There was chaos along the East-West line earlier this morning due to a system-related train fault before Raffles Place MRT station.
According to a commuter who spoke to Mothership, passengers had to alight at Tiong Bahru station because of something that was wrong with three trains consecutively, resulting in the station being overcrowded with passengers.
Commuters were seen in photos cramped together as the other train passengers had to disembark at Tiong Bahru station.
Other waiting commuters were reportedly told to wait for the next train instead of being informed about the disruption that was taking place.
@SMRT_Singapore might want to update passengers that the service is disrupted rather than to ask them to wait for next train. There have been at least 3 trains passing through tiong bahru that required passengers to get off. pic.twitter.com/s6IXq3EEzf
On 5 March at about 11.45am, a system-related fault activated the train braking system in one of our trains on the East-West Line before Raffles Place MRT station.
We proceeded with train recovery operations. Commuters on the affected train were safely disembarked at Raffles Place station, and the train was withdrawn to the depot for investigations. Regular train services resumed progressively from 12.30pm.
In-train and station announcements were made to inform commuters of additional train travel time of up to 25 minutes from Queenstown to Bugis stations. Free regular bus services were also activated between those stations.
As part of the NSEWL train fleet replacement programme which we are working with LTA and the OEM, commencing in 2023 and to be completed by 2026, the first 3 generations of trains will be replaced.
We are sorry to have affected your Sunday afternoon commute.
I always use Facebook throughout the day and more so when I am in bed just before I sleep and I cannot help but realise one thing and it seems like it had become kind of a trend.
A lot of Ah lians get cheated by Ah bengs
More often than rather, I will see the girl (usually with a bit of Ah lian pattern) post on Facebook calling out (some say trend) a guy (usually with a bit of Ah beng pattern).
This would often be a case where the Ah lian lends the Ah beng certain sums of money time after time after the Ah beng’s plea for help for whatever reasons and then the Ah beng goes MIA or spends it in the siam diu or on another girl.
I find that most of these Ah lians blindly believe the Ah bengs’ words like their words have some magic potion which are pleasing to the ears of the Ah lians and only realise that the Ah bengs words cannot be trusted only after getting conned a sum by them.
Sometimes, these Ah lians even give birth to a few children for the Ah bengs and after getting cheated by them, they end up with nothing to feed their children.
When the Ah lians realise their folly, they will complain non stop on social media and trend the ah bengs as if they got no brain because these cases happen so often that it is like the Ah lians never learn any lessons from their senior ah lians who got scammed by these bengs before.
Characteristics of these Ah bengs
Most of these ah bengs often do nothing in life, mostly gaming, drinking, smoking and womanising their lives away.
They go from woman to woman and sometimes because of their womanising behaviour, a few more ah lians will emerge to call out the same ah beng who got ‘trended’ by a particular ah lian.
They may seem like they make it in life with all their fake branded from top to toe and gold chains, but often the money to get all these comes from scamming the ah lian or money from underhand means (example doing 4d/soccer).
Also, they often want face and get into trouble very easily.
To provoke them, sometimes you just need to look at them for more than 3 seconds if you are a guy of course and often a line of ‘kua simi lj’ can be heard from them.
I was so in love with her. We had dated for four years before marriage and I thought I knew her inside and out.
But something changed in her after we were married.
She started to become demanding and controlling. She wanted everything her way and would get angry if I didn’t do things her way. She also started to make unreasonable requests, like wanting a $5,000 allowance a month.
I only make about $6,000 after CPF.
At first, I thought she was just going through a phase. But it kept getting worse. She would even nag me about household chores and make me feel guilty if I didn’t do them.
I tried to talk to her about her behaviour, but it only made her angry. She said that I was the one who was wrong and that she was the one who was right.
I tried to be understanding and patient with her, but it was getting harder and harder. She was becoming more and more demanding and I was starting to feel like I was walking on eggshells around her.
I started to wonder if maybe I had made a mistake in marrying her. Maybe I hadn’t known her as well as I thought I did.
But then I remembered all the good times we had together before we were married. I remembered all the laughter and the sweet moments we shared. I knew that the woman I loved was still in there somewhere, she was just buried under all the stress and expectations of marriage.
I decided that the only way we could get through this was to talk. I asked her to sit down and have a real conversation about our issues. I wanted to know why she was so unhappy and what I could do to make things better.
At first, she was resistant. She said that nothing was wrong and that I was being too sensitive. But eventually, she opened up and told me that she was feeling overwhelmed and underappreciated. She said that she felt like I didn’t value her and that she needed more recognition for all she did.
