Archive for the 'Current Affairs' Category

British Tourists Bullying Singapore Trishaw Rider

November 2, 2007

Saw this news in The New Paper just now and was quite upset with it.
It all started with a British tourist posting online a video he took while on holiday in Singapore about three months ago.
The original video posted up by tourist Mr Bo Davis, 26, was titled “The Slowest Taxi in Southeast Asia” has [...]

GST Offset Package is for you to pay income tax

May 17, 2007

My GST Offset Package letter came. 
Was informed that I would be allocated $200
(Hmmm… not bad, I thought… ;) Then came my IRAS income tax.
Was informed to pay $280+ for my tax
(oh great… @#$%^&*)
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Telemarketers could be quite a nuisance especially [...]

What to do when you encounter pressure selling

May 9, 2007

Over the radio while driving to work this morning…
DJ Cruz: Do you know that there is this auntie who bought 7 durians from a durian stall recently and she’s being charged $450!
DJ W: Wah, so expensive, she still buy meh?
DJ Cruz: Ya lor, pressure selling mah. The Durian seller somemore asked her to buy one more [...]