Invincible Youth calendar

I thought of purchasing this. I really love this show and it is the one and only Korean show that interests me anyway. But the process of signing up an account at this website is tedious and there are no Singapore contact numbers to dial for assistance.

Does anybody has a yesasia account to help me?

AFF Suzuki Cup preview

Taken from nottscountyfc.co.uk

The official website of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010-www.affsuzukicup.com-praised Radojko Avramovic by claiming that Singapore have a "fabulous record" in the competition under his coaching.

Singapore won 2 straight titles in 2004 and 2007 under Raddy. That does not equal to a fabulous record. In fact, I strongly believe that the progress of the national team can only be positive if Avramovic quits.

The Lions relied more on luck to win the two finals.

In 2004, Singapore barely scrapped through to the final when they played Myanmar in the semis. Raddy's team was losing 2:1 after 90 minutes of the 2nd leg. The aggregate was tied at 5:5 during then. Singapore plundered in 3 goals during extra time to enter the final.

Indonesia was not the toughest opponent among all the teams so the Lions weren't really in for a stern test. Singapore's toughest rivals would be Thailand and Malaysia in terms of technique and psychology respectively.

2007 was even luckier for the Lions. They didn't even do well in the group stage, two draws with Vietnam and Indonesia plus a 11-0 thrashing of Laos where Noh Alam Shah netted 7 goals.

The referees of both legs of Singapore's semi-final against Malaysia were from China and Hong Kong. I think it was a bit biased, they should have chosen someone from Middle East or something.

And again, Singapore barely scrapped through to the final because Khyril Muhymeen's shot was saved by Lionel Lewis in the penalty shoot-out.

The final against Thailand was even more epic. Singapore won a controversial penalty with 7 minutes left but the Thais walked off the pitch and wasted 15 minutes of everybody's time.

Luckily, Mustafic Fahrudin managed to convert the spot kick and gave Singapore a 2:1 lead on aggregate ahead of the second leg.

Singapore was absolutely no match for Thailand in the second leg. The Thais controlled the game and Khairul Amri's horoscope must have been in tip-top form for him to score the equalizer thus crowning Singapore winners 3:2 on aggregate.

Luck won't last forever and Singapore were eliminated in the semi-final when they played Vietnam two years ago. Raddy's tactics are also too predictable.

So, for Singapore football to move on, Radojko Avramovic has to move on as well.

NMIC Badge

I bought a badge today.

I think it is really cool.

Really very cool.

This badge speaks on behalf me.

AFF Suzuki Cup

Taken from www.affsuzukicup.com

The 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup will start on the 1st of December. I would be giving quite a considerable amount of coverage on it because Singapore is one of the participants!

And they are going to win it for sure. (I always say this once every two years)

A quick glance at the groupings will tell you that Singapore was drawn into the easier group or rather drawn with easier opponents.

The legendary Lions are in Group B with Vietnam aka the super tai ko winners of the 2008 competition, Myanmar aka the kings of fouls and cheaters and Philippines aka the land of maids and call centre agents.

Groups A consists of Indonesia aka the ultra-suay runners-up of 3 times, Malaysia aka the hardly here nor there team, Thailand aka the one that will give everyone a hard time and Laos aka the team that will be happy if they can secure a draw.

Singapore's first match will be against the Philippines but it is the final Group B game on the 8th that most people look forward to.

The Lions play Vietnam and it would be a perfect opportunity for them to avenge their loss in the semi-final a couple of years back when some Vietnamese idiot scored the only goal of the match at Kallang and silenced the entire home crowd.

That's all for now. More coverage coming soon.

North Korea fired artillery shells on to an island of South Korea earlier in the afternoon today. At least two people were killed and many others were left injured.

A presidential statement released vowed for retaliation. It said "Our military...will sternly retaliate against any further provocations".

Instead of just shooting back at their noisy Northern neighbours, here's what Seoul can do instead.

