http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/261152/1/.html
Sharp drop in supply of salted eggs after AVA destroys batches with banned substance
SINGAPORE: The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority has destroyed 11 consignments of salted duck eggs shipped to Singapore.
Importers say as a result, the supply of salted eggs has dropped by 90 per cent.
Eat porridge now no “xian dan” already.
Today i received a letter from my favourite entity, The Gahmen. It was a notice that i had been automatically been included in the Dependants’ Protection Scheme (DPS), which is a term-life insurance scheme which covers CPF members for death and permanent incapacity. As such, $36 had been already deducted from my CPF account to pay for the first annual premium. Reminds me of SAF suscribing us for one years worth of Pioneer Mag for our “benefit” in our best interests, but without our approval and consultation. However, there is a saving grace being an opt-out form, which doesn’t state whether i will get my $36 back, although i hope it does. Now, it says the coverage has immediate effect, but how about when after i send it but before they receive it? Postal rule says that it is effective when i mail it, but that will only be applicable when it is determined that post is the method of communication. Whereas here i have the option of Mail, Fax and E-mail, so will it apply? If it doesn’t, then the situation will benefit the offeree (me). But that’s not exactly true as they didn’t offer nor did i accept. So is it now a matter of acceptance or termination? In the first place, are automatic inclusion schemes contracts?
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/260550/1/.html
Over 1,600 people take part in National Vertical Marathon
SINGAPORE: Over 1,600 people took part in the National Vertical Marathon at the Republic Plaza on Sunday morning – the largest number in the event’s 13-year history.
The event is organised by the Nanyang Technological University Sports Club.
Participants eagerly warmed up bright and early to climb 60 storeys of the building.
Tower of Babel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAccording to the narrative in Genesis Chapter 11 of the Bible, the Tower of Babel was a tower built by a united humanity to reach the heavens. God, observing the unity of humanity in the construction, resolves to destroy the tower and confuse the previously uniform language of humanity, thereby preventing any such future efforts.
Anti-globalisation? Will english ever become the world’s first language? In any case, spaceships did eventually reach what the tower aimed to do.
Regarding an earlier post on the lunch outing: AAR for Takaya Bistro
Looks like Takaya takes their customer feedback seriously enough to do a search online. I must say its a nice bit of PR there that distinguishes them from even the high end eateries.
-Protege is good. Worth watching, though i’d prefer the movie do without the slapstick humour.
-NUS is advertising on MSN! New avenues of promoting their “world-class” institution. Unexpected really.
-Must. Stop. Speaking. In. Singlish. Lah.
Phuture was fully crowded, mostly nice music, and partly lewd. Why do girls voluntarily subject themselves to such activities in public? Exhibitionism? Or just alcohol+music+amorous? Well, i don’t think those watching would complain since its free entertainment. But the question of “why” still lingers. And another observation is when a girl being hugged by another guy from the back, hugs another guy in front facing her. So who’s the bf? Both? Neither? Again, why?
Zouk was odd in a sense. Its like a scene out of city harvest. With different music. But the worshipping style is evident. Reminded me of the link to a clip that i posted earlier on very much. Large place, lots of seats. Everyone should wear white.
After urban NavEx.
This holiday to me has become less like an all-out dash and grab for angpaos/goodies/drinks, and more like an oppotunity to see friends and relatives and say hello, and catch up with whats happened in their lives, and so that we do not loose contact with them in our reality. People are busy working all year round, and weekends are already too short for ourselves and our immediately kin. No surprise that we do not routinely visit these people in our overly hectic schedules. Therefore we invented the chinese new year tradition of visiting! How clever. The true and beautiful purpose of CNY is for us to show that we still remember and care for each other, despite not having met the past year.
What does CNY mean to you?
Right out of a secondary school science textbook.
