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From those good ol' days.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr6H241usvY

Looking for 17" ones.

These anti-speeding advertisements online had such a great impact on a STOMPer that he wants other STOMPers to watch them as well. Videos - Not for the faint-hearted

When I read about the fate of Proton, words like "corruption", "laziness" and "complacency" comes to mind. No offence to any particular race....

Last week,my fren met a chain accident in SLE.same old story,an unknown vehicle jambraked and leaving 5 damaged cars behind.Then immediately,2 -3 workshop representives came to offer helped.my fren inform his insurance and ask them to get LtA to provide some leads from the sky cam.But credit to those idiots,they chose the blind spots where the cam cant catch it[furious] .My question is,are there no other ways to catch these #$%kers?

$20K fine is just loose change for them. damnnnnnn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 16, 2009 Matilda Chua fined $20k Player in NKF saga fails in appeal over falsifying accounts By Selina Lum NEARLY three years after former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) board member Matilda Chua was hauled to court on criminal charges, her case has finally come to a close. Yesterday, Chua, 39, was sentenced to a total fine of $20,000 on two charges of falsifying the books of her call centre company, Global Net Relations (GNR). In 2007, a district court had fined her $10,000 on one count and cleared her of the other. But the acquittal was overturned by the High Court yesterday on appeal by the prosecution. Her acquittal on a third charge of share-rigging stands. Chua, who had paid $10,000 for the earlier conviction, has to pay the other $10,000 by Monday. She was the managing director and shareholder of GNR, which had another director, former NKF chief executive T.T. Durai. She was accused of twice cooking GNR's books to hide a discounted share sale. Chua was tried in court over the scam, together with businessman Seah Say Yoong, 72, and his son Seah Chin Yew, 36, then managing director of another company, WizOffice. In December 2001, needing to raise funds, GNR sold 9.875 million WizOffice shares that it owned to Seah Holdings, a real estate company held by the elder Seah. The shares appeared to have been sold at the then market price of 4.5 cents apiece. But they were actually sold at 3 cents per share. The arrangement was for GNR to privately pay the $150,000 discount to Seah Holdings. Chua made out the cheque for $150,000 to the younger Seah's air stewardess girlfriend Yee Lee Fen. In turn, Ms Yee issued a blank personal cheque and gave it to her boyfriend, who wrote it out to Seah Holdings. Instigated by the younger Seah, Chua recorded the payment in GNR's books as advisory services provided by Ms Yee. Later, she changed the entry to make it the repayment of a loan. In the books of Seah Holdings, the cheque was recorded as a repayment of a loan from the younger Seah. After the scam was uncovered, the younger Seah and Chua faced two charges each over faking GNR's books. The older Seah faced one charge of getting an employee to falsify the books of Seah Holdings. All three faced a share-rigging charge. The joint trial began in April 2007. In November 2007, Chua was acquitted of share rigging, while the two men were each fined $150,000 for their roles in it. The older Seah was acquitted of falsifying the books, but Chua and the younger Seah were both fined $10,000 for the first false entry - Chua for making it and Seah for instigating her. However, they were both acquitted of the second charge of changing the entry, based on the testimony of GNR auditors, who said it was not illegal to reclassify the payment, had the necessary documentation been present. Both sides - the three convicted and the prosecution - appealed against the decisions. The appeals were argued in January. Yesterday, Justice Choo Han Teck dismissed the appeals brought by Chua and the Seahs. He allowed the prosecution's appeal against acquitting Chua and the younger Seah for falsifying GNR's books, and fined them each $10,000. In his written judgment, Justice Choo disagreed with the trial court's decision to acquit Chua and the younger Seah for the second offence. He said the reclassification of the $150,000 as a repayment of a loan amounted to another instance of deceit. As the first classification had been done wilfully with the intention to defraud, it followed likewise for the second classification. Yesterday, Chua frowned briefly at the verdict, but was otherwise calm. When The Straits Times approached her for comment, she said she was relieved that 'it's all over'. Asked about her employment, she said she was not working and was 'taking it easy' at the moment.

