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YISHUN RESIDENT HANGS CHELSEA FLAG WHILE NEIGHBOURS HANGING S’PORE FLAG

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The hanging of flags plays a significant role in displaying patriotism, unity, and cultural pride in Singapore. However, a recent incident at Block 477B in Yishun has stirred controversy and raised questions about cultural sensitivity and respect.

What happened?

The incident in question revolves around an individual or group of people hanging a Chelsea FC flag alongside the Singapore flag on a public building in Yishun.

The act was noticed by the residents and soon became a topic of discussion online, with more than 800 shares in just 1 day.

Some saw it as an innocent display of football fandom, while others expressed concern about the disregard for Singapore’s flag etiquette.

The incident in Yishun has sparked mixed reactions from the community. Some argue that it was harmless and merely displayed support for a football team, while others believe it showed a lack of awareness and respect for local customs.

The incident in Yishun can be seen as an example of perplexity in Singaporean culture. Perplexity refers to situations that deviate from established norms or expectations, causing confusion or surprise. It is part of what makes Singapore’s cultural landscape unique and dynamic.

Burstiness, on the other hand, refers to unexpected events or incidents that disrupt the norm. In this case, the sudden appearance of the Chelsea FC flag alongside the Singapore flag was a burst of surprise for the community, leading to various reactions.

Netizens’ comments

  1. At least Chelsea bring him more joy than Singapore did.
  2. His house lower levels, put Chelsea flag correct what. Chelsea doesn’t belong to the higher positions.
  3. U better stay jungle ar. Hang football club also cannot. Mai kpkb la
  4. Why so busy body kanina mind your own business lah. People want hang underwear or what so ever what is going to do with you

GUY BROUGHT GF TO RESTAURANT, GF CALLS HIM A “MISER” & DUMPS HIM

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A guy shared how he was dumped by his girlfriend and has been crying, she called him a miser despite him bringing her out to a restaurant for dinner.

Here is the story

While people are out there celebrating Valentine’s Day with their other half, here I am crying in my own room.

I recall that a week ago, she called for a breakup. I could remember that look on her face, full of disappointment. The fact is that there is something I have not done very well in her eyes.

We first met in the year 2018. Whenever we went dating, she would treat me to good food and present. Basically she will shower me with the love that I never had before. I dont even have to give her any presents, contrary to what other guys had to do.

However, she started to change in the year 2020 (After Circuit Breaker). She has become less easy going, very different from the nice girl I knew. I remember that  when I proposed to have dinner with her at a coffee shop instead of those atas restaurant, she will show me the disappointed look and after the dinner, not even a word of ‘thank you’ from her.

At other times (Once or twice per month), she will be swiping my credit card to buy those Gucci, Prada whatever la handbags. This was done without my permission.

Also, there was once where I wanted to treat her to an exquisite birthday dinner at my house. I made my own version of Italian pasta (Using noodles that were about to expire but hey, wastage is bad right??) Buying those real Italian pasta is not cheap anyway.

For the exotic wine, I used the one which my friend gifted me a year ago. For the French toast, I used the Gardenia loaves. The idea is to be creative and isnt that what girls like?

When she turned up for that dinner, she was extremely livid. She told me that she was very disappointed with the dinner and it was so fake as it didnt even give her the out of the world experience. I told her that having a meal at the restaurant is not cheap but she called me a miser.

Through all these incidents, she told me that she had it enough and that I cant bear to part with my money. She didnt use to be like this. I am saving up because money is not easily earned and I am planning for our future. That being said, the relationship ended.

Tonight I am crying in my room, not because of sadness. They are tears of joy. In fact I am not alone. I had the companionship of my seemingly endless hundred-dollar notes stacked vertically. I was busy counting and kissing my notes from 7pm to 1159pm and I was never this happy before! The thought of the potential savings from getting rid of this white elephant simply puts a smile on my face.

To all the fella guys out there, YOU are in control of YOUR finances! Not your gal!

KAYPOH CASHIER ASK GIRL WHY SHE PAYING FOR DINNER & NOT BOYFRIEND

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A netizen shared how she was on a dinner date with her boyfriend and making payment when the cashier asked her why she was the one paying and not her boyfriend.

Here is the story

So you know? It’s Valentines Day period. As I was paying for dinner, the cashier start questioning me that really stun me. “You paying? Not your boyfriend ah? Today is Valentine’s Day shouldn’t it be the guy do the payment?”

I told her there’s no such rule or policy that die die must the guy pay for the meal what. I mean, my boyfriend on the usual days he’s the one paying for every meals that we had together so why can’t I do something special during this occasion?

Then she carry on with her nonsense, “Then? No flowers? Where your flower? Ehhh..this kind of guy not good la!”