1. Ask Japan, China, Russia and US to help bomb North Korea.

2. Request China to cut all supplies to North Korea.

3. Borrow some nuclear bombs from Iran.

4. Useless six-party talks to be restarted.

5. Send the president down for peace treaty talks.

6. Send Obama down for negotiations cum lecturing.

7. Send China down to pretend to talk.

8. Send SNSD down to talk to North Korean soldiers.

9. Send KARA down as well.

10. Ok, let's add After School, Brown Eyed Girls, 4minute, 2NE1 and f(x) too.

11. Ask China to ban NK from the Asian Games and confiscate all their medals.

12. Ban them for the next 50 years.

13. Ask all potential tourists to boycott visiting NK.

14 Ask Raymond for help.

Newborn Baby

It always sounds weird when you hear somebody say she had just given birth to a newborn baby. That sentence does not seem to look incorrect at first but read it again.

When somebody had just given birth, the baby is definitely, confirmed plus guaranteed a newborn. So when one says "I had just given birth to a baby", the newborn part is assumed.

Giving birth to a newborn baby just doesn't seem to sound right. it is like saying "Do you want to eat cold ice-cream?" Sounds wrong right?

So to all future mothers out there. Please, do not say that you had just given birth to a newborn baby. It is not as if you can pull a 12 year-old son out of your tummy.

Spot the difference

These are two pictures of a carpark in SP which was unusually empty on a normal school day. Can you spot the difference between these two pictures?

Average Sydney Face

This is quite an awesome picture that I would like to share with you guys. It is the composite image of 160000 faces from Australia's largest and most populous city, Sydney.

In short, this picture shows the average "Sydney Face"

A Gangster's Diary 3

This is the third and final three-part story about the diary of a gangster. Read the first and second ones first if you had not done so

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Day 10

First thing in the morning that Ah Zui do when he reach office is run into my room and tell me he had supper with Miss Charlotte last night.

I told him that he got high chance already just to make him feel happy and he really believe me. I wonder why Miss Charlotte's taste so lousy one?

Anyway, our VP who is also Financial Controller of the company requested for a meeting with everybody today. Everybody calls him Sa-Kor ($3 in Hokkien) but nobody knows the reason.

The main topic of this meeting almost made me want to laugh. Sa-Kor said we should stop vandalizing people's houses to collect debts. It tarnishes the image of our profession and professionals like us.

Instead, we should give them longer grace periods, decrease interest rates, have complimentary gifts and give out memberships to secure more regulars and attract potential customers.

Logistics department can also save up a lot time and effort from stocking up paint and other equipment. Finance department can also cut costs and use the funds for other purposes.

Sa-Kor also said that HR is in the midst of recruiting younger gangsters who are bilingually proficient. He also said that a few have already joined us and will be introduced into our department soon. One of them even got a degree in computer science.

So many newcomers joining the underworld nowadays. Is it because police's salary too little already?

Day 11

Time now is 5.30pm. We gangsters can hardly enjoy our weekends because we need to work unless some big big dachi happen. I realized that I spell dachi wrongly in the previous entries.

But I am free this week! So I ask Tiffany out and we decided to go to the Sentosa casino. At first, I felt very strange inside because I am always a casino staff but now I am the customer.

Ours and theirs more or less the same with the only significant difference being their staff got uniform whereas ours is qin cai.

Then we went to watch a movie but this time I was the one who decide. It was a horror show. Scare the shit out of me man! I remembered to switch my phone to silent mode but nobody called me.

Today's English lesson is cancelled as Miss Charlotte's boyfriend's mother is in hospital. Hahaha Ah Zui, time to wake up from your dreams man!

Day 12

I was eating breakfast at the kopitiam with my friends, Black Dragon and Ah Mong. Suddenly, we saw two groups of teenagers scolding each other from far. About 3 or 4 on each side. One of them walked up and pushed another.

They started to fight.

So the 3 of us looked at each other and immediately dashed over to stop them. Black Dragon shouted "fighting doesn't solve anything!" I wanted to continue by saying "Only money solves everything".

It turned out that they were all classmates and one group lost to the other in a DOTA game because the latter cheated.

