!asians !chuds journos owned by facts and logic

Proving that redditors are pests all around the world !homeowners

Busybody post: https://old.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/1dywl73/is_that_an_onsen_spa_at_a_hdb/

A homeowner who installed a fixture resembling a Japanese sauna outside their Serangoon HDB flat will be asked to remove it, after a picture of the structure raised eyebrows online.

On Tuesday (July 9), a Reddit user shared a photo of the flat and wrote: "Is that an onsen spa at a HDB [block]?"

Complete with a door and window as well as a decorative frame with the word 'home' written in Mandarin, the rustic-looking wooden fixture sits on a raised platform, jutting out from the wall. Surrounding it is some greenery and pots of plants.

The flat is located on the 12th floor of a HDB block at Serangoon Central, reported Lianhe Zaobao.

A reporter spotted over 30 potted plants lining the corridor, and items such as laundry detergent placed on top of the 'sauna', which is understood to be used as a storage space.

Residents told Zaobao that the homeowner is a Chinese woman in her 50s.

Neighbour Huang Dehan (transliteration), 20, said the fixture appeared about five or six years ago.

"I heard that other residents have reported the situation to the authorities, but nothing much changed. She used to water her plants outside the flat, but has been doing so less frequently now," added the student.

Netizens expressed their amazement at the "cool" and "cute" structure, but many opined that it may be illegal.

One Reddit user commented: "They're meant to be installed in your bathroom, by removing your entire shower cubicle and putting this in its place... It's a great option if you really want a sauna in your home.

"This is flat-out brazenly illegal though."

Another said: "I think [the fixture] blocks the actual real gate with the unit number. Definitely not legal. Because this encroaches onto the public space. I mean many people do that with their shoe racks and stuff but they're easily moveable, unlike this."

Resident was asked to reduce clutter: Town council

Responding to AsiaOne's queries, a spokesperson for Marine Parade Town Council said they have been engaging with the homeowner to reduce clutter outside the unit over the years, which resident "has made some effort in doing so"

"We will continue in our engagement and work with the owner to remove the fixture and further reduce the clutter," said the spokesperson, adding that the situation will be monitored closely.

Residents are urged to refrain from installing unauthorised structures in common areas, reduce clutter and to not obstruct the corridors or the staircase and its landings for a safer and more comfortable living environment.

Those who wish to report any estate-related feedback or request for assistance can contact the town council at 1800-241 6487 or 1800-287 6530, or through its official Facebook and Instagram page.

According to the Singapore Civil Defence Force, the common corridor in HDB estates must have a clear passage at least 1.2metres wide.

No placement or storage of objects at staircases and its immediate landing is allowed so that escape routes are not obstructed.

According to the HDB website, renovation works which create a public nuisance, pose a fire hazard, or intrude into public space are not allowed.

Examples of disallowed building works listed include the installation of awning or other fixtures outside the flat.

when Lee Kuan Yew left office in 1990 he left behind 100 sealed envelopes containing policies to ensure prosperity for the next 100 years, and instructed each successive PM to open one envelope on every new year's eve. Hot Whiteboard Eraser Assistants was the policy for 2024. https://t.co/FvDJPDqith

— ᐱ ᑎ ᑐ ᒋ ᕮ ᒍ (@Andr3jH) July 13, 2024

Vietcong? More like Vietkings

Reddit discusses (no drama though):

https://old.reddit.com/r/Bolehland/comments/1dwgx5k/in_your_opinion_which_local_cuisine_made_us_fat/

https://old.reddit.com/r/Philippines/comments/1dwllxh/whats_your_opinion_about_this_one/

!Pinoypride beating out

!Asians I'm surprised Thailand is so frickin fat but I refuse to ever travel there for moral reasons so I wouldn't know firsthand

Instagram: https://instagram.com/reel/C7tD1m1S8EJ/

Featured on WCGW: https://old.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/comments/1du5r6f/a_social_influencer_mom_takes_her_4yearold_son_on/

sgraw thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/SingaporeRaw/comments/1du9nrj/a_social_influencer_mom_takes_her_4yearold_son_on/

turns out the mum and dad were on the news recently as the couple who took a sabbatical to take their son out of preschool to travel around the world

https://www.todayonline.com/features/stories-behind-parents-who-took-their-4-year-old-son-out-preschool-go-2-year-world-tour-2421636

Would have been a WPDcel in current year

However, the teenager began watching death videos in 2020, when Mr Chong said "there was no suggestion there was any underlying depression". Instead, it was the boy's own "misguided curiosity".

