Thursday, February 28, 2013

Be spectacularly smart, even as a bad guy



And this, my friends, is why The Joker is my favourite villain.
Brains always win super power.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Headlines of Yahoo News vs Straits Times

Choo Wee Khiang holds 2 hats, one as the ex-STTA president, and one as an ex-PAP MP.
Now he is undergoing trial for CBT (Criminal Breach of Trust) in courts.



And let's compare the headline of Straits Times and Yahoo News.

CBT trial of ex-STTA president begins; 14 prosecution witnesses expected to testify


Straits Times - The Singapore media is ranked 149th in 2012 Freedom of Press.
Only 30 countries fare worse than us.

Yahoo News......

Trial for ex-PAP MP Choo Wee Khiang begins - Yahoo! News Singapore
I am beginning to love Yahoo News.

Former Member of Parliament Choo Wee Khiang appeared in court Tuesday for the first day of his trial for alleged criminal breach of trust related to his stint as president of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA).

Choo is accused of misappropriating $8,400 of the organisation’s funds to pay Luo Jie, a former assistant coach, for coaching students of Fuhua Secondary School. 

The former MP for the ruling People’s Action Party also faces three other charges of corruptly using association funds to pay for personal expenses, but the prosecution is proceeding only on the criminal breach of trust charge.

Choo is being tried alongside former national table tennis player Koh Li Ping, who faces one charge of abetting Choo's criminal breach of trust. She was at the time the STTA's high performance manager who processed the $8,400 payment to Luo Jie, at the time an assistant coach for the then-national team players.

In their opening statement, prosecutors said Luo moonlighted as a table tennis coach for Fuhua’s students without informing or seeking approval from the STTA, then his sole employer. 

Luo, who held a work permit with the STTA, coached at Fuhua from 2001 to 2003, but when senior management of the school discovered Luo was only authorised to work for the STTA, they decided they could not pay him for his work, prosecutors added.

The prosecution’s case was that sometime in 2005, Choo conspired with Koh to authorise payment of $8,400 to Luo from the amount the table tennis association received from Fuhua for consultancy and coaching services begun in 2004.

“Luo Jie was not entitled to receive this sum of $8,400, as these were STTA funds, and there was no basis for STTA to pay these monies to Luo Jie,” said deputy public prosecutor Alan Loh.

Citing Choo as an agent to the STTA, Loh said Choo was only authorised to approve the expenditure of the association’s funds for its purposes only.

“In clear breach of the trust vested in him by STTA, Choo misappropriated STTA funds by approving their payment to Luo Jie when there was no STTA object in pursuance of which such payment was required,” he stated. “Even if they were sympathetic to Luo Jie, they had no legal justification using STTA funds to compensate him for moonlighting services provided to a third party.”

Two prosecution witnesses took the stand on the opening morning of the trial: former STTA finance administrative manager Tan Bak Hua, as well as current STTA CEO and then-general manager Wong Hui Leng.

Wong confirmed that coaches on work permits or employment passes are not permitted to conduct private or ad-hoc coaching at all, whether or not the STTA’s approval is sought. 

She also revealed that in 2000, when she joined the STTA as general manager, the association received about $500,000 in funding from the Singapore Sports Council — public funding that she said formed about 90 per cent of the STTA’s revenue.

Choo served as an MP in Marine Parade GRC from 1988 to 1991, and was subsequently twice re-elected in Jalan Besar GRC from 1991 to 1999, when he resigned from his position and the PAP to plead guilty to cheating.

He was elected STTA president in 1991, and served until 1998 when he resigned. He later reassumed the position in 2002, and stepped down once again in 2008.

He now works as the general manager of Marina Bay Golf Course. Koh is now a real estate agent.

Choo’s and Koh’s joint trial continues through Thursday before a break till mid-March.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Good Quotes from Bible



I think I laughed out my coke when I read this.


coke as in coca-cola. Not the other coke.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Hokkien is a historical ancient imperial language

Saw this spreading on facebook. 
Though its pretty cool. Next time I kanina someone, pls dont tell me I'm crude.
knn.


HOKKIEN IS THE SOLE SURVIVING CHINESE LANGUAGE FROM THE TANG DYNASTY 2,000 YEARS AGO.

If you're a Hokkien, do you know Hokkien is the Ancient Imperial Language of China - 2,000 Years Ago.

If you're a HOKKIEN Take Note !!

