Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Lee Hong Yi, the prime minister's son
Of course being a prime minister's son had privileges. Lee Hong Yi recent case, which he emailed to the top about an AWOL case, had garnered such widespread discussions. Because he is the prime minister's son, scholar and potential prime minister.
I served my National Service as a typist. I used to typed the charge sheets for numerous AWOL cases. Most of them never got so much attentions. Some of them were so serious that, it seems that they can forget about having ROD as they kept repeating their AWOLs and being detented again and again. After the detentions, they still got to continue to serve their remaining NS.
The less serious cases were usually put in the camp detention barrack and their hair cut 'botak'. The serious cases were sent to the Provost Unit. I had brought back some cases from the Provost Unit to my camp. These cases were usually hard core cases, to continue to serve their remaining NS.
On one instance I type the charge sheet of a very serious case, I typed until my hand ached. Because the person was charged with so many cases about 9 charges. Each of the charge I got to type 7 copies(6 were carbon copies).
Friday, July 13, 2007
A simple and cost effective idea to improve the performance and life span of your computer
To run your equipments optimally, you need to maintain it properly. Whether computers, hi fi or TV.
One of TV lasted a whopping 11 years, using this simple idea, I learnt from my years experiences from maintaining the machinery. I felt this piece of equipment give me the best value.
Mind you, my son watched it at least few hours per day, some time from morning till night, the picture quality is fantastic, after had I sprayed it with an electronic contact cleaner. It neutralised away all those foreign materials that stuck inside the electronic circuit board, which implede it performance. After running 11 years the TV technician said it was beyond repair, the juice already came out.
Shops that sells electrical equipments and usually have electronic contact cleaner.
The water vapour, air pollution, which settled on the printed circuit board caused it to rust and the performance to deteriorate, from the chemical reactions, and need to be neutralised.
You don't don't need to do it a lot of time, one or two times can do the job. You will see the difference. It will last longer and performance better.
8 years ago my wife bought an inexpensive VCR for my son to watch children materials, after few years of usage, I decided to spray it with an electronic contact cleaner. After the maintenance, Wow I discovered a substantial improvement in the quality of pictures it produced. My wife still use it as a spare for my younger son to watch the children programs. Normally low cost VCRs don't produce fantastic pictures
By using the electronic cleansing agent it can really improve the performance of the electronic equipment. It neutralised all those water vapour in the air that caused rust in the printed circuit board and the foreign materials e.g. dust that stick to it.
It is a simple, inexpensive yet a brilliant idea to maintain all your electronic equipments, even one or two times in your equipments life-span, can save you thousands of dollars and other opportunities costs. It is simple yet an effective way to improve the life span/performance of you electronic equipments.
The electronic contact cleaner, neutralise the negatives elements in the printed circuit boards like dust & rust, which caused by the water vapour in the air, thereby improve the electricity conductivity of the printed circuit board. As a result improve the performance of the equipments and extend its life spans.
How to do it:
Removed the cover, use a good brush to clear off all the foreign particles in the circuit board. Spray it with electronic contact cleaner, wait for it to dry. By following these tips, you will see astonishing results.
The principle is quite similar to bicycle problems. It need to spray the chemicals to neutralise all those negative substance that settle on it, and immediately see an improvement, etc rust which caused by oxidation by the air, the air pollution also affect it.
My years of tinkering with machinery and electronic equipments. I found these process the most cost effective way. It is simple don't lots of technical know how. It will give years of trouble-free usage of your electronic equipments.
One of TV lasted a whopping 11 years, using this simple idea, I learnt from my years experiences from maintaining the machinery. I felt this piece of equipment give me the best value.
Mind you, my son watched it at least few hours per day, some time from morning till night, the picture quality is fantastic, after had I sprayed it with an electronic contact cleaner. It neutralised away all those foreign materials that stuck inside the electronic circuit board, which implede it performance. After running 11 years the TV technician said it was beyond repair, the juice already came out.
Shops that sells electrical equipments and usually have electronic contact cleaner.
The water vapour, air pollution, which settled on the printed circuit board caused it to rust and the performance to deteriorate, from the chemical reactions, and need to be neutralised.
You don't don't need to do it a lot of time, one or two times can do the job. You will see the difference. It will last longer and performance better.
8 years ago my wife bought an inexpensive VCR for my son to watch children materials, after few years of usage, I decided to spray it with an electronic contact cleaner. After the maintenance, Wow I discovered a substantial improvement in the quality of pictures it produced. My wife still use it as a spare for my younger son to watch the children programs. Normally low cost VCRs don't produce fantastic pictures
By using the electronic cleansing agent it can really improve the performance of the electronic equipment. It neutralised all those water vapour in the air that caused rust in the printed circuit board and the foreign materials e.g. dust that stick to it.
It is a simple, inexpensive yet a brilliant idea to maintain all your electronic equipments, even one or two times in your equipments life-span, can save you thousands of dollars and other opportunities costs. It is simple yet an effective way to improve the life span/performance of you electronic equipments.
The electronic contact cleaner, neutralise the negatives elements in the printed circuit boards like dust & rust, which caused by the water vapour in the air, thereby improve the electricity conductivity of the printed circuit board. As a result improve the performance of the equipments and extend its life spans.
