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GUY SELLING AWAY NINTENDO SWITCH LITE TO FUND THAI DISCO EXPENSES

A screenshot of a post on Carousell has been seen on social media recently.

The poster is looking to sell a pink Nintendo switch lite away for the price of $250.

The post states that the Pink Nintendo switch lite is still brand new in its original packaging and has never been used before.

It was only taken out at the shop when the owner was installing a screen protector on it.

Purchasing this Nintendo device will also get you a free casing pouch and three new screen protectors.

The poster included the story of why he decided to sell this brand new in packaging Nintendo switch lite away inside his advertisement.

He claims that this Nintendo switch lite was meant as a gift for his ex-girlfriend who mentioned to him that she loves the game ‘animal crossing’, but apparently she dumped him for someone else who bought her a pink razer headphone.

He added a metaphor that the three screen protectors that he purchased could not ‘protect’ his relationship.

He then ends off his advertisement by urging potential buyers of the Nintendo switch to help him out by purchasing the device from him so that he can save money to potentially spend and find a ‘girlfriend’ from a Thai Disco when the restrictions have lifted and it is opened again.

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SURVEY SHOWS LOCALS SMOKED LESSER BUT DRANK MORE IN 2020

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A national health survey which was conducted in between 2019 and 2020 showed that while smoking has declined in 2020, binge drinking rates has risen.

According to the Ministry of Health, A total of about 6,000 people took the survey at home over two years, while another 5,000 went for health examinations.

The purpose of these surveys is to help the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Health Promotion Board (HPB) to track the health progress of the population in line with the targets set for the nation as well as to aid them in planning programs and policies.

Drinking

The survey shows that residents between the ages of 18 and 39 were the main cause of the increase.

Binge drinking is defined as having more than five drinks in a drinking session for men and four in a drinking session for women.

The ratio compared between the two genders for binge drinking are 14.6% for men and 6.5% for women.

Amongst the races, the Chinese stood at 11.6%, the Indians at 11.4% and the Malays at 1.7%.

Amongst the education levels, those with post-secondary education stood at 13% compared to those with secondary or primary education at 4.4%.

The highest proportion of binge drinkers for men are around the ages of 30-39 while the highest proportion for women are around the ages of 18-39.

The binge drinkers will often first drink at pubs and lounges before going for a ‘second round’ at a friend’s or relative’s home.

Smoking

The survey shows that the percentage of smokers have dropped, probably due to the age restrictions put in place for the purchase of cigarettes progressively from 18 to 21.

11.8% of the population polled n 2017 were smokers as compared to only 10.1% in 2020.

Amongst the two genders polled last year, the percentage of male smokers in the population was at 17% compared to women at 3.4%.

Adults aged between 50 to 59 also made up 13.4% of the smokers.

The survey also asked the smokers if they have plans to stop smoking.

48.3% of the smokers said that they planned to quit smoking but only 19.3% had planned to quit within the next year or 12 months.

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MERCEDES VEHICLE SEEN GOING LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT ON HIGHWAY

A video was recently uploaded onto social media showing a cam car’s footage of an incident that happened on the PIE towards BKE exit on 18 November 2021 at around 1223pm.

The vehicle in question is a Mercedes C180 bearing the vehicle number plate of SKJ61R.

At the time of the incident, the road condition appears to be wet due to the recent heavy downpour seen around the country.

The Mercedes is believed to be speeding at the bend and could probably also had tires which are worn out, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle temporarily and skid on the road.

Luckily for the driver, the traction control managed to aid the driver in getting the vehicle back into control and the road was clear or else there might be possible accidents that could have happened.

Penalties

While this incident is debatable as to if there is any fault by the driver, the Road Traffic Act under section 64 states that,

If any person drives a motor vehicle on a road recklessly, or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition and use of the road, and the amount of traffic which is actually at the time, or which might reasonably be expected to be, on the road, the person (called the offender) shall be guilty of an offence.

