Some pictures to share

The new National Library offer visitors
a great view ofSingapore landscapes...
This photo is taken from the 7th floor of the library.




My old Piaggio Hexagon 150cc.
Pretty powerful acceleration
despite its bulky size...

My new Honda Wave 125cc, pretty weak acceleration due to its small engine displacement. However this bike have incredible fuel efficiency!!!47~55km per litre!!! Maybe all Singaporean should stop driving and start riding to save our earth dwindling natural resource (and our pocket) too!!! Take the public transport else ride the Honda Wave!!!

T T Durai meet the man in black

A clear cold christmas eve night, at a small cafe at the peak of Mount Faber, the area where couples like to go for hanky panky session turn out to be an ideal place for T.T Durai to drink in the public with a sense of privacy after all the months of NKF's media outburst.... Moments later, a black BMW with an unfamiliar license plate appeared. The high beam almost blinded Durai and bleach his black heart... Out came a Man in black (MIB)

MIB: Durai Durai... tsk tsk tsk

Durai: Sorry Master, I have failed you.

MIB: You have failed me for the last time. Everything was going so well, so very well but your lust for defamation suit have become you ultimate down fall. I was greatly relieved with the success of your previous two law suit against your fomer employees but you should have listen to me about Susan Long from SPH... You got pretty bloody carried away forgetting that some powerful forces is back SPH.

Durai: My lawyer was pretty confident than and I also want to defend the my rights regarding the gold tap. You see Master, it was actually gold plated not solid gold. It was really within my office maintenence budget. I have always been really careful regard our organization accounting

MIB: I always have great confidence in the accounting Durai thats why "they" have not press criminal charges against you! Its still have loop holes though but its a giant maze. Durai, still remember the time a ask you to be CEO of NKF and mention that we can do great things together? Since than our organization have grow so much, from 1 charity show a year to 2 and than to 3! We have all the gullible Singaporean calling in the 1900 hotline much to our pleasure and our partner tel-co company pleasure since they are earning 20cents admin fee per call! Our great supported from Mediacock have been very supportive all this years deploying their circus artiste in each fund raising program which was getting more and more exciting each year. In fact they were planning to do a Westin Stamford bungee jump for year 2006!!! NOW BECAUSE OF YOU! We all can suck thumb next year. Last time you are only 125cc when I could still guide you, than you become 400cc but still adviseable, after the previous lawsuit you upgraded to 1000cc, than you have gone out of control!!!

Durai: Those were the good days (he took a sip of ice-cream soda and a puff of TEXAS Light, nowadays he try his best not to smoke the expensive cuban cigar...must save for raining days.)

Durai: Master, I am beyond control sometime. Since you install me as the new CEO, there have been powerful forces and patrons eager to join or be related to NKF for a good cause. They are so powerful that I can't control everything that was going on. I feel so much like a puppet. As for Susan Long and SPH incident, I must defend that I was assured by a powerful force that they will make it into a Kangaroo court in our organization favour.

MIB: And? Susan Long and SPH also have powerful forces! You got betray Durai. Now all your ally have become your enemy! When some one mention about your peanut S$600,000 salary, that was the signal for all your ball-less Singaporean ally to switch side immediately. Told you long long time ago when you were still in University not to mess with the wrong person! See what happen to Chee Soon Juan when he did so in Uni? Durai, I have invested, groom and brought you over to the Dark side, you failed me miserably. We have the NKF funds, the NKF children fund and there was even plans to have NKF Lung funds, Eye funds, Limbs Funds, Testicle Funds, Animal funds, Retard funds..... we could have monopolise the entire Singapore Charity market! Oh, by 2009 we could have a NKF gambler addict funds!

Durai: Master! I am worried, what should I do now! The media outburst is getting worst each day! Bloody hell KPMG, last time always treat them kopi and always generous to them, always give us a clean accouting record. Now also switch side. They are so UN-ACCOUNTABLE!!! I was also really shock by whatever rubbish the newspaper are writing about me! Now I have become the bad guy, gullible Singaporean, who use to donate to NKF, are believing every single word the newspaper write! Whats next? They gonna say I always hire social escort? Sadly my good friend Mr Cao Qi Tai from taiwan also did not escape the bashing.... I don't know who the hell say he got alot of bonus everytime he host the NKF show, what I gave him was just an Ang Pow with just peanuts inside. Just peanuts...

MIB: Durai Durai, just sit tight there. It was a sort of blessing that they have not found anything to press criminal charges against you. We have throw a very big smoke bomb that they will find it impossible to get rid of. Don't worry, we all have learn from the ENRON incident on "HOW TO MAKE BLACK ACCOUNTING LOOK GOOD". This is not colombia or iraq, rest assured that as long as my police forces are around, no one will touch a single hair of yours. I don't want you to get in trouble Durai cause NKF is not only about you but also about the hundreds of our organization "agents" including your previous two mistress who will get implicated. You are the final defense and if it must turn out bad, I am sorry, I promise you many good years ahead once you are out of jail...

Durai: I have to make the sacrifice?

MIB: Yes. Just as you made the good sacrifice for the NKF's patients, you have to make the sacrifice for our agents for a good cause too. This are the people who still need to be on my side to get the show going on. Durai, you might be out of the show now but we do have a pension scheme for you. So don't worry, you done your best. Just keep up with your arrogant image, don't speak a word to the media and let this case drag on in the eyes of the general public. Let them savour the delicious dishes the media and newspaper dish out to them, let them complain like they always do, let the online forum flourish with words of anger and disappointment but WE will be back.... very soon, very very soon.

Durai: What about Gerard Ee? Our enemies have apparently position well in NKF now. We must get him out of there. He is a dangerous man. Our agents are in no safe land with him at the helm.

MIB: That is beyond your worries. I plan to keep him under fire at the moment... Take care, I will not see you soon....

The Man In Black left T.T Durai on his own, with his ice cream soda contemplating his next move. Yet again the high beam of the black BMW shone onto T.T Durai face as he bid a farewell. The once mighty Durai, helm of the NKF have now relegated to a sombre man with an uncertain future and a big fat bill to pay for the Bottle of Chivas and Rib Eye steak that the Man In Black "Ta Pao" in Durai's name.

Mean while, back in NKF CEO office, Gerard is having hell of a time...