http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,...,201665,00.html? He gets lost outside Marsiling flats, then sets fire to clothes with cigarette butts By Amanda Yong May 12, 2009 Print Ready Email Article ONE wrong turn, and he ended up lost in a block of flats. Derrick Ee, 35, could not find his friend's unit and decided to have a smoke. When he was through, he flicked the cigarette butt onto some clothes hanging outside a flat and caused about $50 worth of damage. Then, 1 1/2 hours later, around 4am on 2 Apr, he did the same thing to clothes outside a neighbouring unit. They ended up catching fire, and when Ee saw them burning, he ran off. This time, he managed to find his friend's flat. The police tracked him down and arrested him a few days later. Ee pleaded guilty to one charge of mischief by fire and was jailed five months. Another similar charge was taken into consideration during sentencing. The court heard that Ee had been living in his friend's flat on the fourth storey of Block 18, Marsiling Lane. He was headed there in the early hours after drinking at a coffee shop. Lost But Ee went up the wrong staircase and when he got to the fourth floor, he could not find the unit. It was after that that he began flicking cigarette butts on to the clothes. The second time he did that, he ended up burning 12 pieces of clothing and four bamboo poles worth $100. When Ee saw them alight, he got frightened and took off. The owner of the clothes woke up to find her clothes burnt. She called the police later that morning. In his mitigation, Ee pleaded for a light sentence. He said: 'I recognise that I did wrong and I seek the forgiveness of Your Honour and of my neighbour... I will not commit the offence again.' For committing mischief by fire, he could have been jailed seven years and fined. ERMMMM, 5 months jail for burning. 1 day for murder... WHAT DO U GUYS TINK???

went to see premium gadgets at orchard corner, look here look there look at the price lists... turn the price list over and see photocopy of nric (front and back)... oops!! took another piece, turn over and see photocopy of redemption voucher with name, address and item! dunno what to say about that store... lucky its not my details!

I need them in big pieces so i can cut them out and customise the shape and size for my car's window. as attached. would be good if a price range can be indicated somehting like that but its those stick on type

Not to long ago, I paid my management fee and was send another for the same quarter I did not check and paid - via autopay this was not reflected in my acknowledgement from the management but i notice a little perculiar that there was an identical amount deducted from the bank account I call up, they check and told me that they accidentally deduct my bank account for another unit because we have the same surname and english name therefore from then on i become more careful like eating in a restaurant or buying things from giant or Ntuc or cold storage because there were more than one occasion when the item was on special offer but was charge full price It pays to check Deputy Editor Oo Gin Lee discovers one evening that his bank account is short by some $30k. Even though banks employ high tech systems in processing cheques, they are not foolproof, he advises Thu, Mar 19, 2009 The Straits Times, Digital Life By Oo Gin Lee I RUBBED my eyes in disbelief when I saw the numbers on the ATM slip: $5,837. It was five to midnight, Sunday, at my bank's ATM machine in Bukit Timah Plaza and, by my calculations, I was about $30,000 short in my bank balance. My sleepy eyes opened wide in shock and my groggy brains were jolted into action as I racked my grey cells to figure out what could possibly have gone wrong. Did I overspend? Nope. Maybe the ATM printer was faulty, I thought, so I did an onscreen account balance enquiry. Same result. As I do not believe in Internet banking, the only other possibility was that one of the five payees which I had issued cheques to that month must have altered the numbers on my cheque. Was it the furniture shop where I had bought my new sofa from? After all, the delivery man looked like a thug. Surely it could not be the mistake of my bank (let's call it Bank A) and credit card firm (Firm B) which I had also just issued cheques to pay for my credit card bills. When I checked the next morning with my bank, I discovered that the huge amount was paid to Firm B. The teller from Bank A told me that $31,480 was paid out on cheque number 1234 (I cannot recall the exact number). I checked my records which showed that 1234 was the cheque I had issued to Firm B but the amount should have been only $3,480. I asked the bank teller if she could confirm that the payee on the cheque was indeed Firm B and not some rogue furniture dealer. The only way it seems was to ask her colleagues at the cheque department to retrieve an image of my cheque - a process which she said could take up to three days. Surely with all its multi-million-dollar banking software systems, Bank A would be able to know immediately who it paid my money to? I was not sure if she couldn't or wouldn't but I wasn't going to wait three days. So I called up Firm B whose credit card officer on the phone readily admitted to receiving my generous cheque paying for 10 times of what had been due. An hour later, the 'cheque officer' from my bank called me to clarify that the bank had indeed erroneously paid out that sum of money to Firm B. 'How was it possible?' I asked politely even though I was seething with rage at such incompetence. The reply was something like: 'Oh, your comma was rather big so we thought it was the number one.' My comma is not big, I responded, and even if it were, did you not read the words? Should you not have called me if you had noticed that I had never issued a cheque to my credit card company for anything this much? I prodded further and found out that even though Singapore's high-tech cheque clearance system scans every single cheque issued, the actual keying-in of the figures into the computer systems by the paying and collecting banks (the bank that collects the cheque for the payee) is done manually. In my case, it was not one but two bank officers in two different banks who both made the same mistake. The lesson from this incident: Do not think that these high-tech bank systems are foolproof. Check bank statements diligently every month. Thankfully, the discrepancy was huge enough for me to notice the error. Had it been a few hundred dollars, I might have just overlooked it completely.

