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WOMAN COMPLAINS ABOUT FATHER’S $1.5K SALARY, NOT HAPPY HE KEEPS ASKING THEM FOR MONEY

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Sandwich Gen (How to get my dad to save?)

Hi, my dad is 63 yo this year and he has a full time job , bringing home a gross income of approximately $1500 now. Despite his 40 years of work, he doesnt have any savings… Everything in the house has been paid and catered for so the money that he brings back is solely for his own use such as transport, food smoking, beers and buying lottery.

However, he seems to be extremely poor in managing his finances, i always tell him to save part of his income upon receiving it before spending the rest but it always went on deaf ears. And this resulted in him having to approach either my sister or me on a monthly basis to “borrow” money. If he’d followed my advice, this vicious cycle would be broken.

We wish that we could help but we cant always help as we have our families and stuff to pay… we have our own liabilities…

Any ideas on how to talk to my dad on this?

Netizens’ comments

He’s like surviving on $45 per day, per month,

that is if his payout is sufficient at all .

And don’t harp on his 40 years of no savings.

He spend 25 years just to clear payment for his flat.

Another 15 years to at least pay for your raising expensive ( yes his responsibility in raising you cost money)

It’s not that simple to save money when you don’t even have enough to begin with.

MAN HATES PEOPLE WHO ARE “FAT & LAZY”, SAYS IT’S “NOT ACCEPTABLE TO BALLOON AFTER NS”

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I know I’m going to sound shallow and get roasted but I’m going to say it anyway.

Secretly I hate lazy and fat people. If you’re lazy and not fat I won’t find it as annoying. But I really cannot stand fat people. Those who are so fat that they need a motorized wheelchair to move around. I also hate fat youngsters. You got no excuse to eat till your face swell to double the size and look more pregnant than a woman.

I’m in my 30s and I find it ridiculous that some friends my age cannot control their weight. Please don’t give the excuse about body type or medical when you have no health issues. I have friends who managed to look the same or even start to take care of themselves after having kids. So I don’t believe its acceptable to look like a balloon after NS. Diet and exercise plays a huge part for sure. Not caring about these 2 elements just shows that you’re lazy.

I have a cousin who was fit during his teenage years. NS improved his shape but he got fatter and fatter after that. Always eat junk food and smoke and drink. I was so shocked to see him recently as he haven’t been updating his fb posts for years. He has ballooned to triple his size. His fiance is normal built I wonder how does he not crush her to death when they have sex or if he can even make it stand? His face is so swollen I don’t even know where to look when I talk to him. He’s literally panting and breathing very hard even while he’s seated. Not like he’s on a treadmill. And he’s not even half way through his 20s.

I wouldn’t be able to not do anything about it if I looked like him.

Waiting for fat people to slam me. But I’m stating a fact. If you let yourself get to such a stage and do nothing about it, be prepared to hear remarks from people.

TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL & 3 DOCTORS SUED FOR NEGLIGENCE AFTER ELDERLY WOMAN DIED

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A 74-year-old elderly woman, Madam Tan Yaw Lan, died 3 weeks after suffering a heart attack while she was hospitalised at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, (TTSH) on 13 May 2018.

The deceased’s son, 47-year-old Chia Soo Kiang, is suing the hospital and three doctors for negligence and seeking $800,000, alleging that they had multiple breaches during their duty of care.

The three doctors involved in this care are namely Dr Dorai Raj D. Appadorai, Dr Lee Wei Sheng and Dr Ranjana Acharaya.

Madam Tan, who had health problems which included diabetes, heart and kidney disease, and hypertension, suffered a heart attack while taking a shower, where she was assisted by a nursing intern.

Her son, Mr Chia, filed a lawsuit in 2019, alleging that TTSH withheld pre-existing medications for Madam Tan’s health issues and her diabetes, failed to refer her to the appropriate specialists, as well as allowed a staff who was medically untrained to care for her.

Lawsuit begins

The hearing for the lawsuit opened at the High Court yesterday (15 August), with a total of 30 witnesses being lined up to testify.

