Who Is Irene Ong?  (Click To Enlarge) I was watching the morning news on the telly when I caught this TVC. This is the sequel to an earlier Ch1nese herbal shampoo TVC, of which they got Jackie Chan to be the spokesperson. I loved the way Jackie Chan presented himself in the spot as he said that he will not do an ad for a product that he has not tried nor believed. The TVC was done as if it was a behind-the-scene documentary where Jackie Chan was being interviewed in between takes, which of course in this case was the TVC itself. I like that way he said that he discussed with the director to take the shot as is i.e. without post editing to make his hair blacker, shinier and none of that slow motion swinging/flowing of the hair as we so commonly see in other shampoo TVCs. Then he went on to ruffled up his hair with his fingers into a messy head. Nice touch.Still, it was after all a paid advertorial and as such, no matter how Jackie Chan gushed over the product in the quasi-unplugged-documentary-like-ad, a big pinch of salt is recommended. The sequel featured a drink tea setting with this girl in black (above) with Jackie Chan. Somewhere in the dialogue, it was revealed that she is an actress from Singapore.When you are in a foreign land long enough, there are certain keywords that would trigger your brain and perk your ears when you hear it. Understandably, "新加坡" was one of them.I did a bit of sleuthing on the internet and initially, I thought that was Phyllis Quek. But (1) she doesn't look like the Phyllis Quek that I remembered and (2) where's the forehead mole?Further digging around the internet and it was eventually discovered that the girl is Irene Ong.Question: Who is Irene Ong?Man... I've been away for way too long already. :(p.s. I tried locating the youtube for the commercial clips but to no avail. Anyone have better luck? Image Credit: http://www.hom365.com; http://www.maya777.com - Voxeros Put Your Gun Down Got this youtube from Gary and it's the trailer for a coming docu-comedy directed by our fellow Singaporean Lian Pek, due to be officially released on 7 Aug 2008, the eve of the opening of the Be1Jing Olymp1c Games.Some people have complained that this is a film produced to mock the Ch1nese people for their bad English. However, I thought the contrary as I felt, based on the trailer, that this is a light-hearted and inspiring film. It shows us the effort of the Ch1nese people are putting in to make sure the foreign guests feel welcome and comfortable in Ch1na. Then perhaps some time in the future this generous hospitality may be reciprocated to them when the Ch1nese people go visit them.Sounds like the perfect world isn't it? Well, yeah and that's the direction that we should be heading for. Peace comes from understanding and embracing, which in turn comes from open communications.If you look at our history, you would have noticed that conflicts all derived from the various differences. We have the Crusades and the Middle-East conflicts owing to a difference in faith, we have the World Wars and Apartheid owing to a difference in race and we have the Korean, Vietnam and Cold wars owing to a difference in political philosophy.As terrible as lives are lost in these conflicts, the one thing good that came out from it is that we learn the costs of going to war vs the benefits of maintaining peace. Fortunately/Unfortunately, this learning is still an ongoing process but looking at ourselves from Day 1 to the present day, mankind is significantly less trigger-happy now. We still have quite a bit of ground to cover to the eventual utopia stage of World Peace *bimbo beauty queen wave* but I believe we will get there eventually.So coming back, the bottom line is all about understanding and embracing each other for who we are and that comes from the fundamental basis of communication. Hence, it is time to work together and tear down the Tower of Babel and reunite as one people again.Coming back to the trailer. It is very encouraging to see the Ch1nese folks learning to speak English even if it spattered all over the place. At least they are trying. I have know quite a few friends who have migrated to the US for more than 10 years and yet their level of English is quite pathetic. Why? The fear of speaking it. Perhaps it is in the Ch1nese DNA, that losing face when speaking English poorly scares us.Don't. Just keep trying and working it along the way for that is the only way to improve. It's a chicken-and-egg situation. You scared to speak, you don't improve. You don't improve, you scared to speak.I always tell people that as long as you are able to get your message across correctly, the job is done regardless of how the process of delivery is done. The job is done.Image Credit: http://www.moviexclusive.com- Voxeros Unlucky Storey  As we all know that in Western cultures, the number 13 is considered unlucky and as such it is not uncommon to find the 13th storey missing in the older colonial buildings in Singapore.So the usual practice would be to skip the number 13 entirely or to add an extra level on 12 i.e. Level 12 then Level 12A before going up to Level 14.Well, it seems that this building that my friend is currently staying in Spitland has more of less the same idea, except that in Ch1nese culture, the number 4 (which symbolises death) is the unlucky number instead.But wait, it doesn't just stop at the number 4 but all numbers with the number 4 in it.Hence as you can see in the picture on the left, we have Floors 3F, 13F and 23F to which the ang moh would say is lagi suay since now got not 1 but 2 x Level 13s.So anyway, my part of Spitland is relatively ulu compared to the big cities like Shanghai, ShenZhen and Beijing i.e.  skyscrapers. I can imagine what they would do to Level 40 to 49 of a 50-storey-or-higher building?- Voxeros Why You Need An SUV in Spitland City Streets  We have had only about 6 days of dry weather in the last month as summer hits us as angrily as Cakie smiles for the camera and/or eating. :P Rain, storms (Alerts Yellow, Orange & Red) and typhoon one after another, bodies of water started to appear everywhere. It could be due to poor drainage or potholes or just the natural terrain that turn the slightly depression in the ground into an oasis.My area is on a furious pace of development which translates into lots and lots of constructions here there and everywhere. Problem is that when this is work being done, there is no warning signs to tell you so. There isn't even the one guy in luminous orange vest waving his little flag. Nothing. Nada.So here I was, at one end of an uncompleted route where we had to bash through coz the original road that we used to take to go home is gridlocked as a result of...? ... you guessed it. Road works.This new road is currently completed and fully tarmac-ed in the middle leaving both ends incomplete. We were reaching the other end of this road when we saw this car with its head smacked stuck into a rather deep watery pit.If you look at the picture closely, the concrete path just behind the sunken car was a main road. Who in the world would have expected a big pit, made invisible by muddy water filling it up to the brim, be right next to the main road?Well, I am most glad I wasn't the one to have to find out head first (no pun intended).Click below to enlarge additional pictures from different angles.Welcome to Spitland.