That’s when I realized that my wife had changed 180 degrees after marriage. She wasn’t the same person I had fallen in love with. She was someone different, someone, who needed to be taken care of and appreciated.
So I started to make more of an effort. I started to tell her how much I appreciated her and what she did for me. I started to give her compliments and show her that I valued her.
And slowly but surely, things started to get better. We started to have more conversations and I started to understand her better.
And then one day, she asked me for a $5,000 allowance a month.
At first I was shocked, but then I realized that this was her way of saying that she felt taken for granted. She was asking for something that was tangible, something she could use to show that I valued her.
So I agreed to give her the allowance that one time and she ended up spending it on branded crap.
This was when I realised that I hate married the wrong person. I am in the midst of a divorce and I do not know how to find any new love.
A 50-year-old cleaner from China was arrested by Singapore Customs for storing contraband cigarettes and selling them in Singapore.
The man, Cheng Yong Guang, was charged on Monday with 4 charges for the 125 cartons and 70 packs of illegal cigarettes that were seized by Singapore Customs officers.
He had allegedly bought the cigarettes through social media before selling some of them to his colleagues, storing his “stock” in his bedroom at Bedok Reservoir Road and his workplace at Taiseng Drive.
The contraband cigarettes seized were worth about $16,193.50, with the amount of duty and GST evaded amounting to over $14,000 and over $1,200 respectively.
Officers also found a smaller quantity of illegal cigarettes at his workplace, with the amount of duty and GST evaded being more than $1,200 and $113.50 respectively.
Singapore Customs’ statement
[Cleaner arrested for storing and selling duty-unpaid cigarettes to colleagues]
On 24 Feb 2023, Singapore Customs arrested a 50-year-old male Chinese national for storing duty-unpaid cigarettes.
Investigations revealed that the man, who works as a cleaner, had allegedly bought duty-unpaid cigarettes via a social media platform and allegedly sold some of the cigarettes to his colleagues. He stored the remaining duty-unpaid cigarettes in his bedroom and workplace.
A total of 125 cartons and 70 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized. The man was charged in court on 27 Feb 2023 and court proceedings are on-going.
Singapore Customs reminds employers to maintain vigilance at their premises to prevent illegal activities, such as buying and selling of duty-unpaid cigarettes.
I’ve never been this MADDDDDDDDD!!! Sorry this post is abit too long.
My husband wanted to bring us out for dinner so I told him that I felt like having Chilli crab.
So he was like, ok let’s go to 89.7 Supper Club Changi, it’s been sometime since the last time we went there. Prolly years ago.
At the restaurant:
Me: brother how much is the chilli crab?
Waiter: we don’t have small size anymore only got medium size. And it’s $38.
Me: that one can eat how many people?
Waiter: maybe just one person. You buy 2 crab la..
Me: no la I will just get one if we want somemore we will order again.
Waiter proceed to take our orders and then.. here is where the story starts..
The food came and the portion was huge!!
The Waiter stand beside me and was looking at the crab and I told him ” Brother.. this one you say 1 person eat??? It’s a alot I cannot even finish” He didn’t reply me and jus walk away.
So I started to eat.. After 5-8 mins, he came and said ..
Waiter: sister .. you ask for one & I key in one crab but the chef make wrong la he give you 3 crab.
Me: no wonder it’s alot. I can’t finish this. So it’s not my fault right? (I just wanna be clear)
Waiter: no no not your fault. Its their fault. It’s ok la sister u pack and bring home.
Me: nobody is going to eat. You want? I give you lah you eat.
He refused politely.
So we continued eating..
The next two minutes he came back and I assumed the chef was not happy that he asked me to pack .. he then said..
Waiter: sister I have to charge you for 3 crabs because its already served and the amount is $110.
I’m like whaaaaaaat!?!?!?!?!
Me: I’m not going to pay for that. I ordered 1. You gave me 3 why I need to pay now.
Then he go back and check with the chef.. we can see that the chef was like scolding him or something and its not even his fault either..
And then he came back again and said ..
Waiter: sister.. total is 110 and he said u take all la pack he can give you $80.
Me: first of all, it’s not my fault that you guys gave me 3 crab. Secondly, I’m not going to pay for that $80 cos I don’t want to bring back cos its a wastage as nobody is going to eat. It’s not about the money, it’s about who wants to eat?!
Waiter: but you can see there’s 3 crab you should have call me.
Omgģggg I got no appetite to eat this crab anymore cos this waiter is full of Crap!
