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Missing Singaporean in Athens. Please help spread the word. I am just helping to post this. We are in search of a Singaporean Chinese man named Kouk Leong Jin who has went to Greece for a conference. He has not been contactable since Tuesday night, including no return to his hotel, no phone call and even missing the conference itself. Details: 26 Sep Monday - Leong Jin arrived in Athens, Greece and did inform wife via email that he has reached. He checks into Golden Age Hotel. 27Sep Tuesday - Leong Jin called his friend, who was supposed to meet him at the conference on Wednesday. I think the friend missed his call. It was checked from telco that he surfed the net on his phone at around 10+pm (Athen's time) on Tuesday night. 28 Sep Wednesday - Wife managed to contact hotel and hotel informed that his last access is on Tuesday night. Leong Jin was not seen by his friend who was waiting to meet him at the conference. 29 Sep Thursday - Leong Jin's brother contacted MFA in the evening. 30 Sep Friday - Wife contacted Starhub and made police report as suggested by MFA. Friend in Athens managed to enter Leong Jin's hotel room with hotel manager. He was not in the room. His mobile charger is in the room. MFA, local embassy and police in Athens has been activated to track him. Additional things done: Credit card activity and hospital has been checked. Telco in Athens (Cosmote) is contacted to ask for last known location of his phone. Mentor Dr Tan Thiam Chye has been informed. Duke NUS has been informed. Flight details: 25 Sep 2011 SIN - BKK (TG410) : 2050 to 2210 BKK - ATH (TG946) : 0035 to 0725 (+1 day) 1 Oct 2011 ATH - BKK (TG947) : 1615 to 0605 BKK - SIN (TG403) : 0800 to 1115 (+1 day) Name of Conference: 9th International Scientific Meeting of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - Joint Meeting with the Hellenic Obstetric & Gynaecological Society Venue of Conference: Megaron Athens International Conference Centre Contact us if you have any information. Teck Siong: +65 97564636 Wei Min: +65 97508627

Gay Chao Hui in pinoy forum: I am very embarrassed to be a Singaporean August 13th, 2011 | Author: Your Correspondent The

recently i posted a news of "Singapore roads rated best in the world" but seems like the replies are mainly negative ones... i remember most of us (i assume) felt proud as Singaporean way back in the 80s/90s when news reported that our airport and seaport were rated one of the best and efficient in the world... today, seems like the Singapore identity has eroded fast so i'd like to hear from you guys... how can we feel proud as Singaporeans again? eg. Singapore annual GDP growth highest in the world Singapore national team qualifies for World Cup 2014 Singapore builds the highest building in the world Singapore scientist discovers cure for cancer, or AIDS Singapore film wins top award in Cannes etc will you feel proud if any of the above scenario happens?

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/local-actress-gives-citizenship-cpf-savings-025716988.html Fark! i'll do the same as her if i was younger....had advised my son on the same thing! What do you think? PS: sorry guys i'm not sure how to link the page

this week got the sensational news of the audacious PRC-born rapist let's not discuss the crime as he has been punished by the law in the past people always said "no NS no talk" or "serves NS = one of us Singaporeans" or "chao FT, served your NS then say lah" but this news have caused the stir again, as many netizens blast him as a FT trash or Ah Tiong or disgraceful PRC, even though the news state he's a commando during his NS so back to the question again... if a foreign-born guy serves his NS, do we consider him as one of us?? or are we just anti-tiong regardless of anything?