24 of the witnesses were for TTSH and the three doctors, while 3 witnesses were for Mr Chia.

Chia’s lawyer, Clarence Lun, said that “despite the deceased’s medical history known to the defendants, the defendants had acted in a callous manner to a high-risk and vulnerable person, even to the extent of permitting an untrained intern nurse to treat the deceased, which resulted in her collapse and delay in responding to the emergency.”

The defendants are being represented by Ms Mar Seow Hwei.

Background

The deceased was admitted into TTSH on 20 April 2018, following a visit to the emergency department with complaints of a fever ad lethargy.

She was initially diagnosed as having widespread sepsis, a heart attack, diabetes, anaemia and a deteriorating kidney.

The treatment plan for her was to start antibiotics medication and stop her medications for heart problems such as furosemide and losartan, as well as aspirin.

She was then referred to the cardiovascular medicine department of the hospital by Dr Lee, and her usual premixed insulin was then replaced with a “sliding scale” insulin, with the dose varying based on the blood glucose level.

The referral was then cancelled by Dr Ranjana.

The defendants said that Madam Tan’s aspirin medication had to be temporarily stopped because there is a risk of bleeding, with the doctors highlighting her drop in haemoglobin level and sepsis.

They also said that hospitalised patients being placed o sliding scale insulin was common and usual.

They added that Madam Tan’s underlying cause for her heart attack was sepsis (the body’s life-threatening response to an infection) and that no specific treatment was required for her heart attack.

They also testified that the nursing intern, who was helping Madam Tan shower, had immediately called for help and a medical team attended to her and that there was no delay in the resuscitative efforts.

The defendants also argued that Dr Dorai Raj, who was on call on the night on 20 April, didn’t owe Madam tan a duty of care as he didn’t personally review her and was not consulted on her case.

The trial is set to continue today.

S’PORE MAN GOT LOST CLIMBING JOHOR MOUNTAIN, RESCUED AFTER MISSING FOR 21 HOURS

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40-year-old Singaporean, Neo Thiam Ming, went missing for 21 hours after getting lost while climbing the Gunung Panti mountain in Johor Bahru, according to The New Straits Times.

Neo contacted the Malaysian Emergency Response Services at about 7 pm o 13 August for help, and a search and rescue operation was then launched by the Malaysian authorities.

Ibrahim Wahid, a senior officer of the local fire department, confirmed that Neo eventually managed to find his own way out of the forest.

He was then located by the local authorities at about 4.20 pm on 14 August.

Neo was apparently able to reach the aid control centre safely, which was located at the bottom of the mountain before he was handed over to the police for follow-up.

an advisory was then issued to climbers intending to explore the mountain range, following the incident, advising explorers to register in advance with the closest police station of the forest bureau for their own safety.

Image source: Malaysia Fire and Rescue Department,

3 MEN ARRESTED AFTER HUGE FIGHT BROKE OUT @ ORCHARD, CHARGED WITH RIOTING

Three men have been arrested after a huge fight broke out along Orchard Road, with more than 30 people involved in the brawl.

The three men were arrested on Sunday morning (14 August), after videos of the fight went wildly viral on social media.

The Singapore Police Force said that the suspects had fled the scene before the arrival of the police, but they were identified by the police through investigations and the use of police cameras and CCTVs, before subsequently being arrested.

The arrested trio of hooligans, between the ages of 20 and 30, are set to be charged in court on 16 August with rioting.

Upon conviction, they face a jail term of up to 7 years and caning.

The Singapore Police Force said: “The police will not tolerate such brazen acts of violence and blatant disregard of the law. We will spare no effort to apprehend such offenders and deal with them in accordance with the law.”

Recap

A video was uploaded on Facebook depicting 2 groups of men fighting, they were at first seen fighting and it somehow ended fighting on the road.

On the left side of the video, a group of men could be seen ganging up on one man and on the right side of the video another bunch was seen hammering a man who was already lying flat on the road.

A quick count shows that there are at least 30 people in the fight.

A man could be heard shouting in the background and most of them seem to be quite young.

