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  1. Jhb milf armpit kym? @classyNfabulous @ExTreMisTxxx @CannotTahanLiao
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  2. if fish too expensive eat lobster la. need me to teach you all meh ps: i learn from the most stupid
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  3. I like JT express cos always delivered by a hot blonde ah lian in small denim shorts mmmm
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  4. This one more tok kong, see already make me want to water vapour and smell my phone screen (I think this pic cause extremistxxx to get points before) @ExTreMisTxxx @CannotTahanLiao
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  5. She had only worked at his company for a year, but her boss cared for her, even after her death. Liu Fenni, an employee of U Stars Supermarket, died of cardiac arrest last Monday (Sept 12) at Singapore General Hospital. She was 39. And to thank her for her hard work, her boss contributed $10,000 to her funeral expenses, 8World reported. Liu had ill health in recent years, her mum Cai Meiling said. She suffered a stroke in 2020 and was found to have late-stage kidney failure. Despite being on medication and undergoing dialysis last year, Liu's condition continued to deteriorate. "Before she died, my daughter told me that she might not be able to make it through the night," Cai said. "I comforted her and told her not to think too much. I didn't expect to receive a call from the hospital the following morning saying she had died." Cai, 57, regretted not being there with her daughter when she died. Caring boss Before joining U Stars Supermarket, Liu had worked at another supermarket. While there, her current boss, who was impressed by her work attitude, invited her to work at U Star Supermarket's Choa Chu Kang branch. Worried about Liu's heavy workload there, he later transferred her to the Punggol outlet. He also showed concern for Liu's health during the time she worked at the supermarket, Cai said. When the man offered to foot the $10,000 bill for Liu's funeral, she wanted to turn down the offer. But he told the grieving mum "it was to repay her daughter for her hard work". Cai eventually accepted the kind gesture, saying she was grateful that he recognised her daughter's contributions to the company. Kampung spirit Sheng Siong's management similarly contributed money to funerals, but they extended the help to complete strangers. During the circuit breaker in 2020, the bereaved family's relatives saw one of the staff discreetly slip $200 into the collection box at the wake. When asked, the man confessed that he was instructed by the supermarket's management to walk around the estate and look for wakes to make donations. A Sheng Siong spokesperson told AsiaOne then that it had been a company tradition for over 30 years. "This is Sheng Siong’s way of keeping the 'kampung spirit' alive," he explained.
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  7. I know. I zoomed and fapped to this a few times already
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  8. She already sinkie citizen though Her voice like no puberty
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  9. This one I think can fight with cola for best kampung look
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  10. end of the day, shopee with such high failure delivery rate of 2.5% will not be able to survive de. u imagine these e-platforms charge on average ard 3.5% service charges on each order, so with a failure rate of 2.5% overall, shopee will be bleeding non-stop. assuming there r 100 orders of sgd1 each, so shopee shld be earning ard sgd3.5. after deducting delivery failure rate, shopee is only netting sgd1 b4 costs. with costs, high chances that shopee is actually making a loss of sgd0.20 per 100 orders.
