News: P1 Reg

Citizen to have absolute priority over PRs in the new system.

Currently, when there is over subscription, PR gets 1 slip of balloting paper while citizen gets 2 slips.

The new system requires schools to allocate placement to citizen first thus removing even the 1:2 mathematical possibility.

Currently, there are about 10% of PR students in each P1 intake. The new system will ensure that these 10% placement in popular schools (where balloting is required) will first go to Citizen (or PR’s sibling).

Which also mean that over the next few years (when all PR’s siblings have entered P1), the popular schools will only have Citizen in their P1 classes.

For PR, it is certain that there is no chance to get into popular schools as Citizen, regardless of their residential distance to school, will get placement first.

So for PR, there is no point in purchasing or renting property within 1km from the popular schools.

What a change. That’s good for Citizen but a bit of a shocking news to PRs…. Especially for those who paid premium just to stay near the intended schools. Ouch.

Aircon Service

Singapore Serviced Apartment #A

School Fees

Lang and Family in Singapore

Mammoth & Mammy

Family Tree: 163rd Generations

The Lus and Tjias are 163^rd generations.

Amazing record kept by the “island people”.

Here are actual names traced back 17 generations.

Let’s say 20years apart…. Ie 340 years.

Wow, is it true?

Who knows?

Fantastic anyway.

Rented Unit Hand-over

What a thorough examination!

Our experience of handing over a rented unit.

Big question is the difference between “Wear and Tear” vs “Damage”.

Repairs to be carried out prior to the handover:
i) Junior Master room
- wall with stain marks to clean and repaint if cleaning cannot remove the stains.
- parquet floor with scratch marks cause by the chair to re-varnish.
ii) Bedroom 3
- parquet floor with scratch marks to re-varnish.
iii) Common bathroom
- Washbasin pop up waste is loose cannot trap water, to repair.
iv) Kitchen
- Wooden sliding door to re-align.
- Borsch fridge with scratch marks on the door surface and we propose 50-50 compensation
- Blind is not flipping properly, to repair.
v) Yard
- Toilet seat cover loose to repair/replace.
- Shower hose dripping, to replace washer.
vi) Balcony
- To oil or align sliding glass door.
vii) To check all the bathroom blinds to ensure in working condition and repair if necessary.

Electricity Water Gas Rate 2009 2010 2011

Electricity Water Gas 2008Dec-2011Nov

Interesting to see these graphs…..

Seaview Notes: Fittings and Equipment

Bathtub – Pressed steel with quality enamel.

Ceramic Tiles – Combination of compressed marble and ceramic tiles used on floors, walls and ledges in bathrooms. Glazed ceramic tiles on floors and walls of kitchen, service yard, maid’s toilet and balcony floor.

Unglazed tiles on shower floors

Doors – Timber door. Balcony - Aluminium sliding door. Maid’s room and toilet – Vinyl Bi-fold door.

Key – Tiki International

Kitchen – Design Studio. Cabinet doors vinyl membrance. Interior surface is laminate. Top hung cabinet have acid etched glass doors in polished aluminium frame. Countertops are finished in DuPont Corian (solid surface).

Paint – Internal wall and ceiling – SKK Acristar #200 BS 22 B 15. Balcony and air-con ledge – SKK Compo Silicon S0701-Y24R

(Biological growth – apply a layer of SK Cleaner Super (chemical detergent) to kill algae and fungus. Dilute it with water up to 90%. Allow half hour to take effect.)

Floors (living, dining, bathroom) – reconstituted stone, Quarella Bianco Titanio (marble-based product).

Air-con – Daikin Living FTKD71 + RKD71, Dining BR2 BR3: FTKD71, D60, D25 + 4MKD1000, MasterBR & BR 4: FTKD50, D35 + 3MKD75

Hob – SMEG SR134SH-SSDL/SR94SHSS-90DL [SpA 42016 Guastalla (RE)]

Hood – SMEG GR09-60SS/SR09-90SSC940L-90FLPSS

Oven – SMEG S380X

Fridge Bosch KSU405406Y (or KSU44)

Washer Bosch WFL 16

Gas Paloma PH-20SX (continuous flow gas water heater for outdoor use) 20litre