With a big basket over the kid head........!
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Thursday 31 July 2008
Only happen for Chinese - Part V - Like this also can?
Actually this one should not be only happen to chinese, as I see some malay in Malaysia did that also. The one I see in Malaysia is four-some, i.e. parents and two kids, with one in front, and one in the middle. Though chinese this one is three-some, but it is more powerful. Why? Take a look then you will know.
With a big basket over the kid head........!
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With a big basket over the kid head........!
Click here for more Funny stuffs
1-for-1 to 3D2N Ho Chi Minh from S$688
Limited to bookings made on 1-3 Aug 08 and strictly on first-come-first serve basis.
* Additional cash off per DBS/POSB Cardmember
- Up to S$200 off per family for selected departures to Australia/Hong Kong/New Zealand/USA
Limited to a min. of 2 adults and 1 child in a single booking.
- Up to S$100 off per room for selected group tours/departures
- Up to S$50 off per room for selected Free & Easy packages
Valid for booking from 1 - 3 Aug 08 and travel by 31 Mar 09.
People's Park Complex #04-62, Tel: 6535 2611
SA Tours Booth H552, Singapore Expo Halls 4 & 5 (1 - 3 Aug 08)
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* Additional cash off per DBS/POSB Cardmember
- Up to S$200 off per family for selected departures to Australia/Hong Kong/New Zealand/USA
Limited to a min. of 2 adults and 1 child in a single booking.
- Up to S$100 off per room for selected group tours/departures
- Up to S$50 off per room for selected Free & Easy packages
Valid for booking from 1 - 3 Aug 08 and travel by 31 Mar 09.
People's Park Complex #04-62, Tel: 6535 2611
SA Tours Booth H552, Singapore Expo Halls 4 & 5 (1 - 3 Aug 08)
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Only happen for Chinese - Part IV - Powerful Banner
If you think chinese people are rude, then you are wrong. Look at these rules stated in a factory, the management has banned you from saying those words. And I am sure you would hear these words very often in Singapore, either in the train, hawker, or even your company.
However, I think the below one is the most powerful one. It says, "you can abort or mischarge by all means, just you cannot give birth to the child"!
Very powerul isn't it.
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However, I think the below one is the most powerful one. It says, "you can abort or mischarge by all means, just you cannot give birth to the child"!
Very powerul isn't it.Click here for more Funny stuffs
Wednesday 30 July 2008
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Pick up fabulous gifts
Discounts and promotions from over 30 travel agencies
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My videos are awesome
New videos yo!
XIAXUE'S GUIDE TO LIFE
Going Blonde
Ever thought of dyeing your hair blonde?
It's not as simple as a tub of bleach man! A lot of effort one ok!
Got guest appearance by Kaykay. Click to see. :D
CHICK VS DICK
The Poker Challenge
XIAXUE'S GUIDE TO LIFE
Going Blonde
Ever thought of dyeing your hair blonde?
It's not as simple as a tub of bleach man! A lot of effort one ok!
Got guest appearance by Kaykay. Click to see. :D
CHICK VS DICK
The Poker Challenge
Kaykay faces Paul Twohill in strip poker. Will kaykay lose all her clothes? Just joking la, it's normal poker! But still very funny nonetheless! Paul makes Kaykay hoping mad again, and for me, that's always fun to see. HAHAHA!!
CRACK COMEDY
Literal waitress
What happens when a waitress takes your orders literally?
Click to find out!
Literal waitress
What happens when a waitress takes your orders literally?
Click to find out!
If you got any suggestions for Guide to Life or Chick VS Dick episodes, like for example, you want to see a video guide on how I brush my teeth, etc, do send an email to info@clicknetwork.tv! Your suggestion might just be taken up!
Lastly, here's my radio interview with Rosalyn Lee on 98.7FM. I love you Rozzie and the crazy intern!! muah muah!!
How come some people's embedding can be a chio pink colour frame one ah??
Tuesday 29 July 2008
What do you do if you drop your iPod / Mobile falls into Water?
What does one really do when we drop our most priced gizmo's like the personal iPod or the featuristic mobile in water? There have been instances of some of my pals accidentally dropping their ipod into a cup of steaming cappuccino early morning. And there was a pal of mine who dropped his new mobile accidentally in the loo.In all these cases, we just think that we need to forget about our lovely gizmo and head to the malls to pick up another one. But did you know that help is at hand and at home!! Yes, of course - Rice is commonly found in all Indian homes (Since rice is the staple food of Indian and most South Asians too).
So, the next time you accidentally drop your loved electronic gadget in water. Dry it completely (atleast the exteriors) off water with tissue. Then, most importantly - don't attempt to switch ON the device. Place the gadget inside a bowl of rice and leave it un touched or disturbed for atleast 24hrs. Rice being a natural desiccant will absorb all the excess moisture. If your gadget comes with a removable battery, then dry the battery separately - this will speed up the drying process.
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Just need to follow the following 3 easy steps to make your SMS redemptions:
Personally I prefer this kind of rebate, at least is returned me as cash, rather than ask me to redeem some voucher which I not necessary need it. Sometimes may end up I spend more money just to use the voucher.
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Just need to follow the following 3 easy steps to make your SMS redemptions:
Personally I prefer this kind of rebate, at least is returned me as cash, rather than ask me to redeem some voucher which I not necessary need it. Sometimes may end up I spend more money just to use the voucher.