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  11. I domt have any issur with Jt express leh The lady who delivered my items is very responsible, she place my parcel safely
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  12. SEOUL (Bloomberg): South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was overheard insulting American lawmakers, after briefly meeting his United States counterpart Joe Biden to discuss issues including US electric-vehicle (EV) subsidies that South Korea wants to change. "What an embarrassment for Biden, if these idiots refuse to grant it in Congress," video broadcast on South Korean television showed Yoon telling Foreign Minister Park Jin in New York. The comments were caught on a microphone as Yoon and Park were leaving after a brief chat with Biden at a Global Fund event. The two leaders had been scheduled to hold formal discussions on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly this week, and instead had a chat at the event for the charity that raises money to fight infectious diseases. A senior official from the South Korean presidential office told reporters in New York that Yoon's comments were unofficial and unverified. The official said it was inappropriate to view such private remarks as a reflection of the administration's diplomatic achievements. The White House said in a statement that Biden and Yoon discussed cooperation on the security threat posed by North Korea as part of a "broad range of priority issues including supply chain resilience, critical technologies, economic and energy security, global health and climate change". Yoon has come under pressure at home to remedy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act signed last month by Biden, which includes tax credits of as much as US$7,500 for purchases of EVs made in North America. That could disadvantage major South Korean brands such as Hyundai and Kia, which do not yet have operational EV plants in the US. The off-the-cuff comments from Yoon were met with derision from opposition South Korean lawmakers, who said they tarnished the country's image. The President has already faced criticism for shunning an in-person meeting with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when she visited South Korea last month, when he was on vacation. The lawmakers said he missed a chance to lobby on his country's behalf over the legislation. https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2022/09/22/s-korea-president-caught-on-hot-mic-insulting-us-congress
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  13. He former prosecutor so probably used alot more foul words
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  14. I find lazada slow and not flexible. app not user friendly too
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  15. yeah, limpeh also find shopee getting more expensive and courier service getting to be below par liao. limpeh calculated that even after shopee coin redemption, lazada only slightly +/- most of the time becos sellers will offer additional vouchers to offset the differences. so rather than have logistic complaints, might as well shop with lazada and pay the extra sgd1 or sgd2 to have peace of mind. shopee coins only useful in paying telephone bills now. wahahahahahahaha
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  17. A stressed Thai beauty with crow’s feet
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  18. when i write about armpit with strong flavours, i got banned but when i post aarmpit pics, i dont get banned. Weird ass forum
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  19. https://youtu.be/I5MA6KH2NrA SINGAPORE: Fishmonger Mr Lee Yit Huat used to clear his daily fish stock ahead of closing time. But these days, with rising prices putting off some customers, he often still has about 10 per cent of his daily offerings left on the counter at 7pm, when his stall at Tekka Market winds down. Spanish mackerel, known locally as batang, used to cost between S$15 and S$20 per kilogramme at Mr Lee’s stall two months ago. Today, the price of this popular fish commonly used in soup and porridge has risen by S$5 to between S$20 and S$25. As a result, Mr Lee is seeing a 5 per cent to 10 per cent decrease in customer numbers, as well as smaller portions purchased. “No choice, now the economy also not very good. So everyone will buy less, buy a bit, don't buy a lot,” said Mr Lee. “Sometimes I tell them the price, (and they reply) ‘So expensive, I don't eat today,’ or ‘I eat some other small fish, cheaper’,” said Mr Lee. Average prices for fresh fish from Malaysia and Indonesia have risen by about 20 per cent so far this year. Industry players are expecting prices to continue increasing over the next few months, as the monsoon season shrinks supply, and the upcoming holiday period intensifies demand. "Fishermen today tend to get less fish,” said Mr Eric Lee, owner of Lee Chuan Seng Fishery. “There's less fish in the sea nowadays; (it's) getting less and less, you can see it's quite obvious.” A dwindling catch from commercial fishing has made the situation worse, with fisheries citing climate change as a contributor to the unpredictable supply. “Nowadays it’s difficult to predict the harvest. Maybe due to global warming. It used to be certain month you get certain fish, but nowadays we can’t