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1 hour ago, XianGe said:
Plus Sinkieland boomer who got brainwashed by ccp media and atb
I wonder china planted how many deep sleeper agent here
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2 hours ago, socrates469bc said:
wonder what style of funeral he arranged for himself
limpeh will arrange this dance festive for 3 days b4 limpeh's cremation
shiok bo???????
I want also
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Woman, 27, looks forward to wedding, decides to have medical check-up
Doctor finds rare disorder, male sex chromosomes, but female hormones
After 27 years living life as a female, the shock examination of a woman in China has revealed a testicle in her abdomen, meaning that biologically she is a male.
Li Yuan, from central China’s Hubei province, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, had been concerned about not menstruating and delayed breast development since puberty.
She went to a local hospital when she was 18 and was diagnosed with abnormal hormone levels and potential ovarian failure.
It was not until recently, when Li was planning her wedding that she decided to undergo a thorough examination.
This time, Duan Jie, a veteran gynaecologist, diagnosed a rare disorder, congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).
After a month’s anxious wait for the results of tests, the doctor’s judgment was confirmed.
Li had male sex chromosomes, but looks female.
“Socially, Li is female. But chromosomally, she is male,” Duan explained.
Li was shocked by the news. Living as a woman for 27 years, she struggled to accept the truth.
Only about 1 in 50,000 newborns have this form of CAH.
Both of Li’s parents carry recessive disorder-causing genes, so Li had up to a one-in-four chance of having the abnormal condition passed on to her.
Due to a lack of early treatment, Li also suffers from osteoporosis and vitamin D deficiency, the test results revealed.
The doctor suggested an immediate surgical removal of the testicle hidden in Li’s abdomen because it posed a high risk of cancer.
In early April, Li successfully underwent the dangerous surgery and had the organ removed.
She now requires regular follow-up tests and long-term hormone therapy.
Public reactions to Li’s predicament were varied, with many people online expressing sympathy and admiration for her courage in facing such an identity crisis.
No details were available about what will happen to Li’s planned wedding.
Duan said early diagnosis and treatment for people with similar symptoms to Li’s was vital.-
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2 minutes ago, XianGe said:
Check blue print?
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is it safe to drill hole here? behind this wall (red dot and blue water pipe) as in the drilling is at kitchen and the water pipe is at toilet, but on the same wall, picture in red box
red dot is wall shelf and the blue line is where the toilet pipe location at toilet
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5 minutes ago, Huat Zai said:
People from that era only find self-worth when they are working.
more like brainwashed
i happy then current and gen z dont have such thinking
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After working all year round without a break for decades, he may travel to neighbouring countries every month to enjoy his retirement.
i dont understand, he not working for a living why wait until 72 then travel to neighbouring countries. how many at 72 still got leg power or engry to travel
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Dogs paddle & play in flooded Newton condo carpark
While car owners were probably in distress when a basement carpark at Balmoral Crescent in Newton was flooded yesterday (4 May), two dogs saw it as an opportunity to have fun.
In video footage that surfaced on social media, the canines were seen happily paddling in the waters that submerged the vehicles there.
Not only were they having fun swimming, but they were still enjoying themselves as emergency personnel from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) worked to get the water out of the carpark.
Pair of dogs swim & play ball in flooded basement carpark
The footage first appeared in the Instagram Stories of Bark of Duty, an assistance dog training school in Singapore.
According to Google, the school’s registered address is 6 Balmoral Crescent, which is the same location as the flooded condominium carpark from Saturday (4 May).
A separate clip of the dogs in the water also surfaced on the @sgfollowsall Instagram page and Telegram.
The clip showed two dogs frolicking in the flooded carpark, each with a ball in its mouth.
Source: Telegram
To get a sense of just how severe the flooding was, one does not need to look further than the surrounding vehicles in the clips.
Source: Telegram
Most of the cars in the carpark were submerged almost up to their headlights, providing more than enough space for the canines to swim in.
A post by a Facebook user of the flooded carpark at The Twins condominium at Balmoral Crescent on Saturday (4 May) captured two dogs near a submerged vehicle in the background — resembling the pair in the closeup clips — which more or less confirms the location.
Source: Facebook
MS News has reached out to Bark of Duty for comments.
SCDF removed flood waters using water pump
In a subsequent update, the school mentioned that the SCDF was at the scene to attend to the flooding.
