A nurse who shared her ordeal that his family has been undergoing constant harassment since May 2020, where his neighbour had mocked, hurled vulgarities, spraying disinfecting solution and cursing at his family every time they come back to their home.
Both he and his wife are front-line workers. Whenever he returns home, he is harassed by his neighbour.
The nurse was called “kaNiNa”, virus, dirty family, “COVID spreader” and virus family and was sprayed with Dettol by his neighbour since last year and the harassment has never stopped even after several police reports.
The “Karen” couple who harrassed their neighbour 57-year-old Cheang Eng Hock and 48-year-old Lim Sok Lay was finally sentenced earlier today.
Cheang was fined SGD$1,200 for one charge of harassment while his wife Lim was fined SGD$4,000 for four charges.
She also faces 2 weeks of remand at the Institute of Mental Health.
A man appeared in court after he was summonsed for a case of assault and violence towards a maid.
25-year-old Suriya Krishnan was sentenced to 6 months in jail after pleading guilty to the assault.
Drank liquor and beat woman
The 27-year-old Myanmar national was employed by Suriya’s sister and the maid stayed together with the accused in the same household at Hougang.
The family was holding a birthday party for Suriya’s father and Suriya consumed alcohol and got drunk.
The mid had no signs of aggression against the accused and while she was preparing dessert for the family, the accused approached her and scolded her for eating too much, the mother also scolded the maid.
Suriya then left the kitchen to return moments later and punched the maid in the face at least 3 times.
The medical went to Seng Kang General hospital and was found to have suffered injuries to her eye socket the next days and the case came to light.
The TOTO draw for this Friday is one of the biggest lottery draws for TOTO in Singapore history.
With many people hoping that they can throw a letter after winning this amount many queues and are hopeful of the draw on Friday.
Super duper long queues
Super duper long queues were spotted around the island such as the following video of Jurong point.
The queue was so long that it was in the booth till the entrance of NTUC
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Yishun
The famous Chong Pang Outlet at Yishun has always been know as the most popular “lucky” outlets with many people queueing up to be a chance to be a millionaire.
The Yishun queue was so long it stretch from 7-11 to the carpark, while the adjacent outlet across the street was till the void decks of the HDB.
Editors note: If I win I don’t want to write an article loh.
Dr Ng Eng Hen, Singapore’s Defence Minister, has recently posted on his Facebook page that he had tested positive for the virus and shared his experiences of living with the virus from Day One to Day Five.
He is the latest of politicians who have announced on their social media platforms after Member of Parliament (MP) Tan Kiat How and MP Eric Chua.
He added that with the Omicron variant spreading rapidly, it was a matter of time before he himself would have caught the virus.
Here is the minister’s post
“<< A personal encounter with COVID-19 >>
It’s been an interesting past few days, as a patient with COVID-19. Sharing my experience, with the caveat that individual reactions vary widely.
With the Omicron variant being so contagious, I expected that it would be a matter of time before I caught it. Not that one would go looking to be infected, but with the highly infectious Omicron causing the largest waves since the start of the pandemic in Singapore, it would be hard to avoid this variant, unless one became a recluse. The assurance was that having had two shots of the vaccine with the booster, serious illness could be avoided.
Day 1
The day started out normal enough. I had my regular exercise of running and weights. Felt good and energetic. Had some video meetings at the office, none in person. In the evening, the throat felt raspy. Found out that my grandchild had tested positive – the preschool has a cluster of cases. Sure enough, my ART showed two lines! ART can’t tell the exact variant, but most likely to be Omicron, now the dominant strain. No fever but didn’t sleep well.
Day 2
Felt good in the morning. I thought to myself, this might turn out to be quite mild. Oops, spoke too soon. Fever spiked in the evening to 38.5 degree Celsius but broke readily with Paracetamol. Throat became sore, nasal passages more congested. Heavy head and myalgia set in. Ah, the Omicron barbarians are at the gate and my immune soldiers – T and B cells must be mobilising, updating their enemy recognition software and releasing cytokines, chemokines and antibodies. The protective effects of the vaccine were kicking in, to confine the infection to just the upper airways, and not spread to other organs. My lungs were fine. Checked my pulse oximeter – 98%. Took some cough mixture and that gave good sleep thankfully.
Day 3
Felt better than the day before. Symptoms became confined mainly in the throat. Generalised symptoms lessened – no more body aches and headache. So it seems the first 24-48 hours are the worst, judging from the shared experience of family members. Appetite wasn’t affected at all. I could certainly taste and smell. In fact, had craving for chai tau kueh and porridge, which kind and loving souls delivered without contact.