Just came across this while searching online. Seems like the incident happened December 2010. Wonder if driver is from this forum. Anyway, he was charged and fined 18600thb in court and given back passport after a month. Just to share. http://rastforum.com/index.php?topic=642.0 Hello Everyone, I am new in here. Just a brief introduction of myself and why am i in here. I am from Singapore and currently i am being detained in Phuket Thailand, Please allow me to share with you, what actually happened. With a group of friends,that are keen 4x4 drivers, we drove from Singapore, via Malaysia to Phuket Thailand. With the need to communicate in the convoy, we were all using walkie talkies in our cars, as it was expensive to communicate via mobile phones. All went well when we crossed the international border into Thailand, but my nightmare started when we were driving in Phuket Island on the 1st of December and we were stopped at a routine roadblock at Kamala checkpoint in Phuket. I was detained as i was using a handheld Yaesu FT60 Walkie talkie and i found out at the moment that it was illegal to use this in thailand. Despite my explainations that i was using it for car to car communications and i was unaware that a license was required to bring or use it in thailand, it fell on deaf ears. The Officer asked me for a bribe of 20,000bt to let me go, but i politely explained to him that i didnt have that much cash on me and it was in the hotel room. We couldnt' communicate well and therefore i made a call to the Singapore embassy in Thailand and asked the officer to translate for me. After passing the phone to the officer and after my embassy has spoken to the thai police officer, i was detained and driven to the police station where i was thrown into the prison lock up for a night. I was susbquently released on bail the next day, when my Singaporean friends bailed me out for a whopping 100,000 bt, the thai cell mate that shared the cell with me, was locked up for possesion of drugs and his bail was only 40,000 bt. I was told to report back on the police station on the 9th of december when my understanding was that i would be sent to the court to face the sentence. but it wasn't the case, i was instead taken to the thai immigration department to extend my passport where i paid 1900bt to extend my passport and had to give 500bt to the policeman as "service charge". Up to today, i do not know my charge and i was told that i had to remain in thailand and unable to return to thailand for like 1-2months while they investigate and send the walkie talkie for investigations and testing. I have since engaged a lawyer and he is doing all his best to get me home. right now, i am stranded in phuket thailand and unable to return home because of a possession of a walkie talkie. I do not know how soon i can return home but i really do miss home and just want to get home asap. I might risk losing my job back in Singapore and my finances are drying up even as i stay in Phuket. This is my 3rd time visiting Phuket, and it is indeed a beautiful country with lovely people,throughout my ordeal. I have met and made new friendships with the thai people. i am appealing to all in this forum for any form of assistance, advice. It was suppose to be a holiday but it turned into a nightmare. As a tourist, there was no way that i would ever be aware of such "strict" laws governing the use of walkie talkies in thailand. Best Regards

Are our Singaporean bosses really that bad? Somehow from personal experience I don't think so. Most bosses seem to be very reasonable and pro-family. ----- Singaporean bosses found to be mean Lianhe Wanbao - 5 days 18 hrs 32 mins ago Singaporean bosses are found to be mean in a regional survey. (Pic / Internet) Are Singaporean bosses so mean that they want to get hold of their employees 24/7

Another son of Singapore dies whilst serving NS. http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC11...n-unknown-virus

