Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad 127th Edition
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
wtf
my mum want to set me up on a date with an old friend
im so glad my parents dont interfere with this aspect of my life.
perhaps it's because they know me well enough to know that it'll be pointless to be nosy with such stuff. ha!
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Originally posted by av98m:
she must be the most hated female in singapore since wee shumin
The judges must be blind like fark lor....she's neither brains nor beauty!
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Originally posted by elindra:
Actually I don't think so laWee Shumin is a fat ugly cow
Ris is a stupid bimbo
but wee shu min is very popular leh. (amongst her own circle of friends lah. which is quite a lot of people (whom i know)) -
the elite mix among themselves only what
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Originally posted by av98m:
well, what about the poor sods who just want to be able to buy their own homes without having to sell their backsides to the banks for 30 years?
let's think about it this way .... the chaps who owns flats that are so expensive right now .... signed off their backsides to the banks in their time too, neh ? ..... so you want to devalue what for some of them, is their most valuable asset ? ... the one that they depend on for retirement ? ....
I've met a case just like that you know ... a retiree who wants to flip his marine parade point block flat, which is worth around 650k now, for a smaller unit to be near his grandchildren ... and to have a bit of cash for his golden years ... that's not going to happen if the COV is capped or prices dipped to half that ....
remember, they are voting singaporeans too .... and honestly, not to say that it's not a burden .... but 30 years is still about average for first world countries .... back in canada, the average house mortgage nowadays ... is around 40 years ... that's right, 40 years (or more !)... buy a house straight out of school, and you may just finish paying it off when you retire ....
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Originally posted by udontknowme:
im so glad my parents dont interfere with this aspect of my life.
perhaps it's because they know me well enough to know that it'll be pointless to be nosy with such stuff. ha!
My parents can't get me to do anything I dont like. So nothing should come out of that.But I almost split my milo when I heard her intentions.
And even if it gets thwarted by me, I know for sure it won't be the end which is always the trouble.
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Originally posted by udontknowme:
but wee shu min is very popular leh. (amongst her own circle of friends lah. which is quite a lot of people (whom i know))
all the atas farks...of course la.Sorry, but I like to swear, but not at tanjia kias like me.
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But she is like the true representative of SG Ah Lians
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i can't believe people are "protecting" the way she speaks
they say that most singaporeans speak this way.
yes they do
but not on the friggin international stage.
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boomz~!
wtf
I LOLed when I read the news.
Its even funnier than PCK which is not funny.
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Originally posted by Fatum:
let's think about it this way .... the chaps who owns flats that are so expensive right now .... signed off their backsides to the banks in their time too, neh ? ..... so you want to devalue what for some of them, is their most valuable asset ? ... the one that they depend on for retirement ? ....
I've met a case just like that you know ... a retiree who wants to flip his marine parade point block flat, which is worth around 650k now, for a smaller unit to be near his grandchildren ... and to have a bit of cash for his golden years ... that's not going to happen if the COV is capped or prices dipped to half that ....
remember, they are voting singaporeans too .... and honestly, not to say that it's not a burden .... but 30 years is still about average for first world countries .... back in canada, the average house mortgage nowadays ... is around 40 years ... that's right, 40 years (or more !)... buy a house straight out of school, and you may just finish paying it off when you retire ....
so in summary we are screwed either way? so many people I know are having problems finding a place they can afford, in one case postponing marriage indefinitely.
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Originally posted by av98m:
so in summary we are screwed either way? so many people I know are having problems finding a place they can afford, in one case postponing marriage indefinitely.
You're talking about my brother -_-"In a way we're glad that instead of postponing like we wanted to, we went ahead of schedule.
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Originally posted by av98m:
so in summary we are screwed either way? so many people I know are having problems finding a place they can afford, in one case postponing marriage indefinitely.
The only way is to slow the property bubble....which the govt seems to be attempting....by soft hints on the news that is constantly hinting of the unsustainable rises.Does not seem to be working though.
One day everything might just come to a head if the bubble is not tamed.
Edit: I.e The US "creative destruction".
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Originally posted by av98m:
so in summary we are screwed either way? so many people I know are having problems finding a place they can afford, in one case postponing marriage indefinitely.
there you go ! .....
what I'm saying is, the problem cannot be solved by simple, arbitary measures like capping COV or artificially depressing the prices of flats .... cos while helping one group, you'd be farking up the other .......
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av better start finding another country
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
The only way is to slow the property bubble....which the govt seems to be attempting....by soft hints on the news that is constantly hinting of the unsustainable rises.Does not seem to be working though.
One day everything might just come to a head if the bubble is not tamed.
Edit: I.e The US "creative destruction".
I'm just so frikking grateful for my old man's foresight. He purchased a couple of properties when the market was really bad nearly 10 yrs ago, one of which I took over(mortgage and all). Let's just say what I'm paying for it won't even buy me a 5 room hdb in a good location today.
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Originally posted by elindra:
You're talking about my brother -_-"In a way we're glad that instead of postponing like we wanted to, we went ahead of schedule.
one couple I know who did get married ended up moving in with the in-laws.
its not working out at all and they are now desperately trying to find a place again -_-"
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Originally posted by av98m:
I'm just so frikking grateful for my old man's foresight. He purchased a couple of properties when the market was really bad nearly 10 yrs ago, one of which I took over(mortgage and all). Let's just say what I'm paying for it won't even buy me a 5 room hdb in a good location today.
Wow....it certainly opens up your choices substantially.
You could either sell it for quite a fair bit of profit or you could simply make full use of it in rents or by livng there.
Me?
Wait and see lor....haiz.
Edit again: On a lighter note, I should quit adding "z" to hai, yo and whatever....sekali I present my work and I make the Ris Low mistake.
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
the elite mix among themselves only what
come to think of it. ya. all RJC kids.
no wonder why i've always felt so stupid. becos i know so many people who are 'smarter than average'.
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Originally posted by udontknowme:
come to think of it. ya. all RJC kids.
no wonder why i've always felt so stupid. becos i know so many people who are 'smarter than average'.
but they die horribly when they go to the working world
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Originally posted by udontknowme:
come to think of it. ya. all RJC kids.
no wonder why i've always felt so stupid. becos i know so many people who are 'smarter than average'.
wa lao....you sound like a friend of mine....says she feels stupid, because people around her = more clever.At the other end of the spectrum is a friend who's from RJC, gets straight As and calls himself stupid as well.
And the result?
I become the "smart" guy...wtf. What logic??
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not all of them ......I have seen quite a few very smart and very self assured rafflesians ... scholars all .....
I think their IQ gives them a lot of confidence about themselves .... so they know when to let go, when to jiak, so their EQ is not low either .... that's why they can climb so fast, even in the private sector ....
of course ... there were pricks too ....
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The teacher assistant of my friend's group yesterday was a super smart kid who's on the dean's list.
And she struck me as super driven...to the point that my friend was a little intimidated talking one on one with her.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
wa lao....you sound like a friend of mine....says she feels stupid, because people around her = more clever.At the other end of the spectrum is a friend who's from RJC, gets straight As and calls himself stupid as well.
And the result?
I become the "smart" guy...wtf. What logic??
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Originally posted by Fatum:
not all of them ......I have seen quite a few very smart and very self assured rafflesians ... scholars all .....
I think their IQ gives them a lot of confidence about themselves .... so they know when to let go, when to jiak, so their EQ is not low either .... that's why they can climb so fast, even in the private sector ....
of course ... there were pricks too ....
some of them have never tasted failure and when it hits them, EVERYTHING falls apart on them