The_King

This is a side effect of buy high sell low

This show only 13esp

I hate this spa

maybe dec when i am force to inject but now me is unvax, so dont think i allow to go in due to discrimination

any review or better spa? 1 day pass is $63 https://www.spa-1.com.sg/

i wonder when release

ya human water

While some are indifferent about being allowed back into restaurants, some places do work better when you dine in. The Dragon Chamber is one. It opened in 2017 to much fanfare, with many drawn to the gimmicky hidden door entrance. I was sceptical about that feature because if the food is good, why do you need a gimmick? I made my first visit before the recent round of restrictions kicked in. The disguise was so good that I missed the restaurant and ended up a swea It looks like a regular coffee shop, until you notice the stalls are fake. The door to the actual restaurant is a fridge. Once in, it is like going into a deep chamber, before it opens into a conventional dining hall. Luckily, The Dragon Chamber is not all gimmick, and the food is surprisingly traditional. The presentation may be modern, but most dishes have flavours you will find familiar and take comfort in. And the new items on the menu taste old, in the best of ways. The pao fan is The Dragon Chamber's attempt to be trendy. The Seafood Pao Fan in Prawn Broth ($55) is a luxe version with lobster tail, scallops, sakura shrimps, and black and white crispy rice in homemade prawn broth. Pao fan is not foolproof. I have tasted many underwhelming versions but this is a good one. It is bursting with umami and loaded with fresh ingredients. CLASSIC A classic on the menu is the Wagyu Truffle Beef Hor Fun (from $32). The flat noodles and the crispy deep fried hor fun strips are complemented by the US wagyu short rib and a poached egg. Truffle gravy, poured by the server, is an unnecessary attempt at flourish because the sauce is delicious and aromatic. Combined, it is a dangerously addictive dish. The Double Boiled Almond Mushroom, Sea Whelk & Conpoy Soup ($16) is so traditional, it almost seems out of place here, but it is one of the menu's best new additions. It is as one would expect expertly done quality soup to taste, and it is light going in. Before you know it, your stomach is warmed and full. I recommend you order this. Also excellent is the Assorted Beef Claypot ($40). It is a pot of mixed parts - beef tendon, oxtail, tongue and cheek - cooked in a soulful fermented bean curd and oyster sauce. You will want lots of rice with this. One of the prettiest dishes is the Tofu Duo in Pumpkin Gravy ($24), but it was the one I liked the least. This plate of egg spinach tofu and charcoal-infused tofu, served with roasted pumpkin and pumpkin gravy, tastes nothing like it looks. I found it bland and ordinary, and probably not worth the price tag. You can find a similar version at many zi char stalls islandwide. There are more wins than fails with The Dragon Chamber's new menu, and with a whole new list of cocktails to go with it top. If you have yet to enter that secret door, now is a good time to do it. The Dragon Chamber 2 Circular Road, Tel: 6950-0015 Opens Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 3pm and 5pm to 10.30pm

With Covid-19 inoculation on most people’s minds these days, a prayer paraphernalia shop in Malaysia’s Johor state has created handmade paper vaccines so that spirits in the afterlife can be part of the “vaccination” process too. Shop owner Raymond Shieh said the idea came to him after reading many heart-wrenching recollections of those who lost their loved ones before they had a chance to be inoculated. He said some of his customers also encouraged him to produce paper vaccines as they wished to give the items as offerings to their deceased loved ones as well as wandering spirits for the month-long Hungry Ghost Festival “I felt bad for my customers, who told me that they wanted to fulfil their deceased loved ones’ wishes of getting the Covid-19 vaccine ,” he said. “I decided to give it a go since I specialise in handmade prayer paraphernalia. “It initially took me about two days to make a set with a large syringe and vaccine bottles to mimic the real items. “After sharing the finished product on my Facebook page last week, I received a good response and orders for the ‘Hell Covid-19 Vaccine ’ from customers in and outside Johor.” Raymond Shieh said some of his customers encouraged him to produce paper vaccines as they wished to give the items as offerings to their deceased loved ones. Photo: Facebook The 45-year-old added that the set, made from joss paper and other paper materials, would be burnt alongside hell bank notes in hopes that the deceased would receive them in the afterlife. Each set costs about 30 ringgit (US$7) and can be customised according to the customer’s preference. “I hope that my product can provide some peace of mind to my customers and help them fulfil their loved ones’ wishes,” Shieh added. Shieh, who worked as a graphic designer in Singapore before returning to Johor Baru to start his prayer paraphernalia business about seven years ago, was thankful that his trade had only dropped by about 10 per cent during the pandemic. “I try to keep up with the times by updating my product designs according to suitable trends and occasions so that my customers will not get bored by the typical prayer items,” he said. There are many prayer paraphernalia shops in Johor Baru, so my products have to stand out from the competition. My customers usually appreciate my products, which gives me a huge sense of satisfaction.” The Hungry Ghost Festival is usually observed throughout the seventh month of the Lunar calendar, which started on August 8 this year. During this period, devotees usually burn paper prayer items and give offerings to appease the wandering spirits and pray for good luck.