No wonder, he cut all his hair in the recent newspaper article. Must be too much stress...


*** The above story are fictional in nature except for the part about Gerard Ee losing his hair and fighting a difficult battle. Damn it, retire already still have to handle all this shit. Give this man a break, give this man a kit kat...***

Factors in calculating motor insurance

This is a pretty short study conducted by me to find out if the current motor insurance quotation system is fair and square for us consumers. The studies is conducted on the NTUC online motor insurance quotation system and the objectives of this studies is to find out if the following condition have any effect on the premium of the motor insurance.

-Age of rider
-Pass date of license
-Registration date of vehicle

The first step is to get a "base" quotation base on genuie details for a third party only motorbike insurance. Here is the details, (My personnal particular are blank out for privacy purpose).

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NTUC INCOME
MOTOR CYCLE QUOTATION

To:	***********
Nric:	S81********Z
Office Tel:	*********
Res Tel:	*********
Email:	****oron@yahoo.com
Repcode:
NCD(%):	0

Thank You for your enquiry. Our motor quotation is :

Cover Type:	Third Party
Insured Date of birth:	12-11-1981
Pass Date of Driving Licence :	11-12-2003
Occupation:	Indoor
Model:	Honda -
Commencement Date :	20-12-2005
Vehicle Registration No:	FZ**94Z
Registration Date:	10-07-2005
Capacity:	100 to 199 cc
No of Seater:	1
Usage:	Private Bike
Claims Experience:	Nil
Imported/Recondition:	N
Side Car:	N
Excess:	Nil
Gross Premium: S$512
Net Premium after 0% NCD and 10% direct discount:$461

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Hmm...third party insurance for my Honda Wave R was S$461 after a 10% complimentary discount from NTUC. Let say if I change the pass date of my riding license to indicated I am a experience rider with 5 years of good riding records, surely that will reduced the premium right?
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NTUC INCOME
MOTOR CYCLE QUOTATION

To:	Roco Roco
Nric:	S********Z
Office Tel:	67564955
Res Tel:	91395568
Email:	*****oron@yahoo.com
Repcode:
NCD(%):	0

Thank You for your enquiry. Our motor quotation is :

Cover Type:	Third Party
Insured Date of birth:	12-11-1981
Pass Date of Driving Licence :	11-12-2000
Occupation:	Indoor
Model:	Honda -
Commencement Date :	20-12-2005
Vehicle Registration No:	FZ***4Z
Registration Date:	10-07-2005
Capacity:	100 to 199 cc
No of Seater:	1
Usage:	Private Bike
Claims Experience:	Nil
Imported/Recondition:	N
Side Car:	N
Excess:	Nil
Gross Premium: S$512
Net Premium after 0% NCD and 10% direct discount:$461

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Five years of experience under the belt prove to be worthless when it comes to insurance premium. So the variable applied to Pass date of driving license seems to have not much effect in the final premium. Very questionable. Now let say I am actually 30 years old, born in the year 1975 and no changes made to pass date of license.
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NTUC INCOME
MOTOR CYCLE QUOTATION

To:	Roco Roco
Nric:	S7537225Z
Office Tel:	67564955
Res Tel:	91395568
Email:	******n@yahoo.com
Repcode:
NCD(%):	0

Thank You for your enquiry. Our motor quotation is :

Cover Type:	Third Party
Insured Date of birth:	12-11-1975
Pass Date of Driving Licence :	11-12-2003
Occupation:	Indoor
Model:	Honda -
Commencement Date :	20-12-2005
Vehicle Registration No:	FZ***4Z
Registration Date:	10-07-2005
Capacity:	100 to 199 cc
No of Seater:	1
Usage:	Private Bike
Claims Experience:	Nil
Imported/Recondition:	N
Side Car:	N
Excess:	Nil
Gross Premium: S$329
Net Premium after 0% NCD and 10% direct discount:$296

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So here is a very very stereotypical perspective motor insurance company have, the older you are the safer you are on the road and the lower your premium despite only having you license for less than 2 years. It is exactly as opposite perspective to life insurance where the premium increase with age. So far the conclusion we have here is the system don't recongnize your riding experience (5 years was not even considered) but more on your age. Can old man ride better than a young chap with 5 years experience? Finally we decided to play around with the registration date of the motorbike.
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NTUC INCOME
MOTOR CYCLE QUOTATION

To:	Tan*******
Nric:	S8******5Z
Office Tel:	9*******
Res Tel:	6******
Email:	******ron@yahoo.com
Repcode:
NCD(%):	0

Thank You for your enquiry. Our motor quotation is :

Cover Type:	Third Party
Insured Date of birth:	12-11-1981
Pass Date of Driving Licence :	11-12-2003
Occupation:	Indoor
Model:	Honda -
Commencement Date :	20-12-2005
Vehicle Registration No:	F****4Z
Registration Date:	10-07-1999
Capacity:	100 to 199 cc
No of Seater:	1
Usage:	Private Bike
Claims Experience:	Nil
Imported/Recondition:	N
Side Car:	N
Excess:	Nil
Gross Premium: S$301
Net Premium after 0% NCD and 10% direct discount:$271

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Hmm does that mean that an older bike which have went through years of wear and tear and engine that have went through much physical abuse is less of a hazard on road compare to a sparkling new bike with new breaks and new tires? Another big flaw in this quotation system.

I rest my case for you readers to add in your comments. I am sure with our collective comments, we can highlight the flaws in the premium quotation system of NTUC, AIG, AXA, MITSUI and any company selling motor bike insurance.

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Bloody F*** Spammer in my blog!

Damn! I must complain man, complain loud loud like a typical Singaporean. Been blogging for so long and been typing so many words, I want to COMPLAIN that there are stupid Spammer out there trying to use the "comment" feature of each blog article to entice somekind of sales or MLM shit.... here are few real examples found throughout my blog,

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Bloody hell people, 1 from Malaysia and 2 from don't know which Ang Mo countries and there are many more Spammer Spamming my blog that I have not listed out yet. The comment box in each of the blog article is for visitor/ readers to put constructive or destructive comment in it! For debating! Not for marketing!

I promise you all who is reading my blog right now, the next Spammer who try to hijack my blog will be contacted directly through their own blog and be crucified!

