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Anyone in SJ can advise on how to select the best durians?

Thanks in advance 

 

Singapore's success not about PAP or opposition

I AM from the same senior-citizen generation as Mr Lee Choon Wah, who wrote the laudatory letter last Saturday, 'Opposition yet to show it can deliver'. In the past few decades, this generation lent its unquestioning support and blind loyalty to the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) Government. Taking its place will be a new generation of younger, better-educated and Internet-savvy Singaporeans who can think, read between the lines and add two and two to make five. The PAP Government can rightly claim some but not all credit for Singapore's success so far. Its hardworking people, favourable time zone and geographical location have also contributed to its development as a financial centre and an air and sea hub. Put simply, had the PAP governed Timbuktu in Africa, would the outcome have been similar? Singapore's continued survival must depend ultimately on the collective input and teamwork spirit of its politicians, civil servants and people. No one group has a monopoly on ideas or can claim all credit for Singapore's achievements. Each group makes its share of contribution, big or small. The necessary ingredients for good political governance are:   Caring politicians, who know they are answerable to the people to earn public respect, as well as encourage people to speak up freely to understand their concerns and tap their contributions.   Competent civil servants, who try hard to serve the public better and accept responsibility for mistakes.   Active citizens, who must overcome their fear of speaking up to highlight society's shortcomings and know there are more important things in life than making money, asset enhancement and HDB upgrades - such as good health. Only when people can speak freely will they have a sense of rootedness as citizens of Singapore. They will then not be 'quitters' but 'stayers' and will not be indifferent and leave everything to the Government. This is one critical challenge facing Singapore. Politicians must make up their minds once and for all whether to continue breeding 'yes-man' citizens who will let them govern 'their country their way', or sincerely nurture thinking Singaporeans who will team up with them to govern 'our country our way'. See Leong Kit Singapore's success not about PAP or opposition Readers' Comments

 

Everyone... rich or poor, wants God to grant them good health...

Thus, once and for all, we must all not take good health for granted... God is great! 

 

yes, my tigeress n I still go for MS and DPS, just in case prolong sickness. but so far god bless, both of us still fine.

 

AK, I move yr discussion on CPF ,etc here. You and yr wife's medical are covered under pension, do you still need to subscribe to Medishield ? 

 

 

ha ha, seems like Awar was not involved in the Mee Soto business liao. can close shop and rest loh.

 

For those who'd love to have a pet dog in their PC, Dogz is a great software...

 

ayoh, Tarmakuchi lah, can bring along, anywhere loh, ie MAC, flight, restaurants etc, just key in the feeding time, it will growth loh. he he.

SupremeA      ( Date: 29-Jul-2008 11:03) Posted: Keep cockroaches, dun need maintenance 1. Just dun wash dishes can liao ;)

 

Ultimately, it's a world in which $$$ is the only thing to strive for...

(ie. only $$$ can make it possible for one to be playing with the grandchildren, among other things)...

 

Ouch ! ..it hurts .. !

I felt slightly sick when i read the headline "Its Grandma's turn to work " in Today .

Shouldn't the elderly be palying with their grand children in their twilight years ..their remaining human lifes ? ... maybe there are some lessons for us in here ..some wake up calls for both the young and the old ...

Or have we successfully created a microscopic new brave world .. are we giving the world a glimpse of what the future holds ? ... a sample of 6 million people for 6 billion people ....? we should be proud that we are an example for the whole world ... our success is through pure human labour ... nothing more nothing less ... hahaha !

Maybe the Nobel Prize committee should award us collectively the Economics Prize for a successful Social and Ecomonic Engineering !

 We are pure economics .. living , breathing  for economic reasons and nothing else ... hahaha !

 

My heartache was when I see a mother hamster chewing her babies one by one in quick successon when the cage was inadvertently disturbed, One could even hear the tiny squeals from those hairless nymphs...

 

Here's 3 of the terrapins (the fattest one, and the newest 2 additions); all 5 are red-eared terrapins. They just eat, drink, expel, and pretty much enjoy stretching their legs most of the time. Otherwise, you'd find them having afternoon siestas. The big one is about 17cm long, 13cm wide; the 2 babies used to be the size of $1 coins; now they'd be about the size of those mini Hongkong char siew buns (food again... :-P).

Didn't take a shot of the hinged one; it's extremely combative for a turtle; its key feature is its ability to withdraw its head AND then clamp shut part of the shell just beneath its head. Macham like a clam hehe! This one's a real monster - it's half the size of a basketball.

Occasionally I'd let them out for walks around my living room. They need the exercise. Whoever said turtles are slow never tried finding missing turtles before. They can easily crawl away to another room in less than 5 mins!

 

hehe, CWQuah, food is a national pasttime.

i had roborowskis before, the smallest of the dwarf hammies. man, they were adorable! imagine six baby butts, concertedly pushing a paper roll together. or fighting for space in the water/food dish. They liked to 'rearrange' their furniture, too. They'd shift the houses, the wheels, the paper rolls. Anythign that could be shifted. Home decor.   i cried like heck when they died though. it's a real heartache.  

A hinged turtle?   ye gawds, five terrapins. reptiles grow until they die. How big are yours.  

i had a friend who had a monitor lizard once. that thing was like more than 1m in length, and kept escaping from its cage and going beneath the couch.  

 

Keeping tiny hamster are much like keeping cockroaches... they're too small...

It is preferable to get the bigger varieties such as the brown coloured 'Singapore Golden Hamster'.

On the other hand anything bigger than that (eg. guinea pigs, rabbits) are not advisable because of the amount of urine and droppings and thus can make maintenance an unbearable burden...

 

AWWWWWWWWW!

Campbell??? Spoon?

I have 5 terrapins and one hinged turtle. Nope, I'm not thinking along the lines of turtles and soup.

Hmm..... Just dunno why somehow inevitably this thread seems to link pets and food.

MUAHAHAAHAH!

elfinchilde      ( Date: 29-Jul-2008 15:17) Posted: eeee.....no cockroaches. nonononooooo!!! hammies are adorable. i had them before. thought i wanted something bigger now tho. hehe. a baby campbell hammie on a spoon (not for eating.  )

 

eeee.....no cockroaches. nonononooooo!!!

hammies are adorable. i had them before. thought i wanted something bigger now tho. hehe.

a baby campbell hammie on a spoon (not for eating.  )

 

Keep cockroaches, dun need maintenance 1. Just dun wash dishes can liao ;)

 

guest what pest no need to feed one, esp families are out of town? pest hotel is not cheap liao.

 

Get one today! ...