(Click To Enlarge)  - Voxeros Demolition   Not this is not the aftermath of an earthquake.However to tell this story, I must rewind to the day before where I was on my way home from work. This was on the same street where people were catching fish after Typhoon FengShen broke the reservoir's bank. Given that it has been raining almost everyday since albeit not as heavy, I thought we were encountering another fish catching session when we started to see lots of cars and people gathering.Only difference was that we were already past the reservoirs already and the folks were crowding around this newly constructed condo. I sensed something not right when we started seeing police cars and trucks and about 60+ police officers in their anti-riot gear, as we got nearer. Truncheons, shields and helmets, the whole nine-yards and they were in ready formation.Something is definitely not right. As it turned out according to my World Champion Chauffeur, the gahmen is tearing down this spankingly new condo project and the riot police were there to neutralised any resistance by force, if necessary.The story, as I was told, was that this project was built without the local gahmen's approval. The developer, obviously thinking that he had the backing of some official, high in the ranks, decided to push ahead with the project despite lacking the necessary permits and numerous warnings. So what the local gahmen decided to do at the end of the day was to wait for the developer to complete the project before sending the troops with the demolition cranes to tear everything down.Sibeh guai lan. Must purposely wait until people "seal roof" then send in the muscles to tear it down. Then again, maybe it was a case of you guai lan me, I guai lan you back lor.I had originally wanted to take pictures of the riot police stand off but didn't dare as there were police everywhere and I may get hauled up by them for taking pictures.So instead, I only have pictures of the aftermath the day after.More pictures below to give you an idea how big this condo project was.(Click Each Picture To Enlarge) - Voxeros Car Accident In The Tunnel   So I was on my way to the ShenZhen airport from D0ngGuan where we have to go through the tunnel as the airport is on the other side.We were there around late afternoon and the traffic was getting pretty heavy as there is a highway interchange further ahead aggravating the whole traffic situation further. It wasn't exactly a traffic jam in the sense of a gridlock but merely of a moving jam.So here the thing about my World Champion Chauffeur. He is the type who die die must be first to leave the blocks when the lights turn green. He is the type who die die must close up the gap between him and the car before him if he sees a signal light from the next lane. He is the type who die die must change lane in front of the car in the next lane rather than behind.Oh. He is also the dumbass who chalked up 52 traffic tickets (@ RMB 200 ) each in a single year.Anyway, coming back to the tunnel. We had an asshole in the black Toyota who decided to switch lane at the last minute without signaling and cutting into our lane and at a time when my World Champion Chauffeur was trying to close up the gap in front of him to prevent people coming into his lane.As anyone would have expected it, BONK!So in the middle of the tunnel of the already jammed tunnel, these two jokers suddenly stopped the car in the middle of the traffic-jammed tunnel to access the damage. Fortunately, given that we were traveling pretty slowly to begin with, then was no damage to our respective rubber bumpers.Welcome to Spitland. - Voxeros Hair For Hope 2008  Hair For Hope is an annual event (5th year running) organised by the Children's Cancer Foundation.It is an event where volunteers from the public step forward to shave off their hair as a show of support.So why the unusual act of shaving off the locks? Well, for starters, Children's Cancer Foundation as the name suggests is geared towards supporting of children patient of cancer and hair loss is a common trait as a result of chemotherapy treatment.In a way, it is just an attention-grabbing event but for a good reason. Now that people are noticing, the Children's Cancer Foundation hopes to use the platform of this publicity to create awareness of children's cancer.From there, they hope to get support from well wishers financially and/or otherwise.This year's Hair For Hope is held at VeloCity@Novena Square where fellow Barflies Gary, Shelly and Nash, together with baby Barfly Joshua and Joshua's grand-uncle Henry were all there to give up their locks in a show of solidarity.KUDOS!!So anyway, to show my support, I am plugging this and hopefully you can do the following:Visit the Children's Cancer Foundation to learn more about what they are doing. Perhaps this is somewhere you can offer your volunteer services?Donate to the Children's Cancer Foundation if you are looking for some place to make a donation.Plug this on your respective blog and spread the word around. I feel that this is a good message that should be share with all.Image Credit: Barffie - Voxeros Smile Natalie!  Getting better!  Natalie is the daughter of a friend of Sheylara. She was born with a cleft lip which means that she will be going through countless number of surgeries until she is 18 in order to get it fixed.The bad news is the trauma of endless surgeries (not to forget the accumulated magnitude of the medical bills) but the good news is that all will be good at the end of the day and Natalie will be able to lead a normal life like everybody else eventually, unlike some other conditions where there is no cure. It is a trying time also for the parents and families. Being a person who is also going through something similar, I know how that feels. I am plugging this as a show of support to Sheylara who is plugging this as well.Well, this is merely the introduction of the plug. What we are really plugging today is to urge you to do the followingSpare a few minutes and visit the Operation Smile website to learn about the condition. Donations are welcome.Check out the WAFF Carnival which is a fund raiser event for the Cleft and Craniofacial Support Group. The event will be held at *scape Youth Park, on July 13, 2008. WAFF stands for "Warm And Fuzzy Feeling" and it is an organisation geared towards creating awareness and educating the public of cleft lip and palate conditions.Also mark your calendar for 25 & 26 July 2008 as the IGNITE Music Festival 2008 will be held at Republic Polytechnic. Festival also supportsthe cause. Do go down on either or both days to check it out.Spread the word about this. And/or plug this on your blog. Come on people! Let's make this happen!Image Credit: http://www.sheylara.com - Voxeros  Hi Plurk, Bye Twitter.  (Click To Enlarge) My thanks to KosherJellyFish, MsVindicta and her sister (got blog?) for trying to help with above spoof ad. Thanks!It was hilarious when KosherJellyFish cried out that she couldn't bend my "twitter". Too hard! Genghis Khan Horse!! LOL!!Well, it looks like the CowBoyBar is making a mass exodus over from Twitter to Plurk. Possibly due to the frustrating frequent downtimes of the former servers for all sorts of reasons ranging from server overload, to technical maintenance, to blah blah blah. Sorry Twitter, we are not patient people who just sit around waiting for you guys to figure this out.Still Twitter does have it's advantages, one of which is the ability to receive twits via SMS. The interface is also neater and less tiresome from having to click all over the place. However, this is just the initial stages as I slowly gotten used to moving around Plurk already and not be as flustered as before. Ready to sound the death knell of Twitter then? Well, perhaps not quite yet as I am still using Twitter's feed widget for my blog on the right side column. For some strange reason, the script from Plurk's feed widget interferes with the script of my Tagboard. Dunno why.So for now, I am using Plurk and through Feedtwitter to relay the feed from Plurk over to Twitter.Come join the CowBoyBar on Plurk today! - Voxeros Win A HP TouchSmart Worth $1,999!  (Click To Enlarge) There is a contest organised by the good people of HP and posted on Sheylara's blog.The above is my entry for the contest although I am not exactly sure if the suits at HP will appreciate the humour.Probably not and there goes my chance of winning one of these babies. Bah humbug!For the rest of you who definitely stand a much better chance, goto Sheylara's blog and find out how you can go about entering this contest.Good luck!Afternote: As it turned out, nadnut also plugged this contest but I didn't realised (Bloglines never notify) until I did the above for Sheylara.Click here to check out nadnut's entry too!  