Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad 118th Edition
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hah.? i thought it is the cartoon one?
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roaming... isn't it to do w/ service provider?
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Originally posted by sbst275:
roaming... isn't it to do w/ service provider?
no leh.. the card goes into my 4year old seimens phone... worked very well... -
hungry..go eat my grass jelly..
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Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:
no leh.. the card goes into my 4year old seimens phone... worked very well...
then I'm not too sure... sometimes not I want to say it could be e phone spec itself -
shiok...body shop honey shampoo and johnson baby shower gel..
i felt..pampered...:)
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in office....
first thing i saw was that my bowl which i use for oats was forgotten from last week.. so it set hard as concrete... i put it to soak in boiling water in the pantry.. hopefully by the time i knock off, it's softened enough to wash...
ate the typical morning fried noodles for the first time in months... feeling kinda bloated now
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damn, I missed all the fun in last night's nightowls!
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*yawns*
I tried to go to sleep at 11 last night.... but my brain couldn't seem to shut down.
In the end, I got up and watched Hull vs Man Utd.
Pretty sad that Boro and Newcastle both have to go down..... but they kinda deserved it after one whole season of crappy playing.
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As graciousness drive starts, some want penalties imposed
By Zul Othman, TODAY | Posted: 25 May 2009 0825 hrs
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SINGAPORE: A new graciousness campaign has been launched to get train commuters to give up their seats for the elderly and make way for alighting passengers.
But given how some still refuse to do so, after years of gentle reminders, is it time to bring the stick — in the form of fines and penalties — into play?
Ms Jessie Tan, 28, definitely thinks so.
On her train trips home, she has seen seated commuters blatantly ignoring elderly passengers who are left standing for most of their journey.
"I'm all for a fine system, it would make people think more about those around them," said the executive.
Mr Donnie Jei, 33, thinks of penalties as a good deterrent but actual enforcement would be a problem.
"A lot of manpower would be needed. You'd have to hire inspectors, and spend money so they can catch people who don't give their seats to little old ladies," said the technician, who travels to work by train every day.
Asked if it would consider imposing penalties in future, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) declined to comment as it wants to pursue the public education aspect of the public education programme first.
A Public Transport Council's initiative, "A Happy Journey Starts Like That!", was kicked off on Saturday morning.
Signs for priority seating on MRT trains have been standardised — the new blue-and-white signs now indicate "Reserve Seating", as a more forceful call for passengers to give up their seats to the needy.
New floor queue lines have also been installed at 11 MRT stations, with a green arrow for passengers exiting the trains, indicating that they have the right of way.
Images of television icons Phua Chu Kang and Rosie also appear on trains and buses, asking commuters to be gracious.
PTC chairman Gerard Ee is confident the campaign will be well received. Looking at the number of people blogging or posting online their complaints about commuter behaviour, he told 938LIVE: "People are more aware and beginning to say, 'look, enough is enough, we want things to improve'."
With a graciousness campaign like this, "you're not accusing anybody of being the guilty party. You're just saying 'these are nice things to do, let's just all do it, and then all of us can enjoy using the public transport system'."
Programme service ambassadors — comprising staff and volunteers from the LTA, SBS Transit and SMRT — will be stationed at some MRT stations during the morning and evening rush hours to help commuters give way to those alighting.
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and people already know the right thing to do. they just choose not to do it.
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it's like.. what? put hell of a lot of inspectors to cram into the already overcrowded trains?
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I seriously find it very sad that even for things like giving up seats, the 'carrot or the stick' approach has to be utilised.
I also find it very sad that they have to get PCK to educate people to give their seats up and to let passengers out of the train first.
At the same time, I also have to vehemently object to snapping photos of people who seemingly do not give up their seats and posting those photos on the public domain.
Those photos never tell the whole picture..... It's perfectly usual for me to offer my seat to an old man or a pregnant woman, only for them to turn me down.
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Originally posted by the Bear:
it's like.. what? put hell of a lot of inspectors to cram into the already overcrowded trains?
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Originally posted by fudgester:
I seriously find it very sad that even for things like giving up seats, the 'carrot or the stick' approach has to be utilised.
I also find it very sad that they have to get PCK to educate people to give their seats up and to let passengers out of the train first.
At the same time, I also have to vehemently object to snapping photos of people who seemingly do not give up their seats and posting those photos on the public domain.