predict,” said Mr Daniel Pe, chairman of the Punggol Fish Merchants Association. Costs were made even higher for Indonesian fishermen this month when fuel prices, already soaring since the Ukraine war, were hiked by about 30 per cent as the government reined in energy subsidies. “If the monsoon is too strong, (the fishermen) don’t go out so they don’t waste the diesel. When the monsoon comes, we cannot get fish,” said Mr Lee, who added that this contributes to rising expenses as merchants still have to cover utilities and manpower costs, but have lesser fish to sell. Some consumers have turned to cheaper options, such as frozen or farmed fish. Inflation is more obvious in more expensive fish as the price difference seems substantial, said Alfred Goh, owner of Guang's Fresh Mart. “Over a long period of time you realise there's been a significant increase in prices. This is probably worse off for hot ticket items like snapper, mackerel, cod and salmon. Those have seen much greater, more significant increase in prices as compared to cheaper fishes like kembong, kuning, and seabass,” said Mr Goh. At Mr Goh’s shop, salmon now sells for between S$30 and S$40 per kilogramme, about S$10 more expensive than before, while cod costs almost S$50 per kilogramme, compared to close to S$40 in the past. “So you do see consumers shifting towards cheaper varieties of fish. Because I think during these days where it's global inflation, everyone's feeling the pinch,” said Mr Goh. FISHMONGERS, TOO, FEEL THE PINCH Fishmongers at Geylang Serai Market told CNA that they have been placing fewer orders for more expensive varieties such as red snapper, which can cost around S$12 per kilogramme. Instead, they have been placing more orders for cheaper options like the Indian mackerel, which costs around S$7 per kilogramme. “Fish supply has been really unstable as of late, prices fluctuate from day to day,” said Mr Goh. “For items that are more expensive, everyone just orders less of it. If you go around the markets, all the fishmongers are ordering in larger quantities cheaper items.” Mr Goh said that some businesses absorb rising costs in the initial stages, but transfer the costs to consumers once it is no longer sustainable. “We've been absorbing the increasing costs in terms of delivery, right along the supply chain, and to a point where it’s no longer affordable. And then we have to revise our prices up to take into account all of these rising (expenses),” said Mr Goh. With some suppliers asking merchants for a 15 per cent to 20 per cent rise in prices to even out fuel costs, some in the industry are adapting by diversifying their sources for fish and looking to suppliers from other countries such as Thailand, India, and Myanmar, said Mr Pe. PRICES ON UPTREND UNTIL CHINESE NEW YEAR As the monsoon season approaches, fish prices are expected to climb even higher, up to after the holiday period in late January, industry players said. “If the rainy season persists, and I mean, you know we're experiencing global warming, weather's really unstable. So if it does persist, then we do expect prices to go up, I think potentially by another 10 to 15 per cent probably over the next two months,” said Mr Goh. The price of white snapper is forecast to increase about 10 per cent over the monsoon period, with mackerel likely to see a higher jump of about 30 per cent, said Mr Lee. “Once the monsoon season is over, it’s the holiday season. So since demand during the year-end is likely to be better, prices probably won't go down,” said Mr Goh. “Once the New Year is over, I think maybe once Chinese New Year is over in late January, then you generally start to see prices dipping.”
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  20. Continued the walk back Bought 2 slices of pizzas here New York "street art"?
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  21. Since woke up late went out to buy dinner. Here're scenes of me walking from 26th to 35th Bought burger from here - Mooyah The chef Very nice burger
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  22. So I finally arrived Newark Airport yesterday (Wednesday) at 5.30am Immigration was a breeze took us less than 5min from queueing to exiting to get our luggage. Luggage trolley is rather expensive at US$6 and then it was the taxi to take us to the hotel and it costs $95 arriving in the hotel just before 7am. Check-in time was 4pm so we went for a walk around the hotel area had breakfast at McDonalds Went to the hotel at 9.30am to hang around. The night before the hotel was fully booked so we have to wait for check-outs and cleaning. I asked the hotel manager about car rental he told be there's one just next street at 25th Street a mere 5mins walk. Was delighted to sort out my car rental on the spot. First is checking my driving license (Singapore and Thai) the staff told me its good both licenses could be use. Staff also told me car is good to drive into Canada and back just need to show the rental agreement. Also insurance is good for both US and Canada so no need anything extra. Total cost of the 10 days rental (including top insurance) was only US$1100, shockingly cheap. So I am basically all set for the trip. Will start driving on Saturday. Very lucky also at 10.20am staff gave us the room key cards as a room was ready. Didn't go out as we slept in the hotel room till 8pm.