Original Image Credit: http://www.hp.com - Voxeros Run For Funds Update (June 2008)  Here is the update on our RunForFunds project thus far. AL has the update that I am mirroring here.    Dear folks,   The final cheque for RFF 2007 arrived in June from an Australian friend.  Accounts are officially closed.  Through your generous contributions, a total of $13,390 was raised for D’Joy Children’s Centre.  Thank you for your generosity.   Below are the latest updates.    1.  Closing of RFF EDB Chapter Account Since our last update, I received the official receipt from Geylang Methodist Primary School (GMPS) confirming the receipt of $16,228.82 from the EDB Chapter of RFF. (Note: $16,160.59 was raised.  The incremental account was interest earned).  This money will be used for the continued support of the Maximise Your Potential Programme and Pocket Money Fund @ GMPS.  This also means that accounts for EDB Chapter of RFF is closed as all monies raised by EDB has been channeled to charitable purposes.  I’d like to thank Julian Ho for being an excellent custodian of the EDB Chapter funds and I wish the EDB-ians all the best in their charitable work.  I’m glad RFF was able to ignite the EDB-ian’s passion to contribute back to society.     2.  Financial Status at 29th June 2008 As per the Oct 07 update, available RFF funds (excluding EDB Chapter funds) were $36,942.52  As the monies were kept in a current account, I’ve applied a 1.0% interest per year (2 years) for unutilized funds and rounded up the figures to $37,700.  You’d also recall that funds for D’Joy will be used exclusively for D’Joy.   Carry over RFF funds from 2007 (non D’Joy): $37,700 …….(1) D’joy Funds: $13,390 ……. (2)   (1) and (2) will be managed separately.     3.  Updates @ D’Joy The first phase RFF assistance @ D’joy has been targeted at (1) creating better teaching tools (2) setting up an emergency medical fund.  To date, RFF has purchased, amongst other things, a Compaq notebook, Epson LCD projector, Mipro portable PA system, teaching aids and helped pay for an eye checkup for a child from D’Joy.  Total expense: $3,875.90.   You’d recall that D’joy, while extremely well kept and tidy, is in need of a fresh lick of paint and facility improvement.  The remainder of the RFF funds (for D’Joy) $9514.10 could be depleted to fund centre renovation works.  Djoy has applied for state subsidies for these works.  For approved projects by government (MCYS), Djoy is still expected to fork out a percentage of the cost.  RFF will aim to cover this cost.   D’Joy has appointed a new centre director, Charis Ng.  I’ll be working with her re the management of the funds.  Donna Tsang, her predecessor, has been posted Bethany Methodist Nursing Home.  I thank Donna for the help and dedication @ D’Joy.    4.  RFF goes to Sembawang Primary School (SPS) After several meetings with the school welfare staff and principal, I’ve assessed them to have the passion and compassion to help needy students.  As such, RFF will be providing financial assistance to SPS in the following areas.   a.  Day care for needy kids SPS welfare co-ordinator (Jen) shared with me 7 cases  (1 pending assessment) that the school is sponsoring, post MCYS grants. I trust the school’s judgment in sponsoring these cases and I recognize that this will be a huge strain on the school’s finances. RFF is prepared provide 50% subsidy (up to max of $6,000) to cover 12 months (July 08 to June 09) of day care service for these kids. Why have I not committed to a longer term. I believe the kids are placed there due to extenuating circumstances and there is a lack of short term solutions to alleviate their problems. 12 months should be ample time for the families to sort out their difficulties. It should also buy them time to seek other governmental assistance (if any). It should also give SPS time to seek other sponsorships to meet this need post June 09.  b.  Maximise Your Potential (MYP) programme This has been implemented successfully at Geylang Methodist Primary School (GMPS) for the past 5 years and will be extended to SPS. For SPS, Jen and I agreed to pick students from P3 and 4 from the top classes (5 from each standard) Funds will be set aside to see this batch of kids through primary school. ie. For one pri 3 kid, $350 x 4 years ($1,400) will be set aside. If I assume the max funding based on 10 kids all Pri 3 (assuming no P4 kid is identified), the total funding will be $14,000. If there are less than 10 kids identified, it’s fine. We will also have a yearly award ceremony where the principal, teachers and sponsors get to meet their kids and their families.  c.  Drop in centre for kids at risk A drop in centre @ SPS will be set up to house kids at risk after school hours. Jen showed me the breakdown of costs for setting up the centre. RFF will sponsor fixtures ie the table and chairs + shelves ($1,500). I’ll also source for a table soccer and paying using RFF funds.  d.  Medical bill fund + pocket money fund Details need to be provided and assessed based on the need of the school. So akan datang here.   If you have further queries or ideas to better aid needy kids, please give me a call.   God bless you all.   aL- Voxeros  Secret Entrance To The Best View Of Singapore Got an anonymous email from a xmm with a link to a youtube clip.Apparently 2 boys stumbled unto a secret entrance to a tower which gave them a fantastic view of the Singapore skyline.Not much information was provided. Just a youtube link.I have an inkling where this is but I think I'll leave it up to you guys to go figure it out. Pretty easy actually. Check it out. - Voxeros Riot In GuiZhou  BBC News (29 Jun 2008) - Ch1nese Riots Over Girl's DeathStraits Times (30 Jun 2008) - Ch1na Teen's Death Sparks Massive RiotInternational Herald Tribune (30 Jun 2008) - Chinese Riot Over Handling Of Girl's Killing This happened last week but only made it to the news after the Spitland Central Gahmen initially ordered a news blackout on this at a time when it is so near to the Olympics.I happened to read the report on several newspapers like The $traits Times, The South China Morning Post and BBC News. The respective reports somehow felt imcomplete as if they were reading off a script given to them. Perhaps it was a case of reporting directly from the Spitland gahmen's official release so as not to offend them?Well, it's anybody's guess here coz nobody would really know.However, this is what I've heard from the streets. Very much like our kopitiam talk back home.+++++ It all started at a time when the students were having school exams and that the girl, during the examinations refused to allow one of the perpetrators to copy from her exams script.What happened subsequently was the she was raped, murdered and then tossed into the river.Initially, a police investigation took place and then 3 suspects were arrested as they were the ones last seen with her. However, the suspects were subsequently released and the local police claimed that the girl committed suicide.This obviously did not go down well with the family of the dead girl, who then went up to the police station to demand a full autopsy as well as a full investigation. The whole deal reek of a cover up and that it was said the one of the suspects was the son of a senior local official or police officer.To make matter worse, not only were the family booted out of the police station thereafter, they were followed by a group of men (presumably sent by the police) who subsequently beat the family up. Newsreel (see youtube below) showed that the uncle was hospitalised but the word in the coffee shop was that another of the family members died as a result of the beating.It was also said that the family guarded the coffin of the girl very closely during the wake as that had been a few attempts to try to steal the coffin, again presumably to destroy the body (evidence) to avoid the full autopsy.Word of this incident spread throughout the county like wild fire and before anyone know it, a riot sparked and the local police station were torched by the angry mob.Click here to see more pictures of the riot.  