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Damn pissed today. entered PIE via Clementi Ave 6 towards airport and managed to move to Lane 1, then noticed the cars ahead of me, about 5 of them, was moving at 75~80kmh. As we continue along the expressway, I managed to see the road hogger but unfortunately as it was evening peak time, Lane 2 was also quite jam, so no choice had to follow him all the way until Toa Payoh then managed to undertake the hogger. Bloody fool is damn inconsiderate!!!

Did anyone spot any April's Fool joke in our local papers today? ST used to have one like last year when it mentioned S'pore having their own F1 team. Can't seem to spot any this year. Times are bad, no one in the mood?

Published on Apr 14, 2014 6:30 PM By Venessa Thor Some say it is meaningless. Others dismiss the logo as unfinished. Memes were also spun off, with one depicting it as a bar graph. Yes, the logo for the soon-to-be-opened National Gallery Singapore has been the subject of endless ridicule since it was revealed on April 2. The minimalist logo features two simple rectangular blocks - one taller and narrower than the other. The logo comes in either red or grey. Credit of the revamp goes to home-grown design firm Asylum. What was thought to be a belated April's Fool joke was actually the result of three months' worth of effort, Mr Chris Lee, founder of Asylum. Mr Lee defended his design, saying that the reductionism of the two blocks is open to interpretation, just like art. "The two blocks are originally derived from the two buildings that are joined to form the National Gallery. It could also represent two platforms or two dialog boxes. Art should be a two way conversation," he explained. While netizens bicker over whether the logo is abstract art or just plain ridiculous, we find three other logos that had also left many scratching their heads. London 2012 Olympics First unveiled in 2007, the colourful logo for the 2012 Olympic games in London was criticised as looking like something a child could draw with crayons. Others brayed that it resembled a swastika. Yet there were those who said it spelled the word "Zion" in a pro-Israeli conspiracy, which led Iran to threaten to boycott the Olympics. However, this boycott did not occur eventually. Sebastian Coe, the chairman of aid the chairman of London's 2012 organising committee, defended the logo, saying its vibrant colours and jagged design were meant to appeal to young people. "It is an invitation to take part and be involved." Gap In 2010, Gap changed its 20-year-old logo. The capitalised serif font, Spire, in a blue box was changed to one with 'Gap' in Helvetica, with the 'p' overlapping a small blue square. The new design was blasted as cheap and tacky. Gap quickly switched back to its original logo a week later. iTunes Fans were outraged when Apple switched the simple iTunes logo in 2010. The original design of a CD and a blue music note made its launch in 2001. It was replaced by that showing a black music note on a flat blue bubble in 2010. The switch was to reflect the trend towards digital downloads, and the growing obsoleteness of CDs. Users criticised the design as looking "amateurish". Apple founder Steve Jobs apparently replied in an e-mail to a complainant with just two words: "We disagree."

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People...Your NCB can be protected by purchase of NCB protecter pacKage....NAHHH,Please don't be fool,you are just adding money into the insurance company..What is the point if your NCB is protected by 50% when the premium can be increase ..Eg..previous insurance paid after 50% discount $1000 but you had an accident ,luckly you as your NCB discount of 50% is good But then they come around and charge you $5000 premium and after discount you have to cough out $2500..........HA HA..Think about it... Any comment..!!