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Be Absolutely You
Advertorial sponsored by Kimberly Clark
Ok here's a fair warning... BOYS GO AWAY! This is a girl's entry and purely for females only!
I told you to go away!!
Fine! Read it if you want! I'm gonna be talking about PERIODS!
Frankly, I hate having my period. Everytime it arrives, it reminds me of my early secondary school days when I would get cramps so horrific I can honestly just faint man!
But thinking back now, I realised I don't really hate periods that much anymore. They are more of a come-and-go thing for me and don't really bother me much.
Gone are the secondary school days of staining skirts! And why am I the one who's always washing people's skirts for them as they hide in the toilet??! (BTW I once used chalk/liquid paper to cover up my stain coz my uniform was white. Haha... My mother wasn't pleased.)
As medicine is invented for my cramps, other things are also invented that are a God-sent.
The experience of having my period has come a long way since Feb 6 1995 when I first got it.
Yes! I still remember the exact date ok! I ran to my mother and told her, expecting her to hug me and exclaim, "Yes! You are finally a woman my little baby girl!" but she did nothing of that sort.
In fact she just nonchalantly gave me a pad.
A super thick pad!!
Nowadays periods are so much easier. Pads have improved drastically since 1995, and from slim, they become thin, and now... ultrathin!
They are no longer so heavy they make your panties look like diapers.They no longer leak from the sides.
My grandmama told me that during HER time, when pads were still not invented, women had to use pieces of cloth! And the women had to wash their own cloths coz they cannot afford to waste like that!
EWWWWWWW!!
Can you imagine?? So yeah I guess we shouldn't complain about the circa 1990s thick pads.
There can now be so much freedom when it comes to that time of the month. BE ABSOLUTELY YOU!
As long as you use a good brand you can trust (Kotex for me!), you can still go about dancing, jogging etc. No problem. Especially with the super long kind that will never, ever leak. (Unless you are extremely filthy and don't change for 3 days la)
And of course, the best thing about having your period is knowing you are not pregnant. Eh... If you are not ready la. Which I am not, so it's always good for me. If you want to get pregnant and you are not.. Well erm... good for your husband/bf I guess!! Ok... awkward... Moving on!
I was at Watsons the other day and I saw this on the shelf:
Everything is so prettified nowadays!
The flora box contains:
1) Kotex Soft & Smooth Ultrathin 23cm 20 pcs
2) Kotex Soft & Smooth Overnight Ultrathin 28cm 10pc
Kotex Soft and Smooth Ultrathin pads - 28 cm
Now in a minute 5 pc pack!
This chic little package is really convenient as it is super tiny and can fit into any small bag! It only has 5 pads inside. It's awesome for travelling.
I imagine if you buy a lot of these and keep the boxes you can build a mini-cupboard with them. Haha!
Can also cam-whore with it!!
Hahaha... So boh liao.
So anyway, advertorials always end with a bit of goodies for the readers.
This one is a DAILY lucky draw!
Everyday there is a winner, and you can be a winner more than once!
With every purchase of $5 of Kotex Ultrathin products, you can stand to win $100 everyday! This starts from 1st July to the 15th of August - 46 long days.
If you still didn't win, fret not! Your entry will then be snowballed for the grand draw of $1,000! Sheesh, I don't mind getting that man. I'd totally get loads of Juicy stuff...! *salivating at the thought*
Click!
Get Kotex now! As my grandmama always says, don't wait until want to shit then go build the toilet bowl. *nods wisely in agreement*
p/s: Eh hello?? Reason why there are other bloggers blogging about this too is coz it's the advertiser's initiative? Nobody's copying anyone else as the drafts were all sent in before any publishing was done. OH GOD! People can be so stupid.
Ok here's a fair warning... BOYS GO AWAY! This is a girl's entry and purely for females only!
I told you to go away!!
Fine! Read it if you want! I'm gonna be talking about PERIODS!
Frankly, I hate having my period. Everytime it arrives, it reminds me of my early secondary school days when I would get cramps so horrific I can honestly just faint man!
But thinking back now, I realised I don't really hate periods that much anymore. They are more of a come-and-go thing for me and don't really bother me much.
Gone are the secondary school days of staining skirts! And why am I the one who's always washing people's skirts for them as they hide in the toilet??! (BTW I once used chalk/liquid paper to cover up my stain coz my uniform was white. Haha... My mother wasn't pleased.)
As medicine is invented for my cramps, other things are also invented that are a God-sent.
Such as pads so thin:
Kotex Soft and Smooth Ultrathin with wings
(Amazing hor...? And ultra absorbent too!)
Kotex Soft and Smooth Ultrathin with wings
(Amazing hor...? And ultra absorbent too!)
The experience of having my period has come a long way since Feb 6 1995 when I first got it.
Yes! I still remember the exact date ok! I ran to my mother and told her, expecting her to hug me and exclaim, "Yes! You are finally a woman my little baby girl!" but she did nothing of that sort.
In fact she just nonchalantly gave me a pad.
A super thick pad!!
Nowadays periods are so much easier. Pads have improved drastically since 1995, and from slim, they become thin, and now... ultrathin!
They are no longer so heavy they make your panties look like diapers.They no longer leak from the sides.
My grandmama told me that during HER time, when pads were still not invented, women had to use pieces of cloth! And the women had to wash their own cloths coz they cannot afford to waste like that!
EWWWWWWW!!