MAN INSULTED & HITS CISCO OFFICER WITH CAR TWICE, JAILED & BANNED FROM DRIVING

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31-year-old Yeo Yong Hao was sentenced to 9 weeks imprisonment on 15 August and banned from driving for 1 year and 2 months after his release from prison.

He pleaded guilty to one count of committing a rash act endangering the safety of others as well as using insulting language on a public servant.

He had verbally assaulted an auxiliary police officer who caught him leaving Singapore General Hospital through an unauthorised exit, and hit him with his car twice, resulting in the officer suffering bruises on his left leg.

What happened?

Yeo was at SGH back in April 2021 to pick up his girlfriend’s mother, and he wasted to leave the premises through a glass door that was off-access to the public and could only be opened by hospital staff.

25-year-old Syahmi Rusydi Sobirin, an auxiliary police officer, opened the door with his staff pass and Yeo then followed him.

Syahmi told him to use another exit but it fell on deaf ears, and Yeo then insulted Syahmi and made derogatory comments about him, telling him that he was not a police officer but just a Certis Cisco officer.

Syahmi followed Yeo into the carpark, standing in front of the latter’s car in an attempt to prevent him from leaving, but Yeo drove his vehicle forward and hit the former in the left.

Yeo then did it again, before confronting Syahmi and pressing his horn repeatedly.

Deputy Public Prosecutor said that the “degree of rashness, in this case, is very high and borders on being intentional,” adding that “the accused clearly saw the officer standing in front of the car and knew the officer was telling him to stop.”

FATHER CARRIES DEAD DAUGHTER’S COFFIN HOME AFTER VAN GOT STUCK IN POOR ROAD CONDITIONS

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A heartbroken father in Malaysia, had to carry his deceased daughter’s casket home on foot after the van that he was in got stuck in poor road conditions.

The man, who is from Kampung Samparita Tengah, a village in the Kota Marudu district, had to walk for an hour with his daughter’s coffin in hand.

His 5-month-old daughter had died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital II in Kota Kinabalu, and he couldn’t afford to give her a proper funeral and send off.

A local charity organisation then provided the family with a casket and drove him and his deceased daughter home in a van.

However, the van got stuck after they encountered bad road conditions along the journey, and they couldn’t call for help as they were in a middle of a rural area with no phone signal.

The man then alighted from the van and continued the rest of the journey on foot while carrying his child’s coffin in his hand for about an hour.

Source: Van Jenazah Percuma – Persatuan Amal Dan Jariah Sabah.

WOMAN FOUND OUT FIANCE AND HIS FAMILY ARE SECRETLY PLANNING TO GET HER PREGNANT

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Found out fiancé and his fam are planning to get me pregnant

Admin pls don’t filter this, I don’t have anyone to turn to, not even my parents. Trying to keep this short, am in my mid 20s, fiancé in his mid 30s. I enjoy being with him alot. We’ve been tgt for long and l made it clear from the start that I only wanted a child at 30, which he agreed to. Why at such a late age is because I wanted to continue studying after Uni.

At present, I’ve gotten my masters and am very contented with my job. Not long after I graduated, fiancé proposed and I noticed some changes. The topic of kids started becoming more frequent.

From “see how cute xx’s babies are” to “what will u do if u suddenly got pregnant? You won’t abort the baby right?” Whenever his nephew and niece visited, his parents started joking that I should pop out a playmate for them soon.

A few weeks ago, fiancé drove out to get dinner while I stayed in his room to finish a report on his computer. It’s my fault, I opened his desktop WhatsApp out of curiosity, just wanting to see who he was texting. I totally take the blame at this part.

Everything seemed fine until I saw my name mentioned by his dad. I clicked the convo, and it was them exchanging links on how to get a woman pregnant inconspicuously. His dad wrote that he’d done something similar with his mom and she never regretted having more kids than she originally intended so “(my name) will be thankful next time”

I tried to minimise interaction with his fam after that, but still kept things usual. They’ve treated me with a lot of love and kindness, even offering to buy a condo for us when we got engaged. When I brought this issue up with my mom, she echoed the same sentiments that I should have a child as early as possible.

