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many possibilities... - this stomper is not telling the truth - singpost and ezycash leak out the customers' data - a new tactic by ah long looking at the numbers... - $30 deducted for admin - repay $480 in three weeks for a loan of $380 - ah long earns $130 for a loan of $380... that's 34% interest, and about 11% per week

Dear bro and sis, Need your opinion and advice, hope you all can help. Recently I bought a new car and put down my deposit. At the same time, i will trade in my old car to the dealer. I took the full loan so I will get back tsome money from the dealer. I will collect my car soon. i need to hand over the old car to the dealer on the day when i colkect my new car. However I was told by the dealer that I only can get the trade in amount plus the deposit back from dealer after one month only. The dealer will pay me back with cheque, that's need time to process. This is the reason I got from the dealer. Is this the normal practice? Do you guy think this is normal when buy new car and trade in the old car with them? I thought I should collect the trade in amount plus the deposit from dealer after hand over my old car since the owner name of my old car will be transferred to dealer? Hope to hear from you guys soon . Thanks.

Hi guys, As of now, i had waited 4.5 months for my Kia Soul and the salesman had no idea when it is coming. Sigh.... I had heard stories that some had waited 6 - 8 mths for their kia cars. Why is the wait so long?

1 month count-down who is stocking up on mineral water already ?

A Ah-Long-Clown caught in action : From STOMP: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg..._wrong_car.html Posted on 12 Nov 2012 Bungling 'Ah Long' caught vandalising wrong car A STOMPer's car was wrongly vandalised by a loanshark, and unfortunately for the loanshark, his actions were caught on the car's camera. The STOMPer wrote: "On November 11 2012 at around 6.30pm, my family and I were heading out to a family dinner. As we approached our car, we noticed there were scribbles on it. "We immediately knew it was done by an Ah Long or his ka kia. The problem is, we do not owe them any money. "Where we live is a good few kilometres from his stated target. In the picture, the person mentioned lives at Clementi West Avenue Street 2, but my family and I live at Clementi Avenue 4. "He obviously got the wrong family. After figuring out what happened, we lodged a police report and went home to look at our car camera. "Take note that the footage is not in real time as I have fast-forwarded through some parts. "The timing is also not accurate as the car camera was imported from Korea, hence the wrong timing. "All in all, this man did not only pick the wrong car, he also picked a car with a camera installed." Check out the beedeos...

Went to ICA to try renewing LTVP for my parents and found that the process has become more complex and stricter now. Need 3 years of income tax, employer's letter confirming salary and employment, CPF contribution... Macam like I want to apply PR for myself. Don't understand why so strict. It's not like they are here for any social benefit nor do they vie for a job here.... I wonder what would have happened if I had chosen the job in Japan. Would that mean their renewal will be rejected?

even car club also join in the fun

Went shopping today and came across some nice looking long wallets for men but wife says too feminine leh . Any brothers here use long wallets?

Spot the different.. Full Gloss.. Clean Shaven.. pek pek & kuku White Godness.. Fully Satisfied With DG ProductS!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3653785.stm Pastor Joachiam Kang pocketed $3M and jailed for 7 years, Kong Hee Fatt Choy $23M, what will be his jail term? TT Durai made false invoice of $20,000, jailed 3 month.

A company driver was sentenced to one week's jail for using criminal force on another man at a carpark, reported The Straits Times. Victor Seet Keng Huat, 51, admitted to arm-locking the 24-year-old man's neck and forcing it downwards at an open space carpark next to 313@Somerset on Aug 19 last year. The victim, Dr Cheow Xunqi, was in his car with Dr Eileen Sim Yilin, 24, at about 11.10pm that day. Dr Sim turned on her engine and was using her mobile phone global positioning system to plot her route when Seet suddenly parked his car in front of them. He left the car, making it impossible for them to leave the carpark lot. The two doctors then alighted and attempted to look for him. When he came back shortly after, they asked why he had parked his car in front of theirs. Seet said he had done so because Sim had taken a long time to leave the carpark lot, before walking away. When Dr Cheow asked him the same question again, Seet suddenly used his left arm to hold the victim in an arm-lock and forced his head downwards. He also dragged Dr Cheow a few steps forward before the victim managed to break away. Source: http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/...620-354182.html

