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JI detainee Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from Singapore detention centre

February 27th, 2008 by Melvin

Recent Update on 28th February.

A poem by Its_enough from Asiaone forum on the recent escapade of a limping terrorist.

Terrorist Escape

Shame, Shame Singapore Police Force,

You claim glory over terrorist fought.
But unable to keep him under lock,
Put Singaporeans to horror shock.

They also make a mockery of their lot,
Ask high salary for lousy jobs.
In front of public you talk rots,
Sing a melody to the �pig god�.

You greatly deserve to be mocked,
For your duties carried out short.
Can they protect us from suicide plots?
The press your news had rocked.

Hold you tongue and stop all talks,
Sack the head of SPFas ought.
Search till he come back under lock
This is another news diversion course.

Terrorist our country has none,
Internal agents and lackey in tons.
Of criminal activities they make fun,
…..

I am extremely utterly disappointed with the security of Singapore now. The polices are really sleeping or catching drunk drivers for the moment. Because for the fact, this terrorist was claimed to be limping and therefore, how is he able to run out from Singapore Detention Center and wasn’t caught? Once again, Singapore security is being flawed as one of the terrorist from JI is at large. He might be beside you watching a movie, Cloverfield. He might be eating Punggol Nasi Lemak and sits the table across you. He might visit Singapore Flyer on 1st March (where it opens to public) with a big bag pack and viewing Indonesia when the Ferris Wheel reaches its peak.

Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) detainee Mas Selamat Kastari escaped from a Singapore detention centre on Wednesday.

A statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) says Mas Selamat escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre at 4:05pm. Mas Selamat was the leader of the Singapore JI network. MHA says he walks with a limp and is presently at large. He is not known to be armed.

Extensive police resources have been deployed to track him down. Anyone with information about him can contact the police at 999.

Mas Selamat was arrested by the Indonesian police on Bintan island in January 2006 and then sent back to Singapore. He was wanted by Singapore authorities in connection with planned attacks on Changi airport. - Source from ChannelNewsAsia

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aH - The New Unit to Measure Laughter

February 23rd, 2008 by KayKay

The next time you hear someone laughing, odds are you will most probably be using some strange empirical formula to calculate the laughter that he/she generates. And with that, the unit that you will use in the near future (along with your cm, m, V, W) is - aH.

Japanese professor Yoji Kimura believes laughter is a weapon that in healthy doses can end the world’s wars. The only problem is finding a way to measure it.

And so the expert on communications has invented a machine to chart out laughter — and a new unit of “aH” to calculate it.

“We have found that children laugh more freely, releasing 10 aH per second, which is about twice as much as an adult,” Kimura, a professor at Kansai University in the western city of Osaka, told AFP on Friday.

To measure laughter, he attaches sensors on the skin of a tested subject’s stomach, particularly the diaphragm, and detects muscle movements. The machine looks 3,000 times a second at electric elements normally produced in the body.

“I have a theory that humour detected in the brain gets directly discharged through the movement of diaphragm,” he said.

By checking the movement of the diaphragm and other parts of the body, it will be possible to see if a person is only pretending to laugh while also distinguishing different types of laughter such as derision and cynicism, Kimura said.

Kimura wants to make the measuring device as small as a mobile phone and possibly market it as a health and amusement gadget.

Someone will be getting this for Christmas.

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RIP: Heath Ledger

January 23rd, 2008 by KayKay

Wow. I am really stunned by the news because I was really looking forward to watching him play The Joker in The Dark Knight, and now it’s just going to be really weird watching him in the movie. But the reality is Heath Ledger is dead at the age of 28.

Actor Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose in a Lower Manhattan apartment, the New York Police Department said.

Ledger was found naked and unresponsive, facedown on the floor at the foot of his bed by a housekeeper trying to wake him for an appointment with a masseuse, said police spokesman Paul Browne.

“Pills were found in the vicinity of the bed,” he told CNN.

“This is being looked at as a possible overdose, but that is not confirmed yet.”

Browne later told reporters some prescription medications were found in the room, including sleeping pills.

