That is why I cannot understand when people claim he is compassionate. . Where NS was concerned he was not prepared to listen to reasons. It was his idea and nobody must oppose it. The Isrealis and old full time regualrs ( many of whom were of a particular race) were SKUNKS! They were sadists and torturers not trainers!
During those days there were poor hawker parents with only one son who approached them about exemption - cut no dice with him.
THE ARMY during GKS days!
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In the early days you report sick you kena terok terok- it was almost like you kena punished for reporting sick.!
The Bloody combat chicken they threw to us for food, in the camp was horrigible
and the dirty mugs and mesh tins had to be polished just like your boots until you can see your face in them!
For stand by bed your mesh tins and water bottle had to be shining -
YOUR uniforms had to be starch so hard that it could literally stand up at attention on its own without your wearing it!
The bloody steel helmet weighed so bloody heavily on your head in the hot sun absorbed even more heat!
AND All these stupid things HIS BLOODY ARMY made us do!
1)Imagine giving us recruits a stupid 4 inche jack knife and making us cut grass with it at SAFTI? really dumb stupid things w ehad to submit to!
2)If the toilet walls were not well cleans the SGT Maj made you lick the toilet walls! tha that sort of abuse!
3)carrying granite and making roads for SAFTI and using branches of trees to tar the road! ridiculous! really cheap labour!
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I call that the epitome of stupidity! instituted by a so called brilliant economist of the day, who didn't need to undergo all that stupidity himself ?
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65 individuals were stuffed in one platoon sharing 4 toilet bowl- imagination the problem every morning just lining up in four details one behind th eother - to clear your bowels! Thanks to GKS again!
TO GKS it must be very funny- a whole load of educated A level students being treated that way! I can well understand why those doing NS in those days and their parents really hated himand cursed him to high heavens!
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Interesting the age for NAtional Service cut off line was those born after 1949- and his only son Kian Chee was spared. And even if he had to do NS - as a white horse it would have been different.compared to the plebians' children!
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
fuck NS fuck SAF
ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
NATIONAL Day is coming.
This year, The Straits Times will celebrate the places where Singaporeans call home on this island. The concept for this year's National Day Supplement is My Hometown in Singapore.
What makes people loyal to a particular neighbourhood?
What makes them proud?
What is so special about, say, Serangoon Gardens?
What is so unique about living in, say, Woodlands?
What do folks in Katong enjoy that others cannot?
Everyone has a home, or a hometown, in Singapore. Everyone has a story to share about the joys of living there.
We want to hear those stories.
We want to see photos of your hometown.
We want to read your poems, or lyrics of a song you wrote about your hometown.
Or even a podcast or a video you've made to express yourself.
In tandem with the National Day supplement on Aug 9, we are devoting space at straitstimes.com to allow you to share your stories, pictures and more.
Please submit them either with the relevant attachments or video links, to stonline@sph.com.sg with the heading 'My Hometown in Singapore' by July 15.
Leave your full name, age, occupation and mobile phone number.
We will also publish the contributions from the public in our supplemen
NATIONAL Day is coming.
This year, The Straits Times will celebrate the places where Singaporeans call home on this island. The concept for this year's National Day Supplement is My Hometown in Singapore.
What makes people loyal to a particular neighbourhood?
What makes them proud?
What is so special about, say, Serangoon Gardens?
What is so unique about living in, say, Woodlands?
What do folks in Katong enjoy that others cannot?
Everyone has a home, or a hometown, in Singapore. Everyone has a story to share about the joys of living there.
We want to hear those stories.
We want to see photos of your hometown.
We want to read your poems, or lyrics of a song you wrote about your hometown.
Or even a podcast or a video you've made to express yourself.
In tandem with the National Day supplement on Aug 9, we are devoting space at straitstimes.com to allow you to share your stories, pictures and more.
Please submit them either with the relevant attachments or video links, to stonline@sph.com.sg with the heading 'My Hometown in Singapore' by July 15.
Leave your full name, age, occupation and mobile phone number.
We will also publish the contributions from the public in our supplemen
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
keng from NS good for you and fuck the country who sabo you
B-boys fake illness, escape army
SEOUL - NINE South Korean break dancers were arrested for pretending to have schizophrenia and other mental illnesses in order to escape compulsory military service, Seoul police said Monday.
Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency arrested the nine - members of the crew T.I.P. - short for 'Team work Is Perfect' - after receiving an anonymous tip that the dancers faked symptoms of mental illness to avoid South Korea's two-year mandatory military service, case officer Lee Jin-hak said.
'The suspects pretended to hear sounds and to see ghosts, feigning schizophrenia and insanity so that they will fail the physical for conscription,' Lee told The Associated Press. South Korea requires all able-bodied men aged 18 to 35 to serve at least two years in the military, unless they do not pass the conscription physical and are deemed unsuited to serve.
The suspects, whose names were not disclosed, thoroughly studied symptoms of schizophrenia, insanity, and depression in medical textbooks and the Internet, enough to deceive their parents and psychiatrists, Lee said. 'They played up their supposed symptoms so that they'll be hospitalized about thirty to fifty days - long enough to qualify for exemption,' he said.
South Korea's military service laws exempt men who have a record of receiving psychiatric treatment for 6 months up to a year, or if they have been hospitalized for over a month. 'Once they were cleared they break danced all they wanted, while others their age served their country,' Lee said.
Lee said the police will file criminal charges against three of the suspects whose statute of limitations have not yet expired, and order the rest to immediately report for military duty. The Military Manpower Administration said it plans to re-examine all nine men in a thorough physical. -- AP
SEOUL - NINE South Korean break dancers were arrested for pretending to have schizophrenia and other mental illnesses in order to escape compulsory military service, Seoul police said Monday.
Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency arrested the nine - members of the crew T.I.P. - short for 'Team work Is Perfect' - after receiving an anonymous tip that the dancers faked symptoms of mental illness to avoid South Korea's two-year mandatory military service, case officer Lee Jin-hak said.
'The suspects pretended to hear sounds and to see ghosts, feigning schizophrenia and insanity so that they will fail the physical for conscription,' Lee told The Associated Press. South Korea requires all able-bodied men aged 18 to 35 to serve at least two years in the military, unless they do not pass the conscription physical and are deemed unsuited to serve.
The suspects, whose names were not disclosed, thoroughly studied symptoms of schizophrenia, insanity, and depression in medical textbooks and the Internet, enough to deceive their parents and psychiatrists, Lee said. 'They played up their supposed symptoms so that they'll be hospitalized about thirty to fifty days - long enough to qualify for exemption,' he said.
South Korea's military service laws exempt men who have a record of receiving psychiatric treatment for 6 months up to a year, or if they have been hospitalized for over a month. 'Once they were cleared they break danced all they wanted, while others their age served their country,' Lee said.
Lee said the police will file criminal charges against three of the suspects whose statute of limitations have not yet expired, and order the rest to immediately report for military duty. The Military Manpower Administration said it plans to re-examine all nine men in a thorough physical. -- AP
indonesian cheated sg of NS enter havard
Poly 'reject' off to Harvard
Indonesian is the first S'pore Poly student to get into the elite varsity
By Amelia Tan
Harvard-bound Singapore Polytechnic student Kuriakin Zeng with the TR-2010 robot he designed and built with teammates. It will be one of the robots competing in the RoboCup competition next month at Suntec City. Mr Zeng, who is passionate about robotics, has clinched a full scholarship to study liberal arts at Harvard College. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
HE WAS once rejected by Singapore Polytechnic (SP), but Indonesian student Kuriakin Zeng, 24, subsequently went on to make history at the institution, not once but twice.
Last year, he became the first SP student to score straight distinctions for all of his 33 modules in his electronics, computer and communication engineer-ing diploma course.
Last week, he became the first student from the polytechnic to be accepted into Harvard College, where he will do a liberal arts course - with the bonus of having a full scholarship from the Ivy League university.
Read the full exclusive story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
ameltan@sph.com.sg
Indonesian is the first S'pore Poly student to get into the elite varsity
By Amelia Tan
Harvard-bound Singapore Polytechnic student Kuriakin Zeng with the TR-2010 robot he designed and built with teammates. It will be one of the robots competing in the RoboCup competition next month at Suntec City. Mr Zeng, who is passionate about robotics, has clinched a full scholarship to study liberal arts at Harvard College. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
HE WAS once rejected by Singapore Polytechnic (SP), but Indonesian student Kuriakin Zeng, 24, subsequently went on to make history at the institution, not once but twice.
