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We have our national orchid and now, our national bird....... Crimson Sunbird Yahoo : Did you know that Singapore has a national bird? Everyone knows Singapore’s national flower is the Orchid, but do you know that Singapore’s national bird is the Crimson Sunbird? The Crimson Sunbird, or Aethopyga siparaja, was declared the national bird by Dr Shawn Lum, President of the Nature Society (Singapore) at the 6th Asian Bird Fair Fellowship Dinner on 31st October 2015. The national bird was apparently chosen in a public vote at the society’s 1st Nature Day way back in 2002. In that poll, the Crimson Sunbird won with 400 votes, or 38 per cent of a total of 1038 votes. Yahoo Singapore has reached out to the Nature Society (Singapore) regarding the 13 year gap between the vote and announcement, but has not received a response at the time of publication. Many members of the public that voted for the bird commented that it was small, active and red, much like Singapore. Other contenders were the White-bellied Sea-eagle, which was second in the vote count, followed by the Black-naped Oriole, Olive-backed Sunbird and the Greater-Racket-tailed Drongo. One interesting fact about the Crimson Sunbird is that it was collected and named by none other than Singapore’s founder Stamford Raffles, who published his findings in a journal. The bird can be seen at places like the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Pulau Ubin, Bukit Batok Nature Park, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, according to the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum. Considering the small voting pool, it’s no wonder that hardly anyone knows about the Crimson Sunbird and many people believe the crane or joke that the Singapore Airlines is the national bird. link : https://sg.news.yahoo.com/did-you-know-that-singapore-has-a-national-bird-083735196.html Nice little cutie birdie ....

Directed by a Bolehlander and said to be based on a "true" story. Reviews say it is one of the scariest movie in a long time. I feel like watching but it will be a waste of $$$ because my GF will spend 90% of the show covering her eyes / clinging to me. Soon to be 7th month somemore. Anyone watched already and can give reviews? The below sign if I feel is marketing overkill.

sumting wrong with server(s)? can admin check?

check out how this lorry driver unloads his cargo of bamboo sticks https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=515585735154785

Bros.. My Camry currently running on Cerato Forte's rims.. with Maxxis Victra Assymetric M35 tyres.. I find it quite good.. very hard sidewall.. cornering good.. but quite noisy.. Clocked in 21,000km.. Now I am very tempted to up to 18 or 19" rims.. and tyres.. looking at CSC3 or P Zero.. Any bros can advice.. P.S Rims : 114.3x5 And can I use other cars' stock rims? E.G. new GS350 , M6 etc/

To start off, as a benchmark, I am driving a 2008 1.8L civic. I have test driven a few cars and noted very different feels when it comes to the steering. To me, one of the main dislike when i test drive the Estima and Teana is how light the steering feels. It seems that from stationery or low speed, i need to turn the steering a lot before the car starts to turn. And faster speeds, it seems to be more 'responsive', thus the feel of the steering response being kind of inconsistent. The steering feel on my civic is different. The car seems to respond much better to slight turns on the steering. The latest camry is also fine. Is it that the implementation of the steering on the civic and camry is very different from that of the estima and teana. Can anyone shed some light (or some sort of technical explanation) on the different feel of the steering. I will however have to say that the test drives on the estima, teana and camry are for a short distance only.

vasantham debate on foreigners 6.9mil wah, only vasantham got balls sia! very epic, very candid, no holds barred one! got substitles

Same color as my car summore http://autobahn.com.sg/2013/01/11/12-bmw-m5-nav-hud/ but but..... [bigcry]

Something is very wrong with the system........ They say its to control car population blah blah..... However, I still experience jams like nobody business everyday........ I don't mind paying even $100-$200K for COE if it helps to clear up the roads.. But whats the point of paying so much if roads remain so clogged up everyday??? Others don't have COE, also jam up. We have COE also jam.... Well, its high time for LTA to do something to really reduce car population. Btw, one very good suggestion is that COE has to be paid up in cash. Not lump together with car installment. No $100K for COE? Don't get a car, simple as that.

Pretty coool ride... Always love European estate car.. If this is not an imported car, i will seriously consider it. http://www.sgcarmart.com/used_cars/info.ph...424&DL=2597

hi bros. it charges damm slow.... sometimes i charge over night only 80+% anyone else got this problem?

wow :blink:

