The most horrendous bus ride ever.
Today's bus ride has got to be the worst worst ride ever.. Firstly, the bus took like 15mins to arrive, then there was this cheena group of middle-aged people barging into the minicuous queue. yeah, respect and those bullshit for the elderly, they are not even old, but well, their attitude proved otherwise. the bus finally arrived, then i got to sit between 2 oversized people :X 1 of them reeked of some pungent cologne, which is seriously unbearable. the aroma got my head spinning, and caused me splitting headaches due to prolonged sniffing of undesirable smell. time is moving at a snail's pace.. Then, the wonderful thing happened, 1 ****** man came on board, sat in front of me and he had his own odour as well, the ****** one. so, a combination of heavenly smell to entertain my fragile nose. oh did i mention that the bus driver needs something at every terminal? he spent about 15mins stopping at every single terminal to crap or sthg. so in all, i spent about 45mins to reach home from the airport; half an hour spent trying to cover my nose with my hoodie, and no fidgeting.
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dunno why blogger aint allowing me to upload pictures today ugh.
anyway maths today was a total failure.
toodles guys!
Friday, June 26, 2009
Dear blog,
Im coming here to wish u all the best, cuz i might leave u soon.
See, my MYE is coming.. In fact, its only 2 days away, and i think i will have to really mug my head
off. Although it is so rare to see me study, but i think i ought to try. Persistance and endurance,
those will keep me going. I'm so sorry u will not see me for 2 days, but its okie, id left u umpteen
times before, in preparation for these 2 days. We will meet again soon, someday, somewhere, here.
Kisses, hugs and whatever you want, except me,
GERALDCE.
xx
Im coming here to wish u all the best, cuz i might leave u soon.
See, my MYE is coming.. In fact, its only 2 days away, and i think i will have to really mug my head
off. Although it is so rare to see me study, but i think i ought to try. Persistance and endurance,
those will keep me going. I'm so sorry u will not see me for 2 days, but its okie, id left u umpteen
times before, in preparation for these 2 days. We will meet again soon, someday, somewhere, here.
Kisses, hugs and whatever you want, except me,
GERALDCE.
xx
Monday, June 22, 2009
Schools to re-open as scheduled despite H1N1 situation
By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 22 June 2009 1823 hrs
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SINGAPORE: Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan has said schools will re-open and the Asian Youth Games and National Day celebrations will carry on.
However, recently-returned students who have travelled to affected countries will stay at home for one week before joining their classmates when schools re-open on Monday.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) will provide more details soon, added Mr Khaw.
The health minister was speaking at a news conference on Monday to give an update on the latest developments on the Influenza A(H1N1) situation.
Mr Khaw said that overall, life must continue as normally as possible, with targeted control measures.
One of them would be to close a school when a significant cluster is found so as to break the transmission, or to isolate a competing team from other athletes as was done with the Filipino and the Hong Kong football players.
Mr Khaw also revealed that the scientific committee, chaired by the Director of Medical Services, is effectively evaluating the characteristics and the genome of the virus.
The committee has determined that the H1N1 virus in Singapore remains identical with that in North America.
Hence, the consensus view was that the virus remains moderate-risk and Singaporeans need not panic over the development that there is now community spread in the country.
Mr Khaw is confident that almost all infected cases will be able to recover fully and that Tamiflu and Relenza remain effective against the disease.
He, however, added: "But I thought I should explain that moderate risk does not mean no death. Just like the seasonal flu, there will be some deaths. That's why we need to target the high-risk patients, especially those with underlying medical conditions and to render the best chance of a full recovery.
"And that is why we need to allow our hospitals to be able to focus on the high-risk cases and not be distracted or overwhelmed by hundreds of mild cases."
Among those in the high risk include pregnant mothers, people with asthma, those on kidney dialysis or on chemotherapy.
The Health Ministry intends to advise these groups of patients with direct mailers of what they can do to protect themselves.
The ministry is also gearing up all its polyclinics and a few hundred general practitioners to treat suspected H1N1 cases in Singapore.
Giving details of measures to tackle a wider community spread of the influenza, Mr Khaw explained that these will be called Pandemic Preparedness Clinics or PPCs and they can be recognised by their decal to handle walk-in suspect cases.
These clinics will only refer some categories of high-risk suspect patients to public hospitals. Mr Khaw said the Health Ministry will publicise to Singaporeans where these clinics are so they know where to seek advice.