Taking this oppurtunity, I like to thanks those who have visited my blog in the past but were to shy to leave down any comments. Come on, at less pen something down in my blog article comments' section as an indication that someone did pass by my little corner blog space, ok? I may be a government but I am very very open to comments especially on my article about the Air Force and trust that I do have have the status (2SG only leh) and monetary (1 month on S$1944.87) power to engage in any law suit with you for defamation .

Upcoming Articles:
1) Why you should and should not sign on the Air Force.

BIG BOYZ Toys is not worth the money

After Saturday episode at BIG BOYZ TOY held at Singapore Expo, my conclusion is that its not worth the S$10 entrance fee (my feelings and my opinion). Everything there was absolutely beyond my financial capability to buy or own unless I applied for hire purchase and the only saving grace for most man who were so enticed by the advertising to pay S$10 for the show was women clad in skimpy bikinis,










Well shes my favourite at the show probably due to her semi revealing top that was exposed to countless camera flash (will be blind for sure) but that does not give any good ratings for BIG BOYZ Toys beyound 4/10 on my scoreboard. I like to say that such poor rating was given due to the exhibition ridiculous entrance fee off S$10 just to visit some kind of pasar malam establishment. I wonder why their neighbours, SITEX 05', can afford to gave free entrance to visitors while BIG BOYZ Toys have to extort S$10 from everyone just to make the exhibition profitable? My only guess is that the stuff in there are just expensive, cater to niche market thus not enough sales to generate any significant profits over the 3 days exhibition as compare to SITEX 05 or any Warehouse sales.

In any case, even before I get into the exhibition, I have guess that the fee was not worth it (I was right, in my opinion again). Ha ha.....I manage to sneak past two security guard and gain entrance for free!!! Woo Hoo....macham like Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid video games. Wah lau...if not for the heavy down pour, I would have left earlier....

Sneak in? Its really really possible. Two big entrance with only 4 security guard each maning the entrance and exit. Each big entrance consist of 4 small doors, security guard are only posted at 2 of the small doors marking the entrance and exit. The sneak point here is through the small doors not guarded by security but only by red tapes which provide an excellent cover for potential "Solid Snakes" or "Raidens" while transiting through the red tape which prove to be chicken feat for man who have been through SOCs.

The GO signal to execute the sneak movement is when other law abiding citizen are going through the main entrance and the guards are busy looking at the tickets. With their eyes away and the small door as cover, just jump over or duck under the red tape! There you go, free entrance and you save ten dollars for the petrol. I suceeded twice!

Guys, play more metal gear solid...it helps....

To sign on or not to sign on...thats the question

A MSN chat transcript with a colleague of mine whose friend intend to sign on.... Oh by the way, my MSN nick is "迟到好过没到，请别超速". This is my new nick after my mum found out but still allow me to ride bike to work.

Moment Catcher says:
yeah tml meeting up with BMT mates 1 of them 1 to sign on airforce
Moment Catcher says:
shoul i tell him t to sign on
Moment Catcher says:
btw me go bath
迟到好过没到，请别超速 says:
You should tell him the truth about the Air Force and let him decide
迟到好过没到，请别超速 says:
Its up to him to decide if he want to sign on....give him all the fact but don't be emotional.
迟到好过没到，请别超速 says:
Actually the Air Force is not bad but it is also not good too.
迟到好过没到，请别超速 says:
Welfare as a organization I can proudly say is top notch but the "care for soldier" attitude is freaking lacking in the lower level (Hierachy)
迟到好过没到，请别超速 says:
Simply say, the rules and laws are there to make the organization look good on paper but the people that is govern by the rules and laws don't look that good.
迟到好过没到，请别超速 says:
Ultimately it boils down to how the individual in the organization work professionally and ethnically. Not need to be passionate or passion of the christ also can make the work place a nice one.
迟到好过没到，请别超速 says:
You see how our senior behave and their attitude. Its a sign there is some problem. The PC hardware is top notch but software corrupted.... ha ha

Moment Catcher says:
well say
迟到好过没到，请别超速 says:
So don't think I am Jesus, very passionate about work. You see Jesus so passionate also in the end kanna cruxification....I don't want to end up like him... A bit passionate can already...

Hmm...maybe my next blog will be to advise people who intend to sign-on air force on what the AirForce can offer you (Extra duties, BOS Duties, Hanger Guard, Regimental Duties, Weekend burn, Salary every 10th, ROVW, LOW, Summary Trial, Court Martial, Board of investigation..., Pay raise, QAC Audit,) and what the Air Force cannot give you (Hmm...I am quite satisfied cause I have been recieving good stuff except for an ROVW, Record of verbal warning.)

A Close Shave!!!

Just another day at work, I thought until the moment I rode my Honda Wave 125cc bike out of Toranto Gate which is the only gate leading in and out of the service road to Sembawang Air Base.


The traffic light have turn green in front of me and I rode off like any road user do when they see the green light. Suddenly my entire 180 degree view in front of me was covered by a BIG WHITE object! Luckily my animal instinct works within a millionth of a second allowing me to take evasive action (break left) to avoid a collision! Ironically I was pretty calm and could still look around and spotted the BIG WHITE house moving type of lorry which is still calmly moving forward. Unluckily for 2nd Warrent Officer Leong, his Nissan Sunny 1.6A did not have much agility to avoid a side collision with the lorry. That stupid lorry driver though he is driving Ferrari and think he could beat the red light....tsk tsk tsk.

I thought of giving that lorry driver a piece of my mind for nearly destroying my beloved motorbike and almost taking away my parents only son. All my 4 letter grammer and vocabulary from Verb to noun to adjective almost kick into action if not for the fact that the driver came out quickly and keep on saying sorry sorry sorry to both of us and for the fact that I am in a Military uniform which make swearing a breach of the SAF 7 core values of "Discipline" and "Ethnic". Beside a few pieces of glass and car bumper debris, no one was hurt. In the end everyone resolve the crisis peacefully... I was the made the witness of the accident (phew...), 2nd Warrent Officer Leong and his Nissan Sunny was the Victim and the lorry driver is going to PAP (Pay and Pay).