SINGAPORE: A teenager who was sentenced to 16 years in jail for killing his schoolmate with an axe at River Valley High School turned to the Court of Appeal on Monday (Jul 1) to seek a shorter prison term.

After hearing arguments for a full morning, the panel of three judges said they would take time to consider and would issue full findings in due course.

The young man, who turned 19 this year, cannot be named as he committed the offence when he was under the age of 18 and is protected under the Children and Young Persons Act.

He was 16 when he attacked 13-year-old Ethan Hun Zhe Kai in a school potty on Jul 19, 2021.

The appellant was sentenced in December 2023 for the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

At the Court of Appeal on Monday, he appeared in a white shirt, sported a buzz cut and had a sombre look on his face throughout proceedings.

His lawyers, Mr Sunil Sudheesan and Ms Joyce Khoo from Quahe Woo & Palmer, argued for his jail term of 16 years to be reduced to eight to 10 years instead.

Mr Sudheesan described the sentence as manifestly excessive and centred his arguments around his client's depression, which had resulted in two suicide attempts before the incident.

The lawyer said the teenager's decision on the day of the incident was "an irrational solution to his intention of suicide".

While some plan suicides around certain methods, the teenager's plan was to be killed by the police after the attack as he felt he was unable to take his own life, said Mr Sudheesan.

The appeal was heard by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon and Justices Woo Bih Li and Belinda Ang.

CHIEF JUSTICE'S ISSUES WITH THE DEFENCE'S CASE

Chief Justice Menon told Mr Sudheesan that he was "struggling" with the lawyer's case, as the narrative of what happened, according to the statement of facts the teen pleaded guilty to, did not quite fit.

According to the statement of facts, the teen waited for students to leave, before preparing the potty and waiting for someone to enter.

After the victim - a random target - entered, the teenager put up tape to stop others from entering and proceeded to kill the boy.

"I mean that whole set of sequence of events does not suggest a picture of someone who was hoping to be confronted and apprehended and stopped," said the Chief Justice.

"On the contrary, it presents a picture of someone who was thinking about how to complete the act of killing, and it seems very much targeted at his plan towards taking the life of the victim, rather than anything to do putting himself in the way of law enforcement."

Chief Justice Menon pointed out a second issue that he found "rather troubling".

According to court documents, the teenager claimed he felt "catharsis and regret" after attacking the victim, and he decided to stop his plan of killing more people.

While the Chief Justice said it was "completely tragic" that a young person should feel that way in wanting to take his own life, he said he struggled to see what it was about his mental illness that was mitigating for his case.

In response, Mr Sudheesan explained that his client's plan to end his life was to attack someone in school and have the police kill him - therefore the steps taken to kill the victim were deliberate as planned.

However, after he killed the boy, he felt "catharsis and regret" and decided to stop his further plan of killing more people, said the lawyer.

As to the harm caused to the victim, the lawyer said he hated to use the term, but it was "collateral damage", and that the "poor victim was at the wrong place at the wrong time".

The defence lawyers said the teenager has been receiving treatment by taking anti-depressants daily since September 2021, with the dosage reduced after November 2022.

He also received psychotherapy sessions, attends religious fellowship and has religious counselling with a pastor, converting to Christianity while remanded.

His depression has been in remission since September 2022, a fact confirmed in June 2023, with no relapses since.

Mr Sudheesan said his client felt extremely remorseful for his actions, understanding that he has caused irreparable harm to Ethan's family.

He has expressed his remorse in a letter to Ethan's family.