You'll be Surprised. You have heard it. You, your parents, or grandparents may still be speaking this ancient, archaic language!

Yes, it's HOKKIEN (Fujian/Minnan Hua 福建话/闽南话)

Hokkien is:

1. The surviving language of the Tang Dynasty (唐朝, 618-907AD), China 's Golden Age of Culture.

Note: The Hokkien we hear today may have "evolved" from its original form 2,000 years ago, but it still retains the main elements of the Tang Dynasty Language.

2. Hokkiens are the surviving descendants of the Tang Dynasty -- When the Tang Dynasty collapsed, the people of the Tang Dynasty fled South and sought refuge in the Hokkien ( Fujian 福建省) province. Hence, Hokkien called themselves Tng-lang (唐人(比喻为唐朝子孙) Tang Ren or People of the Tang Dynasty) instead of Hua Lang (华人 Hua Ren).

3. Hokkien has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4. Linguists claim that ancient languages tend to have more complex tones.

4. Hokkien retains the ancient Chinese pronunciation of "K-sounding" endings (for instance, 学生 Hak Seng (student), 大学 Tua Ok (university), 读册 Thak Chek (read a book/study) -- the "k" sounding ending is not found in Mandarin.

5. The collection of the famous "Three Hundred Tang Dynasty Poems" (唐诗三百首) sound better when recited in Hokkien/Teochew if compared to Mandarin.

6. Consider this for a moment: Today, the Hokkien Nam Yim Ochestral performance still has its roots in ancient Tang dynasty music. Here's the proof: The formation of today Nam Yim ensemble is typically seen in ancient Tang dynasty paintings of musicians.

More Astonishingly:
Although not genetically-related, Hokkiens, Koreans and Japanese share many similar words (which are different from Mandarin). Example: News - 新闻 Shim Bun, World - 世界 Se Kai in Japanese)

That's because Hokkien was the official language of the powerful Tang Dynasty whose influence and language spread to Japan and Korea (just like Latin – where many words were borrowed by the English, French, Italian, etc).
To all 49 Million Hokkien Speakers:

Be Proud of Your Ancient Hokkien Heritage & Language! Speak it Loud and Clear. Teach Your Future Generation this Imperial Language, Less it Fades Away. Be Proud Children of the Tang Emperors.

To all Mandarin-speaking friends out there -- do not look down on your other Chinese friends who do not speak Mandarin – whom you guys fondly refer to as "Bananas". In fact, they are speaking a language which is much more ancient & linguistically complicated than Mandarin.

Keep in mind that Mandarin is just:

1. A Northern Chinese dialect 北方话 (heavily influenced by non-Han Chinese) that was elevated to the status of National Language by Sun Yat Sen (孙中山,原名孙逸仙) for the sake of China’s national unity.

2. Mandarin was never spoken by your proud, imperial Tang Dynasty ancestors. It was probably spoken by the Northern (Non-Han) Jurchen, Mongols and Manchu minority. Start speaking the language of your ancestors today.

[Credits to Leonard Luar for providing this useful historical information. ]

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Oscar Movie Mash Up 2013



Now that Oscar (the award show, not the blade-runner) is coming soon, here's one of the better Movie Mash-up.

How many movies can you recognise?
The music is pretty mashed-up-good.

Friday, February 22, 2013

Feminine poses by.... men.


I dont really find them sexy.
But hey, you guys can appreciate them....

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Call me Maybe - Cheerleaders vs US Army Boys

Call Me Maybe - Hot Girls vs Hot Boys!

This is really funny because of the US Army boys.... LOL, they are parodying the original "Dolphin Cheerleaders" video.... (the Dolphine Cheerleaders' videos is posted below)





And here is the original Dolphin Cheerleaders.
I think most guys will lust after this instead.


Personally I prefer the Hot Boys. =D

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Random Acts of Kindness

If you are losing faith in humanity, well, hope these random acts of kindness will touch your heart.
Hope it will make you a kinder person and do many acts of kindness for others.
Pass it on.





Tuesday, February 5, 2013

How far we have advanced?



Basically, most new technology in this century is meant for entertainment. 

Saturday, February 2, 2013

TV old song




June 2000

Im not a big fan of Channel 8 (Refer to their "amazing low-tech" special effects and repetitive plots...)

but this song really brings back good memories!
Old days where there are no internet to entertain you.... and u have no choice but to watch TV.


In about 1 more generation...Rest in Peace, TV. =D
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