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Salute to these men! Sediya! http://theunseensingapore.blogspot.sg/2013/10/the-unseen-singapore-10-sg-movers.html

Give the man a TIGER!!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=555335134581552&set=vb.487870694661330&type=2&theater

Shout out to the driver of Toyota SKB2524 - thanks sir, and I am very grateful to you for your kind act. Was returning to Spore via Tuas yesterday afternoon at 4:30pm, and the Malaysian Customs was jammed packed with the line of cars almost reaching the last toll station. I followed a line of cars and turns out that the line merges with another line of cars as we approach the immigation counters. All the cars were rushing and driving dangerously to try to close gaps etc and basically not let anyone in, rather than allowing one car from each lane to merge alternatively - so much for human graciousness I thought at that time. I even witnessed some near accidents on account of the kiasu-ness. When my "turn" came, I signalled and just waited for a gap. 6 cars accelerated and jerked their way past me just to prevent me from coming in. To the driver of SKB2524, thanks for your kind act of holding back to allow me into the line. You truely display the graciousness that so many of us lack in the modern society now. If anyone knows this driver, pls convey my thanks (in addition to my thumbs up and wave at that point in time).

jack Neo spent only 3 mil to produce 2 gd movies Ah Boys to Man 1 and Ah Boys to Man 2. But Ho Yeow Sun spent almost 40 mil to produce one MTV (u know which one!)? koped from asiaone -

Chanced upon this when I was reading AsiaOne News...must really salute him... There is a lot of good people around, but how many will give up their job to become a taxi driver just because they wants the flexible timing to do volunteer work... May God bless him... http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/cab...peal?page=0%2C1

By JOYCE HOOI IN the CBD, one marine insurance professional now gets swaggering rights in cubicle land, with the distinction of having smashed an SMRT train's glass window with a fire extinguisher. The man who broke a window to let air into one of the many train carriages stranded without ventilation for almost an hour during the train breakdown on the North-South line on Thursday wishes to stay anonymous. 'I'm still afraid that I might get into trouble with the authorities, even though I had no criminal intent,' he told BT. The 31-year-old and his wife had been travelling north after work when the lights began to flicker soon after their train left Dhoby Ghaut station. 'This never happens, so I knew something was wrong,' he said. Between Somerset and Orchard, the train came to a halt. The driver told passengers that the train was experiencing technical problems. 'Unfortunately, several other functions started to shut down. Eventually, it got to the point where the ventilation fans were not working,' he said. People began calling the driver over the intercom. 'Some people were hungry, some were fainting and some had fainted. The calls to the driver were made by ... several different people. The plea was to have the doors open,' he recounted. 'The driver maintained that he could not and that he was trying to resolve the situation in a few minutes. But that did not materialise. And when he was asked to open the doors, he said that for the safety of the passengers, he could not.' Soon, the situation in his own carriage became more dire. 'I could see even grown men doubling over and feeling uncomfortable in my carriage.' When things appeared as if they could not get any worse, they did. 'Suddenly, everything shut down - there were no lights, the intercom went dead. We had no means to contact the driver. The last thing we heard the driver say to (another passenger over the intercom) was: 'Sir, please don't try to force the door open.' In the darkness, the would-be white-collar hero noticed that there were children and elderly people in the carriage. He himself was experiencing nausea. 'I said to my wife: 'Surely there must be a hammer somewhere around for emergencies.' Just then, my hand passed over a fire extinguisher cover that I was coincidentally standing next to. So I squatted and another man squatted with me and he used his handphone to help me unbuckle the fire extinguisher.' It took him more than 10 blows, but he did it. When he stepped into the next carriage on his way to tell the driver what he had done, he was driven back by the lack of air. Some 20 minutes later, the train was brought to Orchard station, where it sat for another five minutes before the doors were pulled back and manually held open to let the commuters out. 'The cost of a broken window versus the cost of several people suffering in front of you - the decision was easy to make,' he said. He is philosophical about the matter. 'I'm pretty neutral towards how SMRT handled it. Stuff like this happens in life.'