Can you imagine?? So yeah I guess we shouldn't complain about the circa 1990s thick pads.
There can now be so much freedom when it comes to that time of the month. BE ABSOLUTELY YOU!
As long as you use a good brand you can trust (Kotex for me!), you can still go about dancing, jogging etc. No problem. Especially with the super long kind that will never, ever leak. (Unless you are extremely filthy and don't change for 3 days la)
And of course, the best thing about having your period is knowing you are not pregnant. Eh... If you are not ready la. Which I am not, so it's always good for me. If you want to get pregnant and you are not.. Well erm... good for your husband/bf I guess!! Ok... awkward... Moving on!
I was at Watsons the other day and I saw this on the shelf:
Everything is so prettified nowadays!
The flora box contains:
1) Kotex Soft & Smooth Ultrathin 23cm 20 pcs
2) Kotex Soft & Smooth Overnight Ultrathin 28cm 10pc
Kotex Soft and Smooth Ultrathin pads - 28 cm
Now in a minute 5 pc pack!
This chic little package is really convenient as it is super tiny and can fit into any small bag! It only has 5 pads inside. It's awesome for travelling.
After using up the pads, you can use it...
To put your own stuff!
To put your own stuff!
I imagine if you buy a lot of these and keep the boxes you can build a mini-cupboard with them. Haha!
Can also cam-whore with it!!
Hahaha... So boh liao.
So anyway, advertorials always end with a bit of goodies for the readers.
This one is a DAILY lucky draw!
Everyday there is a winner, and you can be a winner more than once!
To enter, easy - just call 1800-6222-888!
With every purchase of $5 of Kotex Ultrathin products, you can stand to win $100 everyday! This starts from 1st July to the 15th of August - 46 long days.
If you still didn't win, fret not! Your entry will then be snowballed for the grand draw of $1,000! Sheesh, I don't mind getting that man. I'd totally get loads of Juicy stuff...! *salivating at the thought*
Click!
Get Kotex now! As my grandmama always says, don't wait until want to shit then go build the toilet bowl. *nods wisely in agreement*
p/s: Eh hello?? Reason why there are other bloggers blogging about this too is coz it's the advertiser's initiative? Nobody's copying anyone else as the drafts were all sent in before any publishing was done. OH GOD! People can be so stupid.
Monday 28 July 2008
My BT: 256 Seeds, over 1000 Peers, but download less than 2kB/s
I am downloading the latest "guess guess guess" show. It has over 200 seeds and 1000 peers. But guess what? My download speed is less than 2kB/sec!!!!!! This is totally not acceptable. I wonder why I am paying over SGD50 to Starhub? Just to get this terrible speed?
I can't wait to have have my contract expire.............
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I can't wait to have have my contract expire.............Click here for more Singapore Society News
3 massages promotion, each less than $50, MEN entitle too
Indulgence of the Senses at Spa Elements now. Choice of
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* Diamond Face Splendor $48 (90mins • worth $156)
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* Valid for POSB Cardmember and a companion above 21 years old (usually they will say you must be first time customer, but based on my experience, they won't check it)#02-10/11/16 Orchard Hotel Shopping Arcade (near Orchard MRT ) Tel: 6733 3772
* Limited to one choice of treatment per customer, no multiple redemptions are allowed.
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* Please quote 'POSB' promotion when making appointment, subject to availability.
* Payment must be made with your POSB Everyday Credit Card.
* Promotion is valid till 31st August 08.
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Sunday 27 July 2008
Taiwan Flyer's Camwhore
She is the one being reported in zao bao, http://www.zaobao.com/special/newspapers/2008/07/dayoo080717.shtml, the gal that camwhore at the Taiwan flyer.
Really strange, pay so much money, go up stair.. not to enjoy the scene, but to camwhore. Camwhore still ok, but why need to show everythings? Don't know how is the one take photos for her. Maybe her boyfriend?
Really got all soft of people in this world, every day got all sort of these funny news.
Click here for more girls photos
Really strange, pay so much money, go up stair.. not to enjoy the scene, but to camwhore. Camwhore still ok, but why need to show everythings? Don't know how is the one take photos for her. Maybe her boyfriend?
Really got all soft of people in this world, every day got all sort of these funny news.Click here for more girls photos
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Saturday 26 July 2008
Travel and Dining combo set
Receive complimentary dining vouchers when you travel to feature destinations
Feature destinations are introduced weekly and include:
Japan and Korea (from 15 Jul):
- $50 Ichiban-Boshi Group Voucher (min. charge of $3,000)
- $50 Crystal Jade Korean Ginseng & BBQ Voucher (min. charge of $3,000)
Europe (from 22 Jul):
- $50 Lawry's The Prime Rib Voucher (min. charge of $4,000)
Australia/ New Zealand/ U.S.A (from 29 Jul):
- $50 Fairmont Singapore Dining Voucher (min. charge of $4,000)
China/ Hong Kong/ Taiwan (from 5 Aug):
- $50 Imperial Treasure Voucher (min. charge of $3,000)
Vietnam/ Thailand/ Exotic Destinations (from 12 Aug)
- $30 ThaiExpress Voucher (min. charge of $1,500)
Can get the tour from SA Tours
#04-62 People's Park Complex (Free & Easy counter)
Tel: 6536 6633
Valid from 15 Jul - 31 Aug 08 or while stocks last. Min. spend requirement applies. Type of dining voucher will correspond to the destination of purchased package. These are provided by Fly and Dine with DBS Platinum.
