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Video: the mrbrown show: Kim Huat and PSLE

Kim Huat weighs in on 2016 PSLE.

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/LGHK3mL0hps

Video: the mrbrown show: Kim Hua Poetry Tribute

Kim Huat reads his tribute poetry to his favorite poet.

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/Ez6qU75pKwk

SingPost says most residents welcome junk mail… say what?

Recently, SingPost said in a CNA report that most residents welcomed the junk mail in their mailbox, judging from low response to their Opt-Out scheme. 

To which many residents replied, "Har? Got such thing meh? Can opt out? Where got? Where?"

It seems there is an online form buried deep inside their Contact Page.

Here is how you can opt out:

1. Visit the Singpost site and tear your hair out looking for an Opt-Out of Junk Mail link.

2.  Finally find it at: http://www.singpost.com/contact-us/service-enquiry

3. For "Service Type", choose "Postal"

4. For "Category", choose "Advertising Mail"

5. For Sub-category, choose "OPT-OUT Service"

Then you can fill out the special form to get an orange No Admail sticker to paste on your mailbox! 

You're welcome.

Video: the mrbrown show: Kim Huat Tries to Run for President

Kim Huat thinks he has a chance to be the next President.

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/0sFBiJQjlPU

mrbrown goes to the Ogasawara Islands: a Photo Essay

mrbrown goes to the Ogasawara Islands by Kin Mun "mrbrown" Lee on Exposure

One of the most amazing trips I have ever made to Japan, visiting the Ogasawara Islands, also known as the Bonin Islands.

(Read the full post and see more photographs at brown.exposure.co or view the embedded version below.)

Stupid Headline of the Week

Duh.

(Context: Next Presidential Election to be reserved for Malay candidates: PM Lee)

Taitung, the Hawaii of Taiwan: a Photo Essay

Taitung, the Hawaii of Taiwan by Kinmun "mrbrown" Lee on Exposure

I recently visited Taitung in Taiwan and saw its beauty on the ground and from the air. Literally, from the air.

(Read the full post and see more photographs at brown.exposure.co or view the embedded version below.)

Make some money with PayLah!

Caption: The author in Mount Gassan, Japan, contemplating the meaning of life and the future of mobile wallet apps.

People who know me know I am a bit of an electronic payments kind of person. I hate carrying cash because it takes away precious space from my falling-apart wallet and I won't have space for the useless receipts I never throw away.

DBS PayLah! lets you pay another PayLah! user with just that person's mobile number. Sure, you can pay with internet banking or ATM funds transfer, but then you'll have to know the other party's bank account number and/or your banking dongle.

I can do small payments and fund transfers easily with PayLah! I use it all the time. For example, I got a text the other day from the wife that said, "Please pay for the son's tuition."

Sure, easy. Except that I was in Japan at the time. But no problem, I just sent the money to the wife via PayLah! from my iPhone. Boom. Done.

Caption: The author in Yamagata, Japan, just before the wife told him to pay the tuition fees.

I don't pay any fees and my wife doesn't either and she can easily transfer the funds from her PayLah! wallet to her POSB bank account, also from her iPhone.

I even converted my aircon repair man, Ronnie. I taught him how to install and sign up for PayLah! and I paid him with just his phone number.

So now it's so easy. The wife would message me while I am in Taiwan on a work trip, to tell me that the aircon was dripping on my precious wireless speaker system.

I would call Ronnie to tell him I think my aircon needs servicing, maybe a major one.

Then he comes by with his team and does the servicing and a chemical clean.

Then I pay him with PayLah! I don't need to prepare cash or cheque to pay Ronnie. I even include a WhatsApp message to him at the same time as I sent the payment within the app.

Caption: The author in Taiwan, just before the wife told him to pay the aircon man.

Now is a good time to sign up for PayLah! by the way. Don't say I bo jio. DBS will give you $5 if you refer a friend and that friend signs up, he or she gets $5 too.

It's win-win for both of you!

The maximum amount you can earn is $50 when you get up to 10 friends to sign up for PayLah!.

And the maximum maximum reward one can earn is $55: ($5 if you’re a new sign-up through someone’s referral code) + (10 friends x $5) = $55

This friend referral program will run from 4th November to 15th December 2016 so hurry and do it. Do eeeeeeet!

I already started. I am referral King. Use my referral code if you need one: KINXGD221

(Link to details.)