She didn’t think there was much to it since fiancé and his fam are generous and well to do, so I’d have a comfortable life. When I talked to my dad, he didn’t support their actions but also advised me it was “dangerous to wait too long”.

Right now I’m extremely wary when sleeping with fiancé, which he has been requesting more of, in case he tries to pull anything funny. Have hinted and reminded him that I’d like another 4/5 years in the corporate world before having a child, but he brushes it off, jokingly saying that he’s more than ready to be a dad and take care of us, and his family also want to help raise our kids.

I’m not sure how to feel about this situation. I’m furious that no one is taking me seriously or respects my wishes. But I’m also scared to appear demanding and overreacting, with how people are downplaying the issue. I definitely don’t want to lose my fiancé because I still love him.

This issue aside, I’ve always viewed him as my ideal partner in life, from looks, personality, charm and intelligence. It’s just that because of our age difference, while he has scaled the corporate ladder and feels comfortable settling down, I’m only just starting out.

I wish I could go back in time to stop myself from going through his messages. Am I being selfish for wanting more time before having a child?

S’PORE COMPANY REFUSE TO ACCEPT WORKER’S RESIGNATION, SAYS “IT’S ONLY 2 YEARS”

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company refuses to acknowledge my resignation

hi guys, i need some advice regarding some work issues im facing. im currently interning in a singapore-based mnc and they continually refuse to process my resignation. what should i do?

context: i have been in this role for a little over a year, and i currently see no point in staying. at the start of the orientation, they promised us that we would have a good, meaningful experience and learn a lot during our time here.

however, when orientation about the job actually begun, i saw what a lie that was. the direct superiors of the interns were power-hungry and aimed to take advantage of us, knowing that we were new.

they overloaded us with tasks throughout the day and gaslighted us when we made the smallest mistakes, even when they were the ones at fault.

i switched departments and it wasnt any much of a difference. there was constant office politics, with people wanting to outdo each other no matter the cost to get a promotion.

my superior even made us come in on saturdays to ‘do what we were supposed to do’ and meet his kpis. there wasnt any proper handover procedures in place, and we had to learn things from scratch as the employees who were leaving refused to contact the company again.

as our department is facing manpower issues, we sometimes have to stay awake throughout the night for a few nights a week as well to do our tasks. to make things worse, the company is facing financial issues and isnt looking to increase our salaries, which is already below market pay.

as im not learning much in this role anyway, and this industry doesnt align with my degree prospects, im looking to resign.

however, my superior and managing director of the division constantly refuses to acknowledge my resignation, saying im required to continue my internship ‘by law’ and ‘its only two years’.

ive talked to my MP before, but it doesnt help that my MP has connections with the company and was once managing director of another sister company, refusing to help out with my problem.

any advice on what i should do?

Netizens’ comments

  • What law they talking about? You are not their slave. Did you accept anything for a 2 year bond? Take your employment contract and complain to MoM.
    In your email comms to that MP, cc his boss, our PM Lee.  then you would see how fast his attitude turns
  • Wah Lao…. What kind of problem is this? Just send in official resignation, they accept or not it’s fine, just go on leave. See if they want to continue paying you or not.
  • Just so you know, it’s an offence for them to reject your resignation under the Employment Act

BUS CAPTAIN REVEALS HOW COIN BOX ACTUALLY WORKS, HAVE TO SLOWLY COUNT COINNS

A bus captain, posted on his TikTok page @yourbuscaptain, sharing how the coin box inside Singapore buses actually work.

He said that the coi boxes don’t automatically count the money that the commuters put inside when they make cash payment.

He then showed a clip of his bus fare system interface, pointing out the different buttons on it and the examples of fares that range from adult, to elderl to students.

The bus captain then shows the yellow coin box and explains that there is no fancy technology that automatically counts the coins.

He then drops some money into the coin box, as the money then falls into the see-through panel at the bottom, and he said that it is easier for him if the customer pays with notes so that he doesn’t have to count the coins one by one.

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