Jul 8, 2010
Giant burgers cause jaw injuries

TAIPEI - TAIWANESE dentists have urged fast food chains to drop over-sized hamburgers from their menus following a growing number of jaw injury cases, a report said on Thursday.

Patients have developed sore jaws or had difficulties opening their mouths after consuming giant burgers, the China Post quoted professor Hsu Ming-lung of the School of Dentistry at National Yang-Ming University as saying.

Problems can arise when fast-food fans tuck into hamburgers larger than eight centimetres (three inches) high, Prof. Hsu said according to the paper.

A human mouth is designed to gape over objects measuring up to four centimetres, and overextending can hurt the joint between the jawbone and the temporal bone in front of the ears, Prof. Hsu said. --

Posted on 19 Jun 2010
Maple Story fallout: Youth kneels down in public to apologise to girl

There was a huge commotion at Simpang Bedok on Wednesday (June 16) involving these young people over the online game Maple Story. And STOMPer Passerby was so worried about their screaming and shouting that he called the police.



The STOMPer recounted:


“I saw this incident at Simpang Bedok on Wednesday at about 8pm.

“There was screaming and shouting along the area and about over 20 people at the scene!

“Lots of passersby stopped and watched but none went up to interfere or help.


“I saw the guy kneel down on his both knees and apologise loudly to the girl sitting down.

“I was there throughout the whole incident and dial for help.

“Unfortunately, the police arrived late!

“What I heard from their conversation was that it involved an online multiplayer game.

“They were playing Maple Story and the guy who knelt down was spreading rumors about the girl in the game.

“To all parents out there, do you encourage your children to play online games, knowing that it could be a bad influence on them?

Declare Your PORN

Visitors in Australia now have another question to answer in addition to declaring whether they are carrying firearms,weapons or illict drugs. Are you bringing any pornography?The addtional query was introduced in September 2009 . Customs said on Friday , adding that it was designed to pick up prohibited items such as child pornography.

The Australian Sex Party described it as a ' monstrous invasion of privacy ' which would leave the laptops and mobile phones of anyone entering the country open to scrutiny.

" If you and your partner filmed yourselves making love in an exotic destination or even taking a bath , you will have to answer YES or you will be breaking the law " president fiona patten said

The change would mean that travellers would have to declare their X-rated materials to the customs officers and have it examined. "Is it fair to have customs officers rummage through someone's luggage and pull out a legal magazine or a lesbian journal in front of children or mother in law ? "

Customs claim that the assessment of pornographic materials will be done in a tactful and discreet manner and the question was only designed to pick up offensive items.

Apr 27, 2010

Body found near Helix Bridge

THE body of a Chinese national worker, who was in his 20s, was found floating at the Helix Bridge at Marina Bay Sands on Monday night.

Singapore Civil Defence Force rescuers fished the body out of the waters at about 11 pm.

The 280m Double Helix pedestrian bridge connects Marina Centre to the Marina Bay Sands Bay Integrated Resort.

My thoughts:

Could things get any worse ?Just when Singapore's most anticipated attraction has opened to the public , a corpse is discovered near the area.

Could it suicide?Or maybe murder?

How would the managers of Marina Bay Sands react in this situation?

One thing's for sure.Geomancy , often known as 'fengshui' is crap. Both casinos opened their place based on fengshui timing and yet they encountered hip-cups along the way.Sorry to break this news of the superstitious people reading this.

On a serious note , this article would certainly affect the reputation of Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort. Many will be spooked by the death and as a result , will think twice about coming to the resort.I wonder how the higher ups of the Integrated Resort would salvage this situation.

Apr 29, 2010

World Cup deal close

A World Cup deal appears to be close at hand.

A source familiar with discussions has confirmed that negotiations with Fifa have 'taken a positive turn'.

"At one point we were drifting farther and farther apart, but we are at least in talking terms now," said the source, who did not want to be named.

This is the first piece of positive news after months of deadlock over the bidding for the World Cup TV broadcast rights.

MediaCorp and Today newspaper on Thursday morning reported that football fans would be able to watch all 64 matches of the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa live on television in Singapore. They also said an announcement would be made this week.

But The Straits Times understands that this may not be the case.

'If anything were to be signed, it would still have to be next week,' the source close to the negotiations told The Straits Times.

When contacted, SingTel and StarHub said in a joint statement: 'We do not have the World Cup broadcast rights at this juncture.'

SingTel and StarHub's initial effort, made some time last year, was rejected as being too low. A revised bid made last December was also thrown out.

It is understood that Fifa had initially priced the World Cup broadcast rights at $40 million - more than double the $15 million StarHub paid for the 2006 World Cup.

It recently cut the price, but the exact amount is still unknown although Today newspaper had put the new amount at US$15 million ($21 million).

My thoughts :

Four Months ago , my father would frown whenever he heard the term ' World Cup '. When my family heard about the huge possibility that the World Cup would not be broadcasted in Singapore , we were hugely disappointed .I am sure that every Singaporean football fan would feel that way.

After reading this article , I feel very much relieved. As an football fan , I have now something to look forward to during this June . Imagine sitting on the couch with a bag of potato chips on one hand and watching the opening of the Fifa world cup ....

Watching football is not only a form of leisure , it also helps promote bonding of Singaporeans. As seen from the picture above , we share the same joy whenever the team we support wins . We shrill whenever the team we support lose . We share the same thrills and excitement whenever a striker makes it past the defenders. In a bar where football matches are often broadcasted , the spirit for the sport can be seen when strangers sit together on the same table and stare at one common spot .

To sum it up , I do hope that the deal with FIFA would be closed soon . In this society , we should deserve a reward for our hardwork this past year after the last economic recession that occured.Everyone would be willing to pay money to watch this world-wide event

Im such a genius ... Nice blog eh?