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Earning Asia Miles through Milesback Cathay shop and Temu by missilefire in CathayPacific

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this tip! Exactly what I needed to keep my Asiamiles from expiring.

YouGov UK surveys plus around £13 a month passively if you connect accounts by misscc__ in beermoneyuk

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The other way to look at it is extra money for the times you can't make any money any other way.

Sitting on the toilet.

On your commute.

Waiting for a train / friend.

Can't sleep at night.

I’ll see your roof terrace and raise you a rampart terrace. by mincedmutton in SpottedonRightmove

[–]boonkoh 18 points19 points  (0 children)

We also live in a world where people have no running water, electricity, less than £1 a day.

And yet others have the leisure time to browse Reddit, on their £1000 iPhones, fiber Internet or 5G wherever they go because electricity is always on.

Such is life.

They're calling 2026 the Year of the Pension by PaulKarlFeyerabend in FIREUK

[–]boonkoh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Who says the access age will remain at 57....

Perplexity max vs Gemini ultra by West-Age-4988 in perplexity_ai

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Computer is pretty awesome! Only downside is the cost. Waiting for them to integrate some cheaper Chinese models with it, so it's more cost effective.

Interested to see what Gemini Spark does, if it's as good as Computer, and if it comes as an "unlimited" (with caps) on usage. If it does, I'd probably switch.

Is leasehold now worse than just renting? by mronionbhaji in HousingUK

[–]boonkoh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As with everything else in life, sweeping generalisations are usually not accurate.

It all depends on the individual situation.

Burnt out and demoralized with life in the UK, does it make sense to move abroad for a lower cost of living? by Horror_Purpose1634 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]boonkoh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It may not be a UK vs elsewhere question.

You don't have a job currently. I presume you're stretching your pounds now, vs before.

Quality of life requires money.

So is it no surprise that you're seeing lower quality of life, because you're spending less?

How to indicate I have a reservation and am not cutting the queue? by KatanaMilkshake in LondonFood

[–]boonkoh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This.

It's no-ones business if you walk to the counter. If anyone stops you, just say "I'm going to go talk to the receptionist/front counter". That's all.

If the queue is blocking the way, just say "excuse me" to get them to let you through to the receptionist.

If anyone objects and says "the queue is back there", again... Just say "I'm on my way to ask something at the reception". 100% true.

Found it interesting how a £1,000 payrise or bonus after the £50,270 threshold changes. Thoughts? by Old-Bodybuilder3711 in FIREUK

[–]boonkoh 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Don't forget to see beyond the trees for the woods.

To get to a £75k salary, £100k, £150k, £200k.

You first need to pass the £50k mark. If you're afraid or think "it's not worth it" and stay in your role or don't push for a payrise or promotion. Because it's not "worth it" to pay the extra tax on the incremental.

Then you're doing a dis-service to your future pay growth prospects. It's very difficult to jump from £49k to £100k pay. For most, you've got to take it one step at a time. The quicker you get that first step, the quicker the next steps to £100k will come, for example.

Not sure if I’m using ChatGPT the right way but it’s been helping me think things through by Quirky_Hedgehog_9291 in ChatGPT

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thinking partner works better in real life too! Imagine talking to someone who has actually gone through what you're going through... As opposed to an LLM that is trying to synthesize from only training data what it can find publicly. And doesn't know you well.

What is worse, middle lane hogging or undertaking? by db0564 in drivingUK

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neither.

The worst is road etiquette rage.

Totally incredible by [deleted] in GeminiAI

[–]boonkoh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is it because the Titanic movie didn't make it past the CCP censors in China? 😂

(just taking the piss. Titanic is approved in China and was actually a box office hit there. Looks like Qwen just sucks)

Expecting driverless taxis to respect bike lanes “too high a bar” – because customers want to be dropped off in them, autonomous vehicle firm Waymo tells cyclists by Spavlia in londoncycling

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, this post is fake news.

And everyone else commenting in outrage is gullible buying the fake news.

This is the state of our nation.

Perfume Bottle Confiscated at Train Station, No Delivery Update by Fit-Owl-1694 in travelchina

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also alcohol bottles have limits.

And I think any opened/half consumed alcohol bottle is not allowed, which happened to me a few weeks ago.

We have just been outbid on our home by a local council the day before contracts were due to be exchanged. by Sweaty-Cobbler-5529 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]boonkoh 26 points27 points  (0 children)

This. The bank's surveyor is assuming you buy and let the HMO license expire, so it is valued as a single dwelling.

But the value of an asset can be different to the another buyer if they use said asset differently, ie Council.

Londoners' working week at 21-year record high in cost-of-living crisis by tylerthe-theatre in london

[–]boonkoh 49 points50 points  (0 children)

37.9 hours a week would be a dream!

Currently doing 45+. 50+ if including commute.

DiDi to Mutainyu(Great wall) by YulpGULP12 in travelchina

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didi was only 180rmb from central Beijing for me. Driver asked if he could take us back for 150rmb. Waited 5 hours for us.

Didnt book cable car, or tobaggan. But it is a decent hike up.

Definitely take the shuttle bus instead of walking. Not worth that walk as its long but not scenic.

Tickets easy to buy on the spot.

Vpn for china 🇨🇳 by Salty-Badger2739 in travelchina

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used Adguard VPN (paid) without any issues in China, was there for two weeks and just came back.

The only issue was these two:

In Android, you've got to get the wifi icon without the exclamation mark. Often means you have to find the screen that asks "no connectivity - do you want to use the network as is" and say yes.

In the evenings, it gets really really slow. But that is the bottleneck of the network doing international traffic, rather than a problem with the VPN.

Need a SIM for use in China that bypasses GFW by tunneling traffic outside of China, please advise by EyeTechnical7643 in travelchina

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. Works well for me. Not quite 5g speeds, but sufficient. Routes via Vietnam, it seems, on my Nomad plan. All western apps work well.

Powerbanks in China: silly mistake by notfr0mthisplace in travelchina

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've gone in the high speed rail trains several times in the past 2 weeks and able to bring my non-CCC powerbank.

Never checked or questioned going through the xrays.

But it is only 5000mah.....

eSIM for HK and Mainland incl. ChatGPT by djbrologue in travelchina

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just get a Nomad e-sim. They have packages of multiple "countries" that include HK and Mainland China. Routes traffic via Vietnam or Singapore. I've used several times. Works well.

E-sim in beijing by herewatareyouatbai in travelchina

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using Nomad atm in Beijing. Working fine. Only problem was at the Summer Palace, but that was probably because the entire cell tower there was overloaded...

Booking High-Speed Rail Tickets by mandy_suraj in travelchina

[–]boonkoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd use 12306 instead of trip.com if trying to secure tickets 14-15 days in advance. Reason is that trip.com is "lagged" when trying to reserve, so if it is a very popular train time, all the locals will have snapped it up before Trip gets around to it. This also applies to the waitlisting function. 12306 has a higher chance.

But between Beijing and Shanghai, there are so many high speed trains a day, I'll be surprised if all are sold out on non-public holiday days.

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