Congratulations to Justin! Baby Girl born 24-04-2007 1908hrs!

Went to SGH to visit Justin and Carol today and to have a look at their baby girl. She’s a lovely baby, most of the time sleeping and not wailing.

Here are the photos to share their joy on the birth of a new life.

And yes, the photos are blurry. They were taken with my Nokia 7390 camera and I deliberately switched off the lights because I didn’t want to affect the baby. I should have turned on the low light modes but I thought the lighting would be adequate. It’s my fault, not that of the camera.


Justin & Carol’s Baby

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And it doesn’t work in Opera so give up…

Russian Military Propaganda

This video is so damned cool because when you break it down in this manner:

0 – 1 min: We are still a military power. If you fxxk around with us, this is how we kill you… * Nuclear detonation x 2 *

2 – 7 min: But we may not need to kill you with that. We have so many nice killing machines we can throw at you to make you miserable. Afraid yet?

7.25 – 8.5 min: And we are thinking of many new ways to kill you. This is one of them… * Fifth Generation *

8.5 – 9 min: But our existing ones are advanced enough already. Wanna see a Gulf-War style smart bombing and a nice little display of lights?

9 min to end: And if you think that weapons are no big deal and all that matters is the soldiers behind it, meet the Spetsnaz, our special force, our best of the best.

If you don’t get sound when playing the video, click here.

ManUre 1 : 1 Middlesborough

Well done, Middlesborough!

Not that I like Chel-ski any better… but any day ManUre does not win is a good day, though if they had lost this match it would really have made my day!!

After all, there are no more cocky fans than those of ManUre. Their pain is my joy and my gain!

Here, in honour of those who have stumbled or vanquished the detestable ManUre and denied them the full 3 points…

Sun 17 Sep 06

Arsenal (Away)

Win 0-1

Sat 23 Sep 06

Reading (Home)

Draw 1-1

Sun 26 Nov 06

Chel-ski (Away)

Draw 1-1

Sun 17 Dec 06

West Ham (Home)

Win 1-0

Mon 01 Jan 07

Newcastle (Home)

Draw 2-2

Sun 21 Jan 07

Arsenal (Home)

Win 2-1

Sat 07 Apr 07

Portsmouth (Home)

Win 2-1

Sat 21 Apr 07

Middlesborough (Away)

Draw 1-1

And all the best to Everton in the next match!!

Getai… very noisy meh?

What should really be assessed objectively, is the need to act on complaints.

Anyone with any knowledge in science knows soundwaves does not just travel upwards (maybe only heated air does), but travels outwards in an expanding ball (in 3-D) or in a circle (in 2D) from the source and decrease in strength over distances. That is why you get a symbol like this for sound at certain places -> ((( o ))). Also, while someone at the same distance at lower floor may get a lower impact from the noise, that is only provided that they have obstructions between them and the source.

Above which I don’t suppose Audrey Ang of the Police Force was suggesting that Richard ‘Seah Lan’ was intolerant. She was simply stating a FACT. After all, why is it that the RC are also in the same opinion?

I am not saying that the majority is right, but we only need to look at just why no other person complained… not forgetting those who stayed nearest to the source itself!!

And before I end, let me just say my friends say I am handsome too, even when I ain’t. So, let me ask, so what if you friends says you are tolerant?

It is my considered opinion that the editors of the Stooge Times Forum need to be shot for repeatedly publishing idiotic letters like this. I agree that the person should get a right to respond, but when the Forum Editors repeatedly reply to my friends and I that they have limited space on the Forum page itself when they reject our letters, it is mind-bogging when one sees them publishing a letter like this. (The same goes for the Editors for ‘Voices’ on TODAY.)

There’s a whole lot of such letters every now and then. You only need to take a look at some specimens here.


Getai noise should be assessed objectively

April 21, 2007

I REFER to the letter from Ms Audrey Ang of the Singapore Police Force (‘Police took action on getai/auction noise’; ST, April 19) in response to my earlier letter about getai noise.

Ms Ang wrote that ‘On Feb 5, on receiving Mr Seah’s first call at about 7pm, police officers arrived at the scene at about 7.10pm. The officers assessed that the noise was within acceptable levels… The organisers were also reminded to end by 10.30pm. There were no other complaints that night’.

I had complained about five times that night, from about 6.30pm until 10.45pm, just before the getai ended. But it seems that only one of my complaints was recorded. And despite having been reminded, the organisers still ended the getai late.

In my earlier letter, I pointed out that there are objective and scientific ways of measuring sound levels, in terms of decibels. Why is getai noise assessed subjectively by police officers? Are these officers aware that noise travels upwards and what might sound acceptable at ground level is much louder on higher floors?

