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Who say IMH patient are easy pushover ........ CNA latest : Senior staff nurse at IMH convicted for cheating a patient A senior staff nurse at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) was convicted on Monday morning in a district court for cheating a patient of S$2,000. On 8 January 2009, Mong Kok Peng was helping a patient change into his attire when the patient showed him two S$1,000 notes. The patient told Mong that he had kept the money with him instead of registering it with IMH staff as he was afraid the money would be lost. Mong then told the patient he would keep the S$2,000 for safekeeping with IMH. Throughout the day, the patient asked Mong four times about the money. Mong told him the money had been registered and will be returned once he was discharged. The next day, Mong, 34, went to the Singapore Turf Club to spend the $2,000 on horse racing. While he was gambling, his colleagues called him saying the patient was about to be discharged and wanted to see him about the money. He denied being shown the money but his offence was later discovered. He will appear in court again on June 14. - CNA/vm Now who is laughing at who .......

Just did a car grooming at JB Sutera plaza area. I am now looking at a liquid wax product that I can use between car grooming. Important thing is that it is easy to apply and little hassle so I can just use it after I wash my car. Please do recommend me if you know any! Oh and remb to include the price of the product and where to get it as well!

Here are ten easy ways to celebrate Earth Day today (and everyday) and care for the environment. 1. Send Earth Day E-cards to family and friends to share your love for nature and to brighten their day. 2. Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth. Rinse with a mug of water instead. 3. Shorten your shower. 4. Unplug the appliances you are not using. 5. Switch off the lights when leaving the room. 6. Go paperless if possible. Print only if necessary and use both sides of the paper. 7. Add a green message to your email signature. For example, 'Save trees. Print Only When Necessary.' 8. Shut down your computer if you will not be using it for the next 30 minutes. 9. Say no to plastic bags by having your own reusable bag. You can also save money and help the earth by using a reusable water bottle instead of buying overpriced bottled water. 10. Participate in the National Recycling Programme, where recycling bags and bins are given to residents living in HDB housing estates and landed properties. These recycling bags and bins are provided by the appointed recycling contractors and the recyclables are collected fortnightly (once every two weeks) at your doorstep. For more information, download the NRP brochure by NEA.

WHEN Mr Bobby Lim was assigned his system-generated licence plate for his white Toyota Alphard, he thought it was his lucky day. To him, the plate number 1682 was considered lucky because the first three digits sound like 'prosper all the way' in Mandarin and Cantonese. Ironically, Mr Lim, 44, who runs a limousine service, ended up more than $300 poorer. Someone was caught using a fake plate with his licence number on a stolen car, and he now has to spend that sum to get a new licence number. His case is not unique. Last month, The New Paper reported how a car valet allegedly made fake licence plates for his car because he could not keep up with his car loan payments. As a result, the real owner, whose car was of a similar make and model, received summonses for parking offences he didn't commit. Checks with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) showed that six summonses were issued for illegal car plate duplication last year. There were 11 such summonses in 2008 and four in 2007. In Mr Lim's case, he discovered his car plate number had been duplicated when the police contacted him recently. He was told that it had been spotted on a stolen vehicle. When he arrived at the Jurong Police Division to help with the investigations, he saw that the culprit had put his plate numbers on a car that was of the same model and colour as his. When contacted by The New Paper on Sunday, Deputy Superintendent of Police Stanley Norbert confirmed that a 40-year-old man was charged in court in January for being in possession of a stolen vehicle. Mr Lim decided to change his licence plate number as he's worried that the stolen vehicle had been used for illegal activities. Mr Lim said: "Who knows what the culprit had done using that stolen vehicle?" Typically, when owners want to replace their existing vehicle registration numbers, they may do so by bidding for a new number. The minimum bid is $1,000, and they also have to pay a fee and GST which come up to $321. In Mr Lim's case, LTA made an exception by allocating a new system-generated number to his vehicle. But he still needs to pay $321 to replace his existing number. Proof So how easy is it to get a set of plates without providing proof that the number is registered to you? When The New Paper on Sunday approached 10 different car workshops asking to replace both the front and rear licence plates because of an 'accident', only three asked for documents to prove ownership. The rest said there was no need for any identification documents. "Just drive your car over and we will replace the plates for you," said one workshop mechanic. Most of the garages were able to complete the job within a day. Many were more interested to find out which design we wanted for the new plates - which cost about $50. When we identified ourselves and asked why there was no need to present identification documents when making a duplicate plate, the common answer was that they weren't told to do so. Mr Xu, who runs a car workshop at Tampines, said: "I've never thought of such an issue. Illegal car plate duplication doesn't usually happen in Singapore." Another workshop boss, who gave his name as Mr Tan, said: "We run a legal business. We are just responsible for changing your car parts." But there were some, like Ms Neo Siew Kuan, 40, who runs an automobile workshop in Admiralty Street, who asked for documents. She said: "I had asked for your log card because it sounded suspicious when you said both your front and back licence plates were missing. "I'm more careful because I have heard of cases of illegal car plate duplication." Lawyers said that the law does not require workshops to ask for documentation in making car licence plates. One of them, Mr Tan Cheng Kiong, 46, said: "You can just go to any shop to get it done. You can even bring it home and fix it on the car yourself. "There's no responsibility for the car plate maker to make sure the plate is fixed on the right car. The onus is on the car owner to display the correct number." LTA said those who are charged and found guilty of illegally duplicating car plates can be fined up to $5,000 or jailed up to three months for the first offence. Repeat offenders can be fined up to $10,000 or jailed up to six months.

