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Wanna earn a top salary for lazing around a beautiful tropical island for six months including a free airfare from the winner’s home country to Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef?

The “island caretaker” will be expected to stroll the white sands, snorkel the reef, take care of “a few minor tasks” — and report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates.

The successful applicant, who will stay rent-free in a three-bedroom beach home complete with plunge pool and golf buggy, must be a good swimmer, excellent communicator and be able to speak and write English.

Applications are open until February 22nd. Eleven shortlisted candidates will be flown to Hamilton Island in early May for the final selection process and the six month contract will commence on the first of July

Job-seekers can apply on Islandreefjob.com

The Singapore Government has organised an online contest in which you stand to win a five day/four night trip to the Lion City.

To enter the Your Singapore Experience contest, participants must log on to www.your-singapore-experience.sg and take a virtual tour of the island nation and answer eight interactive multiple choice questions.

The virtual tour will include stops at local food centres and the downtown area where hidden clues can be found.

After that, contestants will be required to write about why they would like to visit Singapore in 100 words or less.

On top of a four-star hotel stay for two, daily breakfast and airport transfer, the winner along with his/her partner will be entitled to select the places to visit and meet two prominent Singaporean personalities.

The contest runs until April 5, 2009 and the winner must complete the travel between June 1 and July 15, 2009.

What a way to start the Chinese New Year!

• US chipmaker Intel Corporation plans to close two of its three factories in Bayan Lepas, Penang.
• Honda Motor Co is cutting production in Japan and North America by an additional 50,000 vehicles amid a severe slump in global sales.
• Toyota Motor Corp is considering cutting more than 1,000 full-time jobs in North America and the United Kingdom to cope with faltering global demand
• BMW would reduce the working hours for some 26,000 German employees as part of efforts to slow production amid a deepening economic downturn.
• Farm equipment maker Deere & Co. will lay off nearly 700 workers between factories in Brazil and Iowa.
• Qimonda AG, a German unit of chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG is filed for bankruptcy.
• Nippon Steel Corp is cutting production by a record amount in its four-decade history as auto demand gets squelched by the global slowdown
• Sony tumbled 7 percent to their lowest level in a month
• Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest manufacturer of flat screen televisions, memory chips and liquid crystal displays, posted its first ever quarterly loss as the global economic slump hit prices and demand for mainstay products.

Nevertheless, Xin Nian Kuai Ler folks

Some of the practical issues which you will need to consider before you decide to start working in the UK. To work legally you need the correct type of visa, and you need to be paying taxes on your earnings (both National Insurance and income tax).

In the 2008/9 tax year, the National Insurance tax rate paid by workers is:

• 0% for the first £105 per week

• 11% on income up to £770 per week

• And additional 1% on any income above £770 per week

Where as the income tax bands are as follows:

• 0% on the first £5,435 (your personal allowance, equivalent to about £105 per week, or £453 per month)

• 20% (the basic rate) on the next £36,000 (equivalent to about £692 per week, or £3,000 per month)

• 40% (the higher rate) on any income above this.

So think twice before you decide to work in the UK. For more information about tax in the UK see the HM Revenue & Customs site: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk.

firstly margus, thank u for thinking of inviting us ol’ folks to your 21st bday pardee. i really haven’t had so much fun in months! reliving the moment, esp. with Jc’s return to KL. happy burfday, lil bro!

the lil town of aylesbury. nearly an hours drive from london. every night was cold and lonely and miserable and stressful. the lil town is the size of bangsar! people retire and grow old and die together in that town..

thank you love, for popping by and keeping my company. *clap clap clap* ive bn generous and i’ve given you extra brownie points for making sure i was safe!! *huggies*

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i was certainly looking forward to this week! it ended with a blast! vale turned 2* on Tuesday! i made new friends from hongkong, met a couple of awesome dancers and we ended up getting jiggy with it the entire night @ barcelona.pft. this is def. one of the 1st and last things that i’ll ever do/go in my entire life. nevertheless, i heart* my friends, zini and jin siang for making it happen for Vale!

the boy and i having our moment

that’s real lee, he’s a performer! somebody that can kick butt and sing pretty well for someone his age

himz is his name. its absolutely unique! and he is soooooooo cute!*

jin siang, this is a fantastic shot of us. xoxo. vale suggested we have decent drinks at alexis before we started to sing our lungs out at redbox

the big baby sipping his lambo* such a torture looking at him

amazing ppl singing!

it was almost like a karaoke contest that night! all the boys can really sing!

i really enjoyed my time with the guys!i need a new jacket. all my pics are taken with the same outfit!!!*LOL*

happy burfday vale!