An Ah Beng was seen sitting at a reserved seat and taking up another vacant seat by placing his bags on it.

The MRT appeared to be crowded at the time and he apparently still disregarded other people’s need to sit down.

It is unclear who the Ah Beng is.

Images source: Kalwant Kaur on Facebook

A netizen shared a story about her friend who is addicted to gambling and heavily in debt.

She shared that her friend, Jamie (names have been changed to protect their identities), has incurred heavy debts from gambling and on top of that, still needs to provide for her children, who have no father.

Here is the story:

“I’ve known Jamie ever since we were in secondary school.

She was the sweetest girl back in the day, and was the kindest human being I’ve known.

But she met this guy, Daryl (name also changed to protect their identities), during her time in poly and she became a different person.

She started dating him and he got her pregnant, soon she gave birth to a healthy baby boy and they were gonna raise a family together.

She then got pregnant again a year later and gave birth to another baby boy, but the guy dumped her and left her alone with the 2 kids.

She soon dropped out of poly and started working part time.

It was during the 2018 world cup when she started betting on football matches, at first she won a few hundred dollars out of luck.

She then got addicted and started gambling more heavily, playing baccarat and mahjong and other gambling games.

She started losing money and soon borrowed money from everyone, including me, to continue her gambling habit, telling us that she needed the money for her kids when in fact she took it to gamble.

She thought that she could win back all the money that she lost but our advice fell on deaf ears.

She soon incurred debts of about $30k.

She came to me to borrow money again a few months ago and we had a little talk where I told her that if she continues her way, she will end up gambling away her life.

She then said that if only she had aborted her children when she was pregnant, she wouldn’t be in debt.

I haven’t seen her since then and I’m getting kinda worried.

Any advice on how to save her?”

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A woman shared her story after she found out where all the earnings of her husband went to and it has been a secret for over 5 years. Usually the

Here is the story:

I have been married for over 5 years and know him for more than 7 years but only till recently found out a weird hobby of my husband, a bill arrived at our home yesterday and it was of a storage unit.

I asked my husband what was he storing, he told me some toy cars and some garbage comics he kept over the years and I did not probe further as it sounds very normal.

But my friend sends me a screenshot a week later of my husband’s Facebook profile and the screenshot was my husband offering to buy a barbie doll from the Facebook marketplace. I was a bit shocked as we only have 1 son and no daughters. I keep quiet thinking maybe it’s for me?

After a week, I decided to ask him. He denied it at first then I questioned if he has a woman outside or does he have any children outside. Suddenly a lot of things make sense to me, my husband always doesn’t have spare money to spend and always appears to be poor. He must be having a woman outside right? I was so wrong.

I kept asking till he gave in and said the doll was for himself, Initially, I did not believe him but he drove me to his storage locker and I finally realised that he was speaking the truth. There were hundreds and hundreds of Barbie dolls inside and I asked him why is he keeping them, he said that he always find them interesting and said that there is resale value to earn them.

Then I asked him, how much have he earned so far, he said none. When I ask why he did not tell me, he said it is embarrassing. Hey if it’s for making money then of course nothing is embarrassing about it. He broke down and said he always love barbie dolls and has been collecting them for a long time.

I told him hey, it’s ok. Women also have boyish hobbies it’s alright. I’m just glad there was no other woman outside. Maybe just some plastic woman, that’s fine and he has been a great husband so far. I felt kind of guilty that I thought that he had a woman outside. I even went shopping with him afterwards and I bought him a new barbie doll.

To all the women out there, don’t judge your husband, be supportive. Think about the good and not focus on the bad. There is no perfect husband or wife, there is only compromise and understanding.

A netizen shared an amusing story from her schooling days about her teacher who was a huge fan of Lady Gaga.

He (the teacher) was an absolute fanatic of Lady Gaga, which was unbelievable to her (the student) because he was the discipline master as well and he always had a stern and fierce disposition about him.

Here is the story:

“I was a student from *school name withheld* between 2007 and 2010.

I remember our Discipline Master, who was also our Biology teacher, had a crush on Lady Gaga and we laughed so hard when his secret was found out.

The always fierce Mr *name withheld* was a fanboy of Lady freaking Gaga.

We “confronted” him about it in class and he asked us what was wrong about liking her music.

I told him he looks more like someone who listens to Black Sabbath or Avenged Sevenfold, instead of Lady Gaga.

We pressed him further and he then told us that his favourite song was Paparazzi.

I rolled on the floor laughing.