I gave my contacts to 2WO Leong and the lorry driver before continuing on my way home. Wah lau, really must thank 大伯公，马祖，关公，观音，天公，土地公 and the many many god I prayed every morning before work....if they have not slow down my bike, the lorry would have hit head on into me..... just a second faster I will be history.

大难不是，必有后福。("Surviving from Disaster will bring great fortune"), so this Wednesday I am going to buy 4D for my bike, the lorry and the Nissan Sunny plate number.

Last day so don't expect good service

Recently, an international survey have ranked the customer service culture of Singapore near the bottom, like many Singaporean said...a major deprovement in service standards. I have never been strict about our customer service culture untill I saw the results of the survey. "Hmmm....its all just numbers thus it could not be accurate at all", I was telling myself. However the survey was conducted by a well known company (maybe is A.C Nielson). I thought the best way to prove the survey right or wrong is to start having a keen attention to the service staff attitude and standards which means I should start taking notice of the customer service of everything Singaporean, from the Kopi tiam aunty or uncle to the Waitress or waiter of the most posh restaurant in Singapore.

Armed with an Eagle eye for detail and a "Complain here and there" attitude, I have embarked on this scouting mission and the outcome have given me Mix-Feelings about Singapore Customer Service culture....

1- Pasta Cafe, Northpoint, 23rd Oct 2005

Today is the last day Pasta Cafe will be operating at the premises of North Point, tomorrow they will no longer exist and Pasta Cafe Northpoint branch will not be missed after my experience today.

Peicong my good buddy told me that Pasta Cafe will close down tomorrow onwards and invited me to join him and his wife for a "Closing Ceremony" lunch at Pasta Cafe. I think Peicong still have some emotional attachment to the place he first work as a waiter to have decided to visit Pasta Cafe for one last time despite no patronizing it for the pass few months (I guess). The ordering of the food went on uneventfully and the standard ice water was serve to us without our request, this I think is "Standard" service. At this moment I have notice that the restaurant have more staff than customer, which is a pretty pathetic sight. The male supervisor have taken this oppurtunity to relax in one corner, sitting down and chatting happily with the 4 waitress of the restaurant. I guess the staff here must be have a very joyful and relaxed last day at Pasta Cafe, can hear them joke, talk and laugh.

We were served with the food we ordered earlier on. Half way through the meal, I can no longer here the ambience music as the Pasta Cafe staff talk cock session was so loud that it drowned the sound of the music in a mix of broken Cantonese (i think some of the waitress are learning), English and laughing. So much for the ambience I guess....

What is worst is that the staff seems to be oblivious to the presence of 3 very loyal customers, it seems that Pasta Cafe's staff are in a world or their own and the 3 loyal customers are in a world of theirs. I wanted to get extra chilly sauce for the sub-quality Calamari Ring but it was a chore to get any of their attention because all of them were having a talk cock session in one corner, in end I feel like a cock too, trying in vain to beckon them or even to establish eye contact. Luckily non of us choke through out the meal, I wonder who will save us if we choke on our food....

Very very noisy, like first market. Although it was Pasta Cafe last day of operation the attitude of the staff and their lack of discipine make me wish that the restaurant should close down 2 weeks ago. At less the food is still good, if not better than the last time. I decided enough is enough and took the oppurtunity to voice out when one of the waitress is clearing our finished plates.

Riccardo: Excuse me, the noodles were shaken violently just now while I was eating it

Waitress:What? (Blur....)

Riccardo: I think you all were so noisy just now that it vibrated the pasta on my fork.

Waitress:Oh....

Riccardo: I know its the last day for the restaurant, but that does not means you all can be like that mah... (pointing to Peicong) Your ex-manger is here leh!

Waitress: Oh...hee hee...

What the hell, at less say sorry or offer us a complimentary ice cream mah!? Commented about their service, talk so much and she keep on morn "Oh and Ah". Later on I can sense the waitress are no happy with me already, I say thank you when she clear my plate but she did not reply, I say thank you when she top up the ice water and she ignore me...... I think I sound more like the service stuff there since I say "Thank You" more times than the waitress.

Bill Please! This is another area of problem in their service. After Peicong signed on the credit card bill, the staff did not even say thank you at all? Wah lau, I think she have golden teeth, cannot anyhow reveal to us. There was a 10% discount on the bill since Peicong was an ex staff, but they still charge a 10% service charge which should have been disputed. I still fondly remember the last time when we left Pasta Cafe after our meal, the Supervisor or Staff will say 'Thank You, Come back again", it was total silence today when we walk out of the glass door.... maybe no happy with my comments but I will really appreciate if they at less say "Thanks For Supporting Us". Tsk tsk tsk....si bei jia lat....

In conclusion, the closing down of Pasta Cafe North Point branch was a good choice since it have degenerated into a fish market. I doubt anyone will be revisiting it with that kind of service standards.

2-MacDonald at Big Mac Center AMK.
Last week, after listening to Ajahn Brahms talk about Buddhism...I and Peicong decided to have our dinner at MacDonald, Ang Mo Kio Big Mac Center branch.

It was pretty late already and obviously the MacDonald was operating with Skeleton crew (minimum crew) but my observation is most look like Zombie Crew to me. I was serve by a young kid and I have got use to the staff calling me sir (ha ha) but this young chap just say "Yes? What you want?" So I just order lor but was a bit demanding lah. Mc Spicy double with extra lettuce and Mayoniesse, Fries without salt, Drinks change to Ice Milo. Very very customized order. He repeated my orders kind of unwillingly and like a robot.

Due to my very very customized meal order, the young chap ask me to go to my seat and he will serve me later on.You know how that chap serve me the fries and burger later on? He just push the tray of food to me and say "ALL YOURS!" Wah lau eh, of cause "ALL MINE" lah! I paid for it one leh. The young chap just walked out of MacDonald happily talking cock with another staff. One look at my fries and I see salt. What the hell, told him no salt but still give me salt on fries, bloody hell still can stick the "Special Order" sticker on my fries.

Generally the MacDonald staff I encounter all the time are pretty good in service standards especially the old grandma and aunty who are manning the counter. Usually is those young chaps who are spoiling MacDonald excellent service image and this encounter of mine was the worst example I seen so far. Nowadays kid very ill discipline... act like King, ya ya papaya...

