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TAN CHUAN JIN ON UKRAINE CRISIS – OUR SAF & HOME TEAM STANDS GUARD 24/7

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Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan Jin shared his thoughts on the Russian invasion on Ukraine and highlighted the importance of Singapore’s Total Defence Day.

He said that there is a reason why we just commemorated Total Defence Day recently and why we continue to be vigilant each and every day.

Tan also highlighted that the Singapore Armed Forces and the Home Team stands guard 24/7 to protect our sovereignty and independence.

Here is his statement in full

There is a reason why we just commemorated Total Defence Day recently. And why we continue to be vigilant each and every day. Our men and women of  the Singapore Armed Forces and our Home Team stand guard 24/7 so that we remain sovereign and independent.

“Singapore strongly condemns any unprovoked invasion of a sovereign country under any pretext…We reiterate that the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine must be respected…We hope military actions will cease immediately; and urge a peaceful settlement of the dispute, in accordance with the UN Charter and international law.”

I’d recently met with Her Excellency Zelenko Kateryna, Ukrainian Ambassador to Singapore. I remembered discussing with her about the security situation in her country. Little would one guess that this day would come.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Ukraine

Images source: Tan Chuan Jin on Facebook

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TREMORS REPORTED IN PARTS OF S’PORE, POLICE RELEASE ADVISORY

The Singapore Police Force released an advisory statement on Facebook earlier today about the tremors that were reported in some parts of Singapore.

The tremors had originated from an earthquake that occurred in Sumatra, Indonesia earlier this morning, recording a magnitude of 6/0 on the Richter scale.

The police have advised people who felt the tremors to take cover under a table and keep away from glass items.

Here is their statement in full

ADVISORY ON TREMORS REPORTED IN SINGAPORE

The Meteorological Services has confirmed that an earthquake had occurred in Sumatra on the morning of 25 Feb 2022 (Friday).

The earthquake recorded a magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter scale. Earth tremors were subsequently felt in certain parts of Singapore at about 9.40am on the same day.

The Police and SCDF have received several calls from the public reporting these tremors.

Members of the public who were indoors and felt the tremors have been advised to take cover under a table and to keep away from items made of glass or any hanging objections.

They were also advised not to use the lift or use any naked light, in case of a gas leak.

For those who were outdoors, they have been advised to keep away from buildings and overhead electric cables.

GIRL IN TOXIC RELATIONSHIP WITH BF, WHO PUNCHES WALLS UNTIL HAND BLEEDS

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A girl shared how she is in a toxic relationship with her boyfriend who punches the wall when they fight and his hands start bleeding, among other things.

Here is the story

I need advice. I don’t know what to do about my relationship with my boyfriend. I wouldnt go so far as to say that the relationship is toxic but I have the nagging feeling like this relationship seems off, like im forcing myself to believe that it will work and yet I don’t want to break it off with my boyfriend because of the familiarity and the fact that I lost my virginity to him.

I have been with my boyfriend for 1.5 years, and it started off loving and sweet, and eventually, we became intimate because it felt right at that moment.

Initially our arguments were all regarding my mother’s opinion about him ( my mum doesn’t really approve of him amd doesnt like the idea of him, because of his academic qualification and earning potential) but I have since reassured him that I would choose to stay by his side despite my mum’s disapproval, that him earning significantly lower than me doesn’t matter because ultimately our incomes will combine and we will be sharing the financial burden when we start a family.

Lately our arguments have become more heated ( most of the times it is because I feel upset about something he did and I would subconsciously show it in a way by refusing to show him affection like holding his hands or hugging him, and he would flare up at me for showing him ‘attitude’), to the point where he will shout at me when we are back in his room. I cry everytime he shouts at me, and his anger still wouldn’t subside no matter how I try to communicate with him. I have tried showing him affection during the arguments to try to appease him, but when I can still sense his anger and see the intense anger on his face, I get scared and pull away and he will get angrier at me for not trying to appease him by showing him affection. There was once when he got so angry that he punched the wall till his knuckles bled and were bruised. His anger seems to get more and more intense with each passing argument. Every time during our arguments,  when I would cry, he doesn’t even flinch or react to me crying. And yes, I do know that he is feeling emotionally negative and angry at that moment and I shouldn’t expect him to care about my emotions, but it still feels like he doesn’t care that he has made me cry.

