Conversational Topic #3&4-Belated Valentines' Day, Singapore Budget '07
I apologise for being late this week. My usual blogging has been distracted with Anarchy Online levelling, and obsessively listening to the Barenaked Ladies' new album. As such, I'll post now.
The week has been eventful, to say the least. 14th was Valentines' day, a non-event candidate for deletion in my opinion. I spent it grinding 150,000 creds in AO, while listening to people with their materialistic day out with a significant other.
While I have long numbed to being heckled for not even pretending to look for a date, and I fully support others' day out with someone who is important to them, do you really need a day for the service-industry to instruct you on what to do, and those who only want the attention, do you need that boost to your ego by having someone buy you stuff?
The next day, ironically, was the announcement of the Budget '07. The statement itself was impressively worded, and clear on what the Government's position is,although personally, I have to disagree on a few points.
The GST hike, and the supposed relief, is a sticking point. What would $500 or so one-off payment do to a family living on $2k monthly? While it's meant to "tide over" the inital increase, there would be no further allevation of this cost through a take-home pay increase, or lowering of a cost of living. It may only be a few cents increase an item, consider a week's groceries costs a family of 4 about $200. The $16 extra from GST rolls to nearly $756 annually. That sure overhauls the offset amount. (Above is an approximation and should not be considered a hard number.)
This was added in addition to a reduction in corporate tax, but I question the motives, as the GST has proved itself to be a steady way to fill Government coffers.
And on Sunday, the Chinese New Year kicks off. I'm content to attempt a study of Engineering Math 3 and eat whatever New year goodies that come my way. As I have a sweet tooth bordering on addiction to sugary or savory treats, The former suffers in favor to the latter.
That concludes this XL-sized post, I'll enter another entry on Friday, promise.
By The Dolphin
"I can't believe that you'd believe that I would fake it,
Wait - unless you count the things I said when we were naked;
Run, run away from everything we'd ever hoped for,
I can't believe that this is what people elope for."
Barenaked Ladies-Are Me-Wind Me Up
The week has been eventful, to say the least. 14th was Valentines' day, a non-event candidate for deletion in my opinion. I spent it grinding 150,000 creds in AO, while listening to people with their materialistic day out with a significant other.
While I have long numbed to being heckled for not even pretending to look for a date, and I fully support others' day out with someone who is important to them, do you really need a day for the service-industry to instruct you on what to do, and those who only want the attention, do you need that boost to your ego by having someone buy you stuff?
The next day, ironically, was the announcement of the Budget '07. The statement itself was impressively worded, and clear on what the Government's position is,although personally, I have to disagree on a few points.
The GST hike, and the supposed relief, is a sticking point. What would $500 or so one-off payment do to a family living on $2k monthly? While it's meant to "tide over" the inital increase, there would be no further allevation of this cost through a take-home pay increase, or lowering of a cost of living. It may only be a few cents increase an item, consider a week's groceries costs a family of 4 about $200. The $16 extra from GST rolls to nearly $756 annually. That sure overhauls the offset amount. (Above is an approximation and should not be considered a hard number.)
This was added in addition to a reduction in corporate tax, but I question the motives, as the GST has proved itself to be a steady way to fill Government coffers.
And on Sunday, the Chinese New Year kicks off. I'm content to attempt a study of Engineering Math 3 and eat whatever New year goodies that come my way. As I have a sweet tooth bordering on addiction to sugary or savory treats, The former suffers in favor to the latter.
That concludes this XL-sized post, I'll enter another entry on Friday, promise.
By The Dolphin
"I can't believe that you'd believe that I would fake it,
Wait - unless you count the things I said when we were naked;
Run, run away from everything we'd ever hoped for,
I can't believe that this is what people elope for."
Barenaked Ladies-Are Me-Wind Me Up
posted by Nifty Dolphin at 01:33
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