Pearl's Centre will be affected by the new MRT planning

The new MRT line is beginning with the planning and as usual more "casualties". One of them is the current Pearl's Center. While I agree the center is nothing much interesting, there is some better part that is the atmosphere and the people. The feel is there and when it is gone it is like something missing from Chinatown. Also the cinema which is the one of its kind will also be gone. It seems inevitable that the building will be demolished, hopefully some of those shops and establishments be move to another nearby building.

RIP Neil Armstrong

Mankind lost their space hero as the first man on the moon Neil Armstrong passed away today. He was the greatest during his time and after years passed he is still the only greatest space hero. The space race ever since ended and till today there have been no progress in space explorations. Man need to put away their squabbles and look toward the sky together. Right now all man can do is to launch out space probes. They had retired their space shuttles. Perhaps some private companies with out the burden of politics will get to build the first ever space ship that will get to bring out people to further out, possibly Mars. Right now there is no slim chance at all. Not even any structures for moon base.

news of the whimpy kid

Has Singaporean parents become overprotective to their kids? This looks more like show off syndrome than kiasu syndrome. Either syndrome isn't good, especially when a kid is involved. You read the news about the kid hair need to trim but for real reasons not revealed, letters were being handed to parents about get a haircut, were ignored. The teacher cut the hair of the kid and the mom started going hyper boost and gone to complain to the media, MOE and even police. The detail being boasted, a $60 haircut before the cut and need another $60 haircut after the teacher "force" cut. I wondered if the mom herself is a true local breed singaporean? I had my share of being trim by teacher when I was a student and that is nothing to think of. It is normal. No one laughs about it nor joke at those "victims". Here it reported the kid felt ashamed and won't go out the house without a $60 haircut….. I get my haircut for $8. Imagine those people who had no money for food and this show off everyone her money power plus complain power. Misuse police by reporting this useless happening. The school should be supportive of the teacher. If the parent gone whimpy over their kids the school will need to stand firm where they have to impart some good moral values to the kids, who will be our future leaders one day. This kid will grow up a loser since he cannot even take a haircut from a teacher. He will not survive enlistment. How will he survive society when more menacing stuff awaits? His poor up bringing are because of his over protective mom, his name as well the mom is now forever stars. Their names and fames will be stuck in the internet and they will be forever known as the haircut stars. So far nothing about the Dad being mention. If the Dad knows what's right he better start to take matters in control, for his kid's future.

fake disabled

Recently I went to Melecca. Something caught my eyes was that there was a man crawling on the floor with the impression that he is a disabled person with legs problem. He wore a big cardboard with some wordings. I did not get to read clearly what it wrote. The man was like holding a metal tin, perhaps it contains money given by passerby. After a while when I next pass by the area again, this time I saw the man, able to sit up and he stood up and cross the road..... I was kind of surprised, that his disabilities were fake. It was this kind of act that many people would not really give them money. It would seems that such people looking for easy money would be everywhere preying on the kind people around.

where are the coloured flags?

National day is here. I still remember National day used to see those coloured flags put up at the street lamps. Now seldom you can see the flags. They instead put up banners. I still like the colour flags. They are simple but they sure can captive young minds. The banners of today have the messges for the people but the design is plain. Can't they put up both?

medals earned any differences

Olympic is coming to an end. Singapore managed to bag in 2 bronze medals. The last Olympic Singapore bagged 1 silver. So people start to ask, is 2 bronze better than 1 silver? So will the coach be moved to other position after a few coach movements? It seems that way after they got their medals in previous matches. Right now lets be grateful for the medals earned. Hopefully Singapore sports get some improvements and they need to have local talents in it. Well done to the sportsmen who participate.

US is not the only place to produce champions

The Olympics have many news now that matches started. What is more shocking than some timing cock up is that accusations over other athletics who won. The Ye Shiwen's world record have the westerners up in arm claiming she is using "dope". Despite the Olympic will conduct test and results are not out the accusations still on-going. This seems to bring out the western ego like what happened during the pre WWII in China where western powers kind of split up territories among themselves. Here they can't accept a Chinese that best them all. Does that mean that only champions materials be in US? With the kind of population in China and the hard work they put in, it will be a matter of time before champion of champions emerge from China. In a international event, until the official said otherwise, be a graceful loser and move on. If you want "justice", make sure the Korean who lost in the fencing due to some timing cock up gets hers. Right now the west have no case on Shiwen's performances. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/30/ye-shiwen-world-record-olympics-2012?newsfeed=true