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SINGAPORE - Singapore and Hong Kong will no longer launch the long-delayed travel bubble for quarantine-free travel between the two cities. Transport Minister S. Iswaran said on Thursday (Aug 19): "Both sides are focused on keeping our populations safe and minimising the risk of imported cases. "But our strategies differ, with Singapore now taking steps to becoming a Covid-19-resilient nation. Against this backdrop, my Hong Kong counterpart, Secretary Edward Yau, and I have discussed and concluded that we will not be able to launch or sustain the air travel bubble in its present form." Mr Iswaran said Singapore and Hong Kong remain committed to facilitating travel between each other, given that both cities are financial and aviation hubs with close ties. Hence, Hong Kong has announced that there will be a shorter quarantine period for vaccinated travellers from Singapore. Meanwhile, Singapore announced on Thursday that visitors from Hong Kong will be able to enter the Republic with just one on-arrival Covid-19 swab test. They will be allowed to go about their activities if they test negative. Singapore and Hong Kong had said last month that they would resume discussions on the travel bubble when the Covid-19 situation allows. The Hong Kong-Singapore travel scheme was slated to launch last November but was postponed to May after Hong Kong had a surge in cases. It was derailed again when the number of coronavirus cases began to rise in Singapore in May. The situation stabilised, before another spike in cases in June. Hong Kong legislators had last month urged the government to scrap the plan as Singapore shifts from a zero-infection strategy, which Hong Kong places great importance on. They reasoned that having zero coronavirus cases is a requirement for the territory to reopen borders with the mainland. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/singapore-hong-kong-will-no-longer-launch-travel-bubble-due-to-different-covid

remind me of buy high sell low and fuel hedging ahahaahahah

The more you taxes them and ask them to give back, the more they will charge

he should go over country to do this. stupid to do in sg

Once a glamorous and boisterous industry that entertained tourists and locals alike as they relaxed, mingled and let their hair down, Singapore's club and bar scene has taken a battering since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic here early last year. All clubs and bars have been closed since March 26 last year, unless they made the necessary safety adjustments and pivoted into food and beverage (F&B) outlets. Since June 19 last year, no alcohol can be consumed in F&B venues after 10.30pm and from June 21 this year, recorded music has been banned. Last week, in a joint letter to the multi-ministry task force (MTF) tackling the pandemic, the Singapore Nightlife Business Association (SNBA), Singapore Cocktail Bar Association and the #savefnbsg restaurant coalition made an appeal to extend the consumption of alcohol to midnight and allow for recorded background music at such venues. While protecting patrons and employees is of paramount importance, SNBA president Joseph Ong, one of the co-signatories of the letter, said with vaccination numbers expected to reach 80 per cent at the start of next month, nightlife operators are hopeful more safety measures can be eased while critical ones such as social distancing, mask wearing and use of TraceTogether remain in place. Speaking to The New Paper earlier this week, he said: "Since Covid-19, the situation has been dire for the industry, with 215 out of about 2,000 outlets using SNBA's help to exit the industry, and several others seemingly heading that way." Venues that pivoted to F&B had to shut from July 16 after a cluster of cases emerged at KTV lounges and clubs. After two weeks, the authorities announced that they would be allowed to reopen if they met new safety requirements. The latest requirements include installing extensive closed-circuit television camera coverage and seven-day Covid-19 testing for employees, among other measures, and the outlets would be allowed to open only after passing an inspection. Mr Jeffrey Goh, manager at F'awesome Hideout, a bar in Serangoon Gardens, estimates a loss of between $10,000 to $15,000 over the last 30 days. The bar is in the process of making the adjustments and he said: "While we are closed, we still need to pay rent and for our licence. We have had to get rid of drinks that were expiring - we are losing money. "With the current 10.30pm restriction, some customers who usually come in the evening after work prefer staying at home as they can visit for only a short while. Pushing the restriction to midnight will allow us to bring back this group when we reopen." The Lions Den has made the required changes and is waiting to be inspected. Mr Schubert Templar, 34, director of the sports bar in Club Street, said: "When we reopened without music and restrictions to two customers per table in July before the case of the KTV cluster, sales dropped drastically. "Music is an important part of what draws our customers in, as it provides them with a comfortable atmosphere to enjoy their evening." PIVOT The appeal letter to the MTF included results of a survey of nightlife establishments that had made the pivot and other F&B outlets. About 43 per cent had taken out loans of up to $1.5 million to keep operating, 8 per cent had taken loans between $1.5 million and $3 million, and 80 per cent said their revenue had dropped by 75 per cent or more between May and July. Coyote Ugly opened at Clarke Quay before the pandemic took hold and it was duly stripped of its trademark bartop dancers. It is now a restaurant serving Western food. Its director, Mr Ruslan Nazarov, 47, said monthly revenue is on average 40 per cent of what it used to be in the opening two months. There are currently seven full-time staff at Coyote Ugly who agreed to take pay cuts of between 50 per cent and 80 per cent when dining in was not allowed. Mr Ruslan said: "Because of the early cut-off time for alcohol and not being able to have our dancers which is our main attraction, we are operating at a loss. We understand the importance of safe management measures, but if the situation carries on like this, we may have to close... "We hope the nightlife industry here can restart in a measured way when it is safe to do so." While acknowledging that the safety of customers and staff is the top priority, Mr Goh is hopeful F'awesome Hideout can reopen soon. Four out of five of the bar's part-timers have found other jobs. His wife is the cook at the bar, and with two young children, they have had to rely on savings and he is working as a food delivery rider to make ends meet. "Covid restrictions have had a much larger impact on small businesses like us - neighbourhood bars. We are not sure how long the business can keep going if the situation continues like this," said Mr Goh. At its pre-pandemic pomp, the nightlife industry employed about 50,000 people, according to Mr Ong. This included service and kitchen staff, deejays, band members, performers and security guards. "While a few of them have had to switch industries, I know most of them are waiting for the nightlife industry to regain its vibrancy and get back to what they enjoy doing," he said. "We are a safe and clean country and we already have well-established and world-renowned bars and nightclubs. We can leverage this and further enhance Singapore's nightlife standing in the new Covid-endemic world."

