Road Rage!!!:0

Road rage: Aggressive man with tattoos threatens driver with wooden bat

This man grabbed a wooden bat from the boot of his car and used it to threaten a driver he had got into an argument with. When a female passenger in his car tried to stop the fight, he nearly lashed out at her instead.
Rather than get involved in a fight with an armed man, the other driver apologised, backed off and returned to his car where a young boy was sitting in the front seat.:
"A road bully threatens to bash up another road user with a baseball bat.
"This is video footage taken by a bus passenger along Upper Changi Road on Nov 28."

OH MY GOD.this guy shouldn’t have done as such even though he might be some gangster because he is threatening a man over some road mistakes.I feel that he might have deal with the situation more appropriately if the guy has done a mistake by reporting him to the police.if he had actually hit the man,he would have been in trouble with the law instead.These days the cases of road bullies are rising and why do u have to deal with the matter yourself when you have the police?!:)

rahman

S'pore to urge action on haze

By Elgin Toh

The view of the haze from the Singapore Flyer in October 2010. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN

SINGAPORE will continue to use all available channels to urge the Indonesian government to tackle the haze problem, Foreign Minister George Yeo and Environment Minister Yaacob Ibrahim assured Parliament on Monday.
Mr Yeo said Indonesia stood to gain the most from eradicating the haze. When the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hits the unhealthy level of 100 here, parts of Indonesia would be experiencing far more hazardous levels of between 200 and 300. 'The most interested party in solving the haze problem is Indonesia itself, because millions of its own people are affected,' he said.
Last month, fires in Indonesia caused hazy conditions over Singapore, with the PSI climbing above 100 for the first time since 2006.
Dr Yaacob said the haze onset was short this year and its impact 'minimal'. But Singapore continued to engage Indonesia on the issue. Singapore offers firefighting assistance to Indonesia. It also works with regional countries through a Ministerial Steering Committee to monitor hot spots.
Mr Yeo said Singapore would raise the issue with international groups like the United Nations and the World Health Organisation when it is 'necessary and helpful' to do so.
Bilaterally, Singapore is in close collaboration with the central and provincial authorities in Indonesia. For example, programmes in Jambi province initiated by Singapore to fight fire and promote sustainable land-farming practices have kept the number of hot spots there low.

Own Opinion: Since Indonesia is responsible for the haze created by their forest fires, they should do more to ensure that this does not occur again. Besides, it is not only the neighbouring countries who are affected by the haze. Their own locals are also affected, and more heavily as compared to the neighbouring countries like Singapore, as certain parts of Indonesia experienced PSI level of between 200-300, whereas for SIngapore it is in the region of 100. Though 100 is still not considered overly hazardous, it can still cause problems like eye/nose/throat irritation, and perhaps breathing problems, even more so for those with asthma. For safety and health for their own people and those around them, Indonesia should try to do more, like paying greater attention to hot spots and investing on more effective and efficient fire-fighting methods. Unless Indonesia is situated as a lone country far away from others, they should play their part as a country in Asia to ensure the continued safety of the region.

Ernest Lee, 102369D

Man jailed for demanding sex

By Khushwant Singh

Eddie Quek Yu Meng, 26, was sentenced to two years jail term for corruption and forgery in total. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

