Plans for 2017!

[Harry_BKK]

So happy for you Harry, Happy times ahead

Thx Jasmina ... same as to CJ, please be so kind to remove my sons pics from your quote. :notworthy

 

[Jono777]

Great to hear that's things went well Harry and great to see you back on the forum again, even a brief absence feels like a lot longer when its a worthwhile contributor and great member

 

[cj1990]

Thx CJ and Sara

CJ could you please remove the pics from my son in your quote. I will remove them from my post as well in a few hours as I don't want them floating around on the net.

Removed, sorry about that .

 

[mcgameboy]

Awesome news Harry, delighted for you mate.

 

[geordiecolin]

Great news Harry

 

[Harry_BKK]

Good evening fellow CM'ers ....hope you all have been well in the past weeks.

As for myself, I have been pretty absent since i spent more time with my son than I ever thought would be possible. He calls my apartment meanwhile "home" and asks me every day after school to pick him up so he can "come home". His school results have improved as well since I help him nearly every day with his homework and do additional exercises with him.

This week is the first time i have not been able to see him for 2 days in a row since moving to JB and he is protesting heavily to his mother already. Pains me a lot that I can't be even closer to him, that bad that I am thinking to rent a place in Singapore, although it is hugely expensive. I am paying here in JB EUR300 for a smallish, fully furnished apartment which would cost about EUR1,800 - 2,500 in Singapore, hence not that easy to do.

All that means, I have a lot less time to spend on CM and on the reels.

 

[slotmaster]

Well here we are past halfway 2017 and even worse off than the beginning of the year. I am still at my crappy job, Still looking for another one but looking bleak, Can't find a girlfriend and it's really bleak and a bunch of nonsense trying to find someone, Getting a Own business is bleak and not looking good right now as I got the new car and spent some money lately so my chances of getting approved for something has dropped dramatically. As we all know online slots is bleak cause of low paying crap and RTP.

Just thinking of how much time I have lost in my life is getting me down and tired of everything is a argument, fight, and or stress here from getting a haircut to just trying to make a appointment.

Don't think anything will change that much for the rest of the year but hey maybe something good will happen,lol.

 

[slotmaster]

Well here we are past halfway 2017 and even worse off than the beginning of the year. I am still at my crappy job, Still looking for another one but looking bleak, Can't find a girlfriend and it's really bleak and a bunch of nonsense trying to find someone, Getting a Own business is bleak and not looking good right now as I got the new car and spent some money lately so my chances of getting approved for something has dropped dramatically. As we all know online slots is bleak cause of low paying crap and RTP.

Just thinking of how much time I have lost in my life is getting me down and tired of everything is a argument, fight, and or stress here from getting a haircut to just trying to make a appointment.

Don't think anything will change that much for the rest of the year but hey maybe something good will happen,lol.

Still the same actually,lol. I am looking for a small side business again more than a new job at the moment as will need a side income or 2nd income if I am going to get my own place but with these new rules and how tough that is I will be living in a storage unit or the streets soon..

Like why are these new rules punishing us new homeowners and not the banks and such that caused the real estate mess.

 

[slotmaster]

Well end of 2017 almost but I am going to ask again, Does anyone know any legit good side gigs like from home you can do? I am more looking for actual money paid as I keep reading about swagbucks but it's mostly gift cards which still may help but ya money would be better.

 

[KasinoKing]

Well end of 2017 almost but I am going to ask again, Does anyone know any legit good side gigs like from home you can do? I am more looking for actual money paid as I keep reading about swagbucks but it's mostly gift cards which still may help but ya money would be better.

Well the obvious one is being a casino affiliate. It's definitely not quick or easy money, but if you put the time & effort in it can pay in the end.
I started off doing it as just a "hobby" but after 2 years I was able to give up my day job and be a "house husband" (my wife has a good job).
It is MUCH harder now than it was back then (2006), but I'm sure people still can do it.

KK

 

[slotmaster]

Thanks KK, I did that a bit and it was not for me as I was part of the club world fiasco and still have my guts account but it's not showing anything from the time I was doing it and I know there was transactions done so assume all that got taken away from me as well. I am still not sure what to do but have not looked much since my post but may look more this weekend.

 

[Harry_BKK]

Well, my fellow CM'ers, the time has come to revive this thread for a short addition as I am to open yet another new chapter in my life.

As I mentioned recently in a different thread, my goal for 2019 is to move to Singapore to spend even more time with my son than I do now.

That is going to happen much faster than I actually thought and planned. I signed today the lease for a landed property in a nice and quiet part of Singapore, which is only about 5 minutes from his school in one direction and the same from the next major shopping mall in the other direction. A rather large house which is going to cost me a bomb every month but it is in a cul-de-sac where I will not have any worries when he runs out onto the street.

The monthly rental is SGD3,300 + SGD500 in bills = SGD3,800 / month which is about EUR2,430 / month. Quite the bargain for Singaporean standards. But I would have paid only slightly less to rent something in a high-rise condo, which is not really my thing. Having been born and raised on a farm, I prefer to stay close to the ground.

Coughed up today 2 months deposit and 1 month rental which is roughly EUR6,340. That got me sweating, tbh. And there will be much more sweating as I have to furnish it now.

Below some pics, the area looks like an island inside the giant metropolis, surrounded by the latest high-rise apartment blocks. The red arrow points to the house.

