Night Owls Chatterboxes - Part LXXIX
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it's just like how pple go to concentration-camp-turned-tourist-attraction and take pictures. only this bus is not an 'official' tourist attraction. not that i'd want to take pictures of the bus in any case... =\
today i was watching the news and they showed another clip where the ex-policeman fired a ton of shots before the police finally started to shoot also. dunno which bit of which story is 'true'
but the worst was what some filipino official dude said. something abt how even in countries like russia, where the police has more technologically advanced weapons etc, more people die in similar incidents there. isn't this like saying they already did a good job because not-so-many-pple died? dumbfuck.
and the filipino side gave the names of those who died. apparently one name is wrong because the HK-side said there's no such person by that name who went on that trip >.<
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Originally posted by fudgester:
I honestly hope that photo is an outright fabrication by someone with good Photoshopping skills.
Otherwise, it is a damning indictment of the both the poor situational control done by the Philippine police.... and the cavalier attitude of its citizens.
well, it's been said that the phillippines is a .45 caliber society ......
suka suka go bang bang bang one .....
one of my mates had to go there regularly for work .....
he said there were gun checks outside night clubs like coat checks, where patrons are requested to drop off their firearms ....
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Originally posted by sbst275:
Ayam got new sardine I know...But mini sardine?
the portion very small niah...8cm x 3 pcs niah. -
Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:
the portion very small niah...8cm x 3 pcs niah.
no more portobello cheese mushroom these days? -
i see the victim's wife cried, i so damn heartpain siah.
sob...
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but we don't hear very often abt shit happening in the philippines...
guess the country and shit there isn't interesting enough most of the time for the media.
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Originally posted by cassie:
no more portobello cheese mushroom these days?
got.. bought the mini version.. but that is my thursday's dinner :) -
deep fried tarantulas. andrew zimmern
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my friend is saying last week, traveling in holiday packages is safe as we have tour bus... then this happened..
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this is just a random event. but that ex cop was prolly just sick in his mind. sad that he didnt sought help.
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Originally posted by Pitot:
Problem was it wasnt.
Bystanders got shot, a random guy on a bike got caught on camera cycling past the bus, the hostage taker's brother (himself a policeman) was able to enter the exclusion zone unauthorised and got arrested.
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and the scary thing is..yesterday about noon, i was talking to my boss how dangerous manila is, and i will lock the car/taxi door when I was there....
then evening i see this news..
i better dun comment anything anymore...
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if i did things as stupid as stardust (even if it's all just for fun), i don't think i'll have the 'face' to meet the online pple.... lol.
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Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:
my friend is saying last week, traveling in holiday packages is safe as we have tour bus... then this happened..
you should be safe mah. Disasters only strike after you leave the place.
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like my friend said : the ex-cop did this has already in his mind to die riao.. so by conscience he did not shoot,... but pushed to the edge, all hell break loose.. he knew what he wants and he dun care anymore!
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Originally posted by hisoka:
you should be safe mah. Disasters only strike after you leave the place.
i remember the year when i was working on the licensing problem (hq in new york), and i work for bloody 2 hours plus, when i was about to press the button, confirm and send the request over, the programme hung.. my 2.5hours wasted as i was stuck in office till 7pm... i went "KNN, new york pple all dead one liao hah... did such lousy programme".tulan, i went home..
reach home, switch on the TV, saw the twin towers were bombed..
oops...
no wonder no one answer my calls at NY and the programme not working. my NY office is nearby ..
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anything happened to the NY office...? =\
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They released news tat they arrested his brother ma...
LF, seriously mini sardine I would pay more for King Oscar riao
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Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:
i remember the year when i was working on the licensing problem (hq in new york), and i work for bloody 2 hours plus, when i was about to press the button, confirm and send the request over, the programme hung.. my 2.5hours wasted as i was stuck in office till 7pm... i went "KNN, new york pple all dead one liao hah... did such lousy programme".tulan, i went home..
reach home, switch on the TV, saw the twin towers were bombed..
oops...
no wonder no one answer my calls at NY and the programme not working. my NY office is nearby ..
er er er...can you just stay put in sg?
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zimmern just tried to eat and spit out a lot of crap
small leathery dried frog... rotten freshwater clam...
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Originally posted by Fatum:
well, it's been said that the phillippines is a .45 caliber society ......
suka suka go bang bang bang one .....
one of my mates had to go there regularly for work .....
he said there were gun checks outside night clubs like coat checks, where patrons are requested to drop off their firearms ....
yeah my hubby's colleagues told me never fly aeroplane over phillippines on new year's eve... cos everyone likes to shoot skywards!!!Having said that, just travelling to KL by coach maybe about 5-6 years ago, suddenly the side window of the coach shattered. We thought it might be a stone, but when we got done, saw the body also kenna shrapnel. Looks like one of those potshot hunting guns or what!
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they're heading into the cave for bats..
probably to catch and eat
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bats so cute!!! hehe
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he wasnt that bad. no matter how fked up one person may be, they is still a tinge of good in them.
If he wanted to kill the hostages he could have done so when the poor untrained and ill equipped street cops were outside the bus trying to break in under the rain.
The whole thing is fked up because of politics and egos. The authorities had the right people who were trained and equipped for this scenario, but someone made the decision not to call for it.
Some one shld get prosecuted for it. seriously. Now the whole of china and its web army are busy lambasting the filipino govt online.
Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza stands by the entrance of a tourist bus as negotiators talk to him during a standoff at Manila's Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
Am i the only one who thinks something could be done during the 2 instances above? I know i am not alone.
Bizarre: Earlier in the day, a random man appeared to cycle past the bus, watched by the armed kidnapper inside the vehicle
WTF???
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oh.. they caught a free-tail bat but it's too riddled with fleas..
now he's eating flying fox