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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Singapore iPhone Plan --- Low Usage Plan Comparison

I just signed up with M1 for the iPhone4 plan for two years...laugh.gif

What I get was just a small box with the iPhone, SIM card, Charger, Headphone and Manuals...in a small box...sweat.gif 

I've taken the iPhone Value plan for 16GB phone with 100 minutes per month voice call time. For my present usage, I believe is sufficient. Although I am paying slightly more (SGD270 more) compared to I take up the iPhone Lite plan (300 minutes per month), I can pay back within about one and half year. My cost per minute also is much higher (SGD0.56/min vs. SGD0.22/min), but I really do not have such a high usage per month. So theoretically I still can save about SGD210 after two years...haha...cool2.gif


I've been using the iPhone4 for a month, not bad...a lots of apps...but most of the good ones need to purchase if you want to enjoy the full version (most of it have a LITE version for testing)...I can use it to listen to Radio while I am walking or read News when I am waiting for bus, read Email, surf Web, track my Expenses, Alarm, Scheduling, Chat, Social Networking, watch Youtube, etc...cool.gif...really not bad...and the 12GB of data bundle is much more than enough...nod.gif

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Singapore Holidays vs. Malaysia Holidays

Thanks to the AFF Suzuki Cup, where Malaysia won over Indonesia, all my colleagues (ex-colleagues...)in Malaysia enjoyed another day of holiday...sad.gif... luckily in Singapore, we also work for half day in New Year's eve...haha...rclxm9.gif














Initially I planned to go to bank to perform some transaction, after called the customer service only knew that the banks in Singapore also enjoyed the half day leave...surprisingly the SGX (Singapore Stock Exchange) also closed for half day…blink.gif...This would not happen in Malaysia. In Malaysia, it is either a whole day close or full day open for the financial services.

After sharing this to my colleagues in Singapore, they said it is very normal in Singapore as the numbers of Public Holidays in Singapore are very limited. Thus, the public and private sectors usually shall let their employees had a half day leave on the eve of the major Public Holidays, i.e. Christmas, Chinese New Year, etc…nod.gif

I have worked in Singapore for about a year…sweat.gif...yes, it is true that Singapore’s Public Holidays is relatively lesser compared to Malaysia’s. And in Malaysia, it is more often or a norm that our government leaders declare holidays on some “special events”. And they are more states’ rulers (and their spouse) birthday (or death) that the relevant states shall declare holiday…unsure.gif...But in Singapore, this is hardly the case. In 2010, although the respected ex-deputy Prime Minister and ex-first lady for the country passed away, still working as usual…

I have did a comparison as below, it shows that Malaysia have about 7 days of extra Public Holidays (not including the abnormal ones described above…wink.gif). I have a look on the calendar where shows public holidays from various Asian countries…Malaysia really tops the list…hehe…rclxms.gif


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