Image and Video source: SG Road Vigilante Youtube

DRIVER USES MIDDLE FINGER TO BOOST HIS FILTERING LANE CHANCES

A video has been uploaded recently onto social media showing cam car footage of an incident that happened during a normal routine lane change at Woodlands Avenue 1 on 17 November 2021 at 1026am.

The driver is driving a Toyota Prius bearing the vehicle number plate of SKG8526K, and there is a Lalamove sticker on the car indicating that the driver might also possibly be doing deliveries on the Lalamove platform.

While most drivers do the usual, flickering the signal light to indicate the direction of change and then slowly taking their chances to filter to their intended lanes, this driver decided to boost his lane filtering chances by a 100 times.

While the driver in question had used his signal light to indicate his intention of changing to the right lane, he switched lanes almost immediately and abruptly.

He then decided that that was not enough to get the cam car’s attention, so he swung open his door aggressively as well and showed his middle finger to the cam car driver before slamming the door shut.

Penalties

While there is no specific laws in relation to road rage in Singapore, there are laws in place that focus on the confrontational actions of parties following an act of ‘rage’.

Even though road rage itself is not a criminal offence, it is possible for individuals in a road rage case to be charged with other criminal offences.

Image and Video source: SG Road Vigilante Youtube

MAN UPLOADED VIDEO OF HIMSELF AND EX-GF TO ADULT WEBSITE, JAILED

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A 26-year-old man pleaded guilty to a charge of intentionally distributing an intimate recording, a charge of possessing obscene films.

He was sentenced to 11 weeks imprisonment, with a third charge being considered during his sentencing.

He had reportedly uploaded a video clip of himself having intercourse with his ex-girlfriend onto an adult website.

The identity of the man cannot be named due to a court order that prevents the publishing of information that can identify the victim.

What happened?

The man was dating the victim between 2013 and 2016 and had filmed himself engaging in intimate acts with his girlfriend consensually.

After they broke up, the victim requested him to delete all the videos that he took of them, to which he said that he did.

The man then found his old laptop in February 2020 and found old videos of himself engaging in intimate acts with the victim.

He then uploaded one of the videos onto an adult website using a fake name on 9 March that year.

The victim was fully exposed in the video with her face visible in parts of the video, which has been watched more than 3,000 times on the website.

Victim’s discovery

The victim then discovered that her intimate videos was shared onto the website while she was surfing the internet on 1 April 2020.

She noticed that the person who uploaded the video had the same username that her ex-boyfriend used for his social media accounts.

She then ledged a police report that morning and the man was arrested on 7 April, with his laptop, phone and portable hard drive seized.

692 obscene videos were found in the devices, some being recorded by the offender and some were downloaded from the internet.

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TRANSGENDER ACTRESS NAMED “AMANDA MAN” IN JACK NEO MOVIE

Director Jack Neo apologised for having a transgender actress portray a character named “Amanda Man” in his upcoming Ah Girls Go Army movie.

The character is being played by 27-year-old transgender actress, Kelly Kimberly Cheong – although following the backlash, the name has since been changed.

But the new name of the character has yet to be revealed just yet.

Amanda Man

Ah Girls Go Army is director Jack Neo’s fifth foray into the Ah Boys To Men movie franchise, which sees females serving national service due to a shortage of men in the future.

Cheong took to Instagram to share a photo of herself clad in her army uniform, with her nametag reading “Amanda Man”.

Netizens called out the presumed transphobia and interpreted the name as targeting transgender women for pretending to be women.

Took it in her stride

Cheong took the comments in her stride at first, responding to some of the comments with humour.

However, she later raised the issue with Jack Neo and highlighted the backlash to him.

Speaking to AsiaOne, Cheong said that she initially thought that “Amanda” was a very normal name and that she didn’t think too much into it.

But then she started wondering if it was appropriate for her character to be named as such.

Cheong then said that Jack Neo explained that the character of Amanda Man was supposed to be a tomboy in the movie, with the surname Man injected to portray masculinity.

She will be playing a character who is a cisgender (born female at birth) tomboy.

Jack Neo apologises

Director Jack Neo then apologised for the name, explaining that Cheong was cast for the role because of her fighting ability and not her gender identity.