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  23. (CNN)Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi withdrew from a long-planned interview with CNN's chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, after she declined a last-minute demand to wear a head scarf. Some 40 minutes after the interview was scheduled due to start and with Raisi running late, an aide told Amanpour the president had suggested that she wear a head scarf. Amanpour said that she "politely declined." Amanpour, who grew up in the Iranian capital Tehran and is a fluent Farsi speaker, said that she wears a head scarf while reporting in Iran to comply with the local laws and customs, "otherwise you couldn't operate as a journalist." But she said that she would not cover her head to conduct an interview with an Iranian official outside a country where it is not required. "Here in New York, or anywhere else outside of Iran, I have never been asked by any Iranian president -- and I have interviewed every single one of them since 1995 -- either inside or outside of Iran, never been asked to wear a head scarf," she said on CNN's "New Day" program Thursday. "I very politely declined on behalf of myself and CNN, and female journalists everywhere because it is not a requirement." Iranian law requires all women to wear a head covering and loose-fitting clothing in public. The rule has been enforced in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and it is obligatory for every woman in the country -- including tourists, visiting political figures and journalists. Amanpour said that Raisi's aide made clear that the interview -- which would have been the Iranian president's first on American soil -- would not happen if she did not wear a head scarf. He referred to it as "a matter of respect," given that it is the holy months of Muharram and Safar, and referred to "the situation in Iran," alluding to the protests sweeping the country, she added. Anti-government protests erupted across Iran last week over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in custody, after having been arrested by Iran's morality police on an accusation of violating the law on head scarves. Thousands of people have taken to streets, with some women cutting their hair and burning their hijabs in protest against the law. Human rights groups have reported that at least eight people have been killed in the demonstrations, which have been met with a sharp crackdown by authorities, according to witnesses and videos shared on social media. The demonstrations appear to be the most large-scale displays of defiance against the Islamic Republic's rule, one which has become more stringent since the election of Raisi's hard-line government last year. After eight years of Hassan Rouhani's moderate administration, Iran elected Raisi, an ultra-conservative judiciary chief whose views are in line with the thinking of the country's powerful clergy and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In Iran, the head scarf is a potent symbol of a set of personal rules imposed by the country's clerical leaders, which govern what people can wear, watch and do. Over the past decade, protests have flared as many Iranians have grown resentful of those limitations. Amini's death has fueled an outpouring of long-simmering anger over restrictions on personal freedoms. Surveys and reports in recent years have shown an increasing number of Iranians do not believe the hijab, or head scarf, should be mandatory. Iranian officials have claimed Amini died after suffering a "heart attack" and falling into a coma, but her family have said she had no pre-existing heart condition, according to Emtedad news, an Iranian pro-reform media outlet. Skepticism over the officials' account of her death has also stoked the public outcry. CCTV footage released by Iran's state media showed Mahsa Amini collapsing at a "re-education" center where she was taken by the morality police to receive "guidance" on her attire. Amanpour had planned to probe Raisi on the Amini's death and the protests, as well as the nuclear deal and Iran's support for Russia in Ukraine, but said that she had to walk away. "As protests continue in Iran and people are being killed, it would have been an important moment to speak with President Raisi," she said in a Twitter thread.
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  24. Not very good. Cannot choose. Need the captain to assign. So so nia.