Source: @barkofduty on Instagram
The in-video captions wrote: “Baymax having a bit of fun while SCDF runs the water pump. Who says work can’t be fun?”
It thus appears that one of the dog’s names is Baymax.
Responding to earlier queries from MS News, SCDF said it received a call for assistance at No. 6 Balmoral Crescent about the flooding of the basement carpark at 7.30am on the morning of 4 May.
SCDF firefighters, along with officers from PUB and the building’s managing agent deployed portable pumps to pump the water out from the basement carpark. There were no injuries from the incident.
PUB also clarified that the flood happened as a result of a faulty valve in the basement’s sprinkler storage tank. The incident had nothing to do with the rainfall that day.
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Founder of popular Hup Lee economic bee hoon chain dies at 51
Tan Boon Hai, the founder of the popular economic bee hoon chain Hup Lee, has passed away. He was 51 years old.
His cause of death was heart failure, which came two years after he received his Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis.
The hawker-entrepreneur succumbed to his illness on Thursday (2 May).
Mr Tan’s family is now encouraging those with ALS to face the condition with optimism, just like he did.
Set up 90 stores in 10 years
According to Shin Min Daily News, Mr Tan’s journey in the food and beverage (F&B) industry started at his parent’s economic bee hoon stall in Yishun.
Source: Google Maps
His wife, 50-year-old Madam Huang Su Ling (name transliterated from Mandarin) told Shin Min at his wake in Choa Chu Kang that Mr Tan and his older brother would help out at their parents’ stall since young.
While he was in National Service (NS) at 18 years old — equipped with just a secondary school education and skills in making fried bee hoon — Mr Tan set his mind on starting his own business.
Upon completing NS, he opened his first outlet in Woodlands.
Source: Google Maps
In subsequent years, Mr Tan opened three more stores in various locations, and even a factory to make chilli sauce and marinades to distribute to the different outlets.
Once he was sure the quantity of his products was sufficient, Mr Tan expanded his businesses by inviting family and friends onboard.
In the early 2000s, Hup Lee’s rapid growth peaked, with 90 stores launched in a decade.
After the Covid-19 pandemic and receiving his vaccines, Mr Tan threw himself back into work, Ms Huang said.
Hup Lee founder diagnosed with ALS in 2022
However, life threw Mr Tan a curveball in February 2022, when he discovered a weakness in his left hand.
After consulting six doctors, he eventually received his diagnosis of ALS.
Ms Huang highlighted that Mr Tan placed much importance on health when he was alive, as he had the habit of running daily and moderating his diet.
Source: Shin Min Daily News on Facebook
Therefore, the diagnosis came as a surprise.
She added that the doctors told them that ALS has no cure, and he could only control the symptoms with medication.
Even though he was coping well, Ms Huang said Mr Tan started losing his appetite due to a cough.
He reportedly did not eat anything for about five days before his passing.
Ms Huang managed to convince Mr Tan to go to the hospital for a check-up, but his heart started failing when he was making his way there.
Doctors operated on Mr Tan and managed to recover his heartbeat, but his blood pressure remained low, and he ultimately did not make it.
In light of the experience, Ms Huang urges other patients with ALS to not be overly afraid and stresses the importance of remaining optimistic when battling the illness.
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Terminally ill taxi driver hosts Mother’s Day banquet for his mother
After deciding against dialysis and having planned his own funeral, a terminally ill taxi driver held a banquet at Pan Pacific Singapore on 25 April.
46-year-old Soh Zhixiong (name transliterated from Mandarin) told Shin Min Daily News that he did it to express gratitude to his relatives, friends and doctors and to celebrate Mother’s Day with his mum.
Source: Ambulance Wish Singapore on Facebook
Mr Soh suffers from renal failure and autonomic dysfunction. He also has hyperlipidemia, hypertension, hyperglycemia, and lost two toes to diabetes.
Unwilling to undergo dialysis
After his toes were amputated in 2019, Mr Soh often experienced dizziness due to fluctuations in his blood pressure.
His doctor diagnosed him with autonomic dysfunction. The condition made it difficult for him to stand for extended periods without fainting.
Later, doctors discovered that he had kidney disease and prescribed dialysis treatment.
However, Mr Soh was unwilling to undergo dialysis due to the high cost and his desire not to burden those around him.
As his health declined, so did his relationship with his mum, as the family faced financial strain.