Wall Street Plunges as European Debt Fears Rise http://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-future...-113038760.html

hire a hitman and settle once n for all Ionescu planned to leave S'pore long before accidents By Claudia Craiu | Posted: 01 February 2012 2215 hrs ROMANIA: Former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu said he had planned to leave Singapore long before the accidents of December 2009. Ionescu is on trial in the Romanian capital Bucharest for two hit-and-run accidents in Singapore which killed one of the victims. Speaking in court on Wednesday, Ionescu said he wanted to be transferred as a vice consul in Spain, which is a position five ranks lower than the one he held in Singapore. This was because of his medical condition and the so-called "pressure" he was facing in Singapore. He claimed he could not reveal the sort of pressures he was allegedly being subjected to, as they constitute a state secret. The head of the HR department in the Romanian Foreign Office, Mr S Moise, will also be called to testify that Ionescu did not have a favourable image in Singapore. More witnesses are expected to testify on April 6 and 11 - the two new dates that were added on Wednesday. At the end of the hearing, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Singapore Embassy in Brussels Jasmine Tan said the Singapore Government continues to closely monitor the progress of the trial. She added Singapore is grateful for the continuing assurances it has received from the Romanian Government and that justice will be served expeditiously. Singapore also continues to be ready to extend legal assistance to the Romanian authorities. - CNA/wk

I'm letting go my 2008 520i for long term at $2000 per month. Black car with black interior (whole car in stock condition) Please contact me at 82012515 for more details. 2 months deposit needed.

loan $5K, can accumulated to $50K in 20 days :o

I'm letting go my 2008 520i for long term at $2000 per month. Black car with black interior (whole car in stock condition) Please contact me at 82012515 for more details. 2 months deposit needed.

What are your plans for this long weekend? As usual, I am gonna chill and take things easy.

Anyone can advise how to deal with this kind of SMS. I already inform the other party not to text me anymore but they just ignored!!! And I do not know where the hell they got my no. from. These registered " Ah Longs" are nuisance. Anyone can advice?

From BTT to TP and how many tries? my BTT was 1week august 2009 passed TP 9 november 2009 20 lessons