1 mistake is all it takes

How does it feel when you carry out your work diligently and professionally, taking every step carefully making sure that the result of your work will be extremely satisfying at the end of the day when suddenly someone spot a mistake a start to make a big Woo Haaa out of it? Your morale immediately sink to the bottom....

I am working alone today and I always enjoy working alone because I don't feel pressurize at all especially with boss who are very very particular about this and that. I don't like to work with people especially some of my seniors who just keep on pushing from behind and telling you rush through your work. Its such a blessing to be left alone, with my own private space. Towards the end of the day, my seniors all congregate at my work areas like some hungry vultures and here goes

Specialist A: Hey check the Rotorhead shim, make sure its installed correctly leh...

Specialist B: All ok, eh....This Shim install wrongly leh!!!! Oi Riccardo, what you doing? Fuck lah.... cannot leave you alone one. You ^&*@(*@*/!&!!!

My Boss:%^&&*@#%^*&%@()! (Rated-R)

You see, my senior specialist A should just remind me to check the "shim" properly instead of speaking so loud that Specialist B can take this chance to screw my backside unprofessionally. Today I have did 1000 rights and got zero recgonition and just one overlook by me invited torrent of verbal abuse! SUPER DUPER DEMORALIZING man. I do realise the mistake I have made but do I have to accept such critics?

What the hell. There are people in my working section who always go day-off, always "keng MC" and always act like David Copperfield during work..... got one lagi better, don't know what kind of seducing magic or "Gong Tao" this female colleague cast upon the senior officers that eventually she was posted to HQ to do paper work for 6 months! Wah, I say she damn clever cause doing Aircraft work and doing paper work all will earn her the same 2nd Sergent pay except when you do Aircraft work, any little mistake you make, you will be Fuck in the backside till the hole enlarge. Some of my seniors their asshole got screw so big by the management that everyday their morale just flow out into the toilet bowl.

Damn.... my boss don't know how to tackle all this "keng" kings, David CopperFields and the seductive "Flower pot" but instead piss us off with every little mistake. Boss is like the emperor who submit to the Eunuch (太监）and reject any decision of his fellow loyal court official.

Next time I become an officer after passing out from (OCS-Only Clown Survive) I make sure my man never have to suffer what I suffer and I send wrath to those Wayang kings..... As a Boss or leader, must be like 包青天... Know the black from the white and white from the black....

Spice Girl Parody

Ha ha, while looking through "MY DOCUMENT" on my PC which is celebrating its 8 years in existance (through the constant back up I did), I happen to chance upon a song lyrics that I created back in Secondary school. Back than, me and one of my classmate Peicong form the band "Geylang Street Boys" and started co-writing and sing our own songs. Although there was no expensive recording studios or the MP3 rage back than, looking at the lyrics now I wonder if the "Geylang Street Boys" should make a come back right now? Maybe go into political songs? Here are a few songs we wrote back than. Notice our vocabulary is quite limited but powderful...

Spicy Girl - 2 Become 1

Neon light it shine forever

Geylang girl stand there for business

You should approach it

You should approach it

20 bucks for half an hour

a deal I won’t find another

You should pay for it

You should pay for it

(and she said)

Come a little bit closer baby

Buy some more, durex condom

Cause tonight, is the night

When 2 become 1

(chorus)

I need some love

That I have the money for (gonna make love to you baby)

I get this cheapo lover

Now I will pray for more (gonna make love to you baby)

Sexual Spirit Free

Is the only way to be

Silly games you both are playing

Private eye they are all spying

Your wife paid for it

Your wife paid for it

Balek Kampong your wife waiting

Parang ready for castrating

You have ask for it

You have ask for it

(yah)

Come a little bit closer honey

Parang Do, it getting close

Cause tonight, is the night

When one become none

(chorus)

I need some love

That my wife don’t wanna give me more (Have to cut your weenie jerky)

I get retribution now

I won’t pray for more (Have to cut your weenie jerky)

Sexual organ breech

Is the only way to be

G.O.H Pictures

Chain Reaction Bombing

http://pya.cc/pyaimg/pimg.php?imgid=8056

See if you can achieve 100% scores. Some one did it though...

Crash at Cecil-Robinson Road junction

LTA officers with their years of experience designing roads of singapore have make such a poor judgement in design that have cause 4 car accidents within a short period of 3 days since the removal of the kerb between Cecil rd and Robinson road. So many people have wrote in to TODAY news paper to complain and feedback about the poor road design that was still left uncheck despite all the car crash drama going on. So much so for a efficient Singapore road system. LTA should stop boosting to other country about how effective our road system are when there is so many negative feedback (no only in the Cecil-Robinson Road episode) from road users. We should advertise to the world that right now we have a "Bermuda Triangle" right in the heart of the business district

Bloody hell, still can respond to complains stating that their theory are correct and accident should not happen at all and the removal of kerb is to prevent jay-walking. Maybe they should hire a psychology to help them better design roads in the future so that they will no make the assumtion that its the car travel on road, its the driver to direct the car on the road....the drivers who are visually confused by LTA "Brainest Kid" design to have drove unwittingly from Robinson Rd into D'Almeida Rd.

4 days of accident, isn't it a very good evidence that something is very wrong with the recent removal of the kerb? Why is LTA still silence to the media and most importantly did not even took any action? I suppose LTA don't give a damn about the urgency and unseen magnitude of the problem they have created. Its so sad to hear that a taxi driver lost S$2000 of his earning just to pay for damage to another vehicle when he was mislead and drove into D'Almeida Rd. Someday someone will get killed. If I got the money, I will hire lawyer and sue LTA for causing the accidents and damage.

THE MAP OF THE CURSED ROAD

HEY LTA!!! Wake up lah! I know you guys wasted some money to remove the kerb and is unwilling to put back what you have remove cause it will not be cost effective and it will burn off your officers year end bonus and performance bonus. Why don't you just give me S$2000 (peanuts right) and I can immediately implement a cheap solution for you? Can prevent Jaywalker and also car crash? All that needed to be done is to place a line of metal poles with chevron paint scheme.... so easy, even me a diploma holder can think of..... Come on lah, sub contract to me to do is only S$2000, comfirm plus gureentee plus chop NO ACCIDENT will happen. Extra S$1000 more if you want cute cute design on the metal poles. If you want to hang Singapore flag on it, that will be considered FOC cause I am very patriotic one....

