I will not do any reference or links here. I’m strongly against her conduct. How can a teacher wear micro bikini? They should not be allowed to wear micro bikini. In fact, they shouldn’t even be allowed to wear bikini. The only beach wear that teachers are allowed to wear should be traditional 1 piece swimwear. MOE should list out a number of approved beach wear. Remember, teachers are supposed to be role model. Bikini and micro bikini are evil and bad for children, Teachers should not be wearing such evil beach wear.

Imagine what will happen if her students saw the photos of her in the micro bikini? The primary school girls will learn the wrong values and start wearing micro bikini. The primary school boys will be led astray and start looking at pictures of girls in micro bikini. The whole education system will collapse if the students see their teacher wearing a micro bikini. And there is no bailout for this.

And that is not all. The Chinese tabloid also mentioned that she has tattoo, nose piercing and buy drinks at pub. BUY DRINKS AT PUB! What in the world is a teacher doing in a pub? How could she go into a pub? How could she be drinking? Pub is a bad place full of bad guys and a teacher shouldn’t be going to places like pub and disco. They should be doing line dancing at community center and drink orange juice. In fact, teachers shouldn’t be allowed any social life. They should be in school setting exam question or marking homework.

And teachers should not be allowed to have tattoo or nose piercing. What if her students saw the tattoo and start telling their mummy that they want to tattoo Power Rangers SPD or Hello Kitty on their arms?

I hope the teacher know what mess she is creating. She should know that a teacher is supposed to be a role model for students. The entire education system almost collapsed because of her irresponsible actions. How can she put up picture of herself in mini bikini on her blog? Luckily our bloggers and Chinese tabloid are fast to spot her blog and report the news. I’m happy to say that her blog will not be leading anymore students astray as it has been taken down.

Baby’s birth cert reverses parental joy

THE arrival of my newborn daughter was a source of joy for my wife and myself – until I went to obtain her birth certificate from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).
To my horror, she was given the number T08-XX444X. As Chinese Singaporeans are aware, the number four suggests death, and implies misfortune.

I appealed to the ICA officer, also a Chinese Singaporean who understood my discomfiture. But she firmly rejected my plea because rules were rules, I was told. Subsequently, I appealed to a superior officer and waited an agonising week, making several calls in between, only to be given the same answer.

I grant that sticking to a system of rules is important. But so too is crafting exceptions which humanise the system.

My wife and I took great pains to craft our daughter’s name, consulting time-honoured cultural principles, because we wanted an auspicious life for her. Imagine having a birth certificate number like 444 which counters all that.

A birth certificate is a personal and important life-long document.

A system which forces officers to stick rigidly to the rulebook without due regard for cultural sensitivities is not a good one. Rules are made to serve citizens and not the other way round.

I’m not giving up. I hope that my daughter can be given a more appropriate birth certificate number and I’m not asking for very auspicious figures.

Joseph Tan

Joseph, Joseph…. Not I want to say you. But it’s your fault that you never refer to the 通书 (Chinese Almanacs) first before you make love with your wife. If you did refer to the 通书, it would have told you that it is not a good time to procreate as the ICA will give your child a NRIC number with T08-XX444X. In fact, you should also refer to the 通书 before queuing up at ICA. NRIC number is very important to a person. You as a parent should check the 通书 first before registering your child birth.

Actually, ICA also got mistake here. How can they use ’4′ in the NRIC number? They should skip all ’4′. (Don’t ask me what they going to do in year 2044.) In fact, they should also remove “13″ and “666″. Did I miss out any unlucky numbers by other religions/races? I hope not. In fact, ICA can also provide special service and allow parents to choose “Golden Numbers” if they pay extra. I’m sure everyone will be snatching the XX88888 NRIC number. That should make everyone happy.

So remember, check the 通书 first.

PS From DK: Actually, ’4′ is a good number in the cyber age. Just press SHIFT-4 on your keyboard and see what you get.

Look at the review by Plaktoz. He anyhow write a review about NTU Ayam Penyet. Look at how the NTU Ayam Penyet stall owner hamtam him up down left right.

Then another fellow call Jeremy Hadidjojo also wrote a review about the NTU Ayam Penyet. I don’t know what he wrote cause it’s written in Indonesian. But I’m sure he didn’t write a good review. Because he also ganna hamtam up down left right by the NTU Ayam Penyet stall owner in his friend’s blog.

And my good twin brother also another one. He also don’t know how to write review about NTU Ayam Penyet. Look also ganna hamtam up down left right by the stall owner now.

What is wrong with all these bloggers? Didn’t their school teach them how to write a proper review about NTU Ayam Penyet? Come, let me teach you all how to write a review about NTU Ayam Penyet.