I don’t know what to do about this relationship. My male friends have advised me to break it off with him, saying that his temperament and anger might just get worse in the long run, that no matter how angry they were at their partners, they have never shouted at them till they cried or shouted at them in public ( he has shouted angrily at me in public to hold his hands when I was walking ahead of him).  I’m reluctant to break up because i feel like this 1.5 years will be wasted if I just let this relationship go ( he was one of the few guys that didn’t ghost me after meeting up from a connection on a dating app, I have been ghosted so many times after meetups, that I feel unworthy of love), I don’t think I have the emotional energy to get to know someone new all over again ( I am an introvert and opening up and getting close to someone is nerve wrecking for me), being with him on the good days feels so nice and loving and I cant imagine being so vulnerable and familiar with someone other than him on such a physically intimate level.

What do I do? Am I self sabotaging this relationship by thinking about all the bad and not looking at the good? ( But there seems to be more bad days than good)

Thank you for taking your time out to read this lengthy post. I would appreciate any advice.

GIRL SAYS SHE SCARES GUYS OFF BECAUSE SHE IS TOO “MASCULINE”

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A girl shared how she thinks that she is scaring guys away because she is too straightforward and has a “masculine” personality.

Here is the story

I am a straightforward woman. Having trouble finding a relationship.

Female here. I’m here to get advice on how to find a proper guy? I seem to scare guys off because I’m either too straightforward or too masculine in personality.

When attached, I do talk things out with my exes when things go wrong but turns out, most of them didn’t care about listening to me.

Maybe I shouldn’t point out things anymore when I’m so upset about it?

So is my masculinity a problem? I know I have my flaws. I guess I can be clingy. I can learn to be less clingy but I think I’m just attracting or meeting the wrong men.

Dating sites makes everyone so dishonest, btw. I stopped relying on dating apps. I’ve gotten cat fished every time.

Netizens’ comments

  • There is no such thing as your appearance is unacceptable. You have not met the right person yet. A right person will accept your whole you, include whether are you fat, ugly, or flaws.
    Just be patient awhile and you meet your Mr right soon.
  • There is no proper guy, you are who you are. If they can accept you, it’s your luck.
    If they can’t, you are still perfect as how you accepted yourself. Don’t need to put down yourself for others

GUY EARNS $6K A MONTH, ASK IS IT NORMAL & COMPARE TO LAWYERS SALARY

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A netizen asked is it normal to earn $6k per month, as he compared his income to that of a lawyer friend who is earning $10k.

Here is the story

What do people under 30 earn? Is it normal to earn slightly under 6k?

I met up with my friend who grad from uni 4 years ago. He’s a lawyer. Found out he’s earning 10k already, has an amazing bonus, first property going to be a condo.

Couldn’t even mention my own salary because it is so sad, lol. I may have a stable job in government but it for sure doesn’t pay well. Gf and I have to scrimp to afford hdb and reno.

Meanwhile, lawyers earn so much, maybe traders earn even more. Really regret not working hard in JC man sigh

Netizens’ comments

  • If you don’t learn to be contented and is constantly comparing yourself a to others, even if you earn 100k won’t be enough, because unless you are Elon Musk or Jack Ma, there will always be someone that will be earning more than you.
    Life is more than just wealth and material gains, appreciate the fact that you have a stable job, a loving partner and a love nest you can call your own.Live a little, enjoy life.
  • When I’m under 30 my take home is 1.8k only. Every month save 1k for my marriage. Then struggle for a bit and was one time a stay home dad for a year when my firstborn was born.
    Now still take home 2.8k but got car and stay 5 rms with 3 kids. Me and my wife combined take home income less than 10k.
    If we can manage comfortably, I dun see why u cannot.

MAN CHEATED ON WIFE, SAYS HE DIDN’T KNOW THAT HE WAS CHEATING

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A netizen shared how he had cheated on his wife but at the time, the word “cheat” didn’t enter his mind.

Here is the story

I’m married and I’ve let another person got too close to me. I know I’ve cheated but at that time the word ‘cheat’ did not enter my mind.

We were colleagues and work on different floors. I noticed we take the same route to work. I would see her a few stops after me while on the way to work. She’s very friendly and would say hi and make small talk. We bumped into each other so often till we decided to meet and go to work together. I didn’t think much of it because she’s just a friend to me. She started to send me good morning texts. I didn’t think much of it. I start to respond back the same greetings.