Despite his worsening condition, the terminally ill taxi driver kept working until his vision started to blur in March, wrote Shin Min Daily News.
Charity for terminally ill patients fulfilled his wish
After an emotional breakdown, Mr Soh attempted to harm himself but was stopped in time by a doctor, who asked if there was something he wanted to accomplish. In response, the cabbie expressed his wish to organise a dinner party.
“The doctor said he would try his best to help me fulfil it. I am very grateful to have a doctor who cares about me so much,” Mr Soh told Shin Min Daily News.
On 16 April, Ambulance Wish Singapore (AWS) — a non-profit organisation that grants the wishes of terminally ill patients — helped him realise his vision.
Source: Ambulance Wish Singapore on Facebook
Within a week, they put together a banquet at Hai Tien Lo at Pan Pacific Singapore on 25 April, which was also Mr Soh’s birthday. 50 of his relatives and friends attended the event.
During the party, Mr Soh gave his mum a bouquet of carnations. They also “shared in the heartfelt tradition of cutting a Mother’s Day cake”, shared AWS in a Facebook post.
AWS additionally played a special video of Mr Soh and his girlfriend of three years, Ms Yang Yajuan, allowing relatives and friends to witness their love.
Seeing everyone enjoy a happy night made Mr Soh feel satisfied, wrote Shin Min Daily News.
Donated S$3,000 to charity
Besides holding the banquet and planning his funeral, Mr Soh also donated S$3,000 to AWS.
Mr Chen Guanghao (name transliterated from Mandarin), an AWS volunteer, said he has handled 11 requests in his one year with the charity, but this is the first time he has witnessed a patient donate money to AWS to help other patients.
“This was a surprise for us as well,” he told Shin Min Daily News.
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Chinatown CD shop Tang Nan Ah, known for its old-school Chinese hits, to shut down
Less than a week after the iconic magazine store in Holland Village shutters, another store selling physical media will be closing for good.
A CD shop in Chinatown, known for its old-school Chinese hits, will shut down on 11 May.
This will bring its more than 70 years of history to an end.
Boss of Chinatown CD shop will shut down & retire
The impending closure of Tang Nan Ah Company (东南亚唱片公司) was revealed to Shin Min Daily News by its boss, named only as Mr Guo (transliterated from Mandarin).
The 72-year-old said he plans to shutter the shop on 11 May and retire.
As his children have their own jobs and careers, they have no intention of taking over the business, he added.
After working all year round without a break for decades, he may travel to neighbouring countries every month to enjoy his retirement.
Chinatown CD shop lasted 70 years before being shut down
Tang Nan Ah has more than 70 years of history and has been operating in the basement of People’s Park Centre for 30 years.
It sells CDs and cassette tapes of mainly old-school Chinese hits from the 1970s to the early 2000s, many of which were first released on vinyl.
Source: Shin Min Daily News
Mr Guo said he had been helping out at the shop, which was his father’s, since he was 21.
Through the years, he’d witnessed the glory days of physical media, but also its decline.
‘Everyone listens to music on their phones nowadays’: Boss
Mr Guo lamented that everyone listens to music on their phones nowadays and young people rarely visit CD stores.
As a result, few CD players are sold outside and they’re no longer installed in cars, he said.
It has also become difficult for the shop to order goods with the decline of major record labels like Rock Records.
While there used to be more than 10 shops in Chinatown, there are not many left now, he added.
He depends on regular customers
These days, Mr Guo depends on regular customers in their 40s and 50s who like to listen to physical media, he said.
Most of his stock, such as Teochew opera albums, has already been sold. He has less than 20% of inventory left, he added.
After he closes, there will be very few stores selling Teochew opera albums, and he doesn’t know where his customers will go to find them.
Boss wants to leave quietly
When regular customers heard of the closure, some of them came to the shop to take photos with Mr Guo.
They also informed others over social media.
Though the owner said he’s reluctant to part with them, everything comes to an end someday, he said, adding:
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Freddy Krueger collectible outside Boon Lay HDB flat cost more than S$200, owner says
Neighbours living in a Boon Lay have complained about a “frightening” and discomfiting sight that greets them every time they come home.
When the lift door opens, they would see a large, three-dimensional portrait of Freddy Krueger.
Source: 8world News
As it’s hung outside a flat facing the lift, it’s almost impossible to avoid seeing it.
