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With the mailman making the round yesterday afternoon, the B&W proof that the 2 nd appeal was rejected is already fully confirmed, at last.   As such, the deposit and valuation report fee were all refunded by the house owner, and she was very disappointed that this has to happen. She was very sad also that we were involved in this situation, which we can’t be helping either.   Primary reason is the race ratio: very simple question that the dept head in HDB Resales asked me. Since the issue is with the buyer’s race, and nothing on the seller, it should be the buyer who should be making the appeal, not the owner. But, if you appeal, what will your appeal be? “Can you change your race?” was the man’s blunt and direct question. And that restriction holds for the whole month of November. So the next appeal can only be submitted, or rather, the next consideration can only be carried out by next month. And, th...

The appeal to reconsider the resale despite the issue of ethnic ratio imbalance was rejected! We are simply waiting for the letter to have it confirmed in B&W. but just the same , this in itself , is not completely a fiasco. This , in turn , has given us a chance to go through the process a second time. And as we’ve been doing some flat-viewing while the appeal was being reviewed , we’ve already pre-selected some flats for consideration.   True enough , a lot of flats that would be better , if not simply at par , with the resale flat in question , we saw. And at times , we were really hoping that the appeal would be rejected!   Well , our prayers answered , our patience stretched…   Tonight , we are continuing the flat-viewing , and doing a second round for one particular flat owned by a young couple , and this is to say that it is their flat that we are considering. Well , not yet ‘all...

As I was trying to remember the lyrics of a particular song , I was reminded of its msg:   Ah , Lord God , Thou hast made the heavens And the earth by Thy great power Ah , Lord God , Thou hast made the heavens And the earth by Thy outstrecthed arms   Nothing is too difficult for Thee , Nothing is too difficult for Thee. Great and mighty God , Great in council , mighty indeed! Nothing , nothing , absolutely nothing! Nothing is too difficult for Thee!   And , the other song that usually goes with it tells even more:   In Him we live , and move , and have our being , In Him we live , and move , and have our being.   Make a joyful noise , Sing unto the Lord; Tell Him of your love , Dance before Him. Make a joyful noise , Sing unto the Lord; Tell Him of your love , Hallelujah!   And if in that song , it affirms that God is in control , having created everything , What is the...

Monday has come… and gone.   I found that we hit some technical issues , and our resale application has been cancelled. The ratio for our race is already filled up. So that is another new problem we are facing. Since the owner wanted to sell the flat , and as advised also by the officer from the Board , an appeal letter she has sent in , stating her reasons and justifications why the resale must go on , despite their ruling (per se).   Our agent has suspected that , even as of yesterday’s status , with all the letters and documents that has been submitted to substantiate and bolster the said appeal’s strength , there still is no outcome. As such , our agent has suspected that the Board is actually waiting for the coming month , i.e. , Nov , so they can update the data for the distribution of races in the block/neighborhood , and at the same time , may actually “grant” the appeal.   Well ...