 

[mcgameboy]

Wonderful stuff Harry. You look very much like the man with the executable plan.

Best wishes for 2019 mate.

 

[CC07]

Wonderful news Harry!

Here’s to a great 2019 for you and your son

 

[robby811]

Well, my fellow CM'ers, the time has come to revive this thread for a short addition as I am to open yet another new chapter in my life.

As I mentioned recently in a different thread, my goal for 2019 is to move to Singapore to spend even more time with my son than I do now.

That is going to happen much faster than I actually thought and planned. I signed today the lease for a landed property in a nice and quiet part of Singapore, which is only about 5 minutes from his school in one direction and the same from the next major shopping mall in the other direction. A rather large house which is going to cost me a bomb every month but it is in a cul-de-sac where I will not have any worries when he runs out onto the street.

The monthly rental is SGD3,300 + SGD500 in bills = SGD3,800 / month which is about EUR2,430 / month. Quite the bargain for Singaporean standards. But I would have paid only slightly less to rent something in a high-rise condo, which is not really my thing. Having been born and raised on a farm, I prefer to stay close to the ground.

Coughed up today 2 months deposit and 1 month rental which is roughly EUR6,340. That got me sweating, tbh. And there will be much more sweating as I have to furnish it now.

Below some pics, the area looks like an island inside the giant metropolis, surrounded by the latest high-rise apartment blocks. The red arrow points to the house.

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Nice One Harry best of Luck for the new Start

 

[greylady]

You made the right decision there, they grow up too soon and before you know it it's no longer 'cool' to be seen with mum/dad - enjoy all the extra time with your son, sure there will be lots of memories and making up for lost time

 

[SteveBr]

Wow that's great, best of luck Harry!

 

[sapit222]

Great news Harry!

A bit expensive i would say, but i understand that it has to be in a good area for your son to be safer.

Hope you will have lots of fun together!

 

[Harry_BKK]

Great news Harry!

A bit expensive i would say, but i understand that it has to be in a good area for your son to be safer.

Hope you will have lots of fun together!

Bloody expensive TBH ....however, this was at the lower end for Singapore, so not much in alternatives.

Normal landed houses go as high as 15K/month in the same area while close-by condo apartments seem to be build with increasingly smaller rooms but still ever higher rental prizes.

I stayed in Singapore from 2008 to 2012 already. Was sharing a rather old condo appartment with three other people. They occupied the three bedrooms and I had the living hall. Each paid SGD1500 per month plus bills about $100 each. That's EUR1K for a single room. Since then prizes have more than doubled, unfortunately, and makes Singapore unaffordable for most foreigners unless they are on a good expat-package deal.

 

[dionysus]

jinkies but it's packed in tight and costly - ill complain less at my $1625 and new move into suburbia
gl

 

[Steviedoo]

Great news harry.
Nice to see that you have done exactly what you set out to do. Spend more time with your son and have a hand in his upbringing.

 

[bebo67]

Don't you just love when things fall into place when you least expect it? Scary and exciting at the same time! Congrats, that is an expensive amount to fork out at once, but love for your offspring makes it worth it. Cheers to new beginnings, and all the time you get to spend with your son, and in a beautiful place too!

 

[Harry_BKK]

Thank you all so much for the kind words. Warms my heart.

Like bebo said, exciting and scary how sometimes things just fall into place.

TBH, I thought of 2 - 3 months to find a place. Had 4 viewings ligned up today to get some insight what I could get for my small buck and didn't even prepare the cash for a potential deposit. Had like 100 bucks in my pocket.

This was only the second viewing and I ended up canceling the other two. Instead I spend more than 30 minutes taking out from an ATM the SGD9,900 I had to pay at 400SGD per transaction. ......the people in the ever increasing queue behind me literally rolled their eyes.

It is going to be an exciting time. Fetch him to and from the school, then the same again for CCA's (extra curiculum activities), plus three times per week Chinese tuition and then he will start soon badminton in a sports club.

A new experience for me which means there will be much less time for the reels.

 

[bebo67]

Well, my fellow CM'ers, the time has come to revive this thread for a short addition as I am to open yet another new chapter in my life.

As I mentioned recently in a different thread, my goal for 2019 is to move to Singapore to spend even more time with my son than I do now.

That is going to happen much faster than I actually thought and planned. I signed today the lease for a landed property in a nice and quiet part of Singapore, which is only about 5 minutes from his school in one direction and the same from the next major shopping mall in the other direction. A rather large house which is going to cost me a bomb every month but it is in a cul-de-sac where I will not have any worries when he runs out onto the street.

The monthly rental is SGD3,300 + SGD500 in bills = SGD3,800 / month which is about EUR2,430 / month. Quite the bargain for Singaporean standards. But I would have paid only slightly less to rent something in a high-rise condo, which is not really my thing. Having been born and raised on a farm, I prefer to stay close to the ground.

Coughed up today 2 months deposit and 1 month rental which is roughly EUR6,340. That got me sweating, tbh. And there will be much more sweating as I have to furnish it now.

Below some pics, the area looks like an island inside the giant metropolis, surrounded by the latest high-rise apartment blocks. The red arrow points to the house.

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Is the terrace yours too? And how many square feet?

 

[Harry_BKK]

Is the terrace yours too? And how many square feet?

Yes, the entire house. Just over 1600 sqf.