He explained: "When the local bio-surveillance data confirms significant community spread and we need to move from containment to full mitigation, we will signal to the public to use these PPCs instead of going to the hospitals if their flu conditions are mild. And this may happen over the next few days."
The health minister also revealed that the government would secure adequate supplies of the H1N1 vaccine for the population.
Besides the existing supply contract with the vaccine manufacturer, Mr Khaw said the ministry is also in active negotiations with other vaccine manufacturers. The aim is to diversify the supply of H1N1 vaccines.
Concluding, Mr Khaw said that last week has been eventful in the development of the outbreak in Singapore and the ministry has expected this development, given the large number of travellers returning from their June holidays.
But he said seven-week head start in battling the virus has been extremely useful, allowing the government to gear up its system for the community spread phase of the outbreak.
His advice to Singaporeans is to carry on with their lives normally, but keep up the high standard of personal hygiene.
- CNA/ir
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Irritating la, extend 1 week will die uh? stupid education system in singapore, just makes me even more determined to emigrate next time. the poll's pretty much useless too.. cant wait to leave this stupid place.
i wanna own a ranch somewhere, and enjoy a peaceful cut-out-from-the-world life for a while, before pursuing something. somewhere NOT in singapore :)
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
I was reading the Straits Times today and came across the maintenance fee issue.. feeling bored, i went on to do some research.
Men disadvantaged in SG?
first visit these websites..
http://www.singapore-window.org/sw02/020207at.htm
http://menspeak.blogspot.com
Womans Charter Wedding Vows Groom:I take you to be my wedded wife, to pay all bills including yours for a high lifestyle you wish even if you earn more than me, to look after the children, be faithful to you even if you sleep around. You can keep your money, my house and divorce me anytime you like for any reason whatsoever and i cannot help it. Bride:I take you to be my wedded husband, and if you fail to meet your duties I'll divorce your ass faster than you can say "sorry" << >here
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'thats why most say in marriage, guys dug a grave, girls brought an insurance plan, should anything go wrong, the guys bury themselves in and the girls get all the inheritance...' << here
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'men's charter should state that men are not allowed to carry the woman's handbag it is a sorry sight, i cringe whenever i see a man carrying a handbag what more if it does not match his shoes' << here
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Woman: We fight for our equal rights, we must treated the same as man!
Man: Then you must serve NS for 2 years too!
Woman: No! We can't! We are weaker vessel. We serve our 'NS' at home as housewife.
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Men disadvantaged in Women Charter
There have been spates of debates over that question in the recent years, yet nothing has been changed, amended or refined even though there were so many so-called reviews to the charter itself. I do agree that reviews should be made in accordance to our current societal situation, with many females holding high paying jobs(cant remember where, but I've read that 60% of the senior civil servants are female in Sg), and that perhaps 'Women Charter' should be changed to 'Family Charter' to equalise the gender discrimination.
Fyi, Women Charter was started in the 1960-1970s where bias against women is widely prevalent in Sg. It is not so relevant, in my opinion, in the current context, due to more females being educated and holding degrees etc, and earning higher incomes compared to their counterparts. (find your own damn statistics)
Women have always been wanting to vie for equality, so shouldnt the law requiring men to pay for the maintenance fee and alimony be changed to spouses instead? There was even a case of a wife who earned twice the salary of her husband, yet after divorce, the husband was required to give a petite maintenance fee of $1/- to her monthly. Isnt this obviously unfair? The wife has every capability to support herself, even better than the husband, yet she is entitled the fee.
The focus is not the magnitude of the fee, but the rationale in the less-capable husband providing the fee to the more-capable wife. Shouldnt it be the other way round, since feminists have always vouched for equality. In cases like these, its crystal clear that the women's charter is skewered to protect women, more than their interest and well-being.
'AWARE points out recent statistics, which show that in at least 100,000 households in Singapore, men are unable to fulfill their expected traditional roles and their wives have become the de facto head and sole provider for the family.' <- women often complained that their traditional roles of being housewives is definitely a form of stereotyping or prejudice, but what about this? men's traditional role to be breadwinner is the norm, even if their wives can earn more?
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I do not really feel anymore inclined to discuss the issue.. just felt the need to express it.
