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GMS enjoys economical rice with ................................. tea. 
Guess how much this 2 Meat 1 Vegetables cost? This is from my friendly neighborhood Econ Rice Stall.
Answer: $4.
The Maths is simple. 1 vegetables+Rice $1, 2 Normal meat $3 ($1.50 each).
This is the Cheapest, Value for money Econ Rice Stall I could find in AMK
Normally it costs $4.20 to $5, depending on which coffeeshop you buy from.
However, even at this Cheapest possible Econ Rice Stall, I couldn't get 2 vegetables plus a Chicken Thigh at $3!
Not all meats or vegetables are priced the same!
Eg. Broccoli is more expensive than other vegetables, Normally 30 cents more.
Chicken Thigh will cost $2, 50 cents more than Normal meat!
Thus for a Chicken Thigh with 2 vegetables plus rice, the price will be $3.50. aka $1.50 for Rice+2 vegetables, $2 for Chicken Thigh.
Goh Meng Seng
4 d ·Guess how much this 2 Meat 1 Vegetables cost? This is from my friendly neighborhood Econ Rice Stall.
Answer: $4.
The Maths is simple. 1 vegetables+Rice $1, 2 Normal meat $3 ($1.50 each).
This is the Cheapest, Value for money Econ Rice Stall I could find in AMK
Normally it costs $4.20 to $5, depending on which coffeeshop you buy from.
However, even at this Cheapest possible Econ Rice Stall, I couldn't get 2 vegetables plus a Chicken Thigh at $3!
Not all meats or vegetables are priced the same!
Eg. Broccoli is more expensive than other vegetables, Normally 30 cents more.
Chicken Thigh will cost $2, 50 cents more than Normal meat!
Thus for a Chicken Thigh with 2 vegetables plus rice, the price will be $3.50. aka $1.50 for Rice+2 vegetables, $2 for Chicken Thigh.
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A FB friend shared her story with GMS.
A FB friend who is Unvax came down to share her story with me.
She has two teenage sons who are Unvax too. She has talked about the horrendous discrimination, persecution and enormous pressures applied to her sons in school, as well as the silly things MOH wanted to impose on her and her children.
They have to fight every battle, including resisting the pressure from their own family members.
She finally said she wanted to thank my daughter Shirin because at their most difficult time, she has shown her sons how strong and determined Shirin is, as a young lady, in resisting the experimental vaccines.
She said, in her home town language (she is a naturalized citizen), Shirin means Sweet.
Goh Meng Seng
5 d ·A FB friend who is Unvax came down to share her story with me.
She has two teenage sons who are Unvax too. She has talked about the horrendous discrimination, persecution and enormous pressures applied to her sons in school, as well as the silly things MOH wanted to impose on her and her children.
They have to fight every battle, including resisting the pressure from their own family members.
She finally said she wanted to thank my daughter Shirin because at their most difficult time, she has shown her sons how strong and determined Shirin is, as a young lady, in resisting the experimental vaccines.
She said, in her home town language (she is a naturalized citizen), Shirin means Sweet.
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GMS enjoys soup and supper with........................... tea.
A very rare nice stall for supper!
The soup is superb and the Yong Tau Hu is value for money!
Goh Meng Seng
5 d ·A very rare nice stall for supper!
The soup is superb and the Yong Tau Hu is value for money!
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GMS is concerned. 
If Omicron is less fatal than flu and not everyone is taking flu vaccines, then why is MOH pushing Covid vaccines for even the teenagers & kids?
Goh Meng Seng
4 d ·If Omicron is less fatal than flu and not everyone is taking flu vaccines, then why is MOH pushing Covid vaccines for even the teenagers & kids?
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GMS cannot stop laughing. 
I can't control myself from laughing when I read this! Out of all people, this comes from the person who have reaped off the fabric of the society by pushing VDS and the evil No Jab No Job?!
Even my toes are laughing!
Goh Meng Seng
4 d ·I can't control myself from laughing when I read this! Out of all people, this comes from the person who have reaped off the fabric of the society by pushing VDS and the evil No Jab No Job?!
Even my toes are laughing!
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GMS recommends Tudor Ceylon Tea.
Tudor Ceylon Tea
We have sold quite a number of Tudor Ceylon Tea, with a supporter who came back for more after first purchase.
Other than Akbar Premium Earl Grey Loose Leaf Tin, Tudor Ceylon Tea is one of the best Loose Leaf tea sold at the Geylang Serai Ramadan Bazaar.
