From Twitter 01-25-2011

• 01:39:19: @Fozzzzz hugs, many hugs from london
  
• 01:40:54: RT @Fozzzzz: I never want any of you to die, okay? ;( <<< I'll do my best...
  
• 01:42:05: @Fozzzzz Anytime.
  
• 01:43:02: Well, tweeps and peeps, I'm off to the land of Nod at the moment. Stayed up too late. That's what happens when the husband's is away... ;-(
  

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Attn: Singapore Live Journal friends!

HWMBO, my husband, is currently in Singapore for CNY visiting his parents. He brought a mobile phone we no longer use to give to them. However, it was asking for a password, and none of the passwords I knew fit it.

HWMBO was just going to give up, but last night it occurred to me that the phone is probably still locked to Vodafone here in the UK—we never bothered to unlock it as we only used it for lending to houseguests and we had Vodafone SIM cards for that.

I'm not up on the latest information about handphone unlocking in Singapore (or even whether it's available—but I'll bet it is) so could one of my kind wonderful Singaporean Live Journal friends tell me whether unlocking is freely available in Singapore and, if it is, where to find someone to unlock the phone? I'll bet Sim Lim Square, but I'd be happy for any information you can give me.

Next time I'm in Singapore, I'll take you out to your favourite restaurant in return!

Thank you in advance for any help! It is much appreciated.

How the bailout works

From today’s Financial Times…

The rain beats down on a small Irish town. The streets are deserted. Times are tough. Everyone is in debt and living on credit. A rich German arrives at the local hotel, asks to view its rooms, and puts on the desk a €100 note. The owner gives him a bunch of keys and he goes off for an inspection.

As soon as he has gone upstairs, the hotelier grabs the note and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher. The butcher hurries down the street to pay what he owes to his feed merchant. The merchant heads for the pub and uses the note to pay his bar bill. The publican slips the note to the local hooker who’s been offering her services on credit. She rushes to the hotel to pay what she owes for room hire. As she puts the €100 note on the counter, the German appears, says the rooms are unsuitable, picks up his €100 note and leaves town.

No one did any work. No one earned anything. Everyone is out of debt. Everyone is feeling better. And that is how a bail-out works.