Freddy Krueger figure seen as soon as Boon Lay lift opens
The macabre figure can be seen on the 17th floor of an HDB block in Boon Lay, reported 8world News.
It comes into view the moment the lift door opens — almost like a scene from a horror movie, according to reporters who checked it out.
Source: 8world News on Facebook
The lifelike portrait comes complete with a potholed face and blackened teeth twisted into a terrifying expression.
Source: 8world News on Facebook
For the uninitiated, the portrait depicts Freddy Krueger, the main antagonist in horror-slasher movie “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984).
The character has become a pop culture icon and appeared in toys, comic books, apparel video games. Krueger has also appeared in subsequent movies like “Freddy vs. Jason” (2003) and a 2010 reboot of “A Nightmare on Elm Street”.
Boon Lay residents frightened to see ‘Freddy Krueger’
Residents who see “Freddy” every day, however, have expressed fear at his presence.
A resident named only as Ms Wu (transliterated from Mandarin) told 8world that she first saw the figure one or two weeks ago when she returned home at night.
She was frightened as soon as the lift passed by the 17th floor and opened, she said.
Source: 8world News
As the portrait was so lifelike, she felt disgusted by it, and the fact that she saw it at night made her all the more frightened.
She believed the portrait had been up for some time, and thought it was inappropriate to place it in front of the lift as there were elderly people and children around.
Another resident, 60-year-old Ms Xie (transliterated from Mandarin), said the portrait has caused her to avoid using that lift.
She didn’t like it the first time she saw it, she added, and now she doesn’t like to take that lift as the figure makes her feel “weird and uncomfortable”.
Other neighbours are used to it
Other neighbours, however, have said they have gotten used to “Freddy”.
Ms Tu (transliterated from Mandarin), who lives in the unit on the same floor with her family, said it looked like Halloween decorations put up by neighbours who had recently moved in.
Though it looked scary and creepy at first, they got used to it after a while.
Another resident Zhong Qiujie (transliterated from Mandarin) said she was scared the first time she walked past it, but subsequently didn’t much of it.
Even her five-year-old child says “hello” to it when passing by, she added.
Residents described the owner of the portrait as a friendly guy who isn’t weird and gets along well with neighbours.
A resident said their nine-year-old thinks it’s funny and makes their floor more recognisable.
Owner eventually takes down portrait
When interviewed, the owner of “Freddy” said he spent more than S$200 to purchase the collectible.
Its price has now gone up to S$500, he added.
He likes to collect such things and hang them outside his unit, he told reporters.
However, he would take it down if his neighbours were scared of it.
He was later seen taking down the portrait to avoid disturbing neighbours.
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21 minutes ago, sTiCkY said:
wah cannot la.. imported one..
Sg food all is imported one le
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sad. someone bbfa is a lot better
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5 minutes ago, coffeenut said:
Back home think have finished 1.5L of water ..
Dunno le .. Mom's side of family got a few Type 2 lifestyle related diabetics. So far okay liao. One of the ice-cream was more like yogurt sorbet :s
go taobao buy a cheap ice crema maker and make some keto ice cream
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15 minutes ago, coffeenut said:
Meanwhile, I went running in the evening, then jiak 2 x ice-cream .. 1 cone and then 1 small tub :s
Inviting diabetes maybe
if healthy no need worry
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SINGAPORE – A 32-year-old man was taken to hospital after his car and a bus were involved in an accident in Telok Blangah on May 4.
The police said they were alerted to the accident at the junction of Telok Blangah Road and Harbourfront Avenue at about 9.40am.
The man was taken conscious to Singapore General Hospital and is assisting with investigations, said the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force.
Photos sent by a Straits Times reader show that the accident caused a tailback of at least 10 vehicles.
A grey car can be seen next to a red SBS Transit bus, with some vehicle parts scattered on the ground, including a bumper. The front of the car seems to be badly dented.
The crash most likely resulted in a lamp post falling onto the road, directly in front of the bus. Part of the lamp post can be seen pinned under the bus.
No passengers can be seen inside the bus.
Police investigations are ongoing.
In its annual statistics report released on Feb 20, the Traffic Police said 136 people died in traffic accidents in 2023 – a 25.9 per cent jump from the 108 deaths in 2022.
The 136 fatalities are also the highest since 2016, when there were 141 deaths.
The report said there was an increase in the number of fatal accidents involving speeding, drink driving and the running of red lights.
