//beconfused

Just got this from a friend, some random joke:

Singapore airlines is tops!

Once upon a time in Singapore, there lived a happy couple, Mr & Mrs Ng with their 3 lovely triplet daughters; Elaine, Ena & Ella.

The 3 daughters were brought up in a prim-and-proper fashion and when they reached 20, their parents thought it was time to get them married.

So, the parents found them the most suitable “leng chais” (handsome guys). They got married and were preparing to set-off on their honeymoon.

As “concerned” (more like “kay-poh”) parents, Mr & Mrs Ng were curious about their daughters’ first-night experience.

So, before the daughters went on their respective honeymoons, Mrs Ng told them…” Your father and I want to know about your 1st night encounters and whether you were satisfied. Write a letter to us, but so as not to raise your husbands’ curiosity…you all must use a code-name to describe your experiences”.

So, the excited daughters were off.

A week passed. Mr & Mrs Ng got the first letter. It was from Elaine.

They opened the letter and found the word “STANDARD CHARTERED”. They immediately took the newspaper and looked for the Standard Chartered advertisement. “Ah! here it is!”, exclaimed Mr. Ng. The motto for Standard Chartered was… “BIG, STRONG & FRIENDLY” Mr & Mrs. Ng were happy.

A week later, they got another letter. This time it was from Ena. The content was simple. “NESCAFE”. So, again they took the neswpaper and looked for the Nescafe ad. “Ah! here it is. “NESCAFE: PLEASURE TILL THE LAST DROP”. Again, Mr & Mrs Ng beamed with joy.

Another week passed. A month passed. And another. There was still no letter from Ella. The Ngs became worried.

Finally, the letter came. It was scribbled and could hardly be read, but Mrs. Ng managed to figure it out. The code-name was “SINGAPORE AIRLINES”.

Why Singapore Airlines? Mr.Ng rushed to the nearest store and got a newspaper. He flipped the pages frantically. “Ah! Here it is!” Mrs. Ng grabbed the page and read aloud.

Before she could finish. THUMP!!! … she fell off her chair.

The motto was… “7 TIMES A WEEK. 4 TO 6 TIMES A DAY. NON-STOP”.

This poor Singapore taxi driver has the most unfortunate name. And partly because it actually went up to Digg.com top list.

(You are travelling in comfort with Chew Kok.)

I do cab around sometimes but I haven’t seen this taxi driver in Singapore. I always look at the driver names. Yes, taxi drivers, I always look at your name tags and I always end up remembering your license plate number whether I want it or not.

[Source: Hypernation, via Digg]

Picture of iPhone in Sitex 2007:

(iPhone spotted at Sitex 2007.)

It’s got an intuitive interface and I see much value in owning one. Get yours before Sitex ends this evening!

Just saw the Media Development Authority’s latest effort in getting Singaporeans all excited about er… Okay, actually I have no idea what it is about. But never mind, it’s always funny to watch a higher management try to get creative while throwing jargons around.

MDA raps and tortures Singaporeans

Yes yes all, we don’t stop! Get connected worldwide. Rock on! What the…

Seriously, this is a terrible branding effort. Yo ain’t no rapper. Please try again.

Video of who is believed to be Singapore’s most beautiful lady.

Singapore Most Beautiful Women

Well, erm… To each his own I guess.

I was poking around Wikipedia and I spotted something hilarious, IP address 203.116.59.28 is placing all sorts of lies in Wikipedia!

In the Lee Kuan Yew article, he wrote:

• He is very old.

In the Lee Hsien Loong article, he wrote and replace an image:

• Notice how he bears the appearance of a horse with his long facial features, giving one the unpleasant feeling of being in a zoo
• (Also changed Lee Hsien Loong picture into a horse)

In the Singapore Dollar article, he wrote:

• You mean you do not like Sing dollar?

In the Li Hongyi article, he wrote this and this:

• Li is also found to be suffering from cerebral palsy, lunacy and syphilis.
• Li is known to be suffering from dyslexia.

He is also:

• interested in Odex
• likes changing Baby-G into Baby-G Spot
• quite a fan of Honour and Passion
• thinks Liang Po Po is a horror film
• prefers calling Bollywood ‘Boobywood’
• believes that Mortal Kombat’s Jarek is a 3SG in the RSAF

It is not uncommon to spot people adding chunks of nonsense in Wikipedia. It’s the most unplesant thing to do. Imagine you had to do a project and just take the information directly from Wikipedia. You’ll end up with chunks of shit. It’s unfortunate that there are always people trying to distort the free online encyclopedia. While the change is often reverted, it takes a couple of days. Some rarer defaced articles gone unnoticed.

And therefore, everytime you do research, never ever trust just one source. If Wikipedia says this, counter check it with Encarta or Britannica. Get the “facts” right. It’s a great community encyclopedia but don’t trust it completely.

On a side note, Wikipedia just got its 2 millionth article.

Not sure if you guys have actually seen this, the Odex parody video:

XEDO Holocaust

And just in case you don’t know what is Odex:

In Singapore, the piracy of Japanese animation has gotten quite a bit of press coverage. I know many people downloading anime. One of the local anime distributers, Odex, decided to start demanding payment from people who download from sources such as BitTorrent. While they’re generally and lawful to pursue this matter, their approach is not favorable among the local anime community.

They demanded a monetary settlement from the downloaders of about $3000 which they claim is the fees that were spent on issuing the lawsuit. Such bullying tactics has caused several to boycott Odex products. I looked at Odex products at HMV feeling disgusted by their ways. To worsen matters, ISP Singnet and Starhub revealed their subscriber details.

But as the Odex saga is coming to an end, it’s interesting to watch the supposedly good guys turn bad and hated all around town. Odex didn’t do anything wrong when they start whining people are downloading their anime. It’s the all suing thing that just sucks. I think there’s plenty to learn from this. Don’t be overly righteous. And be more sensitive to what you say in forums.