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  1. I would like to share my Car Rental Experience overseas here so you guys will manage the situation better than me when you go for your holiday. Earlier this month, i hired a car with a reputable international car rental company for my Gold Coast holiday for 7 days. I picked up the vehicle from brisbane airport and returned it 7 days later after filling up at the airport back to full, when i returned the keys to the airport counter, i was told their system was down and they couldnt print a receipt for me. I asked if they needed the petrol receipt and they also mentioned it was not required as, if the petrol was not full they will billed it my credit card. I was abit late for my flight because i was stuck in the dreadful M1 highway along with the city bound brisbane traffic on a weekday morning despite leaving my hotel 4 hrs earlier, i decided to practice some trust and just leave it as such. As with our common practice of returning the hotel or rental car via keydrop. Guess you would have guessed by now my credit bill now came with some funny charges, the Singapore office told me the extra charges were due to 1) The car was returned 3 days earlier, so they would charge me more because i only used the cars for 4 days instead of the 7 days. My actual usage aside, this really takes the cake, coming from the business standpoint, if i booked the car for 7 days and PAID for 7 days, by returning on the 4th day, it is to the car rental company advantage because they could have made extra money by leasing out for the 3 days already paid by me. Effectively they are telling me, a 4 days rental will cost MORE than a 7 day rental (not daily rate hor) but the total bill. 2) The car was not returned with a full tank of petrol. i scrutinized the receipt and found another shocking fact, i signed out the car at 18k mileage and returned at 19k mileage. The invoice generated shows i signed out the car at 19k mileage and returned it at 28k mileage. I wrote back n highlighted all the irregularity challenging them what kind of penalty is being imposed on returning the car 3days earlier when it was paid in FULL. 2ndly, i emailed in my petrol receipt showing it was refilled at the airport. 3rd, the mileage in their record was grossly wrong as it was nearly impossible i would have travelled 9700km in 7 days or by right as they claimed 4 days which will worked out to 1300km per day or 2400km per day respectively. While i am sure some of you folks will be able to do that on a GOR, i merely took day trips out as i have my folks with me. My hotel should have my records and my car being parked overnight in the garage as i have a private parking lot accessible by key card only in the hotel. i received a call later from the singapore manager asking me to confirm whether did i actually use the car for 4 days or 7 days because the petrol receipt showed me pumping on the 7th day (DUH). I will not name the company now because its still being investigated, but if they are really behaving in such way, the name will be big big in the coming days to come. Some references for you folks next. 1) Please do a proper handover when you return the car, try not to use the key drop service. Have a personnel inspect the car and the petrol and generate you a proper receipt with the proper mileage ESPECIALLY if your rental has mileage limitations. It was fortunate mine was unlimited mileage. 2) If you are in my case, late for flight, system down and all the bollocks or if die die need to use a keydrop because ur flight is red eye, take a picture of the petrol receipt beside the odometer/ petrol gauge showing the mileage with date/time if possible with the airport in the background. i was lucky i kept the petrol receipt. Let me know what you guys think and if you guys know the consumer authority in Queensland, it would be helpful as well. Have a good friday ahead.
  2. Siao liao then those with vocation as a sniper can do what huh? Maybe work for LTA's outsourced enforcement agencies catching motorists perhaps? [laugh] From ST Forum: http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/forum-...kplace-20130408 Recognise skills learnt in NS at the workplace Published on Apr 08, 2013 MANY interesting ideas were put forward to change the perception of national service (NS) being a liability rather than an asset ("Getting back that NS feeling"; March 23). The top suggestion should be to recognise the skills acquired by full-time national servicemen during their training. Even the roles of non-combat NSFs as clerks, for example, should not be viewed as a form of compulsory cheap labour. Instead, the IT skills and work experience they acquire during their NS stints should be taken into consideration in the selection of applicants for government scholarships or civil service jobs. This is especially so for those who are recognised by their supervisors for having commendable work attitudes. Similarly, for officers in the public service, the leadership skills they acquire during their training days should be noted when they are being considered for promotion. Simply giving NSmen pay increments is insufficient. By being recognised for their skills, NSmen will view their service as an advantage rather than a burden to be performed without a choice. This is especially so as there are significant disadvantages in devoting two years at the prime of one's life to NS. I hope the upcoming review will be fruitful and yield more positive attitudes towards serving NS. Yeo Boon Eng (Ms)
  3. Target One Million is a Shell FuelSave campaign to help one million drivers from across the world learn how to save fuel through a series of interactive, online mini-games which are fun and quick to complete. The mini-games have been designed to show motorists how the right choice of fuel like, Shell FuelSave, and a few simple changes to their driving habits can help them save fuel, and in doing so, reduce their fuel costs. Two new mini games, Shell FuelSave Bootloader and Fuel Tank Focus, have been added recently. Bootloader will challenge players to check their virtual car boots to remove unnecessary items and excess weight which is affecting their fuel efficiency. Fuel Tank Focus is a fuel efficiency-based quiz. Visit www.shell.com.sg/targetonemillion today and start learning!
