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The application for the HDB loan eligibility was submitted on 23 December 2008 and we received the offocial approval today. It was approved quickly enough, considering how government agencies procrasinate over such applications, especially over the holiday season, and from the stories heard from an agent.
The steps to go about the application are as follows:

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So you’re staking out classifieds, stalking sellers, prowling along the corridors, putting on an air of bravado on your very first house viewing. But once you’re there, you realize that the owner has made the first move: the house is spick and span, everything is neat and organized, down to the storeroom; everything about the [...]

On a separate note, we found this post on wedding gowns.
虎丘玫瑰村 (”Tiger Hill Rose Village” – Hu Qiu, Mei Gui Cun), where many many wedding gowns/qi pao/evening shops are at. It was 90 min by car from Shanghai. Or you could take train to Suzhou, then taxi to 虎丘路 (Hu Qiu Lu), which is on [...]

We have listed our selection criteria, just in case anyone is selling.

Accessibility
Near public transport routes leading to work places and town.
Cost savings
Allows us to tap on the within 2km of parents grant or be so value for money that we can forgo the $10k!
Amenities
Specifically a multi-storey carpark, with decent eating places nearby. Hopefully a nice [...]

Just as you need a good mattress for a good night’s sleep, it also pays to have the right pillow.
You may think that the pillow’s filling is what matters most – whether to go for latex rubber or feathers, for example, to avoid a lumpy, bumpy lie-down.
But it is more important to find one that [...]