Click here for more delicious food info or promotion
Feature destinations are introduced weekly and include:
Japan and Korea (from 15 Jul):
- $50 Ichiban-Boshi Group Voucher (min. charge of $3,000)
- $50 Crystal Jade Korean Ginseng & BBQ Voucher (min. charge of $3,000)
Europe (from 22 Jul):
- $50 Lawry's The Prime Rib Voucher (min. charge of $4,000)
Australia/ New Zealand/ U.S.A (from 29 Jul):
- $50 Fairmont Singapore Dining Voucher (min. charge of $4,000)
China/ Hong Kong/ Taiwan (from 5 Aug):
- $50 Imperial Treasure Voucher (min. charge of $3,000)
Vietnam/ Thailand/ Exotic Destinations (from 12 Aug)
- $30 ThaiExpress Voucher (min. charge of $1,500)
Can get the tour from SA Tours
#04-62 People's Park Complex (Free & Easy counter)
Tel: 6536 6633
Valid from 15 Jul - 31 Aug 08 or while stocks last. Min. spend requirement applies. Type of dining voucher will correspond to the destination of purchased package. These are provided by Fly and Dine with DBS Platinum.
Click here for more delicious food info or promotion
A general article on my general thoughts on Plagiarism on blogs
I wonder how you all will react if tomorrow you find out that a lot of my blog entries were plagiarised?
Copied wholesale from other sources. Other people's jokes, opinions, information etc... all passed off as if they were my own ideas?
Personally I think that the lowest a blogger can hit. A blog is meant to be an outlet for your thoughts and opinions - so if you have none, why bother to have a blog at all?
Why would anyone's blog be sewn together by bits and pieces of other people's ideas? That's just unfathomable to me.
Excuses people commonly give:
"I don't know how to write so I have to copy" - Better write shittily, or don't write at all; rather than copy.
"It's a personal blog" - Blogs are never personal, even the locked ones. Besides, as my current saga has taught me, it is NOT ok to anyhow write whatever I want on my "personal blog", right?
"I didn't know I had to cite" - Sorry, but ignorance is not an excuse. I doubt anyone older than a Primary Schooler would not know that copying is wrong.
I remember back in school, whenever someone gets caught for plagiarising, it is an immediate fail grade. Not only that, the plagiariser will be announced to the class to be shamed.
Passing off someone's else hard work as your own. Disgusting.
When applied to blogs, is just as grave an offence?
Or is it not that big a deal, because words in a blog are not used for academia measurements, therefore are not so important?
In this technological era, it is so easy to copy. Just a click of your mouse to select your favourite line, and a ctrl C and crtl V. Voila! You can sound as intellectual as you please.
I think it's an even bigger deal. Why? Because blogs are meant to be a platform for your opinions, and plagiarism just goes ahead to give this spirit a sharp slap on the face. Blogs are meant to be for you to express yourself... not pretend to be somebody else.
So in a sense, plagiarism on blogs stands for much more than that on acadamic papers.
On an exam answer sheet, plagiarism is done for an A.
On a blog... Why? It feels like something way more sinister.
By letting plagiarizers get away scot-free, we are endorsing the act of plagiarism.
Imagine you scored 80% in a test because you studied hard and wrote well. Tommy, your classmate, scored 80% because he cheated and copied.
Your teacher knows about this, and yet, Tommy still gets his 80% grade, although everyone knows he is a cheater.
Is this fair? Should Tommy get expelled and shamed?
WHY would bloggers plagiarise?
I can understand if you are lifting off paragraphs full of information, ie if you wanted to describe a movie, and you copy the movie's synopsis from somewhere.
What I cannot understand or tolerate is the lifting of other people's opinions, for example, copying someone else's movie reviews.
When someone reviews a movie it is his/her own opinions! How can you just copy the entire chunk and call it your own? Underhanded, lowly, and worst of all, EMBARRASSING when found out.
Do plagiarisers not have opinions of their own? Or maybe they are so incoherent they cannot piece their own opinions together into a decent blog entry?
A blogger IS his content. Without my words and my photos, I will be nothing. Who ARE plagiarisers then? Is he/she still considered a blogger if it has been proven time and again that his/her image and opinions are both dishonest and copied? What is this Frankenstein of a blogger considered?
I cannot emphasize how much I detest copiers and plagiarisers. As a writer (yes, I am a script-writer and I wrote for several columns before), it is an unforgivable offence in my book, and I hope to see justice served to such offenders all over the world.
Plagiarism is serious and should NOT be downplayed.
Remember: Plagiarism is tantamount to stealing.
Stealing an idea; it's the same as stealing a wallet.
It doesn't matter if you plagiarized only once, it is still wrong.
But in my opinion, people who resort to plagiarism are people who disrespect originality. People like that rarely resort to copying/cheating only once. It was probably done HUNDREDS of times already before it was finally discovered.
p/s: This article is not referring to anyone in particular, just felt the urge to blog about plagiarism suddenly, dunno why.
I am trying to change for the better by making my blog full of kindness, respect, charity, love and pancakes.
So I urge no personal attacks on anyone. If you wish to do personal attacks, please kindly make it anonymous by using the name, erm, "Monkey".
For example, you can write something like, "Monkey plagiarised more than 50 blog entries and he/she is so shameless can?!"