It's tough to be rich in Singapore. For the ladies, a pair of classic Louboutin pumps costs US$2,714 here, compared with only US$1,005 in Hong Kong. A Chanel bag comes at US$5,781 versus US$4,921 and a Tiffany 2 carat diamond ring sets you back US$159,910 against US$116,452. For the men, a gold Rolex Oyster costs US$33,341 in Singapore against US$32,207 in Hong Kong and a Cohiba cigar, at US$1,375, is three times as expensive here. And this is before one even touches on high-end property, whose prices have shot through the roof this year. But if it is any consolation, a wedding banquet for 500 at a top Hong Kong hotel would cost US$121,100 against US$67,482 in Singapore while memberships to classy golf clubs also cost almost 50 per cent more there. A Julius Baer Lifestyle index released yesterday has found that the rich in Singapore suffered the highest inflation rate of 13.7 per cent to maintain their lifestyle against their friends in Hong Kong (10.8 per cent), Shanghai (8.8 per cent) and Mumbai (2.6 per cent). This is despite the fact that the Singapore dollar has strengthened more than 5 per cent against the greenback this year. The index, in its second year, comprises 20 items, capturing both goods and services in US dollars, in Mumbai, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. "Naturally, the selection of items covered in the Julius Baer Lifestyle Index is subject to individual taste. However, the goods and services chosen for the index should better reflect the lifestyle choices and consumption patterns of high net worth individuals than the more traditional consumer price indices available," said Julius Baer. For 2012, the average Julius Baer Lifestyle Index across the four cities rose 8.8 per cent, down from last year's 11.7 per cent. This rate of increase was well above regional, traditional consumer price indices of about 6 per cent, the private bank said. "Singapore was home to the highest price hikes in US dollar terms, followed by Shanghai, Hong Kong and lastly Mumbai. Across the region, the prices of high-end wine, wedding banquets, handbags and business-class air travel underwent the largest increases," it noted. Julius Baer spokeswoman Lim Li Koon said the increase for Singapore is mainly due to the property score, which jumped 35 per cent. Homes of the ultra rich in US dollar terms went from US$9.7 million to US$13 million, she said. Many other items actually saw no change or even slight declines. Jewellery, shoes and handbags, for example, did not change in price at all. Wedding banquets went up 10 per cent, but this happened in most of the cities. Cars also went up another 5 per cent. The Singapore story is skewed heavily by massive property price movement, she added. Stefan Hofer, Julius Baer emerging markets strategist, said driving the index was property and prices of luxury articles which have pricing power compared to services. "For example, watches have been able to increase their prices relative to service providers like lawyers and hospitals," he said. It's still no comfort to the ladies should they suffer the indignity of a fall from their 8-inch heels, as a night in a posh Singapore hospital at US$756 far exceeds Hong Kong's US$464. And if you want to make sure your spouse does not fritter the hard earned cash away, a family lawyer costs US$660 per hour here, almost double that in Hong Kong. One consolation is that a facelift in Singapore at US$2,559 is far cheaper than the other cities. Ditto root canal treatment. So how do the rich cope with the almost 14 per cent inflation? According to David Lim, chief executive of Julius Baer Singapore, they remain conservative in their investments, spending only a fraction of their wealth to maintain their lifestyle. "They're not expecting a 14 per cent return, not becoming more aggressive in their investment approach," he said. They are concerned about inflation and their higher living expenses. "There's a lot of activity going into income and dividend stocks," he added.

hi all, me bought Hyundai Verna 1.6A in May last year, then past 1 yr plus no prob except not much power and high fc. then abt 20 days ago, aircon got hot air, and could hear 'water gushing around' type of sound in bonnet. after car cooled down at night, opened radiator to see and had to top up ~3.5 litre of water before it was full!! next day drove to workshop but after checking half day told me can't find any leak and told me monitor first... for a week, i everyday checked radiator water level twice and always full. my mech laughed, so i didn't bother anymore. Then yest on way home, heard funny sound and later going into basement carpark could feel car vibrating and hear like got water boiling and streaming through narrow pipe... slowly parked and 2 hr later, went check again and had to top up abt 2.7 litre of water. this morning before went work, initially checked ok, but after car moved off, could hear water gushing sound again, then when stopped and opened radiator again, could pour in another about 600 ml... Then this afternoon, and at night after work, both times still full... anyone knows what could be the problem and what could be the solution? tks....

dance? Yeah was watching the children's channel when see the hi 5 gals dance....

I believe many Singaporeans on the street couldn't perform a parallel park or side parking very well. Here is one step by step on how to parallel park a car with detail explanation and pictures. http://www.carsut.com/how-to-parallel-park-a-car/ Please share your idea to parallel park a car in better way if u have one.

do you agree on this statement? i somewhat disagree. if you are not a scholar, you are hardly "spotted" and "groomed" in the fast track we all know being a scholar ... the highway to success is laid nicely for you, isn't it? if your academic is so-so even good but not excellent ie scholar ... that's a diferrent story altogether unless you are born enterpreneur ... like steve job, bill gate, mark zukerberg, george lucas, google founder, etc ... they don't need to be scholar ... as their natural gene is not going to work under others :) "Success is not and cannot be determined by what happened in your school years. That gives you a foundation but it should not be the basis for determining who succeeds in life. We have to provide opportunities for everyone to improve and to advance on the job regardless of the qualifications they started with," said Mr Tharman. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../1224210/1/.htm

KH with church member i think.. last time KH and his wife pictures, look more like pastor,were they kidnapped and replaced by evil impostors KH and Sun picutres last time

The Lightning Strike at 00:23 with volume warning, the taller guy luckily ran passed the strike spot just few seconds ealier and saved his life .

...Schumacher grabs his first pole in Monaco, nevermind his 5-place penalty. And Png Eng Huat wins the Hougang seat. Huat ah! I salute Hougang residents!!! Probably one of the best weekend I had this hot hot year.

Any bros saw the TV footage of him talking about this? Could not really hear him and you have to raise the TV volume. And his manner was very stiff... But for an almost 90 old man really From CNA: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1203376/1/.html S'pore chooses new leaders very carefully: Lee Kuan Yew By Michiyo Ishida | Posted: 24 May 2012 2219 hrs

By spoilers I mean someone revealing the plot of a movie, TV series, book, computer game and so on. (Not that picnic bench some people put behind their car) Personally, I am ok with spoilers. I can still enjoy something even if I know the full plot before hand. But then there is a group of people who die die cannot hear spoilers like their world will end liddat. One thing I noticed about these anti-spoiler people is that some of them are just going through motions when they say "don't tell me". It seems to be a preconditioned social response rather than an expression of genuine strong feelings towards the issue. I think the party with most to gain from preventing spoilers are the movie producers and authors themselves. The less people that blab about the plot, the more potential kaypohs that will buy a ticket or a book.

err.... how much would the postage, envelop and printer ink cost? [laugh]

my boot is very difficult and heavy to lift. what do you think is the problem?