On April 22, a 17-year-old girl and a 57-year-old woman died after an accident involving six vehicles in Tampines. Another eight people were taken to hospital.
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SINGAPORE - For nearly a year in 2019, Kelly (not her real name) did not leave her room, except to use the toilet. She slept in the day and woke up just to play computer games, often till the wee hours of the morning.
It was not uncommon for the then 15-year-old girl to go a week without showering.
Mental health case worker Mandy Yang recalled how Kelly’s hair fell to her hips when she first saw her, because she had not gone for a haircut for so long.
In the first few months when she missed school, her school principal visited her. But that soon stopped when she closed up and could not trust anyone from her school. She also shut out two close friends, who visited her occasionally.
She started to drop off the grid. “I just didn’t want to see anyone, not even my close friends. I didn’t really have the energy to keep up a conversation at that point. It was just very draining.
“There was a part of me that really wanted to go to school and have a normal life with other people. But at that point, I kind of just gave up on my life,” said Kelly, who is now 20.
Kelly is among more than 30 reclusive youth who have received help from charity Impart since 2021. Around half of them have managed to come out of reclusion.
These young people are also known as “hidden youth” or “hikikomori”, a Japanese term that refers to youth who withdraw from society and isolate themselves at home for extended periods of time. About 2 per cent of people in Japan, or around 1.46 million people, identify as hikikomori.
There are no national statistics on the phenomenon in Singapore, although there has been a steady rise in the trend in developed countries, especially in Asia.
Who are these reclusive youth?
Impart, which helps young people facing adversities, has a crisis response initiative Imna, which provides a first line of psychological support for youth. Volunteers are paired with youth to build a safe space for them to express themselves and increase stability in their lives over six months.
Impart’s deputy executive director Joshua Tay said his organisation is seeing more cases of reclusive youth, spanning a wide range of reasons including bullying, conflict with parents or mental health issues.
“Social media and gaming definitely has been a trigger point, or can enable the behaviour. But it’s a complex phenomenon.”
Some youth may need much more than six months. “In these cases, we just try to be as innovative or creative in understanding them, relating to them in different ways,” said Mr Tay. To communicate with a non-verbal youth who did not leave home for three years, his Impart case worker messaged him through online platform Discord while sitting next to him.
Mr Tay said volunteers help the youth figure out their motivations and pathways towards their goals. “The underlying theme is to work together with the youth – not to feel like they are the problem – but against whatever they might be feeling.”
He added: “For a lot of youth cases, we see a crisis of hopelessness. A lot of it is helping them to see that there are people who can help them along in believing in themselves again.”
Bullying made her afraid of people
In Secondary 2, Kelly, an only child, transferred to another school after being repeatedly bullied in primary and secondary school. She said there was also tension with her mother, a housewife, who resorted to hitting her when she was growing up. Her father works full-time, although she does not know what he works as.
Her best friends in primary school – whom she deemed closer to her than her own parents – had turned against her, ostracising her and talking about her behind her back.
Similar incidents happened in secondary school, even after she moved to another school for a fresh start. “It got me thinking, is it a ‘me’ problem?” she said.
She became afraid of people.
She started to dread going out in public, especially seeing students in school uniforms and being on the train. “Even when people are just talking among themselves, I feel like they’re talking about me.”
Midway into Secondary 2, which she repeated, she stopped going to school entirely.
Her mother’s efforts to make her go back did not help. “She pressured me more. She kept telling me to go to school. It made me feel like she didn’t really care about what was going on at school. She just wanted me to go to school to study.
“Everything I told her, like it made me feel like it’s my fault instead. I think gradually I just didn’t tell her anything.”
Online games became her only refuge. “That was my way of making friends. It’s safer in a way where (online friends) don’t know me and I don’t know them and then I can share whatever I want.”
But when the screen turned black, she was alone again.
She would often spend hours in the toilet thinking about her life, and when her mother banged on the door, she would turn on the tap to pretend she was showering. More than once, she fell asleep in the toilet.
“I thought: Relationships in my life ‘cmi’ (cannot make it), then my studies ‘cmi’ also, then I myself also ‘cmi’.”
A year passed in a blur. Things took a turn when a Child Protection Officer from the Ministry of Social and Family Development referred Kelly’s case to Impart, and two volunteers from Impart knocked on her door in January 2021.
“She said very few words. When we asked her anything, she would give one-word answers,” recalled Ms Yang.