If your Monkey works under someone, the company can be called "The Zoo". So for example, if you are pissed off about your classmate Lilian copying work, and you're studying in RGS, you can write,
"This Monkey in my class plagiarized! The stupid ZOO still allowed her to get full marks! I am so angry!" --> Like that la.
I would of course have no idea who you are talking about, but it's ok, it's your comment and not mine.
Any mention of any names in the entry will be deleted.
p/p/s: I just want to thank my law firm Keystone Law Corp for their excellent job so far. I don't know how I would have gone through this without you guys, and couldn't have asked for better lawyers. (This is not written in exchange for a lower rate or anything btw.)
Copied wholesale from other sources. Other people's jokes, opinions, information etc... all passed off as if they were my own ideas?
Personally I think that the lowest a blogger can hit. A blog is meant to be an outlet for your thoughts and opinions - so if you have none, why bother to have a blog at all?
Why would anyone's blog be sewn together by bits and pieces of other people's ideas? That's just unfathomable to me.
Excuses people commonly give:
"I don't know how to write so I have to copy" - Better write shittily, or don't write at all; rather than copy.
"It's a personal blog" - Blogs are never personal, even the locked ones. Besides, as my current saga has taught me, it is NOT ok to anyhow write whatever I want on my "personal blog", right?
"I didn't know I had to cite" - Sorry, but ignorance is not an excuse. I doubt anyone older than a Primary Schooler would not know that copying is wrong.
I remember back in school, whenever someone gets caught for plagiarising, it is an immediate fail grade. Not only that, the plagiariser will be announced to the class to be shamed.
Passing off someone's else hard work as your own. Disgusting.
When applied to blogs, is just as grave an offence?
Or is it not that big a deal, because words in a blog are not used for academia measurements, therefore are not so important?
In this technological era, it is so easy to copy. Just a click of your mouse to select your favourite line, and a ctrl C and crtl V. Voila! You can sound as intellectual as you please.
I think it's an even bigger deal. Why? Because blogs are meant to be a platform for your opinions, and plagiarism just goes ahead to give this spirit a sharp slap on the face. Blogs are meant to be for you to express yourself... not pretend to be somebody else.
So in a sense, plagiarism on blogs stands for much more than that on acadamic papers.
On an exam answer sheet, plagiarism is done for an A.
On a blog... Why? It feels like something way more sinister.
By letting plagiarizers get away scot-free, we are endorsing the act of plagiarism.
Imagine you scored 80% in a test because you studied hard and wrote well. Tommy, your classmate, scored 80% because he cheated and copied.
Your teacher knows about this, and yet, Tommy still gets his 80% grade, although everyone knows he is a cheater.
Is this fair? Should Tommy get expelled and shamed?
In your opinion, what should be done?
WHY would bloggers plagiarise?
I can understand if you are lifting off paragraphs full of information, ie if you wanted to describe a movie, and you copy the movie's synopsis from somewhere.
What I cannot understand or tolerate is the lifting of other people's opinions, for example, copying someone else's movie reviews.
When someone reviews a movie it is his/her own opinions! How can you just copy the entire chunk and call it your own? Underhanded, lowly, and worst of all, EMBARRASSING when found out.
Do plagiarisers not have opinions of their own? Or maybe they are so incoherent they cannot piece their own opinions together into a decent blog entry?
A blogger IS his content. Without my words and my photos, I will be nothing. Who ARE plagiarisers then? Is he/she still considered a blogger if it has been proven time and again that his/her image and opinions are both dishonest and copied? What is this Frankenstein of a blogger considered?
I cannot emphasize how much I detest copiers and plagiarisers. As a writer (yes, I am a script-writer and I wrote for several columns before), it is an unforgivable offence in my book, and I hope to see justice served to such offenders all over the world.
Plagiarism is serious and should NOT be downplayed.
Remember: Plagiarism is tantamount to stealing.
Stealing an idea; it's the same as stealing a wallet.
It doesn't matter if you plagiarized only once, it is still wrong.
But in my opinion, people who resort to plagiarism are people who disrespect originality. People like that rarely resort to copying/cheating only once. It was probably done HUNDREDS of times already before it was finally discovered.
p/s: This article is not referring to anyone in particular, just felt the urge to blog about plagiarism suddenly, dunno why.
I am trying to change for the better by making my blog full of kindness, respect, charity, love and pancakes.
So I urge no personal attacks on anyone. If you wish to do personal attacks, please kindly make it anonymous by using the name, erm, "Monkey".
For example, you can write something like, "Monkey plagiarised more than 50 blog entries and he/she is so shameless can?!"
If your Monkey works under someone, the company can be called "The Zoo". So for example, if you are pissed off about your classmate Lilian copying work, and you're studying in RGS, you can write,
"This Monkey in my class plagiarized! The stupid ZOO still allowed her to get full marks! I am so angry!" --> Like that la.
I would of course have no idea who you are talking about, but it's ok, it's your comment and not mine.
Any mention of any names in the entry will be deleted.
p/p/s: I just want to thank my law firm Keystone Law Corp for their excellent job so far. I don't know how I would have gone through this without you guys, and couldn't have asked for better lawyers. (This is not written in exchange for a lower rate or anything btw.)
Friday 25 July 2008
Redeem S$10 Takashimaya Gift Vouchers * 2 days only!
