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Found that my exhaust pipe is rusty and tried to clean it up and sprayed with some high temp paint (the one with a barbeque pit on the can) but it doesnt even last for 3 mth... Im currently trying source some other brand so that I could re-do the painting again on my exhauxt pipe... any recomendation?

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

wow :blink:

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....

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.

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.

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

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

...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.

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?

.... maybe its just me... lately see many cameras on overhead bridges... my last 3 summons appeal failed... lol my frd kenna 2 TPs waiting at his hse MSCP and summon him tinted lamps and LEDs... TPs nowadays practice this ah?... i kenna warning letter for tinted glass (posted the letter here before in another thread)... maybe i didnt get a summon cause my registed address different from where i'm staying... kns this year donate alot to national building sia... lol just checking if anyone knows what will most likely happen when you reach 20-23 demerit points... 24 is suspend correct? what determins the length of suspension... i understand if a year then automatically revoked...

Of course it's none of my business, your kid your business...your kid, not my business. But enough said, my heart ached a little when I saw 2 parents shouting very LOUDLY at a very very young kid who is at most 3 years old. Is this the correct way to teach a young little one? The father continued to shout loudly in the carpark and bang the door really loud and zzzzzooooooooooooooom off very fast. I have a little one myself and YES, even little ones listen to reasonings. If you can't reason out with your little one, it's because you do not communicate much with your kid...and communication with little ones is very important in building logical thinking and reasoning skills. I hope young parents here set a good example and do not resort to shouting. Yes it's important to firm, but you do not have to loud till the whole estate can hear you. It's counterproductive and it shows what lousy parents you are.

It's probably a pretty old site that most of you are aware of already, but just in case: http://www.fuelsaving.info/index.htm

How many late for work due to jams? early morning i took CTE from amk to chin swee... but when i reached just before PIE slip road (PIE from Changi joining CTE), suddenly a TP shot out from this slip road and immeidately put his bike across lanes 1-4 and stopped everyone coming from north on CTE!!! ............ he really fierce, one taxi tried to sneak pass, he point finger at him and gave him angry hand gestures!! (later this taxi crawled at snail pace when traffic moved again) we LL stopped and waited.... he then waved all the cars from the slip road into CTE, for the next 2 mins!!! ............ wonder why he did that? was there a big jam clogging up the slip road and back into PIE?.... i really doubt so coz before he did this, traffic on CTE and from slip road was moving, although slow at about 60kmh..... anyone experienced such thing before? then after he waved us to move on, further down just before CTE tunnel (towards city), he did the same thing again!!! ................ this TP ki siao or what? anyway, that was about 715am... from then until i reached office via vivo to the north, saw many jams......... when i wanted to use adams flyover to get from farrer rd into lornie then PIE towards BKE, big jam again... the admas flyover was jammed... so i used the side road trying to bypass the flyover, but the side road also jammed, so i turned right into Dunean towards city direction, but turned into KHeam Hock rd instead of all the way, using Kheam Hock rd, i went towards Bukit Brown!!, then turned into Lornie in the direction of farer rd, down the slip road back to PIE towards bke!!... bke on the opp direction (from North towards toa payoh) big jam from BKE/PIE slip all the way back to mandai rd!!! when i reached office... i was still the earliest!! guess my colleagues kena jams on their way also

stuck at home but got ppl ard so cannot pcc... very bored now... what to do

Subject: Fw:Improvements in Hell Improvements in Hell An engineer died and ended up in Hell. He was not pleased with the level of comfort in Hell, and began to redesign and build improvements. After awhile, they had toilets that flush, air conditioning, and escalators. Everyone grew very fond of him. One day God called to Satan to mock him, "So, how's it going down there in Hell?" Satan replied, "Hey, things are great. We've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next." God was surprised, "What? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake. He should never have gotten down there in the first place. Send him back up here." "No way," replied Satan. "I like having an engineer, and I'm keeping him." God threatened, "Send him back up here now or I'll sue!" Satan laughed and answered, "Yeah, right. And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?"