Those photos never tell the whole picture..... It's perfectly usual for me to offer my seat to an old man or a pregnant woman, only for them to turn me down.
and I sleep a lot on public transport. its entirely possible there have been old people or pregnant women in front of me and I never noticed. :P
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Originally posted by av98m:
and I sleep a lot on public transport. its entirely possible there have been old people or pregnant women in front of me and I never noticed. :P
hanor... with my regular practice in long journeys, i've mastered the art of sleeping on train when i get a seat... now i'm learning the skill of sleep-while-standing... wahahahahahaaatalk abt train, today thr is a smelly orh lang beside me... then someone ard me FARTED!!!! *choked*
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Originally posted by tare:
hanor... with my regular practice in long journeys, i've mastered the art of sleeping on train when i get a seat... now i'm learning the skill of sleep-while-standing... wahahahahahaaatalk abt train, today thr is a smelly orh lang beside me... then someone ard me FARTED!!!! *choked*
I've found that the only way to enjoy a pleasant journey is to get up earlier. the not so pleasant thing, other than sleeping less, is that I end up in the office 45 minutes before I'm supposed to start work :P -
Morning...Gurmit Singh was at my workplace on Saturday, unannounced...and I never realised it LOL. I was busy washing up.
I think they should remove seats from the trains altogether and give up trying to educate Singaporeans who refuse to be gracious. Sorry to penalise those who actually give up their seats, but what else can we do?
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Ok verdict on the Kwey Chup place I went on Sunday
It's the one opposite Malaysia Dairies (KNS my friend describe until so kang kor)
Standard has dropped :(
They didn't braise the innards as long as before and it's more fusion than the traditional kind of Kwey Chup
But you get to choose what you want.
The fried intestines are good (didn't know they serve fried intestines :X)
I would say that place is worth visiting for the fried intestines
The Kwey Chup is still better than most places though
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Frankly speaking, I find the whole concept of 'Priority Seating' to be highly retarded.
In the first place, if you're gracious enough, then every seat should be a Priority Seat.
Why wait for just those people in the Priority Seats to offer their seats? As soon as you see an old man/pregnant woman/handicapped person stand near you, you should aim to be the first to offer your seat no matter where it is that you're sitting.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
Frankly speaking, I find the whole concept of 'Priority Seating' to be highly retarded.
In the first place, if you're gracious enough, then every seat should be a Priority Seat.
Why wait for just those people in the Priority Seats to offer their seats? As soon as you see an old man/pregnant woman/handicapped person stand near you, you should aim to be the first to offer your seat no matter where it is that you're sitting.
Well, clearly we are not gracious enough yet as a whole, and even with Priority Seats, everyone still waits for another person to give up their seat. For once I advocate that we should all suffer together with standing-only trains.
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football season is over.
oh well.
looking forward to july~!!!!!!
but hopefully june will clear smoothly
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Originally posted by fudgester:
Frankly speaking, I find the whole concept of 'Priority Seating' to be highly retarded.
In the first place, if you're gracious enough, then every seat should be a Priority Seat.
Why wait for just those people in the Priority Seats to offer their seats? As soon as you see an old man/pregnant woman/handicapped person stand near you, you should aim to be the first to offer your seat no matter where it is that you're sitting.
in some other countries where there are clearly marked seats for the elderly/pregnant, commuters do not sit on them even when they are empty with no elderly/pregnant women in sight.
not sure if singapore will ever get to that stage
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Originally posted by elindra:
Ok verdict on the Kwey Chup place I went on Sunday
It's the one opposite Malaysia Dairies (KNS my friend describe until so kang kor)
Standard has dropped :(
They didn't braise the innards as long as before and it's more fusion than the traditional kind of Kwey Chup
But you get to choose what you want.
The fried intestines are good (didn't know they serve fried intestines :X)
I would say that place is worth visiting for the fried intestines
The Kwey Chup is still better than most places though
I got your mms but for some reason couldn't load the pics!
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Originally posted by av98m:
I got your mms but for some reason couldn't load the pics!
Lucky you. Coz it's intestines and all the yummy partsErrr maybe tonight I post or something
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
Well, clearly we are not gracious enough yet as a whole, and even with Priority Seats, everyone still waits for another person to give up their seat. For once I advocate that we should all suffer together with standing-only trains.
I don't advocate that.
In the end, you still need seats for the elderly, the pregnant, the handicapped, and those carrying babies.
Should the train driver suddenly e-brake, I don't want a fella losing his grip and dropping his little kid, and I do not want a pregnant woman to fall and land on her belly . Like it or not, we need seats for them, even if it means that there are retarded monkeys out there who don't want to give them up when needed.
One thing's for sure..... there will never be a day when such accidents happen just because the Fudgester was too selfish to offer his seat.