Ramblings, Complaints, etc

Back in March, I approached my MP about appealing to IRAS for a waiver of SSD (Seller Stamp Duty). A letter was sent in the name of my Bishan-Toa Payoh MP. A week ago, I received the response from IRAS. As expected, they would not agree to a waiver or reduction of SSD. In the meantime, the Shunfu Ville collective sale has been given the final go-ahead by the Court of Appeal, meaning it's a done-deal, just waiting for paperwork so that payment can be made. And so, I've started serious house-hunting around the same area along Upper Thomson, Marymount roads. What I've come to find out in the last few weeks; it's seriously hard to find a unit of similar size (1645 sqft) for less than $1.8m (which is what we're getting from enbloc, excluding SSD). The only place that I saw that fits above criteria is at Thomson View. However, that unit was old and requires heavy facelifting, and might end up costing more than $1.8m. Plus it is almost certainly going to be enblo...

Today, I received one of those scam calls claiming to be the police. It was an a machine speaking on the other end in Mandarin/Chinese (why is it always in Chinese?? Official language in Singapore is English, fools! These scammers are idiots!!). I knew right away that this was a scam. Heck, even if it was a real person, I would think it was a scam. Now, I'm not a law enforcer or even legally knowledgeable, but everyone should know that if the police is looking for you, they won't simply call your phone, or send a text. They WOULD appear at your home or work place, show their badge, warrant, etc, and state their business. At the minimum, they would send a printed LETTER, probably asking you to report to the police station or something. Maybe next time I'll just play along and see what happens.