Just awhile ago my wife reached home, look shaken. She told me she had hell out a taxi ride. The event goes like this, She grab this Citycab at her work place around Shenton Way and destination is Clementi. Every driver will know shortest path is via Keppel to AYE, driver insist keppel road will jam, so suggest marina to shears bridge - AYE route. My wife is not a driver, so she took his suggestion. Along the way at marina ( the part where F1 track is ), the driver was driving pretty aggressively. Then comes the horror part. There were some construction nearby and some workers were on the side of the road, this driver suddenly jam brake to avoid them and behind the taxi was a red Tuscani driven by a lady. The Tuscani could have slightly hit the back of the taxi but my wife didnt feel any impact at all. In anycase, the driver alighted and started confronting the lady driver behind. The lady driver refuse to get out of the car and taxi driver slam on her car bonnet. After a series of cursing and swearing, the lady driver took off and left the taxi when she saw the chance. Even more pissed, the taxi driver chase after this Tuscani like a madman eventually cutting into her path and blocking all the traffic. He then took out his camera wanting to take the pictures of any collision, this is when the lady driver told him that there were no impact. All the incident happen while the fare meter still ticking After the taxi driver got back into the taxi, he insist my wife be the witness of the accident. As my wife didnt feel any impact she decline to be witness, from that moment on, the taxi driver became more pissed. On the way back, he was driving faster than any F1 driver. I know times are bad, but some bad taxi drivers have to be taken off the road. From this incident, my wife can only be witness experiencing a reckless and dangerous taxi driver. We will most likely be sending in an official complaint to CityCab.

With the current economic situation that battered the auto industry, will you stay away from those brands that are about to go chapter 11 when consider buying a car?

http://www.sgcarmart.com/used_cars/info.ph...911&DL=1092 Engine cap 1998 cc Reg date 28-Apr-2005 Mileage 55,000 km Features - Accessories Full Service Record, Original Condition, Multi Function Steering, Rear Aircon Fitted. 7 Seater. Description Paper Value $33875. Body 4k. Asking 39800. Exported Welcome. Accident Free. Low Mileage. Call For More Infomation. COE $17,701 OMV $27,663 I roughly got $26K

A readers wrote to the ST Forum suggesting two scenarios and suggestion, I have my opinion but I will input them later. Whst is yours? 1) Entering expressway from a slip road. The writer cited Australian roads have traffic lights at the end of the slip road leading to the expressway that switches between green and red every 2 seconds. The writer noted that this reduces congestion. He also mentioned that traffics on expressway thus remains smooth and untroubled by vehicles joining in from slip road. 2) Australian hypermarts have desiganted bays where parking is free for between 2~4 hours. He noted that this help shoppers on quick errands. He reasoned that this system works because there are wardens who will ensure that the times are adhered to while Australian shoppers do not abuse the pick-and-gp rule. He deduced that though this reduces the revenue but it may help reduce congestion in carparks at shopping centres here in Singapore.

