Prodigious Accumulators of Wealth
Have you read the report about the NS guy who ran away with his rifle?
I know I'm just a CD mat, but let me give you my 2 cents' worth first.
"For serious security incidents such as those involving missing arms and ammunition, the unit’s Duty Operations Officer is required to report the incident to the Army’s General Staff Operations Centre within 30 minutes.
However, in this case, Corporal Teo, together with his firearm and ammunition, was discovered missing by the Guard Commander at 11.59pm on 2 September, but the Army’s General Staff Operations Centre was only informed of this incident at 3am the next day.
The Military Police were alerted at 3.30am and when their preliminary investigations showed that the missing firearm and ammunition were no longer on the camp premises, the Police were contacted at 5.45am."
"Guards on patrol duties are also required to make situational reporting to the guard room at half—hour intervals but these were not enforced properly or Corporal Teo’s absence would have been detected earlier."
Ok, let me say something first. NO ONE reports every half hour la. At least not in CD. And if certain friends of mine can sleep while on guard in the army, that means CD is not the only one 'relaxing in a korner'.
And like come on, if you were to really report lost guns within 30 mins of discovering someone missing, then there'll be a manhunt for every guy who failed to report cos he needed to take a shit.
But then again, this was not CD. Unlike us, the Army doesn't take 5 months to process everything.
Anyways, I got my portable DVD player. Its 5 months late. And it sucks. There are like smaller and better portable media players for $165, which is what they spent on each mat. (plus the one they gave is this cheapo china made one, that even the storemen themselves said will last for about 2 months)
I'd rather they give me a $150 cash voucher like what they got last year for CD day.
But then agian, its free. So thank you CD. Money well spent.
So today, I did forces for tutition with my P5 kid. Hot stuff man. Forces requires you to demonstrate push and pull, so I got to poke her, to illustrate that a beating someone is a push motion.
I got to pinch her, to illustrate that living things respond to external stimuli.
You get the picture. haha.
But yes, I really like my student. She's so cute la. Plus, she requires 5-6 sessions of tuition a week. Definitely her best quality, for both me and my wallet. Heh.
On another note, you know how I was so hyped up about reading all those investment books my sister loaned me? Well, they suck. They teach you how to be Prodigious Accumulators of Wealth (PAW), and how not to be Underaccumulators (UAW).
After reading though the first book, I've signed up for the OCBC monthly savings account, to become less of a mat and actually save part of my meager earnings.
But, the next step is to invest, and I'm on my way to being a millionaire. (Bear in mind you have to be frugal, which is not in my vocabulary). Anyways, the books wrote that if you start saving $100/mth when you're 19, by the time you're 59, you'll get $1,122,242.
Cool right? But WAIT!
That is if you earn compund interest of freaking 12%. Tell me what bank on earth pays compound interest of 12%? The thing i signed up for has a promo rate of 1.68% FIXED interest.
But if you do read the invest section in the Sunday Times, you see that most people they interviewed have returns of 20% on their investments.
Cool right? But WAIT!
They're freaking CFOs, stock brokers, fund managers.
They're not CD mats. So I guess there's one thing left to do.
Open up my account at Vishnu International Bank. Hoho.
I know I'm just a CD mat, but let me give you my 2 cents' worth first.
"For serious security incidents such as those involving missing arms and ammunition, the unit’s Duty Operations Officer is required to report the incident to the Army’s General Staff Operations Centre within 30 minutes.
However, in this case, Corporal Teo, together with his firearm and ammunition, was discovered missing by the Guard Commander at 11.59pm on 2 September, but the Army’s General Staff Operations Centre was only informed of this incident at 3am the next day.
The Military Police were alerted at 3.30am and when their preliminary investigations showed that the missing firearm and ammunition were no longer on the camp premises, the Police were contacted at 5.45am."
"Guards on patrol duties are also required to make situational reporting to the guard room at half—hour intervals but these were not enforced properly or Corporal Teo’s absence would have been detected earlier."
Ok, let me say something first. NO ONE reports every half hour la. At least not in CD. And if certain friends of mine can sleep while on guard in the army, that means CD is not the only one 'relaxing in a korner'.
And like come on, if you were to really report lost guns within 30 mins of discovering someone missing, then there'll be a manhunt for every guy who failed to report cos he needed to take a shit.
But then again, this was not CD. Unlike us, the Army doesn't take 5 months to process everything.
Anyways, I got my portable DVD player. Its 5 months late. And it sucks. There are like smaller and better portable media players for $165, which is what they spent on each mat. (plus the one they gave is this cheapo china made one, that even the storemen themselves said will last for about 2 months)
I'd rather they give me a $150 cash voucher like what they got last year for CD day.
But then agian, its free. So thank you CD. Money well spent.
So today, I did forces for tutition with my P5 kid. Hot stuff man. Forces requires you to demonstrate push and pull, so I got to poke her, to illustrate that a beating someone is a push motion.
I got to pinch her, to illustrate that living things respond to external stimuli.
You get the picture. haha.
But yes, I really like my student. She's so cute la. Plus, she requires 5-6 sessions of tuition a week. Definitely her best quality, for both me and my wallet. Heh.
On another note, you know how I was so hyped up about reading all those investment books my sister loaned me? Well, they suck. They teach you how to be Prodigious Accumulators of Wealth (PAW), and how not to be Underaccumulators (UAW).
After reading though the first book, I've signed up for the OCBC monthly savings account, to become less of a mat and actually save part of my meager earnings.
But, the next step is to invest, and I'm on my way to being a millionaire. (Bear in mind you have to be frugal, which is not in my vocabulary). Anyways, the books wrote that if you start saving $100/mth when you're 19, by the time you're 59, you'll get $1,122,242.
Cool right? But WAIT!
That is if you earn compund interest of freaking 12%. Tell me what bank on earth pays compound interest of 12%? The thing i signed up for has a promo rate of 1.68% FIXED interest.
But if you do read the invest section in the Sunday Times, you see that most people they interviewed have returns of 20% on their investments.
Cool right? But WAIT!
They're freaking CFOs, stock brokers, fund managers.
They're not CD mats. So I guess there's one thing left to do.
Open up my account at Vishnu International Bank. Hoho.
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