How to do it:
Removed the cover, use a good brush to clear off all the foreign particles in the circuit board. Spray it with electronic contact cleaner, wait for it to dry. By following these tips, you will see astonishing results.
The principle is quite similar to bicycle problems. It need to spray the chemicals to neutralise all those negative substance that settle on it, and immediately see an improvement, etc rust which caused by oxidation by the air, the air pollution also affect it.
My years of tinkering with machinery and electronic equipments. I found these process the most cost effective way. It is simple don't lots of technical know how. It will give years of trouble-free usage of your electronic equipments.
An amusing statement
The funny part of this story, was when 'ang moh' sausage seller asked Lady TV compere did she want(to buy) his sausages. Few days ago while watching this TV show on (Searching the red ball contests), I came across this interesting part, which I found amusing.
The team who who find the most balls across Singapore is the winner of the contest.
TV compere was supposed to look for a red ball in Chinatown. Then she finally found the location.
It was inside an ang moh sausages stall at Chinatown. After some conversations ang moh sausages seller, ask lady TV compere does she want his sausages, Lady TV compere jokingly replied she want his ball too. Sausage man was surprised. Later TV compere clarified she is looking for the red ball in his stall in a TV contest. She seem like trying to crack a joke.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
My most memorable cultural performance
Hope to share my experiences in the Cultural Shows. The South East Asia Games Grand Finale, was my most memorable cultural performance. Various time I was able to used my experience & trainings in my youth, to possibly change the outcome and enhanced the entertainment values of the cultural shows.
Since 1987, I had participated in altogether 25 various large scale cultural performances, like the Singapore National Day Parades, the Chingay Parades, the South East Asia Game & the Youth Peace Cultural Festivals etc.
The whole groups of people from different age and backgrounds working together for peace always intrigued me.
The final rushing into the stadium to perform always set my adrenalin pumping. The spectacular firework always fascinated me.
I used to do lots of somersaults and tried various difficult gymnastics moves in my primary school days, and in my secondary school days I was a member of the school gym group.
These experiences in my younger days, let me able to numerous times contribute and advice some of the younger & less experience trainers.
In 1997 Chingay Parades, I was able to used my experiences to last minute, to redo almost all the props and to maximise the entertain value. http://chingayparade.blogspot.com/
In the 1993 SEA Games Grand Finale our team were to put up 10 (4 layers human towers) together with other types of human towers and other group gym display items.
For a person to sat and stood up carrying a person on your shoulders was no easy task.
So for the years of my experience joining all these mass display item. I would sometimes share my experiences with the less experience trainers.
The top layer- one person, 2nd top layer 3 persons, sit and stand up carrying one person, third layer 5 persons sit and carry altogether 4 persons up, the bottom layer 8 persons, need the safety officers support and to push the buttocks of the third layer up, as the bottom lays carry altogether 9 persons on their shoulders and hold them until the show end.
After pushing the button of the third layer up, the safety officers were to hold the kneel caps of the third layers and straighten it and not to let it bend and shake.
Our tower eight was the first to put up, subsequently it kept felling down even during the Preview. After some members of our group, had left to join other groups. It was very frustrating as the tower kept falling down.
In this type of human pyramid. It's very much depend on the weight of the persons on top of the shoulders of the persons who carry him on their shoulders. Training can only do that much.
Frequently in my childhood days during the school recess and after the school end, we used to played carrying each other on top of our shoulders and moved around with it.
Through my experience I found that the lighter the persons the more easily, I am able to move around. The experience and training in my childhood days set me in good stead later, in helping various cultural performances.
Numerous times I used my experiences to directly or indirectly assisted the various Cultural performance trainings.
Because the trainer is very young, and with little experience. He got difficulties understand the problems.
Through my experiences I share my ideas after our tower fell down on the Preview.
Finally the top trainer came down and made a few changes, and in the Grand Finale of the South East Asian Games, all the towers were put up successfully.
Since 1987, I had participated in altogether 25 various large scale cultural performances, like the Singapore National Day Parades, the Chingay Parades, the South East Asia Game & the Youth Peace Cultural Festivals etc.
The whole groups of people from different age and backgrounds working together for peace always intrigued me.
The final rushing into the stadium to perform always set my adrenalin pumping. The spectacular firework always fascinated me.
I used to do lots of somersaults and tried various difficult gymnastics moves in my primary school days, and in my secondary school days I was a member of the school gym group.
These experiences in my younger days, let me able to numerous times contribute and advice some of the younger & less experience trainers.
In 1997 Chingay Parades, I was able to used my experiences to last minute, to redo almost all the props and to maximise the entertain value. http://chingayparade.blogspot.com/
In the 1993 SEA Games Grand Finale our team were to put up 10 (4 layers human towers) together with other types of human towers and other group gym display items.
For a person to sat and stood up carrying a person on your shoulders was no easy task.
So for the years of my experience joining all these mass display item. I would sometimes share my experiences with the less experience trainers.