Last year, he became the first SP student to score straight distinctions for all of his 33 modules in his electronics, computer and communication engineer-ing diploma course.
Last week, he became the first student from the polytechnic to be accepted into Harvard College, where he will do a liberal arts course - with the bonus of having a full scholarship from the Ivy League university.
Read the full exclusive story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
ameltan@sph.com.sg
Friday, April 23, 2010
another example of how NS is killing Sg
Jumper not allowed to defer NS, will miss 2 key junior meets
NATIONAL long jumper Matthew Goh's dreams of winning a medal at the World and Asian junior athletics championships in July have been dashed.
This, after the Ministry of Defence rejected his appeal to postpone the start of his national service stint by three months. Mindef conveyed its decision to Matthew on Tuesday.
Said the 18-year-old, who will have to enlist next Wednesday as scheduled: 'It's very disappointing, especially as my father tried everything... We fought hard, but in the end that wasn't enough.'
NATIONAL long jumper Matthew Goh's dreams of winning a medal at the World and Asian junior athletics championships in July have been dashed.
This, after the Ministry of Defence rejected his appeal to postpone the start of his national service stint by three months. Mindef conveyed its decision to Matthew on Tuesday.
Said the 18-year-old, who will have to enlist next Wednesday as scheduled: 'It's very disappointing, especially as my father tried everything... We fought hard, but in the end that wasn't enough.'
the keng NS man
The Harry's man
HE RUNS 28 bars on this island, but admits candidly that he prefers to enjoy his drinks elsewhere. That should tell you a lot about Mr Mohan Mulani.
Noticing my raised eyebrows when he mentioned this, Mr Mulani adds: 'I avoid drinking at my outlets because then I run into too many people I know.' The message is clear: This man values his down time, he doesn't want to mix business with pleasure.
In fact, as we chat over coffee at his flagship outlet - Harry's @ Boat Quay, which was his first purchase when he made his foray into the food and beverage industry in 1994 - Mr Mulani admits that he is most proud of having just become a published author. The 28 bars (that figure will become 31 by November), the catering company, the nightclubs, the restaurants, the textile trading business before that... all that pales before his latest achievement: a 168-page book titled The Story Of Harry's.
It chronicles Mr Mulani's life from his Sindhi roots (he was born in Sidhpur, a small town in north Gujarat) to his family's move to Singapore (his father moved here first, and the family followed in late 1960) to his education (he went to Haig Boys' School, Broadrick Secondary School and Tanjong Katong Technical School before getting a degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles) to his stint in the family business (he is a Sindhi, after all) to his Harry's life (buy the book from any major bookstore if you want to know more).
It is also an embodiment of Mr Mulani's outlook on how human beings mature. 'As we get older, we start to reinvent ourselves,' he says, adding that he has started taking deeper looks at life and how it pans out eventually. 'I'm reading Freedom At Midnight by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre... it talks about some very crucial events that affected the lives of many people,' he says. It is a hint that, having just turned 50, this man has started looking beyond his corporate achievements so far.
He has become much more appreciative of what life has given him. He speaks about the roller-coaster ride he has endured in his professional life - the financial crisis in 1997 hit him hard and he fought hard to stave off bankruptcy - without embarrassment or rancour. In fact, the dedication in his book is a glowing tribute to Singapore and he writes about the growth of his chain of bars: 'Harry's is riding on the coattails of Singapore.'
He has become much more aware of his health. He plays squash twice a week and runs regularly on the treadmill. You get a notion of how seriously this trim man takes his fitness pursuits when he tells you, with well deserved pride, that he can run 6.6km in 40 minutes.
And he has become much more protective of his personal life. He refuses to give us a photograph of himself with his wife Rita (she is part of the Harry's Holdings family, looking after the Gymboree playschool business in Singapore and Malaysia) and their daughters Drishti, 21, and Virti, 17. He even requests that we don't meander in that direction in our conversation, but relents when promised we wouldn't get too personal.
