Perennial: Kids cheating their Parents

Like pedophilia but would be less often stories like this will appear again and again in our papers. Like the former this one makes me very angry. Times have changed but there was a time when such kids would be put to death. I think partly because a less sophisticated society saw it as murder of one's parents since practically that would be the result. Today as a society we can step in but as much as possible we must keep exploring for more ideas and ways to bring these kids to task.

School Parking: Too much power to bean counters

This one has my goat. First saw it last Friday, again the next day and many times on Facebook especially the one yesterday.

If we consider teaching a calling then we respect it as such. You don't want to keep strict scores with the teachers especially when they do not as well. This was made very clear when someone reminded us:

"Former teacher lists 13 examples of "fees" teachers have had to pay out of their own pocket...."

This inane idea of getting teachers to pay for parking in school of course come from bean counters who see and weigh the world as beans in different sizes and colour. There is a lot more to life than just beans. Unfortunately these government accountants have so much power.

I used to blog here a few years ago that the government was prone to know the price of everything but the value of nothing. This episode really remind me of that DNA once more. I hope we can do better.

Note this comment from the Facebook story:

Remembering Glioblastoma Multiforme

Saw this last Friday but was too busy to do anything about it until now.

Glioblastoma Multiforme the infamous and practically unbeatable tumor that took mom away when she was still quite young. So this is a good and significant milestone achieved fighting this one.

What happened to guys' pants?

Great! When did this happen? First time I noticed in men's fashion they wore trousers that are clearly too short. It would be interesting to look out for who are doing this here.

You can buy this for $19.90 off Qoo10 which is shipped from Korea.

Update: 5:50pm

I was told that the Beatles started this way back in the 60s. Did my parents make my brother and I do the same? I remember at one point my mom bought us purple pants.

Bought HP K4000 Bluetooth Keyboard

Just bought this HP K4000 Bluetooth keyboard for about $40 with the money accumulated on my Everyday Card from filling the car tank. We love to use the positive balance at Popular bookstore. This keyboard would make annotating my thinking maps on my Tablet very convenient.

I had earlier spent an hour at SL Square and left with only the cheapo reading glasses. You have to do your homework before shopping there. Prices can vary very widely. The shop I wanted to buy a cheapo Bluetooth keyboard wasn't open and I wasn't happy with the prices quoted by the others. I was hoping to get a Chinese non branded one for between $15 to $20.

Moving from Funan To SL Square

I didn't realize the new Downtown line comes to close to Sim Lim Square. Mentally I am preparing to to give up Funan Centre and return to Sim Lim Square.

We had arrived too early for lunch at Fatty Weng, so we took a walk around the building and made this wonderful discovery. I never liked to drive to SL Square, its parking rates are terrible and not always easy to find a parking spot as well.

Reading Glasses: Good & Cheap

Bought these for $4.90 each at the sprawling Level 1 shop in the middle of Sim Lim Square this afternoon after lunch at Fatty Weng. Quite well made, should have bought one or two more and leave them all over the house!

Radha Exports is the company behind ValueDollar and ABC chain store. I used to buy cheap orange Kit Kat and breakfast cereal from them.