.... So the rest of ppl that work outside of CBD , esp those that need to travel from East to West , or West to East , no need subsidies and no need additional bus service...
  4. Hello Throttle2 Published June 11, 2013 Buying a house? Only cash will do The US housing market is hotting up so fast that the only way for a buyer to land a deal is to go all-cash and be ready within hours [LOS ANGELES] BIDDING wars sound almost quaint. These days, the only way for would-be buyers to secure a home, it often seems, is to offer all cash and be ready to do so within hours, not days. The bursting of last decade's housing bubble feels like ancient history here, where first-time homebuyers are competing with investors to get into single-family homes with prices approaching US$1 million. "It's everyone from a kid out of law school to an investor from China, walking around with thousands to spend," said Kameron Eliassian, a Los Angeles real estate agent. "I don't know where it's coming from, and I don't care. Just show me proof that it's there, and we're good." After saving money for years, waiting for the residential real estate market to hit bottom, buyers all over the country appear eager to get back in, lured by low interest rates and the prospect of a good deal. But with the number of homes for sale at historically low levels and large investors purchasing thousands of properties, buyers are facing a radically changed market and prices are quickly rising. The percentage of homes bought with cash has shot up in many markets across the nation. Nearly a third of all homes purchased in Los Angeles during the first quarter of this year went for all cash, compared with just 7 per cent in 2007. In Miami, 65 per cent of homes sold were for cash deals, compared with 16 per cent six years ago. The prices on all-cash deals are also rising significantly. In Los Angeles, the median price on an all-cash home this year is about US$351,000, compared with US$230,000 in 2009. Over the same period, the median price overall increased to US$410,000, up US$85,000. In fact, last month, home prices in Southern California hit their highest level in the last five years. All-cash buyers, typically investors eager to renovate and quickly resell or rent out homes, are making it more difficult for first-time buyers, who typically rely on mortgage loans that can take weeks or months to materialise. More California homes have been flipped in the last year than in any year since 2005. And while Los Angeles may be a centre of the frenzy, it is not an anomaly. Buyers in Boston are offering US$100,000 more than the asking price or placing offers on homes they have spent only minutes in. In San Francisco, Miami and Phoenix, sellers are looking at dozens of offers within days of putting their home on the market, often accompanied by letters from would-be buyers professing their love for the property. New York City has seen similar drops in inventory, and prices have been rising steadily since 2009. Buyers there are similarly racing to scoop up property. Shortly after Andres Alvarez, 36, got married last fall, he began to look for a home with his wife, figuring that their steady jobs, savings and good credit would make them the perfect buyers in Los Angeles. They were ready to spend US$700,000. Their optimism deflated quickly. "We thought we were the cream of the crop, but anything that was in our price range and move-in ready, there was this insane competition," Mr Alvarez said. They put in nearly a dozen bids, often losing to cash buyers, before finding a two-bedroom home for US$650,000. "It might be a great time to buy, but it's a horrible time to be a buyer," he said. Still, there are plenty of sceptics wondering how long the sharp price increases can last. "People are realising we've probably hit bottom, but the kinds of spikes we're seeing in places like California seems like history is repeating itself," said Daren Blomquist of RealtyTrac, which monitors residential sales. "That's not sustainable for the long term, at least not for the regular homebuyer, so I think there are some warning flags there." Lewis Legon, a developer in Salem, Massachusetts, jumped into the Boston market after he saw how many people were showing up at open houses. "It was like Times Square," he said of one open house, at a property listed for US$1.5 million. He beat out two dozen other bidders by offering US$1.8 million in cash, not the first time he had made an all-cash offer. "The first time I was ready to have a heart attack," he said of all-cash buy. "But it makes you a more attractive buyer and helps you stand out." He also waived the inspection clause, an increasingly common practice. While offers have typically included appraisal clauses, allowing buyers to back out if the home was valued below what they were willing to pay, offers today are more likely to include escalation clauses, saying buyers will pay an additional amount over the highest bid. "Buyers are taking a lot more risks than they ever would before," said Dana DeSimone, a Boston real estate agent who called the current market an "insane asylum". "I don't know that I've ever heard of waiving the inspection contingency on a 150-year-old brownstone until now." Now, agents say their biggest challenge is potential sellers who are wary of putting their home on the market because they fear they cannot find a place to buy. Jeff and Lorena Leininger considered moving from their suburban Los Angeles home over the last several years, but they feared they would not get as much as they paid for it. But this year, with their youngest child getting ready for kindergarten, they decided it was time. Three days after showing the home, they had nine offers. "It felt as crazy as it was back when we bought 10 years ago," Jeff Leininger said. "But it was much worse on the other side. We would show up to an open house, and it was already sold. The clear message was: Be ready to move fast or just get left out." Even in Florida, where the market was once swamped with foreclosures, there are signs of the latest boom, with cash purchases fuelled in part by international investors and retirees awash in cash after selling their homes elsewhere. Don Faught, a manager with Alain Pinel Realtors near San Francisco, said the current market is turning buyers to desperation, particularly because the turnaround has come so quickly. "A year ago, people didn't want a deal, they wanted a steal," he said. "Sellers were listing homes for less than what they originally paid for them and offering all these concessions. Now, the only concessions are coming from the buyers." - NYT
  5. Parliament report Mr Lui Tuck Yew: From August 2012 to January 2013, about 5,000 used cars were sold monthly, based on the data of cars that were transferred from motor vehicle dealers to buyers via the Land Transport Authority
  6. dunno true anot....walau...