I found out that we have a few similar interests so sometimes she would send me related jokes so we would have a good laugh. I start to reply back the same. I thought since she knows I’m married there shouldn’t be a problem as I see her as a younger sister. I was having some family issues then, and her jokes cheered up my day when I’m down. When she flirts with me, I flirted back to show her I understood.

I notice she was texting me more often. I thought it was starting to feel weird, it felt like courtship? But I considered her a friend so I just continue to talk to her. She would ask me for help and guidance regarding work as well as her personal relationships. I feel bad for her because I get the sense she has a sad past and she seems to make childish decisions in regards to love. All this while I do not have romantic feelings for her. I do care for her as a friend. I also wonder why is she on my mind all the time. Sometimes she would take the jokes too far and mention my wife which I dislike. So I would ignore her.

This continued for months until she was blast texting my phone one day while I was home and my wife saw the messages.

I was still in denial mode when my wife confronted me about my relationship with this person. I defended myself and insisted I’m just friends with her. But I couldn’t answer about the amount of talking and the amount of photos exchanged. I try to convince myself and also my wife it’s just a normal friendship because I didn’t touch that person.

What made an impact on me that I’ve really done wrong was the reaction of my wife. I didn’t know I can hurt her so badly. My wife didn’t eat and sleep for over two days. She barely drank anything. I’ve never seen her in such a deranged state. She would suddenly wail, scream, sob, hit me, tell me she hate me. Hug me. Tell me she love me. To know I am the cause of her pain, I feel great shame and guilt, almost unbearable. I love my wife and I have no idea how to make things better for her. To know that she will never trust me again, I don’t know how to make it up to her that I will never do anything like this again.

I’ve since cut off all communications with this person and blocked her. She tried to get in touch with me but I don’t care about her anymore. I also felt like I was being played by this woman. So there’s no way I will rekindle this friendship.

To people who always say once a cheater always a cheater. I have to disagree. Not everyone is like this. I never want to be that person again. I would never want to hurt my wife again. Else I will lose her forever. I would rather not exist anymore should I ever lose her this way. She’s everything to me. She’s my forever person. I want to grow old with her. Only her. And I hope she forgives me one day.

CRAZY AUNTIE DEMANDS THE TOILET TO BE CLEAN SO SHE CAN LAO SAI

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I had already clocked out, but was still in uniform and decided to use the bathroom before I went home . So I go to the ladies room and it’s absolutely disgusting. The cleaning crew MC or something.

Anyways, I do my business and am washing my hands at the sink, when this older woman (maybe in her late forties) comes out of the stall complaining and sees me washing my hands. Our conversation went roughly like this :

Her: um, excuse me ? Can you clean the bathroom so I can use it or are you just going to stand there ??

Me: unfortunately, I have just clocked out, but I would be happy to go inform my manager so she can find someone to clean it

Her: well can’t you just clean it, you’re already here and I really need to go lao sai

Me: no. But again, I don’t mind going to tell someone about it.

Keep in mind I work here full time and had just finished a nine-hour shift of work in a hot kicthen all day. I can’t really remember everything that was said but it basically ended with me saying something along the lines of “I don’t work for free” because she kept telling me to do it and I ignored her.

She called me a lazy woman said going to complain and went to find my manager, and I’m now dreading going into work tomorrow on the off chance, that I’m going to get scolded out for not cleaning the bathroom when I was already clocked out.

Here are what netizens think:

They legally can’t force you to work off the clock, nor punish you for refusing to do so. Once you’re clocked out, you’re free, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Yup, this happened to me when I was younger. People would ask me questions and I’d tell them I’m off the clock. Got reported once or twice, with a manager saying that I’m not allowed to say things like to a customer. I kindly stated that I don’t work for free and would be happy to talk to someone from the MOM instead. They left me alone after that.

UNEMPLOYED HUSBAND STOLE WIFE’S GOLD BRACELET TO DRINK

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I f/33 live in a rental apartment with my unemployed husband m/30 of 2 years. I work retail jobs (fancy i know) and I obviously barely can afford bills.

My Mom passed away 2 months ago, All I inherited from her was a gold bracelet. I keep this bracelet in my closet that no one – and I mean no one comes near except for me and my husband.

Days ago it went missing, It just disappeared out of the blue. I looked for it, I cried, I gave up looking and moved on. The other day I came home and found out that my husband bought two cartons of beer. I wasn’t expecting that I asked where he got the money and he said he borrowed it from a friend. but as far as I know, he only has 2 friends and both of them swore won’t lend him a dime since he never pays them back.