Me: how am I suppose to know???????? You were standing beside me when the food came you can stop me right there and then but you didn’t. How is it my fault now.
I tell you what, you go and give the chef this 2 crab I will only eat what I ordered.
So he took my plate away for a good 10 mins. By this time, my Mantou already cold and I’ve got no mood to eat anymore. He came back to us without the plate.
Me: Where is my crab?
Waiter: You already eat 3 crab leg how come you don’t know there’s 3 crab.
At this moment i was like Ya Allah give me patience..
Me: Who counts how many crab legs are there before eating ????? How does it matter how many crab legs are there .. i ordered 1 you served 3. This got nothing to do with me. So now, where is my crab?
Him: your crab finish already because you have eaten, only left with gravy.
Me knowing myself, I know it’s time for me to walk to the chef and tell him off. But I didn’t want to make a nuisance cos beside my table was a group of couples staring and and watching this whole drama. Later for nothing my face masuk stomp pulak.
I told the waiter I wanna speak to the chef. He was like no no he will come out. End up he didn’t. So I told Ben let’s pack whatever we ordered and I’m going to pay for only one crab. I can’t continue.
Family night turned out to be so crappy. Crappy service recovery!
Full of CRAB service!
If the service was there, out of goodwill I might have even considered paying for the additional but not when halfway eating my plate is taken away, and somehow it’s made to seem like it’s our fault.
Deliveroo is ridiculous and definitely the worst ever food delivery app.
Been using there because they promoted their discounted subscription meaning delivery is free or discounted but we are still paying full price for the food, yet when I received mouldy chicken in my salad from Green Monster – Katong
I contacted the live chat immediately, Deliveroo customer service asked me for the photo of it together with the receipt, I did so and took accordingly yet they replied me that they are unable to refund me.
The whole salad needs to be thrown away since it’s mouldy. Who would dare eat?
The mould also do not look like it’s possible to form in 1 day meaning the chicken is either stored wrongly, many days old or something is seriously wrong with the outlet serving.
Yet Deliveroo refuse to reach out to the seller and refused to refund at all.
The previous time we ordered office lunch and there was a missing order, colleague ended up without food and yet they refused to refund too.
Even if u give discount and free delivery, I am definitely never ordering from Deliveroo ever again. This is a health and hygiene risk. I don’t understand how the customer service can’t see it.
The existence of the customer support team is clearly redundant, even AI would have done better than this.
I looked over at my girlfriend, I felt a wave of hopelessness come over me.
We were in bed, but I had no desire to be there.
We were supposed to be making love, but instead, I was just going through the motions. I felt like I was just doing it to make her happy, and I didn’t want to be in this position.
I tried to push away the feelings of guilt and regret and focus on the moment, but I couldn’t. All I could think about was how much I wished I was with someone else. Someone who could truly make me feel alive and excited. I wanted to be with someone who could make me feel more than just a sense of obligation.
I started to feel anxious about the situation and I knew I had to tell my girlfriend how I was feeling. I took a deep breath and opened my mouth, but before I could say anything, she spoke up.
She said, “You’re just going through the motions, aren’t you?” I was silent for a few moments, and then I nodded my head.
I could feel the disappointment in her voice as she said, “Why don’t you just wish you were with someone else?”
I didn’t know what to say, so I just shook my head. I wanted to tell her that I still loved her and that I wanted to be with her, but I was too afraid. I knew that if I said anything, it would just make things worse.
So instead, I just stayed silent.
We lay in bed together for a few more minutes, and then she got up and left without saying a word. I felt an emptiness in my chest and I knew I had made a mistake. I should have said something and tried to explain how I was feeling.
I thought about the situation for the rest of the night and into the next day. I wanted to tell my girlfriend how I was feeling, but I was scared. I was afraid of losing her if I told her the truth. I finally decided that I had to be honest with her and tell her how I was feeling.
When I finally worked up the courage to talk to my girlfriend, I opened up to her about my thoughts and feelings. I told her that I felt like I was just going through the motions when we were together and that I wished I was with someone else.
At first, she was hurt and angry, but then she looked at me with understanding. She said, “I know it’s not easy, but I’m here for you. I want to make you happy, and if that means you want to be with someone else, then I understand.”
I was shocked and relieved at the same time. I had expected her to be angry and upset, but instead she was being understood and supportive. We talked for a few more minutes and then she hugged me and said, “Let’s just take things one day at a time.”
I hugged her back and thanked her for understanding. I knew that I had made a mistake by not being honest with her, but she was still willing to give me a chance. I knew that if I wanted to make things work between us, I had to be honest and open with her.