Business Times - 23 Mar 2012 Sterling silver There is fire in these three over-50s who have discovered the fountain of youth in their overarching passions, report BRYAN KOH, ANNA LEE and DYLAN TAN By BRYAN KOH Lifelong learning keeps him young Roger Yeo Lifelong learner ANYONE over 50 who's convinced he's past his sell-by date with nothing to look forward to career-wise probably hasn't met Roger Yeo (above). He's now 63, but ever since he hit his 50s he was not content with being a so-called 'older' employee. Instead, he sought new challenges, carving out a whole new career trajectory and even discovered an entrepreneurial streak in him that he never knew he had. When he was 55, for example, while his peers were pretty much coasting towards retirement, the policeman turned corporate executive packed his bags and took the plunge into China after being headhunted by a Chinese chemical company to spearhead its global sales and marketing efforts. Undaunted by his poor command of Mandarin at the time, he overcame this language barrier and managed to procure lucrative deals with major players in the tyre industry that his company was targeting. 'My biggest highlight was learning Chinese,' he says proudly. 'In school, I took nine subjects and the only subject I failed in was Chinese. I set up a marketing team from ground zero and in China, there is still a cultural divide which I had to overcome... but I managed to liaise with Michelin and Goodyear.' After a 21/2- year sojourn in China, Mr Yeo was on a mission to seek a fresh challenge, which culminated in his foray into the volatile foreign exchange market (FX) and invest in properties in Singapore and Australia. 'I wanted to keep myself going and, at that time, people kept talking about trading FX so I started to attend seminars and went online to absorb all the available information. I did not go in blind.' Impressively, this partly self-taught veteran not only learnt the ropes, but even conducted workshops on FX in Shenzhen and Hangzhou last year at the invitation of a Chinese wealth management company. Today, Mr Yeo has plans to tap the immense business potential of Myanmar. 'As Myanmar grows and its tourism industry opens up, they have to improve their public transport system. I proposed to the Myanmar officials to replenish their fleet of taxis. Negotiations are in place but the green light is still pending,' he says. If the stars are aligned and Mr Yeo successfully makes inroads to Myanmar, he intends to start a consultancy company in Singapore, acting as a bridge between individuals here and businesses in Myanmar. Many would perhaps be left perplexed by the wide spectrum of Mr Yeo's career choices. But 'safe' is not in the vocabulary of a man who started out in the police force where he was assigned to the Criminal Investigation Department dealing with organised crime. Give him the time and he will take you through a detailed re-telling of days spent chasing hardened criminals along rooftops and alleyways, and busting notorious triads. 'Back then, I was young. Now, I may not be as 'garang'. My career with the Police Force was riddled with excitement and I craved it. This is my character which is why, until now, I still have not grown old,' he says. While Mr Yeo may seem like the proverbial jack of all trades but master of none, he is anything but. His career decisions in part, also stem from his insatiable desire to keep his mind active through the ongoing pursuit of knowledge. 'To me, age is just a number and if you keep on learning, you will never grow old. Learning is a powerful tool to keep yourself going and being in tune with what is going on in the current environment.' Towards the twilight of his career with the Police Force, Mr Yeo embarked on a diploma, and within five years, attained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of East London. He maintains that this is his proudest achievement to date. 'I went to further my studies as I only had a Cambridge O Level certification. I was always the oldest in class. From a diploma, I went on a fast-track to do my MBA and my contemporaries then said I was crazy but I did it,' he enthuses. Mr Yeo readily dismisses the idea that major sacrifices were made despite his seemingly eclectic career choices, and was quick to credit his understanding wife and two children for their unwavering support. Despite his seemingly hectic work commitments, this idiosyncratic codger never fails to surprise. His idea of fun revolves around intellectual pursuits like online Sudoku and Scrabble. In fact, he bagged numerous accolades during his younger days. 'During the 1970s, I was placed first four times over a six-year period at the National Scrabble Tournament which was held at the Mandarin Hotel,' he beams. However, his occasional 'indulgence' should not be mistaken as a sign that the hunger in him has dissipated. The very thought of retiring and taking a back seat provoked a fiesty knee-jerk reaction. 'Retirement is not in my dictionary! It is not about money. You have to find new things to do and then you lead a more meaningful life that way. 'Do not take retirement seriously. Don't think of retirement and sit back and do nothing. That is pretty wasteful and (we) only have one life, so we have to make the best of what we can do when we are alive.'