HE TRIED to blackmail a 15-year-old to give him money or have sex with him in return of not taking action against her for underage smoking and littering but all Eddie Quek Yu Meng, 26, got was a 10-month jail term for corruption.
A district court heard on Monday that the former officer with security firm Aetos was attached to the National Environment Authority (NEA) as an enforcement officer in 2008.
While on duty at Woodlands Civic Centre in October, Quek took down the particulars of three teenagers for smoking and littering.
Instead of reporting them to the authorities, he let them go. Four months later, although no longer with Aetos, Quek Yu Meng called the 15-year-old girl and said she should meet him to discuss her offences.
When they met, Tan told her how a different girl had sex with him while a boy gave him money for not taking action against them for offences.
She confided in her boyfriend later and together they went to see the wife of the chairman of the residents' committee of that area, who advised the girl to go to the police. Investigations then revealed that Quek had accepted a $50 bribe to let off a man for littering in September 2008.
In total, Quek will serve two years in jail for corruption and forgery.
Own opinion : What Eddie Quek did was dispicable, but how the 15-year old girl handled the situation was commendable. Instead of panicking and succumbing to his advances for money or sex, she confided in her boyfriend and the wife of the chairman of the resident's committee of that area, and eventually made the right decision of reporting the case to the police. I feel the 10-month sentence he received for trying to blackmail the girl was too light, as he posed as a law-enforcer to try and get what he desired, and this action is a threat as anyone could do the same and extort money and other favors. I think that when faced with such a scenario, one should keep a clear mind and ask for official references, like IDs or identification tags, so as to show that they are really from the authorities that they claim to be.

Ernest Lee, 102369D

A Boy With 8 Limbs

When Rishabh Ghimire was born in January 2009, his parents did not know what to think.

Rishabh was born with eight limbs, instead of four, due to a half-formed parasitic twin which had two arms and two legs, but no head.

"We were confused as we had never heard or seen anything like it before," said his mother Januka Ghimire in a documentary aired on Discovery Channel.

Rishabh is one of the estimated 200,000 babies born each year with this rare condition. A parasitic twin occurs when a twin embryo begins to develop in the mother but fails to separate. This results in a semi-formed twin that is joined to the body of the developed twin.

Some in Rishabh's native Nepal believed that the baby was a reincarnation of a multi-limbed Hindu diety, and came to revere him. Others regarded the child with fear.

"Superstitious locals call me a witch and mother to a living ghost," said Januka. "When people say nasty things it feels horrible. As a mother I cry on the inside. I put on a brave face, but it troubles me."

Rishabh's parasitic twin had fully formed arms and legs, and protruded from his abdomen like a giant, headless frog. It was literally killing Rishabh, as it was feeding off his blood supply, putting additional strain on his heart, and slowly draining him of life. Without an operation to remove the parasitic twin, Rishabh's chances of survival were slim.

However, Rishabh comes from a poor family living in the mountains of Nepal. His parents Rishi and Januka Ghimire farm livestock and crops for a living. There was no way they could afford the ground-breaking operation on their own.


Comments:

It warms the inner soul of my heart to hear what great extent a mother can do for a child, even sacrificing all the humiliation she faces and suffering from inside, all the nasty things others said about her. She had to put on a brave front, even though others call her a witch and mother to a living ghost. I can fully understand what it feels like to be putting up with something that you don't wish for it to happen either.

As for the unfortunate child, i give him my blessings. All of us are so fortunate to be born healthy that sometimes we tend to take it for granted. With his parasitic twin feeding off his body supply, i wonder how he is going to live further on without an operation, but there's no way they could afford it on their own. Praying for their family is the best thing we, as outsiders, can do now. For God's favor and mercy to be upon them, Amen :)