The next day, I asked my girlfriend if she wanted to go on a date. She smiled and said yes, and we ended up having the best night of our relationship. We talked and laughed and felt like a real couple. We both knew that we had something special, and I was so relieved that I had finally been honest with her.
Deep down I was still pretending to be happy. Did I lose my feelings for her? Sometimes I wish some one would take my place to satisfy her.
My note ultra has been overheating since day one of purchase. Hitting over 41 degrees and after visiting twice, was sent back without any action as it was supposed to be a “high performance phone thus the heat”.
Things didn’t get any better. 2 weeks after purchasing, it hit 50 degrees one day. I told them customer service chat what happened, finally.
Someone tells me to stop using immediately and to bring the phone back. The battery was replaced. It still hit 40 degrees from time to time. I took it as the norm.
Years on. The battery drained. I went for a compatible.
The temperature shot up, repeatedly. Believing that it’s from the compatible battery and that it might be faulty, the very sweet shop keeper changed it. 3 times for free for me.
The last round, he said it’s the 3rd time. If your phone still overheats when not in use. It’s the motherboard for certain, and not the battery.
So Samsung. Please let me know, what exactly is going on? If the battery isn’t the one heating up all this time, but the motherboard, does that not mean your product is actually having a defective motherboard or a lousy design, allowing heat built up?
And. This overheating is recurring after i did your latest update. Now that i put everything together.
Will the relevant authorities just inspect this company’s product and updates to see if they are forcing consumers to upgrade or it is just genuinely a poor quality item to avoid in future.
I always thought of myself as a frugal person, but my husband takes it to a whole new level. He only buys the things he needs and nothing else.
You would think that would be a good thing, but it can be quite annoying at times.
Take toilet paper, for example. I recently noticed that we were running low on toilet paper. I asked my husband if he was going to buy some, and he said no. When I asked why he said he had a better idea. He wanted to use the old Yellow Pages phonebook that we had in the store room.
At first I thought my husband was joking, but he was serious. He said that the paper was just as good as toilet paper and it was free. He said that if we ran out of the Yellow Pages, he could always get more from Garang guni.
At first I was horrified by the idea. I couldn’t believe he was serious about using the Yellow Pages as toilet paper. I tried to convince him to buy some toilet paper, but he wouldn’t budge. He said it was a waste of money and that the Yellow Pages worked just as well.
I was so frustrated that I started to cry.
I told him that using the Yellow Pages was gross and unsanitary. He said he cared about my feelings, but he didn’t want to waste money on something he could get for free. After a long argument, he finally agreed to buy some toilet paper.
I was relieved, but I was also a bit angry. He had put me through a lot of stress and anxiety over something that was so trivial. I thought he was being a real cheapskate and I told him so. He said he was just trying to be practical and save money.
I understand why my husband wanted to save money and I also understand why he was so stubborn about it.
But I still don’t think it was right for him to put me through all that stress and anxiety. And I definitely don’t think it was right for him to suggest using Yellow Pages as toilet paper!
My girlfriend is obsessed with my armpits. It all started as an innocent joke but soon turned into an addiction.
One night, while we were cuddling in bed, she randomly asked me if she could smell my armpit. At first I was taken aback by the request, but then I laughed it off and said sure. She lifted my arm up and took a deep sniff, then let out a loud sigh.
“Wow, you smell like a real beast,” she said. “It smells like ecstasy!”
At that moment, I knew something was up. She had never expressed such an interest in my armpit before, and the way she acted was like she was in a trance. I asked her what was going on, and she told me she had been having the urge to smell my armpit for weeks, and she couldn’t resist any longer.
At first I thought she was kidding, but then she asked me if she could smell my other armpit. I was reluctant at first, but she seemed so sincere that I eventually gave in. After she smelled my other armpit, she let out another loud sigh and said, “Oh my gosh, you smell even better than the first one!”
That was the beginning of my girlfriend’s armpit obsession. From then on, she would constantly ask me if she could smell my armpits. She would even ask me to lift my arms up for her, so she could get a better whiff.
At first, I thought it was just a phase she was going through, but then I started to see that it was becoming an addiction. Whenever we were in bed, she would ask me to lift my arms up so she could smell my armpits. When we went out in public, she would discreetly sniff my armpits while I was talking to someone else.
I was starting to get worried, because it didn’t seem healthy. I asked her to stop, but she said she couldn’t. She said it was like an addiction and she needed it.
After a few weeks of trying to get her to stop with no luck.
That’s why I’m posting here and asking if anyone has similar experiences?