You may have read this before but thought it's worth posting. This is how it FEELS. 1. Singaporeans work the most number of hours per week in the world. 2. Most Singaporeans will never own a car because COEs are limited. 3. The average home size of a Singaporean has fallen from 1660 sq feet to about 1000 sq feet in the past decades. 4. The fertility rate in Singapore has fallen to below Japan - among the lowest in the world 5. Less than half of Singaporeans will meet the minimum sum in their CPF retirement accounts, meaning many will never retire comfortably 6. 17% of Singaporeans do not have medical insurance, the highest in the developed world give and take a few % e.g. compared to the USA 7. Singapore has the fastest growing foreigner population per capita in the world. Within a decade, the majority of people in Singapore will be foreign born 8. Singapore has the highest paid political leaders in the world 9. Singapore has the highest income gap of all developed countries. We have a 3rd world wage structure where some work hard and cannot put food on the table while others get paid millions for lousy ideas that make citizens suffer 10. More than one person kills himself/herself everyday. Recently a woman killing herself fell on another woman to give toll of 2 11. Singaporeans have the highest savings rate in the world due to CPF but many still can't retire 12. The Singapore parliament has the fewest opposition in terms of % of seats in the world among countries that claim to be democratic...of course we are also democratic. In Singapore , 33% of people vote against the dominant party. That is 1 in 3 people. However, due to the GRC this 33% are represented by 2% members who can vote in parliament. These unrespresented and disenfrancised SIngaporeans are now on the Internet to vent their anger and get their views across 13. Singapore bans chewing gum but legalises casinos. Casinos are legalised in only 2 of the 50 American states 14. Singapore hangs the most people per capita in the world; even more than China . 15. Singapore cars are the most expensive in the world 16. I mentioned earlier cars in SIngapore are the most expensive in the world, yet our public transport is privatised. This means that Singaporeans have no choice but to feed these profit-oriented transport companies who will always try to lower costs (read "quality of service") to boost profits. Buses & the MRT are now like sardine cans in the morning. Singaporeans are human sardines. 17. Singaporeans have the lowest purchasing power among all developed countries according the UBS...even Malaysians have greater purchasing power 18. The Singapore govt has the richest sovereign wealth fund per capita, and among the top few in absolute terms. It has recently been revealed that much of what we pay for HDB flats is sucked into the reserves by land sales 19. Singapore spends more on defense than Malaysia and Indonesia combined - so I guess we don't need too much diplomacy and/or diplomats can afford to badmouth them (according to wikileaks). Now that they know, we'd better spend $100M a year on defense 20. Singapore has the No.1 civil service in the world according to Minister Lim Swee Say. I want to add we also have the No. 1 service in terms of pay for the civil service top echelon. Some can even afford cooking lessons in France 21. Singapore has only one newspaper company called SPH that produces a slew of quality papers such as the Straits Times, and other literary delights. We had 5 newspaper companies a few decades ago. I guess the business must be in decline even as the population increases 22. Singaporeans serve NS for 2 to 2.5 years. This is the longest in the world after Israel . We do it because we can afford the time. After all, many Singaporean workers will work their entire life anyway so what's the difference if the men serve 2 years? 23. In Singapore , elections are for selecting the type of housing estate upgrading you want - you choose one side, you get everything, you choose the other, you get nothing 24. Singapore is the most socially engineered country in the world. They gave the poor incentives to sterilise themselves instead of helping to look after poor children as they do in most countries 25. Singapore has the longest prisoner of conscience in the world who was jailed longer than Nelson Mendela - Chia Thye Poh. One YPAP turkey who knew no history said MM Lee, the jailer, is just like Nelson Mandela. Should we laugh, or cry? 26. Singapore electricity tariffs are the 2nd most expensive in the world. Our generators run on natural gas but consumers charges are based on oil 27. Singapore men are the most stressed in the world. The Durex survey found that Singapore men have the lowest frequency of sex in the world. I believe the 2 statistics are linked. Our fertility is the lowest in the world 28. Singapore is the only country where leaders expect the people to believe the income gap is not the govt's responsibility 29. Singapore 's dominant party uses a system called GRC to parachute unknown newbies into parliament. In the past, we don't even note their names but this time one 27 yr old starlet became the most talked-about center of attraction 30. Singapore 's sovereign wealth fund lost the most money of all sovereign wealth funds in the world during the financial crisis. Yet, the elitist Singapore govt continues to claim that Singapore has the best of talent serving Singaporeans 31. Medical costs have risen so fast that Medisave is now allowed to be used in Malaysian hospitals. Why? Private care in Malaysia is cheaper than subsidised care in Singapore . The Singapore govt has the lowest healthcare expediture as a % of GDP in the world, while individual Singaporeans shoulder the highest % of healthcare cost 32. Singapore has the most highly educated taxi drivers in the world. I frequently hear of graduates driving taxis and even one PhD from Stanford who drove a taxi. This is all the result of our structural unemployment. Employers routinely sack people above 40 to replace them with new blood, usually from China and India 33. While other countries allow months for election campaigning so that everyone understands the issues and makes an informed decision, the PAP reduced it to only 10 days after they became the govt. During these 10 days, the state media, like the old USSR 's "Pravda", bombards the voters to tell them that they already have a system that works and the dominant party has the best people, and the opposition is filled with duds. This year they have a small problem because the opposition has Chen Sho Mao and the PAP has Tin Peil Ling so the usual propaganda is not going to work 34. The Singapore govt gives more scholarships to foreigners than to Singaporeans to study in our university. Some Singaporeans cannot make it to university because too many places go to foreigners. If your parents are rich, you go overseas for your degree. But if you're poor, you will not be able to get a degree - worsening the social divide. 35. Singapore has the world's oldest and wisest politician. His name is Lee Kuan Yew. As long as he is around, the good life for Singaporeans will continue. He will make sure of that 36. Lee Kuan Yew's son is Lee Hsien Loong who coincidentally became PM due to his own merit. His New Year Message this year asks Singaporeans to be more RESILIENT. I guess we better be, given the foregoing So, to summarise, Singaporeans work long hours, experience the most stress but are called lazy and daft by their leaders who are now importing foreigners in large numbers to make up for the lack of fertility among Singaporeans. Of course, bringing more people to the island will cause even more stress and even lower fertility which in turn leads to even more foreigners brought into the island. As you work harder, you have no children and the things you pay for become more expensive. You live also cannot, get sick also cannot, die also cannot. You want to vote against the govt also cannot because you're worried the HDB flat you spend your whole life slogging for will drop in price if they don't upgrade your home To say Singaporeans are trapped like hamsters in a cage always running but going nowhere is an understatement. They are stuck in a system whose concrete walls are the hard truths proclaimed by one man. The only exit is death and you have to work all the way there because retirement will soon be history in Singapore . This time we have to change and break down the concrete walls of the system that surrounds us. We have no choice if we want a better future for ourselves and our children. None of the hard truths above will change unless you convince yourself to do the right thing on 7 May 2011