A 2-day special exclusively for DBS Takashimaya Credit Cardmembers only
Been eyeing that chic designer bag or latest golf clubs? For 2-days only, from 25 July to 26 July 2008, redeem a S$10 Takashimaya Gift Voucher* with every $100 same-day purchase at Takashimaya Department Store and Takashimaya Square, B2.
Don't miss this great offer! Exclusively for DBS Takashimaya Credit Cardmembers only.
Terms & Conditions
* Limited to 10 redeemable vouchers per cardholder per day
* 1,000 pieces of S$10 vouchers redeemable per redemption day
* 3 same-day combined receipts
* Takashimaya Credit Cardholders to charge via their cards
* Payment by gift vouchers and/or purchase of gift vouchers are not eligible for redemption
* Gift voucher redemption is not valid for purchases made at Cold Storage, Best Denki, Takashimaya Fitness Club, Paris Miki, Kosé Beauty Salon, JTB, Presto Drycleaners, Singapore Post, selected restaurants and Takashimaya Shopping Centre
* Redemption at Level 2, promotion counter (in front of Burberry Boutique)
Click here for more credit card deal
Been eyeing that chic designer bag or latest golf clubs? For 2-days only, from 25 July to 26 July 2008, redeem a S$10 Takashimaya Gift Voucher* with every $100 same-day purchase at Takashimaya Department Store and Takashimaya Square, B2.
Don't miss this great offer! Exclusively for DBS Takashimaya Credit Cardmembers only.
Terms & Conditions
* Limited to 10 redeemable vouchers per cardholder per day
* 1,000 pieces of S$10 vouchers redeemable per redemption day
* 3 same-day combined receipts
* Takashimaya Credit Cardholders to charge via their cards
* Payment by gift vouchers and/or purchase of gift vouchers are not eligible for redemption
* Gift voucher redemption is not valid for purchases made at Cold Storage, Best Denki, Takashimaya Fitness Club, Paris Miki, Kosé Beauty Salon, JTB, Presto Drycleaners, Singapore Post, selected restaurants and Takashimaya Shopping Centre
* Redemption at Level 2, promotion counter (in front of Burberry Boutique)
Click here for more credit card deal
Spa FREE open house @ [comfort space] HelioAsia
Date / Time:
Registration Fee: Complimentary for DBS/POSB Cardmembers
Program includes:
* Experience samplings for Body Slimming, Facial Reflexology and Massages using the latest technology as well as ancient wisdom.
* Register for workshops. Discover how to stay healthy and beautiful with Vitamin C and LATEST skincare breakthrough - anti-ageing miracle serum Jyunka.
DBS/POSB Cardmembers can enjoy over 30% off treatments and packages when they sign up at the Open House.
What's more, receive a free goody bag, and get a chance to participate in the Instant draw (spin the wheel) and lucky draw prizes to be won! Prizes include Jewellery Set worth S$5,000, Sony BRAVIA S4 series FULL HD 40-inch TV worths $3,009, Victorinox Travel Gear by Planet Traveller worth $1,000, spa products and services.
To register, please call 6836 9988 or email: ivykhoo@helioasia.com / edwinchia@helioasia.com by 12 Aug 08. Or visit: http://www.helioasia.com/
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15 Aug 08, Fri (6.30 pm - 8 pm)Venue: [comfort space]HelioAsia, Paragon #06-19
16 Aug 08, Sat (10.30 am - 5 pm)
17 Aug 08, Sun (10.30 am - 5 pm)
Registration Fee: Complimentary for DBS/POSB Cardmembers
Program includes:
* Experience samplings for Body Slimming, Facial Reflexology and Massages using the latest technology as well as ancient wisdom.
* Register for workshops. Discover how to stay healthy and beautiful with Vitamin C and LATEST skincare breakthrough - anti-ageing miracle serum Jyunka.
DBS/POSB Cardmembers can enjoy over 30% off treatments and packages when they sign up at the Open House.
What's more, receive a free goody bag, and get a chance to participate in the Instant draw (spin the wheel) and lucky draw prizes to be won! Prizes include Jewellery Set worth S$5,000, Sony BRAVIA S4 series FULL HD 40-inch TV worths $3,009, Victorinox Travel Gear by Planet Traveller worth $1,000, spa products and services.
To register, please call 6836 9988 or email: ivykhoo@helioasia.com / edwinchia@helioasia.com by 12 Aug 08. Or visit: http://www.helioasia.com/
Click here for more Spa, Massage and Beauty Promotion
Only happen for Chinese - Part III - Die die must show off
Wedding, not the ROM but the traditional chinese wedding ceremony, is a big day for Chinese people, be it China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore or elsewhere. This day, you will meet many other relatives that you never remember who are them, and they will say, "wah.. XXX so big liao ah... last time saw you, you only this height... got bf or get married or not / got baby already or not?". Many of the times, these people only known to your parents, you won't even recognize them if you meet them face-by-face on the street.
Anyway, take a look at this couple, they are going to have a big event!
Very rich isn't it?
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Anyway, take a look at this couple, they are going to have a big event!
Very rich isn't it?
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Thursday 24 July 2008
Win a Scoop of Gelare Ice Cream!
Pay your Telco bills at AXS Stations and win a sweet treat from Gelare
Every transaction above $100 gives you one chance to win. Combining your bills to reach $100 is also allowed. Terms and conditions apply.
Click here for more credit card deal
Every transaction above $100 gives you one chance to win. Combining your bills to reach $100 is also allowed. Terms and conditions apply.Click here for more credit card deal
FHM 3some party again - with free flow!