Stomp: They come here on student passes and take the chance to sell their flesh. Ke Ren has even heard some foreign students tell him their primary objective here is not to study, but to make a killing. Why then, he asks, are they here in the first place, to ostensibly study? In his email to STOMP, the STOMPer wrote:

http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,...,185404,00.html? THEY had colourful explanations for the missing green-and-white labels. DISBELIEF: Mr Daniel Ng stores the CNG labels in his car. He did not believe The New Paper team when he was told he is required to display them. TNP PICTURES: JONATHAN CHOO One driver removed the stickers from his car because they were ugly. One said someone had stolen his. And another said that his label had fallen off due to repeated washing. Drivers of compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles are required to display the palm-size label on the front and rear bumpers, but some are not doing so. Not only are these drivers breaking the law, they are also risking their lives - and that of their rescuers - in the event of an accident. The Land Transport Authority says that the purpose of the label is to alert Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers when they respond to accidents or fires involving CNG vehicles, to ensure that appropriate procedures are taken. Taxi driver Reik Lien. When contacted, Lieutenant-Colonel N Subhas, SCDF's director of public affairs, said that its officers need to observe certain operational procedures that are unique to CNG vehicles. He said: 'For instance, firefighters will need to first take an additional precaution by turning off the manual shut-off valve at the head of the CNG cylinder, which is located in the vehicle boot. 'This will prevent any gas leak that may pose a problem when firefighters carry out operations which require breaking or cutting, such as incidents which involve casualties that are trapped in a vehicle.' There are about 3,200 CNG vehicles in Singapore, out of a total vehicle population of 872,000. An LTA spokesman said that so far, no one has been caught for not displaying the labels. Limousine driver Edwin Ng, whose Mercedes-Benz has the initials for natural gas technology. $1,000 fine Since 20Oct, offenders can be fined $1,000 or jailed three months under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration & Licensing) Rules. Those with labels which are defaced, torn or do not meet the dimensional and colour scheme requirements face the same penalty. Repeat offenders can be fined $2,000 or jailed six months. Still, many were unaware of the importance of displaying the labels and the penalties if they were caught for not doing so. Designer Vincent Lim. During a one-hour period at the Smart Energy CNG refuelling station at Mandai Link last Friday, The New Paper team spotted seven out of 25 vehicles which did not have the labels. Another three vehicles displayed the label only on the front bumper, and one of them was driven by cabby Paul Tan. The 46-year-old said: 'I know we're supposed to place the label on the front and back of the car, but the label on the back bumper of my car fell out during a car wash.' The Smart limousine cab driver said he gets his car washed every day. Mr Tan, who has been driving the CNG vehicle for two months, said: 'I'll definitely have to get a new one from the office soon.' Another Smart limousine cabby, Mr Reik Lien, 56, said he was aware of the requirement. But he claimed his labels were stolen, 'probably by other CNG car drivers'. Mr Lien has been driving a taxi for three years. So why didn't he get new ones? 'I haven't had time to collect them from the office yet. It would be better if we could just pick up the labels from here,' he said, pointing to the counter inside the office at the refuelling station. CNG labels are provided by the original car agents or workshops that convert cars to run on CNG. They also provide replacement labels to customers when asked. Two workshops The New Paper spoke to provide the labels for free, while one workshop charges $8 for a pair. Other drivers, such as Mr Maurice Lim, 41, said they did not know they were required by law to display the labels. Mr Lim, a sole proprietor, said: 'I bought my car about four months ago and I wasn't given any labels. The workshop employees didn't tell me it was necessary. 'I even sent my car for an inspection and nobody said anything. Anyway, just take a look around. There are always about five out of 10 cars that don't display the label. 'That's why I didn't think it was required.' Mr Vincent Lim, 33, was equally clueless about the rule. The designer said: 'I saw that all the luxury cars, the Camrys and the Mercedes-Benz cars, didn't have any labels, so I thought it wasn't necessary. 'I just did the same thing. I removed the labels from my car.' Mr William Chua, Smart Energy's general manager, observed that many of the vehicles that do not display the labels tend to be Mercedes-Benz cars. 'The drivers think that it's okay not to display the label because the cars have the letters 'NGT' on their boot.' The letters stand for 'natural gas technology', which means the cars operate on CNG. Indeed, that turned out to be the case with the owners of the Mercedes-Benz E200 NGT cars The New Paper interviewed. When asked why he had a label displayed only on the front of his car and not the back, contractor Danny Tay, who is in his 40s, pointed at the silver letters 'NGT' on the boot of his car. He said: 'Actually, there's no need to put the CNG label because people will know that my car is a CNG car when they see the 'NGT' here. 'Anyway, the CNG labels are quite ugly. They should have a slightly more attractive design.' Mr Tay's Mercedes-Benz E200 NGT is the only CNG car that comes direct from the factory. Other CNG cars have petrol engines and were retrofitted to operate on CNG as well. Echoing Mr Tay's view was another Mercedes-Benz E200 NGT owner, Mr Edwin Ng, 50, who works as a limousine driver. Mr Ng, who paid close to $170,000 for his car, said: 'Isn't 'NGT' enough? What's the point of putting 'NGT' then?'

