HDB Blues

Haiz, everytime anyone talks abt anything to do with HDB BE/WIS/BTO - I'm pissed off. Why? You see lah...

Balloting Exercise (BE) & Build-To-Order (BTO) - the first time we apply, we didn't even receive any invitation to select (cos our number was toooooooo large). The second time we apply, there's not enough applicants for a bird-don't-lay-egg location (sembawang to be precise). So, popular established estate also cannot, ulu place also cannot... Now that there's this BE again - I'm looking at Toa Payoh (just now looked at the HDB site - it's already over-subscribed... again! Not unusual - but that would mean i need lots and lots of luck). My mum's weird theory says that i shld apply asap so that i don't end up near the end of the list where numbers are less likely to be drawn from - she says those "centralized numbers" are better - more chances... just now i jokingly asked Xian abt the auspicious hours to apply and he said 2pm today. Wah lao, anyhow humtum...

Walk-In-Selection (WIS) - this is even worse - they either start it at unfriendly time/date or by the time we know about it (we are already queueing way behind a few hundred/thousands of KS pple) - there's even rumours that some public have insider-information abt the release. *haiz - the only person i know working inside is not at all related to this WIS stuff*