A Tada driver has shared his pleasant experience with one of his kind passengers this morning when picking the passenger up.
The passenger first asked the driver to hold on saying that he or she needs to buy breakfast from the coffeeshop when the driver said that he will be arriving in 3 minutes.
The driver then joked with the passenger asking if he or she could dabao (pack) coffee for him to which the passenger said that he or she was already intending to pack coffee for the driver.
The driver thanked the passenger and said that the passenger was very sweet to have this thought.
In tough times like this, it is always nice to see people caring and being nice to one another.
A video emerged online showing a driver playing a prank on petrol station uncles.
The driver drove his Tesla, an electric vehicle that doesn’t need petrol, to a petrol station.
The attendant was confused as he walked around the car trying to find the fuel pump door.
Update: A netizen who who is a friend of the Tesla owner wrote in and shared that the driver was not playing a prank on the attendants.
He shared that the driver was having a conversation with them about his electric car.
The netizen said:
“The group of 3 or more people who took the video (there were in a car) was captured on video hogging a lot in the same petrol station, arriving before the Tesla and still hogging the lot after the Tesla left.Â
Instead of going back and forth on who is right or wrong, the fact is.. this wasn’t a prank and the person who submitted the video must have thought this is his lucky break by taking footages that support his claim”
Mother demands high monthly allowance from children, but won’t leave a single cent for them after death
My mother has 3 kids, including me. All of us are working adults and have our own families (including kids). Ever since we started working years ago, my mother has requested that all of us give her $800 monthly allowance. She is perfectly healthy but doesn’t want to work. So just by staying at home, she receives $2400 from her children.
Initially, we were able to support her financially. But after we have our own families and kids, our spending is really high. The cost of infant/child care and domestic helper is not cheap. My brother has 3 kids in his family while I have 2. My other sibling also has 2 kids. Despite us having to feed so many mouths, our mother insists that we do not cut down on her monthly allowance. But there was a time when we asked her how much she spends each month, she said she is very thrifty and only spends a few hundred dollars. So why does she need $2400 each month? When she sees the doctor, we would pay for the bill.
Even when she is hospitalised, we would help her pay for everything. She mainly spends our allowance on handphone bill, utilities bill and groceries (hence only a few hundred dollars spent). I just want to ask you people out there… do you slightly decrease the allowance you give to your parents after you have kids?
Then recently we had a conversation with her about her finances. She has roughly $300k savings in the bank (most of it comes from the hefty allowance we give her). And she also told us that after she dies, she will donate all of her savings to charity and leave nothing for us. She said that doing such a good deed will bless her soul and she can reincarnate into a very good family in the next life. This means that we still have to fork out money for her funeral, which I heard can cost more than $50k.
My siblings and I were very upset to hear this. We felt that she should at least leave some money to cover the cost of her funeral so as not to burden us financially. But she was very stubborn and didn’t want to change her mind. Then all of us suggested that we give her lesser monthly allowance (enough to support her needs) so that we can save up for her funeral, but she flew into a rage and called us unfilial. Seriously? Is our suggestion really unreasonable?
A netizen shared how he received a text from an old friend that he hasn’t seen since his secondary school days, asking to catch up.
But his old friend actually just wanted to close his sale and sell him insurance.
Here is the story:
“I have a lot of friends that I haven’t seen for more than 10 years.
A lot of them are now working in insurance as insurance agents, and I keep seeing them post motivational quotes about working hard and playing hard on their Instagram.
It seems like the insurance industry is getting quite saturated ah, 7 out of 10 of my friends are selling insurance.
The competition must be high, with almost everyone fighting to close insurance sales.
I received a text from one of my old friends whom I was very close with in secondary school, we haven’t met for more than 10 years after we finished O Levels.
He asked me how I was doing and wanted to catch up, I agreed.
And so we met up for lunch and he asked me what I was doing, I told him I was a mechanical engineer and he said that he is now working as an insurance agent.
He asked me how has life been going for me and before I could finish, he cut me off and said that insurance changed his life.
He then asked me about my insurance coverage and introduced some insurance and savings plans to me.
I asked him whether he wanted to catch up or sell insurance to me, and he said both.
I told him that I will think about the insurance plans that he introduced to me and after lunch, I left.
A few weeks later, I got another text from another old friend of mine from the army.
He was also working as an insurance agent and wanted to meet me for some drinks.
Needless to say, any of my old friends who are insurance agents, I stopped meeting or replying their messages.”
Editor’s note: Bro same, I also kena before… After many years suddenly message me ask to makan then end up sell me insurance lol
A man shared a story of his marriage and said that these are some important messages couples should look at before planning their wedding.
Here is the story:
Expensive weddings are an unfathomable waste of money and sometimes even burning future money, especially when the couple will go into debt.