http://www.ohmytian.com/ *** Dedicated to Chiam See Tong and all Singaporeans by Lin Shiyun In this General Election, I may appear to some people as a kind of political whore. My best friend, Zai Kuning, and I were running all over the island to attend the nominations and rallies. We have not stopped thinking about Singapore (some of you may dismiss it as "politics") since the nomination day, even in our sleeps, and I know that we are not alone. I have many friends who are doing the same, and those who don't run around like a getai star are always faithfully at the computer feeding us up-to-date information like the statellite (you know who you are :)). It is as if the elections have consumed our lives, but I would like to see it that we are all woken up, and realised that if we do not actively participate and claim our narratives, there is no doubt that the ruling party will literally consume all of us. I have been planning to write a piece on the six reasons why I cannot allow PAP to hold absolute power in parliament, but after attending tonight's rally at Potong Pasir, I can't help myself but to write about how Mr. Chiam See Tong have touched and enlightened me. I attended two rallies prior to this: SDP and WP rally at commonwealth and serangoon respectively. I was very impressed by the "Winning-11" team that the SDP has garnered as each of them respresented to me a distinct and genuine interest in the "software" (to quote Dr.Ang) of the society - teacher, social worker, ex-political detainee, psychiatrist... I am convinced that they will take care of the less priviledged in the society, and they have promised to give half their allowance to the needy in the community if they were to be elected. Over at WP rally, although I was not particularly impressed by what the candidates had said, the number of people who were there to listen was intoxicating and certainly, WP will be a great catalyst for change in the parliament. However, after two rallies, I felt I had a bit enough of the PAP bashing. The attack of the lack of accountability and problems of PAP is of course, very relevant and necessary (I am still going around with "vote opposition" statements pasted on my back) but personally I think I am clear enough about the atrocities of the ruling party: What PAP propagates is basically a selfish, self-preserving culture. All the bad policies and tactics they have devised is a result of this warped immoral thinking, and definitely, it is poisoning the society inside out. I had enough of it, yes, I am fed up! And so I really wanted to know what are the dreams of the opposition parties. I wanted to know how they think about human life. I wanted to know how they can lead Singaporeans to feel beautiful again. Is there someone who can wake up the sleeping flowers in our hearts? I found the answer in Mr. Chiam See Tong today at SPP rally. Mr.Chiam began his speech with the question of why he decided to leave Potong Pasir and contest in Bishan-Toa Payoh. He answered, "for the promotion of democracy. There can never be democracy if there is no opposition in the parliament." There isn't a fancy slogan like first-world parliament, which at times really makes one wonder what it means. Mr.Chiam's fight is for democracy, and he will never retire with a peaceful mind if he does not see this happening in Singapore. This is the reason why he has to break a GRC, the dirtiest divide-and-rule tactic the ruling party has devised since JBJ won a seat in Anson. Do I doubt Mr.Chiam's fight? There is very little room for doubt when you see him in person: frail in physique, strong as steel in the mind, and gentle as a whispering father in his speech. There is almost no room for doubt when you think about how he and Mrs.Chiam have suffered under the government's brutality (he still doesn't have his own office) trying to serve the residents in Potong Pasir the best that they can. And there is absolutely no room for doubt when you continue listening till the end of his speech, because he values every individual as a human being capable of living her or her life to the fullest, and is not just a pawn or a statistics. I will describe to you my memory of the conclusion of his speech, which took place after quite a long pause. I imagined that his team was worried it would be too tiring for him to continue, but he insisted to carry on. Like a grandfather telling a story to his grandchildren, Mr.Chiam told us how Lee Kuan Yew first assessed this man called Chiam See Tong. LKY looked at his O level certificate. (laughter from the crowd) "He counted very carefully. 1. 2. 3...5. Only 5 O levels?" (another round of laughter) "How many of you have 5 O level?" My best friend shouted "I don't have any!" as several in the crowd raised their hands. Mr.Chiam smiled in his heart (I could feel) and replied, "Then you and I are the same. And I have become a lawyer now." At this point, the crowd cheered so loudly that a friend who was sleeping on the other side of the estate was woken up by the uproar. After a round of hearty laughter, the crowd fell silent as Mr.Chiam continued speaking (he apologised in the beginning that we have to be very quiet because he couldn't speak loudly). He told us that it is o.k if we are not as smart as the others, and it is o.k if we do not seem as successful as the others. Some of us maybe late bloomers, but all of us have the potential to be better people, as long as we stay true to ourselves and keep trying. "When there is life there is hope, when there is hope, there will be change." I will always remember how effortlessly he had delivered that line and how many people were moved to tears while listening to him speak. Besides the immediate reference that despite two strokes, Mr.Chiam continue his fight for change in Singapore, I believe that these tears are also the most heartfelt human emotions that can only be brought out by the encouragement of a most loving father. It is okay. It is okay. You have not failed. I have not failed. We have not failed. Just keep trying, my child, together, let's keep trying. With each living breath, We can be better. We will be better.