  7. I think COE will drop back to S$1 to S$2k region. For those who not sucessfully this round, just be patient, you will get yr COE next round. The latest bad news for the UK car industry follows thousands of job cuts in recent weeks, including 1,200 at Nissan, 850 at Ford, 600 at Aston Martin and 450 at Jaguar Land Rover.
  8. http://www.sgcarmart.com/used_cars/info.ph...306&DL=1000 was just checking the prices for fun when this seemed to take my attention. ls460 so cheap? the others in the market are going for $30-40k more. Some sort of gimmick?
  9. look like all phone cmi except mic brand........ maybe those seller swapped the original batt with those mic one?.. http://www.digitalone.com.sg/news/article/22966/1
  10. though i am very against the influx of FTs, i still treat them like a fellow being and have never look at them with a different perspective. i was having lunch with a PRC colleague. shes a 24yr old gal who just graduated from NTU and now working in a MNC while waiting for PR approval. just started a casual topic like, wad do u like about this country and how are u coping so we get the standard reply. wad stuns me, was the answer to my next question. me: " so wad makes u decide to come here" PRC: " i didnt" me: " wa, ur parents force u here or ur bf is here" PRC: "neither, ur SG gahment invited us here" me: " huh, wad do u mean" PRC: " ur MOE went to our school in our village and told us they URGENTLY need students here, infact they were hardselling the whole scheme and many of us signed up" me: " huh, wad did they offer" PRC: " they offer us, ALL Expenses paid for our fees in NTU, including lodging and we even get pocket money" me: *mouth open PRC: "on top of that, they have send me the INVITATION letter to apply for PR after we grad" i seriously begin to wonder the magitude of the FT problem has many more sides that many of us do not know, i lose my pride as a sgporean after hearing this and i really wonder do they really care ? if u give a PR who starts a business here and bring jobs to sgporeans, by all means. BUT if u choose to so-call groom a FT and seemingly used up tax payers money to fund it, i totally do not understand the reason why. my guess is, they bring in more FTs, give them the candy and they bring in more FTs, which i belive is working because she told her friends about this scheme and many of her friends are here now, at the expenses of home-grown sgporeans. i myself was deprived the chance of studying in a local U. but yet a villager from a faraway land with no visible society contributions gets the chance of studying here, all expenses PAID. are we really worth this much to the gahment ? is it really we got not enough pple here to study in NTU ? then why are they rejecting sgporeans who meet the pre-requisites ?
  11. http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/fire-...eard-only-staff biggest joke of all. By the time u realize got smoke n fire, u die already.. Then why all office buildings need fire drill??? Next time just stay in office dont panic! HHHAAHAHAHAH
  12. ...and not Aston Martin! My profession is considered LOW-skilled profession [bigcry] From the White PAPER: The footnote included two sentences - "Certain low-skilled jobs like personal services, retail, and nursing are hard to offshore. They will still be needed even as the economy upgrades". Haiz.....i want to be MP in my next life footnote: My profession is in the healthcare related, and is together with the 'low-skilled' professions
  13. I'm looking for free GPS maps for Australia, are Malfree and MalSing the only people that develop free maps?
  14. I intend to get my own Engine Oil Brake Pad CVT oil But some workshop really show black face when i didnt get the item from them. Any advice?