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Title: NTU Ayam Penyet is the best in Singapore, JB and some say Batam!

I never tried NTU Ayam Penyet before. I don’t even know which canteen in NTU. But really, it must be the best in Singapore. All the rest cannot fight.

How come I so sure NTU Ayam Penyet is the best? Because if I say they not good, the owner will hamtam me up down left right like what he did to Plaktoz, Jeremy Hadidjojo and DK.

Come, everybody repeat after me: “NTU Ayam Penyet is the best in Singapore, JB and some say Batam.”

Good, class dismissed.

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PS to NTU Ayam Penyet Stall Owner: Please have mercy on me. I already say your Ayam Penyet is the best liao. Don’t hamtam me in my blog comment again. Please…..

Here is the MTV for the NDP theme song, Shine for Singapore.

Here is the Japanese advertisement for The Children’s Foundation.

They may look almost the same. But they are not. I’m going to proof to everyone that our NDP theme song MTV did not copy the Japanese advertisement.

Check out the screenshots below.

The photo on the left is from the MTV for “Shine for Singapore”.
The photo on the right is from the Japanese advertisement for The Children’s Foundation.

Screenshot 1

Both screenshot taken at the 9 second mark. On first look, they may look similar. But I tell you, they are not similar at all.

For a start, the windows are different. Look at the different windows design. And the teacher are dressed differently. The students also dressed differently.

And the biggest difference is the gender of the main character.
For the NDP theme song MTV, the main character is a girl.
For the Japanese advertisement, the main character is a boy.

Not the same at all. Let’s move on to the next screenshot.

Screenshot 2

Screenshot 2 shows the picture that the kids are painting. One look and you can see clearly that they are completely different. The girl is using red colour crayon while the boy is using black colour crayon.

One is red, one is black. Not the same.

Another difference is that the girl’s colouring is very messy. The boy’s colouring, on the other hand, is very neat and filled up the entire paper.

And if you observe carefully, the girl didn’t hold on to the paper while the boy is holding on to the paper. Not the same.

Let’s move on to the next screenshot.

Screenshot 3

Screenshot 3 shows the teacher talking to the parents about the drawing.

For the NDP theme song MTV, teacher is seated on the right side of the screen, next to the parents.
For the Japanese advertisement, the teacher is seated on the left side of the screen, directly opposite the parents.

Not the same at all. And look at the deco of their living room. This clearly shows that the NDP theme song MTV didn’t copy the Japanese Advertisement.

Screenshot 4

Screenshot 4 show us that both kids likes to draw in their room. Other than that, the 2 kids has no other similarity at all.

The girl is now wearing home clothes while the boy is still in school uniform.
The boy’s room has more furniture and books compared to the gal.

See the differences? Let’s move on.

Screenshot 5

Screenshot 5 shows the teacher and parents standing at the 2nd level of the multipurpose hall, looking down at the completed drawing.

For a start, the camera angle is different.

The Japanese advertisement also have doctor and nurses at level 2. But the NDP theme song NDP doesn’t. Very big difference here.

Let’s look at the last screenshot.

Screenshot 6

I don’t really need to say much about this. This is so obvious.

One look and you can see that the NDP theme song MTV is a red star while the Japanese advertisement is a black whale.

Red star, black whale. Not the same thing at all. Need I say more?

And the floor is also different. The floor on the left is black while the floor on the right is brown.

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So there you have it. The 6 screenshot has already proven that the NDP theme song MTV did not copy the Japanese advertisement. I hope this will put the matter to rest.

PS: This entry is inspired by NYT’s David Pogue on Windows Vista

Top 10 ridiculous patents that you should register to earn quick bucks

10) Method of walking by alternative movement of the left and right lower limp
9 ) Method of selecting an item on a Personal Computer by a mouse click
8 ) Method of consuming nutrition thru mouth for the purpose of providing nutritional needs
7 ) Method of creating sound by striking two palms together
6 ) Method of inhaling oxygen and carbon dioxide using the mouth or nose
5 ) Method of gesture by extending the middle finger of the hand while bending the other fingers into the palm
4 ) Method of positioning head on the table with the face facing a downwards position
3 ) Method of releasing body fluid when in a standing, squatting or sitting position
2 ) Method of coming out with ridiculous top 10 list

And the number one top 10 ridiculous patents that you should register to earn quick bucks

1 ) Method of patenting ridiculous patents.

There was a physical security breach as the ventilation window in the toilet – from which Mas Selamat made his escape – did not have grilles.

Who is complacent anyway? ISD or Singaporeans?

During renovations in 2007, grilles had not been fixed to that particular toilet window due to a misunderstanding between the ISD and the contractor.

Who is complacent anyway? ISD or Singaporeans?