Still had low grade fever, around 37.5 degree Celsius. The Omicron enemy seems to attack mainly my throat – not even nasal passages. No sneezing or running nose. But throat was really sore and dry now although pulse oximeter never went below 98%. Used a strong torch to have a look at the damage and could see redness, swelling and some exudates in the throat. Ouch, it hurts to swallow. For me, this was the most troublesome symptom. Tried all sorts of remedies – lozenges, herbal, honey ginger tea etc, with little relief. As expected, interrupted sleep.
Day 4
Apart from the throat, I felt quite well. Itching to exercise, but decided against it, after receiving a mild admonition from Mrs. Repeated my ART, when the 72-hour mark had passed and the test was still positive.
Day 5
The positive line on my ART test today is now less intense – yah! I’m better with the infection waning, and none the worse for wear. It could have turned out differently. If I got infected two years ago with the original strain, unprotected without vaccines, I would have feared for my life literally. Even six months ago, the Delta variant could have caused more serious illness without boosters. But the vaccine and booster have turned a potentially life-threatening disease to a mild one – a bad sore throat. Just like many other thousands of Singaporeans, we did not have to take up precious and limited resources in our hospitals that other vulnerable patients needed more. I’m glad I caught the infection in Singapore. I’m thankful and grateful that we have a good system that all of us put into place with our collective efforts and responsibility.
In the meantime, will follow MOH’s Protocol 2, and work from home. Met my Government Parliamentary Committee (Defence and Foreign Affairs) colleagues today via video conferencing and have a number of meetings lined up later this week. Video conferencing has really enabled us to work remotely.”
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has shared on their Facebook page sharing that there are 31,500 people above the age of 18 who are eligible for taking the booster dose yet to book an appointment and go for their jabs.
These individuals have their primary doses (1st and 2nd jab) taken more than 270 days ago and come 14 February 2022, they will no longer be under the fully vaccinated status and their vaccination statuses will revert to ‘additional dose needed’.
MOH is reaching out to these individuals and urging them to go for the third dose by making their appointments for vaccination as soon as possible or to walk in at any of the vaccination centres for their jabs.
They can walk in to any of the vaccination centres from Monday to Thursday before 7pm.
For people who are unsure if they are yet to require a booster shot, they can use the calculator to do a self check provided by MOH here from 8 February 2022.
Here is the post by MOH
“About 31,500 eligible individuals aged 18 years and above, who have taken the last dose of their primary series more than 270 days ago, have yet to make their booster dose appointments.
From 14 Feb, these individuals will no longer be considered as fully vaccinated.
If you are one of them, we strongly urge you to make your appointment asap or walk in to any vaccination centre for your booster dose.
If you are unsure whether you require a booster shot, you can perform a self-check using the online calculator at https://go.gov.sg/vax-status-query.”
Image source: Ministry of Health, Singapore/Facebook
A Grab driver by the name of David Yao shared a post on a group for private hire drivers on a pleasant experience in which he experienced while doing his job during the Chinese New Year festivities.
He shared that a female passenger which he had picked up gave him an ang bao of $80, pleasantly surprising him as he did not expect to get an ang bao from passengers anymore and furthermore he feels that the amount inside received from the passenger who is a ‘stranger’ in this context is very generous.
Based on an unofficial guide for ang bao rates in Singapore, a ‘stranger’ usually gets $4-$10 and an amount like $80 is usually only for closer family, relatives and friends.
Here is the netizen’s post
“Nv expect to get any angbao anymore.
Surprise to get one today and even more surprise this lady pax is so generous”
Comments from fellow drivers
Other drivers also commented in the comments section, expressing their joy at seeing Yao receiving a red packet of such an amount.
Some comments were also salty and teasing the driver.
Here are some of the comments:
She took the wrong ang bao 😏😏😏
Elsewhere her family member is surprised that she received an 8$ ang pao.
Waiting someone comment, “U put in urself is it?”😬
don’t expect Hong baos, I don’t think the pax so generous gives you so big, its only photo, just see it, don’t be surprised if he’s the one putting it and take pictures just to show off
if u want angpao every chinese pax up pickup greet them hcny w 2 mandarin oranges u see ur luck of getting angpaos big or small chances will be much higher.
I also got but one zero less
Ownself direct and act is it
Some of them also showed photos of what they received from passengers.
A netizen has taken to social media to voice out his displeasure on his recent experiences in pumping petrol from a certain petrol kiosk.