When I reminded him of that he just gave me a look and asked if I was hinting that he took my bracelet, pawned it, then bought the beer. I shrugged and said “well…don’t you think it’s strange that the bracelet just disappeared into the air? then 2 days later you bought so much beer?” he got mad and said that I was such a delusional b&$#@ to even hint that he might have stolen the bracelet.

He shamed me for it and said I’m just upset he’s “managing” his current financial situation and is still able to buy himself nice stuff, unlike me. We kept arguing till he took the beer and left the apartment with it. Said he was going to try it at a friend’s house and that I’d better prepare an apology for when he gets back.

I didn’t but I still think that it’s all just so suspicious to be a coincidence.

How am I in the wrong?

GUY FOUND OUT HIS AUNTIE GAVE HER LIFE TO SAVE HIM, FEELS LIKE IT’S HIS FAULT

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A netizen shared how he found out that his aunt died trying to save him when he was a toddler and now he feels responsible for her death and blames himself.

Here is the story

I have always known I had an aunt (my father’s sister) who died in an accident when I was young, around 4 or 5. No one in my family made a secret of it, there are pictures of her at my grandparents’ place and she’s mentioned fondly by my parents etc but they never talk directly about her death.

I have some memories of her, I remember she was very kind and would laugh often. She’d spend lots of time playing with me and I loved her a lot.

Well, last week, my mom (40sF) and I were watching TV and there was a car crash in the movie we were watching. I felt my mom tense up and when I looked at her she was uncomfortable and was looking down.

I stopped the TV and she wouldn’t tell me what was wrong but I asked if this was about “Aunt Kala” (not her real name). Then my mom started crying and she said yes. I wasn’t gonna push but then my mom said, “she died trying to protect you.”

She didn’t give me all the details but basically, my mom and my aunt were taking me to go to the playground, and I was so excited I ran ahead, crossing the road without looking. My mom was pushing my baby sister’s stroller and so my aunt dashed after me, a car was driving fast and my aunt didn’t stop to look and she was hit.

I’ve been feeling numb ever since. I feel like it’s my fault my aunt’s life was robbed so young.

My mom asked me not to tell my dad she told me because my family has promised not to say anything to me when they realized I didn’t remember anything from the accident. I’ve been trying to remember anything but I just don’t, not from the accident or going to the hospital after or the funeral. Nothing.

I want to apologize to my grandparents but I don’t know how. I’ve been worried there’s a part of them that’s been resenting me all these years even if rationally I know they’ve always been kind and loving to me. I killed their daughter. And my father, what do I say? Even my sister (12F), I stole her chance to know her aunt and to share the moments I had with her.

How do I approach this with my family? Is it better to act as if I never learned about the accident?

My mom has told me it’s not my fault and she knew my aunt wouldn’t have wanted me to feel this way but it’s not making me feel better. I know my aunt’s death hit my family hard and that they’re still grieving and missing her to this day. How can I apologize? I’m afraid this won’t be enough and that it’ll open up old wounds.

BF BREAKS GF’S GLASSES & REFUSED TO PAY CAUSE ITS AN “ACCIDENT”

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My f21 boyfriend M22 has recently become interested in my glasses, either by trying them on or hiding them from to time as a ‘prank’. I need my glasses all the time to do basically everything.

With my level of myopia, I am practically blind.

Days ago he wanted to try what it was like to shower while wearing glasses and took them while I was asleep. he, unfortunately, dropped them and caused them to break by stepping on them in the tub. I found out after I woke and freaked out. He tried to calm me down but I started arguing with him about touching my glasses but he said he was just doing an “experiment” and didn’t mean for them to break.

I told him to pay me for new ones but he thought that was ridiculous. we started yelling at each other and he said he had to go to school and the argument continued later. He keeps avoiding to pay and is saying it was just an accident, and that I had no right to ask him to pay me for new ones and I should stop pushing.

Here are what netizens think:

  • Are u sure ur bf is 22? He sounds like 5
  • I still don’t understand the “experiment”. What problem was he trying to solve? If it was solely about “What is it like to wear glasses in the shower?”
  • He sounds like a child.
  • I think a lot of people don’t fully appreciate that glasses are a disability aid. You are unable to see without them. And they are expensive AF. He should have never been handling your glasses to begin with, but choosing to do so meant that he was accepting responsibility for their care. He should 100% pay for them to be replaced, and then I would seriously reconsider your relationship.