Next Fri 1 Aug at Butter Factory (48 Robertson Quay, Riverside).
Free Flow of 42Below Vodka from 8 to 10pm.
RSVP: threesome@fhm.com.sg by 30 July.....
But oh..... only for ladies 21 years old and above, and men have to be 23 years old and above.
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Free Flow of 42Below Vodka from 8 to 10pm.
RSVP: threesome@fhm.com.sg by 30 July.....
But oh..... only for ladies 21 years old and above, and men have to be 23 years old and above.
Click here for more HOT events
Enjoy 2% Cash Back on top of exclusive café & delights promotions
When tired after shopping, usually I like to stop by a coffee place for a drink and rest, at the same time read magazine, and then shop again!
Here got some very attractive discounts:
TCC: 15% off with min $20
Coffee club: 10% off withi min $15
Last but not least, is my favourite ice-cream!
Gelare: 10% of with min $10
Haagen-Dazs: buy any ice cream and enjoy a complimentary illy coffee
Then also from Polar puffs etc.... all these are provided by Citi DIVIDEND Card.
Click here for more delicious food info or promotion
Here got some very attractive discounts:
TCC: 15% off with min $20
Coffee club: 10% off withi min $15
Last but not least, is my favourite ice-cream!
Gelare: 10% of with min $10
Haagen-Dazs: buy any ice cream and enjoy a complimentary illy coffee
Then also from Polar puffs etc.... all these are provided by Citi DIVIDEND Card.
Click here for more delicious food info or promotion
Jetabout travel discount
If you book a holiday from http://www.jetabout.com.sg/:
Australia
- 4D/3N Perth Family Fun (U.P. from S$988)
- 6D/5N Perth & Great Southern Trail (self drive) (U.P. from S$1,078)
- 6D/5N Perth & Southwest Paradise (self drive) (U.P. from S$1,298)
Additional DBS Exclusives * A bottle of wine on arrival at Seashells Mandurah & Seashells Yallingup (per room), valid for 6D/5N Perth & Southwest Paradise package only • A voucher to redeem 1 bottle of lavender jam from Cape Lavender (per family, while stocks last) • A 5-in-1 toiletries bag per family (while stocks last)
New Zealand
- 7D/5N North Island Experience (self drive) (U.P. from S$1,548)
- 10D/8N Glacier and Milford Getaway (self drive) (U.P. from S$2,168)
China
- 5D Beijing Splendid Tour (U.P. from S$1,608)
- 7D Shanghai / Hangzhou / Nanjing / Wuxi / Suzhou Romantic Tour from (U.P. S$1,498)
Maldives
* 5% off 5D/3N Kandooma Maldives (U.P. from S$1,698)
Thailand
* 3D/2N Anantara Hua Hin from S$598
Australia
- 4D/3N Perth Family Fun (U.P. from S$988)
- 6D/5N Perth & Great Southern Trail (self drive) (U.P. from S$1,078)
- 6D/5N Perth & Southwest Paradise (self drive) (U.P. from S$1,298)
Additional DBS Exclusives * A bottle of wine on arrival at Seashells Mandurah & Seashells Yallingup (per room), valid for 6D/5N Perth & Southwest Paradise package only • A voucher to redeem 1 bottle of lavender jam from Cape Lavender (per family, while stocks last) • A 5-in-1 toiletries bag per family (while stocks last)
New Zealand
- 7D/5N North Island Experience (self drive) (U.P. from S$1,548)
- 10D/8N Glacier and Milford Getaway (self drive) (U.P. from S$2,168)
China
- 5D Beijing Splendid Tour (U.P. from S$1,608)
- 7D Shanghai / Hangzhou / Nanjing / Wuxi / Suzhou Romantic Tour from (U.P. S$1,498)
Maldives
* 5% off 5D/3N Kandooma Maldives (U.P. from S$1,698)
Thailand
* 3D/2N Anantara Hua Hin from S$598
Receive a complimentary gift when you charge to your DBS/POSB Credit or Debit Card:
FREE Samsonite Toiletries Bag with min. charge of S$1,800
FREE Multi-purpose Cooker with min. charge of S$4,000
How can we control Inflation easily :: Thoughts!!
As you all know Inflation is touching new highs every now and then - here's a logic to beat that!! It may work if we collectively bargain for it. Read this story and the idea behind it.
A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the Kirana store he pays Rs. 12 a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he normally buys two dozens at a time. One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to Rs. 16. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are Rs. 22 a dozen.
When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "The price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly". This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. He checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business. The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to the grocery stores. And on and on and on.
As the man kept buying eggs the price kept going up. He saw the big egg trucks delivering 100 dozen eggs each day. Nothing changed there. He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs.
Then week before Christmas the price of eggs shot up to Rs. 40 a dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and was told, "Cakes and baking for the holiday". The huge egg farmers know there will be a lot of baking going on and more eggs will be used. Hence, the price of eggs goes up. Expect the same thing at New year, Diwali and other times when family cooking, baking, etc. happen.
This pattern continues until the price of eggs is Rs. 60 a dozen. The man says, " There must be something we can do about the price of eggs".
He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs.
Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need. He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.
The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs.
Maybe wouldn't need any all week.
The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs would not need any for at least two weeks.
At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs. To relieve the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could buy the eggs at a lower price.
