Brotzeit German Bier Bar & Restaurant

Today 2 students from Germany in my work place treat us lunch as they are leaving Singapore and back to Germany. We ate at Brotzeit German Bier Bar & Restaurant in Vivo City. Food wise I feel nothing much. We had pork knuckle, sausages and some potato. Very German. But since it is free, I got nothing to complain about. Haha!

Hong Kong

I just came back from Hong Kong. This place is quite a nice place! It is very similar to Singapore except the people there speak canto and weather is a bit cooler. However, things are not cheap there. A normal meal will set you off about HK$50 which is about S$10 and mind you this is only a normal cafe which is something like our coffee shop. The daily goods are not cheap either. The cheapest milk I can find in the supermarket is about HK$13 (S$2.60). In Singapore, you can get less than S$2 for a packet of fresh milk. So overall, their standard of living I feel is much higher.

So far I am quite impressed by their people. Over there, they have a higher level of civic mindedness. They will auto stand on one side on the escalator. Looks like Singapore still has a long way to go. Their crowd control is also very good. You dun really feel squeeze in train or on the street even though they have a bigger population. Their public transport is also really world class unlike Singapore. But their service is about the same as Singapore. I did not see any out of this world service in the retail area unlike Japan. But overall, they are still quite good. I think I will go there again soon to shop.

COE analysis March 2nd round

This time round COE continue to rise. Cat A up $902 to $13,504 and Cat B up $1,150 to $14,652. This is within expectation as last round still got many people did not get their bids. Many industry watchers feel that COE premium will rise to about $16,000 to $18,000 as due two lower COE quota in the coming months. My personal take is not easy to reach this level as now currently buyers are first timer. This explains the lower deregistration of old cars. First timers usually are youngsters and more careful. So a $3k-$4k increase will put people off. So I feel that the more reasonable level is $15k.

300

Just came back watching this show. It is killing, killing and more killing. A bit gory but still quite ok. Heh heh. All the way fighting. The special effects wise a bit more towards comic style. I just wondering are the nude scenes necessary? Any way, I feel the show is quite nicely done.

Singtel

Today I went to Singtel Hello shop to change a plan. I found out it closes at 9pm. So I reached around 8.50pm hoping I will the one of the last customers. But I am so wrong! The queue at the counter is so long!! At least another 10 people in front of me. It is so gross!!!! I cannot imagine when our population swell to 6.5M!!!

IT show 2007

I just came back from IT show at Suntec. The crowd is insane! There are crowds everywhere! From Citi-link to the overhead bridge to Suntec to escalator up to 4th level in Suntec. It is crazy! I wonder what happen when our population swell to 6.5M! Any way, my main purpose to get a SD card as my 1G card goes crazy as well. How price has fallen! About 3 month ago, I got my 1G san disk SD card for $31.50. Now it costs me $40 to get a 2G one with a free movie ticket thrown in. Cheap like dirt!!

COE analysis March 1st round

This round COE rises sharply as expected. Cat A up to $12,602 and Cat B to $13,502. This is due to the previous ultra low COE price. As usually Singaporeans are like that, if something is cheap, they will rush in. As demands are there, the next 2 rounds or so will see the COE stablise or rise a bit.