Speaking about DOTA, I almost forgot to ask Mabel about the pirated Warcraft game I ordered last month. Mabel is the manager in charge of all those fake pirated games and DVDs. I think her nose is fake as well.

Day 13

CEO asked me to ask Sa-Kor if there are enough funds to buy prizes for this year's company dinner. Because of our background, no sponsors dare to find us so we have to use our own money every year.

Since it is the 40th anniversary celebration this year, CEO wants it to be a grand one. There are rumours that the chairman will also be present during then.

I don't understand why CEO can't ask Sa-Kor on his own. Just because I had known CEO for more than 10 years doesn't mean he should approach me regarding work matters.

In the noon, Tiffany called me to say that she needs to go to Thailand next week for some project thing. I wanted to tell her that I will contact the Thailand branch staff to be her bodyguard there but if I said that, I would have revealed the truth about my job.

Not telling her it doesn't mean not doing it. I called the Thailand branch in the afternoon and had a hard time trying to speak English, Mandarin and Hokkien to someone who replies in Thai.

I realized that my English has improved ever since I started writing this diary. Too bad, tomorrow would be the last entry. I don't whether should I feel happy or sad to finish this assignment.

Day 14

It was a busy day today. I had to meet Kim Loong Gang this morning as one of my hia di fought with one of their staff. The whole group of five people all in Gothic clothing with golden hair.

Both parties apologized to each other and had dim sum. We laughed and talked about our profession and the industry.

Went to casino with Ah Zui as we are in charge of the money-lending corner today. It's been a month since I last did this. There were so many people queuing up and I was calculating and writing non-stop that I forgot to go toilet.

The day after tomorrow, we will be launching a new loaning package to attract more customers. Interest rates will drop down to only 8%.

We had already pasted some posters as advertisement in the casino but there are still many gamblers who can't wait to borrow money to satisfy their addiction.

In the evening, I had to rush down to our company's store house to collect 2 laptops for my staff. Only managers know where is the store house located at so I bo pian must sacrifice.

Then I need to rush back to office to put the laptops there before meeting Tiffany.

I told her that I won Toto yesterday so we dined at a restaurant and had spaghetti. I almost thought of using chopsticks to hold the noodles. I think that I am so sua ku.

After dinner, Tiffany asked me something that shocked me. She said "tell me honestly, what do you work as?" I kept quiet for a moment and laughingly said "why you suddenly ask?"

"because you were lying"

"no, you see, I'm finance manager"

"Stop it, I just want you to be honest"

There was a short period of silence. Then I reached into my bag and took out this diary for her to read.

This entry wasn't yet written when she was reading it just now. I just want to say that no matter who I am, I will always be the Ah Kong that you know.

A Gangster's Diary 2

This is the second of the three-part story about the diary of a gangster. Read the first one first if you had not done so

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Day 6

The I&E (import export) VP is damn budget. His car which we tompang to JB is a second hand Toyota. Ah Zui and I thought must be either Mercedes or BMW but we just stone there when we saw it.

I better not talk about what we did in JB because it's confidential. I wonder if my workers got slack or not while I am not in office.

Then when we were back in Singapore, the car passed by a place. It is where Tiffany and I meet for first time two years ago.

That day raining so I rush to a bus stop for shelter. Actually, I was rushing for time to a meeting at some ulu place. Tiffany was sitting there waiting for bus.

I saw her holding an umbrella so I just shout "Oi, can borrow or not?". Then I show her my ang kong. She very steady and just reply "erm, take lor". I ask her write her number on my hand so that I can return her next time and then zao.

So this is how we know each other. The umbrella is still with her until now.

Okok, I know this is boring so I stop here.

Day 7

Our casino is open 24/7 just like the 2 IR but our entrance fee for citizens and PR is only $10. Foreigners all free. CEO say we must also be responsible casino operators and have entrance fees for citizens and PRs to curb gambling problems.

Sometimes, I don't know whether should I agree or laugh at him. But he's my big boss so bo pian lor.

