Why they keep doing that?

Losing memories...because of high rental, businesses have to fold.
The place where I first met my wife....
Sigh...making new memories here in Portland now...
Source

From Monday, Hai Bin Bishan Prawn Fishing will shut its operations after six years, following a rent dispute with its landlord.

Their landlord, Nature Park, which runs Asian Golf Academy at the same location, recently notified them of the new rental figures - $65,000 monthly, up from $26,000 they were previously paying.

Hai Bin, which has two other outlets, said they could not afford the new rent and decided to shut its operations at the Bishan branch.

Hai Bin's group manager David Ng claimed that they were then asked to clear out of the premises in three days. They asked for more time and claim they were charged almost $35,000 for the 15-day extension.

Mr Ng said Hai Bin Prawning will commemorate its last day in Bishan tomorrow (Sunday, Sept 8) by inviting customers for a three-hour prawning session free of charge. From 7am to 11.59pm, each customer will get one rod to fish for prawns for a three-hour slot. They have imported 500kg of live prawns from Thailand for the occasion.

Counting to 50

So like I said I wasn't going out to take pictures in the freak weather..this is what the situation was like outside Thomson Road yesterday. Everything changes...even 50 years is now shorten to months and Ministers are obviously still overpaid without conscience and poor in maths. Thank God, my carpark was not affected, else I be pretty screwed with the current high COEs and inadequate insurance since drain/canal/barrage failures are considered act of Gods and not due to bad management and regulatory government bodies enjoy poking fun at opposition wards with biased Town Council reports. Because obviously mine didn't do a good job and it's ruled by PAP...can't wait for mine to become an opposition ward, heard they pay less fees and are more kampong-liked. In these days of feeling disconnected in our HDBs, I sure would like to be branded "opposites" and have a feeling of a community in adversity denied of sharks-fin soup.

Flood in my area.

And a couple of friends commented on my Facebook -

Friend A - Please. Obviously it is the fault of the Potong Pasir and Hougang Town Councils! Didn't you read the town council report?
Me - lol but no flood there leh...my area is bishan TC and got floods!!
Friend A - Must be cos Potong Pasir drains are choked - then cause nearby areas such as Bishan and Thomson to flood.

Like that also you dunno meh? Our PAP run Town Councils cannot do wrong one...

Friend B - It's an honest mistake.

Who says Singaporean Men are not humourous? Just that you need to be familiar with the gibberish our overpaid Ministers like to spout occasionally.

You are 44 Singapore

Once again overseas during our Nation's birthday - Happy 44th Birthday, it is time to look after your people.



And I posted it before, and I wish more of such movies are available mainstream. Directed and shot by Martyn See.

Moments in Time

The phases of Venus, observed by Galileo in 1610


Today is an anniversary of a very special day and I believe it might have changed the past and perhaps the future of Sillypore.

These are 2 good reads today which provided insight to how my 3rd President thought and what could be the reason why he was forced to step down. And the other of a man who stood by what he believes in and managed to serve the citizens well in his limited capacity.

Both I believe did whatever they could, limited perhaps by their own selfless beliefs that truth will prevail someday.

Again I would like to remind those reading this blog, I don't drink coffee and I am in no way supporting or biased to any factions except for good literacies of noteworthy history.


Personally I believe we have come a long way and Man in general have to stock take on their personal goals and what we truly believe in. I have friends who look towards retirement plans in other countries, some who look towards making a small dent in global warming and saving Aeia. But where do we stand in our quest of being truly humane? Seriously, I do not think we care.

Our world illiteracy levels have halved since the last 40 years, and the arrival of the Internet has connected each and every one of us closer. But somehow I feel more isolated every other day.

There are moments in time which have defined how we now think. From when women were never thought as equals but mere tools of reproductive system, we now have Forbes or Fortune listing World's most powerful women to even FHM sexiest list of women. The last 100 years have been most exciting for the "weaker" gender, but apparently it stopped short in many other parts of the world. Where women are still veiled and subjected to polygamy and various harsh rules. We have also came a long way since religion and politics goes hand in hand, to present times where one must tread with care to keep politics secular. From science and religion where a mere 400 years ago, Galileo who led the scientific revolution, introduced the heavens a whole new Universe. Astronomy and the birth of modern science whom the churches once condemned Galileo guilty of heresy, forced him to spent the rest of his life under house arrest.

We have indeed come a long way from those revolutionary periods where the truth was condemned as heresy, only to find in matter of time to be nothing but false charges which are actual truths stabbing at establishments, at that present system. So moving forward as Man should, we should always remember the paths we took and how we got there in the first place. The sacrifices of many, who made it all possible for the way we live right now in the present. So remember today, Sillyporeans.

History lessons

A true patriot film? Or just nonsense? Shan't write much, if you have 45mins to spare and you do need a lesson on Singapore history, do watch it.