So I sewed it back on this morning. This is about as close to crafting as I got since Singapore Arts Street in June ‘08! *Yikes*
Promise I’m gonna upload some excellent button tutorials from a Japanese craft book I have tonight.
Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
Paypal FX conversion rate, yay or nay?
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008I couldn’t find any concrete information on the web, especially in the Singapore context, so I decided to do my own research instead. And the answer is? It depends on which credit card you are using.
My total amount payable was US$311.04.
Paypal’s conversion
Credit/Debit Card : MasterCard XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-5230 $448.50 SGD
PayPal Conversion Rate as of Aug. 20, 2008: 1 Singapore Dollar = 0.688701 U.S. Dollars
Citibank
According to prevailing exchange rate, indicative exchange rate at $1 USD = $1.427 SGD or $1 SGD = $0.701 USD; $443.85 SGD.
UOB
Mastercard
Bank charge 1.5% + 0.8% on top of prevailing Visa exchange rate. Assuming the bank charges are not compounded (cos I forgot to ask):
Currencies fluctuate every day. The rate shown is effective for
transactions submitted to Visa on August 20, 2008, with a bank foreign transaction fee of 2.30%.
1 Singapore Dollar = 0.69 US Dollars
Total: $461.16 SGD
Visa
Bank charge 1.5% on top of prevailing Visa exchange rate.
Currencies fluctuate every day. The rate shown is effective for
transactions submitted to Visa on August 20, 2008, with a bank foreign transaction fee of 1.50%.
1 Singapore Dollar = 0.70 US Dollars
Total: $451.01 SGD
I’m going to pay with my Citibank credit card!
CozyCot
Saturday, August 16th, 2008Where I go when I’m in a beauty fix:
I’ve joined a couple of other forums before and was even the (hired) administrator for one of the pioneer Singaporean forums but CozyCot (CC) is still my favorite. Some may say that the forum-ers of CC are “dao” or proud but I disagree. Same reason why I keep my Blythe Flickr group invite-only; you need some form of gatekeeper so that there’ll be a certain level of “quality control”. Even though some of the moderators may be a pain in the ass at times, you’ll appreciate their efforts later on. Take some time and blend into their “culture”.
They’re now invite-only. Click on the banner above and leave a comment and I will invite you. ;)
