Alice Cheong

I have just received notification from my host that the server which this site is on will be under maintenance from 11am-2pm (or even longer) on 7th Jun 2008. The site will be down. Sorry for the short notice.

Look at today’s top 10…

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Argh… the wireless@SG at Cathay has MIA since last week. Wonders how much detention is the wireless@SG provider going to get har?

(1) You enjoy having additional specimen in your food.

ST Dec 16 2007
“Kitchen Horrors – More food outlets have been fined this year – and the unsavoury items served up in eateries include cockroaches in muffins and dental floss in kaya toast”

ST Jan 31, 2006
“Cockroach in the soup? That’s good medicine for you”

(2) You enjoy bad service when dinning and shopping.

ST Feb 6, 2006
“Good service: We can learn a lot from Bangkok”

ST Feb 21, 2001
“Poor service common here”

(3) You enjoy waiting for the disappearing taxi.

ST Jul 4, 2007
“Keep cab fares simple”
 Foreigners and tourists are often bewildered by their absence at certain times of the day.

(4) You enjoy being touted by taxi drivers.

ST Nov 4, 2007
“Want to tout? Join the club; Cab touting is an organised racket with its own codes, where members pay monthly fees and stay in touch using walkie-talkies”

ST Nov 4, 2007
“Few enforcement officers, so ‘how many can they catch?’”

(5) You enjoy free goodies of rain, dust and dead cockroach on bus.

ST Dec 17, 2007
“Thick layer of dust and dead cockroach in bus”

ST Dec 17, 2007
“Leaky roofs plus buses arriving late and full”

It happened in our very familiar environment, the bus which almost everyone of us had to take daily. I was happily seating on the bus on my way downtown. At China Town area, a not-too-old old man boarded the bus and took a seat opposite me.

He gave me a [friendly?] smile.

I was thinking, another one, maybe he saw the Orchard NLB mtv, which I was one of the cast. Yesterday, on my day to city, a 20+ year old guy in those civil police uniform also keep turning back at me, and give me one of those friendly looks as if he recognised me. Maybe, I had just got more publicity on the Orchard NLB closing, so I gave this not-too-old old man a weak smile.

He then signalled to me, pat pat the empty seat next to him, and indicated that he would like me to take the seat next to him. Seems like he wanted to chat to me.

Oh no. I am not in the mood to chat. And he looks local, so he will not be lost, and need help with locating his hotel. So, I ignored him.

After a few more moments passed by with me ignoring him, he walked up and helped himself to the seat next to me. He spoked in chinese, and said “Hello. Going home?”.

I just gave a “Ya.”

He was undetered by my unwillingness to talk, and proceeded to asked me, “Where do you stay?”

I replied, “I don’t want to tell to you.”, thinking that it would deter him from furthering the conversation which I was unwilling to continue.

Instead, he seemed to be happy that I was speaking more than a single word and proceeded with saying ”Where do you stay? It is alright to tell me. Are you going to town?”. 

I was silent.

He turned his head closer this time, with a light hint of alcohol wafting over, he spoke again. “Ke yi zhuo ai mah?” which translate to “Can make love?”.

What the abcdeg! Dirty old man! I stood up from my seat and moved away. Took a seat away from him and snapped his photographs. No point shouting at him on the bus, as he will only be at most humiliated on a bus with no more than 5 persons. So, here are his photographs…

This is his side view. He is folding up his arms. The empty seat on his right was where I was seating.

He happily took my previous seat, occupied two seats and put his dirty feets up.

Yes. This is the shot I am waiting for. His full face. Remember him! He is the dirty old man, who will make indecent outrageous question!

Oh! w00t! w00t! w00t!
w00t is crowded the word of the year by US dictionary Merriam-Webster!
And w00t! Making money is among the top goals of Singaporean according to a recent OCBC Bank-commissioned survey.

Minister Pay hike!
Civil service salary components hike!
ERP fee hike!
Taxi fare hike!
School bus fare hike!
School fees and hostel fee hike!
Cost of living hike!
Property price hike!

Traffic jam, hi!
Sardine pack MRT and bus, hi!
Foreign talent, hi!

CPF investment, bye!
Money, hi! OR Migration, bye!

One of the fellow blogger’s sister, Diana (the one on the left in the picture) has been missing for more than 24 hours. She last left home at about 10:30am on Tuesday 11 Dec 2007. Please contact 985 99746, if you have any news of her whereabout. Her family members are very worried.

Click here for the original post.

Update: She has been found.

Singapore do not have any natural resource. It does not have oil, gold or diamond to mine. But, it has something that is everywhere and easily accessible. It is human resource!

One people, one nation, our treasure…

Click here for Walt Disney Picture’s National Treasure

This is our new Raffles City that has been renovated…

This is our not-so-new New Town…

Please help to keep his music alive. This is the last solo piece from Reuben Kee – one of the 5 paddlers who was unfortunately claimed by the Dragon Boat tragedy.

Do help to keep his music alive by cross-posting (copy paste) this entry on your blog if you own one. For more information, please go to http://plaktoz.blogspot.com/ (site migrated to http://plaktoz.com/).

Click here to download this song Back Home 

Thank you.

Other Links
Jeremy Goh’s Friendster profile
A blog in memory of Jeremy Goh

Reuben Kee’s Friendster profile
Home to Reuben Kee’s music
Reuben Kee’s blog
In Honour of Reuben Kee Friendster group

Poh Boon San’s Friendster profile

Blog entry on Chee Wei Cheng

My personal words
I may not have known any of the 5 paddlers personally, but their unfortunate departure, left me feeling anguish and grief. Rest in peace.