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When I see posters having 40, 000 posts on the internet, I just wonder. I mean, I get 400+ posts I already consider myself a regular then i see posters with 40 000 plus posts i mean do they spend the whole day posting on this forum? * i am just curious, please dun junk

Just watched Fifth Gear's feature on 7 seater MPVs getting rear ended by a lorry going 40mph. http://fifthgear.five.tv/jsp/5gmain.jsp?mn...tion=Crash+Test The results are not pretty. Some people comment that if the headrests were up, it wouldn't be that bad, though. I would think that hatchbacks like Jazz, Swift, Yaris, Aveo, etc wouldn't fare much better.

http://business.asiaone.com/news/my-house-jb-belongs-other-people SINGAPORE - Mr Mohammed Dawood Mohamed Jamaludin did not think twice when he was offered an opportunity to buy a house on freehold land which costs just RM208,000 ($81,890) in Taman Bukit Kempas, Johor Bahru. After receiving a windfall from the sale of his 3-room flat in Boon Lay in 1994, he agreed to buy the JB house and was ushered to meet a member of the staff from MBF bank to arrange a loan. As the house was designated a "Bumi Lot," the staff advised him to use the name of an unknown Malaysia woman, Ms Noraulhuda Zainal, as the buyer to ensure he gets a loan. "I paid a deposit of RM20,000 and agreed to pay RM1,800 in monthly installments afterwards. "The bank staff said, after five years, the name of the owner would be changed to mine," said Mr Dawood, 68, a father of two and grandfather of two, recalling the buying process in 1994. He worked as a cleaner and lived in the house for five years. He spent $30,000 in renovations for the two-storey house with four rooms. "Every weekend, I will come back to Kempas with my wife and sometimes my kids. I loved the house as it had a garden where I could grow various plants. "I paid the RM1,800 installments every month, but had a few difficulties paying for a few months, said Mr Dawood. He claimed to have paid more than RM160,000 in deposit and monthly installments over five years. But the joy of living in his own home changed when Ms Noraulhuda kept pressuring him to vacate the home as "someone wanted to rent" and the rental income can be used to lighten the burden of paying the monthly installments. "I remembered agreeing as it would make it easier for me to meet the monthly installments," he added when Berita Harian met him in his Jurong West home. After a few months, Mr Dawood had a big shock as Ms Noraulhuda, without consulting him, told him that the house had been sold. "Two weeks later, I visited my home in JB but found that I couldn't even enter as the padlocks had been changed." "Then, someone came out of the house and told me to go, saying that I have nothing more to do with this house," said Mr Dawood, recalling the incident in 2001. Unhappy with this treatment, he tried to contact Ms Noraulhuda but failed. He also tried to meet the bank staff that had processed his loan application, but the bank itself was closed. After realising that he had been cheated, Mr Dawood tried to engage several lawyers to settle his matter but it was all in vain. Then, the house was sold by the bank as the new owners of the house failed to pay their monthly installments. Again, the house changed hands, making the situation even more complicated. "I have engaged five different lawyers but all of them said there was nothing they can do. Some asked for payment without doing anything for my case. When I called them, they said they were overseas or were in a meeting. "One lawyer only met me for five minutes in a coffeeshop," said Mr Dawood, who paid $18,000 to the five lawyers. He has made four police reports in Johor Bahru, but the police advised him to take legal action against Ms Noraulhuda through his own lawyers. Three weeks ago, a lawyer told him he can own the house again, providing he pays RM400,000. "This matter caused a huge headache. The previous case was not even settled, but now the lawyer told me to buy back my own house?" said Mr Dawood, irritated that he once decided to use another person's name to buy the house. "I've realised my own mistake. If they can swap it with a 'non-Bumi' lot with the price of RM300,000 maybe I will buy as I really like the house." 'Nothing much he can do': Lawyer There isn't much Mr Mohamed Dawood Mohamed Jamaludin can do to claim ownership to the semi-detached house in Taman Bukit Kempas that was bought under a Malaysian woman's name nearly 20 years ago. The fundamental problem lies in the fact that the house sits on a designated bumiputera lot. This means the house can only be bought by or transferred to a Malaysian who is of ethnic Malay origin. To complicate matters, the RM208,000 (S$81,567) house was bought under a personal agreement, and the property has changed hands three times. Mr Pusphalatha Naidu, from solicitors and lawyers Puspha Naidu in JB, confirmed this when Berita Harian approached him to comment on Mr Dawood's chances of regaining ownership of the home which he bought using a Malaysian woman's name in 1994. The housing loan amounting to RM194,000 was under the name of a woman, Ms Noraulhuda Zainal, but the monthly installments of RM1,800 were paid by Mr Dawood. Mr Dawood stopped paying the monthly installments after five years as the house was sold to someone else by that time. "He doesn't have a straightforward case as the 'Bumi lot' house was bought under the name of a Malaysian woman. This is the pursuant's fault. "No lawyer will take up the case as the ownership of the house is difficult to prove. The other problem is the fact that the house is a designated 'Bumi lot' and cannot be bought or transferred to a foreigner. "We also found that the house changed hands several times, and that the bank auctioned the house as the second owner could not meet the monthly installments. "It has been bought by someone else. The case will get more complicated every day, if he wants to pursue," added Mr Puspha Naidu, one of the five lawyers Mr Dawood engaged for his case. According to Mr Puspha, all the lawyers, including himself, cannot help as the Malaysian property laws clearly state that foreigners cannot own houses that are designated for bumiputeras. According to The Straits Times report on Sept 25, 2013, the bumiputeras, mostly ethnic Malays and indigenous tribes of Sabah and Sarawak, form almost 68 per cent of the population. "This is complicated even more by the new regulations recently passed by the Malaysian government that foreigners can only buy houses costing RM500,000 and upwards. "This is the current law. If the house owners want to sell the house to a foreigner with the price of RM500,000, would Mr Dawood be willing to buy the house?" asked Mr Puspha, while stating that this case could be a lesson for foreigners when buying property in Malaysia. According to Mr Puspha, Mr Dawood has tried to claim the RM165,000 he allegedly paid to MBF bank as monthly installments and deposits for the house.