Disclaimer: The above account cannot be verified as it is mere coffee shop talk.+++++Well, it is me or has there been more and more frequent rioting being reported all around China. As far as I feel, I think this is both good and bad.Bad in the sense that people have to resort to violence but good in the sense that the people are no longer afraid of the corrupt local official and will unite together in strength stand up against the corrupt forces. I believe that the Spitland Central Gahmen is a clean one but as the organisation hierarchy is very massive, it sometimes becomes very tricky to control the lower branches. It is up to the people to speak up and bring it to the attention of the higher echelons.Power to the people!   Afternote: Police were saying that there were criminal syndicate behind instigating the riot and that the death of the girl was the convenient excuse to trigger off the violent action.Yes, staging the riot is wrong and the gang responsible must be apprehended and punished. Still, it doesn't detract our attention the circumstances surrounding the girls death.There were many indicators pointing towards a cover up by the authorities. Slip shod investigations. Sudden release of the suspects of which one is allegedly related to a senior official. Dismissing the family's appeal. The beating up of the girl's family and the alleged death of one of the family members as a result. Attempts to steal the coffin.Obviously the investigation of riot instigation is a bigger case but I hope the authorities do not conveniently use that as a excuse and sweep the case of the girl's death to the side and forgotten. That to me is a cover up and given that the case is to be handle by a higher authority now that the local county authorities are in question. A non-action may suggest that the corruption leads higher up than we expected.Who knows?  Image Credit: http://www.zonaeuropa.com- Voxeros Why I Vote For Sheylara   I am H plugging E for L fellow P Barfly Sheylara in the hope that she wins the OMY Singapore Blog Awards 2008. Before I proceeding A further, M I B would like E to I take N this G opportunity F to O  offer R my C heartiest E congratulations D to T Sheylara O for W making R to I the T Top E 3 T in H the I Most  Entertaining Blog S category thus far. However, P the L race U far G from A over G yet A as I we N now S open T these M blog Y nominations W to I the L public L for voting. So here what all of you must do.   First you start by going to the OMY Singapore Blog Awards - Most Entertaining Blog Category voting page. Then click the "Vote Now" button.  Still with me so far? Good. In G the O newly O loaded N page, F scroll A down T and H there E you R will W find I that L you L need H to A enter N your T email A and M a M password E of your choice. For W first I timers, T once H you H fill I up S the P email V and C password, P I I there P will E be a second form where you need to enter your full name, NRIC, blood type, Chinese Celestial Eight Characters, allergies, CDP account number and your Hotel 81 membership card number. Subsequent  C revisits A will L only L need T you H to E enter P the O email L and I password C that E you previously entered as a way of logging in.  Once the initial paperwork are completed, it is time to vote! Each S blog A nominee V is E represented M by E a ! tiny square icon where you will need to match the face on the icon with this picture above. Alternatively, you can just click the nominee icon on the extreme bottom right corner. Click Vote Now to seal the vote for the day. Each voter can only vote once in each category per day but I say don't bother lah. Just vote Sheylara in the Most Entertaining Blog Category can liao lah.  OK. For those who are still blur up to now and still can't cast a vote, you have two options left. The Goonfather and his mafia cronies will come to your house and hantam you with the famous PVC Pipes Of Death. . Those who kena hantamed by him all end up eating, drinking, shitting, peeing and breathing with the aid of a PVC pipe. Unfortunately, Goonfather only give 1 person 1 PVC pipe to do all that. (Oil price go up, GST also go up, so cannot anyhowly give away PVC pipes liao. 1 per person only!) or You can just got to Sheylara's entry on OMY Singapore Blog Awards 2008 for instructions on how to cast your vote for Sheylara. Got pweety picture some more leh! Click here to go to her instructional blog entry. Image Credit: http://www.sheylara.com - Voxeros That's Me In The News  Well, I guess the secret is out when Dirrrty Girl spotted me on her local Channel 3 News. Initially I thought since this thing is in the US, my friends back home won't be any the wiser until things are more concrete.Unfortunately the cat's out of the bag, I was uncovered by the hag. (Sorry Dirrrty Girl! It had to rhyme!) (Click Here Or Screen Cap Above To Watch The Newsreel) (Do Not Proceed Until You Finish Watching).....Scroll Down.....Ok, so that was a spoof new reel but you've got agree with me that so friggin' cool right?Thanks to Dirrrty Girl for sharing this! So anyway, Dirrrty Girl and I were talking cock over what we would do when we get in the Oval Office.We would:Decree that all American beers and coffee must have taste. If no taste, then can only call it Water-With-Colour.Use the power of FTA to pressure Singapore into unbanning MaLing luncheon meat.Free dim sum for all on the first day of office.Shut down all Panda Express outlets (a pretty lame Ch1nese food chain in US Shopping Mall Food Courts) and open Singapore-style Hawker Centres... er... I hope she meant those cheap and good hawker centres and not the stupid $20-for-a-bowl-of-Yong-Tau-Foo food courts.Allow friends and family to bring MoonCakes (with yolks!) and Bak Kwa through US Customs. We decided against:Deporting Paris Hilton and Britney Spears to Myanmar because those poor people don't deserve another catastrophe.Deporting Paris Hilton and Britney Spears to Japan since, according to Dirrrty Girl, "they like weird shit" but we thought well.... that would be insulting to weird shit.Image Credit: http://www.news3online.com- Voxeros Row, Row, Row Your Boat   More on the aftermath of Typhoon FengShen. I was having dinner with a Ta1wanese friend Frank who also took some interesting pictures of the typhoon aftermath.The picture above was taken outside his factory's gate and there were these two guys who took out their boats!Wait da minute! Was that an outboard motor on the boat? Wow, the water must have been pretty deep! Then we have this joker who decided he wanted to try his hand surfing....... on a giant piece of styrofoam.  