A woman shared how she was looking for a room to rent.
She found a listing at Mei Ling Street for $700.
The person who placed the ad asked her for her profile and working details, before asking her for her race.
The woman then told her that she is Indian.
To which the person who placed the ad said:
“Thanks, owner rejected your race.”
Periyasamy Vivek, 34-years-old, pleaded guilty to a charge of causing grievous hurt via a negligent action endangering human life.
The India national was sentenced on 6 July to 2 weeks jail.
The incident happened at a worksite in Tuas South Boulevard on 23 March 2020.
Vivek was working as a supervisor for Sembcorp Marine.
He was tasked to move concrete blocks of about 5,000kg each using a forklift.
He loaded a concrete block and some wooden wedges onto the forklift and reversed the vehicle, before realising that he would hit some paint cans if he continued reversing.
He then decided to drive forward.
It is worth highlighting that as part of their SOPs, if his line of sight in front was impeded, he had to stop and drive in reverse.
Vivek drove forward despite having his vision blocked by the load.
The victim, Mr Sevugaperumal Balamurugan, was on his way to the toilet when he noticed the forklift moving slowly.
The vehicle then picked up speed and he was hit on his left hip by the concrete block, causing him to fall backwards.
Vivek then braked but the forklift was unable to stop immediately due to the wright of the cargo it was carrying.
The forklift ran over the victim’s legs.
He was conveyed to hospital with multiple fractures to his lower limbs, where he ended up having his legs amputated above the knees.
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A netizen shared how she was with her friends inside their dorm room at night, sharing ghost stories.
One of the girl then suddenly became completely silent and started breaking out in a cold sweat.
The group then cut short their gathering and called it a night.
The next day, the girl told her that she saw an apparition of a young girl at the toilet listening in to their stories.
She said that apparently these ghosts enjoy listening to horror stories.
And perhaps even reading them as well.
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A netizen shared a story about the Big John, a 90kg man-sized dummy that is used during training to simulate casualties during rescue scenarios.
Here is what the Big John dummy looks like.
A story was spreading that a recruit was trapped inside a storeroom, and he later found out that a Big John was blocking the door with its hands on the handle of the door.
One night, the Guard HQ saw a live CCTV footage of 3 of the dummies getting up and walking near the recruits who were prowling during their guard duty.
The HQ then immediately told them to shorten their patrol and return.
They then saw the dummies turning around and swaying to the front of the cameras.
Images source: MHA.gov.sg and SCDF Facebook
A netizen saw a few youngsters loitering at Kallang Stadium and noticed that they were gambling.
The youngsters were spotted gathering in groups of three and squatting there to play poker cards.
The netizen claimed that they use condoms and as chips and it is obvious what kind of brand they were using.
Anyone found guilty of gaming in a public place will be liable for a fine up to $5,000, or to imprisonment for a term up to 6 months, or to both.
A netizen shared about a frightening experience she had one night when she was sleeping.
She wrote that she was in bed one night and she suddenly felt like she couldn’t move.
She then immediately saw a dark figure standing at the foot of her bed.
She described the figure as a dark silhouette, and that she couldn’t see any features whatsoever.
She tried to scream but no sounds came out from her mouth.
Something was also pressing down on her body, and she was so afraid that she didn’t even dare to close her eyes because she feared that doing so would make the figure come closer.
She eventually broke free and the figure disappeared.
She rationalised it as sleep paralysis but when she looked at the floor where the figure was standing, she was speechless.
There were dusty footprints.
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Facebook user Azlan Oppier claimed that the bakery Bake Inc. located at Admiralty MRT has unhygienic practices.
He said that the workers would often top up the empty trays of food without replacing the tray and they even place trays of food on the floor when doing the top-up.
I received feedback about Bake Inc. (Admiralty MRT) placing their tray (some with bread/cakes) on the floor. When topping up, the tray goes into a rotation mode meaning highly likely the tray above is dirty/contaminated. Under the food safety regulations, this is a violation. Hopefully, the #Nea can warn them.
Source: Azlan Oppier
A netizen was shocked after realising that he/she was paying $2 just for the plastic packaging from a dessert stall located in Tiong Bahru.
Just take note. from Tiong Bahru market food centre @ Tian Tian dessert stall.
Market hor, not the food court at Tiong Bahru Plaza. The plastic bowl packaging is $2 so this Cheng Teng cost $4.
I’m so shocked. Somehow I got a 趁火打劫 feeling… or is this the current standard now? For everyone to take note in case going there to taboo back..
Update – Confirmed real – cos I did not believe it and asked the seller why $4 (I gave $10 note and I got $6 back for 1 bowl of hot Cheng Teng). So was told takeaway is $2 more. Then I see the stall front also pasted the notice of $2 for plastics container takeaway. Too bad I didn’t notice before ordering.
Next time, our eyes must open big first or ask first (cannot assume it’s 50 cents). Lesson learned
Source: Jolene
A video emerged online showing a YP on board an unidentified bus.
He was seen with his face mask down and chatting away with his friend.
He was also eating on board the bus.
Image and video source: @yoursgkaren on IG
A 27-year-old man was fined SGD6,400 after was banned for driving for 2.5 years after he got drunk and behave in a violent manner.
Maverick Neo Yong Xiang pleaded guilty to 1 charge of committing public nuisance, 1 charge of mischief and 1 charge of drink-driving.
The incident happened in May 2020, after drinking 5-6 cans of beer he took his father’s car and drove under the influence of alcohol from Punggol Central to Tampines.
After he arrived at his ex-girlfriend home, he started to shout and knock on the door and said that he wanted to see his ex-girlfriend. He was rejected entry by the girl’s father close the door telling him to go away.
After failing to see his ex-girlfriend he went back to his car only to return moments later to the unit but went to the neighbour’s door by mistake (drunk).
He started smashing the door and shouted even more loudly demanding to see his ex-girlfriend, the neighbour opened the door only to receive Hokkien vulgarities from Neo. The neighbour then called the police.
When the Police arrived they arrested him and escorted him to the police vehicle but in rage, he kicked the Police car’s door.
He has since paid the repair fees for the damaged neighbours front gate.
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