Dividends from Suntec REIT and First REIT

Received dividends of $24.79 from Suntec REIT and $193 from First REIT.  Not a bad month in terms of dividends considering that I also collected some dividends from Ascott REIT and Gamco just a few days back.

Dividends from Ascott REIT and Gamco Global

Received dividends of $609.45 from Ascott REIT and $31.59 from Gamco Global Gold & Natural Resources Trust.  Not bad for the month of February.

Will probably be looking at reinvesting the dividends into some other REIT.  There are quite a few REITs and I am thinking of diversifying across the various sectors (e.g. industrial, commercial, residential, hospitals, hospitality , etc).

Will probably need to give it further thought.

GoodBye PageOne, You Will Be Missed

PageOne closes down.  So another bookshop closes.  First it was Borders at Wheelock, then it was PageOne at Vivocity and now Harris at Great World is also closing down.

It just seems that bookshops are not able to be profitable nowadays.  Or is it simply the case that Singaporeans don't really read anymore?  I mean there are so many things online for us to read that we don't want to fork out the money to buy a book.  I think very little people actually spend more than $100 a month buying books.  We could easily spend that amount in a single day on a good meal.  But not on books.  Sadly.

And so the bookshops all around us are closing down.  High rent is one factor.  But I think most bookshops probably have very low profits.  And it doesn't help that people are also buying books online nowadays.

Bye bye PageOne.  You will be missed.

Maximum Number of Posts for Blog on Blogspot or Blogger

Just found out that Google does not limit the maximum number of posts once can have for a blog.  That's right!  The maximum number of posts for a blog on blogspot or blogger is infinity.  One is entitled to an unlimited amount of posts though there is a limit of 100 blogs per user.

That gets me wondering.  Is it possible to really have 10,000 or even 100,000 posts on a blog.  What kind of blog will that look like?  Is there even such a blog around today (like a world record for most number of posts on a blog)?

I really really wonder.

Fortune REIT

Bought Fortune REIT some days back.  Cannot remember when.  First time I have entered into this .  I like the brand name behind the REIT that's all.  The exposure to retail malls in Hong Kong was also a factor.  Just wanted to diversify out of my Ascott REIT, First REIT, etc holdings that I have.  Well, Li Ka Shing owns Cheung Kong which listed Fortune REIT.  So that is a plus point for just owning a small investment in Fortune REIT.

Also collected my first cheque for Gamco Global Gold Trust.  After deducting withholding tax and stuff, I only pocketed slightly over S$30.  Bleah..

My Day

Personal thoughts.  My day.  Ride the MRT.  Go to work.  Eat lunch.  Work work work.  Eat dinner.  Bath. Surf the net.  Do a bit of reading.  Reflection.  Sleep.

Wow.  Each day of my life passes by so fast.  Simply amazing.

Yeah, this is an entirely lame post =)  But I haven't done such a lame thing for a long long time.  I wonder if I blog like that for the next 3 months, will people still visit this blog and bother to read it..  Maybe i shd give it a try.

Hatched@Evans Road

I am not much of a foodie.  But I do appreciate good breakfasts and am always game for some nice breakfast food whether it is at the hawker centers in Singapore or at the hip and cool cafes scattered around little obscure corners in Singapore.  Over the weekend, had my breakfast at Hatched which is located at Evans Road just near to Botanical Gardens and opposite the School of Physical Education (or is it now NUS?).

Carparking was a breeze as there was space in the open air carpark where a lone mango tree and a jackfruit tree was growing.  It isn't your typical carparking in Singapore so I enjoyed the way it was quite quaint and peaceful.

Verdict on the Food.

Nothing special and nothing especially bad.  The mocha was a bit too sweet.  Tried the Usual Suspect which was basically eggs, sausages, baked potatoes and baked beans.  It also came with a slice of toast and a cup of coffee.  Nothing fantastic really but nothing that will make me complain about it. For $15, I will think the price is slightly on the high side but that is the kind of price you pay for a "Big Breakfast kind of meal" in Singapore cafes.   I like the ambience.  But I think there are better breakfast places around in Singapore.  Of course, unless I want an unassuming place to eat my breakfast.  Hatched basically strikes me as an unassuming place.  It is not an uppety-class kind of cafe.  Down to earth.  Nice place.