by Dexter Damien Chan on August 6, 2010
How would you like to get an Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB for just SGD$7.75?
And the phone is totally new, no manufacturer defect, comes with local warranty and ready to use upon inserting your SIM Card?
You are not reading it wrong, you just need to pay $7.75 and the phone is even delivered free to your door step!
Not your cup of tea? How about:
- Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX5V Camera for just S$27.20
- Nintendo Wii for just S$8.55
- Tiffany & Co. Open Heart Necklace for S$43.35 (for the Ladies)
As mentioned, these items are all new! The savings you can expect is easily more than 50% discount off the usual retail price.
If you are getting excited of what I am about to share and you do not need me to go through the details, then you should click over to:
>> GleeBid
>> Sold.sg
How Do These Local Auction Sites Work?
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by Dexter Damien Chan on July 16, 2010
Do you agree that your emails are very important? If one fine day, I should tell you that you will get to have no access to these emails anymore… how will you feel? Miserable?
And should I tell you that to get these emails back you may to spend around US$49.90 or spend your time downloading a big file of 500Mb application file – will you be pissed off?
If you are nodding your head away and you also happen to be using Microsoft Outlook, then you may want to pay attention to what I have to say about backing up your precious emails with it especially if you do not wish to spend US$50 or time to download…
What Happened When Dexter Did His Backup Of Emails On His Microsoft Outlook?
I was using Microsoft Outlook in the office and have decided to do a backup of these emails. These emails contained a lot of important personal information. After which, I would like to transfer these to my Outlook Express / Mozilla Thunderbird in my home computer.
And the wonderful thing about the whole event will be that I will not have access to Microsoft Outlook after the backing up. I thought the Import function on both software will serve me well enough. I did not check on the Internet if this will pose any serious issue in the future.
The backup file created by Microsoft Outlook is a .PST file.
The Agony Of Importing The .PST File To Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird and Gmail
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by Dexter Damien Chan on June 27, 2010
If you are currently using HTC Hero and from Singapore, this guide would actually show you how to upgrade to Android 2.1 without waiting for the Over-The-Air update.
Disclaimer: There’s some risks involved in doing this upgrade like you will lose the settings to your HTC Sense layout (which I have experienced) or Datas (it’s over the internet but I did not experience that).
So if you feel that you are not able to go through such risks, then I would suggest that you go through the proper update. If this is fine with you (and agree that I should not be blamed), then you should continue reading on…
How To Upgrade To Android 2.1 For Your HTC Hero
First Step: Back Up Your Data And SMS
1. You would need to download this application from the MarketPlace – “SMS Backup & Restore” by Ritesh Sahu. Installing this application would help you to back up all your SMSes to your SD Card. (Credit – Ritesh Sahu)
2. Backing up all your Applications would require two steps.
a) A Normal sync to your PC using the HTC Sync Program. Do make sure that you have the latest Sync Version – 2.0.33
If not, please kindly download the latest version from HTC website.
This will sync all your contacts/calender to your PC.
b) Backing Up Your SD Card.
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by Dexter Damien Chan on June 20, 2010
To all Book Lovers, here’s a personal post of how you can get a good deal out of buying books from:
- Major Bookstores like Borders, Kinokuniya,
- Online stores like Opentrolley.com.sg, Acmamall.com, Amazon.com, BookDepository.co.uk
- Events like MPH Book Sale & Borders Book Sale (check from Singapore Expo website)
I have done my research after visiting these sites and places and here’s a brief summary of how to get a good deal when you have the crave to read fiction books and selected non-fiction books like on Business, Marketing, Personal Development, Recipe!
Major Bookstores Like Borders & Kinokuniya
Two of the largest bookstores and biggest collections of books in Singapore, offers Membership and they gave occasional discounts on books from 20% to 35%.
Should You Get The Membership?
For Borders. The price for their books are usually 10% more than Kinokuniya’s. Therefore paying for the membership just to enjoy the 10% off is really like slapping yourself. But if you do eat from the restaurant over at WheelLock’s, you will get 10% off the bill (that’s removing the service charge) thus this deal of getting their membership is sweetened up a bit.
But… If you are a frequent buyer of books in quantities like 3 -4 at a time, then I would still say to go for it because of the frequent discounts given – up to 35% (+10% from the membership). Read more below.
For Kinokuniya. I would safely say that their price is one of the lowest or competitive among all the major bookstores in Singapore. And they have some books and magazine titles from Japan and Hong Kong that Borders do not carry.
Therefore if you like the Ambience, The Other Titles, and do not mind the lack of frequent discount, then I would suggest you to get the Membership.
My Verdict: Get The Border’s Membership. This is because of the many Discounts that Borders give.
How About The Discounts?
For Borders. Get the Discounts send to you through Email. And you can signup from this site. Sample Discount:
For Kinokuniya. You have to check out the newspaper and cut out the coupons to enjoy.
I would strongly recommend you to go for the Borders’ as their discounts are more frequent as compared to Kinokuniya’s. And in terms of discount value, Borders would usually offer more.
My Verdict: Signup For The Borders’ Discount.
Online stores like Acmamall.com, Opentrolley.com.sg, Amazon.com, BookDepository.co.uk
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by Dexter Damien Chan on May 2, 2010
Welcome to the Month Of May! Time is really flying past fast! You and I will be seeing half a year gone by in less than 30 days! Here’s what I have been doing for the past 30 days
The Month Of April…
1. Games! Games! Games! I have been playing games for the month of April – a bit non-productive but I see it as a way to work the brain a little >> working out strategies, beating against time and sensing a feeling of Achievement (that will brighten you up if your day has been down…). And the Game Company (Big Fish Games) has allowed me to run a Game Portal over at this site and you can access it over at this link – Dexter’s Big Fish Games Portal
Over at this Game Portal, you can download the game to your system and play for an Hour and if the game really interests you, you can get it at an easily affordable price tag. You’re welcome to drop comments for the games and we can hook up in helping each other in getting past the games!
2. I have resigned from the post of a Salaried Insurance Consultant after 2 years of service with them. This 2 years of experiences have been tremendously good as I get to learn the insides and outsides of the operation of a Insurance Company – the claims experience, the woes and happiness of customers, the harsh reality of a sales career and much more… I guess it’s time to move on! Updates of my next venture shall be updated here!
3. I Love Surveys! The Survey Company – GlobalTestMarket has been releasing quite a fair bit of surveys (a few per week). If you are not in, here’s a brief summary of GlobalTestMarket – you take part in surveys that will earn you marketpoints (range of 5 – 40 points) and once you hit 1000 points, you will be able to encash these points at the current rate of US$5 per 100 MarketPoints. And I have been able to cash out at least once per 3-4 months.
Now to the Proper Update Of My Resolutions:
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