my guess is you will have the last say SERVING UP MORE THAN A CAFFEINE FIX In large trials, coffee's benefits on the heart have been seen to extend to the brain as well, according to a 2009 Harvard study of 83,000 women which showed that those who drank two to four cups of coffee a day had a 19 to 20 per cent lower risk of stroke than women who drank less than one cup a month Business Times - 31 Mar 2012 HEALTH Enjoy your cuppa Can coffee really keep the doctor away? While recent findings have been encouraging, there is still a long way before these prove conclusive. By Michael Lim HE was a healthy 35-year-old man who had no known medical problems but was seen in my clinic for fast, irregular heart rate after drinking several cups of coffee to keep himself awake during a symposium. His question was 'Is coffee harmful to my heart?' While the answer may have seemed obvious a decade ago, more recent studies have shown rather surprising data. Not all coffees are the same The universe of research data on coffee is dotted with contradictions on outcomes. Other than methodology and size of studies, some of these differences may be due to the different ways in which coffee is prepared. Unfiltered coffee contains chemicals called diterpenes such as kahweol and cafestol, which are associated with an increase in 'bad' cholesterol and hence an increase in risk of heart disease. Some studies suggest that drinking unfiltered boiled coffee can increase cholesterol by as much as 10 per cent. These chemicals can be removed with a paper filter. The most well-known chemical in coffee is caffeine. On the average, one cup of brewed or one shot of espresso has about 100mg of caffeine. Decaffeinated coffee contains a few mg in each cup. The equivalent of a lethal dose of caffeine will be akin to drinking 100 cups of coffee in a day. Will my heart skip a beat? It is a common perception that drinking coffee can cause your heart to skip a beat. Perception appears to be different from reality. A Canadian study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in January 1991 reviewed five studies of people with abnormal heart rhythms and found that drinking up to five cups of coffee a day did not worsen the heart rhythm. Interestingly, a study of about 130,000 Kaiser Permanente health insurance members showed that those who were drinking up to three cups of coffee a day were 20 per cent less likely to be hospitalised for abnormal heart rhythms than non-drinkers. While the Harvard study on 45,000 healthy men in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1990, found that coffee drinking had no effect on the risk of heart attack or stroke, studies in the last few years have put a positive spin on coffee. A more recent study of more than 81,000 men and women in Japan published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health showed that drinking one or two cups of coffee a day was associated with up to a 23 per cent risk reduction of death from heart disease. Another large 2008 Spanish study in the Annals of Internal Medicine that tracked 129,000 men and women over two decades found that women who drank four to five cups per day were 34 per cent less likely to die of heart disease, while men who had more than five cups a day were 44 per cent less likely to die. Is coffee good for my brain? It appears that the benefits on the heart seen in recent large trials appear to extend to the brain as well. A 2009 Harvard study of 83,000 women published in the journal Circulation showed those who drank two to four cups of coffee a day had a 19 to 20 per cent lower risk of stroke than women who drank less than one cup a month. The data was supported by a 2011 Swedish study of 34,670 women published in Stroke journal that found women who drank more than a cup of coffee each day had a 22 to 25 per cent lower risk of stroke than women who drank less coffee. This benefit is not gender-specific and a 2008 Finnish study of more than 26,000 male smokers found that the men who drank eight or more cups of coffee a day had a 23 per cent lower risk of stroke than the men who drank little or no coffee. Coffee and other health benefits Possible benefits that appear to be associated with regular coffee drinking include lower risk of developing diabetes mellitus, gallstones, liver damage, dementia, Parkinson's disease and colon cancer. In addition, it also appears to be associated with improved cognitive function and performance in physical endurance activities. Should I start drinking coffee? Before you start recommending coffee to your friends as a health drink, you will need to answer this question: Can coffee be harmful to health? Most of the purported benefits of regular coffee consumption are statistical associations and researchers have yet to be able to produce definite evidence that coffee has a direct causative effect for these benefits. There are more than 1,000 chemicals reported in roasted coffee of which many of those which have been tested have been shown to have cancer-causing effects in animal experiments when given in high doses. One of these carcinogenic chemicals, acrylamide, is higher in instant coffee than brewed coffee. Acrylamide also causes nerve damage in people exposed to very high levels at work. Caffeinated coffee may not be suitable for some. Elderly individuals who are unable to metabolise caffeine effectively do not tolerate coffee well. In some, it may aggravate pre-existing heartburn, migraine, abnormal heart rhythms and insomnia. Therefore, while regular coffee lovers can continue enjoying their espresso, there is as yet insufficient evidence to start recommending it to non-drinkers. There are better ways to reduce heart disease and strokes, such as cessation of smoking, dietary reduction of cholesterol and exercise. As for the young man, he was advised to avoid heavy coffee consumption - he did not have a subsequent recurrence of abnormal heart rhythm. Dr Lim is medical director at the Singapore Heart, Stroke & Cancer Centre. He is also editor-in-chief, Heart Asia; British Medical Journals Publishing Group, chairman; Scientific Advisory Board, Asia Pacific Heart Association honorary professor and senior medical adviser, Peking University Heart Centre.

Hi Guys i am looking at a budget suv to ferry my dogs around i already have wrx but the doggies find it v jerky and its not a pleasant ride for them. Also when i do animal rescues the wrx just scares the daylights out of the strays. I was considering the Actyon mostly casue of its looks and MB engine which i think is rather bullet. Proof but is there anything else to expect along the lines of difficulties. I not keen on the sportage and as my cuz already has one and dont want to get another. It would be nice to hear any owners who have had it long term and how they are living with it. Thanks in advance.