Furthermore, regardless of how much money was spent the guest will still have a good time whether there are 100 more stalks of flowers or 100 fewer. No one really cares and wants to get over it.
Your friends and family are there for you, not the decorations or location. if your friends and family really care about you they would not want you to get a loan.
The media, the marketing companies out there has made things from weddings to diamonds to branded things a “necessity” that broke the bank of many. Both men and women are brought to an era where these are a must-have or you will “lose face”.
Here are some examples:
A women will say “hey its once in a life time we need to spend the most for the wedding”
A men will say “Hey its a rolex, a sportscar I need to get one for myself”
But the fact is… They are only doing it because of how people are looking at them, buying or spending on these items or events has practically zero value to it. If you still don’t understand… you are the typical naive “sheep” that has been groomed or herded by television dramas. In other words, superficial.
Same thing for parents of couples “I want a grand wedding for my daughter” we confirm my point of –> They are only doing it because of how people are looking at them
Face the fact, your spending behaviour is only making you poorer, not richer.
The rich control the world and it is the fact, you wanna buy something good or spend something good? Get rich first (define how much is rich, set a goal) before talking or you will most likely get a divorce.
Stress
The number 1 thing that leads to a relationship breaking down is STRESS. Ask yourself this question, if both you and your spouse are almost stress-free do you think that there will be more or less major arguments?
Of course, there are other factors like cheating and etc, not gonna go into that. Let’s go into something we have complete control of which is controlling your own money.
Getting into debt for a wedding is the dumbest thing one can do, invest in yourself is the best thing you can do. Companies out there that offers loan for your wedding are most “evil corporations” in the world as they lead you to buying your “moment of happiness with future money” in which returns gives you months or years of stress from paying back your loans.
“Buying a moment of happiness with money”, really sounds like it’s related to illegal activities such as taking certain substances… Can’t be too good if it’s associated with bad stuff right?
If you want a grand wedding make sure you have the money first. Let me recapped my main point –> “They are only doing it because of how people are looking at them“
A man shared his story on how a whole set of problems arises between him and his girlfriend after Singapore opens up.
Here is the story:
I know opening up the country is good for some people but it is definitely not good for me.
The moment my GF heard the news about the travelling she called me straight and wanted to discuss going there. I was a bit hesitant but I still meet her.
She told me that she wants to go to Korea and want me to go with her, she said that she will plan the itinerary. Itinerary means she shop I carry bag lo. But I was fine with this, you know what she told me next anot.
She asked me to swipe my credit card to pay for all the expenses first. I was like huh? It’s not about me being stingy or generous leh, this girl want to live for the moment and want me to be in debt so she can enjoy.
I asked her why use my credit card and she said that the previous month she spend most of her money signing a beauty package. I said you don’t look like you more chio leh, probably got scammed and she started shouting at me.
In my heart I thinking, nabei got money to fix your face no money to fix your over hairy seaweed oyster cave.
Hello, I at the age of marriage not at the age of playing around leh, her thinking I cannot take it, I thought she got money then ask me go travel, but it turns out she want to travel but she got no money and wants to spend future money. Best part is my money and from my credit card.
She did not even say that she will return me or what. I am still thinking on how to reject her for the trip or I should just tell her to apply her own credit card. But she confirm won’t get accepted for the credit card application one.
Her credit history is like my toilet bowl, one button and it goes down the sewer.
Has anyone got any advice on what I should do? I really don’t want to swipe my credit card just to spend future money. My credit card is for me to enjoy rebates and cashback.
The Ministry of Health reported a total of 2,932 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore as of 14 October 2021, 12pm, including 2,412 in the community, 517 in migrant worker dormitories, and 3 imported cases.
15 additional people have died as a result of COVID-19 infection-related complications. There were 8 male Singaporeans and 7 female Singaporeans among these.
They include a 23-year-old man who had been partially immunized against COVID-19 and a 34-year-old man who had not been immunized. Both had a variety of underlying medical problems.
The other 13 people who died ranged in age from 60 to 89 years. Eight of them were unvaccinated against COVID-19, whereas five had been vaccinated.
They were all suffering from various medical problems.
53-year-old Huang Zeliang was charged after he was caught by the Police during an operation against illegal gambling.
The gambling den was located along Geylang at a 3 storey building.
When Police arrived at the location the defendant and 27 others were found, the raid happened during the Phase 2 period last year which only allows a maximum of 5 people to gather.
ZaoBao revealed that Huang was initially a gambler at the location and got himself into debt and he was told to return the money to the ‘casino’ by running the gambling dens.
Huang claimed that the person who instructed him to run the place eventually went “MIA” and he continued running the place and kept all the earnings like a boss.