"DISTURBING" POETRY

Chief Justice Menon said the sentencing judge had also referred to some poems written by the teenager that "disturbed" her and caused her to form the opinion that the poetry disclosed "a level of appeal" to the appellant to his form of dying.

In response, Mr Sudheesan said the psychiatrist did not weigh in on the contents of the poem, and that to say the poems show that school slashings appeal to the teen in the absence of an expert on the poems was "taking it too far".

The lawyer quipped that William Shakespeare had a line in his play Henry VI, Part 2, where he said "let's kill all the lawyers", but that did not necessarily mean this appealed to him.

"Well it might have, if he had gone and done that," responded the Chief Justice.

Justice Belinda Ang pointed out that the sentencing judge had named three major factors that contributed to the killing, and the appellant's major depressive disorder was only one of them.

The other two factors were his refusal to get external help, and his consumption of videos depicting scenes of human death at least half a year before the onset of the depression. Both of these were "matters well within his own control", according to the grounds of decision.

Amongst his replies, Mr Sudheesan said one cannot blame a 16-year-old for not getting help.

Deputy Public Prosecutors Kumaresan Gohulabalan and Andre Chong urged the court to dismiss the appeal.

They said the teenager did not dispute that the case - involving a killing of a student in a school in Singapore, is unprecedented and heinous.

"He accepts that the case involved a chilling degree of premeditation and cold logic in planning and preparing for the killing," wrote the prosecutors in their written arguments.

"He does not dispute that his diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD) was but one of three factors that contributed to the killing. Nor does he dispute that, despite his MDD, he understood that what he was doing was morally and legally wrong, and retained control over his actions."

Mr Chong argued in person that the chronology that led to the appellant's depression was important. He described how it all started in 2019, abated in between with periods of "rebound", and was followed by a period in 2021 where his stress increased exponentially.

However, the teenager began watching death videos in 2020, when Mr Chong said "there was no suggestion there was any underlying depression". Instead, it was the boy's own "misguided curiosity".

In response, Mr Sudheesan said: "Depression is not like a tap. You can't turn it off. You can't turn it on. The depths of depression can grip hold of the best of us."

After the hearing ended, with judgment reserved, the appellant's family members crowded around him where he sat behind a wall of glass in the dock in handcuffs.

They pushed their fingers through the slit in the glass to hold his hands and spoke fervently to him until they had to leave.

!asians it's doubly funny because "hei" = "black" in chinese so "heiniger" = black

A transgender social service provider in Singapore has removed a controversial pin design from their booth at this year's Pink Dot event.

Non-profit organisation The T Project recently received backlash from Redditors who labelled the design as "horrible" and "obscene", pointing out that Pink Dot is known to be a "family-friendly" event.

The organisation has since removed the displays, acknowledging the "sensitivity" of the pin designs.

On Wednesday (26 June), a Redditor on the Singapore Raw Subreddit reshared a picture from The T Project's latest social media post.

"Obscene items to be shown at a supposedly family-friendly event (Pink Dot)," the caption read.

The photo showed print designs of two large pins, meant to resemble "butt plugs", with the tip covered in an unknown substance.

The pins were designed to be the organisation's PreP mascot ahead of the Pink Dot event this Saturday (29 June).

According to Pink Dot SG, the event is "family-friendly" for people of all ages, hence many Redditors in the comments agreed that the design was inappropriate.

After receiving criticism for their controversial design, The T Project promptly removed the photos from their social media pages.

Speaking to MS News, The T Project stated that they will not be bringing the pin designs to the Pink Dot event in light of their "sensitivity".

The organisation also noted the importance of feedback and thanked the public for highlighting the matter.

"We appreciate all your love and support," The T Project said.

Hong Kong is also U.S. but Taiwan is China

no mention on singapore's draconian drug laws, a compliant population and highly-remunerated (and therefore highly competent) politicians?

orange site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40797376

@TracingWoodgrains

also obligatory “disneyland with the death penalty”:

>Singapore is the most boring, sterile place I've ever been. I'd take Tokyo, Taipei, or Hong Kong over it in a heartbeat. The entire country reminds me of a mall. William Gibson's 1993 Wired article "Disneyland with the Death Penalty" (https://www.wired.com/1993/04/gibson-2/) is still as relevant as ever.

