tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198788872024-03-08T21:31:33.130+08:00Critical InquirySee beyond the obvious to reach a higher level of understanding of how things unravel. Statistics can be manipulated, media reports can be biased, what you see just may not be what is real.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger246125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-42418142022092998212020-08-21T11:57:00.005+08:002020-08-21T11:57:34.379+08:00WHO Announces End of COVID19 PandemicPromising COVID19 vaccines! Lower numbers of new infections! COVID19 is now under control! COVID19 cure found!Headlines that we will love to see but reality is far less rosy. COVID19 is a virus. A strain of coronavirus not unlike past virus such as SARS in 2003, MERS in 2012. Years have passed and no vaccine, no cure has been found for SARS or MERS. The same is likely to happen for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-20832176443322235102017-07-18T15:45:00.002+08:002017-07-18T15:47:19.070+08:00Singapore Presidential Election 2017Will this election be a reserved one for the "Malay" community? While Dr Tan Cheng Bock's initial case for an "open" election has been dismissed, it is still up for appeal.
Should the reserved election proceed, the likely Presidential candidates for 2017 so far are:
Mr Salleh Marican (CEO, Second Chance Properties)
Mr Farid Khan Kaim Khan (Chairman, Bourbon Offshore Asia Pacific)
Mdm Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-77241145899760287022016-01-15T10:25:00.002+08:002016-01-15T10:25:57.667+08:00#KamiTidakTakut#KamiTidakTakut. We are not afraid. We should not be afraid.
The senseless bombings in Jakarta is yet another terror event that has hit civilian populations going about their daily routines.
The use of terror, the use of fear by these extremists to try to coerce the majority to bow to their demands is despicable.
Humankind should be focused on advancing us as a whole. It is uplifting to see Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-72885025436091906832014-09-25T10:02:00.001+08:002014-09-26T11:36:22.242+08:00Yang Yin (杨寅) and Weng Yandan (翁燕丹) The one news that got people up in arms recently is the supposed scam by Yang Yin (杨寅). Yang Yin is supposed to have tried to take over Madam Chung Khin Chun's assets.
Yang Yin's wife, Weng Yandan (翁燕丹) had already returned to their home (瑞祺公寓) in Hangzhou (莫干山路, 杭州), China, after Yang Yin was called in by the police for questioning. In recent media interviews, she asserted that she Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-84073734020478154122014-09-24T11:03:00.000+08:002014-09-24T11:04:44.082+08:00TOTO Changes from 6/45 to 6/49 Singapore Pools is changing the TOTO lottery game from 6/45 to 6/49 from 7th Oct 2014. With that change, the betting costs are going to go up though a larger top prize of $1 million is being dangled.
Under the 6/45 TOTO game, the odds of hitting the jackpot is 1 in 8,145,060 and winning the top prize is close to impossible.
With the revamp, the calculations by Singapore Pools put the odds Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-57136989507682823912014-05-27T16:06:00.001+08:002014-05-27T16:06:39.809+08:00Singaporeans First Party by Tan Jee SayTan Jee Say has been a common sight in Singapore politics in recent years. He first got into the scene when he contested the 2011 General Elections under the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) flag, then resigned from SDP to stand in the 2011 Presidential Election without securing any wins in both efforts.
Now in 2014, mid term through the mandate of the current government, Tan Jee Say establishesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-71825924420549496552013-11-11T18:03:00.001+08:002013-11-11T18:06:40.317+08:00James Raj is "The Messiah"?The Online Citizen (TOC) just put out a Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/theonlinecitizen, that a James Raj is being investigated for offences under the Computer Misuse Act and it is believed that the police are investigating him in relation to the actions of "The Messiah".
Nothing done online is truly anonymous. Just connecting to the Internet gives you an unique IP address and there is also Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-60339939835959899152013-11-05T10:01:00.001+08:002013-11-05T10:01:13.685+08:00Wage Shock Therapy for Town Council Cleaners?Just last year in 2012, during the May Day Rally, PM Lee said "No" to wage shock therapy proposed by Lim Chong Yah and The Straits Times reported National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) secretary-general Lim Swee Say on Friday said raising wages for the lower-income strata in Singapore would be a “very risky” move.
