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Usually, as the National Day approaches (similar to Independence Day of United States), we get the usual fare of fireworks displays during the weekends of August. This year’s schedule is out with a grand finale during the last weekend of August with performances by teams from France and Korea. It will be crowded but the visuals are usually worth the squeezing.

National Day (NE Shows)
5th July 2008, Saturday
12th July 2008, Saturday
19th July 2008, Saturday

National Day Preview
2nd August 2008, Saturday

National Day
9th August 2008, Saturday

National Day Schedule
6.45pm F-16s Fly-Pass
7.02pm Black Knights Aerial Display
8.00pm Fireworks (5-7 minutes)
8.15pm Fireworks Finale (3-5 minutes)

*Best views are supposedly on the Singapore Flyer taking the 8pm flight

Fireworks Festival By Award Winning International Teams From France & Korea (2100 hrs)
22nd August 2008, Friday
23rd August 2008, Saturday

My country, Singapore, has a Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) scheme that functions like a toll collection system when vehicles enter designated areas. Over the course of the past few months, we have seen the ERP rates increased and ERP gantries sprouting up here and there. The cost of building each gantry is reported at S$1.5 million, a 50% increase of the previous cost of S$1 million. The ERP scheme was implemented to supposedly regulate traffic along roads with heavy traffic and also to curb car ownership. However, I beg to differ. Here’s some images circulating around the Internet. The watermark reads ‘LemonGraphic.sg’, so kudos to the guys at LemonGraphic.sg. They dipicted the situation quite well.

More information on the ERP system can be found on Wikipedia. Please note that the images are all meant to be sarcarism directed at our current govenment.

It’s been a long time since I last did a post and I apologise for that. I have been busy with my examintions and currently on internship until the end of June. However, I just can’t help but to recommend this cheap and rather awesome deal I came to know recently.

Most in Singapore will know of PartyWorld KTV or KBox and recently, Top One KTV. The lesser known will be K-str which I think is rather cheap and value for money. This latest deal is located at Smith Street which is somewhere between Chinatown, Outram and Tanjong Pagar MRT stations. The KTV is called Ten Dollars Family KTV and yes, it is really $10! What you get is a 5 hours KTV session, freeflow of the drinks though you get a smaller range of selection and a bowl of shark fin soup which taste really good when you know you are getting a good deal.

When looking for the place, look up at the neon sign that reads ‘TD Family KTV’. The KTV is located on the 3rd floor of a shophouse. The place is definitely not sleezy and I think find the environment suitable for families. Also, the sound system is pretty good but not top notch. The song selection system is done via remote or the touch screen. Now, that’s really high tech though I am not quite used to the touch screen system.

Do check out the Ten Dollar Club website for the details!

As of today, the discount structure of the Warehouse Sale I mentioned in my previous post is this:

Asics and Onitsuka Tiger shoes = 30% plus additional 20% discount

Naturalizer ladies shoes = 70% discount

Adidas and Nike shoes/apparels = 70%

AceGene document/laptop bags and luagages = 70% discount

K Swiss sample shoes (ONLY Mens size 9, Ladies size 7) = $39 per pair

Zoo York and Ecko apparels = 70% discount.

What are you waiting for?

When we were just kids, our mothers always told us to look where we are going. Apparently, a bus driver in Seattle did not get that message all. It doesn’t take a maths genius to know that a 12-foot tall bus will not fit into a 9-foot high tunnel and that’s what the driver tried to do on 17 April. The bus was carrying a high school softball team at that time. The accident resulted in 21 students and coaches being sent to the hospital.

The funny thing is that the bus driver tried to blame it on the GPS unit but it is common sense that a 12-foot bus definitely don’t go into a 9-foot tunnel. It is really fortunate that no one got hurt in the accident. The bus driver is only fined with a $154 fine which I think is way too little for someone who is definitely an idiot. Is he trying to tell us that he will stick to the instructions from the GPS even when there’s clearly no road in front of him? What an ass!