I was really disturbed by her KPOness. And I just shut her off by saying “Aunty! You don’t talk about my boyfriend, can you please just shut your mouth? And just settle my payment!”

Lucky my boyfriend was waiting outside the restaurant, if not he might be upset hearing what the cashier say.

Netizens’ comments

  • Ask her why she on Valentines day still working, husband not making effort? No husband?
  • She is just trying to be friendly lah. Your EQ so low meh. Just joke along with her lah “ya lor i so poor thing” and laugh it off lah…. Need to be so offended meh
  • I have 2 wine glass and one is broken, so I went to the store to get a replacement and the auntie and other sales staff laughed at me and say “aiyo why u so sad only buy one, drinking by yourself ah?” And everyone laughing.Walan eh these auntie rly sibei no manner, I can totally relate to this story.

BRIDE WANTS SIZE 14 DRESS DESPITE HER SIZE IS SIZE 30

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I work as a bridal sales associate. The other day I’m assigned my bride, I do the normal introduction of myself, I ask the bride if she’s tried on any dress before. She says yes, I ask if she has any photos, she seems annoyed and says no.

I ask her what size the dresses she was trying on were and how they fit, she tells me a 30 and that they fit well. I kindly explain to her that we don’t carry many size 30 dresses in the store (we have probably 150 dresses and only 3 are a size 30).

But that we can try 26/28s and if she finds “the dress” she can order it in a 30 as we have that size available online. I start pulling the size 30s we have to show her, she hates all of them, tells me “how about I just pull dresses myself since you can’t seem to do it”. I tell her that’s fine I’ll start her a dressing room. I ask another coworker to try and assist her since she definitely wasn’t wanting to work with me.

She was just as rude to my coworker, so I go back over to her + her family/friends. She pulls out a size 14 dress (a dress I know we only have that one off in the store) I tell her that and she still insisted to try it on, I’m walking on eggshells here so I tell her, in a sympathetic tone “well as this is a size 14 so I’d recommend we don’t try this on, we won’t wanna try and be squeezing you into it” since I felt like if I said honestly “this dress is many sizes smaller then the dress size you’ve told me fits you” she would get even more aggressive towards me.

She just puts the dress back and walks away from me so I give up and ask my sales manager if they can try and assist her. She does and she is suddenly all nice and polite to my manager and ends up finding a dress. I continue my shift till my sales manager calls me over and tells me this customer said I “brought up her weight and made her feel insecure about her size” ???

I nod my head and listen to my manager and tell her I appreciate the feedback and I’ll make sure not to mention that again but I didn’t think I DID TO BEGIN WITH?

Was there a way I should’ve handled the situation differently? I specifically tried to not say directly “you’re to big for this dress”? This really pissed me off,I can admit my faults/mistakes, I just honestly don’t see what I did wrong here?

As well as the fact that this woman tried to get me in major trouble with my manager and affect my job because she didn’t like the wording I chose to explain to her something glaringly obvious (her being 8 sizes larger than the dress she was asking to try on).

This kind of customers are a waste of space and wasting more oxygen on earth.

GUY OVERSLEPT & LATE FOR DATE, GF HAS TO WAIT FOR HIM TO WAKE UP

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A girl shared how her boyfriend is always sleeping and ends up late for their dates and etc.

Here is the story

Hi seeking some advice here!  Sometimes I cannot tolerate my bf. We have been together for 1 year plus and he is a working adult, 27 years old, and I have noticed some habits of his that made me rethink our relationship

He likes to stay up late till 1-2 am especially during weekends. Sometimes to meet friends and then play cards, game, or watch basketball matches. He does it even if he has work the next day, then he will end up telling me he is feeling very tired, or he would wake up late and then rush to work with a cab.

Other days if he has no work, he would then sleep in until 1 or 2 pm and then wake up. I really don’t understand why he does this. I find it so unhealthy to sleep at such a timing, and I question his time management.

You know you have to wake up early the next morning, then why not have some self discipline to sleep early and play other times? At least you will feel less tired, able to wake up on time so you don’t need to cab to work. 

Also, sleeping in the next day makes half the day gone and then you cannot complete what you want to do for the day, which becomes a vicious cycle where you have to stay up late again to complete the tasks and the cycle repeats.

There were also occasions where he woke up late on the day of our date, where we had already arranged a time the day before to meet to go for a meal, but when I reached his house, he was still sleeping because he slept late the day before.

Then I was just stupidly waiting for him to wake up, which I felt was a waste of my time.

I do understand he has his own life and things he want to do as well, but I don’t really know how to bring up to him that sometimes his sleeping habits is affecting our plans together, and I am fearful that what if this happens when we stay together next time?

If he is going to still be sleeping when I am awake and ready for the day’s acitivties, then I guess I would be doing stuff alone in the day while he is still asleep. 