My friend seated behind me then made an off hand remark and called her a “Lady Bug” because of her beady eyes and the teacher heard it.

He then told him to write 500 lines: “I will not make fun of Lady Gaga anymore” and submit it to him at the end of the day.

Needless to say it was a joke but because he (the teacher) was always serious, we couldn’t tell that he was joking.

So my friend really wrote 500 lines and submitted it to him.”

Images source: Unsplash and @ladygaga IG

The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 111 news locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 and 5 imported cases.

24 of the cases are linked to the North Coast Lodge cluster

30 are linked to previous cases and were detected through surveillance. 33 are currently unlinked.  

Bugis Junction

MOH is investigating 20 cases of COVID-19 infection amongst individuals who work in Bugis Junction (200 Victoria Street).

Staff who have been working in affected shops at Bugis Junction will be tested, and close contacts of confirmed cases will be quarantined.

Free testing

To uncover any community infection cases, we will also extend free COVID-19 testing to members of the public who had visited the retail shops or used the services/ facilities at Bugis Junction between 17 August and 24 August.

Individuals who had only walked through the mall to connect to neighbouring buildings or Bugis MRT station need not be tested.

All visitors to Bugis Junction between 17 August and 24 August are advised to monitor their health closely, and minimise social interactions as far as possible, for 14 days from their date of visit.

They are encouraged to see a doctor immediately if they feel unwell.

Joel Ang Yun Nan, 25 y.o, was jailed for two weeks and fined S$15,500 on Monday (Aug 23) over the infringement of Covid-19 regulations.

He had already been arrested for hosting two large parties over two weekends in an industrial building in Sin Ming, but decided to break the rules again by organising another large gathering several months later when new restrictions have already kicked in due to the spike in locally transmitted Covid-19 cases.

An additional two months of imprisonment will be meted out if he is unable to pay his fine.

He pleaded guilty to three charges, two for exceeding the maximum allowed group size and one for unlicensed provision of public entertainment or exemptionz

Three more charges which includes supplying alcohol without having a liquor license was taken into consideration during his sentencing.

The parties he organised

On January 8, he hosted a party involving 40 people for his birthday celebrations.

The maximum permissible size for gatherings was only 8 at the point of time where it was Phase 3 of safe reopening.

The party was allegedly planned in December last year by Ang and his accomplice, Kenneth Chua Wei Lun to be hosted at a unit in Sin Ming’s Midview City Building.

Ang and Chua rented the unit under a company “Music Production Studio” where Ang was an authorised representative and jointly made decisions such as the furnishings and also the share of the profits for liquor sales.

Chua came out with the capital for their venture while Ang was in charge of overseeing the operations.

Patrons were not charged for entry fees but for alcohol via cash or paynow.

Other illegal gatherings

Ang had also opened the unit for other parties several other times before the Jan 8 incident.

To hide from the police that he was running an entertainment venue illegally, he lied to them and said that he paid for all the alcohol and he was the host.

Their venture came to light on Jan 8 when the building’s security team told the operations manager (OM) about loud music playing and also the countless number of people entering and exiting the unit.

The OM then went up to check around midnight and found many people waiting outside the locked unit and decided to call the police.

Police officers then found 40 people ages between 17 and 32 inclusive of Chua and Ang when they searched the unit around 3.10am.

While Ang was investigated for this, he proceeded to host another party with 12 patrons the following weekend at the same place.

Second check by Police

On Jan 17, 3.30am, Police went back to check the unit again.

This time, seven men and six women between 19 and 36 were caught drinking alcohol, chatting and blasting music from speakers.

Ang was also present and was arrested but subsequently released on bail after being charged.

Four months later

Ang approached a friend soon before he was set to plead guilty in court for his previous offences to organise another “chill” gathering for his friends at Jalan Besar’s Ho Tat Song Building.

Police officers who were patrolling the area after 12am on May 17 found the group drinking and singing without face masks.

Seven bottles of liquor, seven speakers, one karaoke display and four microphones were also found.

It was P2HA that time and people were only allowed to gather in groups of up to 2.

One other attendee, Jayden Ang Jin Jie, 20 has also pleaded guilty and will be sentenced Thursday (26 August).

Penalties for breaking Covid-19 laws

Imprisonment up to six months, fined up to S$10,000 or both for first time offenders.

Repeat offenders face a jail term of up to a year, fine of up to S$20,000 or both.

For providing public entertainment without a license, a fine of up to S$20,000 is the punishment.

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