#241 food poisoning

The hygiene rating for local food centers is questionable.
Previously under the HDB, complaints lodged that the food centers were not as clean and rats found visiting certain areas at dark but there was no case of death reported.
However, recently two elderly died after eating rojak (a local salad) and many had food poisoning at Geylang Serai food center. [...]

#240 thai red-tees

Sad indeed to see and hear that the red-tees protestors (of ousted and exiled Thaksin) stormed into the venue where the Asian Summit leaders were to meet over the weekend. The leaders were evacuated and the meeting cancelled.
These protestors appear to become bolder and bolder as the day passes…

“The government can’t do anything,” said Lada Yingmanee, a [...]

#239 oldest person in the world

Can you imagine living to 130 years old?
From the news on the BBC, I read and viewed this — Sohan Dosovah from Kazakhstan, the oldest person in the world — her eyes still bright and alert:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7992696.stm.

Kazakhstan’s famous ‘130-year-old’

By Rayhan Demytrie
BBC News, Karaganda, Kazakhstan

“Do you remember Tsar Nikolai’s era? When the Red Army [...]

#238 offering directions when asked

I had an interesting encounter this morning during my morning walks.
A Chinese China gentleman asked in Chinese language, “Do you know where the school for safety first is?”
My first thought was the driving school nearby…I asked, “Safety first…what do you mean? I don’t know of such school.”
He continued to ask, “A school?”
“I know of [...]

#237 earning power

Can one’s earning power reflect how capable a person is in management of a corporation? Is one’s earning the gauge of his capability in running for offices in politics?
Recently theonlinecitizen.com posted that the Singapore Prime Minister gets $2.7 million per annum, topping the list of being the highest paid politician in the world — the US President, [...]