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Thursday, June 29, 2006
NDP
If you all haven't obtained any notification of ndp tickets collection, it means you're a LOSER!!
Loser loser loooooserrr!
Like me. =x Boohoo!
So as we all know, this year's parade will be the last ever at National Stadium before its being demolished. I think the no. of applicants was 400,000 for 55,000 seats. Not sure how they counted the number of applicants. I'd assume 1 hp number = 1 applicant entry.
So most of you didn't receive tickets? Read this article from someone who decided to write into the ST forum.
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Let the kids attend ND parade without tickets
I'LL BE watching the National Day Parade live for the first time in August.
I am excited but disappointed at the same time because my children can't be with me to enjoy it. They need a separate ticket.
I was allocated two tickets so only I and my husband can go to the parade.
Can't the NDP organiser be flexible and allow my two young children to join the celebration?
They love to watch the fireworks with us but will have to miss the show without the ticket.
While the government encourages family gatherings, I don't think this policy helps to promote them.
I believe there are other parents who share my sentiments.
Can the NDP organiser be more flexible and allow a mother to bring her two young children to the parade without the ticket?
S Ng Y A(Ms)
(I edited the name. For reference go to http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/ >> forum>> said article)
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Comments?
I'm not sure wat the ndp committee will respond, but here's mine.
Well I don't know you Ms Ng, but seeing you probably have chinese roots, I'll hereby tell you a chinese idiom called 'Get inch want foot', yup, 得寸进尺.
You already got 2 tickets to NDP. The tickets are hotter than our PAP seats in parliament. You should be satisfied. So if an Australian got 2 tickets to the Australia-Italy game, should he write in to FIFA president Sapp Blatter and ask for free entries for his 5 kids? Because you know, Sapp Blatter's trying to promote football to the world and if he just allows the australian and his wife to attend it's a little contradictory to his cause isn't it. And oh boohoo his 5kids can only watch the action from their tv sets.
I say bullshit!!!!!!! I offer 2 easy solutions for you.
1) Give away your tickets. Watch the NDP along with your kids at home, at your mother's place, at a kopitiam, at somewhere.
2) Go beg borrow buy (yes I didn't say steal! I studied 好公民 ok!) 2 more tickets. Ebay offers you around S$150 for a pair.
I'm sure Miss Ng if you've given enough thought, you can obviously see why the committee's gonna reject you.
Because if they say yes to you, 54998 other applicants also want to bring in their children. If they have no children they will smuggle in kids pretending to be their children, because the army personnel will never have that much time to check anyway.
Because the capacity is 55000, means it's 55000. Unlike an elevator, the stadium doesn't give off beep beep sounds when it's overweight or overpopulated, but the capacity is there for a reason. Maybe you say you don't mind the kids sitting on the steps. But again, the steps are there for a reason, for moving in and out, and in emergencies for evacuation! You don't wanna step and trip on pacifiers and baby towels in the event of an emergency do you (touch wood)?
Government encourages family gatherings yes. But this doesn't mean every single event, every single activity adheres to the motion. You wrote "I don't think this policy helps to promote them." Maybe it doesn't. But I can write in and say "Wow thanks for the wonderfully organised ndp. My family and I took this opportunity to unite with my 4 cousins and 5 siblings and we had a mega reunion watching the fireworks sparkle on tv at my grandma's house in Pasir Ris. The government really encouranges family gatherings and this ndp parade totally promoted harmonial ties within my relatives and I."
Lastly, this kinda logic simply doesn't work. You get free tickets and you ask for more? You think you did all families a favour writing in appealing for this. I say shame on you. Maybe there are other mothers/families who share the same sentiments, but I myself got pretty frustrated when I read what you wrote.
"I was allocated two tickets so only I and my husband can go to the parade."
You made me doubt myself for a split second, Miss Ng, but I believe it's "my husband and I, or "me and my husband".
Oh and I wanted to write about why can't we ebay our ndp tickets?!??! But very hot lah. Time to shower!
triggering Mr Ng HS |
If you all haven't obtained any notification of ndp tickets collection, it means you're a LOSER!!