Hi, anyone did F&E of Taiwan (north to south multi cities, not just Taipei), can advise on your iterary and nice places to go? Also, anyone gone to the mountaneous farm region? Is there farmstay available? Thanks

It is easy for you and stand on high moral grounds when you are born with a silver spoon medicine is not just a careet but a calling perhaps Dr Lee you should educate your family members first politicians are public servant and be accountable NOT being paid the hightest in the world when the countries population is only 4+ million poor soul politic is also not just a carrer but a calling too politicians can shape the country and determine how our society will eventually become we become so materialistic is because of the policies and so on justify this politician a public servant (person who serves the citizens) are earning thousand times the mean salary of the average job Practicing medicine is no longer simple you allow all sorts of FT doctors into our country and some dont even speak english hire some like the one in TTSH, unethical research and etc never heard of it happening to a local speak to your family doctor and you know what I mean http://www.asiaone.com/Business/Office/Hot...209-106550.html Medicine is not just a career, but a calling By Lee Wei Ling I have always felt keenly the suffering of animals. Since I was a child, I had wanted to be a vet. My parents persuaded me to abandon that idea by using the example of a vet whose university education was funded by the Public Service Commission. When he returned to Singapore, he was posted to serve his bond at the abattoirs. That was enough to persuade me to select my second career choice - a doctor. I have never regretted that decision. There are still many diseases for which medical science has no cure, and this is especially true of neurological diseases because nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord do not usually regenerate. Hence, a significant percentage of patients seeing neurologists, of which I am one, cannot be cured. But as in all areas of medicine, we still try our best for the patient, 'to cure, sometimes; to relieve, often; to comfort, always'. An example is a 70-year-old woman who sees me for her epilepsy. Her husband has taken a China mistress whom he has brought back to his marital home. He wants my patient to sell her 50 per cent ownership of their HDB flat and move out. Her children side with the husband because he is the one with the money and assets to will to them. When this patient comes, I always greet her with a big smile and compliment her on her cheongsam. She will tell me she sewed it herself, and I will praise her for her skill. Then I ask her whether she has had any seizures since the last time she saw me. She sees me at yearly intervals, and usually, she will have had none. Next, I ask her how she is coping at home. She would say she just ignores her husband and his mistress. I would give her a thumbs-up in reply, then ask her whether she still goes to watch Chinese operas. She would say yes. By then, I would have prepared her prescription. I hand it to her, pat her on her back and she would walk out with a smile on her face, back straight and a spring in her step. It takes me only five minutes to do the above. I can control but not cure her epilepsy. But I have cheered her up for the day. One very special patient, Jac, has idiopathic severe generalised torsion dystonia. By the age of 11, she was as twisted as a pretzel and barely able to speak intelligibly. She did well in the Primary School Leaving Examination, but was a few points short of the score needed for an external student to be accepted by Methodist Girls' School (MGS). I had done fund-raising for MGS prior to this and knew the principal. I phoned her and explained Jac's disease as well as her determination and diligence. I told the principal that the nurturing environment of MGS would be good for Jac, and that it would be a good lesson for the other students in MGS to learn to interact with a peer with disability. At the end of Secondary 2, Jac mailed me a book and a typed letter. The book was a collection of Chinese essays by students in