Some register once they get child's birth cert Benita Aw Yeong | The New Paper | Tue Mar 20 2012 For some parents, success starts in the womb. Her second child, whom she plans to name Isaac, will be born only next month, but Mrs Irene Lee, 33, has already decided which school he will attend when he turns 18 months old - even if that is almost two years away. She chose Pat's Schoolhouse, which her four-year-old son, Werner, is already attending. She intends to sign her newborn up when registration begins at the end of this year. Speaking about her advanced planning, she explains that she believes children's formative years are crucial. "At this age, they absorb beyond what you think they can. My son Werner came back one day and told me the sun is a star," she says with a note of surprise in her voice. Housewife Daphne Chia, in her 30s, thought she was "well-prepared" when she tried to register her 11/2-year-old son, Aaron, at St. James' Church Kindergarten (Leedon campus) in 2009. What she didn't expect was that the 11/2-year lead time was not enough to secure a spot in the popular kindergarten. "They told me there were more than 100 people on the waiting list, and I realised that people go to the school once they have the child's birth certificate to register,"she says with a wry laugh. Fortunately, her son, Aaron, now three, eventually secured a spot in the school's newly-opened third session, which runs from 2.30pm to 5.30pm on weekdays. He started school in January last year. The annual fees for St. James' nursery to kindergarten classes is about $3,080. The experiences of these two mothers are not uncommon. About four years ago, Ms Cheryl Tan tried to get her daughter, Claire, then two, a place at the Lorna Whiston Pre-School. It was about four months before she was due to start pre-nursery, but the school had already run out of places, she says. "My friends had already warned me I should have registered earlier, but I thought it was a little absurd,"she adds. "When I didn't get a place, I thought, serves me right," she says with a chuckle. Her two children, Claire, six, and Marc, three, have since transferred from another preschool to Lorna Whiston after being offered places some time last year. For Mrs Lee, having Werner in Pat's Schoolhouse gives her priority. Mrs Lee started looking at schools only around the time she wanted her older son, then 11/2 years old, to enrol in one, which typically would mean she was too late. "But I got lucky," she says, noting that many parents were unable to get their kids in. She had found out that Pat's Schoolhouse had vacancies at a weekly story club they operate - and this gave her priority in enrolment in the preschool. So she signed up, and shortly after, secured a spot for her son. The competition for a place in prestigious commercial preschools is fierce - 13 out of Pat's Schoolhouse' 15 centres are running at maximum capacity. The larger centres can accept up to 300 students. "The number of parents on the waiting list varies from month to month, but some centres such as the one located at Serangoon, typically have waiting lists of over 300 parents," says Ms Patricia Koh, founder of Pat's Schoolhouse. During the year, places do become available for certain classes when children transfer out of the school. At Etonhouse Preschool, the waiting time for a place in their pre-nursery and nursery classes, which cater to 18-month-olds to three-year-olds is one to two years. It does not matter that the annual fees the school charges ranges from $13,400 to $23,590, depending on factors such as the location of the campus, duration of the school session and the children's ages. "We have parents register even before their child is born to ensure that he or she has a place and so that they do not have to go through a waiting list," says Mrs Ng Gim Choo, founder of Etonhouse Preschool. In contrast, attending a kindergarten run by the PAP Community Foundation costs about $1,200 a year for Singaporeans. The steep prices do not deter parents, say "branded" preschools. She explains that at Etonhouse, the child-to-teacher ratio does not exceed 15:1, ensuring that the children and their families get "personalised" attention. In addition, teachers at the school hold bachelor's and masters degrees, and hail from all over the world. The curriculum, designed in-house by the school, is also based on research on how toddlers learn best. Impressed by the large playground and wide spaces available for children to run about, Ms Casey Yong, 33, registered her son, Enzo, for a place at Etonhouse last year, when he was just eight months old. He will begin attending the school in August this year, when he turns 11/2 years old. Ms Yong expects to pay up to $24,000 a year when her son starts school. "I feel it's not knowledge that I want to implant in him. It's about having him have an inquisitive mind for the rest of his life, and a thirst to learn, which I feel Eton does well to fuel," says the housewife. Popular but pricey From $13,400: Annual school fees for Etonhouse International Educational Group (Singapore) From $11,760: Annual school fees for Pat's Schoolhouse From $11,428: Annual school fees for Lorna Whiston Pre-School Compared to $10,700: Subsidised annual tuition fees for Singapore citizens at Singapore Management University for freshmen entering academic year 2012/2013. It does not include textbooks and fees for additional programmes.

around 12.30am. serious accident comfort sonata taxi taking up lanes 1 and 2, front totally gone grey sedan car rear totally smashed at road shoulder motorbike lying on lane 2. 3 deaths, first 2 are the rider and the pillion. no idea who is the 3rd heard that the taxi crashed into the back of the sedan car at high speed

Went to renew my car insurance recently and seems like the premium keeps increasing and never decrease loh even with my NCD of 50%. Not much difference as compared to my last year premium. When ask the insurance company, knn always same old excuses. Got many PPLE CLAIMS, no choice, up the premium for all drivers. Whats that got to do with drivers like us who never even do any claims at all? Seriously, is our very efficient watchguard, CASE or whatever doing anything to prevent overclaiming by drivers who involved in accidents..... All sleeping on the job!

Great French technology! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhXiGnFtC_Q...be_gdata_player