Treat or Trick?

What is Blogger's Treat?

According to Princessa, Blogger's Treat is a "food programme" that features bloggers (be it famous or not) & their favourite eateries. The eateries can be either kopitiam, small cafe or places whereby the bloggers love.

BLOGGER'S TREAT NEEDS YOU!!!!!! 

Currently, Blogger's Treat crews are now hunting for bloggers to star in their future episodes. Do not worry! Most of the filming will be done on Saturday afternoon.

If you are keen, do drop them a Facebook message. Alternatively, you may refer to Princessa's posting. 

I am joining. Are you?

In the meantime, enjoy the shot little preview.

TRAIN services at Choa Chu Kang station were disrupted for about an hour on Monday morning after a man fell onto the MRT track and was hit by a train pulling in on the North-bound track towards Jurong East.

SMRT said some 7,300 commuters travelling from Yew Tee to Bukit Gombak stations were affected by the disruption between 8am and 8.50am.

A shopkeeper in the station said he heard commuters saying that the man had jumped onto the track during the morning rush hour.

Police received a call at 8am that a man had fallen onto the track, near the 5th exit from the rear, and rushed a team from the Singapore Civil Defence Force to the scene.

The man, a Chinese in his mid-40s, was pinned under the third carriage of the train and was pronounced dead by paramedics at 8.30am.

The incident disrupted the morning peak hour train services between Yew Tee and Bukit Gombak stations, towards Jurong East.

Trains running on this line had to turn around.

SMRT quickly activated its bus bridging service and sent a dozen buses to the station to bring the stranded commuters to the connecting stations shortly after 8am.

Scores of other commuters rushing to work turned to taxis, sparking a long queue at the cab stand. Others called their families to pick them up, while many decided to walk to the next station to catch the train.

Normal train services resumed at about 8.50am after the body of the man was removed from the track.

An eyewitness, Mr Rommel, 41, a Filipino piping engineer, told The Straits Times that he was waiting on the platform when he heard a woman screaming.

'I was shocked to see a man stuck under the train's carriage. My throat went dry,' said a shaken Mr Rommel.

He said two civilians helped to disperse the crowd near the platform.

Over at Yew Tee station, some 200 commuters were waiting for their train when the service was disrupted.

Passengers who were unable to complete their journeys due to the disruption can claim a full fare refund from the Passenger Service Centre in any of the 51 SMRT stations within the next three working days.

Police are investigating.

Though I hope that he rest in peace but I do have a curious question: Of all times, why choose the peak hours? This is not the 1st case! Pardon me for being crude, but if someone chooses to die, just go ahead. Why cause all the inconvenience to others? Esp those innocent ones? I heard this time, the man was PUSHED! Which farker pushes him down/ That farker deserved to be DEAD! Is trying to squeeze yourself into the train so important? Please, CCK still have a lot of space. Cannot afford to squeeze, then drive.

YEAH! Another advertisement. 

Please help to click! I need to get my 1st $50 ASAP to cover back the amount I spent on my dear Jay's 2nd hand CD & VCD.

Thank you very much!

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The Land Transport Authority, which imposed the S$387,176 fine, has given SMRT up to two weeks to justify why that the penalty should not be imposed.

The LTA concluded that the 7—hour disruption was due to SMRT’s working party not complying with operating procedures. This was specifically on securing the parked portion of the maintenance train, which comprised a locomotive and a wagon.

According to operating procedures, during maintenance works, the portion comprising a locomotive and a RGV (Rail Grinding Vehicle) will proceed with its works, while the portion of the maintenance train is detached and parked at a distance from the working zone.

However, investigations from LTA and SMRT showed that on 21 January, SMRT did not apply the locomotive’s parking brake. There was also no wheel chock placed to prevent movement along the gradient of the track.

If SMRT had followed operating procedures, a roll—back would have been prevented.

Some 57,000 MRT passengers in the eastern part of Singapore were affected by the disruption, which occurred in the morning.

Train services were disrupted for seven hours and 17 minutes between Tanah Merah and Pasir Ris MRT stations. — CNA/ir

I received an email from ichqs.

I wonder how real can the refund is? Nevertheless, I still go ahead and try to seek for refund.

—– Original Message —–
From: "ichqs Mbr Svc"
To: "Winnie Tan"
Subject: Re: ichqs.com: IChq Crystal Jade card
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:26:05 +0800

Dear ichqs customer,

We are so sorry for the unpleasant experience.

Please visit our website to request for refund by clicking on the
"Request Refund" button.

Due to the merger & restructure mentioned in our website,
we have terminated the telesales team. A few disgruntled ex-staff
may have contacted you via sms and spread vicious rumours.
We have handed this matter to the relevant authorities for investigation.
We apologize for the inconveniences caused.

Regards,
Member Services
Indigoz Ichqs (Asia) Holdings Ltd

NB: All official communications from our Company will come from
this email address and our website.
For easy reference please quote your Card No 0156xxx as the Subject Heading.