Ok, so today I went there to see see and maybe help out. Sibei crowded sia but the people there are like 1 person playing, 8 others watching him.

Ang Sua staff must wear their staff pass in casino to easily identify ourselves. I forgot to wear mine and almost kena whack by one hia di when I enter the "Staff Only" area.

I helped to serve drinks and snacks for the VIP rooms. Got this New Zealand ang moh inside play blackjack at $50000 per round. Wonder if his father is Microsoft boss?

I feel like playing also but impossible because I am a staff. Unless I quit my job which also highly impossible.

Day 8

CEO say that at times, we should work with the police to fight crime and catch those real baddie pai kias out there. We can recruit those ginnas and train them to be good gangsters like us.

Ang Sua gang only do business that does not endanger the safety of the public. The guns that we have is all for show only cos there is no bullet inside. Lame right?

I kena assigned to Senoko. My first reaction is "simi sai?, Senoko there all factory where will have pai kia?"

In the end, they ask me go patrol Yishun Central the Funland there. Ya, that kind of place then will have pai kia. LOL, but I end up playing there and wasted $25.

I called Tiffany and told her if she want to park tor since she stay at Chong Pang. In the end, we makan at the hawker centre and watch another boring movie at GV Yishun.

This time is about a group of middle aged people and they also talking throughout the movie. I don't understand why got people like this kind of show? I even more don't understand why got people film this kind of show?

But the worst part is I forgot to switch to silent again. Then everyone heard my "zi bah ban" ringtone when Ah Zui called me.

If this kind of show also got people like, then lim bei can also go be director liao. Confirm can earn zi bah ban.

Day 9

We had English lesson again. This time, Miss Charlotte came to our office to teach us. She say I got improvement. I pretend to act blur but my heart inside the feeling is sibei song.

I heard Ah Zui ask Miss Charlotte if she got boyfriend. She smile and ask him if he free for supper later.

Walau, if I not with Tiffany, I confirm jio her also and gurantee will win Ah Zui as I more yan dao. Eh shit, what am I saying? Pui pui pui. I only love Tiffany forever like the sea and the mountain promise.

Earlier in the day, my department attended a fashion workshop for gangsters. VP of Human Resource say everybody need to attend this course to present themselves better to customers/clients.

Let me summarize what was taught. There are mainly three kinds of dressing for gangsters. Gothic, Obiang and Ah Beng. Most Singapore gangsters prefer AH Beng style although the trend now is Gothic.

Youngsters aged around 16 or 17 prefer Gothic. They wear black from shirt to pants to fingernails. The only thing that got colour is their dyed hair. Older gangsters dislike this as they think it is unlucky.

Obiang is what people of 60's, 70's and 80's wear. Colourful dressing that make sure everybody will look at you when you are in public. I usually dress Obiang as I like this style.

Ah Beng is the most informal dressing. T-shirt, shorts and a pair of legendary slippers. Hair colour is usually not black and at least one arm or leg must be fully tatooed.

Our company got no dress code, you can wear anything you like in office. However, when we are out, we must dress accordingly to the occassion and venue.

I think this course is a waste of time. Weekend is coming! TGYMIF-Thank Guanyin Ma It's Friday

A Gangster's Diary

I have decided to continue with posts about gangs and secret societies since they are all the rage in the country now. I have written a short story which is a diary of a Singaporean gangster. It is more of a funny story than one which talks about the underworld.

It is rated PG so all ages are suitable to read it. The story is split into three parts. Today's post will feature the first of the three parts.

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Day 1

hello, my name is Kong or you can also call me ah kong. my real name is ng kong han. this year 25 year old. I am writing this diary because my English teacher ask me to. she is hired by our CEO to help improve our ang moh as we targetting ang moh market in America.

teacher ask us to all write something every day for 2 weeks as the first homework. she say no vulgarities but singlish is allow so long as we express ourself. i ask her is it need write very fast cos express means related to fast. she just LOL over there.

