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I was pretty shocked when I saw the Chinese tabloid article about a primary school teacher taking part in a micro bikini contest in Australia. WOW, what is happening to Singapore? How could the teacher do this? Talking about moral values.

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.

Saw this letter on Straits Times forum.

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. :D

Recently, I’ve been seeing a couple of people anyhow write review about Ayam Penyet. Especially NTU ayam Penyet. Don’t know how to review food, don’t ge kiang go review other people food lah. Review until cannot make it.

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…..

The blogosphere is full of news about the NDP theme song MTV copying a Japanese advertisement for The Children’s Foundation. But I don’t think that the NDP theme song copied the Japanese advertisement. In fact, I think they are very original.

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

After reading thru the patent list, I discovered that there are tons of things in this world that hasn’t been patented yet. Perhaps we should patent them and sue people’s ass for infringing our patents. Here is the top 10 list of ridiculous patents that you should register to earn quick bucks.

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.