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  1. Ks Toh
    Definitely Hansgrohe has a China factory. http://www.hansgrohe-int.com/20500.htm At one time, I was also looking for those garden sheds. Found quite a few at Far East Flora @Upper Thomson. But in the end, I just bought a few of those Kettler tall cabinets from Giant.
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    Hi Khng, I took a look at the Hokey manual juicer. It looks exactly like the Salada manual juicer that my friend has. This seems to be an OEM product sold under different names by different people. In the US, it is sold under the Kitchen Master brand. I have no experience with manual slow juicers but I think if you only juice occasionally and am looking for something under $50, this is definitely worth considering. If you juice every day, maybe the "fun" factor will wear off very quickly. From what I can see from the videos (but I stand corrected):- - The manual slow juicer may not be as efficient. There is less juice extracted. Makes a difference if you juice a lot. - It can be quite tiring if you juice a lot. From the second video, you can see the table moving.
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    Unless you happen to be a HDB registered renovation contractor, I am not sure if you can DIY any renovation other than really minor stuff. This is what HDB website says: http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10324p.nsf/w/HomeRenoApplyPermit?OpenDocument
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    Is it the Salada? I did recommend it to my friends but they were all too lazy to juice manually. Is it difficult for hard greens like carrots?
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    [back to Table of Contents] I think you should use it. Some of my electrical items do not work after a long time of non-use. The slow juicer can also make purée. It makes fruit juices with much less wastage as compared to normal juicer. You can adjust according to how much pulp you want in the juice.
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    Buying Online If you are game, you can buy online from www.qoo10.sg at under S$400 here: http://list.qoo10.sg/item/FREE-FEDEX-SHIPPING-2014-HUROM/412821193 http://list.qoo10.sg/item/KUVINGS-2014-KJ-622R-MILLION-SELLER/419078966 If you think $365 is still too expensive, you can even consider a $95 Hyundai that looks almost like my 2013 Hurom. My friends bought it and we did a Hurom vs Hyundai slow juicer face off. Both delivered roughly the same amount of juice. But of course: - Built quality is like comparing new BMW with first generation Proton Saga- The Hyundai turns faster (slower is better)- The Hyundai parts are a bit rough and it was a bit difficult to take out the parts (cleaning may be more difficult) I think the Hyundai is made in China based on the Hurom design. My friends think it is ok even if it breaks down because for what I paid for my Hurom, they can buy 7 of them and still have spare change. I do not know whether the Hyundai is still available. The vendor is in Singapore. [back to Table of Contents]
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    What brand to buy? The leading manufacturers are from Korea with the leading brands (sold in Singapore) being Hurom and Kuvings. Hurom is the inventor of the vertical cold press juicer technology and they are the market leaders. They are also the OEM makers for many of the machines sold in the US. So, if you buy Hurom or Kuvings, you cannot go wrong. [Can anyone advise me why my photos somehow appear rotated when viewing this page on my Macbook? The photos are oriented correctly in my photo album and when viewing this page on my iPhone.] The advantage of Kuvings is that it has a big mouth so you can put in the whole apple without cutting it. However, one Kuvings owner tells me that when you do that, the machines sometimes get stuck. I have also been told that you should always cut apples and take out the seeds as apple seeds contain a cyanide compound. This is not an urban legend but a true fact. Read here. But if you don't mind the seeds and am lazy, I guess the Kuvings can be more convenient. Or you can use a corer to take out the core before putting the whole fruit into the Kuvings. Some youtube videos claim that the 2013 Kuvings extract more juice than the 2013 Hurom. Another site claims the 2014 Hurom is better. Yesterday at Best Denki, I saw the Kuvings display claim that if you cut the fruit, you lose something. I myself have the 2013 Hurom but I think both are good. http://littleeconest.com.au/blog/kuvings-vs-hurom-2014/ http://hurom.comhttp://www.kuvings.com/intro/intro.html Both Hurom and Kuvings sell for S$700+ at leading departmental stores like Robinsons, Tangs, Takashimaya, Isetan or Best Denki, with the Kuvings slightly more expensive. I understand that you can buy them from Korea at half the price. Just need to make sure they are 210 to 230V.
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    Slow Juicers Everybody wants to live a healthy lifestyle these days. Apart from regular exercise, diet is important. And the slow juicer may be one of those things you want to get. Actually, I had bought a slow juicer when I shifted to my new place. Used it a few times, stored it and completely forgot about it. Until recently when something happened to one of my close friends. As in most such cases, the family tried everything, changing to a completely healthy diet. All of us followed suit, and I brought out my slow juicer from the cupboard. Now, we juice at least twice every day. What is the difference between slower juicers and normal juicers? Slow juicers (also called cold press or masticating juicers) are supposedly better than traditionally centrifugal juicers in that they produce higher juice yield and the low speed and heat preserves more nutrients and enzymes. I shall not go into the arguments over whether a slow juicer is better than eating the whole fruit etc. Obviously, you can only eat so much, and there are stuff like celery which I am not sure you would want to eat on its own, or even with an apple. I have the 2013 Hurom as shown in the video below. http://youtu.be/zh4smxKSTfM Why buy a Slow Juicer? You can read more about the advantages of juicing and slow juicers in particular here.