Kelly Lim
102642J

survival of teenagers

Teenagers' incredible tale of survival

SUVA, Fiji – Three teenaged boys who spent 50 days adrift in the South Pacific Ocean in a tiny boat walked ashore on shaky legs Friday, as the people of their village celebrated what they called the miracle of bringing them back from the dead.
The trio _ Samuel Pelesa and Filo Filo, both 15, and Edward Nasau, 14 _ told rescuers they survived on rainwater they collected, a handful of coconuts, raw fish and a seagull that landed on their 12-foot (3.5-meter) -long aluminum boat.
The boys set off Oct. 5 from their home island to one nearby. It's not known how they went missing, but the outboard motor may have broken down at sea.
Worried family members reported them missing and the New Zealand air force launched a sea search. No sign of the tiny boat was found, and the village of 500 people held memorial services, expecting never to see the boys again.
They were picked up Wednesday by a fishing trawler, undernourished, severely dehydrated and badly sunburned, but otherwise well. The ship's first mate said the area they were in is way off any normal commercial shipping routes.
They drifted 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) from where they set out _ Tokelau, a bucolic collection of coral atolls north of Samoa that is New Zealand's territory.
A Fiji navy patrol boat met the trawler Friday and escorted it into the harbor of its capital, Suva. The teens were met by New Zealand consular officials and taken directly to a hospital for medical checks. Looking thin, the three walked off the boat without speaking to reporters.
Tai Fredricsen, first mate aboard the tuna boat San Nikuna, said a crew member spotted a small vessel bobbing in the open sea northeast of Fiji on Wednesday. "We knew it was a little weird," he said.
As it edged closer to investigate, the crew saw three people aboard waving frantically and asked them if they needed help.

personal view:
my point of view was not about the incident as being a miracle. when i am reading this article, all i was thinking about was how the boys are feeling of the days that they are out at sea in sure a small boat without any food nor water. sea water cannot be drank, the can fish in the open sea. its close to the end of the year, its the monsoon season, rough seas at nights. in the article, they drifted 800 miles, haven't they given up on the chance of survival.they must be thinking about all the things that they have yet to do. i think these boys are Strong boys who have faith in what was going to happen. when they was found, they were mentally high yet physically weak. this shows that they must have been telling each other to hold on, help will the there. they will definitely treasure their lives now.

Written by: jason tan jun jie

Bunny-crushers

http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/11/25/bunny-crushing-videos-stir-outrage-online/
This article is about China woman cruelly squashing baby rabbits, at some instances laying glass panels on the rabbits, wqho were lying on the table, before sitting on the glass panels. At another instance, they stepped on the rabbits while donning heels. What made all this torture worse is that they actually videoed the whole process down, even stopping to smile and pose with the tortured rabbit.
In my opinion, these China women are worse than beasts. However, unlike what i have read online, i disagree about what some netizens say about the incident. Many say that ALL China women are evil, sadistic, crazy etc, but i beg to differ, as not ALL China women do this, and people should not class every China women under the same category, as that would be unfair. Those guilty of such cruel abuse should be handed harsh punishments, like long-term imprisonment. The authorities should not neglect such offences just because they were committed on animals; which some people might consider to be unimportant.
Therefore, despite these offences being committed on animals, authorities should not neglect them as well, as it is still a life that we are talking about.

Ernest Lee, 102369D

Those disgusting file names

British undergrads describe how shared iTunes folder led them to expose S'pore scholar's perversion.

"9Yo - Real incest" read one. Another was titled: "Defloration". Anyone with access to the Goodricke College's intranet could see the files bearing children's porn.

And two students who did became so outraged that they raised the alarm with the University of York authorities in the United Kingdom.

British students Aidan Pilgrim and Casey Woodward, both 19, were living in the same hall as Singaporean scholar Jonathan Wong.

The pair's revelation and subsequent police investigation led to the downfall of Wong, 23, a teaching scholar at the University of York.

The third-year history undergraduate is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to 17 charges of possessing child porn.

Mr Pilgrim, a second-year chemistry student, told The New Paper on Sunday in an exclusive interview that a friend had alerted him about "someone with the username Perseus Argadeus (who) had really sick files in his sharing folder".

He and Mr Woodward came across the files on March3.

Found in an iTunes shared folder, the unsecured files were open to registered users staying in the University of York's Goodricke College.

Comments:

When I first read the article, I was worried about the safety of the victims as they were mostly under 16 years of age. I wondered if they were the willing party or has it been forced? Many thoughts came to my mind that sent shivers down my spine as I could never comprehend the reasons behind his doings.

Most importantly, the image of Singapore must have been ruined in the eyes of the British. What would they think of Singaporeans now, especially when they have planned to travel here for a holiday after hearing umpteen times about Singapore being a clean and green city?