MGS. There were two essays by Jac. In addition, she had topped the entire Secondary 1 and, subsequently, Secondary 2 in Chinese. She was second in the entire Secondary 2 for Chemistry. She was happy at MGS, and her peers accepted her and helped wheel her around in her wheelchair. Medication merely gave Jac some degree of pain relief from her dystonia. Being admitted to MGS gave her the opportunity to enjoy school and thrive in it. I was walking on clouds for the next few hours after I received the book and letter. Jac showed that an indomitable human spirit can triumph over a severe physical disability. As a doctor, I am not just handling a medical problem but the entire patient, including her education and social life. I have been practising medicine for 30 years now. Over this period, medical science has advanced tremendously, but the values held by the medical community seem to have changed for the worse. Yearning and working for money is more widely and openly practised; and sometimes this is perceived as acceptable behaviour, though our moral instinct tells us otherwise. Most normal humans have a moral instinct that can clearly distinguish between right and wrong. But we are more likely to excuse our own wrongdoing if there are others who are doing the same and getting away with it. These doctors who profit unfairly from their patients know they are doing wrong. But if A, B and C are doing wrong - and X, Y and Z too - then I need not be ashamed of doing the same. Medical students who see this behaviour being tacitly condoned will tend to lower their own moral standards. Instead of putting patients' welfare first, they will enrich themselves first. The most important trait a doctor needs is empathy. If we can feel our patient's pain and suffering, we would certainly do our best by our patients and their welfare would override everything else. Medicine is not just a prestigious, profitable career - it is a calling. Being a doctor will guarantee almost anyone a decent standard of living. How much money we need for a decent standard of living varies from individual to individual. My needs are simple and I live a spartan life. I choose to practise in the public sector because I want to serve all patients without needing to consider whether they can pay my fees. I try not to judge others who demand an expensive lifestyle and treat patients mainly as a source of income. But when the greed is too overwhelming, I cannot help but point out that such behaviour is unethical. The biggest challenge facing medicine in Singapore today is the struggle between two incentives that drive doctors in opposite directions: the humanitarian, ethical, compassionate drive to do the best by all patients versus the cold, calculating attitude that seeks to profit from as many patients as possible. Hopefully, the first will triumph. Doctors do have families to support. Needing and wanting money is not wrong. But doctors must never allow greed to determine their actions. I think if a fair system of pricing medical fees - such that doctors can earn what they deserve but not profit too much from patients - can be implemented, this problem will be much reduced. The Guideline of Fees, which previously was in effect, was dropped last year. I am trying to revive it as soon as possible. The writer is director of the National Neuroscience Institute.

Let's face it. Being an MP is not an easy job. Pay wise it's NOT that great if you can find some job comparable to being an MP. The 'meet the ppl' session can be a killer ( literally!). I mean....you have all sorts of Tom, Dick and Harriet with crazy demands coming to see you for solutions! Even if one is a David Copperfield or Blain....they probably won't be able to handle all these crazies! And you have to meet them at least once a week and there are 52 weeks in a year! No wonder some MPs have to delegate some 'covering personnel' to cover their duties once awhile!...to de-stress! Maybe, those MPs who serve posh districts have a easier time but there are more peasants areas than elite ones in Sinkapore! Let's face it. It's a tough job ...and if you're good enough in life, you'll also not want want to be an MP.

