In their greatest contribution to national security to date, Talkingcock.com has come up with a poster of the possible disguises that Mas Selamat Kastari can put on.
After all, it’s been a week since he has escaped. Isn’t it highly possible that he could have done more than just shaved off his moustache and beard? (that is, if he’s still in Singapore)
Regarding the recent escape of JI leader Mas Selamat Kastari, someone started an interesting poll in STOMP on “Who should resign over the terrorist escape issue?”. At the time of this blog entry, the results are as follows:
Chief Of Police: 14.39%
Wong Kan Seng (Minister Of Home Affairs) : 16.55%
Both should resign: 69.06%
If combined together, Wong Kan Seng scores an overwhelming 85.61%! (now, THAT is what we call a strong mandate, not 66.6%)
Hurry over and cast your vote now!
Update (2 Mar 2008): Boo boo! The poll has just been removed from STOMP (the above link now points to an invalid thread). I agree as mr brown muses: “We are not like those free-wheeling and chaotic governments from Western democracies that make their leaders accountable for every little thing.”
Update (10 Mar 2008): Ah, found another similar poll that’s active: http://www.luckypolls.com/index.php?act=08&id=10013
Today while having breakfast with Reverend Lee and other morning prayer mates near St Andrew’s Junior College, we had the pleasant surprise of bumping into Mr Chiam See Tong, who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Potong Pasir constituency. He mentioned he’s making his rounds in the neighbourhood to wish residents a happy Chinese New Year. So I quickly whipped out my handphone camera and took a picture with him:
What a memorable moment it was. To have a photograph taken together with one of the most respected political figures in Singapore. Though he’s into his 70s, Mr Chiam still actively works the ground in his Potong Pasir constituency. The respect that the residents have for him is obvious - I saw residents coming up to him, shaking hands, exchanging their regards just like what old friends do.
Come to think of it, I’ve never bumped into my own MP in the constituency where I live (Sengkang). Oh wait, there indeed was once - when they were diligently dishing out pamphlets in Sengkang MRT station during the previous General Election. Strangely, I’ve never seen them ever since. 
This week’s 15 Jan 2008 Digital Life (a Straits Times accompaniment every Tuesday) showcased examples of companies and organisations leveraging on social networking sites.
One of the showcased was Singapore’s very own Speak Mandarin Campaign. The Promote Mandarin Council has created a group in Facebook to promote the Speak Mandarin Campaign. The name of this group is: Speak Mandarin - Are You Game?. According to the Digital Life article, the group has an “impressive” membership count of 100+ (the current count is 140 as at time of writing this blog entry).
This reminds me of another Singapore-related Facebook group that I chanced upon. Unlike the earlier Promote Mandarin Council group, this other group does not have the publicity backing of any government councils or organisations; it seems to be started by a couple of individuals. And yet, its membership count is 2274 (almost twenty times more)! The name of this group is: I’m pissed off that my prime minister’s getting S$3.1 million this year. Perhaps the Promote Mandarin Council can take a leaf from this group’s book to grow their membership beyond the “impressive” 140?
It seems that Singaporeans are more concerned about this other issue than speaking Mandarin.
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I had never given much notice to Facebook or any other social networking sites as I reckoned these sites are for people who couldn’t make any friends in real life and hence resort to making friends in the virtual world.
However I was sort-of forced to get myself acquainted with Facebook a few months ago. It all started with a potential customer telling me how he hoped to leverage his business on Facebook’s huge user base. During that conversation, when he remarked “I’m sure you must have played with Facebook right? It’s amazing that blah blah…”, I had to sheepishly interrupt him mid-sentence and admitted to him that I did not even have a Facebook account (much less knew how to leverage on it). Fortunately, he was kind enough to continue sharing his ideas and asked me to let him know if his ideas make sense or not after I have played with Facebook.
Fast forward to today. The lead has since turned cold but at least I’ve managed to use Facebook to get in touch again with some of my long-lost ex-colleagues and army friends. To date, my most far-fetched link-up is with a primary school classmate whom I have lost touch for the past… 21 years! I also come across a current photograph of my primary 3 maths teacher. Wow, those forgotten memories of primary school are coming back again.
Looks like I have to eat my words at the start of this post.
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四姑丈在前天(2008年1月12日) 与世长辞，享年71岁。5个月前的一场突如其来的肺感染使到他被送入加护病房(ICU)。他就在那个加护病房中度过了这5个月。今天在万里火化厂(Mandai Crematorium)，当表哥表姐们痛哭喊着 “爸爸啊！谢谢你把我们养大！” ，在场的亲戚也与他们落下了眼泪。
我电脑存档里有这么一张四姑丈的照片：
在2007年的农历新年，性格文静的四姑丈默默地座在门边看着电视。今年2008年的农历新年，他已不在。因此，今年的农历新年也将有些许的伤感。
四姑丈，你是位好长辈。我会怀念你的。四姑妈和表哥表姐们，盼望你们能够早日再振作起来，一起面对日后的生活。我衷心地祝福你们。
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With my last post being more than a month ago, it’s time to pick up the feather pen again! This time with the aid of the wonderful Flock browser, hopefully my rate of posting can be more consistent. Of course, I shall not list this as a new year resolution else it will most likely be a resolution that I look set to break.