He is however willing to share more about his plans for Harry's Holdings. Having grown the brand from bars to restaurants (five Mirchi outlets and Marrakesh) and even nightclubs (The Rupee Room and Bollywood And Beyond), he has taken the company public - it is currently listed on the Phillip Securities OTC Capital market but Mr Mulani wants to have it listed on the Singapore Exchange's Catalist board by the first half of this year.
Mr Mulani's latest corporate move is into the hotel trade, setting up a boutique hotel called The Club in Singapore's Chinatown area. It is a branch of the business he is keen on growing overseas too, with India being the first port of call.
When I tell him about my recent trip to Kerala and the houseboat industry that is booming there ' over 1,000 houseboats ply the placid backwaters of Allepey, giving tourists a taste of the laidback lifestyle that permeates that region ' his eyes sharpen their focus. Sitting up, he turns the tables on me. Suddenly, he is the interviewer and I am the interviewee as he asks me about the place and the type of tourist traffic it attracts.
This businessman can sniff out opportunity from miles, even countries, away. That flash of business acumen was probably what made him start on this Harry's journey. Much has been written about how Mr Mulani used to patronise Harry's Bar at Boat Quay and how, when he found out the owners were thinking of selling it, he bought the place. All very romantic and the stuff of feel-good stories. But let's get real here... how often do regulars buy their favourite bar when it's about to go out of business'
That business acumen also added a refreshing touch to Mr Mulani's book: Every copy entitles you to one bottle of Harry's Premium Lager. While that sounds like great value for a book that costs $25 before GST, the truth of the matter is this: How many of us would go all the way to a Harry's outlet, show the book, claim the free beer... and walk away after draining just one bottle of beer'
That's why I think there's more to Mr Mulani's habit of heading anywhere but a Harry's bar when he feels like having a drink. Having had the pleasure of meeting the man, and getting a feel of his business smarts, I'm convinced he's using that time to suss out the competition... and probably figure out how he can spread the Harry's mojo even further. -tabla!
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HE RUNS 28 bars on this island, but admits candidly that he prefers to enjoy his drinks elsewhere. That should tell you a lot about Mr Mohan Mulani.
Noticing my raised eyebrows when he mentioned this, Mr Mulani adds: 'I avoid drinking at my outlets because then I run into too many people I know.' The message is clear: This man values his down time, he doesn't want to mix business with pleasure.
In fact, as we chat over coffee at his flagship outlet - Harry's @ Boat Quay, which was his first purchase when he made his foray into the food and beverage industry in 1994 - Mr Mulani admits that he is most proud of having just become a published author. The 28 bars (that figure will become 31 by November), the catering company, the nightclubs, the restaurants, the textile trading business before that... all that pales before his latest achievement: a 168-page book titled The Story Of Harry's.
It chronicles Mr Mulani's life from his Sindhi roots (he was born in Sidhpur, a small town in north Gujarat) to his family's move to Singapore (his father moved here first, and the family followed in late 1960) to his education (he went to Haig Boys' School, Broadrick Secondary School and Tanjong Katong Technical School before getting a degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles) to his stint in the family business (he is a Sindhi, after all) to his Harry's life (buy the book from any major bookstore if you want to know more).
It is also an embodiment of Mr Mulani's outlook on how human beings mature. 'As we get older, we start to reinvent ourselves,' he says, adding that he has started taking deeper looks at life and how it pans out eventually. 'I'm reading Freedom At Midnight by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre... it talks about some very crucial events that affected the lives of many people,' he says. It is a hint that, having just turned 50, this man has started looking beyond his corporate achievements so far.
He has become much more appreciative of what life has given him. He speaks about the roller-coaster ride he has endured in his professional life - the financial crisis in 1997 hit him hard and he fought hard to stave off bankruptcy - without embarrassment or rancour. In fact, the dedication in his book is a glowing tribute to Singapore and he writes about the growth of his chain of bars: 'Harry's is riding on the coattails of Singapore.'
He has become much more aware of his health. He plays squash twice a week and runs regularly on the treadmill. You get a notion of how seriously this trim man takes his fitness pursuits when he tells you, with well deserved pride, that he can run 6.6km in 40 minutes.
