A netizen shared a video of a cyclist colliding into an opened door of a taxi by a passenger, and crashing onto the ground.
The incident happened on 13 June at about 6.39pm, along Balestier Road, and was captured on the dashcam of a passing vehicle.
The taxi was seen stopped at the side of the road, and the female passenger then opened the door to alight from the car.
However, due to the door opening abruptly, it caught a passing cyclist by surprise as he then collided into the door.
His face was seen hitting the side of the door, and he then crashed onto the ground as he stared at the passenger in disbelief.
Here is what the netizen said
“Transcab stopped right in the middle of the lane to alight passenger. Passenger did not check for oncoming traffic, opened door and cyclist banged onto the door.
After the accident the cab driver took his time to open door and check on the cyclist.”
With 150k savings and unable to find job anymore, how should a person in late 20s continue?
I’m asking on behalf of my friend, who has worked hard every since he graduates.
Unfortunately, due to a tragic incident (I shall be vague here to avoid identification), he would not be able to work anymore for the rest of his life.
Here is the dilemma he faced – should he invest this 150k savings into something that would provide a sustainable income or slowly spend the 150k for the rest of his life? Thank you.
Netizens’ comments
Is he expecting to have a short life? $150k isn’t anywhere near enough for ~50 years, no matter how frugal he is. Unless he is literally a quadriplegic, he should look into possibilities of some sort of work.
If his living expenses is 1k/month, 100k can last 8 years The rest of the 50k should be invested in things that can help him be able to work again – even if it means part time. There are grab delivery people that use wheelchair, or amputated personnel selling tissue paper. Have to ultimately find something suitable. Only if he is in a vegetable state then it will be a real challenge
If he is unable to work, there’s social service assistance potentially available. But it’s kinda hard to advise without knowing more. I also think it probably is something quite sensitive, so I won’t probe too much either I guess. Also, besides thinking about investing, I would also advise him to consider exploring how his mental state would be in the coming years as well. Hope your friend is okay, since I think if it is that drastic, I hope he also has people he can turn to and people he can trust.
A netizen, Chloe Hui, shared on Facebook about a Malaysian guy in Singapore who has been allegedly scamming people of their money.
Here is what she said
Hi everyone.
I would like to spread awareness, regarding this dude who goes by the name of *name redacted* aka the number 1 swindler of SG. His social media’s are attached as below as well.
Despite being on a WP, he has been going around to scam people of their hard earned money & one of the tactics he used, was to collect both rental and deposit from unsuspecting victims.
Afterwards he would come up with excuses, to not let potential tenants view or see the place. Deposit will NOT BE refunded as well.
Police report has been lodged against him multiple times . We are adviced to hire a lawyer if we want our money back.
He would also brag to us about his massive wealth, saying that he owns a Porsche car, many bungalow’s / how he was able to own a HDB by faking his income tax, to even owning several Rolex watches.
Which, by the way ~ the Rolex watch turned out to be fake the shop staff realised thier mistake, and demanded him to refund the full amount of “$1XXXX SGD”.
To date he has refunded only a few hundred dollars to them. Bragging about his Porsche? In our circle we have NEVER once seen him drive in it, each time he would come up with excuses.
On how it broke down, it’s at a repair workshop, next time. Bragging about how rich he is, but in secret always need to borrow money from us to even eat, and tide over his tough times, repay ahlong.
He was also dating my friend R, at one point of time. She lent him money countless times. He would pour a sob story to her, saying that his then wife cheated on him, took all his money. Don’t want to take care the baby and family anymore.
Turns out? Using the money my friend lent him, he used it to support his other gf to buy luxury goods, pay the rental for their shared apartment.
Using the money he owed & borrowed from others. He even bought another BMW and put up in his social media.
Come I clap for you. Citing it was due to his “hard work” he deserve his luxury car, hard work in scamming us? Oweing us a lot of money? Both of them are in cahoots partners of cheating, which she has denied firmly despite showing evidence.
He has also threatened to release nudes of girls, if they wanted to expose him. Please beware of him and his gf.
The guy I’ve been casually hooking up with said something alarming to me.
We were out at breakfast. Forgot how the conversation turned to it, but he said I’m breedable.
I asked him to repeat himself because I wasn’t sure I heard him correctly. “You’re f—able, you’re breedable. Imagine the gorgeous kids you’d make.”
I then asked if he was into “breeding”. He was quiet and just looked at me. I had no idea he did, I said to him.
