Springpad how to undo text in iOS iPhone?

How to undo in iOS Springpad / iPhone? 

bad news .... there is no undo feature for iPhone Springpad. I tried to shake my iPhone but the undo doesn't work :( 

No answer from them so far. Please let me know if you know a way to do it, else I need to move to something else. 

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Alpha Titanium Germanium Necklace Krisshop Review

Alpha Titanium Germanium Necklace from Krisshop / Singapore Airlines SQ in flight shop review. 

I've been using this for almost 2 months, I would say this is a beautiful piece of necklace. The magnet on both side to connect / disconnect the silicon necklace is really cool (with some drawback, I almost lost my necklace because of this). 

for the usability, honestly I don't feel any improvement in my health so far (it claims "increasing energy levels and decreasing body aches). 

on the first week I brought it to the shower, But I'm afraid that it will damage the necklace so started from then onward I always take it off. 

 

what I like: 

+ Simple and Cool design.

+ magnetic lock. 

what I don't like: 

+ build quality, it's starting to rust now... 

+ you can't bring it to shower/ swimming pool / beach / sport.

+ because of the magnetic lock,it may possible that you accidentally lost your necklace.

+ it's not written anywhere about 99.99%, so I assume it's not.  

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Free Legal Christian Music MP3 download

Free mp3 song download from one of their favorite Christian artists. simple sign up for the newsletter, every Tuesday they will send you a newsletter and you'll be able to download the free mp3. 

in the past they have given: 

Steve Hare - A Heart like Your Own

Hearts of Saints- Our Generation 

Casting Crowns - Praise You in the storm

Planetshakers - The Anthem 

and many more :) 

it's a good alternative way to know a wide variety of songs and it's free anyway :) 

click here to subscribe

below is the sample of the newsletter 

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How to Maximize Your Leave or Holiday in 2014 Singapore

Time to plan your leave in advance and maximize your leave and public holiday :) Singapore 2014 public holiday, leave. 

for 4 Days of leave you will get 31 days of rest, apply your leave in advance before your colleagues do it.  

maximize your leave and holiday in 2014 Singapore. 

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Centara Ras Fushi Resort Maldives Review

Location (Centara Ras Fushi Review) 

Centara Ras Fushi located about 15 minutes from the Male. A lot of people concern about the Centara Ras Fushi that's located near Thilafusi (garbage island), from my observation ... yes it's visible (but I'm really not sure whether that's the one, but I can see some smoke coming up from the island). this photo below is taken from the receptionist area. In the other hand we don't have to worry about that because it's not visible from the water villa (because the water villas are facing the other direction). don't smell anything as well here.

Water Villa, 

there was a little bit of hiccup for the room during check-in and we need to wait about 1.5 hour. we then realized that not all the water villa was ready, upon walking towards our room,  some villa wasn't ready as well and I believe the smaller section of the water villa (there are 2 sections if you take a look at the map: the smaller only with deluxe water villa and the other with the sunset water villa) isn't ready as well. 

this is a picture of the sunset water villa section 

the centara ras fushi as for today I would say 90% is operational, I even quite shock that they don't have any umbrella in the island. housekeeping is also quite slow (waited for a while for the staff to come and clean our room) but this all is still quite acceptable since they just opened 5 days ago  

Restaurant

Overall the food is acceptable, nothing special but I'm quite surprise that the dessert was very nice (available during lunch and dinner buffet). the salad selection was good as well. 

Overall I'm quite satisfied with the villa, I don't expect it as a good as other 5 stars resorts because it isnt. Centara Ras Fushi is a 4 stars resort. 

Update 29th March 2013 

they have a nice little pool, it's beautiful at night. there is a bar also in the pool. 

this is the Bar, if you have all - inclusive package there is a lot of selection of cocktail (as for yesterday not all cocktails is available)  the only thing that lack from this bar is the wifi connection. I would love to have a wifi connection. it's available now

Wifi connection (free) only available at the receptionist and the rooms, the internet speed is slow, but well you suppose to enjoy the sea so it's a good thing that the connection is slow :p 

the best rooms that you can choose for Deluxe water villa and sunset water villas are the one that located in the bigger section (start with number 300 and above) the smaller section, some the Deluxe water villas (100-200) are facing the island (the beach and the beach villas)

these are the photo from the sunset premium water deluxe villa

The beach villas, beside the villas (behind the benches) it's the Thai and Italian restaurant

The Gym 

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Recommended Daily Salt / Sodium Intake Singapore Adults

Why we need to be concern about the recommended Salt intake daily in Singapore for adults (or actually we should concern about the Sodium which is one major component inside the salt). 

Especially in this modern society of Singapore, we like to grab easy breakfast, lunch or dinner like junk food, canned and process food which sometimes contains a lot of sodium. 

So what's the recommended daily intake for adults in Singapore? it's 5 gram or 5000mg (which is about two teaspoonful) 

Actually I'm quite surprised that Singapore Health Promotion Board put this 5 grams as the borderline (based on 2011)  While USA put 2.3g (Dietary Guidelines for American, 2010). Do we Asian can take more sodium in our body? I would prefer to take the middle point 3.65g as my preferred value for daily intake. 

To give you a better idea of how much salt/sodium in the junk food: McDonald's Fries contains 350 mg salt (which I believe is more actually) and BigMac contains 980 mg. 

Salt contains 40% sodium. Sodium is a mineral which is essential for the normal functioning of the body. However, eaten in excess, sodium raises blood pressure especially in individuals who are sodium-sensitive. Scientific studies have provided strong evidence that lowering sodium intake is beneficial in reducing blood pressure. 