Another True Blue implementation SOLELY to make us Pay and Pay. They only care about the space to install the money sucking barrier/reader!! Don't care about the confusion and potential accident due to drivers who goes there. PHUI. Flipped carpark lanes dangerous? By Daryll Nanayakara Carparks with entry and exit points that are reversed - with entrance lanes on the right instead of the left, and exit lanes on the left instead of the right- may confuse some motorists. But builders told my paper that motorists safety and convenience was what they had in mind when they switched the direction of the entry lanes. "REALLY? just read the actual reason below. KNN PHUI" my paper readers wrote in last week to point out that due to the reversed directions, a conflict in movement which can be dangerous can arise when two cars enter and exit these carparks at the same time. Readers pointed out two carparks in the Orchard Road area and one linked to Elias Mall in Pasir Ris. When contacted, the Housing Board (HDB), which owns the carpark leading to Elias Mall, said that safety factors had been considered. It added that the CashCard and intercom machines had to be placed at the side of the road instead of the centre other similar HDB carparks have these machines at the centre divider due to space constraints when the carpark was built in 1995. The lanes were switched so that it would be easier for motorists to use the machines. Last week, this reporter stood near the entrance of the carpark and observed that several motorists hesitated and were slightly confused while turning into the premises. This despite two signs situated along the road warning motorists of the reversed direction. Businessman Benjamin Lek, 42, said: 'It is an unusual method of constructing the gantry to the carpark.Most drivers are used to entering on the left' However, according to the Land Transport Authority, a switch in direction is okay as long as it is justifiable "Justifiable to make money from all of us!" It is also important that motorists safety is not compromised. And safety concerns were what the developer of Tanglin Shopping Centre's carpark took into consideration in the 1970s. City Development Limited, the carpark's developer, said: 'As Tanglin Road is a one-way street, for safety reasons, motorists would have to enter the basement carpark on the right lane and exit from the left lane.' But the company added that the operator of the carpark, Wilson Parking, will explore drawing directional arrows to guide motorists who use the carpark.

anybody can give me rough idea of procedure? commission fee of 1% in these hard times is hard to swallow. want to try sell on my own first and if cannot then engage agent. advice appreciated! thanks!

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For those who dont subscribe to BT here is a good article to share with you Happy reading It's not easy being a billionaire The rich don't know how much is enough and are plagued by insecurities By MICHAEL JOHNSON Email this article Print article Feedback (BORDEAUX, France) A Seattle billionaire I once worked for ran into money trouble a couple of years ago when his business went sour. He had to sell his private island and get rid of his yacht (one of the world's largest) as he slid into relative poverty. My former employer, a cell-phone magnate, has now dropped off the bottom of the most recent Forbes magazine list of billionaires as he struggles to get by. He has only a few hundreds of millions left and he is not a happy man. Despite the extraordinary wealth of this entrepreneur and others in his league, it never seems to bring them serenity. They know how fast it can be lost, and that makes them ask, 'Why isn't enough really enough?' Even custodians of old fortunes are plagued by this question. A consultant friend of mine who once advised Nelson Rockefeller remembers hearing him complain of his recurring bouts of insecurity. Mr Rockefeller's personal net worth was about US$3 billion. Asked how much he would need in order to relax, Rocky paused briefly and took a stab: 'Four billion ought to do it,' he said. The Rothschild dynasty had similar problems. On assignment for BusinessWeek, I once met separately the French, British and Swiss branches of the family. I was struck by the family bickering over how they had turned their large fortune into small fortunes. A member of the Swiss branch of the family confided to me his utter disgust over his French relatives, who managed to lose money in French real estate. 'To do this,' he said, 'you really have to try.' I suspect there is no such thing as having enough money. In fact, many of the super-rich agree that the more you have the more you worry about it. Their stories emerge in a great book, Richistan, by Robert Frank. Mr Frank quotes one American entrepreneur identified only as George as saying he and the other billionaires (1,125 of them at last count by Forbes) are afflicted by a combination of greed and fear. 'If people stay worried, it's part of what motivates them,' George is quoted as saying. 'We're always worried.' With great riches can come great unease, according to people who have studied the psychology of wealth. The overriding problem is 'affluenza' - nagging guilt about the chasm between the very rich and everybody else. A second pitfall is a compulsion to continue to accumulate even more. Paul Wachtel examined this problem in his landmark paper, 'Full Pockets, Empty Lives', in the American Journal of Psychoanalysis. 'The pursuit of money and material goods as a central aim in life comes at a rather high price,' he writes. Studies have shown that money plays 'a strikingly small role' in a person's real happiness or well-being. In fact, intimacy and family life are often sacrificed in the name of providing for one's family. And envy feeds the greed impulse, argues Dr Wachtel: 'We may want not just what others have but more than others have, or more for more's sake.' People in the six-figure income range have trouble controlling the quest for more, Dr Wachtel told me. 'They become slaves to supporting the material level they have gotten themselves into. It becomes a pleasureless treadmill.' He had some advice for the unhappy rich. 'If the upper 5 per cent of earners would work two-thirds as much, and earn two-thirds as much, their lives would be immeasurably richer,' he said. 'Time, they would find, is a much more valuable commodity than money.' - NYT

How easy to get spare parts for repair, especially for PI cars? Extremely heart pain to see a brand new car kena like that. I feel for the owner.