He remained quiet for a bit until he started listing off things that I never used to let him do during our bedtime activity because I didn’t like it and how he’s gradually trained me to enjoy them.
Out of the years of knowing him and for some absurd reason looking past the other things he has said— this one conversation might have made me the most uncomfortable.
I can’t be hanging out or sleeping with this dude anymore. He’s gonna try and baby trap me or something. That scares me.
Sorry i just needed to get this off my chest. It was super creepy.
A 43-year-old man who worked as a teacher in charge of a uniformed group in a primary school is facing five counts of molestation involving a then 11-year-old primary school boy from the CCA he was in.
The victim had approached him to confide about his family problems, with the court hearing on 13 June that the alleged offences took place in school back in 2017 and 2018.
The identity of the man and the school cannot be revealed due to a court order to protect the identity of the victim.
Deputy Public Prosecutors (DPPs) Lim Ying Min and Angela Ang said in court documents that the boy had joined the uniformed group CCA in 2016 and started confiding in the man about his family issues in 2017.
They said that the man was aware that the victim’s parents are divorced, and the boy was staying with his mother and stepfather.
He was also aware that the boy’s relationship with his stepfather wasn’t good, and the latter would beat him, resulting in the boy showing up to school with bruises on occasions.
The court documents stated that the teacher had allegedly touched the boy’s private parts over his shorts in a Heads of Department room in November 2017.
He also allegedly committed similar acts on the victim 4 more times from March 2018 to October 2018.
The victim then lodged a police report on 13 November 2018 about being molested and the teacher was then arrested on 8 July 2021, before being charged in court.
At the time of writing, the trial is still ongoing.
The teacher has also been suspended from duty since November 2018 when the police investigations began, according to the Ministry of Education in an earlier statement.
Last year, my long-term relationship with a woman ended, as I realised I am gay. I have been leaning on my friends for support. I have one female friend that I believe has a crush on me.
She’s been kind and supportive since I broke up with my girlfriend. She helped me move to my new home and settle into my new place. She is aware that I am gay and dating men. She is supportive of this. She’s even met a couple of my dates.
However, when we meet she links my arm as we walk, she flirts, she gives me prolonged eye contact, she looks at me as she plays with her hair. She takes my hand and holds it, and places her hand on my thigh.
I’ve been with women before, I know the signs. This morning she asked me if I was sure I am gay, with a glistening eye and deep eye contact.
I am sure I am gay.
It’s making my feel disrespected.
I know its hard to tell from this post but… Am I leading her on somehow?! She has a boyfriend and I thought we were on the same level here.
Here are what netizens think:
Bo bian lah, maybe her abalone not fresh enough that’s why
Sometimes its better to be yourself and give her a hard confirmation that it is no longer possible, this is to be fair to everyone if you still want to keep her as a friend.
Its your choice and you have to tell her you prefer to hang pang sai smell on your sausage then abalone smell.
I came out to my dad and he brought out a male genital cake to humiliate me in front of everyone during my birthday party.
I wanted to come out to him first just days before my birthday. I thought it would hold significance that I do it on my 18th.
He didn’t have a big reaction so that made me wonder how he actually really took it.
During my birthday party when it was time for the cake, people are singing and dad brings out this huge cake made in the shape of the male genital.
While people are reacting and laughing he shouts “since you like d— so much, you get to eat it!”
He continued to tell everyone I like guys, if people were wondering what was going on. Just to make things clear, nobody knew so it was a shocking and embarrassing moment.
Netizens’ comments
I thought this was going to be a cool dad post. Sorry he turned your 18th into his moment instead of yours.
Wow I thought this was going to be a supportive dad story, but that is downright terrible. OP I’m so sorry you had to endure that. What a crappy thing to do to your kid.
A netizen, Henry Ng, shared photos of his void deck allegedly being vandalised by a group of international students.
Here is what he said
Today my neighbour called the police because some French students were fighting at the void deck.
Same thing when police came all run. When my daughter went down to play she told me she saw the French student burning paper at a corner which they usually hang out.
The poor town council cleaner have to come and clean the burn paper and litters.
Vandalising the void deck like their own home. It is a everyday affair. Seems like after that fighting incident that went viral, they are not scared or their school simply don’t care.
Here are some of the pictures I took of the void deck.
I hope they get caught and cane for vandalising and playing with fire. Such a bad influence for the young children playing at the void deck.
Potential penalties
Vandalism
The stealing, destroying, or damaging of any private and/or public property is an offence under Section 2 of the Vandalism Act.