Firstly, he laments that the petrol prices are very expensive now at $2.70 a litre and yet the pump attendant who was attending to his vehicle did not fill in the petrol properly causing an overflow.
He then claims that this is not the first time as his previous experience of filling up petrol at the kiosk was equally bad as the petrol gun did not stop automatically, causing about 2 litres extra of petrol to flow out as the petrol tank was already full.
It was $2.40 previously compared to the price of his most recent session at $2.70 which he faces the same situation where the petrol overflowed due to the fault of the attendant/pump gun.
He ends of with post by saying that it is not the consumers’ fault and why should they pay extra for the petrol that was wasted due to the fault of the pump attendant or the faulty auto stop mechanism of the pump gun.
From the pictures posted by the netizen, the said petrol kiosk is a Caltex petrol kiosk but it is unclear which outlet is it and the pump price of $2.70 shows that the netizen is pumping Regular 92.
Here is the post by the netizen as seen on social media
“Petrol price is so expensive and the attendant spill the petrol. Not the first time.
Previously the refill gun safety stop never activate causing at least 2 litres of petrol to overfill.
That time was abt $2.40 per litre. Today $2.70 and overflow again.
Hello our $ is not to pay for petrol that overflow from the tank which is cause by(ur faulty refill gun/staff who squeeze N squeeze N squeeze till overflow)”
The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) held an exercise in the wee hours of 8 February 2022 at Star Vista located at Buona Vista.
The exercise saw a helicopter from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), model H22M, hovering above the area and inserting troopers from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) elite Commando troops as well as the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) elite Naval Diving troops as part of the exercise mission.
The simulated mission was one of rescuing hostages in an urban environment setting and aims at testing the operational readiness of the troops from the SAF and also to strengthen the responsiveness of the troops so such imminent threats.
In the video shared by MINDEF, a helicopter was seen entering the rescue area before troopers began to lower themselves from the helicopter via a rope.
They were then seen forming up and approaching the urban environment in their teams to fulfill their mission target of rescuing the hostages.
Here is the post by MINDEF on their Youtube
“While many were sound asleep last night, two Republic of Singapore Air Force’s H225M Medium Lift Helicopters with a team of Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) troopers on board, headed swiftly to The Star Vista in response to a simulated hostage situation.
Comprising elite soldiers from the Army’s Commandos and the Navy’s Naval Diving Unit, the SOTF troopers inserted themselves into the urban complex with tactical precision before neutralising the threats and rescuing the hostages.
The scenario is part of a counterterrorism exercise conducted by the Singapore Armed Forces, which is aimed at testing the SAF’s operational readiness and strengthening its response to a variety of threats. Urban settings such as The Star Vista allow the SAF to train realistically and remain ready to safeguard the nation 24/7.”
MM2 Entertainment has confirmed that the Ah Girls Go Army movie will have a sequel, according to CNA Lifestyle.
The production company spoke to CNA Lifestyle through a spokesperson, who said that the release date for the sequel will be announced soon.
The Ah Girls Go Army raked in $1.67 million at the box office as of 7 February, despite heavy criticism from numerous movie critics.
The movie opened on the first day of Chinese New Year and surpassed the $1 million mark after 6 days, including the sneak previews.
Ah Girls Go Army sees a group of women enlisting in the army because there were not enough men in the future, and it chronicles their journeys from the stereotypical pampered females into soldiers.
Director Jack Neo posted a video onto his social media on the 3rd day of Chinese New Year and celebrated the landmark $1 million made at the local box office, thanking the viewers for their support.
According to CNA Lifestyle, the production company’s spokesperson described the reception to the movie as mixed.
Ah Boys To Men actor Tosh Zhang also called out the perceived haters of the movie on his Facebook and Instagram.
An advisory from PCF Sparkletots Preschool @ Hougang Blk 328 has been released to parents.
The screenshot said that the child from Kindergarten 2B was tested positive for Covid-19 and the child was last in the centre on 31 January 2022.
Here is the advisory:
As the staff was not present / in close contact with the others in the Centre during the infectious period, ECDA has directed that no further action is required from the centre at this point.
The centre will continue with the necessary precautions and safe management measures including conducting the Antigen Rapid Test (ART) as per ECDA’s requirements for preschool staff.
Please monitor the health of your children and seek prompt medical attention for them if they are unwell. Children who are unwell should also rest at home until they are fully recovered.
Should you have any urgent concerns or enquiries, please contact us directly via the Parent Engagement Portal.
Alternatively, you can email PCF HQ at [email protected] for non-time sensitive feedback. Thank you for your cooperation. Best wishes and good health to you and your family.