  15. My ride : Sonata NF 2.4, almost 6 years old. Milage : 140k. I will be buying the following spare parts from Mxx Gxxx soon and need to find a good workshop for replacing them. Kind bros whom got good experience with thier workshop, please recommend. Prebably can completed the job on a saturday full day. Thanks........... 1) Suspension front : - Lower : $195/- x 2 - Upper : $85 x 2 2) Engine Mounting : $295/- all sides 3) Brake pads : - Front : $80/- - Back : $60/- 4) Shock Absorber : - Front : $85/- x 2 - Back : $80/- x 2 5) General 10k periodic servicing as well 6) Replacing a 14 mth old car battery 7) If possible repair a dent on the roof and changing the rear centre brake light. A lot of screws and things to remove to replace this stupid bulb......very troublesome job. 8) Tyre rotating and alighnment if possible..........havent done this since tyres were install new about 30-40k milage ago. Its a GR90 225 x 45 x 17 I believe there should be other things to replace for a 6 year old car. If bros can add into my list, i would appreciate it. I wana drive this baby until its 10th year. Water Pump assembly is one of them im tempted to replace........
  16. http://www.sgcarmart.com/used_cars/info.ph...026&DL=1002 2 GOOD 2 B TRUE
  17. one of my absorber is leaking,do i change both or the leaking one?
  18. Was told by SE bidding fr 1-9999 starts on Nov 10, 0800hrs and ends Nov 17, 1700. I wun cos SKJ sounds like Small Ku Jiao.......not a good connotation...IMO on that note, Brudder Deckbuild, u intend to bid?? [laugh]
  19. Mr Han, I salute you for having the guts to speak out for citizens!!! Steady!!! Respect!!! http://forums.condosingapore.com/showthread.php?t=15547
  20. just to check if u all see a guy driving this car, and will you all stereotype he is a gay?
  21. Honda Fit She
  22. Radx company of 'friends' will be the happiest of all .......... From Yahoo : Taiwan showgirls strip for the dead Dressed in mini skirts barely covering their hips, the two girls took to the neon-lit stage and moved vigorously to the loud pumping pop music. Their job: to appease the wandering spirits. As the temple facade in the background changed colour from the fireworks lighting up the Taiwanese night sky, the show climaxed with pole-dancing and striptease in front of an audience consisting of men, women and children. "This is hard work but I need to make a living," said 18-year-old En En, out of breath after stripping for the crowd during the recent religious festival. En En had just earned Tw$3,000 ($100) for her act, which began on stage, but ended as she mingled with the audience, letting men touch her for tips. Folk religion in Taiwan is a unique mixture of the spiritual and the earthly, and one of its most remarkable manifestations is the practice of hiring showgirls to perform at festivals, weddings, and even funerals. The girls work on "electronic flower cars" -- specially designed trucks equipped with light and sound equipment that can become a stage, allowing them to travel to performances often held in smaller cities and rural areas. "The groups attract crowds to our events and they perform for the gods and the spirits to seek blessings," said Chen Chung-hsien, an official at Wu Fu Temple, a Taoist landmark in north Taiwan's Taoyuan county. "They have become part of our religion and folk culture." At 26, Chiang Pei-ying is already a veteran performer with nearly 20 years of experience, travelling across Taiwan with her father and two sisters for their family business to entertain audiences -- both alive and dead. more of the story : link: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/taiwan-showgirls-...-055146061.html
  23. French tourist fined for stealing $32,800 handbag AsiaOne Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 SINGAPORE - A French tourist has been fined $8,000 for the theft of a luxury handbag from a Marina Bay Sands (MBS) store. Olivia Lemercier Maurice, 42, was on holiday with her family in Singapore when she stole the Ralph Lauren Ricky Alligator 33 branded bag worth $32,800 at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands. She pleaded guilty to the theft of the honey brown-coloured bag last Wednesday. The police had received a report of the theft on July 30. The mother of two was subsequently arrested at Changi Airport after preliminary investigations. According to The Straits Times, the prosecution asked for a jail sentence due to the high value of the item stolen. However, her lawyer Raymond Lye asked for a fine instead as the French national was suffering from kleptomania, an impulsive disorder to steal things, at that time. He said the theft was an impulsive act due to the illness. Mr Lye also added that the 42-year-old homemaker had spent a week in remand. He argued that it would be unjust to give her a jail instead of probation just because she was a foreigner. After the sentencing, Maurice flew back to France with her husband. She could have been given a sentence of up to three years' jail and a fine. [email protected]
  24. BMW 520i amazing....the car is just slightly younger than me.. not expensive to own one actually..reasonable asking price
  25. Of three expats in 2010 Suntec fight, one sentenced to jail but two jump bail. THE three expatriates are facing charges over a brawl at Suntec City in 2010, during which four people were assaulted. But two of them have jumped bail and fled Singapore. Robert Stephen Dahlberg, 34, an options broker, fled last July. The New Paper has since learnt that Robert James Springall, 25, also an options broker, absconded while out on bail last December. The trio were charged on July 7 last year and released on bail. Nathan Robert Miller, 35, an Australian business development manager, was sentenced on Monday to three weeks
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