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    I am quite familiar with SCT process. Some advice:- - Be precise. Sue the right contracting party. Check the quotation, invoice etc. For businesses & companies, you can do a free ACRA search. - Be clear. Know exactly what you want: refund or reduction in price. Don't go with only a vague idea. Nobody is not going to help you and you will end up confused. - Be concise. Limit your case to no more than 2 pages and go straight to the point. Don't tell a super long grandmother story because the mediator or registrar is going to switch off after you go on and on. Forget about the irrelevant irritating other things that have no impact on the actual issue at hand. No point telling about how you waited 3 hours for him, how he dirtied your floor, how you could have got cheaper elsewhere... Go straight to the point. He promised, you paid, he did not deliver. - Be prepared. Verbal evidence is quite useless before the SCT. You said, he said: who is the Registrar going to believe? Try to get documentary evidence: quotation, contract, photographs, SMS, whatsapp. - Be realistic and practical. At the end of the day, be prepared to compromise a little. You may not be able to get back 100% of what you paid. Just accept it and move on. Treat it as lesson learnt or just bad luck. My last SCT experience was posted here. I actually tried to talk nicely to the shop & supplier were so arrogant that I simply had to teach them a lesson. I offered a very reasonable solution to them but they came back with a ridiculous offer that left me with no choice. Still, I would urge all of you try to resolve disputes amicably if possible before proceeding to SCT.
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    Actually, regardless of whether it is for personal use or not, you have to pay GST for goods exceeding S$150 if you had just made a day trip. If you are interested in going YES Electrical Supply in JB, I posted instructions HERE.
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    Have not updated my blog for some time. Just came across this interesting video. If you have a small home, perhaps you can pick up some tips here.
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    Not necessarily the case as it depends on your usage pattern. If you switch on both a 4.5 kW Instant heater and a 1.8 kW storage heater for one hour, the instant heater will consume 2.5 times more power at 4.5 kWh as compared to the storage heater at 1.8 kWh. However, the nature of the instant heater is such that you power on only when you use it. So, if you need to take a 10 min shower, you will switch on the instant heater for only 10 mins. For storage heaters, many users have the habit of turning on the storage heater 5 to 30 mins before use, in order to heat up the water in the tank. Assuming you switched on the storage heater for 20 mins before use, and then use it for another 10 mins (total 30 mins), the energy consumption is actually slightly more than the instant heater (0.9 kWh as compared to 0.75 kWh). The current electricity rate should be 0.2568 per kWh, so the difference is only about 4 cents for this one use. I hope my calculations are correct!
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    Gosh. This is a nightmare. Luckily, the white looks ok and you can accept it. Happened to me before at my previous place. Instead of black and rust coloured wrought iron for my staircase railing, they fabricated and installed green and black colour. But it looked nice. Sometimes, the mistake can be a blessing.
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    I decided to build some kind of wooden feature wall. This would allow me to hide the many switches on the side of the wall. This is the other way to have the "MRT Tunnel". If for some reason you cannot dig the tunnel in the wall, you build a wooden structure on top of the wall, and you provide a space for the wires to run inside the structure.
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    Wall Mounted TV and Soundbar - Concealing the Wires illidann asked me how I concealed my wires. This requires some planning. Basically, you need a "MRT Tunnel" with one opening at the bottom where the console will be mounted and where the power and other cables (from SCV, DVD, network etc) go in and another opening at the top where the cables come out to the TV. If you have a wall mounted soundbar, then you need an intermediate opening between the two openings. Do not under-estimate the number and size of wires that need to pass through. In my experience, the tunnel needs to be at least the size of an air-conditioning trunking, and the openings for the TV and console needs to be the size of those table computer cable holes (round, big size). The one for the soundbar can be smaller. If you are doing some feature wall, then you lay the marble/fitles/bricks over the wall except for the openings. The bottom opening will be covered by the TV console. The top opening will be covered by the TV. This was my original plan. I was going to lay travertine marble over the wall. However, I changed my mind.
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    My Final Solution In end, I just went to my neighbourhood hardware store and bought a $15.90 CATV signal amplifier. Seems to work fine! From this: To this:
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    I also got similar problem and similar answer as you. Except that in my case, the contractor was not angry but also explained no space, if use thicker will damage etc, if I really want, they will rip out the old trunking, put in the new trunking, but if damage cannot blame them etc etc. Alamak, basically put me in a spot, so much so that I decided to just leave it. I think it is not that we really want the thicker ones, but we feel kind of "cheated". If contractor wants to use some other size, should at least tell us before doing so.