A caller has told a Melbourne radio show he and a group of friends were the April Fool's Day pranksters who shrink-wrapped over 400 cars this morning, saying they just wanted to "bring some fun back into Melbourne''. The man, who identified himself only as Hansel, told Triple M's breakfast show he and his mates worked overnight and throughout the morning to pull the trick off. "We just wanted to run a sort of a prank on Melbourne, it's April Fool's, everyone is miserable, we want to bring some fun back into Melbourne,'' he said. "So what we did is get industrial-sized Glad Wrap and found random cars and wrapped them up from top to bottom, from back to front. Residents in Clifton Hill, Richmond and East Melbourne received a rude shock this morning when they emerged from their homes to find their cars shrink-wrapped. "We put a little sticker on the Glad Wrap with a pair of scissors - we didn't want to damage any property," Hansel said. "We didn't want to ruin anyone's day and we just wanted everyone to laugh.'' Elsewhere this morning, many Melburnians were outraged to hear of new plans to dam the city's Yarra River. But as they rushed to drop children at childcare or school, they may have been relieved to hear of a new Federal Government service where local MPs will now offer child-minding at their electorate offices. April Fools' Day pranksters were out in force across Australia, carrying on a worldwide tradition that dates back centuries. "Each MP's electorate office will today be accepting newborns for a free child minding service. This is another example of Labor's commitment to working families," it says. The ad was taken out by GetUp!, an independent lobby group making a point about Labor's election promise to introduce paid parental leave. A paid parental leave scheme, recommended by the Productivity Commission and being pushed by trade unions and business, is tipped to be a casualty of a tough May budget. "Research shows that paid parental leave is good for babies, good for parents, and good for the economy," GetUp! says on a linked website, where it admits the advertisement is an April Fool's joke. "The Rudd Government made paid parental leave an election commitment and the time to deliver that commitment is this year's federal budget." On ABC radio, Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle announced a plan to dam the Yarra, which he admitted may flood Scotch College but would protect Melbourne's parks by maintaining fresh water levels in the river. Talkback callers responded furiously. Age reader Phil McConnell, of Beaumaris, said he gravely informed his son during breakfast that Ferrari were quitting Formula One racing as a result of the global financial crisis. Mr McConnell, who regularly partakes in April Fool's pranks, strengthened the joke by faking a print-out from the Ferrari website confirming the news. "About 6.30 in the morning he was hurtling down to his computer to find out all about Ferrari,'' Mr McConnell said. ``Of course he couldn't find any.'' Mr McConnell said his 12-year-old son was absolutely mortified when he found out the news was a prank and immediately warned his father, "I will get you for this.'' Ryan Bigg and his boss in Graceville, Queensland, tried to fool colleagues into thinking their office had went bankrupt by moving all the desks to the backroom and hanging a ``for lease'' sign on the door. The jokers then made their way to the local coffee shop to wait in hiding. The prank, however, was unsuccessful "They didn't believe it,'' Mr Bigg said. "But we had a good laugh after that.'' Sydney social worker Dominic Mapstone also enjoyed some April Fool's cheer, when he sent out about 10,000 emails last night saying that the GST rate applied to schoolies accommodation would increase to 40 per cent. To boost his credibility, Mr Mapstone posted the claim on the schoolies web forum this morning, and included quotes from himself indicating how outrageous the tax increase would be. Sticking with tradition and pulling the prank at 12 pm, Mr Mapstone replied to the post with a joyful "Happy April Fools Day!'' The Student Youth Network radio station SYN FM announced on their website this morning that they were to rename their station ``Female Youth Network'', or FYN FM, in a hope to gain additional funding. A NSW engineer tried his hand at an April Fools' Day prank by sending out a fake media release that said funeral directors will need to be careful handling the bodies of smokers because it could be carcinogenic to their health. "Any employee who is transporting a deceased who was a tobacco smoker to any extent should be using respiratory protective equipment compliant to Australian Standard(s)," the release said. The spokesman named on the release, Abril Chanza de Tonto, loosely translates from Spanish to April fool joke. "Considering the quality of what goes on in the media, this can't be any worse than some of things that goes on here anyway," said the engineer-cum-prankster, Andrew Fleischer. Among the most famous April Fools' Day hoaxes was the BBC's television report in 1957 of the bumper annual spaghetti harvest in Switzerland. Many people contacted the BBC asking how they could grow their own spaghetti trees. In 1998, a British radio presenter pretended to be the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair when he called the then-South African president Nelson Mandela for a chat. They talked for some minutes before the presenter outed himself when he asked Mandela what he was doing for April Fool's Day. Meanwhile, Victorian Tourism and Major Events Minister Tim Holding was keen to show his sense of humour, issuing an early-morning press release stating that Melbourne would bid to host the Running of the Bulls through its iconic laneways. Mr Holding said the event's regular host, the Spanish town of Pamplona, had monopolised the event for too long and it was time Melbourne ``grabbed the bull by the horns''. The bull analogies continued as Mr Holding said discussions were underway with musical producers to rename the smash hit 'Bully Elliot' during the bull-running event. But a warning - after noon, those playing April Fools' Day pranks become the fool. with AAP