I was glad he was caught through the sharing folder in iTunes and his actions have been charged accordingly.

Kelly Lim
102642J

230kg woman couldn't fit into ambulance, so SCDF uses lorry.

WHEN she slipped and fell on the living room floor after coming out of the toilet, she knew she was in trouble.

"I thought to myself right away, gone case this time," said the 41-year-old woman, who wanted to be known only as Miss Chin Y F. She had reason to be worried - Miss Chin weighs about 230kg.

Speaking to The New Paper on Sunday from her hospital bed last night, a weary Miss Chin added: "If I can't even pick myself up, how can anyone else be able to help me?"

It turned out that she was right.

It took eight men about 50 minutes before they could finally get her from the 10th storey to the ground floor of the HDB block in Sembawang Drive.

Miss Chin, who was conscious throughout, said: "Of course, I felt terrible but what could I do? It was the first time that something like this had happened."

The incident happened on Friday at around midnight. After her fall, she felt a sharp pain in her legs and was worried that she might have broken some bones.

When she first called out for help, her family members had attempted to lift her, but were unsuccessful.
Miss Chin, who is a Malaysian and single, shares the flat with her mother, younger brother and a younger sister.

Desperate, her family called the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
WHEN she slipped and fell on the living room floor after coming out of the toilet, she knew she was in trouble."I thought to myself right away, gone case this time," said the 41-year-old woman, who wanted to be known only as Miss Chin Y F.

She had reason to be worried - Miss Chin weighs about 230kg.
Speaking to The New Paper on Sunday from her hospital bed last night, a weary Miss Chin added: "If I can't even pick myself up, how can anyone else be able to help me?"It turned out that she was right.

It took eight men about 50 minutes before they could finally get her from the 10th storey to the ground floor of the HDB block in Sembawang Drive. Miss Chin, who was conscious throughout, said: "Of course, I felt terrible but what could I do?

It was the first time that something like this had happened."The incident happened on Friday at around midnight.

After her fall, she felt a sharp pain in her legs and was worried that she might have broken some bones.
When she first called out for help, her family members had attempted to lift her, but were unsuccessful.

Miss Chin, who is a Malaysian and single, shares the flat with her mother, younger brother and a younger sister. Desperate, her family called the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). Miss Chin's family members also informed SCDF that her size was "larger than average".

Comments:

I was appalled when I saw a lady weighing 230kg and thought to myself how is that even possible? My heart goes to her when she exclaimed that she felt terrible and there's nothing she could do because of her obesity, not even possible lifting herself up.

Health concerns should be raised at such circumstances, where the lady should go through intense diet programme that would aid her concerning her health issues. Specialist should be called over to assist her in her exercise and eating habits. With regard to her case, I feel that we, as healthy normal human beings, should mind what we eat as the saying goes, "You are what you eat.", having no doubt in that sentence. Also, exercise regularly bearing in mind that health comes before anything else.

Kelly Lim
102642J

The supposedly "happiest" person in korea, suicide.

From The Straits Time

'Happiness preacher' suicide

A SOUTH Korean TV personality known as the 'happiness preacher' was found dead with her husband in a motel room in an apparent joint suicide, police said on Friday.

A motel employee found 63-year-old Choi Yoon-hee lying on the bed 

and her 72-year-old husband hanging in the bathroom late Thursday.

Choi wrote over 50 books about her experiences in finding happiness and hope. 

She earned her nickname after becoming popular through TV talk shows.

Choi's neck showed signs of having been choked

, but police do not suspect foul play because of a suicide note at the scene.

South Korea has the highest suicide rate among the 30 nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and other prominent people have killed themselves in recent years.

How ironic this is, here is a person who is supposed to be the happiness preacher, telling people to enjoy life, seek happiness and all sorts of inner spiritual stuff and she goes and do the exact opposite, suicide.