I am a finance manager of Ang Sua gang or also can call 27 as the code. Our company has several branches in Asia like Malaysia and Thailand. We got many business like loan money, casino operations, import and export goods etc.

my job is to lend money to people in need of it and go find them when they never return on time. My department now got 7 people under me plus another manager call ah zui. ah zui is my brother for many years and we together work in different department before

my zhar bor Tiffany (same age with me) now taking her master at dono NUS or NTU university, the one most west in singapore lah. She studying civil engineering. I dono what is it about also but confirm is good lah

Tiffany dono what I work as. I just told her finance manager since it's on my namecard. I dono if I will ever say the truth. Her ang moh and chinese both also very tok kong but she dono dialects

it is 5.10am now, I just reach home after working. I order mcdonald breakfast delivery so while waiting for the guy to come i am writing all these. that's all for today

Day 2

time now is 12.50am. just finish work and reach home. just now went to choa chu kang with ah zui to paint 2 house. one owe $2000, the other $20000. the one that owe 2000 makes us very pek cek. sibei waste of time over there

the house at 10 floor, the block got 2 lift, one on each side. the lift nearer to the house got urine inside, we go inside 2 seconds buay tahan liao. so we walk to the other side but then got 2 mata sitting there.

we hide behind a pillar and wait but they still over there. then a 3rd one come join them and they continue sit there. I told ah zui never mind, we just climb stair.

walau we climb until 6 floor already punchek. when we reach 10, we all wet liao. so quickly spray spray then runaway (down the stair again).

the other house just few block away. that one at 2nd floor so no problem. also spray spray then zao liao. i have been doing this very long already so got many experience.

nothing else to write. tmr i watching movie with Tiffany, she say it is a very nice ang moh show. Aiyah, whatever lah, so long as can park tor i happy liao

Day 3

me and Tiffany go to watch movie just now. boring like hell man. the movie 2 hours but i sit inside like 2 years. it's about 2 middle-aged woman talking and talking. the whole movie i only see them talking to each other, nothing else

watch such boring movie already very suay, then i forgot to switch my phone to silent. one of my colleague tua beng suddenly call me, then my phone ring in the cinema. malu sia

some more my ringtone is zi bah ban then when ring, the whole cinema can hear "na si wah wu zi bah ban". some head turn behind, some start to laugh. I almost want put my head into the popcorn box. Tiffany like no feeling, she still watching the movie as if never hear

writing this diary is fun and tiring cos i can write anything i like but need find dictionary very mafan.

Day 4

we have many office in singapore. actually total how many I also dono. i don even know who is the chairman of the company. is he Singaporean or not? i ask CEO but he always diam diam

today ah zui plan meeting for our department and another finance department also. Total got 16 people attend. got lots of tachi to talk about

we plan to meet at the usual place near esplanade but today got too many people there so we think better not meet there. i suggest go take singapore flyer, all of them agree because inside there nobody can hear us also

so 16 of us talk and talk inside the cabin. then when we finish the ride, we realize still not enough so take 2nd time. then 2nd time still not enough so take 3rd time

then add up our total bill is $1416. heck care lah, claim from company can liao.

today i ask ah zui what he wrote in his diary and he show me his. alamak, so few words only sia. compare with mine no fight lah. later we having 2nd english lesson with other managers of our company

i today then know that teacher is call charlotte lee and she is CEO's niece. she is a primary school English teacher but also a part-time staff in Ang Sua gang. we all got shock when she say this and show us her staff card as prove.

i still don't how to pronounce her name. all of us keep on say "zhar loti"

lucky miss charlotte is quite pretty so our 2 hour lesson not that boring. she say my english still got a lot of room for improvement. I tell her room not enough, need a bungalow of improvement

i so lame

Day 5

Firstly, I need to write with capital letters at the start of a sentence. "I" should also be in capital letter. I need to use fullstop also.

Some words I use can be change to other words to make the sentence look nicer. I agree with Miss Charlotte and promise I will work hard.

I called Ah Lian from HR department today. Ah Lian is in charge of recruitment and scouting. Many of our hia di were discovered by her. I told her about one secondary school boy I met last night.

