Penny and I were overjoyed when HDB released another batch of flats for sale last week. Elated, we filled up the online forms and duly paid the $10 'admin fee' to get in the line.
Today, we received an email saying we are 4676 out of 10,200 applicants. And we thought we had some priviledges due to the fact that we are first time applicants and had a senior citizen living with us. The exact contents of the mail read as follows:
'About 10,000 applicants have applied for the 354 flats offered for sale. Applicants with queue number 3001 and above will be informed of their selection appointment if there are flats still available before their turn is due.'
No shit, Sherlock. There are only 354 flats available for 10,000 applicants, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the units we singled out would more probably than not be taken up even faster than I can say 'gobbledygook'. Not to mention that overnight these people have earned $100,000. Looks like they've got their bonus covered for the year.
Bollocks.
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