Recently Korea has just over took Japan being the country with the highest number of suicide rate, several well-known persons, including the former President Roh Moo-hyun.

I do not know why they are doing this, it might be that the stress level in that country or they just have weaker will power. 

Whatever it is, i'm definitely not going go there to stay for long periods. 




DONE BY: MALVIN TAN 102142C

Sshh! Exam is on...

Seoul - Flights delayed,  rush hour rescheduled and military exercises halted as hundreds of thousands of young South Koreans on Thursday sat a college entrance exam seen as crucial to their careers.


The stock market and private companies in the education-obsessed nation opened late to ease traffic congestion as students headed for test centres, with police on call to escort latecomers.


The transport ministry said landings and takeoffs would be banned during an English listening test in the morning and another in the afternoon, affecting a total of 118 flights.


In my opinion, examinations are too overrated in korea. I believe that one could succeed in life and become filthy rich , without even attending pre-school, all they need are the right values in life.
But i guess it is already in our culture and subconsciously we are forced upon that examinations are life and death matter anyway i am not suprised since Examinations had been with us ever since the Sui Dynasty , AD605 designed to select the best administrative officials for the state's bureaucracy. 


DONE BY: MALVIN TAN 102142C

Model In Nothing

Models in nothing but body paint: They're against animal abuse

In light of the recent spate of animal abuse cases which were uncovered this year, perhaps it is time for some campaigning by animal activists here. STOMPer Nake of NanSing came across pictures of how activists from AnimaNaturalis in Spain attempted to increase awareness for their cause.

Said the STOMPer:

"This is a form of 'shockvertising' which is often used to deliberately startle and offend its audience by violating norms for social values and personal ideals.

"The campaign involved female models who were stark naked save for some body paint in cages to get the point across.

"The women each held a sign, protesting against the keeping of circus animals in cages.

"Even though we do not have such a strong concern for this issue in Singapore, perhaps we can look to campaigns like these for inspiration.

"Of course some would argue that Singapore is a more culturally-sensitive society and that unclothed women in public would be a no-no.

"Yet I am hopeful that agencies can come up with something which is tastefully done, yet impactful enough to educate Singaporeans against animal abuse.

"Maybe this can be done through photo manipulation or other means; or perhaps via a series of witty photos.

"Of interest is another association, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which also used controversial tactics to attract attention and raise awareness for their campaign.

"Some unclothed celebrities identified with the cause and fought for animal rights in their campaigns too.

"Indeed, to get 'stripped down to stripes' never made as much hoo-ha as this."

In my point of view,I feel that the measures taken or rather actions is rather extreme to increase awareness to stop animal abuse.They should have just gave out brochures or have public speech on stopping animal abuse instead of stripping nude and painting themselves in animal skin colours.They would have given the wrong first impression to many.In fact,before reading anything and just viewing this pic gave me the idea that pornstars are now on the streets!

Rahman

2 Year Old's Birthday gone wrong

 they were all ready to celebrate his birthday till they realize the terrible mistakes on the cake. i had a great laugh at how the person spells celebrate and the worst was second written as "rd". that is why basic English is always very important. on another thought i do not think that the cake was been checked before delivered.

written by:Jason tan jun jie

TaoLi being "ya-ya" ?

During the recent Asian Games, Tao Li clutched a gold medal for Singapore in the women's 10om butterfly.
however people are saying that she is very proud and lack of sportsmanship. all due to a "watch me on" gesture that Taoli showed to the camera after the race. i think Singaporeans are always saying that sports are not doing well in Singapore or will never be. ironically, there are these people trying to put athletes down for just some simple stuff. imagine u putting all your efforts to train for this competition. in the end, it paid off as u win a gold medal for the nation, should u not be happy and be feeling the adrenaline rush ? one of the readers who was there to watch the race, said that she saw Taoli hugging her opponents after the race, isn't that Sportsmanship ? my stand is we should honour those who bring in glory!

Written by: JASON TAN JUN JIE