There have been so many issue brought up by the opp parties but have not heard anyone mention about this particular issue. Or maybe not many realise. Talking about high cost of living and housing. Would love to hear opp parties bringing up this issue on singles not being to purchase a flat direct from HDB and can only get hold of a flat from the re-sale market. Make me wonder why? Ain't they Singaporean that pay the same taxes just like anybody else?? If couples find it hard to own a flat, what more a single.

Powerful and touching message from a lady in Nicole Seah Facebook. I almost cried when I read it, so help spread the message to all your friends and families.

Hi All, I want to hire 1 x tyreman, preferably Singaporean or PR, anyone who knows someone who is interested in this trade, pls kindly pm me. Thanks

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http://saabworld.net/content/ See 5th article in the home page. It is about S'pore. They try to explain COE, PARF, etc. and also have pictures comparing Singapore versus USA versions.

An episode in Every Singaporean Son..those were the days when blur like sotong...

I listen to This Is Home...and I can feel myself getting teary. I have many friends or colleagues who are PR or PR turned Singaporean...I wonder how many of them can feel the same way I do. Then again, I don't think I want to find out...makes life easier without knowing too much...

...feature a retarded guy in the show. Just sayin'

quote: HDB policy on singles: Singaporean vs Permanent Resident Leong Sze Hian Why are Permanent Residents (PRs) who are single buying HDB resale flats like nobody

A bunch of irresponsible and selfish busturds. Don't take decent care of their cars and offload problems to next owner. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1099820/1/.html

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=3019826 Got video, got picture, and many opinions. what happened??

There is an incident which I like to relate which "geniuinely" happened to a guy friend of mine. Most of you know of site wholivesnearyou and there was once when my guy friend P.M this girl (Average looking to me, a bit churbby) wanting to chat out and maybe be friends because thinking the girl has similar interest as to collecting stamps. He went on say "HI" nice stamp collection you have there , care to chat thing but was shocked to receive reply like "Have you look yourself nto the mirror lately..." so on. Tho I cant really confirm the actually conversation both typed but the contents of what the girl replied pisses me off!!!!My friend isnt the kind of guy who make stories, rather ernest and nice friend. Yes I agree, my friend 's not very good looking but this is no way to treat a friend?? Maybe you guys may say stuff like"Get a life"!!! are you living under the rock all this while ????? Nope , Im fully aware of the battle of the looks thing going online and even friends making. Us guys are good at looking at the face when making or jio ing girls, but hence am suprised at the rate Singaporean girl had evolved ???? My time in the early 20 century , girls are still pretty approachable and are willing to give out emails some HP numbers .Some may igbore but never splat at ya like what the girl did. Haizzz.... Some of my girl friends too agreed that mostly Singaporean girls on friends making web site are getting mighty materialistic and stuck up nowadays. As mentioned before, am fully aware of whats going on but just feel kinda DULAN cos maybe he is my friend ba. No wonder more and more guys going for foreign brides .Maybe this be the beginnig of a wake up call for local girls????? Come to think of it , in comparison to looks , characters and attitude towards taking care of the family, why go for local if foreign girls are less demanding with equal status eg: Looks, figure etc etc ...... ha ha ha Come to think of it, nearly 80% of my guys friend's wives are foreign...malaysia,china,Thai,VIT etc etc .... Kindly share if anyone encounters similar or feels the same as me????? [rolleyes]

After the downtown east incident , there are so many people bringing penknife , chopper and etc outside ? 1st - Downtown east murder 2nd - Bukit panjang slashing 3rd - Rowell slashing 4th - yishun pub slashing 5th - around 3 people caught for bringing knifes outside what next's ? gangster slashing law enforcer ?