But he stressed police have made no determination of the cause of Ledger’s death — that would be done by the medical examiner.

Extremely talented actor… what a sad loss for Hollywood.

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Asian Idol

December 17th, 2007 by Jonathan

I was so surprised to hear Ata announced Hady Mirza’s name as the first Asian Idol (just like Melvin). Frankly I think Hady owes his achievement to his fans in Singapore and also to his looks. Let’s face it, did you think he had the best vocals in the show? No. BUT whatever it is, he did Singapore proud so I shall not rant further. Congratulations!

Apart from Hady’s victory, there are other things about this little Asian Idol competition that really puzzles me. One thing is for sure, the planning and execution of this regional competition sucks to the core. You really have to excuse my language here but who the hell organized this competition? There was too much publicity for Mike (Indonesian Idol) with him performing so many times tonight and so much emphasis of his name during the entire show. Yes, I understand the fact that Asian Idol is held in Jakarta, but that’s not a good enough excuse.

Hady and Jaclyn sang the song ‘Freedom’ originally sang by George Michael together and boy do you have to hear what Malaysian host Kui Jien had to say after their performance, “Singapore and Malaysia in perfect harmony. Something you don’t get to see very often.” Somehow I cannot deny the amount of truth behind his statement. It’s just that something as sensitive as this shouldn’t be said on a show that is being broad casted to so many countries around the region. Ah, Just ignore me. *Pedra Branca* (more…)

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Britain’s youngest mother

November 26th, 2007 by KayKay

How’s that! A grandma at age 35!

A girl is to become Britain’s youngest mother after becoming pregnant at 11.The girl smokes 20 cigarettes a day despite being eight months’ pregnant. She conceived aged 11 when she lost her virginity to a boy of 15 on a drunken night out with friends.

The youngster, who lives near Edinburgh, says looking after her younger brothers has prepared her for motherhood.

But the girl admits she “panics and cries” when babies are unwell and does not feel able to bathe them.

The mother-to-be, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had unprotected sex with the teenage boy, who also cannot be identified, while drunk last August.

She told the Sun: “I didn’t think I’d get pregnant because it was my first time. But I’m really excited and looking forward to being a mum.

“I can’t wait to take the baby swimming and out for walks in the pram. I think I’ll be able to cope as I’ve had lots of practice looking after my brothers.

“I know how to feed a baby its bottle and I can change nappies. But I panic and cry if they’re sick and I don’t like giving them a bath because I’m a bit frightened.

“It’s good to know I’ll have my mum here to help me if I need her.”

The girl, who has shoulder-length dark hair, began smoking at nine and started drinking tonic wine and vodka cocktails at ten. She claimed her cigarette habit was not harming the health of her unborn child.

She said: “I can give up smoking at any time, but I don’t find it affects my pregnancy.”

Her mum said: “I’m not ashamed of my daughter at all - in fact, I’m proud of her for keeping the baby.

“I know she’s worried what other people will say but she can walk out there with her head held high.

“At first I wasn’t too happy about becoming a gran. But now I’m used to the idea. I’m really looking forward to having another baby in the house.”

I had my first alcoholic drink at age 16-17……………………………..

Click here for the original article.

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Tallest Ferris Wheel In The World, Not Singapore

November 9th, 2007 by Jonathan

The Great Wheel of China

The Singapore Flyer will be the tallest Ferris wheel in the world only for one year, 2008. After which the title will be given to… *Drum Rolls*… The Great Wheel of China. The ferris wheel is due for completion in the year 2009. Initially it was expected to be up and running for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but you know somewhere, somehow, something went wrong and the project got delayed. Well at least it gives us a reason to visit Beijing in the year 2009 right? Just for a Ferris Wheel.

The Great Wheel of China consist of 40 air conditioned condola styled cabins capable of holding 48 people, for a total of 1920 passengers at a time. But knowing China, I bet they would maximise the holding capacity and try to squeeze 60 people in one cabin :) It stands at a gargantuan 208m, just 43m taller than The Singapore Flyer (165m).