For a plain black tea, Tudor Ceylon Tea has an extremely smooth taste accompanied by the signature Fragrance of Ceylon Tea taste. It is totally rid of the usual astringence which sometimes come with that tinted bitterness because it is only made from the first 3 leaves at the tips of the tea plant. It is carefully blended and crafted by the great tea masters in Akbar Bros factory.
The House of Tudor Tea Singapore
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1 d ·Tudor Ceylon Tea
We have sold quite a number of Tudor Ceylon Tea, with a supporter who came back for more after first purchase.
Other than Akbar Premium Earl Grey Loose Leaf Tin, Tudor Ceylon Tea is one of the best Loose Leaf tea sold at the Geylang Serai Ramadan Bazaar.
For a plain black tea, Tudor Ceylon Tea has an extremely smooth taste accompanied by the signature Fragrance of Ceylon Tea taste. It is totally rid of the usual astringence which sometimes come with that tinted bitterness because it is only made from the first 3 leaves at the tips of the tea plant. It is carefully blended and crafted by the great tea masters in Akbar Bros factory.
The House of Tudor Tea Singapore
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GMS is concerned.
Seriously, does this sound like anything that could come from an "Expert"?
"Some of them has not been vaccinated at all" but wait, if your vaccines REALLY WORK to prevent serious illness and hospitalizations from Covid infections, why are the Majority of those hospitalized still vax or even fully boosted?!
It is obvious that regardless of vax status, as long as you are from the vulnerable group, you will have higher chance of getting seriously ill and hospitalized if you get Covid infections!
Majority of Unvax are people with pre existing conditions, it is not surprising if some of them get seriously when infected.
But even when those vax, minority of them are from vulnerable group, why are they still get hospitalized?
We must look at Conditional Probabilities here. I bet, it doesn't really make any difference.
Goh Meng Seng
21 h ·Seriously, does this sound like anything that could come from an "Expert"?
"Some of them has not been vaccinated at all" but wait, if your vaccines REALLY WORK to prevent serious illness and hospitalizations from Covid infections, why are the Majority of those hospitalized still vax or even fully boosted?!
It is obvious that regardless of vax status, as long as you are from the vulnerable group, you will have higher chance of getting seriously ill and hospitalized if you get Covid infections!
Majority of Unvax are people with pre existing conditions, it is not surprising if some of them get seriously when infected.
But even when those vax, minority of them are from vulnerable group, why are they still get hospitalized?
We must look at Conditional Probabilities here. I bet, it doesn't really make any difference.
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GMS highlights normal price of economy rice.
This is the NORMAL PRICE of Economic Rice nowadays!
Bendemeer Hawker Center
Goh Meng Seng
1 d ·This is the NORMAL PRICE of Economic Rice nowadays!
Bendemeer Hawker Center
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GMS goes to Bendemeer for lunch and ................................. tea.
Bendemeer is my frequent hunt for lunch. Over the past 2 years, 8 out of 10 visits to this place will be met with a funeral wake here.
There aren't that many blocks of flats around....
Looks like Excess Deaths will continue to be very high.
Goh Meng Seng
2 d ·Bendemeer is my frequent hunt for lunch. Over the past 2 years, 8 out of 10 visits to this place will be met with a funeral wake here.
There aren't that many blocks of flats around....
Looks like Excess Deaths will continue to be very high.
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GMS highlights preferential treatment.
Does the ABSD apply to everyone fairly? Nope! If you are a citizen of Iceland, Liechtenstein ,Norway, Switzerland or USA, you can apply for refund.
Conditions for remission:
Under the respective FTAs, Nationals or Permanent Residents of the following countries will be accorded the same Stamp Duty treatment as Singapore Citizens:
- Nationals and Permanent Residents of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland
- Nationals of the United States of America
This basically means that citizens of these countries have preferential treatment over other foreigners!
https://www.iras.gov.sg/.../foreigners-eligible-for-absd...
Goh Meng Seng
5 d ·Does the ABSD apply to everyone fairly? Nope! If you are a citizen of Iceland, Liechtenstein ,Norway, Switzerland or USA, you can apply for refund.
Conditions for remission:
Under the respective FTAs, Nationals or Permanent Residents of the following countries will be accorded the same Stamp Duty treatment as Singapore Citizens:
- Nationals and Permanent Residents of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland
- Nationals of the United States of America
This basically means that citizens of these countries have preferential treatment over other foreigners!
https://www.iras.gov.sg/.../foreigners-eligible-for-absd...
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GMS laughs and laughs. 