Google Earth!!!

Just look at the satellite images I obtain from this neat program call "Google Earth"...

The entire Yishun neighbourhood where I stayed.

Sembawang Air Base - Home of Helicopters

Our RSAF mighty chinooks (4 in parking lots), a.k.a hotdog helicopter.

Forbidden Palace in Beijing

The entrance often seen in the news.


Guess what are this buildings?

TODAY newspaper damn cheap!!!

"A letter send by a reader to TODAY newspaper on 21/09/05"

Oi! Danny Chua, are you a primary 5 kid or a 30 years old man with a primary school kid mentality? I read you letter already feel like "han taming" you back to reality! How the hell can you expect and rationalize for NEA (National Enviromental Agency) to fine the Town council? Its like telling the government to take money out of their right pocket and putting it back to their left pocket leh!!! With you lame solution, you allowed the government to juggle our tax money in their own hands just to satisfy and assure some gullible Singaporeans that action (no action in this case) have been taken. Please wake up to reality lah my dear friend, you think everything the government can suka suka privatise? Power Suppy, Water supply, Mobile services, SMRT, TIBS.....they are all still partially government own ok?

If I read inbetween the lines I think you must be a disgrunted resident staying in Potong Pasir right? You want the NEA to come and fine your town council jialat jialat and instead of using the fines collected to fight mosquitoes in Potong Pasir, the money will be directed to "Pay And Pay" for mosquitoes busting operation in other district. So Danny, you want the whole Potong Pasir to be infested with mosquitoes so that the next General Election will be a walk over right? Very very clever solution.....can save time and energy....no need for both contesting party to blow their trumpets and lelong themselves during GE.

Hey Danny Chua, if you solution can work than I can even propose for Air Force to fine the Army when their Guards unit is late to board the helicopters for operation or the Air Force can fine the Navy when their LST sail too fast for our Super Puma to land (because they are desperate for R&R in Thailand). This way I can set up a new Enforcement department and collect lots of fines so Air Force can get lotsa budget every year, maybe than the Air Force can buy stealth fighter. Ha ha. Now our government is fighting hard against the Dengue epidemic, PLEASE give some constructive solution on how to stop the spread of Dengue or eradicate the Aedes Mosquitoes but not just FINE FINE FINE. Yes Singapore is a FINE city but the FINE is for the citizen only. Danny Chua solution sure is the FINEST.

Oh and regarding the Dengue Funds, I hope it will not be another NKF scandal but I don't mind to be the Chairman holding the funds, at less can have a gold tap, "peanuts" allowance and Business class air ticket.

Robots and Wallpaper

Some of my robots collection....

Something interesting in Todays Newspaper

A new 7 eleven stall have started operating just beside my mum's laundry shop and they have TODAYS newspaper up for grab everyday. Nowadays, I have free newspaper to read every night and its really interesting to know what I have miss out from a long period of not reading newspaper. Hmm... chance upon a very interesting article today, its about "Man Fertility" test kit.



According to the news article. It was commonly women to be blame for infertility problem but according to studies, incidents of infertilities are 30% due to women and 30% due to man! With the rest of the percentage due to some "unexplain" problem between man and women.

This man fertility kit is really a quantum leap in testing for male fertility. Man have always been considered or consider by themselve to be strong and proud genders and the evolutional ancestor genes in Man during our "apes" period is focus to be the dominating male and mating to ensure the survival and growth of mankind.

Darwins Theory aside, man are initially programmed (like to) many many years ago (by God or what I don't know) to just screw any girls they fancy. So telling a man to take a fertility test is truly a big trashing on his ego. So 3 cheers for this fertility kit lor!

Hmm...how to use it? I think the concave area in the kit is for something to go/flow into. I just felt that the packaging does not help much in getting the test "samples" quickly. Since its a Man product for Man only, a repackage of the product to something more "colorful" will be most welcome.

Today in "Today" newspaper

Bloody hot ah!!! Riccardo is bloody hot with the following article!


Now this Mr Micheal Chua Kheng Hwee (I call him Micheal "Chao Keng" Hwee) must have never rode a motorbike in his life and although his letter to TODAY was well written and and pretty rationale intially, the last paragraph was a total turn off to people and probably an insult to some who use motorbike as their daily transport:

Micheal "Chao Keng" Hwee: "Due to the elements, riders usually do not go as fast as drivers...."

Riccardo "Chin Buay Song": Eh!! Micheal! What you mean by due to the elements? Fifth element or what? Don't anyhow say we riders not as fast as drivers hor!!! You ride bike before or not? We got 125cc , 400cc and 1000cc leh! Motorbike usually go faster than your Toyota Corrolla, Atlis, Lancer, Swift, Subaru, Getz.... I am talking about motorbike superior power to weight ratio and pick up. Legally, most bikes will reach 90km/hr legal speed limits before your bloody car can achieve that! Micheal, I think you have been living in US or european country for too long where you don't see much bike around because the cars are cheap, haven't you been over-taken by a 1000cc or even 400cc or even a 150cc, 2 strokers bike while you are driving in singapore in your S$50K+ 10 yrs loan interests cars that is depreciating at a staggering rate every year and its technically only a 10 or 20 years vehicle rental from the our great government? Come on, even a state of the art, race proven bike is cheaper, faster and with proper mantainence, can be technically KEPT (not rent) forever with a small fees every ten years? Don't say we slow next time ok? Even we point middle finger at you faster than you can point back.

Micheal "Chao Keng" Hwee: "...riders usually do not go as fast as drivers and inadvertently obstruct drivers"

Riccardo "Chin Buay Song": " Oi Micheal! You got a problem is it? Your bloody car got bloody big and loud horn leh! Use it lah so that we will get out of your way. Please spare some thoughts can or not? Motorbike only have side mirrors and no rear mirrors, how the hell you expect riders know if we are obstructing the road? KNN, sometime car also obstruct the road, why don't you go complain them? Pick on someone your own "wheel numbers" ok? Next time give a "Friendly" peep, high beam the motor bike or just change the bloody lane lah! 3 lane for you to choose, you die die must stick to one lane meh? Still taking your driving test huh, die die must stick to one lane huh?

