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Dont' know the model name. It's the bigh squarish van where the engine is located behind. If you remember the show 'Eight is Enough', its the van that the eldest brother drove. In many movies depicting the 70s, the van is always associated with hippies and flower power. Let's see... here's a picture off the Net
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Sould I Change Hospital?
ARCHer replied to lynzi's topic in Pregnancy,Parenthood and Education Matters
c-section is short for cesarian section. It involves cutting you up. The operation may result in you developing a keloid, which is a scar like overgrowth of tissue. If you like to wear say bikini, the keloid can be quite obvious. My wife underwent 17 hours of labour, and in the end, she still has to go for the cesarian. My sister prescribed a cream to deter the formation of keloids, but my wife didn't use it consistently, so the scar is fairly obvious. Incidentally, we ended up paying a bit more than usual because we had to pay for both the delivery room charges *and* the operating room charges. Fortunately, we got a waiver on the obstetrician charges. -
Sould I Change Hospital?
ARCHer replied to lynzi's topic in Pregnancy,Parenthood and Education Matters
Now I know why I am so fearless. My sis is a gynae and my brother is a dental surgeon. Okay... so I am a male.... -
Property Market Boom Bubble?
ARCHer replied to icer's topic in Landed & Condo Private Properties Renovation Discussion
Maybe not below the level it began its ascent, but it may pop to below the level of entry. The higher the prices move up, the higher the risk of the prices moving to below your point of entry (assuming you are planning your point of entry). -
Newly Wed Couple Using 2 Super Single Mattress
ARCHer replied to snowiee's topic in Geomancy/Fengshui
Errr.... why should a king size bedsheet be too small for 2 super single mattresses when 2 super single mattresses can fit into a king size bed frame? -
Sould I Change Hospital?
ARCHer replied to lynzi's topic in Pregnancy,Parenthood and Education Matters
Actually, there are quite a few factors which will determine how satsified you are with the hospital. These include (a) your gynae/doctor (b) the nurses on duty © the facilities It is very difficult to generalise whether a particular hospital is 'better' or not. Many gynae operate in more than 1 hospital, and very often, the gynae will leave the decision to the patient. Most often than not though, its the nurses which determine how pleasant your stay is. Nurses work in shift, and some nurses are better than others. Even the gynae are sometimes at the 'mercy' of nurses. My wife gave birth in Raffles. My elder sister-in-law gave birth in Mt Alvernia. My younger sister-in-law gave birth in KKH. No one has anything serious to complain about. -
Maybe that's why some men don't like their wife to dress sexily for fear that she will make other men gawk.
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Not balance sheet. Income statement. BTW, costs and benefits are not limited to just monetary costs and benefits.
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Errrr... are we talking about good dressing or sexy dressing? Most men like their wife to dress well, but dressing well does not mean dressing sexily. And why is it that women consider other women who dress sexily (esp. those that make their men gawked ) to be sl**?
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Question: When ladies dress sexy, do you do it for yourself or for your HB? If you said it is for your HB, then shouldn't you ask your HB if he wants you to be dressed that way? If it is for yourself, then you don't have to worry about what he like or don't like.... you should do whatever you like instead. But then, don't complain about your HB not caring about you being gawked at by other men.
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I would think it is related. When we make a decision as to whether we want something or not, we look at two things: (a) the cost(s) of having that something (b) the benefit(s) of having that something If benefits outweigh the costs, we would choose that thing. If not, we do not choose that thing. Thus, in deciding whether we want to have kids, we look at (a) the cost(s) of having kids (b) the benefit(s) of having kids Looking after us in our old age is one benefit. If the costs outweight the benefits, why would we want to have kids?
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No wonder birth rates are falling! As at the time of this posting, 9 people have voted, but only 1 person said he/she wish for their child(ren) to support him/her. Parents nowadays provide more support for their kids. In return, parents expect less support from their kids (if this poll is anything to go by). So what is the point of having kids????
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What You Would Expect From Govt To Improve The Mother-career Balance
ARCHer replied to raincole's topic in Wedding & Travel
Motherhood (and parenthood) and career do not mix. The only way to have meaningful parenthood is to downgrade one's career. In the event that both parents pursue a career, the only way to balance worklife and family life is that at least one of them downgrade his/her career. Balance worklife is a myth. -
Errrr.... I actually quite enjoy shopping with my wife when she is looking to buy her stuff. And many a times, I pointed out to her a dress or a skirt on a window front/display which I thought she would like. On a couple of occasions, I even accompanied her when she shopped for lingerie.