Im reading this, which is really interesting. the dispute between mrsean and jojobeach is so intriguing
Men disadvantaged in SG?
first visit these websites..
http://www.singapore-window.org/sw02/020207at.htm
http://menspeak.blogspot.com
Womans Charter Wedding Vows Groom:I take you to be my wedded wife, to pay all bills including yours for a high lifestyle you wish even if you earn more than me, to look after the children, be faithful to you even if you sleep around. You can keep your money, my house and divorce me anytime you like for any reason whatsoever and i cannot help it. Bride:I take you to be my wedded husband, and if you fail to meet your duties I'll divorce your ass faster than you can say "sorry" << >here
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'thats why most say in marriage, guys dug a grave, girls brought an insurance plan, should anything go wrong, the guys bury themselves in and the girls get all the inheritance...' << here
---
'men's charter should state that men are not allowed to carry the woman's handbag it is a sorry sight, i cringe whenever i see a man carrying a handbag what more if it does not match his shoes' << here
---
Woman: We fight for our equal rights, we must treated the same as man!
Man: Then you must serve NS for 2 years too!
Woman: No! We can't! We are weaker vessel. We serve our 'NS' at home as housewife.
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Discrimination in:
entrepreneurship? Its a market economy out there, if u r good, u'll survive. if ur business plan suxs, the venture will eventually collapse anyway. so far, i don't see the consumers frequenting a shop just because the shop owner is a man or a woman. just because a woman isn't up to it in business, it doesn't mean that she gets to have extra advantages over others in the market.
in the workplace? there are plenty of female bosses out there. companies look at look makes the most profits. they don't sacrifice profits to meer "gender preferences", since profits are the main reason for the the company's continuing existence.
education? there are currently a worldwide trend with more women studying in universities, as opposed to men.
pay? in singapore, males are paid slightly more, (not much anyway, only about $200 more), for doing NS. if females want to earn the same pay as males, they are free to serve their optional NS. no one is stopping them from doing that.
marriage? women generally are not interested in divorcees above 40 yrs old.
affairs? society now frown on extra-marital affairs by both men and women.
clothing? this is not like the middle east, when women have to conform to a strict dressing code. they have to be covered from head to toe. in singapore, if a woman is to go run about the neighbourhood in a bikini, she would at most attract catcalls from ppl. if a man is to run about his neighbourhood in a pair of trunks, he would most likely be sent to woodbridge.
sexual preference? gay homosexuality is illegal, while lesbian homosexuality is legal.
legal punishment: males can be awarded a maximum of 24 strokes of cane in one hearing. (that means that if he has multiple hearings, he may be awarded more than 24 strokes). for females, there's no caning. << here
---Men disadvantaged in Women Charter
There have been spates of debates over that question in the recent years, yet nothing has been changed, amended or refined even though there were so many so-called reviews to the charter itself. I do agree that reviews should be made in accordance to our current societal situation, with many females holding high paying jobs(cant remember where, but I've read that 60% of the senior civil servants are female in Sg), and that perhaps 'Women Charter' should be changed to 'Family Charter' to equalise the gender discrimination.
Fyi, Women Charter was started in the 1960-1970s where bias against women is widely prevalent in Sg. It is not so relevant, in my opinion, in the current context, due to more females being educated and holding degrees etc, and earning higher incomes compared to their counterparts. (find your own damn statistics)
Women have always been wanting to vie for equality, so shouldnt the law requiring men to pay for the maintenance fee and alimony be changed to spouses instead? There was even a case of a wife who earned twice the salary of her husband, yet after divorce, the husband was required to give a petite maintenance fee of $1/- to her monthly. Isnt this obviously unfair? The wife has every capability to support herself, even better than the husband, yet she is entitled the fee.
The focus is not the magnitude of the fee, but the rationale in the less-capable husband providing the fee to the more-capable wife. Shouldnt it be the other way round, since feminists have always vouched for equality. In cases like these, its crystal clear that the women's charter is skewered to protect women, more than their interest and well-being.
'AWARE points out recent statistics, which show that in at least 100,000 households in Singapore, men are unable to fulfill their expected traditional roles and their wives have become the de facto head and sole provider for the family.' <- women often complained that their traditional roles of being housewives is definitely a form of stereotyping or prejudice, but what about this? men's traditional role to be breadwinner is the norm, even if their wives can earn more?
---
I do not really feel anymore inclined to discuss the issue.. just felt the need to express it.
Im reading this, which is really interesting. the dispute between mrsean and jojobeach is so intriguing
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