Micheal "Chao Keng" Hwee: " About the only thing a motorcycle is good for, besides its lower fuel costs, is its ability to squeeze between other vehicles"

Riccardo "Chin Buay Song": " Thanks Micheal for the compliment, finally". I think you often go out during Weekends, travelling along CTE with your "chio" girl friend in your sparking new Subaru WRX with 108hp but stuck the usual saturday traffic jam on the CTE. You are cursing and swearing why its always jam while the Malaysian "Kup Kias" bike and numerous other Singapore motorbike ride pass your left, right, squeezing in between cars that are at a stand still. Your 108hp car is a total waste in the saturday traffic jam and I reckon you only use 1hp only, for idling in the traffic jam. Yeah!!! I reach Orchard lor and Micheal still stuck at CTE listening to his "chio" girlfriend complaining "why you WRX so slow one!!!"

IF EVERY SINGAPOREAN RIDE A BIKE, WE CUT DOWN ON FUEL CONSUMPTION, LESS AIR POLLUTION, LESS TRAFFIC JAM, MORE ENVIROMENTAL FRIENDLY and MAYBE LESS ACCIDENT!!! BY THE WAY, BIKES ARE SO AFFORDABLE!!! From 1cc(bicycle) to 1000cc (Suzuki Hayabusa).

DON"T WORRY ABOUT THE RAIN, THERE IS SUCH THING AS A RAIN COAT.

Quotes of the day

Yesterday is History cause its the past
Tommorrow is a Mystery cause its the future
Today is a Gift thats why its call PRESENT!!!

What? Sell cheap cheap also cannot?

What the fish. Today I have one competitor who is also selling the same product as I am, taking advantage of the telephone number I posted on my ad to call me and F*** me up! Apparently he is not happy that I am selling my product "NO WET WATERLESS CONCEPT" car wash at S$27, way below the RRP of S$32.90 and member price of S$29.90. He treaten to call the distributor to cut the supplies to me if I continue selling at that price. Well I just tell him to go ahead cause I am actually selling this product to my friends only and also to some "stranger" customer who chance upon my Yahoo Auction ads. To me, this small little business is just a learning experience for me, I just like to know how its like to be a salesman promoting a product that is very very new to the market. It is also an oppurtunity to hone my "convincing"skills for a product that will be met with lots of skeptism.

I am sure no one believe that you can wash/clean your car/bikes without water right and most will think that without water, the paint work will be scratch by debris? This is the kind of customer's mental barrier that any salesman of the product have to break. In my case it involve LIVE demostration, use of product brochures and backing the claim with very good scientific fact with regards to the ingredients in the product. Also, selling this new product at a lower price can generate more sales and more people to use it and eventually this people will be satisfied with the results and come back to buy the product again! This time, the price will be raise abit due to more demand and due to a solid support for the product. Thus, to introduce a new product to the market, sometimes the salesman have to sell with peanuts profit or even a slight lost so as to create the first customer base. Its like catching fish....must use bait one. People like cheap cheap thing mah....

Ok, enough of the product talk stuff...I am not here to do promotion. Just really really bewildered why sell expensive people complain, now sell cheap cheap also got people complain? Damn, NTUC current selling White Bass fish at S$1.07/KG and ABC Supermarket (there is really an ABC supermarket) selling at S$1.15. Do you think ABC will call NTUC and Kao Pe Kao Bu!? Even though the fish came from the same supplier, i don't think its the supplier concern how much the dealer is selling the fish. The dealer can sell at a lost and the supplier won't give a damn cause supplier have already earn the profit before hand.

Now I sell cheap and eventually (if I continue with this line) more people buy from me. I am sure the last two party left laughing happily are the distributor and me. The competitor can just go home and sleep liao...

Wash and Wax your car or bike without water!!

http://page.auctions.yahoo.com/sg/auction/92257722

Hi guys and gals, I am currently doing part time sales for this amazing product. "NO WET WATERLESS CONCEPT", WASH+WAX+POLISH with just one product and without water! Please support....thanks. Click on the link hor...thank you so much.

A Free Bird!!!

Finally I am out of the agony of going for one Court session to another. As officially on 25th August 2005, I am a free bird! Thanks to my lawyer, Mr K.S Loo, out of 3 criminal charges I am acquitted from 2 and only punish for 1 charge- "Failure to pay road tax". The fine was a mere S$800 which means I will get to keep my Job in the RSAF and not suffer a military discharge. A big relieve of pressure from my mind and also to my Officer In Charge who is trying very hard to ensure that I do not have too much work burden during this tough period and also to help me speak good words to the upper management. I am so glad that I can now fully commit to my job in RSAF without worries and able to let my passion of this job be fully develop. 5 court session, 4 months of mental stress and the hole in the pocket due to legal fees and the implication to my job....all this S*** is finally over.

As some of you might know, I trust my friend too much to get me into such trouble. I am really a victim of others mischief. Little do I realise that the arms of law strike the good people and the bad one. I have learnt to be more careful with people now no matter how close they are to me. Gonna use Wisdom instead of just compassion to due with people around me nowadays.

Its a long recovery phase for me now. To recover the financial damage I incurr, to convince my boss that he have not wasted his effort to retain me (must work harder lah!) and also start creating good track record for myself before the December "Air Maintenace Officer" interview.

I really like to thank all the friends who have given me so much mental support during this period and also my family members who were always right behind me. Also say a big thank you to Veronica, a girl I only knew for 2 weeks. Although she knew about the trouble I am in, she have never lost faith in my character even though we only met for such short period of time. Thanks to her prayers every night, her chicken soup on the day of court session and her encouragement.

Major Moron reveal his trueself

Hello!!!

Happy National Day

Now, Singapore is my country, love it and sometime dislike it. This is what I dislike about Singapore in my own opinion,

TOP TEN REASON WHY I MIGHT DISLIKE SINGAPORE

1)Car too expensive to own, COE,PARF,ERP,TP,IMPORT TEXT....etc

2)Government set very very strict rules hindering small business (mobile food van for example)

3) My RSM give me boliao duties like Hanger guard and BOS.

4)No strong opposition party in the parliment. I support PAP but at less give 30% of the seats to opposition so that unwelcome policy can be opposed instead of been implemented to make more suffer.

5)Rising and rising transport cost!!!