It was by coincidence that she realised she and Kelly shared a common interest in computer games, which helped to break the ice.
The volunteers visited her every two weeks, and after several sessions began making plans with her to venture outside. She took her first steps out to McDonald’s near her home in Sembawang around March 2021.
Over the next six months, they met for lunch at places farther and farther from home.
A hand came when he needed it
Joel (not his real name) felt the same sense of helplessness when he stayed home for nearly 1½ years from June 2021 to October 2022. He was then 15 and had fallen behind in his studies, needing to repeat Secondary 3.
After he got bored with gaming for six months, he spent entire days in bed for another six months, stepping outside only to collect food that he had ordered online. He was awake from midnight to 6am and slept the rest of the day.
“I had no motivation, and I didn’t know what I wanted in life. I felt mostly numb,” said Joel, who is now 18. The older of two boys lives with his grandmother and mother, who works as a sales manager. His parents live separately.
“I was hoping for opportunity and options, but I didn’t know what was possible for me any more.”
For Joel, it was Impart’s boxing programme for troubled young people, a collaboration with boxing gym Spartans Boxing Club, that got him out of the house.
He was sceptical when his case worker Calvin Leong brought up the idea of group therapy with nine other youth as part of the three-month boxing programme. But it helped him understand himself and his motivations for life better.
He also grew to enjoy going for the sessions from November 2022 to February 2023. “When you hear someone share their own story, it becomes less embarrassing to share your own,” he said.
He went back to school midway through the programme and came back to volunteer after he completed it.
Mr Leong said youth befrienders in the programme share their successes and setbacks with the group.
Joel did not score well for the O levels due to the short time he had to prepare, but is undaunted. “I still feel hopeful,” he said.
He hopes to study hard and eventually study cyber security at university. “I want to have the financial freedom to support my loved ones.”
Looking back, Kelly does not see her time at home as a waste. She still keeps in touch with friends from abroad she met on online game MapleStory.
She grew in confidence, and eventually found an administrative job with a crystal shop’s website.
For the first time, she is content with her job and currently has no plans to continue her education. “I don’t think I’m very ambitious. I just want a stable job and a stable family.”
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7 minutes ago, XianGe said:
Aging...
diabetes
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20 minutes ago, XianGe said:
Chiu nao quit? Healthy living?
ya low carb low or no sugar food
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7 minutes ago, XianGe said:
Me is boil noodle > drain > put powder + garnish
Last time when i eat i Same as you
I don't follow the video as I prefer my noodles to be a little under cook so got QQ.
The video is for those who love mee sua, I mean soggy noodles
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Man who used 2 kids as punching bag & caused, death of daughter jailed 34½ years
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SINGAPORE – Ayeesha was only five when she died in the toilet in her home from a head injury after her father, who had martial arts training, relentlessly smacked her.
When her broken body finally gave up in 2017 after two years of abuse, it was riddled with multiple scars, marks and other external injuries. She was also severely malnourished.
Her father had started ill-treating Ayeesha and her brother, who is a year younger, in 2015.
He underfed the toddlers, causing the girl, who was only three then, and her brother to be so hungry that they ate their own faeces and the stuffing of a mattress.
He also assaulted them and confined them naked in the toilet for 10 months.
The siblings were below the third percentile of their age group, which meant that 97 per cent of the other children in their age group were bigger and heavier than them.
Besides being severely undernourished, Ayeesha’s brother was diagnosed with global developmental delay due to social deprivation. He had to undergo physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy.
When he was admitted to hospital after being rescued, he was not able to stand by himself despite being almost four years old. He spent more than three months in hospital, before he was well enough to be placed in foster care.
On April 30, the 44-year-old man was sentenced by the High Court to an unprecedented jail term of 34½ years and 12 strokes of the cane.
He pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of culpable homicide for the girl’s death, four charges of child abuse, and one charge of disposing of evidence.
Another 20 charges, for child abuse and for lying to the police, were taken into consideration.
He was originally charged with murder for the death, and went on trial in July 2023. Part-way through the trial, he accepted the prosecution’s offer to amend the charge.
The two victims were his children from his previous marriage. He married his second wife, 33, who has a 12-year-old daughter from her previous marriage, in 2015. They have three children together.
The man cannot be named owing to a gag order to protect the identity of his son, who survived the abuse.
Justice Aedit Abdullah, however, lifted the gag order in relation to the first name of the daughter “so that society may remember her”.