  4. As I get older, I learnt that LKY had to do what is needed it is for the overall benefit of our society and hence some may loose out (which included me and my family) there are few policies that dont quite make it but this is life we cant please everyone looking at our neighbours, we should consider ourselves lucky we do not have any natural resources i see it this way, LKY and his team lead but the people are the ones that eventually made singapore what it is today lets put our difference aside and move forward together i salute our fellow singaporeans > Comments from a foreign writer Bryant on Mahathir's > article:- Kaki dalam > Kasut where he says Chinese is the real master of Malaysia > . > > This article was written without fear or favour, and it is > up to us to > digest individually the truth of the matter, especially for > all > Malaysians (irrespective of race, colour, creed or > religion). > > To: The highly respected Tun Mahathir, > > China is coming up, India is coming up, Vietnam is coming > up and now even Russia is on the rise. In this flat world > that is all wired up and regardless whether > we are Malaysian Malay, Chinese or Indian, and if Malaysia > does not progress, all of us would become history of this > country! > > Without the Malay, Chinese could not do well in the country > and without the Chinese, Malay would not do well. Both have > to work together to bring up Malaysia and mitigate the > ascute impact that is being brought about by the > globalisation. > > For me, a true leader is someone who has the foresight that > not only focuses on one particular group in the country but > take care of the future of everyone. A good leader is > someone who knows what is the biggest threat the country is > facing and directs the people to fight off the threat. A > leader is also someone who is impartial that has the ability > to promote harmony in the country for a long period of > time. > > UMNO is a political looser that leads the country to > nowhere. They do not understand what is going on in the > outside world. They have no clue where Malaysia will > be in the next 30 years. With the 3 new superpowers, i.e > India , China and Russia standing tall and high together with > the USA and the Europe Union, they do not know what kind of > world it would be and how Malaysia is going to compete and > share the ever smaller slice of cake of the world economy. > They only know how to get the Malays to fight with other > Non-Malays on tiny issues within Malaysia , while these > races know jolly well that the issues they are fighting are > trivial and are totally self-satisfying. > > UMNO does not give a damn to how the poor Malays are going > to live in the future and they do not care about the real > benefits of the poor Malays. They only want the votes from > them. The NEP is a good evidence on how > they benefit the cronies, instead of the poor Malays. > Despite all their despicable acts they are still in the > power. > > The highly respected Tun, > > As you are aware, the Malays control the rights to all the > lands and > all other natural resources in this country. They control > all government institutions, GLC and State owned companies. > The Malays dominate the > lawmaking process in Malaysia ; The Malays control the > decision making process in formulating the economy policies. > The Malays own the largest national assets and the Malays > are given shares in the public listed > companies for free. The Malays have also been given all > kind of priorities when it comes to buying properties, > awarding of public contracts, tertiary education > opportunities, awarding of scholarships and even getting a > job > in government departments. > > With all these privileges and rights enjoyed by the Malays, > you are saying nothing has been done enough to help the > Malays to catch up with other races, mainly the Chinese. > Then what else should Malaysia do to satisfy the Malays? Did > the Chinese seize or rob anything away from the Malays or > was all their wealth, a result of their hard work? If > it is all due to their hard work, why do you say it is > unfair? I don't quite get your point here. > > May I humbly ask you what do you expect the Chinese to do > if your so-called NEP did not achieve the desired result? > Would the Malays be happy if the ethnic Chinese in this > country do any of the followings: > > - surrender their assets and hard earned money to the > Malays unconditionally; > - not to engage in any business activities; > - not to score As in all sort of examinations; > - not to make money that is more than the Malays are > earning; > - not to advance to higher education; or > - renounce their citizenships and go back to China or > migrate to some other countries? > > I am a foreigner but I am surprised that your intention is > to divide your own country. I think you are mainly targeting > the Chinese. Frankly, tell us, what do you expect the > Chinese to do in order to achieve what is so > called "equality" meant by you? > > Tun, > after all these criticism you have against the present > government, I feel that you are starting to loose your > rationality on your arguments. You have run out of good > reasons to convince us. I guess it could be due to your > accumulating