Got this from another website You know you've been in Singapore too long when... You know why this list needs the following disclaimer: "This list is intended only as an amusing, light-hearted, and exaggerated look at life in Singapore and is not meant to be taken seriously. There is no intention on the part of the authors of this list to make any untrue, misleading, or defamatory statements concerning any person in particular, nor to make any statement intended to cause offense. If any such offense has been caused, the author apologizes and retracts the offending statement. In any event, the author's NOT WORTH SUING, so don't trouble yourself." You've lost your sense of irony, humor, sarcasm, and cynicism. You don't know what's lame and what isn't anymore. You get used to being called "Ang Moh", "Geyloh", "Bulek", "Mat Saleh", or "Orang Putih". You think there's nothing wrong with putting chili sauce on everything you eat. You wait for instructions from people in authority before doing anything. Always. You accept the fact that you have to queue to get a ticket for the next queue You join queues without knowing or caring what the queue is for. You know what "queue" means!! You can type an SMS on your phone as quickly as you would if you had a regular keyboard. Your idea of a good night out consists of having dinner at a hawker centre, drinking beer, and then going to another hawker centre and eating again. You've lost your ability to criticize people in higher positions than you, even if they're wrong. You would buy a $20 product you don't need if it's on sale for $10 just to save the money. You forget to say the last consonant in words like "faCT", "aTE", etc. You think it's okay to have only one meaningful choice on a ballot. Every task you take on and every group you form is incomplete without a mission statement and a cheesy slogan. "Crossing the country" means taking the MRT to the end of the line. You don't just know what "kiasu" means, you have become it! You think that corn and beans are dessert foods. You would cross the entire country all day to find the places that make the perfect fried noodles, or roti prata, or ice kacang,or chili crab. And none of these places would be close to each other. You have a high tolerance for nagging. Most or all of these acronyms make sense to you: NUS; NTU; ERP; SDU; PAP; MRT; LKY; GCT; PRC; TIBS; SBS; SMS; JB; JBJ; AMK; AYE; PIE; ECP; CTE; BKE; ISD; ISA; 5 C's; CPF; CHIJMES; SPG; CWO; LTA; URA; MOM; SIR; COE; EP; IRAS; EDB; CBD. You use too many acronyms when you talk, or you create new ones. You think that nothing makes a girl or guy more attractive than to dress exactly like hundreds of thousands of other girls and guys who all dress exactly like girls and guys in malls. You think that $100,000 is a reasonable price for a Toyota Corolla and $1,000,000 is a bloody cheap for a bungalow, but $5 for a plate of fried noodles is a barbarous outrage. You believe that not being able to get decent roti prata outside Singapore is enough to keep the best and the brightest people from leaving. You see nothing wrong with forming committees of select elite people to deliberate and study ways to stimulate creativity and spontaneity. You justify every argument with the phrase "in order for us to be competitive in the 21st century". You think everything should be "topped up". You have a naive belief that the war against ants will somehow be won. You don't think any dish of Western food is complete without baked beans. You see nothing unusual about an organization of trade unions spending more time owning and operating supermarkets, drugstores,amusement parks, nightclubs, and financial services outlets than planning the next strike. You believe that a lack of land is enough justification for the government to do what it wants. You wear winter clothes indoors and summer clothes outdoors. Durian and belachan no longer stink to you. You like to have fun, but not too much fun, since you need to correctly gauge the amount of fun necessary to achieve the optimal result. Any more fun that would bring shame to your family and your country. Seven French fries with lunch are more than enough for you. You forgot what a city organized around a grid looks like. In a country where people use smart cards for public transit, you have no problem with construction workers riding in the open backs of pickup trucks. You think paying $50 for a bottle of booze that costs $15 at home is a bargain. You're not confused by a street naming system that locates streets like Clementi Road, Clementi Street, Clementi Crescent,Clementi Lane, Clementi Drive, Clementi Way, and Clementi Avenues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 all within Walking distance of each other. You think that skinny girls and guys are the most attractive of all. (How did they get so skinny in the first place?? Do you know how much oil is in nasi lemak, char kuay teow, duck rice, and your average curry.) You get irritated if you don't see a sign telling you how long your wait's going to be for a bus, a train, or the expressway to take you where you want to go. You're certain that Holland Village is for hippie bohemian artist types and not overpaid yuppies. When you cross the border