On 02 Mar 2008, at 11:48 AM, Winnie Tan wrote:

> This is an enquiry e-mail via http://ichqs.com from:
> Winnie Tan
>
> Hi,
>
> I just called up Crystal Jade to check and was advised that the
> card cannot be used anymore.
>
> Best of all, this so-called company of yours has no number to be contacted.
>
> Can someone revert back to me?

Anyway, did you see the papers (Wan Bao & Sin Min) today? It was advertised too. A family of 7, "invested" about $7,000 in the Ichqs pre-paid cards, even after they were involved in the similar situation with Ichqs. Now, I know, there are people who are much more gullible than my mum. Duh……………

Anyway, STOMP publised my email. The article is here. 

Oh yes, Wan Bao, Sin Min published the Ichqs news too. Not only consumers are "cheated", the employees were badly affected. They were asked to go on a week leave due to "internal audit". Upon returning to the company after the leave, they found out that the door was locked. Not only that, they received a letter from the company, telling them that they are sacked and the company will moved to another address. The staff traced the new location of the company but found that it was only a mailing address.

A copy of the article in My Paper (Wo Bao) >>>> click here.

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Stock market turmoil swept around the world again Tuesday, with Asian shares pummeled by fears of a US recession before hopes of international action helped Europe put up resistance. Oil, gold and other key commodities were also hit by the spreading worries that troubles in the United States could drag down the global economy.

After what one British newspaper called "Manic Monday", European shares rode a roller-coaster as sharp losses at the open gave way to modest rises in London and Paris, amid talk of coordinated interest rate cuts by global central banks, dealers said. Asian equities slumped earlier, with Japanese share prices hitting a 28-month low and Hong Kong closing down almost nine percent.

Traders were nervously waiting for Wall Street to reopen after a long holiday weekend. "We are hearing rumours of a coordinated rate cut by the US, UK and ECB which has helped the (London) market to move back into positive territory," said Mark Priest, head of equity sales at Tradindex.

Near midday, the London FTSE 100 index was up 0.77 percent at 5,621.10 points having opened 2.6 percent lower. In Paris the CAC 40 was up 0.85 percent at 4,784.97 points following an opening loss of 2.57 percent, while in Frankfurt the DAX showed a drop of 0.65 percent at 6,745.92 after falling 5.44 percent at one point. European exchanges on Monday suffered their biggest one-day falls since September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Because of the Wall Street holiday, dealers initially said they had no fresh lead to halt the global rout set off by disappointment in President George W. Bush's economic stimulus package unveiled Friday. The US market was expected to fall heavily when it reopens after Japanese share prices tumbled 5.65 percent to a 28-month low on Tuesday. "The biggest two-day rout in 17 years for the Nikkei 225 (in Tokyo) suggests another large-scale sell-off for global equity markets today with the US equity indices potentially surpassing the one-day plunge recorded on the first trading day after 11th September 2001," said Derek Halpenny of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in London.

Dealers said Bush's announcement last Friday of 140 billion dollars (97 billion euros) in temporary tax cuts and other measures to ward off a recession in the world's biggest economy was not good enough. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Bush must do more to explain how he will inject the funds into the US economy. "For the moment, it is a bit vague," she told French radio. "He has to explain a lot better where all this is going and at what speed," she told Europe 1. In Brussels, the European Union's top economics official insisted that the global economy did not face a recession. "It's not about a global recession. It's about the risk of a US recession," Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said as he arrived for talks with EU finance ministers. "The question is how the US will avoid a recession," Almunia said. "I hope that they will be able to avoid a recession and in this case I think calm will come back."

Trading was briefly suspended in South Korea and India on Tuesday and Hong Kong share prices suffered their biggest ever one-day fall, closing down 8.7 percent, as investors dumped stocks on fears of a US recession. China's main index shed 7.22 percent, Sydney plunged 7.1 percent, and Indian share prices closed down 4.97 percent. "Although there are few economic indicators this week, the market is expecting US authorities to say or do something to tackle this problem — other than rate cuts — that would calm down markets," said Toshihiro Matsuno, market research head at SMBC Friend Securities.

Oil prices accelerated their plunge on deepening worries about a potential drop in energy demand. In Singapore, New York's main contract, light sweet crude for February delivery, was 3.87 dollars lower at 86.70 dollars per barrel from its close of 90.57 dollars a barrel Friday. Gold prices were lower at about 850 dollars an ounce in Hong Kong against 861 on Monday.

Recession soon? Oh well, US weakened dollars = threatening economy = not a good time to jump ship! You guys heard it? 

Remember I wrote a posting a few weeks back?

I am so so so sorry. 

I did not get the website address correctly.

Anyway, to recite, the address should read as DavidProperty.

SO IF YOU ARE BUYING, SELLING OR EVEN RENTING ANY PROPERTY, PLEASE CALL DAVID AT 98779035. He offers great services, I am sure! 

If you are thinking of buying, selling or renting a property (whether private or public or whatsoever), check out this website, David Property.

Alternatively, you may wish to call David at 98779035.All you need is to inform him that I am the one who introduce. I am sure his services are tip top.

P/S: FYI. He is my ex-boss in NTUC Income.