He want to smoke under my block but his lighter no more spark. I was walking pass so I lend him mine and chat with him. He said he from number 11 in Sembawang but want to jump ship.. He gave me his number so I passed it to Ah Lian to contact.

The Vice President of import and export department called Ah Zui and me to follow him tomorrow morning go JB. His staff kena mass food poisoning from eating satay.

That's all. Off to bed now, need to wake up early the next day.

Gangster poem

Since gang fights and the return of gangsters have been hogging the headlines recently, I shall take this opportunity to write a poem about gangs. This post is rated PG (Parental Guidance) since it has some violence.

See what see? Not happy?
You think funny? But sorry...
Better start to get ready
I come over and make you si

But you also got hia di
Lucky I got eight with me
then you also eight with you
so fair lah, then fight already

Take out parang, grab a bottle
go around whacking in a circle
last man standing is the winner
non-stop fighting each other

Suddenly someone shout "mata lai liao"
all become scared including the ang kong siao
run away so fast like usain bolt
but few days later still kena caught

Mutton coin soup

I ordered mutton soup for lunch at Foodcourt 1 during noon and the auntie helped me jia liao (add extra ingredient).

She dropped a ten-cent coin into the soup while passing me the change. Blame it on the position of the bowl, my inability to catch it in time or her decision to pass the change with so many coins?

The change was one dollar and fifty cents. She could have just grabbed a one-dollar coin plus a fifty-cent one. However, she decided to be creative at the wrong time and picked a number of twenty-cent and ten-cent coins.

So it is not unexpected that one of them falls off her hand. After the coin-fall, she asked if I wanted to change another bowl. I told her it's alright.

It took me quite a while to find the coin which was submerged in the dark-coloured broth. In the end, I used it to buy a drink at the stall next to the mutton soup one. Wonder if the uncle realized that it has yang sao wei (?

Lianhe Zaobao is pro-China

The headline news on the first page of today's Lianhe Zaobao isn't that "heavyweight" to claim first spot. The title of that news is also the headline on its website (as shown below).

To me, it seems that zaobao is trying to bootlick China and console the masses of PRCs in our country. I don't see a need to report on the security as a headline news.

If the newspaper were to only report on the result of the China-Japan football match, then it looks fine. Or else, they should just move the whole article to the sports section and then report the score with the security.

Obviously, zaobao is trying to cover up the embarrassment of the poor Cheena team that got humiliated 3:0 by the Japanese just like what happened during World War II.

The Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Dao) incident might have increased the tension of this match but I don't see what's so proud about China the host being able to prevent any conflicts among the fans.

Is Lianhe Zaobao trying to tell readers that China is poor at security all the time so yesterday's peaceful game was a milestone achievement for them?

Providing security is the basic task that all hosts must do. You don't see things like "Real Madrid did an excellent job in security when they hosted Barcelona at the Bernabeu", do you? You either see Messi or Ronaldo's name.

Lianhe Zaobao is pro-China to some extent. But Singaporeans are certainly not. I'm referring to those who are born and bred here.

Guys eat Rice

I had been observing this since the first semester  of my SP life. When a group of students, especially when most of them are guys, eat together at a foodcourt, all of them usually eat rice.

A common sight in any SP foodcourt is a group of guys sitting together, with their heads slightly tilted down, eating a plate of rice dish. And the strange thing is that all of them would order from the same stall like Chicken Talk (Muslim chicken rice stall) in Foodcourt 3.

I swear that I had never seen 4 or more guys all eating noodles together in SP. In contrast, girls seem to be more flexible as you can find different groups of them eating different things.

So I had always wondered why is it rice for guys? Maybe eating rice together is a more effective way of bonding? Or maybe eating rice looks more "cool" when you are with other guys?

Or is it that eating noodles makes one look more gay? Because you need to scoop rice with your spoon and chew it which makes you look more man? Maybe eating rice is faster and saves more time than other types of staple food.