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  25. @chamfer this will be reason i stick with pc. alway got free games to redeem thanks for your console advise
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  26. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1889260/World_of_Warships__American_Freedom/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1954920/World_of_Warships__Way_of_the_Warrior/ https://store.steampowered.com/sub/774557 https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/gloomhaven-92f741 https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ark
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  27. ProHealth Medical Group has confirmed that one of the group’s substitute doctors administered undiluted vaccines to two adults. After the incident, the doctor involved was immediately terminated. Row of Coronavirus vaccine flasks. Shallow depth of field. 3D render. 3D illustration. In a media statement on Wednesday (Sept 21), the group said: “We confirm that on Sept 15, at the Prohealth Medical Group at Hougang clinic, a relief locum doctor had administered undiluted Covid-19 vaccine to two adult patients. We wish to clarify that the relief locum doctor concerned started work at the Hougang clinic on Sept 1, 2022. She also worked on Sept 8 and 15, 2022.” In saying that it has stopped engaging her service as a locum since the incident on Sept 15, the Group added: “We take a very serious view of the incident and assure all who seek our clinic’s services that we treat their safety and well-being with utmost care.” The group said authorities were still investigating the incident, so it was not able to comment or release further details. The clinic involved will fully cooperate with the authorities’ investigations. The Group added that it will provide necessary support and assistance to the affected patients, and sincerely apologised to the patients and their families. The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed that it was alerted to the incident on Monday and that investigation were ongoing. This was not the first time that an undiluted vial of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been administered to a patient. In February last year, an employee at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) was wrongly administered the equivalent of five doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine due to a human error. In February this year, MOH said that it is concluding its investigation of a case of a 103-year-old nursing home resident at ECON Healthcare – Chai Chee Nursing Home who was erroneously administered the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine by a mobile vaccination team from PanCare Medical Clinic. The resident had previously received three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and was erroneously given the fourth shot on 13 Dec 2021. On 16 Dec 2021, the resident was admitted to Changi General Hospital for pneumonia and hyponatremia, and subsequently also diagnosed to have suffered a stroke. She passed away on 10 Jan 2022. Her death was reported to the Coroner, who ordered an autopsy to be conducted. The autopsy found that the main cause of death was pneumonia, with other contributing factors being cerebral infarction (or stroke) and coronary artery disease, which are natural disease processes common in seniors. The Coroner has not determined whether these causes of death were linked to the vaccination. MOH said that it takes a serious view of this incident and is carrying out a thorough investigation under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Regulations. MOH’s preliminary findings were that the vaccine was erroneously administered due to possible irregularities in vaccination procedures and poor communication between the nursing home and the medical service provider handling the vaccination. This is the first case of mistaken identity leading to erroneous vaccination by a mobile vaccination team in over 152,000 vaccinations to date.
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  28. jin naise and seksi but a bit too clean..... might not have enough chao sng stecnh
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  29. Love milf armpits.. ytd just went toilet because of you yi and now need to brb again
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  30. That guy is erm… but his thoughts of mods are mostly accurate
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  31. Ecommerce giant Shopee is slashing jobs in Singapore and China as well as Indonesia, where 180 employees – 3% of the workforce, will be dismissed, according to local media Kumparan. Shopee staff in Singapore and China have also been notified about the layoffs, The Business Times reported. However, the company did not specify how many employees were affected. In a statement, Shopee Indonesia attributed the decision to efficiency issues and adjustments to changes in business policies. "Dear Sailors, We have made some difficult announcements lately. I know many of you would have seen negative reports about us in the media, and you may have been shaken by news of us shutting down operations in some markets. I am writing to you today to explain what is happening, and also talk about what we need to do in the next 12-18 months. As you know, this is a turbulent period for our industry. When countries reopened, we lost the strong tailwinds we had during the pandemic. And then, the world was hit with a series of macro-economic blows, one after another: war in Europe, huge supply chain disruptions, soaring inflation, and slowing economic growth. It has been a brutal year for everyone, and the capital markets have plunged into turmoil. Some economists are predicting a global recession. Sadly, we are not immune to these shocks. Every team has done its best to weather this storm so far. We have taken each new constraint in our stride and tried to adapt – even when doing so has required painful action. I know many of you have put in extra hours, made do with less, and tried