something to think about during this festive season, how many people still have their purchases on delivery and yet to arrive. Dun rush them and complaint, i know mine will sure come after xmas and probably after new year but read about how others' view and comment HERE

During driving school, we were taught to use the horn to notify or warn others on the road of something, especially if it could advert an accident. Recently, i noticed, when you honked at some one, for any reason, be it they are blocking the road, filtering dangerously into a lane or driving in such a way it may cause an accident, they get upset. it could be a driver, cyclist or a pedestrain, the reaction is the same. what the hell is happening? If you are doing something wrong, be it delibrately or un-intentionally, a honk is usually the way to inform you. why is there a need to be irritated or agitated?

Sixteen people were injured following an accident involving a lorry and a car on the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) on Wednesday evening. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said 12 of the injured were sent to Alexandra Hospital while the remaining four were sent to the National University Hospital. SCDF said all 16 injured were men, and confirmed there were no fatalities. It is understood that they were passengers on the lorry. The accident happened just before 9pm near the Jurong Town Hall exit in the direction of the city. According to a Channel NewsAsia viewer, the lorry had overturned. The viewer added that he saw casualties on the road divider. Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/16-people-injured-after/849962.html

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Interesting read from Xin MSN http://lifestyle.xin.msn.com/en/worklife/c...eetings#image=1

The car park of the Wearnes Automotive showroom at resembled a high-end luxury car motor show on the evening of the exclusive McLaren P1 preview earlier this month. Supercar owners in Singapore turn up for the exclusive preview of the McLaren P1 (Photo: Benjamin Teng) The new P1 supercar had been specially flown into Singapore for its Southeast Asian debut for just three days

Have not reached there yet, but halfway lah those I changed font or such, applies here esp.... [laugh] 22 Things Happy People Do Differently By Dr. Mercola Many people spend their lives waiting to be happy. You may think,

Anyone know the detail of this accident? happen at one of the car wash at Woodlands. A MPV lost control and ran into car wash, killed a taxi driver and a car wash staff.

Have you imagine if all citizens from China, Malaysia, Philippine and India all go back to their country to vote for their election all AT THE SAME TIME! Must be pretty quiet ah

Alledgedly a woman jumped from The Sail condo. Rumoured to be a trader Of course this is a one sided story so lets wait for the condo and the pavement to comment.