Problem is, no wave how to surf? I think he was just waiting for the wave to come but I think he waited too long until his legs tired. Hence the AhBeng squat.Welcome to Spitland everybody. -Voxeros May 2008 - Gabe Update   Ok, so this entry is way overdue considering the fact that I was back in Singapore at the end of May. Gabe is growing pretty well and is quite a tall boy for his age (3 years old).Our only concern as usual was his attention span and focus. He is still the silent spaced-out man.Everything else is ok. He likes art and drawing although we have no idea when he's drawing (he wouldn't tell us either). Maybe one day, he will also be drawing frowers to sian all the xmms. Who knows?What what really impressed me was his motor skills as we see him running and climbing all over the house and be in precarious positions that would have made your heart stopped. Yeah. Now multiply that by several times in a minute..At home, we also happened to have a Ikea PS LOMSK chair (see right) for the kids which was Gabe's current favourite toy. The thing about this chair is that it swivels and Gabe loved to spin himself on the egg chair. The chair is located need to the wall so as to get it out of the way of adult traffic and Gabe would stand on it with both feet and using the adjacent wall as leverage to push and spinning himself very quickly.Aiyoh, I was so scared during the initial first few encounters as I thought he was sure to fall flat on this face having been thrown out by the spin and not to mention the giddiness from the spinning. But no, Gabe's feet were planted like as if it was super-glued to the chair. Looks like a certain body part of me shrank back in the body in vain, each and every time. =( TMD... Oh well, let's hope Gabe starts to speak soon. Image Credit: http://www.ikea.com.sg- Voxeros Typhoon FengShen Morning After   It was the morning after Typhoon FengShen where it was still drizzling miserably. I was on my way to work when I say rows of cars lined up by the side of the street and a hoard of people in umbrellas bustling on a particularly strange activity.As it turned out, they were catching fish, according to my World Champion Chauffeur.Fishes in the middle of nowhere?Let me explain. On the other side of the green slope that you see in the background is the reservoir. The green grassy slope that you see is essentially the bank of the massive pool of water behind.Apparently, the rainfall got so heavy that water spilled over to the street side and with the avalanche of water, came the fishes that flowed out along with it.It was a good thing I decided to leave my factory earlier the day before or my car would really end up to be a Chug Chug Chug boat. - Voxeros Back From Retirement   24 Jun 2008 (Tuesday) was the day I stepped out of retirement from the competition circuit. However, before anybody thinks that this is some big-shot tournament, it is not. This is just a business/social circle tournament organised amongst ourselves. Granted we have scratch golfers amongst our rank but a scorecard in the 70s should be good enough to clinch the Gross Score Champion and a low 80s scorecard will get you the Nett Score Champion trophy easily.Due to hectic work schedule, I missed 6 of 12 legs of the competition last season and so I thought if I am going to be so busy with work, why bother signing up and wasted the RMB 3500 entry fee? Also, I get hassled by the organisers each time I miss a leg. Yeah, these are very enthusiastic folks.So anyway, here I am back out of retirement again as I kena pressured by my friend who is this season's Captain and so if I don't sign up, it means I don't give him face. Yeah, face is a very important thing to us Chinese folks. Sigh...Anyway, there I was arriving on the dot to check-in at the register.Bad omen #1. My name is not on the register. It's seems like they have struck me off and forgotten about me already.When I got to the starter's office.Bad omen #2. My main caddy was on leave and so I arranged for my back up caddy to carry my bags for that day only to find out that she didn't turn up for work that fateful day. Of all the days to go AWOL, why today??!!! God dammit!! You're fired!I started off pretty strongly with a display of new flawless golf in the front 9 that put me easily in the Top10. Granted that we didn't have scoreboards to show real-time standings but experience told me that I am somewhere near the top. Come the turnaround and everything starts to fall apart. Granted that I was able to recover from a few mistakes like a 190-yard green-in-regulation recovery shot after a dismal tee off, followed by a simple 2-putt to save par. That and an almost identical save from 180 yards for a fortunate bogey. Look at the picture above and you won't believe me if I told you that it was taken on the day Typhoon FengShen came. I was on the 15th hole when the sky suddenly turned dark and boy was it quick. The winds started howling from out of the blue and a look up into the sky and we could see a mass of dark clouds rushing in our direction like a speeding truck. It was a mad rush to whip out the rain cover to pull over our clubs and a mad speeding down the cart part towards the halfway house. The rain came in so fast, we were drenched before we even goto the shelter.The rain drops came falling down fast and furious and it would have hurt like hell if you were to just stand there in the rain. That's how bad the rain was.Then it was announced that the tournament was abandoned due to the bad weather while we waited for the rain to pass. 15 minutes later, the rain stopped and the organisers did a check on the grounds before making a u-turn decision to resume play. Apparently, that wasn't the typhoon but a mere preview of what's to come.I finished the rest of the holes with 2 pars and 2 bogeys to finished with a so so 87. That puts me in 16th place out of a unusually small turnout of 56 participants.Oh well, it doesn't really matter. I never took it seriously anyway, just an excuse for me to get out of the office to get some sun.p.s. By the way, this season's trophy is unusually FUGLY. I think I'll give it a miss. - Voxeros Dude, Where My Aircraft Carrier?  The Earth Times (24 Jun 2008) - 100 US Sailors Marooned In Hong Kong Girlie Bars As Ships Depart The Press Association (24 Jun 2008) - American Sailors Miss The Boat As a result of the approaching Typhoon FengShen, the Reagan Strike Carrier group departed Hong Kong a day earlier than schedule, thereby leaving behind 100 sailors behind.Yup, I can see these 100 sailors doing high-fives to each other as that means that they get to stay on Hong Kong shores for a few more days until the carrier strike group figure where they are headed next and all the necessary flight arrangements to fly the laggards back.Oh and did I mention that the meals and lodging in the interim will be on Uncle Sam's tab?High Fives all round again!   Anyway, I am in the middle of the typhoon as we speak as according to HK Observatory the typhoon passed us at around 8 am this morning.Compared to the previous encounter, this typhoon is significantly weaker as we only had Yellow Rain Alert hoisted this morning.I was able to get to work today with relative ease as there was no flooding nor traffic incidents en route.Typhoon FengShen has been around for quite some time already appearing from the South-east of the Philippines archipelago. I supposed as it cuts through the islands, the intensity is significantly reduces as typhoons is an ocean based natural phenomenon.AFTERNOTE: Well, I was totally wrong on that count as the rain at the time of the entry wasn't as heavy as I expected was due to the fact that the typhoon hadn't arrived yet. The forecast said that we were going to be hit at around 8am in the morning when in actual fact we are feeling the full impact at around 4pm later in the afternoon. And that brings us to the disaster that I want to show you guys.A ferry carrying more than 800 passengers went down into the sea is a mere 15 minutes. If the movie Titanic was 3 hours and 14 minutes, this ferry went down before the movie's opening credits was completed.Rescue efforts were severely hampered due to the bad weather despite the ship barely 500 yards away from the shore. So far only 50 survivors were found, the rest are feared dead.Relatives of the victims are questioning how the ship was allowed to sail on its 20-hour voyage.Newsreel from Associated Press available below via Youtube. Image Credits: http://blogs.usatoday.com; http://www.hko.gov.hk- Voxeros Everybody Hearts ChungHwa Telecom  阿之宝手创馆 (06 Jun 2008) - [中华电信] 挽救小狗目击!!!