Professor Lim, who chaired the National Wages Council from 1972 to 2001, had Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-45300356930272283352013-11-01T10:33:00.000+08:002013-11-01T10:35:54.661+08:00Straits Times Hacked?Cryptic message left by Anonymous
"22 66 5e 7b a8 68 c9 0d f3 f0 47 c9 d2 e5 4a 33 02 be 20 f4 15 29 5e 7b 76 12 8d 5f 1f dd 59 44"
Looks hexadecimal. What is the cleartext answer or it is just random crap?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-59764351267450428582013-07-08T16:48:00.000+08:002013-07-08T17:35:37.688+08:00Pram on SBS Bus SagaOur dear Mr Ng Haiwei and Mdm Pearl Cheng just created the latest saga in Singapore by refusing to carry a baby out of the pram when they boarded a SBS bus.
I suffered through the videos that Mdm Pearl took and uploaded to STOMP. To me, it was an unwise decision for the video was unedited and clearly contained personal information about her husband, Mr Ng. The video also clearly documented how Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-88512622473454480272013-05-02T10:00:00.001+08:002013-05-02T10:01:02.126+08:00《我在新加坡陪读:没钱也能闯世界》《我在新加坡陪读:没钱也能闯世界》, 作者鹤翎,原名王新平。
这本书的封面极具误导性。封面虽称受新加坡机构推荐,仔细察看后便不难发现所谓的新加坡机构并不是官方机构如MFA,ICA, MOE。
当封面使用不恰当的资料企图误导让消费者, 读者便必须更加的小心书内内容的真实度。
“新加坡海外文化交流中心” 与 “QZQ新加坡教育服务机构” 属民间私立。
企图鱼目混珠的例子屡见不鲜,消费者在购物时可要睁大眼睛以免受不良商家蒙骗。
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-33474361463257349302013-03-04T09:32:00.001+08:002013-03-04T09:32:13.214+08:00Nixoderm for Dry Skin on FingertipsI cannot remember when exactly it started but the skin on my thumb started getting dry and flaky till I could no longer use thumbprint scanners. Then the problem spread to my ring finger on the same hand and it got me worried.
I visited the doctor's and got prescribed with anti-fungal creams that failed to treat the issue. Another doctor prescribed steroid based cream and some moisturiser that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-36408135104221786402013-01-18T10:36:00.002+08:002013-01-21T10:57:03.497+08:00Punggol East SMC 2013 Election ResultsNow that the by-election has been called, the results of the by-election of the Punggol East SMC will be delivered by the Returning Officer Yam Ah Mee on 26th Jan 2013. For Yam Ah Mee's fans, this will be his last stint as Returning Officer since he has resigned as Chief Executive Director of the People's Association.
Now confirmed as a 4 way fight comprising the People's Action Party(PAP), Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-60784835795782575972012-12-13T15:50:00.001+08:002012-12-13T15:50:40.074+08:00Michael Palmer-Laura Ong and Ng Boon Gay-Cecillia SueYet another scandal has erupted involving top public servants and the latest casualty this time is none other than Speaker of Parliament, Peoples' Action Party MP Michael Palmer, who supposedly got involved with a People's Association Constituency Directory, Laura Ong.
The Ng Boon Gay and Cecillia Sue sex for favours corruption case had been hotly followed by many for its saucy revelations and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-46956212011592200322012-12-05T14:36:00.000+08:002012-12-05T14:36:00.294+08:00Improving In-car GPS with WazeMy GPS unit is always turned on during my drives because it offers me an insight into the expected time of arrival at my destination. This has been an important feature to me as I am a stickler for punctuality.
However, recently I had realised that I can improve my driving experiences more by tapping on my smartphone. Not by replacing my trustworthy Garmin with a phone GPS but by supplementing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-1379801497518446472012-11-07T14:27:00.003+08:002012-11-07T14:30:59.865+08:00Barack Obama is Still President!It was a very close call but Obama is still the President of the United States.