6)CPF. Yes, its a stupid and old outdated policy set it the pass and obsolete now. Felt more like a tax than saving plan. Good for buying flats only.

7)Kangaroo Court. I hope I don't suffer its wrath.

8) Our new prime minister. No offence please, but at less allow for voting. I can't see any proven track record in him but hopefully he lead us well.

9)NKF show. After a few years, I become sick of it.

10) The cameras in Geylang. Shit....this thing really too away much of the vibrancy in the even numbers lorong. Another idea from the top scholars that does no purpose other than chasing away prostitutes and the customer at the food outlets around the area.

Now now.... I only mean to say I dislike about my country not hate. Its like I dislike some bad habits of my sis, mum, dad and girlfriend that does not mean I don't love them. I love Singapore (not wayanging ok!?)--

TOP TEN REASON I LOVE SINGAPORE

1) Lee Kuan Yew. Despite what some say that he is cunning, he is god of no mercy (as oppose to Kuan Yin) and he just don't want to loss his grip on power. However, without his leadership and without his inspiration to lead our earlier generation we won't be able to transform a slum settlement into HDB estate, Farmers into Office workers, Ulu Ulu Sembawang Kampong into Sembawang new town, STI Index 200++ into STI Index 2300++, Rag tag band of soldiers into the modern well equipped and high tech SAF..etc...etc

2)Multi racial society. Every race co-exisiting peacefully under one roof. You won't find it else where in the world.

3)Food glorious food! We got lots of variety from different race! Chinese food, Indian food, Muslim, Western, Japanese, Korean...blar blar blar. I seriously have not finish eating every type of food advailable.

4)Seriously and Honestly...our public transport system is great despite the cost. Compare it with London and Newyork, you will felt the difference. I have stayed in Hong Kong for 3 - 4 months and the cost of public transport is much higher than Singapore

5)Our Health facilities are easily within reach. You won't have to walk more more than 1km to reach a clinic when you are sick.

6)Our young lion's soccer team. How I wish they were still competing in the Malaysia Cup. So much pride for our country and glory during those good old days. Especially when we won the Malaysia Cup 4 time in a row. However, our soccer team are progressing well currently.

7)Our RSAF CH47SD Chinook Helicopter a.k.a 'Flying Hot Dog'

8) All the friends I made especially the 9 Dragon Clan Brothers.

9)The fact that I can walk alone at night without getting rob, whack up, killed or sodomized.

10) I LOVE SINGAPORE for the very fact that I can have the luxury to sit here and type all this stuff and the fact that you have the time to read it. Show that we can all afford time to sit down and relax and also all of us can afford to have PC with internet at home. Unlike in the past... This really show how much we have progress.

Can we all just for one day, on the 9th of August forget everything bad about Singapore and be optimistic and proud of the country? Just one day lah.....the next day we all can still be the typical Singaporean we usually are...complain and complain and complain only. Thank you and don't forget to watch NDP Parade 'LIVE" at the Padang.... I am marching hor!!!

HAPPY NATIONAL DAY!!!

Freaking Winds at the NDP parade preview.

As some of you might know, I am part of the Air Force supporting c.u.m marching contingent for this year NDP Parade. Have been burning numerous weekends to put up a good show for all of you fellow citizen of Singapore. All the rehearsal so far and also the NE show (for the primary 5 kids to watch) went through with nothing exciting happening to us untill today..... our Air Force contingent was almost wiped out by a freak wind that blow across the Singapore river.

Now, who ever say Singapore River was a sheltered water way, well protected from storm and strong wind should really reconsider after todays incident. Before the NDP preview starts, we were all station at the following location-- (RED STAR)



Now, with all the land masses surrounding the body of water, a strong wind is not really possible. We were all the usual good soldier, sitting down eating the usual Mass produced and mass sponsored Pizza Hut lunch that all good soldier always eat during the pass few years NDP parades when the first warning came.... the sky become dark. The sea water starts to rock the boats quite violently in a distance. Here comes a small gust of wind that never stops it momentum. Soon our Pizza is been peppered with natural favouring (sand) and than a few leaves from the tree added the final touch to our lunch before the wind starts to rock our shelter which was those Pasar Malam type.

The wind become really FREAKING FAST!!! I mean, for a true blue Singaporean that never experience tornadoes or hurricane, I have never experience such strong winds in my 24 years time in Singapore. Our Air Force contingent was really caught off the guard, the entire "Pasar Malam" tent literally flew off from the ground and some Air force service man are still sitting there, under the open sky right now, still happily munching their meals and admiring nature destruction happening in front of their eyes. Probably we were all too shock to know what to do in such situation, our Singaporean mind are just not tune to react to such Natural disaster... it took a few moments before all the guys release what happen and move away from the scene of destruction. One champion actually did the most unforgiving thing for any SAF service man to do; He quickly took his bag, a bottle of NEWATER and his Pizza lunch but left his SAR21 rifle at the scene. "Better save his stomach than a lifeless, 2kg piece of metal." This time the FEAKING wind have become MORE FREAKING, a few trees were broke off at its trunk and a heavy stone chair literally topple under the force of the FREAKING wind. The Pasar Malam Shelter was not spared the extra punishment, the metal scaffold broke off and landed on the ground where we use to sitting and enjoying lunch.

It came so fast and its gone as fast too. The Aftermath-

1)Our Pasar Malam shelter was all blown away and we were all laughing for don't know what reasons. Maybe too happy that we are still alive or maybe just very excited to see all this destruction happening LIVE.

2)One of our guys, the Champion, SAR21 rifle magazine was damage when one of the metal scaffold from the "Pasar Malam" shelter landed on it. The spring from the magazine literally flew out. The rifle was luckily still in good condition. I think ST Kinectic should really reconsider the design of the rifle magazine.

3) Only 2 casualties. He hurt his hand when the Pasar Malam shelter flew off initially. The other guy is from the Police contingent, got hit hard on the head.

This incident was the most exciting stuff prior to the NDP Parade Preview, its just a waste that we were not able to bring cameras for the NDP Preview due to last minute security reasons. In any case, we are still still alive and I hope all of you will show your support for us by tuning in to NDP Parade 2005 LIVE telecast on the 9th of August..... "For the Red Lion paratrooper who injured himself" , "For the Airforce and Police contigent who survived the FREAKING storm".