清明节 2011

Budget 2011

Budget 2011 is viewed as one of the most generous budget in years!  However, there are always people who feel that it is not generous enough and that it fails to address the real concerns of Singaporean.  For me, I am easily contented and any additional money given to me is an bonus.  Below are what I will get:

Growth Dividends = $600 (annual value > $7,000 and annual income < $100,000)

Radio & TV licence = $220 ($110 x 2 as I paid for my mother's licence too)

Radio licence for car = $27

Utilities Save = $270 (5-room)

S&CC Rebate = $92 (1.5m x 5-room)

Tax rebate = 20%

How about you?

Rock Records 30th Anniversary Concert (22 Jan 2011)

More than 20 musicians gathered over last Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Rock Records.  Bird gave me 2 complimentary tickets to watch this entertaining concert and it was truly a rich musical feast filled with many songs that I like and familiar with.  Some of the most thunderous applause of the evening went to evergreen balladeer Emil Chau, Mandopop's biggest band Mayday and rocker Wu Bai!

（Group Photo)

（张震岳）

(Alex To - 脱掉， 脱掉！）

(Mayday - 五月天)

(Mayday - 五月天)

(Tracy Wu & Wu Bai - 苏慧伦，伍百)

Step into the light!

I am delighted that this image that I took during my recent photography trip was printed on today's Straits Times (see page C5 of Life section).  I now have a 25% chance of winning a pair of SilkAir tickets to any of its destination, plus $500 cash.  The winner will be announced in the Straits Times on 1 Feb 2011.

My description of this image : "Dongchuan Red Land in Yunnan, China is famous for its red and amber coloured soil.  I was fortunate to capture this dramatic view of the sun rays hitting the terraced plantation".