Loser loser loooooserrr!
Like me. =x Boohoo!
So as we all know, this year's parade will be the last ever at National Stadium before its being demolished. I think the no. of applicants was 400,000 for 55,000 seats. Not sure how they counted the number of applicants. I'd assume 1 hp number = 1 applicant entry.
So most of you didn't receive tickets? Read this article from someone who decided to write into the ST forum.
~~
Let the kids attend ND parade without tickets
I'LL BE watching the National Day Parade live for the first time in August.
I am excited but disappointed at the same time because my children can't be with me to enjoy it. They need a separate ticket.
I was allocated two tickets so only I and my husband can go to the parade.
Can't the NDP organiser be flexible and allow my two young children to join the celebration?
They love to watch the fireworks with us but will have to miss the show without the ticket.
While the government encourages family gatherings, I don't think this policy helps to promote them.
I believe there are other parents who share my sentiments.
Can the NDP organiser be more flexible and allow a mother to bring her two young children to the parade without the ticket?
S Ng Y A(Ms)
(I edited the name. For reference go to http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/ >> forum>> said article)
~~
Comments?
I'm not sure wat the ndp committee will respond, but here's mine.
Well I don't know you Ms Ng, but seeing you probably have chinese roots, I'll hereby tell you a chinese idiom called 'Get inch want foot', yup, 得寸进尺.
You already got 2 tickets to NDP. The tickets are hotter than our PAP seats in parliament. You should be satisfied. So if an Australian got 2 tickets to the Australia-Italy game, should he write in to FIFA president Sapp Blatter and ask for free entries for his 5 kids? Because you know, Sapp Blatter's trying to promote football to the world and if he just allows the australian and his wife to attend it's a little contradictory to his cause isn't it. And oh boohoo his 5kids can only watch the action from their tv sets.
I say bullshit!!!!!!! I offer 2 easy solutions for you.
1) Give away your tickets. Watch the NDP along with your kids at home, at your mother's place, at a kopitiam, at somewhere.
2) Go beg borrow buy (yes I didn't say steal! I studied 好公民 ok!) 2 more tickets. Ebay offers you around S$150 for a pair.
I'm sure Miss Ng if you've given enough thought, you can obviously see why the committee's gonna reject you.
Because if they say yes to you, 54998 other applicants also want to bring in their children. If they have no children they will smuggle in kids pretending to be their children, because the army personnel will never have that much time to check anyway.
Because the capacity is 55000, means it's 55000. Unlike an elevator, the stadium doesn't give off beep beep sounds when it's overweight or overpopulated, but the capacity is there for a reason. Maybe you say you don't mind the kids sitting on the steps. But again, the steps are there for a reason, for moving in and out, and in emergencies for evacuation! You don't wanna step and trip on pacifiers and baby towels in the event of an emergency do you (touch wood)?
Government encourages family gatherings yes. But this doesn't mean every single event, every single activity adheres to the motion. You wrote "I don't think this policy helps to promote them." Maybe it doesn't. But I can write in and say "Wow thanks for the wonderfully organised ndp. My family and I took this opportunity to unite with my 4 cousins and 5 siblings and we had a mega reunion watching the fireworks sparkle on tv at my grandma's house in Pasir Ris. The government really encouranges family gatherings and this ndp parade totally promoted harmonial ties within my relatives and I."
Lastly, this kinda logic simply doesn't work. You get free tickets and you ask for more? You think you did all families a favour writing in appealing for this. I say shame on you. Maybe there are other mothers/families who share the same sentiments, but I myself got pretty frustrated when I read what you wrote.
"I was allocated two tickets so only I and my husband can go to the parade."
You made me doubt myself for a split second, Miss Ng, but I believe it's "my husband and I, or "me and my husband".