jealousy of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, your former > counterpart in Singapore . > > But reality is always hard to accept. No matter how, you > have to accept the fact that he is regarded the Father of > Singapore but you are not regarded the Father of Malaysia; > you have to accept the fact that Mr Lee is able to influence > the government of Singapore until the day he dies but you > have not been able to influence the government from the > moment you stepped down as PM. > > You must also accept the fact that he is still very popular > on the world stage and a leader respected by many but you > are not quite. Because of these jealousies, you are starting > to accumulate imbalances in yourself > that leads you to embark on a series of action to > attack your successors. > It is very obvious that you are not happy when your > successors are more popular than you. Is there any good of > doing that? What is your intention? Can't you take it > easy? > > During your time, you criticised most of the developed > countries especially the Western Countries out of jealousy > and after stepping down as PM you criticise every single > soul remained in the cabinet for not listening to you. When > will you ever stop criticising any people? Can't you > respect the decision of others? > > Back to your recent blog, is there anything wrong with the > Chinese in this country? > Did they seize or rob the money away from the Malays? > > Did they have the ability to come out with any policies to > marginalise the Malays? > Did they dominate the lawmaking process of this country? > > Did they formulate the economy policies in this country? > Did they control the government departments in this > country? > > Did they control the state owned companies and GLC in this > country? > Did they control the country's largest oil companies > and banks? > > You know the answer, right? > > Malays are the one who dominate the the lawmaking process > of this country; > Malays are the one that formulate the economy policies in > this country that favours the Malays. > Malays are the ones that control the government > departments, state owned companies and GLC. > Malays are the ones that > control the funds in this country. > Malays are also the ones that control the largest oil > companies and banking industry in this country. > With all these rights enjoyed by the Malays, what else do > you want the Chinese to do? > Surrender their houses and savings and their wealth that > they earned with their hard work to the Malays? Or ask all > the Chinese to > renounce their citizenship and go back to China ? > > Have you ever thought of the fact after 30 years of > implementing NEP, why it does not achieve the desired > result? Or it does achieve but being denied. > > Under the NEP there are a series of policies that favors > the Malays. If with all these policies, it still does not > give the Malays what they want, what else do you want the > Chinese to do? Is the Chinese to be blamed > because they are too hard working? Or the Malays to be > blamed because they do not treasure the opportunities have > given? > > You know very well the NEP has been misused and it only > benefits the cronies... So if you have designed NEP to only > benefits the cronies, please don't say it is the problem > of Chinese that NEP does not achieve its > result. It has nothing to do with the Chinese but NEP and > the Malay themselves. > > This is a globalised world, Chinese and Malays should not > be fighting against each other because > Malaysia is competing with other countries. China used to > be backward and lagging behind Malaysia but now they have > caught up and have even surpassed Malaysia . Can we ask > them to slow down their development? If they refuse to > listen, can we make a complaint to the United Nations that > China is developing too fast and this is very unfair to > Malaysia , which adapts a more passive approach? Who gives > you the right to prevent others from progressing? > > Who do you think you are? This is a flat world (Obviously > Tun did not read the book named "The World is > Flat"). Don't be so narrow minded to only focus on > the Chinese or Malay in Malaysia . We should now look at the > world as a flat world. If Malaysia does not progress, no > matter we are Malays or Chinese, we would be extinct one > day! > > Have a God-blessed > day. >
  5. Is there anywhere else to do fishing http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNew...ory_399176.html Angling for a catch By Yusuf Abdol Hamid WHEN security officer Andre Lim wants to eat seafood, he heads for the canal near his Bishan HDB flat, a 10-minute stroll away. Armed with a rod, hook and line, he usually does not have to wait more than 15 minutes before he reels in something suitable for dinner. He has caught varieties such as tilapia, haruan and catfish.
  6. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22751899-23109,00.html
  7. the recent case of rich tai tai slapping stewardess has made mi realize 1 imp lesson. botox n face lift may onli works on ppl in early 50s n not e late 50s. the tight looking face makes one loook like smiling all e time while u actually is not smiling at all
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