http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC11...tinue-Lows-work Mr Seah Yin Hwa, 25, fourth year, NUS, Engineering: Q: "I'm from an SMC (single-member constituency) where the majority of the people in my constituency decided to pick a "teochew nang" (Teochew person, Mr Low Thia Khiang) who doesn't wear a white uniform. When it comes to upgrading, what's being told to us is we do not have the funds to go ahead with lift upgrading and shelters for the bus stops. I look over across the road, to the Aljunied GRC and they have everything." PM Lee: "Low Thia Khiang says he has no difficulty funding the lift upgrading programme...your question is, why is the opposition ward not treated at least as good as or maybe even better than the PAP ward? And the answer is that there has to be a distinction because the PAP wards supported the Government and the policies which delivered these good things. All the basics apply to everybody, your roads, your trains, your houses, your schools, hospitals, your security and defence." Phui. I cant believe our PM say these words. You are not fit to be our PM.

I really must salute this uncle driver. I was driving on CTE this morning around 10plus. Saw this car hogging the extreme lane at 90km/hr from Outram all the way to exit to SP. (I was behind him at 80kmplus and there was no cars in sight infront of him) I overtook on the middle lane and move infront of him. Not far after Bukit Merah exit, I saw a pair of flashing lights behind his car. It was an ambulance and it was tailgating him all the way. (Btw, middle lane was free and even there were cars, cars would give way to him as the ambulance was really in a hurry) He just refused to move aside but continued to travel at 90km/hr on the extreme right lane until SP exit. After so long, he moved into the middle lane to allow the ambulance to past and after it passed, he cut back into the right lane and continued on at his speed. Before Clementi exit, he decided that he needed to exit and cut 3 lanes to head for the exit without signalling. BTW, there was a BIG word called AMBULANCE on the vehicle.

Tuesday May 27, 2008 Consultant told to scrap frills in royal garden project Story and photos by EDWARD RAJENDRA SELANGOR Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has ordered the Klang Royal Garden landscape consultant Tajul Landart to scrap two arches, a minaret, watch tower, souvenir kiosk and decorative lightings costing RM7.5mil, saying it was a waste of public funds. Sultan Sharafuddin who is known for his no-nonsense attitude, ticked off the consultant for proposing the lavish frills that pushed the 6.3ha public garden project to an exorbitant RM11mil. Now it cost just RM3.5 mill after the unnecessary frills were erased from the plan. The Sultan had advised the consultants, National Landscape Department and Klang Municipal Council's Garden and Recreation Department director Muhammad Hijaz Sanusi to create a garden with a soul. Hijaz said the Sultan devotes his time to givevaluable inputs so that the people can enjoy an urban oasis within the hustle and bustle of the township. The Klang Royal Garden, scheduled to be open to the public in October this year, is sandwiched between Jalan Tengku Kelana, Jalan Istana Baru and Jalan Istana. Part of it can be seen opposite the Our Lady of Lourdes Church where a fountain built a few years ago would be retained as part of the landscape together with the 80-year-old rainforest trees. Garden with a soul: Part of the Klang Royal Garden with the designated children

Yesterday, I watched China's Premier Wen Jiabao on CCTV9 as he went about the quake areas comforting the survivors and inspiring the rescue teams to do their best. I could see the pain and sorrow on his face and in his eyes and I knew that it wasn't just wayang. What a great leader.......

Well, despite being deaf/mute, at 67 years old he had travel THREE-quarters of the globe, sixcontinents, 47 countries on his motorbike, really inspire me alot . I bet healthy people like us dun even stand a chance when we r at his age. http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,...,159260,00.html DC