Salt and sauces added in the preparation of food and at the table contribute to most of the sodium we consume daily. Canned and processed food also generally have a high content of sodium. -hpb.gov 

So Conclusion, try to reduce your salt intake to the recommended daily intake. Remember taking care your body is like investment, start young you reap a better healthier body later on. Poor investment returns a poor result also. 

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The Best SGD Fixed Deposit Singapore 2013 - JAN

If you are looking for the best fixed / time deposit in Singapore 2013 - January, maybe this summary can help you:

So which one is the best fixed / time deposit for Singapore Dollar - January 2013.  from the table above you can see that the ANZ even though has the highest but it's a step up time deposit meaning the interest rate increases every 3 month so if you calculated the effective interest rate for 12 months = 0.91% with  flexibility that you can withdraw your deposit every cycle (3 months). 

My pick would be the Standard Chartered Step up time deposit with effective interest at 1.13%, with higher interest compared to ANZ at the first 3 and 6 months with the same flexibility that you can withdraw your deposit every 3 months.  

Here are the links to each bank: 

CIMB SGD Fixed Deposit Rates 

Bank of China Time deposit 

ANZ step up time deposit

Maybank iSAVvy Time Deposit

Standard Chartered step up time deposit

If you found any better recommendation do let us know in the comment below :]

updated: 21 Jan 2013
apparently Maybank (click here for the link) has a better offer if you deposit your money more than 18 months with them:

Tenure	12 months	18 months	24 months	36 months
Interest Rates (% p.a.)	1.10	1.30	1.45	1.60

with this savings you'll get a flat 1.6% pa if you lock in your money for 3 years.

My recommendation still pointing to Standard Chartered Step up Time Deposit because of the flexibility of the withdrawal. But if you don't care about the flexibility and liquidity you can take even the 18 months which yield the highest time deposit in Singapore right now.

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New Rules / Cooling Measure HDB/Condo/Property in Singapore 2013

Singapore Property 2013 new Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty for Condominium, HDB and Private Property

The new cooling measure for Singapore Property has kicked in starting 12 January 2013, basically for the 1st purchase other than the stamp duty ( 3% purchase price-$5400) now Permanent Resident (PR) need to pay additional 5% as additional buyer's stamp duty (no changes for the first purchase by Singaporean) and of course higher additional stamp for foreigners - 15% from 10%.

Singapore has introduced new property cooling measures which are set to take effect tomorrow. The government's aim is to control on-going speculation in the property market.
This is the government's seventh round of tightening measures.  

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam said: “The reality we face is that interest rates are extraordinarily low, globally and in Singapore, and continue to add fuel to our property market. We have to take this further round of measures now, to check recent market trends and avoid a more serious correction in prices further down the road.” 

National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan added: “A large supply of public and private housing – up to 200,000 units in total – will be completed in the coming years. Coupled with the new measures, we will be better placed to ensure that housing remains affordable to Singaporeans.” - property guru 

for more information about this new stamp duty / tax property condominium, HDB and other private property:

Additional Buyer Stamp Duty on Purchase of Singapre Properties 2013 (IRAS)
Press release document for the new cooling measure of the additional stamp duty in Singapore 2013

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Singapore Last Train & Bus Service SMRT 2012 New Year 2013

SMRT EXTENDS LAST TRAIN AND BUS SERVICE HOURS FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE 2012 / 2013 IN SINGAPORE

SMRT train services (North-South, East-West and Circle Lines) and selected bus  services on New Year’s Eve, Monday, 31 December 2012, will be available till 3.20am, Tuesday, 1 January 2013. 

please be there at the station at 1:30 latest, the availability time = the last train in the last station. so make sure you read the timing below 

From City Hall Interchange, the North-, East- and Westbound trains will depart at 2.15am on 1 January 2013. 

Please refer to station notice boards for more information. Passengers on last trains should note:

• Last Northbound train: connection to the last Circle Line trains from Bishan  (service will end at Caldecott and Bartley) and Dhoby Ghaut Interchanges (service will end at Tai Seng) available. No connection to East- and Westbound  trains from Jurong East Interchange. 

• Last Eastbound train: connection to the last Circle Line trains from Paya Lebar  Interchange available (service will end at Tai Seng and Mountbatten). 

• Last Westbound train: connection to the last Circle Line trains from Buona Vista  Interchange (train service will end at Pasir Panjang and Botanic Gardens) and  the last Southbound train from Jurong East Interchange (train service will end at  Kranji) available. 

• Choa Chu Kang Interchange: passengers on the last MRT train can connect to the last Bukit Panjang LRT train at 3.13am.

Train services between Expo and Changi Airport stations remain unchanged. Last train times are: 

• From Tanah Merah Station to Changi Airport Station: 11.50pm on 31 December 

• From Changi Airport Station to Tanah Merah Station: 12.06am on 1 January 

• From Expo Station to Tanah Merah Station: 12.11am on 1 January

Tips: do not depend on the taxi during this time, I've always have difficulties to look / book taxi / cab during new year.

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Where to Watch Fireworks 2013 in Singapore - New Year

Where is the best place to watch fireworks in Singapore 2013? 

The best spot to watch 2013 fireworks in Singapore / take photograph of the fireworks 2013 is not other than around the Marinay Bay, take a look at the map from strait times and enjoy your New Year 2013 while watching the fireworks :) 

And dont miss the mrt ! take a look at the schedule for the last Singapore train / mrt service at new year eve 2012/1013 Singapore Last Train & Bus Service SMRT 2012 New Year 2013

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