Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
ATTENTION : This post is written for those whose income is less then $58,980. If you earn more then $58,980, don't bother reading this as you are not eligible for the government co-contribution.
I got a letter few weeks back informing me that AXA has received the co-contribution from the ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
This article is taken from the Star, Business section, dated January 30, 2008. The word that you should take note on in this article is "Cash is KING" when the market is down. During recession when people cant meet their repayment, bank will just put the house to auction and ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Suzuki night market is held every year during summer time. The market runs on every Wednesday starting from November 28, 2007 till 27 February, 2008. The market starts at 5.30pm till 10.00pm at Queen Victorial Market, Melbourne. You should visit Suzuki Night Market to know about multiculturalism. They ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
When you hear there is war happening, RUN.
When you are at the wet market, and all the si lai start talking about it, RUN.
When you are at the security company and you find it hard to squeeze your way through the counter, RUN.
These are the few things that I still ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Lately bank interest rate has reached 8.93% and another raise is expected in February 2008 after the governor of the Reserve Bank made it clear about controlling the inflation. The interest rate is the highes ever since Nov 96. The only way government is able to control inflation is to ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
Went for a sand sculptures exhibition at Frankston Waterfront. They brought in 3,500 tonnes of sand to create a spectacular display of sculptures. This year sculpture team is "Fairytales & Fables". 19 talented sculptors from Australia and around the world worked for almost 3 weeks to bring the exhibit to ...
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
I gonna write about BMW once again. Today on the road I saw a BMW 530d. During then I was wondering why does people buy a 530d instead of a 530i. I always think that fuel efficiency for petrol is always better compare to diesel. Probably because all heavy duty ...
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Havent been making personal post for quite a while. Probably because my life is too boring to post anything up. If you asked me what I have been doing ? Has been doing reading most of the time. Hunting for information that I need. I would like to make the ...
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
I started on registering my own domain at the age of 16. My first domain was mp3planet.ws. During then p2p is yet to be popular and many people download songs off from the website. Webhosting is so expensive during then. I was paying around US14/month. When p2p is around, mp3 ...
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Top 20 Growth Suburbs (Annual)
Dec 07 median
Dec 06 median
Annual Change
1
Blackburn
$745,000
$455,000
63.7%
2
Flemington
$597,500
$377,250
58.4%
3
Braybrook
$355,000
$225,500
57.4%
4
Burwood
$710,000
$457,500
55.2%
5
Essendon
$865,500
$563,000
53.7%
6
Carnegie
$851,000
$556,250
53.0%
7
Brunswick West
$680,000
$445,000
52.8%
8
St Kilda East
$860,000
$578,000
48.8%
9
Ringwood East
$462,500
$313,500
47.5%
10
Mount Waverley
$707,500
$480,000
47.4%
11
Coburg
$540,000
$367,500
46.9%
12
Seddon
$595,000
$405,000
46.9%
13
Caulfield North
$1,330,000
$905,500
46.9%
14
Glen Waverley
$687,000
$470,000
46.2%
15
Kew
$1,307,500
$898,750
45.5%
16
Woodend
$432,000
$300,000
44.0%
17
Altona North
$425,500
$296,000
43.8%
18
Gisborne
$387,000
$270,000
43.3%
19
Richmond
$789,000
$551,000
43.2%
20
Rosanna
$600,000
$421,500
42.3%
Note: Only suburbs where a minimum of 30 sales recorded in each quarter are included.
source : http://www.melbourneleader.com.au/article/2008/01/26/28369_mev_news.html
During my previous post I wrote about the median growth rate at major city like Melbourne, ...
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