A Faceook user recently voiced his displeasure on how his brother and sister in law are kicked their parents out of their house even though his father is in a vegetative state.
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My brother & SIL are kicking my parents out of their 3Gen BTO flat.My parents are essential occupiers in a 3Gen flat with my bro, SIL and 2yo nephew. My dad is in an unresponsive vegetative state after 2 major strokes, and has been in that state for about 5 years. My mum has a helper whose primary job is to help take care of my dad (tube feeding, suctioning phlegm, change diapers, switch sides, wash & clean) as well as basic household chores like laundry, keeping the house clean etc.
My mum used to work (cos she needs to) but was affected by COVID and not working anymore. Also she has aged and had a couple of episodes of blacking out due to fatigue at work just this year. Anyway, her relationship with my SIL and bro has turned extremely sour and they have been bent on making living conditions difficult at home such as restricting them to only their bedroom, no access to kitchen to cook/eat, or do laundry.
My mum wants to move out, but can’t afford renting (especially because it’s not easy finding an affordable place without furniture that can accommodate my dad’s logistical needs). Would like to get subsidised housing from HDB but unable to do so cos she is an essential occupier in the current 3G flat. she can’t remove her own name and my bro/SIL refuse to remove her as they will then become ineligible for the flat and will lose the flat & $$ they have spent on renovating the house. But they don’t want to live tgt also, so my bro text my mum two weeks ago to instruct my mum to source for her own flat and move out by the end of the year.
HDB advised for all parties to go for family counselling but my bro/sil are refusing. My bro has been reminding my mum of the deadline to move out. Can he really do that? Cos HDB said he can’t as essential occupiers need to physically and continuously stay in the flat. But what can my mum do? I’m currently supporting my parents’ expenses fully, can’t afford rental too. I hope to apply for housing with my mum but as she’s an essential occupier already with my bro, i can’t do that either. Where can we seek help?
A Singaporean girl recently posted online on how her father advised her to choose a guy that loves her the most instead of choosing the richest or the most handsome guy. She also states on how she actually dated rich guys but she believed that what her dad said was actually true.
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Having been through a few relationships, I can say I have dated a few different “types” of guys, who had different personalities and came from different backgrounds. They were all awesome guys who taught me a great deal of things in life and made me a better person. However, I was immature and ended things as soon as there were issues in the relationship.
Last night, I had dinner with a few of my colleagues and one of them was telling us how smitten he is with his new girlfriend. We were excited and happy for him but what he later said to me really baffled me. He encouraged me to consider dating one of my admirers at our workplace, who has just joined the office a few months ago and apparently he’s good looking and also a high income earner. What baffles me is the fact that this colleague who asked me to date my admirer clearly knows that I am attached.
As much as I wanted to just punch him in the face, I tried my best to resist that urge and told him that this admirer of mine is not my cup of tea. The truth is, yes, I do find this admirer very good looking and he would always buy breakfast and afternoon snacks and drinks for me without even asking me if I want them but I’m not interested in him at all. Yeah it sure feels good to have eligible guys giving you attention but it doesn’t mean I have to date every eligible guy just because they are eligible.
Maybe I’m too arrogant but I think there are plenty of eligible guys around if you look hard enough in the right places and thus it is not a big deal to meet one. Perhaps it is my friendliness that attracted them and so they are keen to get to know me more. But I really don’t think it is a big deal to receive attention from them because I think it is not very hard to give someone a little bit of your attention, especially if you are interested in them.
Personally I think the best relationships are those that blossomed from friendships. At least this worked for me for my current relationship. My current bf is actually my younger brother’s longtime friend and he would often come over our house to play video games. I remember 2 years ago, I just ended a relationship and I desperately wanted someone to talk to. Whenever he came over, I would ask him to play video games together because I needed some form of distraction and then he would offer to listen to me talk about my problems.
Almost everyday we would spend hours texting on the phone until late night. On some days when I say I feel really down, he would cook my favourite food for me and then listen to me talk for hours. Whenever I fell sick, he would cook porridge for me and accompany me to the clinic. Whenever we go out to eat, he would help me order food because he knows exactly what I want to eat. Even I myself would always forget to tell the stall to not include spring onion in my food because I don’t like to eat them but he would always remember to tell the stall to not include them.
For my birthday, he asked me what present I want and when I said I don’t need any present, he learned how to make origami and gave me a big box of origami unicorns because he knew I like unicorns. For my brother’s birthday, we went to a chalet with some other friends and I fell down when we went cycling. He offered to piggyback me all the time because I was injured. I had never thought of him as a potential boyfriend because he’s 3 years younger than me but at that moment, I felt like I’m the luckiest girl alive and I wished he would piggyback me forever. I decided to tell him how I feel and eventually we started dating.