Just for fun, while googling for my name, this blog no longer turns up as the first result (due to the month-long hiatus). Instead the first result shows a somewhat startling title: “A Ridiculous S$1000 Claim Against My Friend By Her Ex-Landlady”:
Turns out to be a comment that I had left in my buddy Wilfrid’s blog. Ha ha.
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Ok, I know there’s very little or no relationship between the two at all. They just happened to be how I started and ended my today with, respectively.
In the morning, while I still blissfully tucked away in dreamland, my phone’s alarm clock sounded (or so I thought). Only that this morning’s alarm seemed exceptionally louder than usual (thought to self, hey, didn’t I already select a gentle-sounding alarm tone??). Without opening my eyes, I snoozed the alarm and caught a few more winks. Again, the alarm rang, and loudly it did ring. After some consistent ringing, it’s only then that I realized it’s my phone that’s ringing!
Before I could react in time, the ringing stopped. I peeled open my eyes and looked at my phone. A couple of missed calls and more SMSes greeted me. Oh no, I thought, what could be so urgent? From Vincent’s SMSes, I got to know that our good church friend Guo Wei’s father has been hospitalized for kidney failure. Signs are not good, say the doctors, it could be a “any moment now” thingy. A few phone calls with Vincent and our church’s Pastor Gideon later, I washed up and made my way to Changi General Hospital to meet up with Pastor Gideon, to see if we can offer our help in any ways.
Upon reaching, Pastor Gideon and I were pleasantly surprised to find Guo Wei’s father wide awake and fully aware of his surroundings. Even Guo Wei himself was surprised by his father’s sudden improvement. Praise the Lord, for He has given us that window of 30 minutes where we were able to chat with Guo Wei’s father and he himself re-affirmed his faith in Christ. After that 30 minutes, he appeared sleepy again and went back to sleep. After extending the church’s support to Guo Wei, we took our leave to allow his father to rest well.
The afternoon was taken up by some programming and troubleshooting work.
In the evening, Shuyi and I caught up with our dear friend Jet for a long overdue dinner at a Yakitori joint in Far East Plaza. It was our first meal with her since she came back from her one-month training in London. I think the best part of the evening was the after-meal drink, where we talked about quite a fair bit of stuff.
Now, it’s back to work again, to make up for the time spent in hospital this morning. At 1:17AM now, it’s already the start of a new day! I thank God, for giving me this new day.
The date was 28th October 2007 Sunday. The occasion? The Baptism of Alex, Fiona and Carter into the Christian faith!
Front row (left to right): Alex, Fiona, Carter.
Back row: 金叶
It indeed was a day of great joy as we witnessed the Baptism of this family (Alex and Carter are brothers, while Fiona is Alex’s wife). Really felt happy for them as they declared their faith and were warmly welcome into the family of Christ. Camera flashlights were flashing non-stop. Judging from the bulging bags that they carried home, gifts were aplenty too!
The happiest person that day must have been their mother 金叶, who couldn’t stop smiling.
Call me sentimental or a spoilsport, but the photos remind me of 金叶 and Kennedy’s Baptism around the same time last year (and the post having this photo):
神的话语的确真实：当信主耶稣 ，你和你一家都必得救 。阿门！
Recently signed up for M1 Mobile BroadBand. Have nothing but praises for it. The connection is stable and fast. In fact, I’m using it right now to post this entry while seated inside a taxi cruising down TPE.
Thinking back, I realise we haven’t bought any new TV for our Sengkang flat. The 2 TVs that have been faithfully entertaining us for the past 5 years had been graciously given to us by my uncle who’s a TV serviceman. Back then, he had some used TVs that went unclaimed after he finished servicing them. Two of them ended in my house as house-warming gifts - a 19-inch Samsung and a 23-inch Sony.
The Samsung finally breathed its last a few days ago. Despite all possible kinds of resuscitation, it stubbornly refuses to be saved. No choice lor, hence is the start of our hunt for a new TV.
This morning I ventured into the newly-opened Best Denki at Compass Point to begin my research. Like a tortoise coming down from a mountain (Hokkien: suaku, 山龟), I realise they don’t sell CRT TVs anymore! Ha ha. Every TV in Best Denki is either LCD or plasma, and HD-ready or not, etc. Looks like this will not be a speedy purchase soon, as there are more shops to explore and more research to be done!
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