He acknowledged that some people are not comfortable with the name having interpreted it to be referencing her transgender.

Neo then said that the name will be changed.

Ah Girls Go Army is due to be released on 1 February 2022.

Images source: @kkelzx on TikTok and Instagram

DELHI EXPERIENCING TOXIC HAZE, INDIA LOCKS DOWN CITY

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Delhi, India is currently facing toxic haze and worsening levels of air pollution.

According to the BBC, all schools and colleges in the city have been closed indefinitely as a result.

All construction work have also been halted, with exceptions for transport and defence-related work, until 21 November.

City in lockdown

India’s Supreme Court also ordered the government to enforce emergency measures to tackle the pollution.

The local government considering locking down the city to minimize vehicular traffic and other activities that could potentially add to the pollution.

However, the decision to lockdown the city is still waiting for the Supreme Court’s approval.

City affected by haze since Diwali

Delhi has been reportedly affected by the toxic hazed since the festival of Diwali.

Their air quality index reads 310 AQI, which is 100 AQI above the satisfactory level prescribed by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Delhi’s air quality is also 51.9 times higher than the safe levels of WHO’s standards.

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TIKTOKER QUEUED 3 HOURS TO CHECK INTO ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE

A netizen, Yvonne Isabelle Ling, posted a video sharing her experience on board the Royal Caribbean cruise to nowhere on TikTok.

In her video titled “S**t about Royal Caribbean that people don’t talk about” she highlighted how she waited for 3 hours in a queue just to check into the cruise ship.

All the guests are required to undertake an ART test upon boarding the ship.

She also highlighted how there were long, snaking queues for almost every activity on the ship – the rock climbing wall’s queue was about an hour long.

And throughout the cruise, guests were only allowed to play with the bumper cars once.

She also highlighted how guests were limited to 10 minutes in the swimming pool and that people can get a suntan while they waited for their turn in the pool.

The poolside cinema also saw no movies being screened.

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Images and video source: @vonsterbelle on TikTok

AUSTRALIA RETURNS ABOUT 500K DOSES OF PFIZER VACCINE TO S’PORE

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a press release on 18 November that Australia has returned about 500,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19 to Singapore.

The vaccines were part of a dose sharing arrangement that was announced between the two countries in August 2021, to help speed up Australia’s vaccination.

The vaccines were returned to Singapore ahead of schedule and will be used to support Singapore’s booster programme.

MFA’s press release reads:

“Australia has returned around 500,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine to Singapore on 18 November 2021, as part of the dose sharing arrangement that both countries had agreed on in August 2021.

Under the agreement, Singapore had sent around 500,000 vaccine doses to Australia on 2 September 2021 to help accelerate Australia’s vaccination rollout.  The returned doses from Australia will support Singapore’s ongoing programme to administer COVID-19 booster vaccinations to eligible segments of our population.

This dose-sharing arrangement is testament to the strong relations between Singapore and Australia, underpinned by our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The health and foreign affairs officials from both countries have worked closely to implement the arrangement. Throughout the pandemic, both countries have also shared best practices to combat COVID-19, cooperated to keep markets open and ensure supply chain connectivity, and worked together to resume two-way quarantine-free travel.”

Image source: Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore YouTube

MOTORCYCLE WITH NO LICENSE PLATE, HITS CAR AND RIDES AWAY

A video emerged online showing a hit-and-run accident involving a motorcycle.

The motorcyclist was seen riding a motorcycle that had no license plate on it.

He had hit a car that was in front of him before he stopped to check himself for injuries.

He then rode away on his motorcycle.

It is unclear where the incident happened or who the motorcyclist is.

Potential penalties

Motorists who drive or ride their vehicles on the road without a proper license plate face a fine of up to $1,000 and/or a jail term of up to 3 months.

It is also a punishable offence to leave the scene of an accident, which is considered hit-and-run.

Upon conviction, first-time offenders face a fine of up to $3,000 or a jail term of up to 12 months.

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Images and video source: Motoworld Singapore Facebook