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A friend of mine just launched HomeSpace.sg.It’s really promising!

HomeSpace.sg provides a powerful and intuitive graphical map interface that showcases not only properties listed for sale, but also amenities in the vicinity such as MRT stations, bus interchanges, schools and shopping centres. Home buyers are also able to streamline their searches according to their desired price range, property type, floor area and even number of rooms.

Unlike other online real estate search engines currently serving the Singapore market, HomeSpace.sg boasts a clean and uncluttered visual interface, ridding its website of unnecessary links, advertisements, news and information that are commonly found in other websites. It is the sole aim of The Real Group to provide home buyers with an easy-to-use “no-nonsense” platform to get their tasks done as quickly and easily as possible without any detractors.

HomeSpace.sg also features a Clientele Managerâ„¢ and Agent Portfolioâ„¢ features which cater to real estate agents. The Clientele Manager feature enables an agent to add, edit and view clientele and their property preferences online, empowering them to access their client information from any computer. Their Portfolio automatically synchronizes with their listings on HomeSpace and showcases their property portfolio on a personal professional webpage, dramatically reducing barriers for agents to go online.

I’d say go check it out… esp if you are a property agent!

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.

Just happened to read this article on the NYT on a frugal road trip.

Just really needed to say this: I NEED TO TRAVEL… SOON!!!!!!

As of now, I can’t wait to type something like this:

Dear Co-Workers and Managers,

As many of you probably know, today is my last day. But before I leave, I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know what a great and distinct pleasure it has been to type “Today is my last day.”

For nearly as long as I’ve worked here, I’ve hoped that I might one day leave this company. And now that this dream has become a reality, please know that I could not have reached this goal without your unending lack of support. Words cannot express my gratitude for the words of gratitude you did not express.

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Saw this article posted to me via email that I’d like to share with everyone.

(SINGAPORE) Peter Lim, the man formerly known as the ‘Remisier King’ and who is estimated to be worth more than $2 billion today, reckons the stock market still has two good years to go. But he is getting concerned about the property market.

The good life: Nowadays, Mr Lim spends his time dispensing advice to deal-makers in the industry - and sends them a bill of $300K for it

‘The market won’t collapse for the next two, three years. It’s all sentiment-driven. People are making more money, and so long as people are spending, we are OK. But one has got to start to think how to exit at the end of 2-3 years - 2009, before the casino starts operating,’ he said.

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So 2 weeks back I took a trip down to JB for some go-karting (man, they have some monster machines over there!) with Wenzheng, Sylvia and Chayying. We were having a ball of a time, until we returned to the car. I found my windows smashed, boot broken into, all bags stolen - except Sylvia’s - lucky girl!

I simply couldn’t believe it. I usually follow all safety precautions, except I didn’t consider parking my car at the end of a line of Singaporean cars (mine being the one at the end of the row) a safety boo-boo. It’s the kind of thing you never expect to happen to you - yes especially you - until it happens. Sigh. And it was in broad daylight. And we were racing right at the track right next to the car. 10 metres. I. Don’t. Believe. It. Still.

To make things worse, the Malaysian police are just a laughing stock. We went to a police station and they told us they don’t do police reports. I’m like, huh?! We went to another one, and it was like oh, broken windows, stolen cards - yeah, they happen two thousand times a day. Just give me the details, let me type it in, and then both of us can go on our way, ok? I’m so totally disgusted at Johor Bahru, the Malaysian police force, and the crime rate in JB. I’ve only gotten pickpocketed once in my life, and it was in Johor Bahru. I’ve only gotten my car broken into once in my life, and it was in Johor as well. And the total number of times I have been victimized by crime in my life is a total of two. And i’ve spent a grand total of not more than 3 weeks of my life in Johor Bahru. The facts speak for themselves.

I lost many things. My camera, my ipod, my wallet. And the bastards had the audacity to charge another RM$10,000 to my credit card, too. And Citibank refused to reverse the charge despite my immediate attempt to cancel the card upon knowledge of the incident - I just received their call, and i was just speechless TOO. What’s up with my luck these days?!

I’m appealing to more senior management with regard to the credit card payment. Keeping my fingers crossed now.

So ends another trip to Taiwan. I was there for just 4 days. I promise I’ll update pictures and more details this week. As of now - I’m so swamped I barely have time to breath. Sigh.

I promise it’d be good - Taroko Gorge in Taroko National Park is really pretty! Wait for it…

By the way, I’ll be publishing all my pictures from now on in Facebook as it’s the most convenient way for me to update pictures (direct upload from iPhoto), so if you don’t have an account already, go sign up!

Man, check out this 1-click site. It’s soooooo simple, but so darn funny, i almost fell out of my office chair.

I swear, you gotta see it. I swear, you GOTTA see this!

Hmm i don’t usually do these silly quizzes, but a friend’s result turned out pretty funny and the obituary thing was really striking at my curiosity so i did check it out:

Finally after many miserly years, Garry Huang died with a small grimace. He will be terribly missed by the guys at the Legion.

Quietly in a modern art museum, Garry died before telling anyone where they buried their treasure. Garry will be terribly missed by many a local transsexual prostitute.

Ah wells. See your future newspaper ad here.

A good friend just reminded me unconsciously why I should get out of IT. Initially, I took the IT route because it was simple. Fun, too. But I realized in university that IT as a hobby is fun and challenging, but IT as a career? Bad mistake (for me anyway).

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