Advisories from two schools were published and send to parents after a student at ZhengHua Primary school and a student from St Andrew’s Junior College was found positive for Covid-19.
ZhengHua Primary School (Bukit Panjang)
A primary 5 student was tested positive for Covid-19, the student was last in school on 16 July 2021.
The school is located at 9 Fajar Road, Singapore 679002
St Andrew’s Junior College (Potong Pasir)
A JC 2 student was tested positive for Covid-19, the student was last in school on 16 July 2021.
The school is located at 5 Sorby Adams Dr, Singapore 357691
A netizen shared his experience about how he was asked to perform at a “gig” during his uni days.
He was asked to play the violin on stage as backup to a singer, and was offered $200 for a 10 mins performance.
However, when he reached the place, it wasn’t as he expected.
Here is the story:
“The KTV cluster showed many people about the KTV night life here. Men paying for female hostesses, to drink, to sing, to entertain…
But do you know there are KTVs who does the same, but with gender roles flip around?
Yes. Men entertain ladies, ladies throw money on men hostesses, to drink, to entertain.
I also don’t know until I took up a violin accompaniment gig during my uni days.
Back then, I was teaching and performing violin to earn own pocket money while in uni.
Then someone told me her friend is looking for a violinist to play accompaniment for a singer for a party, who will be singing a Jacky Cheung Canto song. $200 for about 10min.
Of cos I say yes. $200 for just 10min. I didn’t ask perform where or who and as it’s good money, I just take. $200 is good enough for a few weeks of school canteen expenses.
As it’s a canto song, it doesn’t have violin score. So I go write out violin parts myself, practice at home make sure I put up a good performance.
So I was given the date and timing of performance. I remember is Friday night 12am at Cuppage. And no need rehearsal. I just need to wear nice, and bring my violin will do.
So on that day, I turn up with my violin and waited at lobby of Cuppage. A lady come and introduce herself, with the singer. A Chinese National. Smart looking, well dressed young guy.
So I followed them up to their ‘party’. I’m ready to perform!
I then went up Cuppage and entered a club.
I thought, wa.. Must be some rich guy. Can hold party here.
When I enter, he told me performance haven’t start. So I sat down with them and chat. He ordered drinks for me also. And then things start to get interesting.
A middle age lady come over to our table, and wave to the lady who brought me up. She pointed at me, “Wow, you got new boy today ah?”
She reply, “no la. He just here to play violin for my boy (the PRC) tonight.
“I’m like.. What boy what boy.. I’m getting confused. Anyway, got free drinks, just drink and wait for party to start, so I perform, take $$ and go. Don’t care what boy.
But after a while more, another middle age lady come and sit beside me, and chat with me. Ask my name, hobby, whatever…I’m getting uncomfortable, so I just say I come here to play violin. I’m just quiet and trying not to talk to anyone.
But one lady after another.. keep coming to me and try to open conversation. I try to talk a bit, but I’m like… When can the party start. I want to play, take money and go home. 12.45am liao leh…
So 1am! Finally, I’m called up to perform. I’m damn happy. I took out violin, set up all things, mentally prep myself to give the best performance. Just like playing in orchestra all that.
So I started playing the opening tune, and that young guy start singing. And he can really sing.
But after about 30s into the song, I keep hearing popping and whistling sound. And then the money ribbon keep hanging on him. $1000 ribbons, $5000 ribbon.
And throughtout the rest of the song. It’s just popping, whistling, and hang robes, aka hang flower. He can’t even sing properly, I can’t even hear my own violin.
The song ended, and the PRC guy is like a Christmas tree. Whole body of ribbon. I mentally counted, probably about $100k worth of ribbons.
I’m thinking…you have so many ribbon, give me just 1 or 2? I can pay off my uni fees already.
So the performance over, he thanked me for such a wonderful performance. (as if he manage to hear me play anything).
And he paid me $300. So it’s extra $100 for me. Not bad, he still give me bonus. But I prefer to have 1 of his ribbon.
I’m sharing this to let you know that the KTV night life is not just about old uncles paying young ladies, but there are also old aunties paying for young men.
An Ang Moh lady took to TikTok to share her amazement with Singapore’s roads and buses and even the people.
She listed down the things that she could do in Singapore that she couldn’t do back home.
She said out buses look like they are from a Sci-fi movie or something.
She was amazed to see aircon on the bus, as well as the “push to stop” buttons.