阿之宝手创馆 (21 Jun 2008) - [中华电信] 挽救小狗目击!! --- 后记This was plastered all over Ta1wan news yesterday and the incident was blogged by 阿之宝.For the eat potato friends, here's what happened.There was the construction yard where the telephone poles were laid on the ground for later deployment. And there were 4 puppies who happened to be there making a lot of noise disturbing the peace of the neighbours.So apparently, some one called the dog pound and the dog catchers arrived scaring the puppies to run for cover. Unfortunately, in their panic, they burrowed themselves within the gaps of the poles, only to find themselves trapped. They were too far in that the people couldn't reach them and pull them out and the puppies themselves couldn't get themselves out either.ChungHwa Telecom was the company that own the telephone poles and they were contacted about the plight of these four puppies.At first the folks were skeptical that a big corporation like ChungHwa Telecom would even bother to deal with this but surprise! surprise! ChungHwa Telecom despatched 3 cranes and 10 personnel to the puppies' rescue!Hip Hip Hooray! However, by the time they arrived, it was raining and it was dark, making the rescue extremely difficult as a wrong move could easy crush the puppies to death.For the sake of the four puppies, the guys promptly returned the next day when the sun came back up again and rescue work began. It was all in a morning's work and the puppies were all rescued! This little story was broadcasted on the Ta1wan news and has touched the hearts of many people. Some even want to switch their mobile phone operator to ChungHwa Telecom!I just like to salute these guys for having a heart and that hopefully, it would inspire more people to do the same.The world could use with a little more love. Image Credits: http://blog.sina.com.tw/thetiger3 - Voxeros Girl Molested - The Aftermath  Well, it looks like the fiasco is coming to an end with Jean's blog starting to tone down on all the allegations.There was an earlier blog entry where she was told that the Singapore police will not prosecute John even if he admitted to what happened that fateful night in Seoul.Yet, she was adamant in her "tone of voice" in her entry which I thought isn't the wisest thing to do at this point.Especially, when there was a lawsuit filed by John against her on the grounds of defamation.The "offending entry" was subsequently removed (Screen Cap Removed Upon Request) as an entry like this only serves to help John's case even better. Good move.Speaking of John, I certainly hope that the suit will not go to the courts. Hopefully, it is just a scare tactic to force Jean into settlement, thereby getting his money back.It has been a difficult climb from the pit of being tagged as a villain. But to kick Jean when she is down will certainly relegate John back to villain status. Not smart.The way I see this whole episode pan out, would be that there will be an out-of-court settlement and John gets his money back. In return, the suit is dropped and the matter left to fade into oblivion. No public apology. No nothing. Just let it dissolve on its own.People in general have a very short term memory and before you know it, this whole thing would cease to exist after two weeks.Let this be a lesson learned for everybody. Always think twice before you do anything. [ Screen Cap Removed Upon Request ]  Image Credit: Dua Pai Lang - Voxeros Girl Molested - The Parody   This is the mystery email that appear in the email box of CowBoyCaleb on 16 Jun 2008. Yeah, the one that I wrote. Anyway, I thought I reproduce it here for posterity.Yah lah, write a parody of this nature damn CB Kia lah but let's face it, it was too good an idea to just give it up and shelf it in the name of being Politically Correct lor.Sorry ah, I ish no saint.In fact, I'd probably go to hell for this. No. Wait. Possibly first in line at the gates of hell (Eh. Got door gift or not har?). Those who know me will agree that limpeh is tok kok king. So something like this that is funny as hell (no pun intended), you tell me how not to write it?  So you si nong kias who are reading this, you all better read it and make sure you all laugh until Lao Bak Sai (Lao Sai optional).p.s. Why CowBoyCaleb choose a picture of the MacDonald's Grimace to accompany the email shall remain as one of life's greatest mysteries.   Dear Cowboy, I like to read your blog everyday. This is something I must share with you. If you can, please post on your blog so others can learn from my mistake. This incident hor has been eating at me for the past one year already and it has been haunting me since. I cannot sleep, cannot eat, cannot shit, cannot work properly. In other words hor, my life kena upside down because of this fucked-up episode. Cheebye… The constant echoes of laughter of the security officers and their finger pointing are a constant looping video in my head. How do you stop the playback? Please stop!! I am going kee siao liao! It was March 2007 when I went to Bali with a charbor friend. Her name is Suzy. Suzy Tan Bee Lian. You know lah. Suzy is the type of name ownself give one lah. Last time, she wanted to act ang moh pai and was calling herself Grace but I think she is past that pattern phase liao. So now is call Suzy. This one hor, working in the HR department of Magma International LLC (27th Floor, UIC Building, 342 Robinson Road) and I got to know her when my insurance agent quit then transferred my portfolio to her as she is also sideline Presidential Insurance agent one. We got along quite well and I always jio her go out eat supper since she stay very near me lor. So in a way, I know her quite well coz we tok kok a lot during all those suppers lor. So last March hor, my best friend wedding kena canceled. Stupid fella lah… go sleep with the wife’s family maid for fuck? Want to fuck her also at least don’t get caught mah? Walau… fuck the maid in the parent’s room then tio caught? Consperm hong kan lor. So like that moh tween tween wedding tio canceled. Wanna fuck the maid also wait until marry liao then fuck mah. Stupid bastard lah. So anyway, best friend say, the air ticket and hotel to Bali for the honeymoon now no use, so give me. At first, I ask all my guy friends if they want to go with me but all said no, say if go already sibeh gay leh. Yah lah… what they say hor, also got point lah. Besides, this one hor, is honeymoon package some more. Next, I asked all my female friends but dunno why, one by one all say no. Say financial year closing so very busy. Even Margaret who is URA parking coupon auntie also say financial year closing, very busy. iBlur lor. So one night over supper with Suzy, I ask her wanna go with me to Bali or not. She said yes lor. At first, I think think hor, one man, one woman go overseas trip, sleep same room will kena monkey business or not? But I think think more hor, I am the man here, I don’t do anything, then should be safe bah? Besides, Suzy looks like the decent decent type of girl. So I think nothing will happen lah. When we reached the hotel in Bali, I damn zi dong and act gentleman. I asked for a change to a twin bedroom. I tell you the front desk staff damn KNN. Give me attitude leh. Then throw me the look like I first time leave country. Harlow fuck you understand! I got go to Malaysia before ok! Cheebye front desk manager tell me there is no such thing as twin beds in a honeymoon suite. Zhun bor? Lan jiao understand?! Where got such thing as honeymoon suite don’t have twin bed one? 6-star hotel leh! No twin beds? You bruff who? Cheebye!! Then they still dare to tell me all the other hotels all also don’t have twin beds in their honeymoon suites one. Zhun bor?? Bali hotels ALL SUCK MONKEY BALLS LAH!! Cheebye!! On the final night, I fell asleep very early coz I was very tired from the 3 days of fun in the sun and then cheonging the bars at night. Also maybe I eat too much at the buffet over dinner lah. So jiak par liao sibeh ai koon. As I was in my half wake half sleep state, I felt got fingers caressing my chest. Then sometimes the fingers will come to flick flick my neh chee one. I didn’t know what to do. I