to stay positive as we made these hard turns. Thank you for this. We can now see that this is not a quickly passing storm: these negative conditions will likely persist into the medium term. Looking at the landscape ahead, the leadership team and I are making some decisions to help us not just survive this storm, but come out of it in as strong a position as possible. I am writing to ask for your support as we implement these plans. Our number one objective for the next 12-18 months is achieving self-sufficiency. This means achieving positive cashflow as soon as we can. Right now, thanks to years of prudent action and hard work, we have a solid cash base that puts us in a safer position than many of our counterparts in the tech sector. However, we can easily run through this cash base if we are not careful, and with investors fleeing for 'safe haven' investments, we do not anticipate being able to raise funds in the market. The only way for us to free ourselves from relying on external capital is to become self-sufficient, generating enough cash for all our own needs and projects. If we manage to do this, it will have huge implications for our future. We will have peace of mind, becoming less affected by the external ups and downs that are hurting us today. We will be more strong-footed, and less distracted, able to refocus on our own goals. This is how I want Sea to emerge from this storm: in a position of certainty and independence, fully able to choose our own path. To achieve this, we need to do two things: In the immediate term, we must find every way we can to reduce our operating costs. The more cash we save each day, the more time we can buy ourselves to weather out this storm. Every bit counts. Now and into the long term, we must establish a cost-sensitive culture across our organisation. In the past, we have focused on growth first, and sometimes growth at all costs. This was not a wrong approach, as global conditions were ripe with opportunities then. But now that global conditions have changed, we too must adapt. Reining in costs will be an important priority, not just for us, but across our industry. Whichever companies manage to do this the best will be the ones to emerge the strongest from this period of uncertainty. It will not be easy for us to achieve this. But if we are all willing to pitch in, tighten our belts, and work together, I know we can make it happen. Similar to what has been announced by many others in our industry, we will be tightening our expense policies, effective from 1 October (although I strongly encourage everyone to abide by them immediately). The full details are in the attached document, but these are the main points: Reimbursements for business travel will be capped at economy class flight fares, and USD 150 a night for hotel stays. We will be capping international business travel meal expenses to USD 30 per day. We will no longer reimburse internal or external meals or entertainment. For local car transportation, we will use the most economical service option provided by local ride booking or taxi services. These new rules will apply to every Sailor, including myself and the entire leadership team. In addition, the leadership team has decided that we will not take any cash compensation until the company achieves self-sufficiency. I know that news like this can be difficult to accept. We are watching the world situation closely, and we will need to continue adapting as best as we can. I hope that I can count on your support and understanding as we try to get through this. You will hear from me more frequently over the next few months. I will do my best to keep you updated on our situation and what we see happening in the world. If you have feedback or ideas, I welcome you to write to me. I may not be able to reply, but I will read and consider every message. Thank you, Sailors, for all the effort you have put into building our company. Without your hard work, we would not have been able to touch millions of lives. Now, we need to again go through a transition that I know might be painful and stressful, on individuals as well as the collective. But if we can make this next big adaptation, our company will enter a new bound. Self-sufficiency is the key to our future success. The next 12-18 months are crucial to the long-term health and longevity of our company. Let us do what we need to do to get through this together.
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  32. Correct. Ottoke actually say he won't infract @ManOfTheHour @classyNfabulous It's other mods that glassheart
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  33. some of the item used to list in shopee but they remove their listing on shopee and i can find them in lazada. and shopee getting more and more expensive as compare to lazada
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  34. @The_King For consoles, just think what games you are interested in playing. I always tell that to customers when i was doing retail sales in sls. Some games are exclusive to that console. Eg, splatoon series only on nintendo switch. Halo series only on xbox & pc. Grand turismo series on playstation. There are certain games that is best play on pc unless u can adapt well to playing on consoles. (Eg, Diablo 3, call of duty) For me i will try not to do too much upgrade on graphics card unless i really love that game very much to change a new expensive pc (after all i love pc gaming) So ps and nintendo will be the ones filling up those graphics intense games which i can't run smoothly on pc. Note : for ps5 console best to buy the disc version instead of digital version. At least you can sell off the physical game disc after u completed it.
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  35. pity its wrinkled unlike karina or lia
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  36. if tiongland no contraction, limpeh chop my kkj. wahahahahahahahaha
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  37. the nearest decent hc limpeh know of now. kor kor try this jb hc b4??????