She said that back home she didn’t even have bus stations (bus stops), and that our roads are so smooth as compared to her country’s which is full of potholes.
She then said that if she was wearing a dress like she was in the video back home, she would be killed on the way home.
She also added that there were 2 men in the bus with her and she doesn’t feel like she is going to die, which is insane.
She also highlighted being able to use her phone safely in Singapore, which if she did so in her country, it would be snatched away from her and she would get stabbed.
She also liked feeling safe in the bus when she’s alone with the driver, adding that the last time she was alone in a bus with the bus driver in her home country, the driver took her to a motel without her consent.
And then she saved the best for last, she was amazed to be able to use an ezlink card.
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Image and video source: @solhavingfun on TikTok and IG
A 19-years-old girl who was drunk initiated a kiss with the grab driver, this sends a wrong signal to the driver thinking that she wants to have sex.
Ex-Grab Driver 47-year-old Tan Yew Sin faces charges of attempted rape, sexual assault and outrage of modesty for the fiasco that happened in his vehicle.
Tan is contesting the charges.
What happened?
The incident happened back on 19 May 2018, the girl just finished 5 pints of beer with her friend and went home, Tan picked her up at Seletar Aerospace Park.
During the journey home the teen kept crying, after arriving at the girl’s home the girl suddenly leave the vehicle and sat near the compound. The Grab driver claimed that he was worried and went to “comfort” the sobbing teen.
She invited the girl back to the vehicle and gave her “emotional support”.
He decided to look through the girl belongings hoping to find her phone so that he look for someone she can call to bring her home
“As I was searching her bag, she rested her head on my shoulder. Then I couldn’t find the handphone, but I found her IC in her wallet. So then I took note of the address, After I put the IC back in the bag, I turned around and the next thing I know, we end up kissing.”
He claimed that the girl initiated the kiss and even started to remove her underwear and spread her legs as if “inviting him in”. He tried to do so but fail to sustain an erection.
Tan will be back in court for trial at a later date, If Tan is convicted of attempted rape he could be jailed for up to 20 years, fined and/or caned.Â
Social media has been rife with chatter and comments following the tragic and horrific killing of a Secondary 1 boy by a Secondary 4 student at River Valley High School.
But none are as mindless and insensitive as the comments going around TikTok (among many others).
One YP commented that “In Singapore we don’t use guns in school, we use axe like a man.”
Another m*ron commented that the killer was “like a boss, cool”.
One even said: “I wish I can join him.”
Another TikTok user asked why didn’t the victim, a 13-year-old Secondary 1 boy, fight back.
A 20-year-old man is facing four charges for sexual assault, molest and other charges.
On 7 November 2020, the 20-year-old defendant was out drinking with 3 friends. One of the friends is a 23-year-old. The incident happened at Clark Quay and they chatted till the next morning.
The 23-year-old got drunk and the defendant brought him home to sexually assault him and even leaving a “love-bite” (Hickey) on him.
Earlier today the lawyer representing the defendant pointed out that the defendant was still young and required the prosecution to report whether the youth can be sentenced to the rehabilitation centre under probation surveillance.
He will be receiving his sentence on August 12.
If he is convicted of sexual assault he will face jail and a rotan sentence.
Co-chair of the Multi-Ministry Task Force, Lawrence Wong, said on 20 July that this year’s National Day Parade will continue as planned for now.
However, the Ministry of Defence is reviewing the scale of the event and other measures.
Wong said:
“National Day is an important national event, especially that it is not just any other occasion. So as of now, we do intend to continue with a National Day Parade.”
“But MINDEF is reviewing the conduct of the parade, the scale of the parade and all the necessary safe management measures to ensure that any rehearsal or events leading up to the parade itself can be done safety.”
Images source: Lawrence Wong Facebook and Visit Singapore
A worker from the Jurong Fishery Port has shed light on how he thinks the cluster at the fishery port formed.
He said that mask wearing habits were lax and it might’ve played a part.
“A barrel of fish weight about 100kg to 120kg, we hand-carry it to our stalls from the lorries and it is hard labour.”
“We sometimes take off our masks for a short while to catch our breaths, with sweat pouring down our faces. When we talk to one another and are not careful, that’s how the virus spreads.”
The worker shared that he knew of 5 workers of were infected, and that he had interacted with them a few days ago.
But his own test results came back negative.
A fishmonger also shared that he often sees people taking smoking breaks without masks on and chatting in groups of 2 to 3.