These are two puppies saved from a construction site. They are approximately 4 months old, both vaccinated, healthy and living happily. The one on the right is Shepherd (male) and the black one on the left is Lady (female). Shep (short for Shepherd as he looks like a German Shepherd) is a very friendly and inquisitive little fella. He is so likeable, you just fall in love with him immediately. Always wanting to be the center ofattention, he'll be the first to investigate food, people, dogs, cats which explains why he was the first and easiest to catch). The only boy in the litter, the smallest yet he is our "Braveheart" - size of a pup, heart of a lion. Many times, his bigger sized sisters will hide behind him as if seeking protection and yes, Shep is always there for them. He loves cuddles and pets and if allowed, will put his muzzle on your lap when he takes a nap. His huge pointed ears and sharp features make him uniquely handsome. Lady as aptly named as she is behaves like one. More cautious than her brother, though bigger in size, she has a lustrous coat of black and rich brown. She looks like a mini rottie or a fat dobbie. We anticipate her to be a good watch dog as she is always watching and if not sure, will let out a low growl. Lady is not as hyper as herbrother but certainly looks the faster to be trained as can keep still for longer periods. The seemingly smarter of the two, she lets her brother "check it out" before she ventures into anything. Pls help to spread..give them a home Pls pm me your contact if you are keen to adopt.Thank you for your kindness.

just had a discussion with friends on perceptions as above, would really like to see what people really think when they are hiding behind the computer screen ha ha because i am also in that category. guess this knowledge will benefit the single 30s men too

Help me figure it out? If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea...does that mean that one out of five enjoys it? Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren't they just stale bread to begin with? If people from Poland are called Poles, then why aren't people from Holland called Holes? If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for? *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP? ? What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men? I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks, so I wondered what do Chinese mothers use. Toothpicks? Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen can look for them while they deliver the mail? As income tax time approaches, did you ever notice: When you put the two words 'The' and 'IRS' together, it spells 'THEIRS'? Is it true that you never really learn to swear until you learn to drive?

Hi all, Just wondering how come C and C does not import any SMART cars? I think they look gorgeous.

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Hi all Been looking to change my car and saw this in sgcarmart. 5k deprication for the both of them and i was wondering will they be a good car to get for 2-3 year of driving? Always wanted the GT version but price is out of my reach at the moment http://www.sgcarmart.com/main/info-2IMJooxw-1214.html http://www.sgcarmart.com/main/info-2fLZigDJ-1128.html thanks for your feedback

Was travelling along the AYE from Jurong this evening and observed the 3rd lane is taken by those big trucks & lorries. The middle or 2nd lane as 'usual' is taken by those commmercial vehicles travelling about 70-80km/h. Most of the other cars have to travel on the 1st lane if they want to go faster than 80km/h. I was on the middle lane and observed a 'Police Land Rover' travelling on the 1st lane. As the 1st lane got slower because of the 'Police Lane Rover' it filtered to the second lane maintaining 70-80km/h. Then I filtered to the faster 1st lane. From my rear mirror I could observed the 2nd lane was clear of traffic in front of the police rover but jammed up with commercial vehicles following closely behind the 'police land rover'. If you are those commercial drivers what will you do ? - overtake the already 70-80km/h police rover or - follow closely until the 'police rover' get out of the way - ??

Most of this old traffic lights have been removed and replaced with new ones over the past few years. I heard this type of traffic lights has been around for over 60 years. Do you think they should be preserved?