The top layer- one person, 2nd top layer 3 persons, sit and stand up carrying one person, third layer 5 persons sit and carry altogether 4 persons up, the bottom layer 8 persons, need the safety officers support and to push the buttocks of the third layer up, as the bottom lays carry altogether 9 persons on their shoulders and hold them until the show end.
After pushing the button of the third layer up, the safety officers were to hold the kneel caps of the third layers and straighten it and not to let it bend and shake.
Our tower eight was the first to put up, subsequently it kept felling down even during the Preview. After some members of our group, had left to join other groups. It was very frustrating as the tower kept falling down.
In this type of human pyramid. It's very much depend on the weight of the persons on top of the shoulders of the persons who carry him on their shoulders. Training can only do that much.
Frequently in my childhood days during the school recess and after the school end, we used to played carrying each other on top of our shoulders and moved around with it.
Through my experience I found that the lighter the persons the more easily, I am able to move around. The experience and training in my childhood days set me in good stead later, in helping various cultural performances.
Numerous times I used my experiences to directly or indirectly assisted the various Cultural performance trainings.
Because the trainer is very young, and with little experience. He got difficulties understand the problems.
Through my experiences I share my ideas after our tower fell down on the Preview.
Finally the top trainer came down and made a few changes, and in the Grand Finale of the South East Asian Games, all the towers were put up successfully.
Monday, July 9, 2007
The hilarious condom joke
On my sea ride from Hong Kong to Guangzhou on the hovercraft. There was a movie to encourage the use of condom when making love. It featured comedian Eric Tsang and Tien Niu making love. Eric Tsang was tipsy at that time. Tien Niu at first did not directly asked for a condom kept signalling Eric to get a bag in Cantonese, she thought Eric understand it.
It was a hilarious situation, Eric kept misintrepreted it and brought various types of bags to her. A last finally Tien Niu got to tell Eric directly to get a condom. It was so funny everybody kept laughing .
Moral of the story use condom when make love.
It was a hilarious situation, Eric kept misintrepreted it and brought various types of bags to her. A last finally Tien Niu got to tell Eric directly to get a condom. It was so funny everybody kept laughing .
Moral of the story use condom when make love.
Singapore National Day Parade
Hope to share some of my ideas of putting up on how to put up a 5 layers human tower. Singapore NDP had not put up a five layer human tower since 1983. Through my involvement in the gym since my Primary School days and various 25 large scale cultural shows- They may want to adopt some of my ideas.
At a hotel in Xian China, they were struggling to put up a 3 layer human tower. I went forward and gave a notch and help to push a person's buttock up to help him to stand up, they were surprised by the move.My suggestions on putting up a five layer human tower.
To put up the five layer tower, we need to solve the third layer first. The third layer is the most critical of all the layers. It need to climb up to the second layer shoulder, sit on it and stand up with the top two layer on top of their shoulder, that is four persons(top man & 3 second layer persons). With no assistance from the safety officer.
To train these three top layers first will solve most of the problems, first choose the lightest persons to put on the upper layers. They use to put only five persons on the third layer, which is not enough. The third layer got difficulty to stand up with five persons, with the equivalent of nearly a person on their shoulders and stand-up. I suggest increase to 6 persons.
These 6 persons or the third layer, should be given the most attentions. They should be the persons to train first in order to build their endurance and stamina. Ask them to go back home do so extra sit- up with weight training or put weight on their shoulder to train. These will solve the problem.
I used to find that they spend to much time training the bottom two layers, which doesn't matter so much. If overexert they usually at the later part of the training doesn't have much energy. So it defeat the purpose.
Because the safety officers can compensate their weakness and support them. To sit and stand up with a person on top of your shoulder, train a few times exert a tremendous amount of energy it can be very tiring.
Few of them are not regular. So sometimes they come, sometime they don't, make the training of the bottom 2 layers difficult. This could neutralise the effect of training.
To assist the 2nd bottom layer, two safety officers to support one bottom second layer person.
One person left and another right. One hand support the second layer person left buttock and another right kneel cap.
Then help to push his buttock up for him when he going to stand up, one hand to hold his knee cap, so to not to let it bend and another to hold heel, after he stand up to reduce the pressure on the shoulder of the bottom layer. If possible the safety officer body to stay as close as possible to the person he is supporting, so he can utilise his strength most and don't allow the second bottom layer sway too much which will affect the upper layers.
Usually the swaying/unbalance of the the persons in the sitting positions moving to the standing positions cause the fall of the towers due to the imbalance of some of them standing up, some slower some faster and the upper layer tilt to much to one direction( due to fatigue or not enough strength).
The safety officers play key role, he got to ensure all of the same layer move up at the same time. His one hand got hold the buttocks of the second bottom layer, so to absorb the pressure of the 3 upper layer on the legs of the second bottom layer, the equivalent of 10 person weight on the shoulders of the second bottom layer.
I saw some of the second bottom layer legs shake when they stand up, the safely officer got to help them to straighten and lock in their legs with another hand. The third layer must not worried about their lower part, so that they can concentrate on their upper part. The key role of the safety officer is to stabilise the second bottom layer. See some of my extraordinary feats at click: (Football juggling feat, Cycling feat
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