Oh and I wanted to write about why can't we ebay our ndp tickets?!??! But very hot lah. Time to shower!
triggering Mr Ng HS |
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
comp down for almost a week now. tried fixing it and it went up then it went down again. the on button doesn't work. using my mum's lappie now. yes i'll remember to clear the cache so she wouldn't find out this blog omg!
bringing the comp to some shop tomorrow. hope they get it fixed.
triggering Mr Ng HS |
bringing the comp to some shop tomorrow. hope they get it fixed.
triggering Mr Ng HS |
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Stop going to body trimming centres. Why pay so much? Just go exercise ok. Save your money for other uses. Afraid to be seen running? Wake up and go run at 6am. Not so dangerous too.
Now I know someone who has gone for the first treatment and got burnt in the stomach area. Cos the attendant forgot to apply some cooling gel or something. And that company remains unremorseful and hostile. The victim and family are thinking if they should make a police report.
So if there's a next big issue appearing in the press. Remember, you read it here first. =x
triggering Mr Ng HS |
Now I know someone who has gone for the first treatment and got burnt in the stomach area. Cos the attendant forgot to apply some cooling gel or something. And that company remains unremorseful and hostile. The victim and family are thinking if they should make a police report.
So if there's a next big issue appearing in the press. Remember, you read it here first. =x
triggering Mr Ng HS |
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Keen eye?
So I was just browsing the goodworkpark hotel brochure.
http://www.goodwoodparkhotel.com/Goodwood_Park_Hotel.pdf
Ooh grand structure. Lovely rooms. Majestic lobby (OMG no it's not a lobby. It's a suite!) Cozy pool. Majestic ballroom (ahh yes). Picturesque lounge. Saliva inducing food.
So I reached the bottom of the page and glanced at the words. blah blah blah renowed taiwanese porridge??? wtf is 'renowed'???? Then, blah blah renowed Shima Japanese Restaurant???
Then I saw the word 'savor'. Ok fine you spell it the amedican ang moh way. I scrolled right to the top, you spelt 'favoured'!!! Inconsistency!!
I'm not saying I'm perfect, but
is this the 'keen eye for english grammar and spelling mistakes' people are looking for?
On the same engrish topic, I believed I might have shown similar vent before, but why is our government printing things in amedican form, using z instead of s in many words like organise and familiarise? Why do people type organise, let the microsoft word automatically change it to organize, and let it be? Do you know I change back every single word again? ('Cos I'm a sucker and I can't seem to put the dictionary to the UK default). Why?!?! In Universities ok we're supposed to know it already, while anyway you can't expect foreign professors to meet our styles. Damnit, I have a French prof who uses +- signs and other symbols in her powerpoint slides to denote numbers, and other symbols not normally denoted by these symbols. Confused? It's like telling you "ok kids, for today's powerpoint slide, 1 = 2, and 2 = 3. But = = =/=, ie equal is equal to not equal.
WHATEVER!
Lastly, why do I care so much about these?!??! I DON'T KNOW! Again I shall practise humility by saying my english is not that good, but at least it's better than most of my peers. Why? I don't know. I don't read that much, nor write that much either. Is it the Hollywood movies? I don't know when did I become so conscious of every single irritating thing, or seem to have a keener eye than the rest to spot mistakes. Is it 'cos of the way I was brought up? In a good school? Do the standards of english teachers differ so much?
Why am I so conscious? Sometimes it drives people crazy. I don't know when if I should correct them, or just shut my ass up. Sometimes it drives me crazy. Yesterday I watched Michelle and Gurmit eat some mee rebus on some food show. Michelle said something along the lines of "this don't contain so much oil". I immediately thought shouldn't it be "this doesn't...?" On hindsight, maybe she meant 'these'? OH Why the BEEP DOES IT MATTER?
After my graduation, I can't say I'm passionate in English anymore. I mean I was, a little, in reading some and writing some, and feel a little good to be able to correct sentences, though I don't know why.
I mean if you write "the dog ate a shit pile of."
I can tell you it's wrong. But I don't know why, or how to explain. Yes, this after having taken all those extremely boring english modules. Like pragmatics semantics and shit. I can tell you it's wrong. I can explain in baby terms. But not technical terms.
If a child writes 1+1 = 3. Are you gonna throw out your thesis proof of why 1+1 = 2? No. You can just explain it simply, and he gets it, sooner or later.