this guy very heavy taste

his hand so big i thought the bottle is 300ml type

China’s president has vowed to “adjust excessive incomes” in a warning to the country’s super-rich that the state plans to redistribute wealth to tackle widening inequality. According to reports in state media, Xi Jinping told officials at a meeting of the Chinese Communist party’s central financial and economic affairs commission on Tuesday, that the government should “regulate excessively high incomes and encourage high-income groups and enterprises to return more to society”. The commission said it would pursue its “common prosperity agenda”, which has become the main focus of China’s policymaking after reports of discontent within the party’s central committee over the rise of a new class of wealthy entrepreneurs. The policy goal comes amid a sweeping push by Beijing to rein in the country’s largest private firms in industries, ranging from technology to education. Analysts said it was notable that the gaming and social media firm Tencent, one of China’s biggest tech groups, said it would expand its social commitments as it reported a jump in second-quarter profit. The Tencent chief executive, Pony Ma said the company was in business to help wider society by “deploying our technologies and expertise to help small and medium-sized businesses, public services and corporations collaborate internally and connect with their users externally”. Earlier this month, the company’s games were branded “spiritual opium” in state media, prompting it to tighten controls on children accessing them. Yet despite fears of the impact of a regulatory crackdown, Tencent bucked expectations with net profits rising 29% for the three months to June to $6.6bn (£4.8bn) after a 20% increase in revenues. Since last November, when regulators prevented the tech company Ant, 33% owned by its sister company Alibaba, from floating on the Shanghai and Hong Kong exchanges – a move that would have cemented the position of its boardroom chair, Jack Ma, as one of the world’s richest men – the Chinese Communist party has sought to crack down on the almost weekly creation of billionaire company bosses. Stocks on the Shanghai exchange have fallen since a peak in February after a string of similar regulatory clampdowns on the financial sector and penalties on industries forced to comply with tighter environmental rules. As a result, the country’s richest tycoons have already seen their wealth shrink. The combined net worth of the two dozen Chinese billionaires in tech and biotechnology whose holdings are tracked by Bloomberg dropped 16% since the end of June, according to analysis by the Financial Times. Zhong Shanshan, the head of the bottled water company Nongfu Spring, last year overtook Jack Ma and Pony Ma as the richest person in China. He has a fortune of more than $72bn, about $24bn more than Jack Ma. Xi, under pressure to answer critics who say he is soft on excessive pay and ostentatious displays of wealth, is expected to expand wealth taxes and raise income tax rates to achieve an “olive-shaped” income distribution that reduces the number of low-income and high-income groups. Some reforms could be far reaching, including higher taxes on capital gains, inheritance and property. Higher public sector wages are also expected to be part of the package to limit rampant bribe-taking and corruption involving public officials. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/18/chinese-president-xi-jinping-vows-to-adjust-excessive-incomes-of-super-rich