Congratulations President Obama!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-40227917358517561272012-11-02T11:10:00.000+08:002012-11-02T11:10:24.361+08:00Waze in SingaporeDrivers are typically trying to find means to make their driving experience more pleasant and one of the worst irritation is turning onto a seemingly clear road to end up being stuck in a massive traffic jam.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore attempts to address drivers frustration with systems like Expressway Monitoring Advisory System (EMAS) and Arterial Variable Message Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-29808808239037125932012-10-29T13:29:00.000+08:002012-10-29T13:29:01.485+08:00Petrolwatch SingaporePetrolwatch Singapore was an excellent site for drivers when it functioned as a consolidation site that highlighted the latest pump prices of Esso, Shell, Caltex and SPC.
However, in many recent months, the Administrator for Petrolwatch Singapore has became very slow in updating fuel pricing information.
The latest petrol prices these days can usually be found from the comments section instead.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-35479524134709971302012-10-24T17:37:00.001+08:002012-10-24T17:37:15.302+08:00申東靖 (Arroy Shen) Dies of Brain HemorrhageShocking news! Just saw a report that 申東靖 (Arroy Shen) is dead! source
Only aged 29, the ex-Comic Boyz member reportedly underwent a high-risk surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain recently and end up in a coma after the operation due to a lack of oxygen in his brain. This subsequently turned into a right brain hemorrhage that led to acute renal failure.
As Arroy's parents divorced Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-17519051932896409662012-10-24T12:06:00.001+08:002012-10-24T13:46:59.358+08:00Apple Losing Its EdgeThe Apple event on 23 Oct 2012 launched a smaller iPad known as the iPad Mini, the 4th generation iPad on top of other refreshed products like the Mac mini, Macbook Pro and iMac.
The iPad Mini was obviously the star of the event which everyone was eagerly anticipating. The biggest news perhaps is that it packs a 7.9-inch, 1,024 x 768 screen - the same resolution as the full sizeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-789096713821006342012-09-28T14:39:00.002+08:002012-09-28T14:39:33.268+08:00Cecilia Sue! Oh! Cecilia Sue!The CNB corruption case has gotten more and more interesting to follow the past couple of days. While Ng Boon Gay and his wife have been appearing on the news when the trial started, it was the appearance of Cecilia Sue Siew Nang that really heated things up.
Since Cecilia Sue suddenly appeared in court on Wednesday, the focus of the trial has been on her testimony and statements and in all Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-15118155444124492542012-09-25T22:38:00.003+08:002012-09-25T22:38:44.949+08:00iPhone 5 or Galaxy S3?Increasingly, it looks like the Galaxy S3 is a much better choice than the newly launched iPhone 5.
Apple seems to be shooting themselves in the foot with some of the recent developments:
Changing its long-used 30-pin connector port to the shorter Lightning connector rendering existing docks and other peripheral devices made specially for iPhone obselete.
Lightning connector containing extra Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-66701052127908354872012-09-21T09:23:00.001+08:002012-09-21T10:55:34.206+08:00Where to Find Available Stock of iPhone5...Where do we find available stock of iPhone5 fans? Evidently, they seem to be everywhere.
This is despite the fact that the latest iPhone5 is only marginally better than its predecessor the iPhone4S and that there is a host of competitor smart phones out there in the market that outperform the iPhone5.
Interestingly, Apple has still managed to somehow convince people to form long queues to grab Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-75797524012795143112012-09-04T17:54:00.003+08:002012-09-04T17:54:47.326+08:00Our Singapore Conversation VS The National Conversation (Singapore)Our Singapore Conversation and The National Conversation (Singapore). Both look equally legit and both appear to be seeking to engage Singaporeans on PM Lee Hsien Loong's initiative of finding out where Citizens want to bring the Nation to next.
It is not possible for both to be the real McCoy and one is an impostor. The government initiated one is Our Singapore Conversation and the "fake" Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19878887.post-52599384842791636632012-08-31T11:02:00.004+08:002012-08-31T11:02:32.077+08:00No Easy Day's Mark Owen is Matt Bissonnette"No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden" is an upcoming military memoir by "Mark Owen". "Mark Owen" is a pseudonym used to supposedly protect the identity of the former US Navy SEAL whom participated in the mission that culminated in the death of Osama bin Laden.
Interesting approach and rather valid to cloak the author considering the sensitive natureUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0