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  38. SINGAPORE — Singaporeans are able to travel to Taiwan visa-free from 29 September for up to 30 days, Taiwanese authorities said on Thursday (22 September). The announcement by Taiwan’s Bureau of Consular Affairs comes as the island said on the same day that it will fully reopen its borders by ending mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for overseas travellers from 13 October. Travellers have to self-monitor for seven days upon arrival. Until then, visitors currently have to go through a mandatory three-day hotel quarantine when in Taiwan, followed by four days of self-monitoring, with the expectation that they should avoid crowded places. In addition to visitors from Singapore, those from Malaysia and the Dominican Republic can also travel to Taiwan visa-free for up to 30 days from 29 September. Nationals from Japan, South Korea, Nicaragua, Chile, Israel are also eligible under Taiwan’s visa-free scheme, and can stay on the island for up to 90 days. Those from Thailand, Brunei, and the Philippines can stay on the island for up to 14 days until 31 July 2023, except for those with diplomatic or official or service passports. Taiwan will also increase weekly arrival limits for international travellers to 60,000 from 50,000, Cabinet spokesman Lo Ping-cheng said at a media briefing in Taipei. Visitors will also need not undergo PCR COVID-19 tests upon arrival, he added. If "everything is under control", Taiwan is aiming for arrivals to rise to 150,000 a week, Lo said. On 5 September, the bureau published a list showing that citizens from 49 countries and territories are eligible under the visa-free scheme and can stay in Taiwan for up to 90 days from 12 September, while those from five other countries can stay up to 30 days. The list then did not include nationals from Singapore and all other Asian countries, while those from all 14 countries that have full diplomatic ties with Taiwan are eligible under the scheme. Prior to the pandemic, Taiwan was one of the biggest tourist destinations for visitors from Singapore and other Asian countries.
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  39. Am sure u are not taking this for just "Improves ability to urinate" right!! lol So how do u explain to the Dr on the root reason on why u need V?
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  40. https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Interview/Bangkok-governor-battles-floods-red-tape-to-attract-investment?utm_campaign=GL_asia_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=NA_newsletter&utm_content=article_link&del_type=1&pub_date=20220921190000&seq_num=20&si=44594 Bangkok governor battles floods, red tape to attract investment Chadchart Sittipunt says ambitions still local despite calls to aim higher Newly elected Bangkok Gov. Chadchart Sittipunt prays at a shrine inside Bangkok Metropolitan City Hall on June 1. © Reuters FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writerSeptember 21, 2022 12:16 JST BANGKOK -- On a rainy Wednesday in August, Bangkok Gov. Chadchart Sittipunt woke up at 4 a.m. for his daily run. Sukhumvit Road was still quiet and devoid of its usual congestion, but a fellow early riser heckled the governor on his plan to remove the city's sidewalk vendors. Chadchart, a civil engineer by training, sees it as a problem of supply and demand. Bangkok would be unrecognizable without the food stalls that provide cheap eats for workers and tourists. But space is a limited resource, and the governor has proposed designating certain alleys for vendors and creating more hawker centers. "Some people are happy and some are not happy, and we have to listen to both of them," Chadchart, 56, told Nikkei Asia in an exclusive interview. "I'd rather listen to the unhappy ones so we can make improvements." Residents of a city as sprawling and populous as Bangkok can grow accustomed to rarely seeing -- let alone interacting with -- their leaders. Chadchart's landslide victory in June was due in part to this unusually personal approach, which fed into a 200-point policy platform and a savvy social media campaign run by a young team of digital natives and political neophytes. Running as an independent in the first gubernatorial election since Thailand's 2014 coup, his win sent a message to national parties that voters will be hungry for change by the time a general election, due by next year, rolls around. "Our task is not only to manage the city but also to restore trust, confidence and hope in the democratic system," he told an investors forum hosted by the Stock Exchange of Thailand last month. Leading a metropolis can serve as a springboard for politicians seeking national office. Rodrigo Duterte was mayor of the Philippines' most populous southern city for two decades. Indonesia's Joko Widodo, who served two years as governor of Jakarta before becoming president, is now building a new capital to relieve Jakarta's congestion. But Chadchart is digging into the city where he was born and raised, focusing his four-year term on making Bangkok more livable for its 10.9 million residents -- and for the foreign