into Malaysia, you automatically and deeply fear for your life and your wallet. Especially your wallet!! You think that no vegetable should ever be eaten raw for any reason. Except for cucumbers. No matter what you're doing at the moment, you'd rather be shopping. No matter how miserable you may be here, you thank God you're not in Indonesia. You're impressed by high-rise apartment buildings with actual lobbies instead of bare exposed pillars on the ground floor. You don't have a problem with four different direct payment systems spread out over seven different cards in your wallet, and none of them will work overseas. You forgot what chewing gum tastes like. You say "hand phone", not "mobile" And you think there's no such thing as a hand phone that's too thin. You're not bothered by the fact that government cares whether you know how to use a toilet or urinal correctly. (People squatting on toilet bowls?) You're sure that the best way to change social behavior is through consistent and comprehensive government-sponsored campaigns that permeate as many aspects of daily life as possible. And when they don't work, you never speak of them again. You think chicken floss, corn, mayonnaise, and tandoori spices are proper pizza toppings. You agree that what the government thinks of your personal habits and lifestyle should determine whether you get a condo and how much you pay for it. You've become a fan of either Arsenal, Man. U., or Liverpool when you barely knew what soccer was before you came to Singapore. And you don't care that none of these teams are Singaporean! You think a bus is incomplete without a TV. You accept that expressways here are cleaner than toilets rather than the other way around. Walking in a straight line to avoid people in the street becomes increasingly difficult, and you don't care if you do walk into them. You develop an uncontrollable desire to stop dead and plan your day at the end of an escalator. You think saving fuel is achieved by getting to 5th gear in the quickest possible time and then tapping you foot on and off the accelerator. Contrary to popular understanding, the lane markings on the road are actually to line the mercedes star up on, not drive between. You drive across the island and spend half an hour idling in a queue just to save 10% on the most expensive fuel because that is all the "discount" petrol stations offer. You watch Tamil soap operas on Central, even though you can't understand a word they're saying, because despite the fact there are 30 channels available to you, there is nothing else worth watching. If the temperature varies by a degree either way you complain that is either too cold to swim or too hot Lah! You add lah to the end of every sentence. You think having a extra ferry terminal for "domestic departures" just for the 3 minute ride from WTC to Sentosa is ok You think by crossing the bridge to Johore Bahru your are traveling overseas and you will get a lot international experience You think " wheel of fortune" and " who wants to be a millionaire" was invented by singapore and no one ever has seen it before You really believe that IKEA is high quality and top design furniture and not some cheap plastic crap You are absolutely sure the only and most important thing to look at when you buy a second hand car is the number plate ... if it is a nice number, the car will be fine. You start to understand why people buy a 250 horsepower , 4 liter, 4 wheel-drive cars with cruise control and traction control on an island with a speed limit of 80 km/h , 100 km of highways and no snow. You think a 163 meters hill actually is a respectable mountain. You take 40 sick days a year and call in sick if you even cough once in the morning. and if you got a cold , you refuse to blow your nose or use a handkerchief ... you just hop on the MRT and suck it up again and again very loudly If you want a taxi, go and stand 20 feet up the road from someone who's been waiting for 10 minutes. Ignore filthy looks from that person. All disputes end win-win Critics mean "too hot today, lah" Walking distance is 10 meters It's perfectly ok to use your hand phone in cinemas You know how much your friends are paying for rent, how much their car costs, what the make of their watch is and how much it cost. When you call a tradesman and he says he'll be there at 2pm on Monday and shows up at 9.45 on Tuesday you are not surprised - or even annoyed! When you are forced to carry your stroller up and down stairs on Orchard Rd as their are no ramps no one other than the odd expat EVER offers to help you - but dozens of people feel free to stop and touch your baby and say 'how cute'. You find yourself calling the elderly cleaners at the condo 'uncle' You go to Burger King on Orchard Rd at lunchtime and there is only 1 person serving and 10 people wiping tables/stacking lids and this is OK. You spend the day shopping and every shop assistant you come across is rude to you - and this does not give you a complex. The girl at the Lancome makeup counter tries to sell you a 'whitening' cleanser and you don't think she's strange - even though you are so pale you can see the veins in your arms. When riding any two-wheeled vehicle, you wear your jacket with the