Why do we need to learn such stuff? I hate it. I hate drawing tree diagrams. Knowing noun phrases, verb phrases. Learning english was fun, but learning this type of english was sickening, to say the nicest expletive I can think of.
I'm just going on and on. I'll end abruptly, because it's almost 5pm and I don't wanna be late in picking up Princess P.
Piss out.
triggering Mr Ng HS |
So I was just browsing the goodworkpark hotel brochure.
http://www.goodwoodparkhotel.com/Goodwood_Park_Hotel.pdf
Ooh grand structure. Lovely rooms. Majestic lobby (OMG no it's not a lobby. It's a suite!) Cozy pool. Majestic ballroom (ahh yes). Picturesque lounge. Saliva inducing food.
So I reached the bottom of the page and glanced at the words. blah blah blah renowed taiwanese porridge??? wtf is 'renowed'???? Then, blah blah renowed Shima Japanese Restaurant???
Then I saw the word 'savor'. Ok fine you spell it the amedican ang moh way. I scrolled right to the top, you spelt 'favoured'!!! Inconsistency!!
I'm not saying I'm perfect, but
is this the 'keen eye for english grammar and spelling mistakes' people are looking for?
On the same engrish topic, I believed I might have shown similar vent before, but why is our government printing things in amedican form, using z instead of s in many words like organise and familiarise? Why do people type organise, let the microsoft word automatically change it to organize, and let it be? Do you know I change back every single word again? ('Cos I'm a sucker and I can't seem to put the dictionary to the UK default). Why?!?! In Universities ok we're supposed to know it already, while anyway you can't expect foreign professors to meet our styles. Damnit, I have a French prof who uses +- signs and other symbols in her powerpoint slides to denote numbers, and other symbols not normally denoted by these symbols. Confused? It's like telling you "ok kids, for today's powerpoint slide, 1 = 2, and 2 = 3. But = = =/=, ie equal is equal to not equal.
WHATEVER!
Lastly, why do I care so much about these?!??! I DON'T KNOW! Again I shall practise humility by saying my english is not that good, but at least it's better than most of my peers. Why? I don't know. I don't read that much, nor write that much either. Is it the Hollywood movies? I don't know when did I become so conscious of every single irritating thing, or seem to have a keener eye than the rest to spot mistakes. Is it 'cos of the way I was brought up? In a good school? Do the standards of english teachers differ so much?
Why am I so conscious? Sometimes it drives people crazy. I don't know when if I should correct them, or just shut my ass up. Sometimes it drives me crazy. Yesterday I watched Michelle and Gurmit eat some mee rebus on some food show. Michelle said something along the lines of "this don't contain so much oil". I immediately thought shouldn't it be "this doesn't...?" On hindsight, maybe she meant 'these'? OH Why the BEEP DOES IT MATTER?
After my graduation, I can't say I'm passionate in English anymore. I mean I was, a little, in reading some and writing some, and feel a little good to be able to correct sentences, though I don't know why.
I mean if you write "the dog ate a shit pile of."
I can tell you it's wrong. But I don't know why, or how to explain. Yes, this after having taken all those extremely boring english modules. Like pragmatics semantics and shit. I can tell you it's wrong. I can explain in baby terms. But not technical terms.
If a child writes 1+1 = 3. Are you gonna throw out your thesis proof of why 1+1 = 2? No. You can just explain it simply, and he gets it, sooner or later.
Why do we need to learn such stuff? I hate it. I hate drawing tree diagrams. Knowing noun phrases, verb phrases. Learning english was fun, but learning this type of english was sickening, to say the nicest expletive I can think of.
I'm just going on and on. I'll end abruptly, because it's almost 5pm and I don't wanna be late in picking up Princess P.
Piss out.
triggering Mr Ng HS |
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
D-Day
Today marks the 52nd aniversary of the day the allied invasion took place in Normandy. To all those who perished in the war, and the remaining war veterans, I salute you.
Today also marks a once in a lifetime, never gonna happen again date of 060606. Many Singaporeans registered for marriage today. To the chinese it meant 六六大顺, means a smooth journey. To the supernatural believers, well, 666 also can mean the devil's number. These days 'research' has shown that the number of the beast is actually 616, or 9. But ah well who cares. Nobody's gonna change an age old myth anyway. Plus 666 looks more spooky.