nationals he hopes to attract as Asian capitals vie for international talent and capital. "We are, in fact, just a labor market. If the city wins, the private sector also wins," he told Nikkei Asia. That will require disrupting the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA), streamlining processes and eliminating the red tape and corruption that burdens businesses in the capital. His young staff of social activists, digital freelancers and former journalists, including the 32-year-old deputy governor, Sanon Wangsangbun, are primed for this disruption. Days after taking office, Chadchart introduced a crowdsourcing app to speed up the authority's response to neighborhood problems, such as damaged sidewalks and dangling electrical wires. The curiously named Traffy Fondue received 20,000 complaints on the first day and has since had 130,000. Over 70,000 have been resolved so far, the governor claims. "You don't need to know the governor to have your problems fixed," he said. Weeks later, the BMA launched the Open Bangkok data project, allowing the public to see all city budgets, contracts and permits. "Corruption is caused by the asymmetry of information. The government has all the information about procuring and budgeting, and the people don't," Chadchart said. Thailand's score on Transparency International's corruption index has fallen since 2014 -- from 38 out of 100, to 35 in 2021. Bangkok's popular Gov. Chadchart Sittipunt often draws crowds of selfie-seeking fans. (Photo by Francesca Regalado) A political stalemate at the national level has contributed to Chadchart's strong performance at the polls. Chadchart won all of Bangkok's 50 districts, with voters supporting him regardless of their parliament member's party affiliation. "I'm not a career politician. Right now, I'm the governor of Bangkok, and I have fun doing it," he said. "If you run for national office, you have to join a political party, and I don't have fun doing that." But Chadchart was once affiliated with the Pheu Thai party, which is now the opposition. The civil engineer and university lecturer got his start in politics as transportation minister under former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. When Yingluck was deposed in a military coup in 2014, Chadchart and other cabinet members were hooded, handcuffed and detained for days. That experience made Chadchart hesitant to enter the gubernatorial race, he said. But he added that he holds no grudge against the coup's instigators, who remain the ruling party eight years later. He says he has a "respectful" relationship with Prayuth Chan-ocha, who was prime minister until a Constitutional Court suspended him in August while it rules on his term limit. Chadchart will need the ruling party's cooperation to stimulate private investment, and to address Bangkok's perennial issues of road congestion and flooding. An unusually heavy monsoon season will be the first major test for Chadchart, who has spent his Sundays visiting communities near the city's overwhelmed canals. On a recent outing to Bang Khen, a district between Don Mueang Airport and a flood-control canal, residents showed their flooded homes to the governor -- and to the cameras that trail after him. Even more people stopped him to take selfies. He once attracted a three-hour selfie queue while picking up his laptop from a repair shop. Even his son and his twin brother, a doctor, have become local celebrities. Critics have called him out for spending time on photo opportunities instead of fixing the city's problems, but Chadchart sees it as an opportunity for people to air their concerns. "They need someone to empathize with them," he said. "You can't do that if you stay in the office." His 200-point platform has also been derided by critics, who say the BMA has neither the budget nor the people to enact it. Chadchart said he plans to enlist the private sector to take responsibility for their own communities, reducing budgetary pressure on the BMA. The governor convened a committee of private businesses for this purpose last month, a first for the city. Chadchart's name has entered national polls on who should be Thailand's next prime minister. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the 36-year-old daughter of Pheu Thai founder Thaksin, topped a June poll by the National Institute of Development Administration. Third was Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the progressive Move Forward Party. Prayuth placed fourth and Chadchart seventh. The governor says his policies for Bangkok are realistic, without falling anywhere on Thailand's political spectrum. "People lose hope in the system, whether they're progressive or conservative," he said. "I think we have to bring faith and trust and hope back to the system. And then, in the long term, things will change."
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  41. They gave you a spoon to eat by spoonful like rice?
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  42. follow army rules, dont get caught means you didnt do it lol or “Donate” them or every other day go visit Geylang
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