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David Copperfield Under Investigation

October 20th, 2007 by Jonathan

The warehouse and theater of David Copperfield (aka The Greatest Illusionist in the World aka Wizard aka Con man) were raided by the FBI following accusations of sexual misconduct by an unidentified woman.

The Wizard’s warehouse famously known as “The International Museum & Library of Conjuring Arts” (aka the real Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry) and the Hollywood Theater he usually performs in were raided by the FBI on Wednesday where the agents seized some computer equipment (memory cards and a hard disk drive) and $2 million in cash.

Citing from Yahoo News,

Published reports said the woman had come forward in Seattle to accuse the popular illusionist of sexual misconduct while both were in the Bahamas (more)

Copperfield will be performing at The Singapore Indoor Stadium on the 2nd and 3rd of November, 2007. I am beginning to wonder if the investigations may affect his great performance here.

Hmmm, ok wait, how dumb can I get? He is THE David Copperfield, the one who made the Statue of Liberty disappear and walked through The Great Wall of China. I bet if he were to be arrested, he would magically disappear from his cell and continue his performance. Hur hur.

*UPDATE* : Official word from Sistic, all shows on the 2nd and 3rd of November are cancelled. Please get your refunds guys.

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Monopoly… the Movie?!

August 7th, 2007 by KayKay

Ahhh… remember this game?

We all love Monopoly. We all love having someone land on our hotel-ful property, and end up driving that person bankrupt. But, a big screen adaptation? How the hell would that work?!

Well apparently, director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Alien… etc etc) thinks that it can. He had the following to say:

“…it’s really finding the universe for that game. Because clearly it ought to be humorous and for the family — the funny way it brings out, particularly when your uncle suddenly gets Park Lane and — in England, we have Park Lane, Mayfair and Barclay Square, what’s it in America? Park and Madison? So you watch people change. You’re witness to Jekyll and Hyde. Somewhere in that is a hysterically amusing and I think rather exciting film.”

Urm, okay Scott. I still have no idea how it’s going to work, but hey we’re talking about a man who makes pretty good movies so if he says he can… he probably can. No idea when production starts, but rumours are Scarlett Johansson and Kirsten Dunst are looking to star in this one.

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2nd Lt. reprimanded by SAF

July 14th, 2007 by KayKay

I’m not exactly a fan of nor really understand politics (be rest assured, this entry has nothing to do with it), but I do know who is leading our country and I can most probably name you our President. I do know also, that like all of us, the sons of these figureheads do go through National Service just like us peasants. Whether or not there is such a thing as a ‘white horse’ system in the Army remains to be seen, but the following article may just be the SAF squashing those murmurs about the ’system’.

Apparently, 2nd Lt. Lee Hong yi (our venerable PM’s son) sent out the following complaint letter to almost everyone concerned. From what I understand, 2nd Lt. Lee was made to do duty for a fellow comrade who AWOL-ed on a couple of occassions, leading Lee to question the quality of leadership of our army men. Enter a long, long… really long email with words I may have never seen up till his point.

The decisions of the battalion HQ are equally saddening. How can a lower standard of discipline be expected of officers than of men? In the our society, when a police officer commits a crime he is held to an even higher standard, and given even greater punishment than a normal citizen, this is because he has betrayed the very values it is his duty to uphold.

I’m afraid the collective eyeballs of the reading crowd might be strained, so the article can be retrieved here and here at your will.

TGIS!

Posted in News, Singapore | | 2 Comments

Virginia Tech Shootings

April 18th, 2007 by Jonathan

News Highlights:

Gunman goes on a shooting rampage killing a total of 32 students before ending his life, bringing the death toll to 33.
Gunman is a 23 year old senior for South Korea, Cho Seung-Hui
The shooting rampage took place in 2 seperate places. First at the dormitory and then in the classroom building.

When you talk about campus killings, most people wouldn’t be surprised if it’s from the USA. Seriously, when the topic was discussed between a couple of friends and I, nobody responded shocked or stunned that such a thing actually happened [again]. Instead, all I got was, “Aiya, US ah? It’s not surpising.”
(more…)

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