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1. Looking for a parking lot in a MSCP within CBD area. Have to drive high up in order to find an empty lot. A MPV with a couple inside followed me behind and each of us finally found our lot to park. 2. I parked the car 1st and soon walked to the lift lobby, it was quite a fair distance away from the lot. I waited quite a while for the lift and by now, the couple that drove the MPV finally appeared at the lift lobby. 3. They told me that I've forgotten to switch off my hazard light. I'm puzzled but since they sounded so sincere and even confirmed my car brand and color, I said Thank you and started to walk back to the car park. Meanwhile, the lift arrived and the couple took the lift. 4. When I finally reached my car, where got on hazard light!!! Don't know to be angry or laughed at my foolishness. Have you guys ever encountered such incident before? Regards,

Woman fined $4,000 for 'compromising' maid's safety She made her climb over a narrow balcony ledge outside her 10th-floor flat to water and rearrange the potted plants. Just a week ago, an 18-month-old toddler fell to her death from an eighth floor unit in the same condominium. -- PHOTOS: MINISTRY OF MANPOWER View more photos THIS narrow ledge on the balcony of a 10th-floor condominium apartment has no barricade or grille. Just looking down from it is enough to turn your legs soft. But Tang Cheong Kim ordered her maid to climb over the parapet to water and rearrange the potted plants - not once but on several occasions. For compromising the safety of the foreign domestic worker, Tang was fined $4,000 in a court on Nov 6. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) statement on Thursday said it was alerted to the case following a complaint that the maid was seen working in an unsafe manner on the balcony of the high-rise unit in Signature Park Condominum, along Jalan Jurong Kechil, on several occasions. Just a week ago, an 18-month-old toddler fell to her death from an eighth-floor unit in the same condominium. Tang could have been fined up to $5,000 and jailed up to six months, or both, for the offence under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. She will also be barred from employing another maid. MOM's Divisional Director from the Foreign Manpower Management Division, Mr Aw Kum Cheong said: 'Employers have a moral and legal responsibility to protect the safety and welfare of their foreign domestic workers (FDWs).' 'They should ensure that their FDWs work in a safe environment and are not exposed to unnecessary work hazards.' Since 2006, MOM has prosecuted five employers for compromising the safety of their FDWs. The Ministry will continue to take errant employers to task. Between 1999 and 2003, more than 100 maids have died in accidents at the workplace, many of them falling to their death from highrise flats while carrying out their tasks. In the wake of this alarming trend, MOM started cracking down on errant employers who flout the rules set out in the MOM maid-safety guidelines in 2006. The guidelines state that when cleaning windows or hanging out clothes, maids should not: [*]stand on chairs or tools [*]climb or lean out on the windows [*]try to retireve the objects which have fallen onto awnings or cantilevered walls Maids have to undergo well-being orientation courses and are given a list of important contact numbers in case of emergency. Mr Donovan Long, an administrative assistant at Global Pacific Manpower Cosultancy, said it is compulsory for first-time foreign domestic workers to go for a Safety Awareness Course organised by MOM before they start work. This is a four-hour training course which provides FDWs with an introduction to working in Singapore households. It includes basic information on safety in highrise residences, domestic safety, information on FDWs' legal right and obligations. Foreign domestic workers and members of the public can report unsafe working conditions to MOM by calling this hotline: 1800-339 5505 or email [email protected]. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_177042.html confuscious say.. neber force others to do things u wun even do.