To My Son, Shawn Ethan Chua Weijie

Dear Shawn, Papa love you very much okay?

Shawn, don't cry. Papa love you very much okay? Do you know why you do not stay with your own parents like your classmates and friends in school and church? It's all because papa and mummy too lazy to bring you home, when you were a baby, every night after work. It evolved from an arrangement for convenience's sake. That's why it always seems like we have given you up for adoption by your maternal grandparents. But that doesn't mean papa and mummy love you any less, okay? To mummy and me, you have been and always will be our son. To me, you will always be my son. I'm proud of you consistently staying at the top 3 of your class. Well done, son! Keep up the good work! :D Cheers, Your Father

BMW 760Li

Top of the line model in the 7 series line-up.

Handphone Jealousy

HTC Peach is considered by some to be better-looking than Galaxy T. But the former is nonetheless jealous of the latter becos the latter is more popular than the former. Ironically, Galaxy T is also jealous of HTC Peach becos Motorola Chocolate thinks HTC Peach is better-looking than Galaxy T.

A Mad Woman

Picked up a crazy woman this morning at Marine Parade. She asked me to drive her to Terminal 1 at 1st but then changed to T2 after realising T2 is nearer. She wanted to go airport to buy radio ;p Asked her which station she listens to she said Gold 90 show. At 1st she asked if she could pay by NETS. But when she reached there she paid cash. Think she was angry becos i underestimated the fare at around $10. Actual fare was $12.95. She got out of the cab & slammed the door very hard. SIAO JAR BOR!!! Too bad not insane & unsound enough to be locked up in IMH. She said ALL the people working in SG now are Filippinos. Singaporeans all not working becos cannot find job. SIAO!!!

Fare Cheats

I have been driving a cab since January 2009 and so far I have encountered 2 fare cheats.

The 1st one was a lady whose credit card could not be processed successfully as it had been maxed out. Then she claimed she would transfer the fare she owed me via internet. The transfer never took place.

Last night i picked up a Mat from Marine Crescent to Bedok North Street 3.

Bugger said he would go upstairs to take the money and give me. He gave me $2 first before he got out of the cab. I waited like a fool for almost 10 minutes and he never appeared again.

Mother-fucking bastard!

I'm okay with giving free rides to people who are genuinely needy.

But i hate being taken for free rides. Cabbies do what they do to make a living to support their family. They are not primarily in the business of giving free rides.

Next time, must ask the fucker for his or her IC before they leave the cab and claim they would return with the fare they owe me.

Better still, when they board the cab, ask them, "You got money to take taxi or not? If you have no money, please walk home! Get the fuck outta my cab NOW!"

Singaporeans ‘enslaved’ by YOG organising committee

August 18th, 2010 | Author: Contributions
Now I know really why the YOG is a utter failure, been hearing on Talkback on 938 live on how people are upset over the budget of 300 over million from the initial 100 million.

Many are also upset over the delay of the sports facility delayed which are supposed for the YOG due to whatever reason. I am a volunteer/temporary staff working for YOG.

This is not my choice but many students like myself are being forced to work for the games saying failing which, you will not get your testimonial and/or may affect your grades. Is this ethical?

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I was tasked to work night shift (I will not say who I am working for) because I am a guy and they say its better for guys to take the night job as it is unsafe for girls. We were supposed to work for 19 days straight with 2 days off only. With all the tight security, how can it be unsafe for the girls?

Many of the workers I spoke too said they were forced to come to work for the games and they do not have a pay increase although they got transport allowance. What they told me is that they say we should be proud of serving the country rather than asking for more money and its an experience of a life time that money cannot buy.

Budget wise, when I sit on the shuttle bus, I spoke to a few athletes and talked to them heartily. What I found out from some is that all foreigners invited to attend the games would be provided with a SIM card with unlimited local calls. The higher ranks one even gets a cell phone. So, is this where are they spending the money instead of promoting it? The marketing of YOG needs improvement where you can hardly hear any promotion being done. So, where did the money of 300 odd million went to?

The way they are treating the staff is horrendous. We are not allowed to take breaks for more than half hour. If we wanted to drink, we can only do so in the workforce canteen and if we happened to be in the canteen and wanted a drink, they told us cannot even though there are no atheletes and will reprimand us continuously. We are not allowed to sit anywhere near the canteen otherwise it is a violation of rules. The officials however are allowed to sit down even if there are athletes. This is double standard. The YOG committee keeps walking around to scold all kinds of workers and many which I spoke off is very fed-up and they are not sure they will stay on with the current situation or rather they do not know how long they can tolerate this. To me, even if I am not well,

I will not force myself or tell myself to hold on for the games, after all, are we recognised or appreciated?

So ironically, they treat the foreigners so well but the locals badly. Many places are short-handed and those there are force to work harder to make up for the short-fall otherwise they may get a pay cut. So must rules to follow, many are unhappy. Another factor is I know from the place I work is many who are working for YOG are Malaysians or Chinese and not many Singaporeans except we the students and a few top guns. To me, the games is really a failure at one angle.

Please keep my letter confidential if not my personal particulars to be personal as I am afraid to be black-marked (you know what I mean）. I am really afraid to write this letter as if they know I wrote it, they will blacklist me.)

After all, this is just my personal feelings and what I gathered after chatting with many of the various individuals working there. I am writing this just to inform you about happenings from the YOG to vent my frustrations and let people know about it. The more I am scared to write, they more they people would bully the workers. I will be really happy to tell you more by phone if necessary.

John Lim

Editor’s note: The handphone number of the volunteer removed at the writer’s request.

Who Is More Friendly?

"Don't run away! We are your friends!"

Guess which movie is the above line from?

Ang Mohs are generally more friendly and sociable than their Asian counterparts.

Asians are generally more rude, less courteous and polite than their Ang Moh counterparts. Asians are more reserved and reticent. If ang moh don't like you, he tells it to you in your face, an Asian would keep his negative comments to himself.

Hongkees are more rude, critical and cynical than Sinkies.

Are Indians the rudest, least polite and courteous, in general?

Ang mohs are more outspoken, the Yankees more so than the Brits.

Of course, the above are just mere generalisations from the observations that i have made on all kinds of aliens that have sat in my cab so far.

The taxi is a car of Babel. All kinds of alien languages can be heard inside it.

What does FB stand for to you?

For someone who sits in front of the computer 12 hours a day, FB stands for Facebook.

For a cabby who sits behind the steering wheel of a cab 12 hours a day, FB stands for Fucking Bastard.

When the cabby can't stop in time and crashes into the rear of the vehicle in front of him along a highway, the FB passenger who asked the cabby to drive as fast as he could, scolds the cabbie "Fucking bastard!"

Tailgaters are idiots. They would rather waste time tailgating you on the extreme right lane of an expressway at 100km/h rather than overtake you on the left side even when there are cars on the next left lane.

Women are multi-taskers? But you probably won't see them waving thanks to you when you give way to them and let them cut into your lane `cos they have to keep both their hands on the steering wheel at all times.

In Singapore, most drivers don't exercise the simple basic courtesy of waving thanks or apology when they cut into somebody else's lane. Only a minority does. It's like, for this rude majority, it would kill them to do so. Imagine having to face all these FBs on the roads and in the cab day in day out. No wonder cabbies die of high blood pressure and heart attack.

Jona Plays With Public Phone At Terminal 3