Guess these are just examples of folks who lack common sense [shakehead] : From STOMP: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg...on_ketchup.html Posted on 07 Apr 2013 See the huge amount of ketchup this 'yau kwee' woman took at IKEA STOMPer Reshveena saw this woman at the IKEA Alexandra outlet with a plate filled with ketchup in front of her. The STOMPer wrote: "Spotted a woman who was 'katching up on ketchup' at the IKEA at Alexandra. Previously, a man was spotted with eight small dishes of chilli laid out on his table at a KFC outlet, while two diners were seen filling a large paper plate with chilli sauce at another KFC outlet ***** http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg...ans_on_bus.html Posted on 07 Apr 2013 Uncle stinks up bus by eating durians -- despite commuters telling him to stop This man was stinking up a bus by eating durians on board, but refused to stop even when STOMPer Fairman told him about the smell. The STOMPer also saw the man rubbing his 'dirty finger' under a bus seat. Fairman wrote: "On April 5 at around 5pm, this uncle boarded bus 28. "Once he sat down, he started to eat durians. "The whole bus was filled with the smell of durian. "I told him it was smelly but he didn't bother. "Then he started to eat a second one! "To makes matters worse, he started to rub his dirty finger under the seat! "Please lah uncle, you want to eat go home and enjoy lah"

Hi, Anyone keen for a freelance B2B sales position? Flexible hours. It's high commission no basic structure though. Training provided, can PM me for more details.. Not MLM

A fire broke out in a third-floor eating house in Peninsula Plaza on Monday afternoon. It is believed to have been caused by a gas explosion in the shop selling Myanmar food. One man in his 20s was sent to hospital with burns to his legs. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said members of the public self-evacuated the building before their arrival, and that the fire was put out by an internal sprinkler system that was activated. The Straits Times found about 100 employees and members of the public gathered outside the building after the incident, which took place at about 12.40pm.

Happened yesterday morning along Keppel Road. I was going to turn into Tanjong Pagar Road. I was in the middle lane. Got this black car driven by an ang moh in front of me. When the 3rd lane as clear, I signaled for a good second and quickly filtered left to prepare for my left turn into Tanjong Pagar. When my car was about a third abreast of the black car, which was still in the middle lane, it also signaled and without checking it just changed lane and almost collided with me. Fortunately it swerved back and I quickly moved forward so that it could make its lane change as well. After the black car slotted in behind me, I looked into the rear view mirror, noticed this ang moh kept shaking his head (somewhat in disgust) probably for the near incident just now. I lifted my hand and showed him my forefinger (hahaha...he prob think its the middle finger). Now I was thinking...CCB you change lane without checking yet still behave as if I am the one wrong. You made a mistake yet still act like you the victim. F u understand. Made a mistake just own up. And the best thing, after changing lane it just went straight prob left turn into Shenton Way. WTF. Just like yesterday along AYE, a Subaru TS drifted into my path and I had to toot my horn. It swerved back and the driver stretched his hand out to apologize. Its just that, both of us never made a meal out of it. This thread is not about incidents or accidents but rather the attitude of some drivers who do not realise they are wrong and continue to act in disgusting manner.

There is a funny phenomenon in SG that English-speaking people are considered higher class people. When it is a common language in certain less developed countries. Singaporeans commonly take it as so. And newer immigrants /FTs knows about this too. Even my neighbor speaking half-fark English insist on speaking half-fark English w/o making effort to improve/or not know how. And it is commonly so. And i observed many new FTs/new immigrants here do the same, probably infested by us. But when you see the way they behave,eg,speaking loudly in buses/MRT/restaurants etc,they are no less than 3rd World low class. And it seems they think they are high class and proudly doing it away. Is there a correlation between English speaking and high classiness? What you think?

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Was turning into Ubi Road 4 this morning towards Toyota service center with my small car. There is a public car park along that road and it's fully parked, so I have to actually drive slightly into the opposite lane, it's still huge enough for 2 cars, then come this Audi with trade plate, without any passenger, so I assume, it's driven by an Audi sales lady(properly dressed with orange coat), staring at me while I'm driving towards the last parked car. Come on woman, I enter the road first, it's narrow and you can pass as I have purposely drive very close to the parked vehicle for you, whats your problem....

who really need to come out and support the family and have to give up his/her studies.... who have to go around selling tissues and 4D tickets because their children are sick and they can't work.... why? i really hate to see such things......whenever i see such things, i will feel very moody... i bought big sweep tickets from a very very old auntie...because her daughter is so sick and she needs to support her daughter....she can speak impeccable english with me..but doesnt seem to be able to find a job that pays more than walking around to sell 4D tickets.... i am angry with the government...really angry......words cant describe my anger towards the cruelty of singapore society... :angry:

In the other thread, we see many members sharing their experiences on how to make it up from a humble beginning...I was thinking..from another side of the coin.....it will be an interesting sharing for people that experienced great set back in life...this could be a good learning for all members here as well.....that's the reason for opening up this thread.

Just wondering who here is from a screwed up background but managed to make something for themselves. Care to share the struggles you had to face and how you eventually made it? I think it would make for a positive thinking and informative thread.

Every year the number seem increasing, yet given lesser space and poor takeup rate by exhibitors, where they get the numbers from?