Persons found guilty of vandalism face a fine of up to $2,000, or a jail term of up to 3 years, and caning of between 3 to 8 strokes.
Spiraled into credit card debt due to unethical pushy businesses
I’m in debt, but not because of someone else.. It’s because of my naive self. Last year I signed up for a credit card and was so excited to use it, I was confident in repaying my bills and I repaid them on time for the first few months. I started making bigger purchases (furniture at IKEA, furnitures online etc) as I needed new chairs/bed/table for my house which just underwent a renovation.
Slowly, the bills started to rack up but I could still pay them off. The breaking point was when I entered a nail outlet to go for a quick manicure as I saw that they were having promotion ($20 for express gel).
As I am a gentle person who finds it hard to say no, I found myself spiralling into debt as the nail technicians kept pushing packages, spas and treatments onto me. (AND everytime I went back for another appointment, they hardsell me and literally profit off me every appointment)
It was to a point that I was dreading my every appointment. They would tell me pity stories of their families in Malaysia, and treat me like a “close friend” and “special customer”, giving me discounts and freebies whenever I say no. I know that it is their tactic but I really can’t say no..
From a $20 quick express manicure session to signing packages which costed over $3~$4k, I really hated amd questioned myself why did I even step into Nai* Palac* in the first place.
Another incident which happened in the same period: I had listened to a radio during a grab ride, and the host was talking about a quick quiz to win a free facial. As it was free, I decided to just send sms to try my luck. Within 1 day, a sales associate whatsapped me, saying tjat I had won the radio giveaway. I was surprised but happy, and I asked if there was any costs, to which the staff answered that *it is FULLY FREE from the radio*
Fast forward time, staff hard sell me during consultation, during the facial, after the facial, and even when I told them I had no money, they asked me how much money I had in my bank account and that they will give me a special price for lower amount of sessions.
Even mentioned that they don’t usually do this for anyone. In the end I caved, and ended up in even more debt.
I quarreled and argued with my boyfriend, family and friends over all these and felt damn shitty.
And because banks charge a late interest fee on credit cards, and I was unable to fully repay in one shot, the bill and interest kept snowballing. I am now working a full time job and part time job, (44 hours + 16 hours), and I am tired.
Singapore should crack down all these unethical shops who prey on people like me who are soft hearted and hard to say no. Feel so terrible about my financial situation now, and I can’t even blame anyone except for myself.
I have been job searching since I lost my job a month ago (they filed for bankruptcy). Prior to me losing my job, I had been working for 5 years through the company. My husband didnt work. He would have a job for a month before quitting and staying home.
I didnt say anything because he was there to take care of my kids and I didnt have to pay for daycare. So in the long run it did save me almost $650.
He had many “reasons” for being unemployed. He was severely depressed. For a while he was in denial about it but I was finally able to convince him to get into therapy. He also had untreated ADHD so he was sound sensitive, light sensitive and angered easily from overstimulation.
He could not hold a job down to save his life and would quit before giving it a chance. So I paid the bills for absolutely everything for 5 years. Whenever I did bring up him getting a job he would say “we really cant afford daycare”- which he wasnt wrong. It was expensive.
Anyways, so I lose my job a month ago but as I said, I still have an income. I also test games which generate roughly $150 a week. Despite me having income and honestly, getting a much-needed mental health break at the same time, he is still constantly bringing up that I dont have a job.
He went to therapy for months and got a job 2 months prior to me losing mine. So he is the only one working right now. But the constant badgering about me getting a job after all I’ve done and considering I still have an income flow (while searching for a job) is starting to really get under my skin. I’ve asked him to worry about himself. I’ve told him I’m on it. I’ve reminded him several times that I still have an income (on my income alone we have rent and utilities covered).
So Saturday he brings it up again. I was talking about wanting to go camping with the kids and he makes some backhanded comment about not being able to afford it and said “I really think that you should just worry about getting a job right now. Like yes, camping would be nice but that’s just an added expense right now considering you dont work.” So I snapped at him and said “I just worked while you sat home and did nothing for 5 freaking years. I still generate enough income to cover most of the bills. Get the F off my case.” (I have a savings of over $120k and the HDB is almost fully paid for).
He says that I’m being dismissive of his concerns about money and says that he feels like I’m “sinking into a dark space” like he was for those 5 years and is “worried” that me being home all the time is going to make it so I never have ambition or drive to be better and better our future and also stated that I’ve made him feel bad for simply not wanting to be the only one who works.