Okay, my ride is stock to the bone. Almost except the horn was replaced fm a lamb to a wolf. Maybe I am getting old but I am having problems remembering where I park my ride especially in shopping malls. Worse case was at Woodlands shopping mall. Spend like 20minutes looking for the car . I am thinking of securing something to the antenna and considering between a plastic decal or a ribbon. Or is there something in the market that won't cost more than an arm or leg? And yes, I have tried using a balloon and securing it to the car only to have it gone MIA on me. Once, I had to ditch the balloon when entering UOB carpark. So please give me your advice. TIA.

1. Have not owned a Black or Dark coloured car before. This time, getting a black one. 2. Wanted to find out is Black colour really difficult to maintain? Is it really hotter than other light coloured cars when exposed to sunlight or on a sunny day? Thanks. Regards,

Hi folks, My singnet broadband plan is expiring soon and currently I am considering a recontract with the current speed of 3Mbps. I am not a heavy user, so 3M is adequate. My friend then ask why not I consider getting the 10Mbps plan instead. Since it comes with free Dell laptop and a wireless modem....I believe this is the MIO box from 2WIRE? I already have a desktop and a laptop at home...together with my company's laptop, my wife, kid and myself will each have a computer so I dun really need a new laptop. My friend then suggested that I sell the laptop in ebay. This is the specs of the laptop: DELL

Hi bros & sis, Anyone care to share their experiences and iternarties on Perth F&E? My wife and I planning to self-drive in Perth in June for 5days 4nights. Please provide us more information on wat is the must go and must see places and which hotel to stay... thanks in advance

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http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,...,147021,00.html? when car exensive complain when running cost high complain when will we stop complaining and have the guts to do something about it basically are well full of BS another issue Watch rising food costs http://news.asiaone.com/News/The%2BStraits...1107-34897.html we pay tax and contribute to charity but alot of vitamin "M" from our taxes have gone to pay deserving "elites" while those at or below the poverty line is worried when their next meal is coming from It saddens me alot to see that we complain about being fine because our parking coupon expires by 1 minute and few it is our right to be given some leeway but who is giving these "poor people" leeway if we become less indivdualistic and work together I am sure Sillypore will be a nice place to stay but look at the clowns around us where got hope

As above, referring in particular to Renault Megane, is it true? Is fuel consumption for Megane high? Like to hear comments, good and bad, for this car.. Thanks

Received a fax note which read "Learning Hokkien is as easy as ABC" Well, it goes like this: Children is kina kia Boy is da boh kia Girl is zha boh kia Small bird is chiao kia Give birth is seh kia Korean car is Kia Junior Police officer is mata kia Small house is chu kia Handphone is Nokia Malay is huan kia Indian is kit leng kia Chinese is deng lang kia Japanese is jit pun kia Bad guy is pai kia Good guy is ho kia Stupid person is gong kia Drug addict is pek hoon kia Person carries tales is kwee kia Reckless person is gu kia Wooden shoe is cha kia Well.... if you laugh out loud, you are siao kia

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Forget the language bit and just concentrate on the entire process of producing a BMW Click on Link to View ==> How to Make a BMW - Video (Soapbox MSN)

hi all Some weeks ago i joined my brother on his very simple volunteering task. About 10.30pm, we picked up unsold bread/pastry from a shop, and sent it to a nearby charity organisation. My brother is only an adhoc volunteer, i.e. they'll only contact him on adhoc basis. I'm signing up as one as well, as a way of trying it out and also becos i expect to travel later in my work. The great thing is that it's late in the evening, and takes about only 30min-1 hr to complete the task. It's run by Food From The Heart : http://www.foodheart.org/index.php As most if not all the bros/sis here drive, i thought it would be an interesting proposition for you to consider. I hear they're short of regular volunteers. Do consider signing up... cheers