The superintendent of the centre, who was alerted to this weakness in May 2007, asked the contractor to saw off the window handle as a security measure instead

Who is complacent anyway? ISD or Singaporeans?

The guards watching Mas Selamat allowed him to close the door of the urinal cubicle when they should not have done so.

Who is complacent anyway? ISD or Singaporeans?

There was a physical weakness in the perimeter fencing outside the Family Visitation Block, where the toilet was located, which made it easier for Mas Selamat to get out of the detention centre’s premises.

Who is complacent anyway? ISD or Singaporeans?

Answer: Singaporeans lah. MM Lee say liao, Singaporeans are complacent. Anyone here dare to dispute his claims?

We shouldn’t blame them for the escape. We only give our Government credits when Singapore is a safe place. But when Singapore become unsafe, it is totally not the Government’s fault. We aren’t unreasonable people who blame our Government for things. We don’t ask them to resign just because some terrorist escape from our detention centre. We are reasonable people. We continue to pay our Government millions of dollar.

‘Complacency sets in when a people have not suffered any shock or setback for a long time.’

YOU SEE! The Government is giving us some shock and setback so that we won’t be complacent. Where in the world do you find such good Government? And ONLY the people of Singapore are complacent. The Government is never complacent. Repeat after me, The Government is never complacent. Good. Class dismissed.

I think we should increase our minister’s salary again. They deserve higher pay.

Now that he has escaped, Wong Can’t Sing “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word”. He said he is sorry that it happened, from a script prepared nicely for him to present during Parliament. Nobody told him that if he wants to look sincere, he should face the camera instead of the prepared script when saying sorry. Perhaps we should give him another pay increment so that he can say sorry in a more sincere manner next time.

On the side note, rumors that Suntree picture is going to do a remake of the 1953 movie, The Limping Man. Mas Selamat Kastari is being considered for the lead role. That is provided the polices and soldiers manage to find him.

The Limping Man Starring Mas Selamat Kastari.
Limping to a theater near you.

The new name will reflect my promise to deliver fascinating and inspiring blog entries for your reading pleasure.

It took me lots of money and time to rebrand Decay On Net. After several months of brain storming and discussions with friends from marketing, branding and PR, I still couldn’t come up with a good name to replace Decay On Net. Someone even suggested keeping the old name. But that is so outdated. I need to think of a new branding to keep up with time. Die die also must change.

Then few days ago, I saw a news article on Science Centre rebranding themselves. See, everyone is rebranding themselves nowadays. Which means that I’m following the right trend.

The Singapore Science Centre is rebranding itself as Science Centre, Singapore.

The new name was unveiled as the Centre turned 30.

Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam graced its anniversary dinner on Friday.

The Centre now caters to 120,000 students each year.

With its new name comes a new logo, which is inspired by the Centre’s promise to deliver a fascinating and inspiring discovery of science.

Hmmmm…. From “The Singapore Science Centre” to “Science Centre, Singapore”. Brilliant idea. Why didn’t I think of that?

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So, ladies and gentleman, I’m proud to present to you the new branding for Decay On Net….

*Drum roll*

On Net Decay

Thank you…. Thank you…..

According to an NEA survey, more shoppers have become aware of the BYOB initiative since it launched six months ago, with about 60 per cent supporting the campaign by bringing their own bags, making donations for plastic bags, buying reusable bags, or refusing plastic bags for small items.

The news say 60% of the shoppers support the campaign.

My good twin brother did some citizen journalism and wrote 2 article on the Bring Your Own Bag campaign.

Bring your own what? Bag?
Bring your own what? Bag? – 6 months later

The news article say majority of the people bring their own bags. But in his 2 article, he claims that only a small handful of people brought their own bags during the 5 minutes when he was there. If 60% of the people bring their own bags, then why were there so few people during that 5 minutes?

So I hereby conclude that he is lying! This guy cannot be trusted. He must have faked the numbers. He is trying to trick us into believing that the Bring Your Own Bag campaign isn’t working. How could he do that? This guy is evil. And he still dares to call me “evil twin brother”. Now looks who is more evil?

And one of the article even won the Ping.sg 2007 Best Citizen Journalism Post Award. He should be disqualified! That article is a fake! 60% of the shoppers bring their own bags. He is lying! Remove his title. Give the award to the next best nominee.

OK, another explanation is that the 60% aren’t at the supermarket while he was there. But what is the chances of that happening? Very slim.

Don’t trust my Good Twin Brother. He is a big liar. Luckily the mainstream media step out and show us the correct figures. Else we would never know that he is lying.

I’m beginning to wonder if he is lying about the wireless@sg issue too. Maybe wireless@sg is super duper fast and reliable. But he wrote fake article to give everyone the impression that it’s a failure. Let’s wait for the mainstream media to tell us the truth.