After reading so many threads in MCF, i found that, there seems like a lot of big earner here. Seems like i belongs to the super low income group here haha By the way i'm 30 and my annual income only hit slightly above 40k. But i see so many forumer saying they earning big bucks and only in their 20s.. think i must buy more 4D and Toto from now onwards liao Haha

"Singaporean Men Cannot Make It One Lah" by Sze Yao Tan on Sunday, 04 July 2010 at 01:45 Singaporean girls like to use the phrase "cannot make it" to describe Singaporean men. They wrinkle their noses and act all surprised when you suggest, ever so gently, that perhaps Singaporean Male X might be a suitable mate. "Huh?? Cannot make it lah, he." A few years later they marry Singaporean Male Y, who looks and sounds exactly the same as Singaporean Male X. Why are Singaporean men all so ostensibly "cannot make it"? I do not know the answer to this question, for I am reasonable. However, I do have suggestions for the men. To become a "can make it" Singaporean male (without having to resort to plastic surgery), one must achieve a certain level of competence at the activities I shall be listing out below. Ours is a small, closed society; the traits that mark one out for worthwhile reproduction are easily and quickly discernible, if one pays proper attention. 1. Must be good at computers and computer games Strangely, being good at computer games appears to be more impressive to the average Singaporean female. If you are good at computers only, you are taken advantage of for most part. If you are good at computer games, however, you are a badass potential protector. Compare: You: OK, upgraded to Windows 7 already. Girl: Thanks so much! (thinks: the software did everything.) You: You're welcome. Girl: Can help me install antivirus? with You: ALL RIGHT 25 KILLSTREAK! Girl: Huh? You: Nothing. I just kicked your boyfriend's ass. Girl: Orh. (stands over shoulder and watches very fast paced game and thinks: aiyah why my boyfriend so lousy.) Can help me install Windows? You: Sorry not interested, I am aiming for 35 killstreak Girl: (subconsciously registers lack of punctuation as sexy) Oh. Kill kill kill ... so manly. As a general rule, the hierarchy is such: first-person shooter, versus fighter, real-time strategy, turn-based strategy and then everything else. MMORPGs occupy a value system of their own, but in general their gentle learning curve reduce street cred. Angry Birds and Bejewelled FTW for now though. 2. Must be good at pool There is nothing else to do in Singapore. Get good at it, you will be spending a lot of time in these places. Don't just chalk your stick - chalk some victories while you're at it. Ah-lians will be watching. Must-learns: jump-shot, English, doubles. 3. Must be good at one team sport So that you will look good next to the other doddering dodos. Football obviously occupies top spot, but basketball and water polo work too. Volleyball is for girls. Girls find it easier to come down to support team sports, because they can rationalize their conduct diffusely: "I'm here for the TEAM." Let them have this. You know what they're thinking when you're ... scoring. 4. Must be good at one individual sport While girls find it harder to support these because you are alone and therefore very bo sei for them to come all the way down, the simple fact that you are involved in some sport somewhere is already very "can make it". Walk around with your lacrosse bag slung over your shoulder or your tennis shoes carelessly dangling from your backpack. When they ask about your sport, just make vague references and knowingly use terms of art. Girl: Where are you going? You: Oh, practice. Girl: What practice? You: Kallang ... today we're doing slice serves. Girl: *tingle down spine* Ohhh. Few other people will be able to challenge your authority, since these are individual, recherche pursuits. Exploit the opportunity. To avoid: ping-pong, badminton (everyone thinks they can play these) 5. Must be musical GUITAR for individual, DRUMS in a band. Girls are quite dumb one and they like to see action jackson. You bang bang the drum, they happy. You stand around and pluck a few strings, nobody knows what you're doing. Of course, if you are going to do the serenading thing, it will be guitar without question. Tip: When serenading, pretend to be practising (when you actually practice sui sui at home already). Always choose a current song, so people will bite. If you play More Than Words for the 238645823648243234th time, people confirm lose interest one. And don't look at anybody when singing, otherwise they will feel that you are "invading" them. Don't "invade" anybody. Just let them listen to your ostensibly unassuming music. Confirm plus guarantee plus chop will have results. 6. Must be able to do math A guy who cannot do maths is like an eunuch. He is not a man. In Singapore especially, even our girls are damn good at maths. So you better be super damn good, so you can explain to her how to divide her parts. One better: PHYSICS. For some reason, applied stuff is harder for girls. So take physics and ace it. Then later on, toss in puns about how you two have such great chemistry, you want to explore the geography of her biography in a physical way. "Your body is a wonderland," you will coo. "Do you want to read my literature or should we just start making history?" Just don't show her your mother tongue. 