As I had little savings, I often find it hard to get by with my low salary and worst of all, the company I was working in ran into financial trouble and I was retrenched as a result. While I was trying to find a new job, he offered to financially support me by giving me $300 a month. My older sister was still mocking him behind his back for giving me just $300 a month. Of course, it would be easier to date rich guys because I could probably ask for $300 easily and this $300 would probably mean nothing to rich people. $300 a month may not sound like a lot but to a 22 year old undergrad who only earns $900 a month for his internship, it is a lot of money.
On top of that, he still had to give his parents allowance because his parents were old and retired. It is not how much you give but how much of what you have that you give. Now that I have already found a new job, he still continues to offer to give me a portion of his internship salary whenever he does a new internship, despite me reassuring him that I no longer need help with money. In the past, I have dated guys from wealthy backgrounds but honestly I have never felt so happy before.
Yes we would often dine at fancy restaurants and I would receive luxury gifts from time to time but nothing beats having a nice home cooked meal prepared by someone you love and a box of origami unicorns that took countless nights to make and most importantly, the feeling of knowing that someone is willing to give you all of him despite knowing that this would mean having close to nothing left for himself. And I wouldn’t want to risk losing all of these just for a few fine dining experiences and a few pieces of italian leather.
If there’s anything that my dad taught me about love, it’s “don’t choose the richest or smartest or most handsome guy, choose the guy who loves you most”.
A future bride recently stated on a Facebook post on how she was unhappy that her parents want to invite many people and she was afraid that all these people would end up drunk and destroy her dream wedding.
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Need some advice on how to convince my parents and grandparents that i don’t want to invite SOOOOOO many people to my wedding. I just want an intimate, cosy, internal-family only gathering/dinner for my wedding. I dislike the limelight, i don’t want to have an extravagant event, eg: me walking in with an expensive gown + speech etc.
I don’t need that and i don’t want that at all. My parents say that it’s a once in a lifetime thing and i shouldn’t tou tou mo mo. My grandparents wants to invite their brother, sisters and friends to my wedding for the ‘face’.
I don’t know them, i’m not close with them. And i surely do not want them to get drunk at my wedding and wreck havoc like some of the weddings i’ve been to last time. I’m really uncomfortable. I have yet to speak to my fiancé regarding this but i will soon when i settle this on my side. I really don’t know what to do. It’s suppose to be my night, but if i would to heed my grandparents’ wishes, i will be unhappy for sure, i won’t be enjoying my night anymore.
Anyone with similar experiences, pls comment and send your dear sister some help! Thank you!
M1 has once against apologized to all customers after their fibre broadband went down on Monday (Dec 21).
This is the 2nd fibre broadband outage in a month and the outage affected customers who were staying in Woodlands, Yishun, Pasir Ris, Thiong Bahru and Hougang.
M1 apologized through their Facebook and stated : “We are aware that some customers may have experienced intermittent difficulties accessing fibre broadband services earlier.”
M1 has stated that the issue has been resolved and that all customers should not remove their cables on their router devices and optical network terminals.
Pictures of a few people dressed with the Nazi swastika sign has been circulating online recently and some of these pictures were uploaded on the Instagram page sgfollowsall.
Source: sgfollowsall
A few men could be seen donning the shirt with the offensive sign and one car was also seen with the swastika logo on their car bonnet.
Source: sgfollowsall
The swastika, an ancient and innocent symbol in many cultures for hundreds of years, now represents racial hatred. The swastika remains a potent symbol of racist hate and is currently used by the white supremacist to promote racism.
A Facebook user has shared his experience of how he managed to earn $30 by picking up an item from the trash.
According to his post, he had picked up a PS5 box that was thrown away by a resident at his block. Thinking that it might be useful for a prank during the Christmas period, he decided to try his luck selling the box on Carousell.
To his surprise, he managed to sell the box for $30 shortly after posting on Carousell.
In His Post:
“I SOLD AN EMPTY BOX FOR $30!
On Thursday, I was going to my void deck to throw some rubbish when I spotted a pristine PS5 box that someone had just threw away. I thought to myself, Christmas is coming and this would make a great prank!
So for the fun of it, I brought it back home, took photos and posted on Carousell. Within a day, I received a message that someone was interested but I was skeptical. After all, Carousell can be #CarouHELL at times, right? And then it happened guys.
I SOLD IT.
A BOX THAT I PICKED IT FOR NOTHING AND MADE $30.
Here’s what I’ve learnt:
– Opportunities are everything, you just need to keep your eyes open.
– One man’s rubbish is indeed another man’s treasure.
Several videos were uploaded by a Facebook user showing a fight that happened between 2 groups of people at Clarke Quay.
It is believed that the fight has happened over a dispute when they were in a restaurant. From the video, a woman was seen lying on the ground. The police were later spotted on the scene and arresting some of the men who were involved in the fight.
Paramedics were also spotted treating an injured man who was lying motionlessly on the ground and bloodstains could be seen all over the place.
A video was recently uploaded to Complaint.sg Instagram group showing two YP filming themselves smoking at a HDB staircase.
In the video, the two YPs could be seen making some hand signs which believed to symbolised a local gang in Singapore. Both of them seems to be very proud of their actions.