The distributor said, " I don't have the room for the eggs even if they were free". The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buying
again.
The grocery store owner said, "I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buying 2 or 3 eggs at a time. Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price, the customers
would start buying by the dozen again".
The distributors sent that proposal to the huge egg farmers but the egg farmers liked the price they were getting for their eggs but, those chickens just kept on laying. Finally, the egg farmers lowered the
price of their eggs. But only a few paisa.
The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "when the price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the dozen."
Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers.
The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for. Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while.
And those chickens kept on laying.
Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing away eggs they couldn't sell.
The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price.
And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.
Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry.
What if everyone only bought Rs 200.00 worth of Petrol each time they pulled to the pump? The dealer's tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tanks. The tank farms wouldn't have room for the petrol coming from the refining plants. And the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge tankers coming from the oil fiends.
Just Rs 200.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill up the tank of your car. You may have to stop for gas twice a week, but the price should come down.
Think about it.
Also, don't buy anything else at the fuel station; don't give them any more of your hard earned money than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down..."
...just think of this concept for a while.
A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the Kirana store he pays Rs. 12 a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he normally buys two dozens at a time. One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to Rs. 16. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are Rs. 22 a dozen.
When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "The price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly". This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. He checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business. The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to the grocery stores. And on and on and on.
As the man kept buying eggs the price kept going up. He saw the big egg trucks delivering 100 dozen eggs each day. Nothing changed there. He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs.
Then week before Christmas the price of eggs shot up to Rs. 40 a dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and was told, "Cakes and baking for the holiday". The huge egg farmers know there will be a lot of baking going on and more eggs will be used. Hence, the price of eggs goes up. Expect the same thing at New year, Diwali and other times when family cooking, baking, etc. happen.
This pattern continues until the price of eggs is Rs. 60 a dozen. The man says, " There must be something we can do about the price of eggs".
He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs.
Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need. He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.
The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs.
Maybe wouldn't need any all week.
The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs would not need any for at least two weeks.
At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs. To relieve the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could buy the eggs at a lower price.
The distributor said, " I don't have the room for the eggs even if they were free". The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buying
again.
The grocery store owner said, "I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buying 2 or 3 eggs at a time. Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price, the customers
would start buying by the dozen again".
The distributors sent that proposal to the huge egg farmers but the egg farmers liked the price they were getting for their eggs but, those chickens just kept on laying. Finally, the egg farmers lowered the
price of their eggs. But only a few paisa.
The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "when the price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the dozen."
Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers.
The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for. Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while.
And those chickens kept on laying.
Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing away eggs they couldn't sell.
The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price.
And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.
Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry.
What if everyone only bought Rs 200.00 worth of Petrol each time they pulled to the pump? The dealer's tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tanks. The tank farms wouldn't have room for the petrol coming from the refining plants. And the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge tankers coming from the oil fiends.
Just Rs 200.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill up the tank of your car. You may have to stop for gas twice a week, but the price should come down.
Think about it.
Also, don't buy anything else at the fuel station; don't give them any more of your hard earned money than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down..."
...just think of this concept for a while.
Wednesday 23 July 2008
Only happen for Chinese - Part II - Wang Wang
Someone leave a very rude comments on my yesterday post http://singaporeagnestan.blogspot.com/2008/07/only-happen-in-china-part-i-limited.html. Basically I am not aiming at anyone or ruining anyone reputation. I also mention that I am not aiming at particular country, be it China, HK, Taiwan, Malaysia or Singapore. Just treat these photos as an entertainment, for fun, don't take it so serious. I never get any complaint from Malaysian on my previous series on "only happen in Malaysia".
Anyway, since someone is so angry, lets us look at something good. You want to get lucky, why not try this way:
Too bad if you can't read chinese. Basically in chinese, when a dog bark, we call it "wang wang". But the same word also means you will be lucky and you will be getting rich. So the owner of this dog paste all the words "wang wang" over the house of the dog. Hence it has double meaning, means the dog bark and also means lucky for everyone.
I hope this does not ruin anyone reputation. And please mind your words, if you are that well educated! Otherwise you are ruining your own reputation for using those rude words in others blog.
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Anyway, since someone is so angry, lets us look at something good. You want to get lucky, why not try this way:
Too bad if you can't read chinese. Basically in chinese, when a dog bark, we call it "wang wang". But the same word also means you will be lucky and you will be getting rich. So the owner of this dog paste all the words "wang wang" over the house of the dog. Hence it has double meaning, means the dog bark and also means lucky for everyone.
I hope this does not ruin anyone reputation. And please mind your words, if you are that well educated! Otherwise you are ruining your own reputation for using those rude words in others blog.
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Exclusive Raffles Medical Group privileges for Citibank cardholders
Healthcare is something very important and expensive, especially in Singapore. Unlike western countries, we pay less tax but get less wellfare. Anyway, here is a link between Citibank with the Raffles Medical Group. If you are going to have some checkup, this may help.
For more information refer to http://www.rafflesmedical.com/
Click here for more Healthcare information
For more information refer to http://www.rafflesmedical.com/Click here for more Healthcare information
E-Coupon with big discount - from zoo, bird park to Gelare ice cream and Popular
Just print out these colorful coupons and enjoy the saving. 50% off Night Safari and 30% off Birdpark. 15% off Popular and 20% off Harris book store. And many more....
Click here for more discount & promotion deal
Click here for more discount & promotion deal
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