Anyone has similar experiences and care to share some tips? Thank you!

MOTHER KEEPS LOSING HER TEMPER OVER SMALL THINGS, FAMILY FEELING LOST

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A netizen shared how her mother has been overreacting and blowing up over the most trivial of things and that their family has no idea what is making her so upset all the timie.

Here is the story

My mum has always had a quick temper since young, yet it has very much worsened over the last few years as she entered her 60s.

Nowadays, she yells at me and my dad every single day. Even for trivial matters like us occasionally forgetting to close the door, or us taking slightly longer to find things that she asks for, she will make a big deal out of it and make loud, hurtful remarks such as “Father and daughter both equally dumb”, “One day if I die, both of you won’t survive, only I know how to run the household here”, “It’s so tiring taking care of your father and you, I just want to check in to old folks home and rest.”

It happens every single day, although my dad and I have been trying whatever we can to improve her mood e.g. buy her presents, bring her out to eat good food. We also try our best to help her with housework. But nothing seems to work.

Generally, it is very hard to communicate with her, because everything we say to her, she will respond passive-aggressively or nitpick about our choice of words. So, nowadays we just keep quiet most of the time to avoid triggering her.

Even during meals and when we are outside, she speaks to us in an angry tone almost all the time. We really have no idea what is stressing her or making her so upset, it feels like she is just not pleased with my dad and my presence in her life.

Could my mum be having some mental health issues? If so, how can I effectively persuade her to get it treated (see a counsellor etc.)?

Or is this a common thing for older ladies her age and I just have to bear with it? My dad and I are really stressed having to face her on daily basis, especially now I am home all the time since I still 100% WFH now and I just broke up with my bf recently.

WOMAN CATCHES BROTHER-IN-LAW CHECKING HER OUT & TOUCHING HER

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A netizen shared how her brother-in-law has been touching her under the pretext of accidentally brushing into her and has been leering at her, culminating in an assault.

Here is the story

Once my brother-in-law caught me breastfeeding my newborn when he and my sister visited me at the hospital. I was exhausted after giving birth and I wasn’t expecting visitors at that time so I was unprepared to cover myself up. I believe this was the only time my brother-in-law saw me topless.

For years I notice my brother-in-law leering at me when we visit each other’s homes. But I chose to ignore it because I trust him as my brother-in-law. He would do things like reach for a tissue box across me and have a full arm brush into my chest. Walk past me and swipe his hands across my butt or close into my inner thigh. The actions confused me and I try to brush it off as accidents.

Once I had to collect something over at my sis place, I didn’t know my brother-in-law was alone at home else I wouldn’t have gone. When it was just the 2 of us alone in the house he assaulted me and only stopped when my sis came back. I finally pieced everything together to realize he had actually been molesting me. In short, I didn’t notice he was attracted to me until the assault.

I didn’t report him to the police but after revealing what had happened to the family it completely destroyed our families. My sis chose to believe my brother-in-law and accused me of seducing him. The people who are most affected and heartbroken are my parents. They have lost me and my sister at the same time. Cny is supposed to be a happy occasion but it’s now laced with sadness for my parents every year because there is no longer a family reunion. I dread the day when my parents pass on and we have to have a funeral. I can stand my sis hating me but I don’t want to see my brother-in-law again ever.

My brother-in-law probably started to have similar thoughts as you in the beginning. I’m not saying you will do exactly what my brother-in-law did. It’s good that you are aware of your thoughts and want to ask for help. Please do something about it before something bad happens.

Ignoring the troll comments, the helpful ones like telling someone (aka your wife) who can help you to safeguard your thoughts from becoming actions is one of the best answers. If your wife knows, she can help you! Keeping secrets in a marriage is never a good idea. A secret, once exposed, may also dampen the fantasy for good. Give your wife the chance and choice to help you. By not telling her, you are also increasing the distance in your marriage. If it means having your sister-in-law move out and your wife explaining or not explaining the reason why, so be it. Facing your wife’s reaction now is way better than the uncertainty of what you may do to/with your sister-in-law in a moment of weakness. Trust your wife to help you. Tell her!

INHERITANCE PROPERTY $1M, SISTER OFFERS $600K TO BUY FROM MOM

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To start, this is about inheritance.

My father died nearly 10 years ago, he left no money to his daughters but his will says that if our mum sells the house that the money from that should be split equally between my 2 sisters and me, after mum has bought herself somewhere.

The condo is worth $1 million at least.

Now, there are 3 sisters, one has 2 condos already, the other 2 have no houses at all. The one with 2 houses says she can raise $600,000 to buy the house from mum. Mum would buy somewhere outright with $400,000 (and I think to keep some cash for a rainy day fund, which we all think is right), and give $90,000 to each sister with no houses for deposits.