zipper facing backwards. In bars, you consider it perfectly normal to wait 15 minutes for your change after ordering a drink. You spend S$200/night on alcohol alone without batting an eyelash. You consider it perfectly acceptable for people to take mobile phone calls in the middle of meetings, as long as they politely face away from the table while they talk. Orchard Towers holds no mysteries for you anymore. You are well acquainted with the price differences between "short time" and "long time". You know enough Thai and Tagalog to impress. You can spot the girly boys from across the room, and avoid them. You find it acceptable that the only outcome of a two hour meeting is the date of the next meeting. You don't get annoyed when you're not given a napkin with your chili pepper crab or you now carry around little packs of nose tissue when you go out for lunch. You go to the gym and (a) sit on the equipment talking or (b) hang out by the pool. You serve warm water to guests even if their sweating profusely. You've stopped waiting for people to exit an elevator, the train, etc. before pushing your way in. You're convinced all expats are nuts. You think it's normal to get 5 copies of each brochure/folder that is put into your mail box. You're upset when you have to pay a bill and realize that they don't give you a chance for a LUCKY DRAW ! If you think an interest rates below 1% is high. You know exactly where to stand when you wait for the MRT train so that when the train comes, the door will open right in front of you. You start driving in the middle of two lanes You run in front of someone coming out of a train and then stop immediately as the escalator starts. You need a trial period to keep left on the escalators. You didn't know your $200,000 car came with an indicator. You assumed this was an optional extra. You stop turning around in the cinema hall, wondering why on earth no one else is roaring with laughter. You actually start understanding what people on the other end of the line are saying & you stop saying 'excuse me' & prefer 'wha lah ?' Comfort cablink's operator no longer irritates you when she asks 'nid taxi now?' you no longer feel real smart because you know you have to wait for the taxi number when calling a cab. It No longer amazes you when you are asked by a young girl outside the cinema box office to buy her 4 tickets off her for 'Peter Pan' at a dollar less per ticket, because she really needed the tickets only so that she could get the Free Note Book that came with them.(which probably only cost S$1.25) You've started saying "Hello? Hello?" when the person on the other end of the phone pauses for more than 2 seconds. You are no longer irritated when the phone rings and the person on the other end - after a series of hellos - asks "who is this?" and becomes indignant when you ask the same question back. You are no longer amazed that everyone in the office will punctually leave at 12 noon for lunch and under no circumstances will they miss this start time for munching When people keep asking you "have you eaten?" you actualy do not say "yes thanks, had a great salad and a beer" You stop explaining nicely to taxi drivers etc that in your home country people actually work. You just snap their heads off and tell them to get a life! You become numb to the fact that all and sundry believes that all caucasians are actually filthy rich - and don't you ever forget it!! Paying under $2500 a month for a condo the size of a dog house with mouldy walls, close to a hawker stand where spitting is an art form, with a swimming pool just at the right temparature to breed foot and mouth desease means that you have secured a bloody bargain !! Signing a two year lease which includes a diplomatic clause shows your utter brillance at hard-arsed negotiations It takes four hours to make a suite and five days to get it dry cleaned You actually know that big brother (and sister) are monitoring everything you do, and that is quite okay You stop cracking jokes about other cultures etc as you now find them politically insensitive. You actually are concerned that your new job does not have the title of "executive to the executive vice president to the vice president of the president" You start to care what others think about your social life, dress sense, humour, appearance an income!!! You (particularly if you are an Aussie) throw a barbie, and think it is perfectly normal to throw a satay on the hot coals because to buy a decent snag and a piece of steak would require you to mortgage your house. Even snails overtake you when walking The taxi driver asks you for the way, even if you have just arrived at the airport. You honestly believe cars do not come fitted with indicators. You see red traffic lights as an opportunity to pick your nose. You like condos with air wells so you can see and hear what everyone else is doing. You lie and tell taxi drivers you earn $50,000 a month because they ask. You wear sunglasses after dark because everyone else is. You feel out of place because you have 20/20 vision. You make a real mess at McDonalds and don't see why you should clear up. You put your bag on a table before going up to order. You've realised sentences just don't end in lah but