An NS-man recently ended his In Camp Training during his reservist and he shared online that it was his unit’s first reservist and he was “shocked” that their living condition was “this bad”.

He said that their whole platoon of about more than 20 people were allocated to just 1 bunk with little to no air ventilation.

He also shared that one of the 2nd Lieutenants tested positive for Covid while in camp, and he alleged that “nothing was done”.

He added that after booking out on Friday, people allegedly started getting sick.

Here is what he said

Is our living condition in ICT a safety breach?

Recently just ended my reservist (Monday to Friday). It’s our unit’s first reservist and and we were so shocked that our living condition was this bad. Basically a whole platoon (about 20+ ppl) was allocated to just 1 bunk, and the bunk has little to no air ventilation, and as a result it’s so humid and suffocating to sleep in the bunk.

Anyway, we were all joking that covid does not exist in the camp we are in since there are 20 ppl sleeping in the same bunk… but lo and behold, after booking out on Friday, people started getting sick and developing covid symptoms, including me. Some tested covid positive on fri, while some on sat (that’s me). There are currently 10+ people in my platoon who tested positive for covid.

Is our living condition a safety breach or its normal for the other ICTs? As this is our first ict in the covid era, we are not sure what constitutes as a safety breach. Thank u!

Edit: apparently a 2LT guy from the other platoon tested positive while in camp and nth was done, and as a result, it started spreading.

Editor’s note: The whole platoon sharing bunk thing is normal for reservist, my ICT I shared a bunk with two platoons.

The bunk that you mentioned is much, much bigger as compared to the normal ones during your NS time.

Image source: The Singapore Army Facebook (header image used for illustration purposes only) and Reddit

Singaporean activist Gilbert Goh spotted close to about 8 rough sleepers during a homeless outreach programme.

Goh shared how he met a brought sleeper who was the same guy who broke down the last time they met when they handed him a $50 angpao.

Here is what he said

Another difficult night to fathom as the homeless population seems to increase steadily over the years at Bedok North during last weekend’s homeless outreach.

We saw close to eight rough sleepers in just a small circumference area of not more than 2 km.

Bedok North is a old silver-haired estate filled with many government subsidized housing units both at Bedok North itself and nearby Chai Chee area.

Tee shirt, rain coat, mask, mosquito patches, torchlight and angbao (3) were given out to our elderly rough sleepers who have no proper roof over their head except the outdoor hard cold benches.

A elderly man asks for some bread and we went to purchase at the nearby Sheng Siong supermarket after which we spent some time talking to him. He was the same guy that broke down the last time we handed him our $50 angbao.

I am sure as he rests his head to sleep during Father’s Day on the cold hard bench, he will be reminiscing about the happy moments with his family in the past.

He has being sleeping rough for close to five years and is in his mid seventies.

Another rough sleeper we met is a Malay elderly woman whose bodily stench could be smelled more than ten feet away. She has a tiny pink-coloured radio softly tune in next to her for companionship.

A walking aid nearby signalled the fact that she may also be experiencing walking difficulty.

This is the first time we saw her during our outreach in Bedok during the past few years.

Others are mostly elderly men in the 60s to 80s spending their twilight years in the wilderness of homelessness and misery as they wallow in their unforeseen situation.

Many could not envisage they will live out their remaining years in such abject circumstances and some do lament at their situation.

Others are more sanguine and took everything in a positive stride waiting to ride the first wave when it goes their way.

As the economy bites hard with the current sky-high inflation, we foresee more elderly Singaporeans will be homeless as families living in poverty will find it hard to make ends meet.

Relationship within our small nucleus family network will also get more porous and friction will occur easily causing some to leave home for the long haul.

We left the area close to 1.30 am as some simply just wanted to talk to a sympathetic person who is properly in short supply these days.

All is not well in our tiny red dot.

Do something good for Singapore – a charity movement to alleviate the hardships of displaced elderly Singaporeans.

PS: if you are living in Bedok North and want to actively help out the elderly rough sleepers over there, please let us know.