These are good deposits and will be very helpful. But if mum sold the house at market value, the amount each sister with no house would get is much more.

I pointed out that this isn’t a fair split. I’ve suggested that the sister buying the house pays rent to mum the remaining percentage of the home that she hasn’t bought.

The sister who wants to buy the house ambushed me yesterday. I had a day off, no child just a day off for me. I never get time on my own, and it’s been really stressful recently so I was really looking forward to having a day to get back into a hobby I gave up 6 years ago when I had my son. But no. Sister asks if we can go out for coffee. Turns out she’s driving me 20km away to the house so we can all sit down to discuss her master plan.

On the way home, we hit traffic and I couldn’t take her chastising me for not being “grateful” for the $90k. I am grateful. But I’m also aware that the “haves” is asking the “have nots” to subsidise her lifestyle and is now asking us to be happy and grateful for it as well. It pissed me off enormously, and I got out of the car and have blocked her on everything. I think she’s asking me to give her something I can’t afford to give.

Am I the jerk for saying the arrangement on the table isn’t fair? Should I be grateful to my sister for “saving the house from strangers”? Or have I got it all wrong and it is a fair arrangement after all? Am I the devil for blocking my sister after she said I should stop focusing on what I’m not getting and focus on what I am getting ($90k)?

GUY ASKS WHY DO PEOPLE ACT LIKE LACK OF SLEEP IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT

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A netizen asked why do people like to wear their “lack of sleep” as a badge of honour and act like it is some kind of accomplishment, being sleep deprived.

Here is the story

Why do people seemingly like to wear their lack of sleep as a badge of honor?

I’m genuinely curious as to why some people feel the need to compare their lack of sleep as some sort of accomplishment here.

Whenever the topic of sleep gets brought up and I mention that I sleep at around 11 and wake up at 6, their response it always “Sleep so early? I sleep at XX time and wake up at XX time”

Isn’t it better to get enough sleep rather than be sleep deprived all the time?

Netizens’ comments

  • Their romantisation of toxic working culture
  • Tbh I sleep late cus I dread waking up for work. I know I should go to sleep but I will continue to use my phone
  • This is it. Everyone likes to brag when they have to work.
  • Ah, some people like to turn things into a competition everytime. Like how much spiciness one can take, or how much OT they are doing.
  • Perhaps it’s a young person thing… people my age are envious of those who can get more sleep!
  • in my line of work there isn’t such a thing as finishing work. u finish something, management assign you to help other stuff etc. usually the most capable ones are double/triple booked for multiple jobs and may need to even attend calls after hours etc.. while those not capable ones will have more free time because no one want to book/assign jobs to them. hope that answers your question. tldr: lack of sleep = management see them as more capable, assign more jobs/responsibilities to them.

TEACHER ACCUSE STUDENT OF CHEATING WITH NO EVIDENCE & GAVE HIM ZERO

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I am currently taking Introduction to Python, my mom signed me up to learn on weekends cause my mom doesn’t want me like regular teenagers who waste time on weekends; basically, it’s coding and computer science. It’s a fairly moderately difficult course, and I only started getting better after Christmas.

So basically last week my teacher wasn’t in the classroom because she was helping with administrative stuff. This was last Tuesday when I did the assignment, which was building a chatbot. The substitute teacher played the wrong video. He played the advanced computer science video, so some directions I could’ve gotten weren’t given. We tried to tell him but he didn’t listen.

Fast forward to yesterday, I did the assignment and turned it in. I took around 10-15 minutes on it, which is quick for me, but I’d been practising my coding in my spare time.

So yesterday, the teacher brings up that if we cheated we’d get a zero. I found it weird that she even thought to bring this up seeing as my class and I are good kids (as in none of us talk back) I shrugged it off.

Then, I go to check my grade for it and see I got a 0. I’m like “wtf?” and start panicking. My friend who did an assignment similar to mine got a 20/20. So then I start panicking and then proceed to have a panic attack. My friend manages to calm me down, and I go to the teacher.

I ask her about it, and she was like “Your answer was exactly like the answer key. How?” And I’m like “I don’t know, I just did what the assignment told me to do.” She then accuses me of cheating, saying that I probably looked up the answers online. Which no, I didn’t. I have since checked my search history and found nothing relating to it. She says that I only took 10-15 minutes when I “couldn’t even do a variable and took 30 minutes to do that previously”. Which is untrue. Yes, I struggled with coding, but I’ve gotten better at it through practice.

After having no luck with her, I just take the L. I go home and tell my grandma, and she is beyond pissed that I would be accused of cheating. She offered to go to the school, but I told her no. She told me I need to stand up for myself.

Should I go back with my grandma? I don’t want to make her mad at me, but I also don’t like being accused of cheating when I really didn’t. I love coding, and I genuinely have been practising.