whaaat and may. Under one Roof is a really funny TV show!!! If It's going to be delivered at 4, you know you'll still be waiting at 6. When ordering anything saying "give me" helps. When driving on the highway you head straight for the fast lane and stick to it like glue. You realise any open anonymous vote will require your name and IC number to be on the ballot. We in the West have no clue as to what carrot cake is. You should buy the most expensive house you can afford so you cannot afford to furnish it. You should constantly check to see if your car is the oldest in the condo. After arriving into Singapore off a 14 hour flight your first thoughts are of mee rebus and bee hoon. The Australian meat and vegetables here are far better that those found in Australia. You don't trim any hair that grows out of moles now. You think Gurmit Singh is the funniest man on earth. You will not wear anything that does not have a large logo on it. You will make your kids get up at 5 am, go to school all morning, then have extra tuition all afternoon. You will not walk your dog. You will keep it in the apartment/backyard from the moment you bring it home from the pet shop till it dies. You will proudly tell everyone how much it cost. When visiting a foreign country, make sure to pack lots of instant cup noodles in your bag - you can never be sure if you will get decent food to eat. You know Dr. Chee is not working in a hospital. Going to the world's largest BBQ and instead of buying a raw steak to put on the pit you buy Mee Goreng or Nasi Padang. You think Americans are too materialistic compared to Singaporeans. When someone asks you to do something, you answer with "Can, Can" You can actually find your car in the Carpark at Suntec City (You know what a Carpark is!) You take taxis on weekends, even though you have a car, because you now know that you can drive any where you like...you just can't stop. You are beginning to think that you might really be fat. When buying chickens at Cold Storage, the attached head and feet don't bother you anymore. You nap on your desk at lunch. You use an umbrella in the sun. You know what they do with all that whitening cream. When there is a "New Episode" on television, you believe that it really is new. You're starting to think that maybe martial arts movies really aren't so bad after all. When sitting in a movie theater that is virtually empty, you wouldn't dream of moving to a seat away from the crowd of 10 people surrounding you - elbow to elbow. You realise that the "Great Singapore Sale" is really a good excuse to get you to the shops in the hope you will still pay full price for everything. The staff from the mobile sales team on Orchard Road (especially those from Citibank or in front of HMV) recognise you and know you're not a tourist and you've become a potential customer for them ! You give up yelling at the cabby for stepping on and off the accelerator pedal. You forget how to speak "GOOD ENGLISH" You hate shopping, all the shop assistants show you in size is XL when in fact back home you are S or M. You think Hawker Centres that are clean are "PARADISE" You learn how to squat and not WET your SHOES You know all the holes in Bintan and all the whores in Batam. You leave your chinese collegues' wedding dinner immediately after you've finished dessert even though some people still haven't started dessert. You find nothing strange with the Star Channel playing the same commercials 8 million times over and over until you nearly go insane..., and you don't change the channel because there is nothing else on. You find yourself actually THINKING in singlish! Alamak! You start to realise that despite trying a new pub/club/bar every weekend, you're never going to actually find one that's really what you're after. You empty the whole platter of prawns onto your plate at the buffet lunch. you think it's perfectly acceptable to drink beer out of a pint glass. you think it's perfectly acceptable for men to drink alcopops. You dont wear you England shirt to the game because you know that displaying flags other than singapore's in public is illegal. You arrive at work early, and then go for an hour long breakfast. You actually get bored of moaning and pointing out the differences between Singapore and your home country, as you've done it so many times you've lost count.... You think nothing is wrong when the staff at the Cold Storage put each article you bought in a seperate plastic bag. You accept that 1 hour after you've taken up a Starhub mobile phone subscription someone from another company calls you trying to sell you something. You think it's "normal" to need a passport to go to the next city. You think it is perfectly acceptable for kids to run around on a moving MRT & whack an old lady in the face with an umbrella

Somehow due to work, I ever had the experience of being a good boy for a month......... Wonder what's the record here ; Friday liao la, relax loh.........

The sun is up, & I will be out for some 'suntan'. Need more sun, if not I can be cast of Twilight vamp without makeup. In the main time, I hope you enjoy this clip as much as I do. ....Of course because I am a fan of James. , or yap, there is a car somewhere in the clip as well.