Tips to save money #2

Here is the second entry, and this time I shall share some knowledge about...

*** Saving Electricity ***

1. Switch off lights / fans / aircon / appliances when not in use. (You can keep your fridge switched on...) Keep a habit of turning off these things everytime you leave a room for sometime.
   
   
2. Try not to use the aircon so much, use a fan to cool yourself. Aircon is the killer as they REALLY consume alot of electricity. Yes, I know... sometimes it gets really hot in Singapore, but try to cut down.
   
   
3. Appliances on standby mode consumes electricity too, keep the power socket switched off if possible.
   
   
4. Try to multi-task: download huge files when you are doing your work on your computer to avoid having to leave them on overnight. Computing power in home PCs for today's standards can easily accomodate this, even for gaming or watching streamed videos at the same time. If you do not like to wait for your computer to boot up, you can put it in hibernation mode instead of leaving it on for a few hours, this can reduce power consumption. Hibernation mode consumes less power than standby mode.
   
   
5. Learn to shower with cold water, you save power by not having to turn on the water heater. Plus, its refreshing!
   

The Matrix...

on Windows?!?!?! I wouldn't want to live in Windows...

Tips to save money #1

Hello people... times are hard, so I thought of sharing with people some tips to save money. On this mini-series (hmm... "mini-something" sounds like a sensitive word nowadays), I will have a few posts on saving money, each will cover different aspects...

If you have any more that isn't here, please let me know and I will share it here too!

*** Saving Water ***

1. When bathing, shampoo and soap your body before washing off everything. You can also wash your face with facial foam (if you normally do that at all) too and wash off everything together. Position the shower head above your head, as the water will wash everything down, for a more efficient bath instead of holding it in one hand and moving it around your body.
   
   
2. Do away with aquatic pets... changing of water in tanks means using up alot of water.
   
   
3. Don't you dare fill up that bath tub!!!
   
   
4. This is a little extreme... flush your toilet only after a few times of pee-ing. If you are thinking of shits too... you are sick.
   
   
5. Put a filled water bottle in your toilet cistern (away from the moving parts) and you can save quite alot of water.
   
   
6. Eliminate bad habits like letting the water run while you brush your teeth, while you soap / shampoo etc.
   

The run for my love

As I run along the quiet streets of the already asleep neighbourhood, I can only hear music in my ears.
But what runs through my mind are images of your sweet pretty face,
and they certainly motivate me to run ever faster.
Every step I get closer to my goal, every drop of perspiration I sweat for you.
Red lights don't stop me, but watch out for speeding taxis!
Block 542! I break into my final sprint, the last bus rushing back to the interchange.
In between hard panting, I feel vibrations coming from my pouch.
It can only be my love, her sweet voice greeting me just as I enter the void deck.
The familiar routine of the lift ride, the long corridor I must walk to reach my dearest.
At last I see her, my angel smiles upon me.
All tiredness soon fades away with her presence.
A long awaited kiss, tingles my heart and soul.
I'm home.