A 34-year-old Singaporean man Ling Zhi Fu made a 19-year-old ATB pregnant. Lucky ATB was rich and mother-in-law helped him buy 1.3m condo by giving him $180,000. Then, he eats outside and got mistress despite owing a big favor to wife’s family.
Initially, the condo was supposed to be bought with the wife, useLing and the mother in law’s name. But the SG uses the excuse that the mother in law is a foreigner and the wife is younger than 21 years old to claim that they were unable to put this names under the ownership of the property.
The condo was eventually bought under Ling’s names. Donkey years has passed and the mother in law demand the return of the money after the couple has been separated. The judgeconsiders that the debt is valid and the never ending story of chasing the money will never end.
By the way, Singaporeans should stop stereotyping ATBs as gold diggers. In some cases, the gold diggers can be Singaporeans themselves.
I was taking bus 12 from opposite Bugis junction towards Pasir Ris Central. My concessions expired and I have to pay cash.Therefore I paid $1.80 and I board the bus. Approximately near Siglap, the bus captain come up to me and ask me to get off the bus because I only paid $1.80 and my trip ended there. Then I went down to pay another $1.80 to continue the journey back to Pasir Ris. But he insisted no, I have to pay another $2.40 because my first $1.80 does not count. In other words he expects me to pay total of $4.20 ($1.8+$2.4).
Therefore I paid $1.80 and I board the bus. Approximately near Siglap, the bus captain come up to me and ask me to get off the bus because I only paid $1.80 and my trip ended there. Then I went down to pay another $1.80 to continue the journey back to Pasir Ris. But he insisted no, I have to pay another $2.40 because my first $1.80 does not count. In other words he expects me to pay total of $4.20 ($1.8+$2.4).
I found this very ridiculous because I told him I’m still a student and he raised his voice and said ” student so what? Student also pay adult fare”. Yes I know we are supposed to pay adult fare. But adult fare got $4.20 so expensive meh? I know it’s only $4.20 but hello? Who take bus w a $5 fare?
SBSTRAINSITLTD PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. (SBS3461J. Bus service 12. 6 March 645pm)
I note it is a trend or people are just dumb. When they do something illegal they like to take photos, authorities videos of it and post it on social media till the police get involve. Just like the recent 369 gang cheering video that got viral until newspaper come out or the ITE student that got beat up.
There is always a dull one that like to take the video or picture and post it on facebook until authorities are involved.
What’s the difference between doing this and walking to the police station and tell them that they committed a crime or admitting of involvement in the secret society?
“Shop never put close signboard and the entrance is open when I went in the one of the staff shouted at me to get out and the manager curse at me In Tagalog lol and wanted to slap me cos I take her photo 1$ value shop ToaPayoh MRT Wow, so fierce service n manager some more.”
It was a day of heavy rain and we saw a taxi parked at the drop-off point of the sheltered walkway of our block.
This man was leaning against his taxi , smoking and looking at our car, refusing to budge. After we waited a while, the taxi did move forward but only a little. When I got down from the car with my 13 months old baby, he said that my baby was sick. Anyone who is a parent would know that when kids are sick, the last thing they would wanna do is sleep. My child was actually napping on my shoulder.
It was ridiculous to suggest that my child was sick.
First this man was not only inconsiderate, he also insulted us and thereafter hurled vulgarities and challenged us to come down from the car and fight him.
Seriously, how can we let someone who does not have the right frame of mind to drive on our roads, hog the drop-off points meant for drop off only and have such awful attitude as a taxi driver?
This coward drove off after we waited for the police to come because he wanted to earn a living.
A seemingly innocent question asked by my 4-year-old son.
Early Saturday morning, I brought him to Universal Studios Singapore at Sentosa. There was a performance by street dancers at the Sesame Street area.
It was a performance my son enjoyed. During a part of the performance, the dancers asked the audience which part of the world they came from. The dancer would announce the country followed by the audience response. Of the countries announced, there was a big response from the mainland Chinese, Philippines and Indians around.
Singapore was the last call. There were quite a few Singaporeans in the audience of course, but when Singapore was called out, most of them (me included), did not acknowledge the call, we just kept quiet.
After the performance ended and we walked away, my son asked me,”Is Singapore my home, Daddy?” A part of me died.
I wanted to tell him with all my heart, “Yes, of course! Thisis your home! You’ll grow up here, work here, live here, get married and have kids here, and die here!”
But I couldn’t… My brain reminded me that Singapore is a big business, a corporation. A place where Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the KPI, a place where the elite live well while the poor suffer in silence, or be shamed if they voice out their discontent.
To anyone still reading at this point, let me tell you this: I’m an ordinary middle-income Singaporean. I work my way up the social and corporate ladder, have a Singaporean education, a Singaporean wife and all things Singaporean. I served my NS and completed my reservist, pay my income tax on time, and do the occasional volunteer/donation work at the neighbouring old folks home.
I work as hard as the guy next door, be they local or foreigner. My working hours are normal office hours (830am – 530pm) but on top of that, there are late night (sometimes as late as 12am), and early morning (as early as 7am) conference calls. My pay increment is minimal, not enough to even beat the yearly inflation, but I take these all in my stride. I don’t grumble, I keep quiet, and I continue to work.
But some of my peers do not accept that. They quit, and what does the company do?
For every Singaporean worker that leaves, three foreigners come in to take his place. PMET positions, mind you. Not low-level positions.The whole mix in my company is around 30% local and 70% foreigner.
Many Singaporeans I see are becoming desperate now. The only job they can do is to drive taxis, be hawkers, small-time push cart business owners.
What about the jobs that are related to our education we spent almost17-20 years to get? They’re all being snapped up by the so-called foreign “talents”. “Talents” because they are not talents at all! They have totally unrelated educational background or working experience — they do not know the terms and lingo in related fields. Some of them even have fake certificates.
The recent government policy calling for companies to place vacancies in the jobs bank for jobs under S$12,000 is not going to solve the problem as the selection criteria is still subjected to managers’ own discretion. There is simply no way the government is able to influence the final selection of the candidate.
In my personal opinion, “hiring Singaporeans first” has to start from the heart and brain.
For a Singaporean hiring manager, he/she has to feel for fellow Singaporeans and make a sound decision to hire the best Singaporean in the selection process.
For non-Singaporean hiring manager, it is always compelling to hire their own country folk for emotional reasons but there has to be a thought process and confidence that Singaporean can also do the job. He/she has to know it is a MUST to consider Singaporeans first and hiring foreigners or people from his/her countries is the last resort.
And to answer the question asked by my son, I almost cried when I replied him, “Yes, this is our home, but only for now.”
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“Shop never put close signboard and the entrance is open when I went in the one of the staff shouted at me to get out and the manager curse at me In Tagalog lol and wanted to slap me cos I take her photo 1$ value shop ToaPayoh MRT Wow, so fierce service n manager some more.”
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