I’m very upset at the Australian dollar plummeting in a blink of an eye. From reaching heights of US$0.98 in July to now closing just below US$0.68, the Australian dollar has lost 30% in value in under 3 months. Imagine if you’ve invested $1 million into the US dollar few months ago and sold out…
Read More Economic Turmoil in the US and AustraliaI’ve been thinking recently amount costs relating to transport. It will cost me $6 for a return bus ticket and $6.80 for a return train ticket. Amounts to $12.80 a day. If I buy a travel 10 bus ticket and a city weekly train ticket, it will cost me $10.40 a day (assuming a Mon-Fri…
Read More Are we paying too much for public transport?If you haven’t noticed the new feature of Google Maps, Street View, you should definitely check it out. It is absolutely stunning how they’ve managed to pretty much capture the entire image of Australia on a street level. You can turn on the Street View feature on the top right navigations by clicking on Street…
Read More Google Maps reveals Street View in AustraliaYou might get stung by the excess data usage of iPhone 3G if you’re not careful with your data usage. That means phone bills hitting the three digit and even four digit mark! Telcos such as Telstra are charging $2 per megabyte over the data allowance ($2000 per gigabyte) and Optus are charging $0.35 per…
Read More Beware of iPhone 3G’s data usage costsAccording to Yahoo! News, oil prices closed at US$126.77 per barrel yesterday, down almost $20 from July 11 record high prices of US$147.50 per barrel. If you do the maths, that’s about a 14% in falling costs for petrol. A few weeks ago, I saw petrol prices in Sydney go up to about AU$1.68 a…
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