Ms Ang called for ‘mutual tolerance and consideration’, implying that I am not a tolerant person. Likewise, a writer of a letter published on the ST Online Forum accused me of being intolerant towards Chinese culture.

My friends will testify that I am normally tolerant. I have no objections to getais, auctions and other cultural or religious activities.

I used to live in front of a temple where festivities and noise were a lot more frequent. In my 10 years there, I complained only once – when during a wedding the music was unusually loud.

I call the police only when getai noise is very loud and remains loud past 10.30pm. This happens several times a year, not just during the Chinese seventh month.

The problem of getai noise is not new. Why can’t the police solve it despite working closely with the parties involved?

At my meeting with the police and Residents’ Committee members last year, the police were helpful but the RC members spent much time giving excuses, justifying the noise and accusing me of intolerance.

Richard Seah Siew Sai

Yet another idiot justifying her own selfishness and kiasuism…

With idiots like these, is it a surprise why the Tali-PAP continues to be in power? In fact, I ain’t surprise that another 10 years down the road we will still be protesting about mini$terial pay when the PM draws S$ 7 million a year. That’s not even mentioning that the logic is almost the same as the way the Tali-PAP justify their pay… kekeke…

There is absolutely no reason to reserve a seat using tissue-paper packs. It is not an ingenious system because not every person on this planet uses tissue paper. Above which, tissue paper is environmental unfriendly, as the bleach uses to make white tissue paper pollutes the environment. (Just why the heck you need to make it white is beyond me because Starbucks uses recycled paper to make their serviettes and never bothered to make it white.)

Whatever the case is, first in first out. The person who came earlier to queue for their food, should to sit down and consume their food first. No pack of tissue from some kiasu lil’ bitch like Lame-da Yan should deny them a seat and a place to consume the food. And if she actually really thought about the cause and effect, she wouldn’t even have written this immensely lame and stupid letter. After all, the real cause for ‘seat chope-ing’ is simply kiasuism and / or people being inconsiderate.

  • Cause
    There isn’t already enough seats to go around in any particular eating place to serve all the people in the same area, coming out to eat at the same time. The shortage of seats is exacerbated when some people takes their own sweet time to eat, and then chit-chat away even after they are done oblivious of the fact that some other people – whether they have bought their food already or not – are hungry and waiting for a seat. Most of the time these shitheads deliberately leaving a mouthful of rice or drinks to create the impression they are still eating.
  • Effect
    The kiasu people like Lame-da Yan now start ‘reserving’ seats first, which solves the problem for an individual, but does not solve the problem at all because some other poor sod still don’t get a seat if they don’t have tissue paper.

Simply put, the real solution in places where it is always crowded during lunch hours, is to be considerate – i.e. just eat and fxxk off. If you want to chit-chat, go to a coffee outlet like Coffee Bean or Starbucks where the demand of seats is lower, or go back to the comfort of your air-conditioned office. Anyone who ‘reserves’ a seat with a tissue pack in a hawker centre / coffee shop / food court is just another asshole doing the same selfish thing in reverse and should just pack their lunch and eat in the comfort of their own cubicles in the office!

And before I end, the system of Bento Box @ Jurong Point and Marche isn’t similar to denying someone a seat with a pack of blasted tissue because it is the management of the place that assigned the table, and the flip cards are placed there so that all the patrons can go get their food at the same time and there will never be someone holding a plate of hot food looking for a seat. You paid a price for a premium service and so you get some privileges. That is hardly comparable to a free-for-all hawker centre or a food court, you stupid lame bitch!! I wish you would stop being STUPID!


Tissue system’s a time saver
Letter from Linda Yan Zhangting

I REFER to the letter, “Stop tissue-paper reservations” (April 16).

I cannot fathom why people are so irked at the use of tissue packets to reserve tables. Would they feel better if a person was sitting there instead? Either way, the end result is the same — the table is reserved.

In fact, it would be more inefficient if someone reserved a table while his colleagues went to order their food, then later queued for his own food. Wouldn’t his colleagues then have to wait for him to finish his meal? This means the table would be occupied for a longer period.

Doesn’t it make more sense for everyone to order their food at the same time while using a packet of tissue to reserve a table?

This system is actually ingenious, convenient and efficient — I cannot understand why it is being labelled as one used by rude, inconsiderate and uneducated people.

Another solution would be for hawkers or food centres to provide flipcard signs that say “Reserved” or “Available”. Some food places, such as Bento Box @ Jurong Point and Marche, are using this system.

And when you think about it, this is actually similar to the “tissue booking” one.

Think of those who lunch alone – they will have a hard time getting a seat if they cannot use some means to reserve one while they order their food.

I wish people would take some time to think about the cause and effects of the issue before making a fuss.

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