I really laugh until die when I read this...
Are you sure this is our Minister of National Development talking?
Goh Meng Seng
9 h ·I really laugh until die when I read this...
Are you sure this is our Minister of National Development talking?
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GMS has plenty of comments about PAP and WP. 
I really don't know what Sylvia Lim is trying to achieve out of this .... What exactly is she unhappy about? Just because Shanmugam said that US and its allies are not totally without fault?
Or that she is unhappy that a minister says something different from his own party? I know WP would ban all its MPs or even its members from expressing themselves freely in public, all must be "approved" by WP CEC but has she mistaken PAP as WP? She is really behaving more PAP than PAP!
Each Minister may express his own views and in this case, Shanmugam has already qualified that he was expressing his own view ("In my view...") I am actually impressed by Shanmugam when he shows that he understood the complexity of the Ukraine war and that at least he is fully aware that US and NATO are not without fault.
I am definitely NOT a fan of Shanmugam and I disagree with PAP's stance in putting "sanctions" on Russia as we are really just a tiny little red dot. On top of that, Ukraine War is the result of a lot of complex issues, not as simplistic as a big bully waging a war out of no reason.
It's regrettable that PAP gov has chosen side in spite of knowing and understanding the complexity of the issue but at the very least, they understood it.
In my view, as a small country, we should maintain neutrality in view of such complexity.
It is even more regrettable that Sylvia Lim, as a senior opposition MP, seems to lack the capacity to respect the diversity of views in her way of questioning.
This is not the kind of democracy I envisage for Singapore. The Singapore Gov has its official stance but it doesn't mean all other MPs or Ministers can't have their own mind and views.
Worse, is to suggest that all scripts of Ministers (well maybe even MPs or party members!) must be vetted by the Cabinet! Hey, we don't pay millions for school boys and girls to run the country!
https://www.todayonline.com/.../shanmugams-speech-ukraine...
Goh Meng Seng
42 m ·I really don't know what Sylvia Lim is trying to achieve out of this .... What exactly is she unhappy about? Just because Shanmugam said that US and its allies are not totally without fault?
Or that she is unhappy that a minister says something different from his own party? I know WP would ban all its MPs or even its members from expressing themselves freely in public, all must be "approved" by WP CEC but has she mistaken PAP as WP? She is really behaving more PAP than PAP!
Each Minister may express his own views and in this case, Shanmugam has already qualified that he was expressing his own view ("In my view...") I am actually impressed by Shanmugam when he shows that he understood the complexity of the Ukraine war and that at least he is fully aware that US and NATO are not without fault.
I am definitely NOT a fan of Shanmugam and I disagree with PAP's stance in putting "sanctions" on Russia as we are really just a tiny little red dot. On top of that, Ukraine War is the result of a lot of complex issues, not as simplistic as a big bully waging a war out of no reason.
It's regrettable that PAP gov has chosen side in spite of knowing and understanding the complexity of the issue but at the very least, they understood it.
In my view, as a small country, we should maintain neutrality in view of such complexity.
It is even more regrettable that Sylvia Lim, as a senior opposition MP, seems to lack the capacity to respect the diversity of views in her way of questioning.
This is not the kind of democracy I envisage for Singapore. The Singapore Gov has its official stance but it doesn't mean all other MPs or Ministers can't have their own mind and views.
Worse, is to suggest that all scripts of Ministers (well maybe even MPs or party members!) must be vetted by the Cabinet! Hey, we don't pay millions for school boys and girls to run the country!
https://www.todayonline.com/.../shanmugams-speech-ukraine...
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GMS is curious about the rent at Ridout Road.
This is an article from 2015.
A Good Class Bungalow (smaller size than 26 Ridout Road) along Ridout Road was sold at $91.69m!
So, for a miserable return of 2%, the rental should be at least $1.8m per year. This should be the "market rate".
Well, of course the SLA valuation may be very different but even with a hefty discount of 50%, the annual rental should be around $900K, right?
Let's see what's the official rent both Shanmugam and Vivian paid for the B&W bungalows nearby.
Goh Meng Seng
11 h ·This is an article from 2015.
A Good Class Bungalow (smaller size than 26 Ridout Road) along Ridout Road was sold at $91.69m!
So, for a miserable return of 2%, the rental should be at least $1.8m per year. This should be the "market rate".
Well, of course the SLA valuation may be very different but even with a hefty discount of 50%, the annual rental should be around $900K, right?
Let's see what's the official rent both Shanmugam and Vivian paid for the B&W bungalows nearby.
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