The High Court judge agreed with prosecutors that the man deserved an unprecedented sentence.
Justice Abdullah said: “The sentence is heavy. It is unprecedented perhaps, but your acts were unprecedented and hopefully will remain unsurpassed in cruelty.”
The two children suffered “sadistic and cruel” physical abuse, and were also mentally and emotionally traumatised, said the judge.
“Your children depended on you for love, care and nurturing. Instead, you subjected them to inhumane, disgusting abuse,” he said, adding that the man had essentially used the children as “punching bags for whatever frustration or anger” he felt.
The judge said the punishment reflected a denouncement of such “loathsome and sickening acts” and served to deter others from committing any abuse of this kind.
Horrendous treatment
Three video clips were played in court on April 30 as prosecutors narrated the sequence of events, providing a glimpse into the man’s horrendous treatment of the two children.
One video, from the family’s own closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera, shows the man inflicting at least 86 forceful blows on Ayeesha during a 16-minute assault that took place on March 27, 2016.
The man assaults her in anger as he is changing her diaper after she smears her faeces on the wall.
In the video, Ayeesha and her brother can be seen wearing only diapers. They are barricaded in the “naughty corner” of a one-room flat.
In the video, he repeatedly slaps her, pounds her face with his fists, kicks her and canes her, as she cowers in fear.
He also points a pair of scissors at her, grabs her by the hair and lifts her up against a wall by the neck while punching her. After the attack, he wipes the blood from her face and cleans a blood stain off the wall.
In another video, captured on Aug 27, 2016, the man repeatedly canes the two children, who were in a double-seater pram in the living room.
Justice Abdullah asked prosecutors about the man’s wife, and Deputy Public Prosecutor Norine Tan replied that the prosecution will be reviewing the case against her.
The man’s two children were initially placed in foster care in June 2014, after their parents divorced.
In early 2015, the children were returned to the care and custody of the man, who was their main caregiver.
After the two children were returned to their father, staff from a family service centre, which worked with the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), continued checking on their welfare.
In May 2015, he took the two children along with him to attend a counselling session at the centre. Since then, the children were not seen by any case officer and had not attended any school.
On subsequent visits, he lied to the case officers that the children were staying with his mother or other relatives.
The man and his wife initially provided the two children with three meals a day, but he cut this down to two meals a day when he started facing financial difficulties.
The two children began playing with, and eating, their own faeces because they were hungry.
Towards the end of 2015, the man and his wife began hitting Ayeesha, who was then three years old, and her brother, who was only two.
From February to October 2016, the couple confined the children in a “naughty corner”, with a bookshelf and a wardrobe to block their escape. The man also installed a camera to monitor the children.
The children were let out only during meal and bathing times. Meanwhile, the abuse continued.
In October 2016, the man called the case officer and asked for the children to be placed in foster care as he feared that he might harm them out of frustration.
He said he wanted to give the children up for adoption, and was given contact details of the adoption service, but ultimately did not follow through with it.
He and his wife were told that the adoption process could not proceed unless the biological mother also gave consent or unless MSF could facilitate the dispensation of her consent.
That month, the couple moved the naughty corner to the toilet, and the man installed a camera in the kitchen to monitor the children.
On the night of Aug 10, 2017, his wife complained to him that Ayeesha refused her instructions to move her legs.
The man then pulled Ayeesha up by her arm, smacked her 15 to 20 times on her face, and went to bed.
At about 3am on Aug 11, 2017, the wife complained to the man that the children were sleeping in a weird posture. The man then punched the children on their backs, kicked and stamped on Ayeesha, and slapped her face.
That evening, the man’s wife realised that Ayeesha was unresponsive.
Upon realising that Ayeesha was dead, the man told his wife to file a police report against him for beating her up and raping her, supposedly as part of a cover-up plan.
In the early hours of Aug 12, 2017, he threw away evidence, including the CCTV camera, into different rubbish bins at nearby blocks.
He then placed his son and Ayeesha’s body into a pram, and went to Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He lied to SGH staff that the girl became unresponsive only that morning.
After Ayeesha was pronounced dead by the doctors, the police were alerted about the case.
The man continued to lie to police officers and fabricated a story about Ayeesha hitting her head on a slide at a playground.
It was only when he was confronted with footage from police surveillance cameras that contradicted his story, that he admitted to these lies.
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