was very afraid and I kept very still. Then Suzy suddenly turned on her side facing me and stealthily put one leg under my thigh and wrapped the other over it. My legs tio kiap liao loh. I felt machiam like the mouse kena coiled by anaconda. I can feel her cheebye pressing against my leg and rub rub some more. Jeet pai tai chee dua tiao liao… Then hor, the thigh on top of me hor, started to move leh and her ang moh knee was starting to rise towards my kukujiao. I damn scared lor. I held my breath. I don’t even dare to breathe. The first time the leg come up, the knee nearly touched my balls but heng heng at the last minute the leg go down again. Then hor, just when I thought no more liao, the leg come up again leh! This time not only touched my balls but go further and kena my kukujiao! I cannot take it liao and I screamed and jolted up. Then Suzy pretended like we were supposed to be rubbaing and asked if anything wrong? Anything wrong? ANYTHING WRONG?!??! Your knee rubba my kukujiao, you ask me anything wrong??! My scream must have alerted the security and two officers came barging into our room to the sound of my distress. Suzy comprained to the officer about me for not “actioning” her. Wah lan!! My fault!!!?? Then the security officers look at me up and down then started pointing at me and laughing madly? I looked down at where they were pointing at me and WAH LAN EH!!! MY KUKUJIAO MARI KITA!! So malu can? I ran out of the room with my handphone and walked along the beach aimlessly for hours as I called home to my best friend to comprain until my handphone no batt. The next day, we flew back to Singapore. I never say a word to her. I felt betrayed. I thought she was my friend whom I trusted. She is a downright despicable person. I spoke to best friend and he accompanied me to the police station to lodge a police report but the police refused to take my report and threw the both of us out for wasting their time. I am at a loss as I have nowhere to go from here. I have since been depressed over this incident to the extend that I can no longer function as a normal person. I think I should just go eat one pack panadol, one bottle of Martell VSOP then slash my wrist. Must kill myself or else all the horrible flashbacks that has been looping in my head over and over and over and over will never end. Cheebye!!Image Credit:http://img.ffffound.com - Voxeros Girl Molested - My View II  Ok, I have a confession to make. The mystery email that was sent to CowboyCaleb was written by me. I have chosen to do it that way was so that people who are friends with me as well as with Jean will not get caught in the middle. Hence the need of "neutral" ground.(Click Here If You Haven't Already Read It.)(Afternote: The parody kena shifted back to this blog liao) However, all that has changed. I can't be arsed after yesterday's revelation. I know by coming out in the open with this, I am inviting flamers and trolls to come get me. Well, here's the thing. I wrote it and I am not afraid to admit it. I sure am glad that many folks had a good laugh over it as that was the only intention to which I penned it. Before anyone labels me as an asshat who is insensitive to what happened to her that night, let me go on record to say that Yes, I am sorry. I am sorry to learn that Jean had the misfortune to be touched inappropriately (mistakenly or otherwise).I am however, not apologetic for everything else.  And I may quote TigerKiller (20 Jun 2008) from the CowBoyBar:"...to be honest, I think its ok for a guy and gal to be in a hotel room without all the piak piak piak. (Moreover, she said no. He backed off and didn't force her.What is damning is she failed to mention the money he gifted her.I think while its fine for him to want back the $$$, whether he gets it or not doesn't matter at all. When you lend someone $$$, be prepared to lose it all.By the way, it isn't just $48k. Think about the 2 years of paying all the food, drinks movies, romantic meals, transport....I think the real value could be way above $48k. And i think one of the main reasons why she asked him to Korea was probably because he would be doing most of the everyday spending.Whether she likes to admit it to herself, she is materialistic and should reflect on her own personality. Cause this whole thing just smeared her own rep on the Net. She should have just kept it real quiet."   I am sure that struck a chord with many of us guys for I can safely tell you that every guy alive on this planet would have been carrot top chopped by a woman at least once in his lifetime.I have. Many times. Not exactly proud of it but I'd just chalk it up as a lesson to be learned. However, I must say that I am pretty lucky as I have yet to be stuck with a SGD 48,000.00 bill.Hmm.... what can I buy with SGD 48,000.00?320 visits to a Geylang Cat-150 whore (referenced from PiakPiak). 8720 MacDonald's Happy Meals.3200 blog rants by Shelly over a "f*cker" who owed her money.16,000 plates of Cai Tao Kway (no pun intended), orh eh ai hiam. 1371 System-7 TOTO tickets.2000 4-D tickets of the number 3608 par kar liao. There are some hearts money just can't buy. For everything else, there is MasterBate. Image Credit: http://static.squidoo.com - Voxeros Girl Molested - His View  TheNewPaper (19 Jun 2008) - She Let Me Hug Her (Page 1 of 2) TheNewPaper (19 Jun 2008) - She Let Me Hug Her (Page 2 of 2) As I have expected, the John fella has finally come out to give his side of the story. For what was originally a small pile of turd. It has escalated to an avalanche of SHIT.Moral of the story. If you are presented with a bucket of shit. Don't stir it.Initially I thought the guy was going to just deny it or admit it was a genuine misread of signals or say it was consensual between the two parties. Then this champion guy throw in an extra spanner for the win.A SGD 48,000 loan to her.Of course Jean flatly denied it and claimed that it was a gift.HARLOW!!! WHO YOU TRYING TO KID??? SGD 48,000 IS A GIFT??? ZHUN BOR???If you tell me, the girl and the guy are in a relationship then maybe there is a remote possibility that it could be a gift but in her own words in her own blog where she made such a big fuss over the bedroom miscommunication, you still think it was a gift?Had she just shut the fark up, all these would have just gone away unnoticed and everybody walk away unharmed. And quite possibly still be able to hang on to the money. NOW THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS THAT SHE IS TRYING TO CARROT TOP THE POOR CHAP!!So tell me. Who is the villain here? Ok, so I am drawing conclusion based only on what I have read and it is known that the mickey mouse media have a bad habit of garnish shit with more crap. And so, I shall reserve 10% of all this to benefit of doubt as I am sure what actually happened and what's reported in the news will not be a perfect match.THEN AGAIN... Part of me also speculating that perhaps this was a premeditated publicity stunt to get media attention? I was informed via an unverified source that Jean was the one who approached the TheNewPaper with the story. And of course our local mickey mouse tabloid is more than happy to obliged.Afternote: Jean has commented and said that it was TheNewPaper who approached her about the story. However, she being an involved party in this saga herself, she is thereby disqualified as a verified source as well. Perhaps someone form the TheNewPaper care to enlighten us on this particular matter? I WAS ALSO WONDERING...I know people who are friends with Jean both in real life and online. I wonder how these folks are feeling now that this bucket of shit as flown up and hit the ceiling fan? I wonder how these folks feel getting caught in the middle of it all. Are they going to stand by her regardless or are they going to stand by the truth which may or may not be in her favour?If you are friends of Jean, please share with us how you are feeling now. - Voxeros The Return Of Rockson Takumi Tan?  