I am a guy but I have no idea why is there such a "trend". Well, maybe we can use the iPhone users theory to better understand it. When one person does it, and a few others blindly follow, the rest act like dogs and follow too.

Mcdonald's Monopoly

Cropped from mcdwin.com

This year's McDonald's Monopoly Singapore is a scam. Everybody should stop patronising this red-yellow fast food chain and go eat KFC's new roasted chicken burger.

I remembered clearly that during last year, for every upsized Extra Value Meal (EVM) I bought, I got 4 game labels which means 8 game pieces. A regular EVM would only entitle you to 2 game labels.

This year, McDonald's decided to halve things. An upsized EVM purchased will only have you receiving 2 game labels, half of what you get last year although you're paying the same amount.

Ronald, don't you even have a conscience? Be careful, one day you might get squashed by the King that sells Whoppers.

No slippers in labs

Let me see. Ok fine, I shall continue to talk about my dearest school today. The management has proved that it is very "efficient" time and again with some very "efficient" management.

How many years has SP been around? 52? 55? Alright, the answer is 56. I feel so ashamed of myself as I had to use Wikipedia to find out the answer when I'm already in year 3.

Anyway, for 56 years of providing tertiary education, 56 years of preparing people for the workforce and 56 years of developing skilled employees, SP haven't done one thing until recently.

As recent as only this week, lecturers as well as technical service officers are telling students that slippers are officially banned in labs. Students wearing slippers will have to leave the class starting from next week.

Every student in SP knows that slippers/sandals are not allowed in labs but nobody really bothered to care. Lecturers also seemed to have a heck-care attitude over this matter.

It was not until this week (or maybe last week) that an "official email" was sent out to notify the staff of this new "rule". So all SP staff had to guai guai and follow along in case their year-end bonuses get affected in my opinion.

It is quite strange that that email was sent out all of a sudden. Why did the management only take a firm stance now? What were they doing all along these years?

This strict order could have been in place five or ten years ago. I seriously don't understand why did it only happen now.

Maybe some student got his/her feet injured while wearing slippers in the lab and decided to sue the school. So the latter had to force everybody to wear shoes from now on. That's only my speculation

SMRT jingles

This is how the MRT map will look like in 2020 (when you use some imagination).

I find that the annoying songs sung by the Dim Sum Dollies in SMRT trains and stations rather pointless. This local musical cabaret group should just stick to singing in concert halls. Let Phua Chu Kang and Rosie continue to rule the trains.

"Train is coming, train is coming" Seriously, who doesn't know if a train is approaching a station? Are Singaporeans so pathetic that we need someone to tell us our public transport is arriving soon?

Also, there is the ridiculous "Inside, Inside, Inside" jingle. How to move inside when the train is already so crowded? People are already tired after a day at work and they still have to endure this irritating song.

Finally, there is also the "Give Up your Seat" jingle. It doesn't really serve much of a purpose too. Phua Chu Kang had already done a good job to improve the graciousness of commuters last year.

Maybe the Dim Sum Dollies should sing the "Give Up your Seat" song to some of the MPs in Parliament.

"People can board the train, it is whether they choose to.” -Saw Phaik Hwa, CEO of SMRT

Static iPhone users

Every now and then when you login to Facebook, you will see friends updating their statuses on the go. Like when they are on public transport. Somehow, I think many of them are lying on Facebook.

I frequently see people posting things like "it's super squeezy on the train!" or "the MRT is full of people!". My question is, if the train was really so packed, how the heck did you manage to type that on your iPhone or whatever smartphone that you own?

Obviously, these friends of mine are either fabricating or just trying to exaggerate things in hope that it can grab attention and someone comments on it.

I think we need at least two hands when using a smartphone to surf the net. One hand seems a bit impractical. So if you can lift up both arms with your elbows bent, that means there's adequate space around you.

How can that be considered as squeezy? Wait till you (try to) take a train in Mumbai and experience what the people living there undergo.

This is another reason why you shouldn't get an iPhone. It makes you static because you are just using it as you need it to survive every moment. Oh wait, you are already static if you had followed the crowd and bought one.