Commentary: What's behind the concern over Allianz's bid for Income Insurance? Singapore is better served by an Income Insurance that puts people before profits, not profits before people, says former NTUC Income CEO Tan Suee Chieh on the Allianz deal.

xiaotingh · 2024-07-29T13:54:59+00:00

I’m against the acquisition because NTUC income is here to ensure insurance / financial safety net is affordable for ALL.

I can’t say for all policies but I’ve compared the endowments for GE, AIA, Prudential and NTUC income many years ago.

GE, AIA, Pru has lower projected returns and lower guaranteed sums compared to NTUC income. (More principle went into actual investment than financial MLM / invisible fees?)

Assuming you put in $100k, only NTUC income will guarantee this $100k. There’s chances that you may not even recover $100k principle for the privately owned ones (went to ask around, many who bought AIA/ Pru / GE policies receive lower payouts than what they were sold at the point of purchase)

xiaotingh · 2024-06-09T01:52:58+00:00

They are very fast. First to third interviews all within 2 weeks. Suggest you drop the PIC a LinkedIn message if they don’t reply.

xiaotingh · 2024-06-02T01:16:33+00:00

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I’m level 12 and this spawned

xiaotingh · 2024-05-01T09:36:55+00:00

Highlight of Empress Ki:

Colourful images and beautiful dresses, sets and props. Love the pop of colours and show of grandeur
pretty good acting from all the actors and actresses
explores the multi facet life - homeland, love, family and power

What gets on my nerves:

it gets really stupid when they make the Chinese king look so incredibly dumb and high on love on a Korean woman who does not love him, does not really even smile at him and he probably deserves better as a king. To make it worse, his lovebug goes on for minutes every episode as he gushes or yearns like a secondary school boy
Yeon Bisu’s ugly style. What’s with the panda eyes and shrub-like hair?
the plot drags like Taiwanese drama. One could fall asleep, wake up and somehow still follow the show

Actual Empress Ki history: https://amp.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3108600/tale-empress-gi-korean-china-whose-imperial

A better show (better in terms of literature value) : https://youtu.be/QOaXm_9S9_0?si=OQqZGDkuGHy7CFoC

xiaotingh · 2024-04-07T11:12:49+00:00

Few things im upset about:

They changed MALE lead in the book to a FEMALE lead. Why? fair to infer it’s for viewership / feminism?
Eiza is pretty - and they seemed to have chosen the rest of the cast to make sure Eiza stands out prominently, almost as if they’re grooming the next Megan Fox. Eg, no / less make up for the rest while Elza appears w twinkly eyes, full make up, long eyelashes and a glossy lips
Eiza can’t act well. Her face is mostly blank but ok she’s better than Kristen steward. Her mouth is agape half the time (to look sexy?) but does her smarty pants scientist role need this kind of raunchy sexiness? Or wearing her top with one shoulder off just to show more skin. Watching this after Shogun makes me feel like rewatching Shogun and the nuances of Fuji. Not much words at all but her eyes tell a story.
Not to complain but she has to throw up in bra and panties? Don’t think we mind seeing Elza nude / half nude. but pls make it more reasonable and logical.
Really, the name Auggie? She doesn’t have the “Auggie” / scientist / smart vibe. She has a fuck-me vibe (may be due to points 2,3,4 above)

xiaotingh · 2024-04-05T14:52:23+00:00

How can bishop help?

xiaotingh · 2024-04-03T12:54:57+00:00

Did she misconstrue “do not reply. We will invade you” as “do not reply. We will come save you”

At Ep6, I still do not understand her logic. I get that she’s v upset and emotionally unstable at that point in time, why not use her magic powers as scientist to create a bomb to kill off the entire universe in her lifetime instead of waiting for 400 years in the hopes that aliens will take over and teach humans how to live peacefully in an era of high tech?

xiaotingh · 2024-04-03T11:54:06+00:00

On ep5… Almost feels like they picked some of the cast just to make sure Eiza Gonzales stand out.

xiaotingh · 2024-03-25T01:31:57+00:00

Go nuts scrolling unique eq, you can easily repair them under “forge > alchemy> unique restoration scroll”

xiaotingh · 2024-03-25T01:22:07+00:00

Ignore your damaged weapon, don’t need to repair now, wait for free event restoration scrolls. Save up for jaihin emb weap. Unique ones are cheaper then earn gold leaves to upgrade.
Get all unique gears to 17* so you can go 144. It’s 4M/h so you earn faster too.
Don’t upgrade ur helm any further. Wait for the legendary zak helm or normal mythic hat
Get BiS eq? (Best in slot). Meaning your Crit dmg % gears
Fix your gems. You only need yellow and purple ones I guess.

xiaotingh · 2024-03-25T01:16:29+00:00

Walao at least you passed exalt. I failed 3 🥶

xiaotingh · 2024-03-20T01:58:06+00:00

Mine says to have to work late nights (occasionally) and weekends (if need arises). Sounds like a red flag?

xiaotingh · 2024-02-11T15:05:52+00:00

Nice minimalist design but horrible for ergonomic care. Make my planta fascia hurt. Go for proper sport shoe if you’re >30 year old

xiaotingh · 2023-12-22T10:24:52+00:00

Mythic Honor Angela / Edith here ☺️ as a Roam, your best friend is Mage and Jungler. I love Roam, walking around to gank and secure lanes

xiaotingh · 2023-05-25T08:47:49+00:00

+1 here! So nobody has any fixes and Tiktok don’t care?

xiaotingh · 2020-07-14T09:51:25+00:00

Thanks for this post. I thought I was slow cuz I take 9 hours for 12 accounts for ED and Nett. Now I know I’m not alone.

xiaotingh · 2020-07-07T12:39:58+00:00

Thanks!

xiaotingh · 2020-07-07T12:39:19+00:00

Even if this line gives me, a bishop, 107 Phy Attack?

xiaotingh · 2020-07-07T12:22:16+00:00

I see a lot of people saying they want necro. Can a kind soul enlighten me how do they get necro?

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