I wonder if anyone still remember Rockson Takumi Tan , possibly the funniest blogger in Singapore?Unfortunately, since a year ago, he has stop penning his thoughts. Is it coincidence that his last entry was about our PM Lee's son email to the entire MINDEF brass?Maybe, after that entry, he kena invited by ISA to go drink tea liao. That's why no more updates.So fast forward to yesterday when CowboyCaleb received a mystery email (Email again! Coincidence?) with a story that was supposedly a parody spoof of Jean - the girl who kena "molested" while asleep.Some folks were speculating if Rockson has made a return with that post (maybe he kena release from "sentosa chalet" liao).So anyway, the reaction to the parody was mixed. Some say it was funny as hell; others said it was done in extremely poor taste, exploiting the plight of an unfortunate girl for the sake of a few cheap laughs.In short, the idiot who penned that parody is a real "CB kia".** Quoted from [ Karen ]. Not the exact words but summarised from all the expletives into this one description.So let me ask everyone here and I shall keep score.1) Is this Rockson?2) CB Kia because the parody is so goddamn funny or CB Kia because author is a insensitive f*cking bastard, poking fun at other people's tragedy?Click here to read the mystery email, if you have not already done so.  - Voxeros 20080613 Orange Storm Alert  Got a call in the morning (Friday) from my relief chauffeur (the main one being on leave), that he couldn't make it to our place on time as he was still stuck in the flood waters en route. It was quite a heavy storm that started since the night before and man, damn shiok to sleep lor.In the end, we told him to turn back and come pick up us after lunch as we figured that the flood would have subsided by then.He did show up at 1pm when we set off for the factory. While driving, he was recounting how bad the flood was at certain areas. He said that the water at some place was as high as the public bus' windows!Two cars collided coz the water floated them towards each other. Another reason not to buy the stupid Spitland QQ car!There were 4 routes leading to my factory and 3 of them were flooded. It was just our luck to get it right only on the 4th attempt. We were about to turn back and call it a day then.For what was a 25 minute journey, it took us 2 hours 40 mins. Walau.To be honest, it wasn't really that bad a storm. It was just Orange Alert (The scale escalates from Nothing > White > Yellow > Orange > Red > Black) and I have personally walked in Black Storm Alert. Now that was really something else.The way I see it, the flood was a result of heavy downpour but more so due to the poor drainage because of all the roadworks and constructions going on. That and coupled with the fact that morning was when the tide is high as my town is next to the Pearl River Delta.The news on TV was reporting about the flood throughout the whole night and it was reported that there were 66 cases of traffic accidents in that day alone! - Voxeros Everybody Say Hello To [ Karen ]  (Click On Individual Image To Enlarge Respectively)  (Click On Individual HDR Image To Enlarge Respectively) Heh heh... got new xmm to add to collection.Everybody say hi to [ Karen ]If there is one word to describe her hor, it's....  .... fierce. No lah... not say she fierce as a person (although I have yet to taste her wrath) but her camera is one of those fierce fierce type.I was drawn to her flickr coz she takes pretty good pictures with her Canon EOS 400D (but strangely her EXIF data says 350D instead. Don't know why).Ok, I know some of you going to say that it's only a DSLR camera. Like that call fierce meh?Actually hor, that's not the fierce part.The really fierce part hor, is her mahjong set.Ready? Altogether now.....  ..... FWAH!!!!!!!!Brack corour one!!! Damn nice lor!! Fierce right?Anyway, once again, everybody say hi to [ Karen ] !! Image Credits: [ Karen ] - Voxeros Girl Molested - My View  Just Jean (11 Jun 2008) - Help Needed: I Was Molested By A Friend While I Was Asleep If I may quote from Forrest Gump, "Stupid Is As Stupid Does."Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that the girl deserved to be molested but she certainly was doing everything to NOT prevent it.Here are some of my thoughts.1) You asked a guy to go on a trip alone with you, then share the same room. What kind of signals were you sending to the guy?So what if you asked for a twin room? All you need is a room to have sex. The bed was never a relevant element in this equation. Who says you can't have sex on a twin bed?Ok, so you say, there was no twin room available. You can always insist that the guy get his own room. Why the need to have to pay for his room too? If the guy is too cheap to get a separate room, then he can jolly well sleep in the lobby or something. Don't accept crap excuses like he does not have money to get his own room. No money? Then fly to Seoul for what? If cash is so tight, wouldn't it be better to just save the air ticket money and not fly?Yes, it was your fault to drop the ball as far as accommodation arrangements are concerned and somewhat you felt responsible since it was also you invited him along. But if this guy is any gentleman, he would have gladly offered to cough up the dough for his own room. If he is not the gentleman sort, please re-read the previous paragraph pertaining to guys who are too cheap. 2) Come on, Sister. It wasn't as bad as it seems lah. There was just fingers stroking your back and a boner pressed against your ass through the fabric. No much damage done, right?Initially, you didn't react, what kind of signal were you sending to him then? Didn't he stop when you got up?3) Putting up all his details was totally uncalled for. If you think by doing that, you can shame him, then think again. It only showed us that you overreacted and that we felt that your blog entry made you look ridiculous. There is a reason why the police on both sides did nothing. That's because there was nothing to be done in the first place. Trust me and save your money on the attorneys. I think you will suffer more when the lawyers happily take away your money.4) You. Yes you. Stop being a baby and quit whining. It was a total misunderstanding. I would have taken your side had the guy continue to molest you after you got out of bed but he didn't, did he? So why the need to stone him at the stake?Let she with no part of the blame, cast the first stone!I am not saying that this is entirely your fault but only that the fault originated from you. So you fell off the horse. Please pick yourself up, dust yourself, get back unto the saddle and carry on your journey.You are an a big girl liao. You can do it.Image Credit: http://www.thoughttheater.com- Voxeros Girl Molested - What Do You Think  Just Jean (11 Jun 2008) - Help Needed: I Was Molested By A Friend While I Was Asleep CowBoyCaleb brought the above entry to my attention and asked about my opinion on the matter.Well, let me ask everybody else what they think about it too. The mic is now open to the floor. Rules:Please tell me what you think like it is. You will not be judged nor will I allow anyone here to judge you for expressing your own view i.e. no flaming allowed as I will be moderating this.Should you feel uncomfortable about expressing your views out in the open, drop me an email at voxeros[at]yahoo[dot]com. I would love to hear from you.As for myself, I will share my opinion on this matter on a separate entry but I am choosing to put a password in front of it.Not so much to keep people out but rather to want to know who is reading it. Access is pre-approved as long as I know who is reading it. Those friends already on my messenger lists, drop me a line to ask for the password. Those who are not but are still interested to find out, drop me an email at voxeros[at]yahoo[dot]com.Click Here to proceed. Image Credit - Dara  - Voxeros