Source: Gilbert Goh on Facebook

A street fight broke out on the streets of Lorong 21 Geylang on 18 June, with two of the men involved, a 44-year-old and a 51-year-old being sent to the hospital.

Three others have since been arrested after the fight, which includes suspected gang members, according to 8World News.

The Singapore Police Force said that they were alerted to the fracas at about 9.40pm, and at least 5 police vehicles were seen at the scene.

The site of the fight was then cordoned off as the police assessed the situation on the ground.

According to Shin Min Daily News, an eyewitness reportedly saw a person bleeding from the head with his arms bandaged.

The 44-year-old and 51-year-old men were conveyed conscious to Tan Tok Seng Hospital, while three others were arrested, including suspected gang members.

A 34-year-old man was then charged with voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons, while another 43-year-old and 53-year-old men were arrested for being suspected gang members.

DJ Jade Rasif was part of a group of panelists at an event by Adidas on 17 June, where David Beckham was in attendance at the We Got This Talk Show 2.0.

The 28-year-old DJ shared her observations of the footballing legend, describing him as humble and the personification of her favourite quote, “work hard, stay humble”.

Here is what she said on Instagram

While you can read what we shared in the news, here are the things most didn’t see:

When it was time to clear the stage, David saw the staff lifting the chairs to clear the stage. I noticed he left the line up, and when I turned around I realised he was helping the staff move the furniture.

Although he was not meant to host a meet & greet, he took photos with every person in the room, and shook every hand. After the show he proceeded to walk outside the store center to greet the fans waiting outside and to thank them for their support.

After the show, me and @bellywellyjelly knew he was tired, and did not want to impose by asking him for photos. He came out of his holding room to look for us, & gave us the warmest hugs & smiles and a chat before he had to rush off for his fifth appointment of the day.

This was after taking the red eye flight into Singapore, and moving straight to back to back appointments.

The personification of my favourite quote, “Work hard, stay humble.”

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Former Japanese AV actress Emiri Okazaki, shared during an interview with Kei on his Asian Boss YouTube channel that she was paid up to £4,400 (S$7,472.33 according to today’s exchange rate) per shoot and made 28 movies in a month, which amounted to about S$209,000.

Couldn’t become model or actress

She revealed that she joined the industry after she realised that she would very unlikely become a model or TV actress, and she used to cry on set when the cameras stopped rolling.

Okazaki also added that her work in the industry was harmful for her relationships with her loved ones, with her mother cutting her off for 6 months, and her boyfriend’s mother was ashamed of her and tried to break them up.

Actresses cry at the end of shoots

The 27-year-old said that during her first shoot for her first AV movie, she cried at the end of the shoot because she felt many emotions hitting her; she also revealed that many girls also cried while filming.

Okazaki said she wasn’t even sure why she was crying, and that she was imagining it wasn’t the real her in the scene but just an actress playing a role in a movie.

She has since quit the industry and is not a beauty business owner.

She also added that there were girls from wealthy families who had graduated from well known universities in the industry as well, doing it because they are curious and not for the money.

Typical day at work

Okazaki made her first movie in 2011, and she described a typical shoot as either being spread over two 12-hour days, or filmed at one go in a single 21-hour session.

She would be picked up by her agent on the day of the shoot and talent for a meeting with the director to confirm what she can or cannot do.

Looked down on

On her relationship with her family, she said that her mother was so ashamed of her that she blocked her and refused to see her for half a year.

Eventually, they reconciled and her mother told her that she will never understand her career or support it, but “you are my daughter and that will never change, so from now on, I don’t want to hear about your work.”

Her boyfriend also threatened to kill her when she told him about her work, and there were times when he pointed a knife at her.

Money maker

As for the money that she makes, she said that for female actresses in the industry, there are two main types of contracts:

The first one is an annual contract of one movie a month, where the actress makes between S$12,000 and S$132,000 per month,.

The second one is a “pay per shoot’ contract, where the actress is paid depending on the work that is required on a movie, which amounts to about S$2,500 to S$7,400 per shoot.

Images source: Screengrab from Asian Boss on YouTube and @okaemiri on Twitter