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Don't like sliding door. Reminds me too much of the VW van that I used to drive to school back in 1981.
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600k Terrace Worth Buying?
ARCHer replied to makeit's topic in Landed & Condo Private Properties Renovation Discussion
Sell the house and become millionaire.... homeless, but millionaire...... -
I thought it was holding of hands.....
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It's all a matter of demand and supply. If there is a genuine desire to help, then supply should not set at a level that will reduce the balloting chance, but at reducing the queue of potential buyers.
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600k Terrace Worth Buying?
ARCHer replied to makeit's topic in Landed & Condo Private Properties Renovation Discussion
It wasn't too long ago when we saw building contractors going belly-up before the construction is completed. 4-5 years is a long boom cycle.... we may see a bust even before the new properties are completed. But then, that's just my opinion..... and I am not called Dr Doom for nothing.... -
Termites
ARCHer replied to jarbebe's topic in Moving House: Packing, Storing, Moving To Your New House
Sorry to hear about your plight. I can imagine how you feel. I had a similar experience, except that in my case, when I returned home from the wedding, our house was flooded. Anyway, I would suggest that you get your own pest exterminator in to prevent further spread of termite infestation to other wooden structure like cabinets, false ceiling etc. Traditional pest exterminators use arsenic powder, but this is a slow method of getting rid of the termites. A more professional exterminator may be able to prevent the spread using newer methods/chemicals. My brother uses a company that has thermalscanning equipment to track down termites, but it is too **** expensive. -
Urrmmm..... raising the income ceiling just means that people with a higher income will be eligible to buy HDB. It does not necessarily mean that less help will be available for lower income people/family (particularly when there are unsold stock of HDB flats).
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I think driving an MPV in Singapore is different from driving an MPV in larger countries. To me, the MPV in Singapore will be used to just shuttle the family to and fro. Right now, I can only seat 4 adults and 1 baby in my car, so any going out with more of my family members means more than 1 car. Journey time won't be longer than 1 hour, so during this hour. But when travelling longer distances, more room is needed per person, since the people have to remained seated for longer periods. Hence a bigger size car/MPV would be better for longer distance travel. I'll probably settle for a 7-seater MPV........
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600k Terrace Worth Buying?
ARCHer replied to makeit's topic in Landed & Condo Private Properties Renovation Discussion
In yesterday's Today, there was a letter from a Dr Lim Boon Hee, who believed that the remarks made by Wall Street legendary investor, Jeremy Grantham that it's 'bubble time' applies to the property market in Singapore. Quote: I believe that with the kind of salaries that average Singaporean earn, such prices are not sustainable and have already peaked. So if you think you want a piece of the 'action' on the property market, think again. -
Stage 2 Milk Powder
ARCHer replied to petalfruit's topic in Pregnancy,Parenthood and Education Matters
If you baby is constipating for a few days, you may want to bring her to see a doctor first. Constipation is quite common for many babies (including mine.... record was 5 days without poo-ing). My mum believes that cereals for the baby can be very 'heaty', resulting in constipation. Likewise, milk powder (as opposed to breast milk) is supposed to be 'heaty' and can bring about constipation. The paedetrician that we brought our baby to see seems to concur with this view. When we first started my baby girl on Nestle Rice Cereal twice a day, she constipated for a few days (she was about 7 months old then). We then decide to let her have the rice cereal only once a day. For the other meal, we let her have porridge. We use combinations of the following when cooking her porridge: spinach, carrots, sweet potato, tofu and fish. To further help in her bowel movements, we also feed her one small banana (pisang mas) every day. If we don't have pisang mas, we will feed her grated apple. All this seems to have helped in her bowel movements. Starting this week, my 10-month old baby girl is now totally on formula milk. She seems to like Enfapro (which is Stage 2). For the last few day, we observed that her poo is more solid than before (i.e. when she was on part formula and part breast milk). We will continue to monitor her bowel movements and adjust her diet accordingly. -
Ttc - Trying To Conceive Anyone?
ARCHer replied to Cabbage77's topic in Pregnancy,Parenthood and Education Matters
They are not really medicine.... more health supplements.