And he has become much more protective of his personal life. He refuses to give us a photograph of himself with his wife Rita (she is part of the Harry's Holdings family, looking after the Gymboree playschool business in Singapore and Malaysia) and their daughters Drishti, 21, and Virti, 17. He even requests that we don't meander in that direction in our conversation, but relents when promised we wouldn't get too personal.
He is however willing to share more about his plans for Harry's Holdings. Having grown the brand from bars to restaurants (five Mirchi outlets and Marrakesh) and even nightclubs (The Rupee Room and Bollywood And Beyond), he has taken the company public - it is currently listed on the Phillip Securities OTC Capital market but Mr Mulani wants to have it listed on the Singapore Exchange's Catalist board by the first half of this year.
Mr Mulani's latest corporate move is into the hotel trade, setting up a boutique hotel called The Club in Singapore's Chinatown area. It is a branch of the business he is keen on growing overseas too, with India being the first port of call.
When I tell him about my recent trip to Kerala and the houseboat industry that is booming there ' over 1,000 houseboats ply the placid backwaters of Allepey, giving tourists a taste of the laidback lifestyle that permeates that region ' his eyes sharpen their focus. Sitting up, he turns the tables on me. Suddenly, he is the interviewer and I am the interviewee as he asks me about the place and the type of tourist traffic it attracts.
This businessman can sniff out opportunity from miles, even countries, away. That flash of business acumen was probably what made him start on this Harry's journey. Much has been written about how Mr Mulani used to patronise Harry's Bar at Boat Quay and how, when he found out the owners were thinking of selling it, he bought the place. All very romantic and the stuff of feel-good stories. But let's get real here... how often do regulars buy their favourite bar when it's about to go out of business'
That business acumen also added a refreshing touch to Mr Mulani's book: Every copy entitles you to one bottle of Harry's Premium Lager. While that sounds like great value for a book that costs $25 before GST, the truth of the matter is this: How many of us would go all the way to a Harry's outlet, show the book, claim the free beer... and walk away after draining just one bottle of beer'
That's why I think there's more to Mr Mulani's habit of heading anywhere but a Harry's bar when he feels like having a drink. Having had the pleasure of meeting the man, and getting a feel of his business smarts, I'm convinced he's using that time to suss out the competition... and probably figure out how he can spread the Harry's mojo even further. -tabla!
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
PM lee ask sg guys to come back but they dont want do one month of reservist how ?
CHICAGO - TAKING his cue from the adage 'a picture speaks a thousand words', visiting Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday used a 20-photo slide show to tell Singaporeans based here just what they have been missing at home.
An audible 'wow' was heard in the audience of about 150 Singaporeans when the slide show paused at a dazzling photo of the Formula One circuit at night, where the illuminated race tracks shimmered like mercury against a backdrop of imposing buildings.
The other photos - depicting the integrated resorts at Marina Bay and Sentosa, new shopping malls in Orchard Road and designer HDB projects - similarly impressed the crowd of mostly students and young professionals.
'Many things have been happening in Singapore the last couple of years,' said Mr Lee, looking relaxed on the final day of a six-day visit to the United States.
'So I wanted to give you a slide show of some of the 'happening' things which have been going on, and give you a feel of what Singapore is like. Maybe you'll feel some nostalgia and homesickness, and you'll come back and visit.'
In many ways, the glitzy sideshow complemented the good news he shared with them: Singapore's economy is roaring again.
Read the full story in The Sunday Times.
chinhon@sph.com.sg
An audible 'wow' was heard in the audience of about 150 Singaporeans when the slide show paused at a dazzling photo of the Formula One circuit at night, where the illuminated race tracks shimmered like mercury against a backdrop of imposing buildings.
The other photos - depicting the integrated resorts at Marina Bay and Sentosa, new shopping malls in Orchard Road and designer HDB projects - similarly impressed the crowd of mostly students and young professionals.
'Many things have been happening in Singapore the last couple of years,' said Mr Lee, looking relaxed on the final day of a six-day visit to the United States.
'So I wanted to give you a slide show of some of the 'happening' things which have been going on, and give you a feel of what Singapore is like. Maybe you'll feel some nostalgia and homesickness, and you'll come back and visit.'
In many ways, the glitzy sideshow complemented the good news he shared with them: Singapore's economy is roaring again.
Read the full story in The Sunday Times.
chinhon@sph.com.sg
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