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    So can we switch to Digital TV now? Yes and no. Since December 2013, while all seven MediaCorp channels are broadcast in digital, four channels are also broadcast in HD – Channel 5, Channel 8, Suria and Vasantham. The remaining three: Channel NewsAsia, Channel U and okto will be upgraded to HD by 2016. However, what was initially not clear to me is that there is a roll out schedule and not all parts of Singapore have indoor coverage yet. My house is in Bedok area and according to the map, digital tv roll out for Bedok will only be in 2015 / 2016. However, MediaCorp webpage mentioned that "Rooftop reception is available island-wide from December 2013" and if you look at the map, some parts of Singapore (Tuas, Changi) have no indoor reception roll out date. When I called the MediaCorp hotline, the person who answered the call could not explain this. He referred me to a technical guy who explained that outdoor reception via roof top reception should be available for the whole of Singapore (including Tuas, Changi) since December 2013. He also mentioned that if your house or apartment is high enough, your antenna is powerful (and not the free one that I mentioned earlier) and your antenna position is near the window, you may well be able to receive Digital TV now. He specifically stated that some users in Bedok in landed housing have been able to receive Digital TV.
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    Why is our existing TV or OpenNet fibre network not used to carry the Digital TV signals? This is the joint explanation by MDA and HDB.
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    What if my TV is not Digital? You can buy a DVB-T2 digital set top box and connect to your TV. I saw one at NTUC Xtra for $129 and was thinking of buying it. Until I realised that things were not so simple ..... What about the Antenna? I mistakenly thought you could just plug the DVB-T2 digital set top box to the existing SCV point but no. Mediacorp's digital tv signals are carried over the air, and not via the SCV cable or OpenNet fibre networks. So, just like fashion, we go one big round back to the old fashion days of a separate portable indoor antenna. Just that instead of the old rabbit ear antenna the newer digital tv antenna looks more stylo mylo. The antenna must be the UHF antenna able to receive the DVB-T2 signals which will be broadcast in the UHF channels 21~69 (470~862 MHz). The DVB-T2 digital set top box shown above came with a free antenna. What about StarHub or SingTel Mio TV subscribers? If you are a StarHub TV or SingTel mio TV subscriber, you do not need to do anything as you can receive and watch the MediaCorp TV channels in digital quality through your pay TV service. However, if you have TV sets not connected to the pay-TV service, you will need to purchase an indoor antenna and DVB-T2 digital set-top box to connect to your current TV. If your TV set is a DVB-T2 Integrated Digital TV or IDTV, you will just need the antenna.
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    Digital TV A while back, Asking4Help asked me here whether it was a good idea to buy a digital TV. I had no idea. But few days back, my TV reception went to this: I had to find a solution. So I read up on digital TV and discovered many things I did not know. Should I buy a Digital TV? Well, if you are buying a TV now, you should buy a digital TV or specially one with the DVB-T2 (Digital Video Broadcasting – Second Generation Terrestrial) standard. The benefits are summarised by Mediacorp as follows: We are told that DVB-T2 is adopted as the industry standard in key European and Asian countries. It offers higher efficiency, robustness and flexibility, enabling efficient use of valuable terrestrial spectrum for the delivery of audio, video and data services to fixed, portable and mobile devices. Finally, sometime after December 2015, existing analogue TV signals will be cut. Thereafter, you will not be able to watch TV unless you are able to receive the Digital TV signals!
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    After I bought my Little Giant Ladder, my friends showed me similar ladders they have. Multi Purpose Ladder This is a "M" shaped ladder which can be adapted to 13 different configurations. It weighs 14.5 kg and can reach 3.8 m (12.5 ft) when fully extended. Telescopic Ladder I don't know the name for this ladder. It works like mine except that there are 4 telescopic sections and these sections are adjacent to one another. Mine has only two telescopic sections and one is totally within the other. No idea about the weight and maximum height but I know it can be straightened to be a step ladder. I came across this shop which claims to sell all kinds of ladders: http://www.cycc.com.sg
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    Nice to know that you find it useful.
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    A number of people asked me where to buy the Little Giant Ladder. I bought from: Ladders & Hardware 1 Rochor Canal Road #02-37 Sim Lim Square Singapore 188504 Tel: (65) 6336-0404 www.laddersandhardware.com By the way, it is also the same shop I bought my articulated TV Bracket from. Their prices are fixed. Compared to normal ladders, Little Giant Ladders are rather expensive. For most homes, I suggest buying the normal 5 or 6 step family ladder. Not expensive, light, safe, easy to carry and use. Do not buy the Little Giant just because it is cool. Buy it only if you need it. Little Giants are rather heavy. My M26 weights 24.5 kg, Imagine lugging a heavy suitcase. But I have little choice. - My hall fan is at 410 cm, top row of my vertical garden at 420 cm from my level 2, my 10 step ladder cannot reach - My bomb shelter / storeroom is 285 cm (already very high) and 10 step ladder 280 cm tall. A taller 12 step ladder (which I cannot find anyway) will likely exceed 285 cm - The 10 step ladder already seems too tall to be steady. It flexes when I climb it, does not feel sturdy.
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    Maybe you can call Fullsun or Heritage to check what is the replacement for this model?
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