In any case, whenever there are such dates many people tend to get married. Even maybe on Christmas day or Valentines' Day. If you plan on getting married on 070707 or 080808 or 090909 or 101010 or 111111 or 121212 or hmm no more, better book early to avoid disappointment. Frankly, I prefer not to get married on such a day. Why? Because I want to remember the day as the only special occasion. I don't want to get married on my or her birthday. That will mean one less day of celebration! The only compromise I consider could be say the date we met or the day we got together or something. Everything else to me makes it seem so... common. Like the whole world has the same wedding date as you. (I know I know, there are only 365days a year there will always be someone with the same wedding date as you.)
If you seen this at a place where it's no longer 060606, congrats! You outlived some prophet's saying, that 060606 was supposed to be the date where something bad's gonna happen blah blah blah.
Was, I said? The day's not even over. 50minutes left.
Here's a good read: http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/la-666_lat,0,7908053.story?coll=la-home-headlines
(warning: No pics but it loaded abit slowly for me, hope it's not my internet.)
triggering Mr Ng HS |
Today marks the 52nd aniversary of the day the allied invasion took place in Normandy. To all those who perished in the war, and the remaining war veterans, I salute you.
Today also marks a once in a lifetime, never gonna happen again date of 060606. Many Singaporeans registered for marriage today. To the chinese it meant 六六大顺, means a smooth journey. To the supernatural believers, well, 666 also can mean the devil's number. These days 'research' has shown that the number of the beast is actually 616, or 9. But ah well who cares. Nobody's gonna change an age old myth anyway. Plus 666 looks more spooky.
In any case, whenever there are such dates many people tend to get married. Even maybe on Christmas day or Valentines' Day. If you plan on getting married on 070707 or 080808 or 090909 or 101010 or 111111 or 121212 or hmm no more, better book early to avoid disappointment. Frankly, I prefer not to get married on such a day. Why? Because I want to remember the day as the only special occasion. I don't want to get married on my or her birthday. That will mean one less day of celebration! The only compromise I consider could be say the date we met or the day we got together or something. Everything else to me makes it seem so... common. Like the whole world has the same wedding date as you. (I know I know, there are only 365days a year there will always be someone with the same wedding date as you.)
If you seen this at a place where it's no longer 060606, congrats! You outlived some prophet's saying, that 060606 was supposed to be the date where something bad's gonna happen blah blah blah.
Was, I said? The day's not even over. 50minutes left.
Here's a good read: http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/la-666_lat,0,7908053.story?coll=la-home-headlines
(warning: No pics but it loaded abit slowly for me, hope it's not my internet.)
triggering Mr Ng HS |
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Friday, June 02, 2006
wah.
because it's almost half a month since I last blogged, I better put up something to clear the spider webs.
past weeks I had a lot of fun. I watched
xmen3
da vinci code
lots of vcds. My favourite was Collateral, the one starring Tom Cruise as a killer using Jamie Foxx's taxi.
I also feel as if I bonded better with Princess P's family, especially her brother. I sent him to camp and we talked abit in the car. Baby X also seems to be a lot more familiar with me due to the increasing amount of time I was at their place. Just the other day, he called me Korkor when he was 7metres from the door and he ran over. He didn't greet anyone else HAHAHA! =x *yaya papaya mode* Then later on he just walked over and hugged me suddenly. And later on he let me carry him while he rejected others HAHAHAHA. And to top it off, when I was about to leave, the family usually tells the baby to follow (to test him. The baby will initially follow out of the door for a few steps then hurry back to the house into Princess P's mother's arms), and this time Baby X wanted me to carry him! And when they all said bye to him, he said bye back! And he waved bye! And so I carried him pretending that I was really leaving, and he seemed enthusiastic even!
HAHAHAHAHA. =x But of course he liked me. I'm always the one playing with him while the rest of the family have their eyes glued to the tv. ssshhh. I enjoy it =D
triggering Mr Ng HS |