7. Must have good sense of direction A guy who has no sense of direction is a girl. The end. 8. Must drive and must be good driver DRIVE. And for f--k's sake, practice that parallel parking thing. Girls always tell themselves that they are not lousier drivers, just more careful/cautious/whatever. But despite that ALL OF THEM STILL CANNOT FREAKING PARALLEL PARK. Become tok kong at this, heighten the gender difference, enhance the sexual tension. Ooh yeah baby. By the way, European marques please. The Singaporean lady does not want to be seen rolling in a Hyundai. 9. Must be laconic and listen to her drivel Ya. It helps. Srsly. Singaporean girls think they are really interesting, and maybe they are. Who knows? We aren't really listening. But you don't really have to - just nod every 10 seconds. And then say, "Really ah." I just did this today. It is fricking awesome. You can abidicate responsbility for having a brain. The bottom line is that by keeping silent, you allow her to project her preferred self-image onto you. She is interesting, so therefore you must be interesting, since you are absorbing her everything. How cool is that? I love lady logic. 10. Must know DIY "I hammered her and her friend last night, we had a good screw. Talk about nailing two in one night! Of course I bolted the next day, but I will always be ready when their pipes need further unclogging." Euphemisms aside, you must know DIY because other penises will try to undermine you with their own DIY knowledge. Especially contractors who overcharge. If you are fleeced in any DIY-related matter, you are not a man. This is also perhaps the origin of the phrase "cannot make it" - a man who "can make it" can make ... things. With hands and tools. He probabaly also knows how to instruct the girl on how to rectify a swollen ball-c--k. 11. Must speak dialect My biggest regret, I cannot speak dialect. In lup-sup KTVs and Warrant Officer messes, I am the lowest of the low. With contractors, I am a freaking pony with "Kan Me" on my forehead. Why is dialect so important for the Singaporean male? Primarily, it establishes street cred. Denizens from below must look up to you before any female will find you worth apprising. Importantly, also, dialect is crass; crassness establishes contrast, and in contrast we find admiration. 12. Must not be below PES B Or at least finish normal BMT like everyone else. Nobody really knows whether OCS or SISPEC is tougher, so you can elide that easily. If you had a buay gan army life, try not to talk about it at all. Girls know one. They all have "a friend" who was a commando-officer-parakeet. They will compare you like they compare their Prada bag with the other girl's Miu Miu. Don't become an object! If you were a star in the army, also don't talk too much about it. Girls just want to know that you were good, and that you were not a jellyfish. The rest is still for you to prove - funny, rich, smart etc. Prove it. 13. Must have "ambition" and "passion" Most Singaporean girls have a vague notion that their man should be "successful" or aim for success of some sort. For themselves, they have less concrete ambitions. Use this to your advantage. However, only hint (not talk) about your plans. For instance: Girl: So, what's next for you? You: I've had several offers ... well, we'll just see where it goes. I have a pretty clear idea of what I want though. Girl: What's that? You: Haha, it will bore you. Let's not talk about me. Do you like baby blue or pink? Once they know you have "plans", they will stick with you, regardless of what those "plans" are. Make sure you always have "an idea" of what you are going to do. When in doubt, obfuscate and pass off a successful person's life as your own. 14. Must say nearly every other girl is "cannot make it" This is by far the MOST IMPORTANT ITEM on the list. Singaporean girls like a guy who has "standards". Secretly, the standard for every girl is HERSELF. This is not a cardinal scale, there is no relativity. Instead, on this mystery scale there is THE GIRL IN QUESTION, and then EVERY OTHER FEMALE ON EARTH. She will make cursory concessions for Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox (the latter usually grudgingly), of course, but DO NOT BE FOOLED. She just wants you to think that SHE is the prettiest and THAT IS IT!!! If, however, you are unable to lie barefacedly, you might want to go with a less extreme approach. You must say that girls SHE LIKES AS PEOPLE are pretty. NEVER SAY THAT PRETTY GIRLS ARE PRETTY! Girls are unable to divorce looks from personality. It would be unwise to do so, therefore, in their presence. A good sample discussion would run as follows: Girl: Do you think Girl X (ugly but liked) is pretty? You: Yes, she has a certain je ne sais quoi that I find charming. Girl: (pleased) Really ah? I think so too! Not like that Girl Y (pretty but disliked). You: Oh, Girl Y. Cannot make it lah. Act cute buay cute. Girl: (ready to give you blowjob liao) I ALSO SAY! Have you ever noticed that girls thought pretty by other girls are really not pretty at all? And hot, sexy girls are almost always labelled "sluts", as if that were a bad thing? Important hint: Do not address the girl on these points. She does not want to confront her inner evolutionary demons. Well, that's the list. A tall order? Yes, but a worthwhile endeavour, if we are not to lose all our women to the cast of The Last Airbender. We can make it one.