>
I saw a fascinating talk that convincingly argued that the Chinese Communist Party has taken its game plan over the last 30 years from Singapore, a de facto one party state led by the People's Action Party. It's interesting to note that this party was founded on socialist principles but is now firmly capitalist.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40799242

Worldo is simple, people see south East Asian with tan they assume it's Philippinos

She of course has a fatish maga bf

https://instagram.com/reel/C8jFF9wxQ9-/

!football

In addition to Singapore football fans, Chinese football fans also held their breath and watched the 2026 World Cup Asian qualifier match between Singapore and Thailand closely on Jun. 11.

This is because, after losing 1-0 to South Korea, the Chinese national football team could only advance to the next round if Singapore did not lose by three or more goals to Thailand. Should Thailand win by three or more goals, they will advance to the next round instead and that would end China's World Cup hopes.

By around 10:30pm, the result was sealed: Singapore lost two goals against Thailand.

Thanked Hassan Sunny for 11 saves

Characterising China's advance to the next round as "a narrow escape from death", Chinese football fans attributed the victory to Singaporean goalkeeper Hassan Sunny.

According to the fans, Hassan made 11 saves during the game, including saving a close shot from Thai player Jaroensak Wonggorn in the 85th minute.

On Chinese sports app Hupu, Hassan was labelled "top-notch goalkeeper" and "the King of Football of the people" with a 10/10 rating.

Translation:

User @HupuJR0552834569:

"I cried. Hassan, the King of Football, you are the saviour of China's national football team."

User @HupuJR0489343637:

"Even at the age of 40, Hassan could make 11 saves. He saved China's spot as Asia's top 18 in World Cup 2026!"

Transferred money to Hassan's stall

In addition to praising Hassan, Chinese football fans also highlighted that he owned a Muslim food stall, called "Dapur Hassan", in Tampines and encouraged those who visit Singapore in the future to support his business.

Soon after, the QR payment code for Hassan's stall began circulating amongst Chinese fans, and some decided to transfer money to the stall to express their appreciation.

One fan from Shanghai told Sina News that he was so overjoyed by the advancement of the Chinese football team that the only way he could express his elation was to transfer money to Hassan's stall:

"At first, I wanted to transfer S$188.88 as it was an auspicious number. However, I realised it would mean transferring more than 1,000 yuan, so I calmed myself down immediately and decided to transfer S$50.

S$50 was around 268.88 yuan, which also sounded quite auspicious, so I just made the transfer right away."

"To pay for my love for the Chinese football team, I think this money was well-spent," added the fan.

Other screenshots of payment transfers shared with Sina News show that the transfer amount ranged between S$1 and S$100.

In response, Hassan said, "Xie Xie (thank you in Mandarin), China!" in a video, as his teammate Ilhan Fandi quipped, "He saved China ah."

Also thanked Singapore embassy

After the match, Chinese fans also flooded the Weibo page of the Singapore Embassy in China, expressing their gratitude to the Singapore national football team.

Besides praising the team's "greatness", many fans also said they would pay a visit to Singapore this year to help boost tourism.

Translation:

User @wojiaoxiashenmelaine:

"My brother: I will come to [Singapore] and spend immediately."

User @Lishiyi_01:

"Tonight, I am a fan of Singapore national football team! I will visit Singapore this summer holiday."

"Tonight, because of your great national football team, I felt a tremendous, unparalleled amount of joy. For a long time from now, my joy would be attributed to Singapore. I am so f**king grateful for Singaporeans. Thank you," wrote one commenter.

SINGAPORE: A Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) officer has graduated top of his cohort at the prestigious United States Air Force Academy, making him the first Singaporean to achieve that in nearly 30 years.

The four-year programme at the public university and military service academy combines athletics, character and leadership development, and military training.

Lieutenant (LTA) Jonathan Loh was seen waving the Singapore flag at his graduation event last month, which was graced by US Vice President Kamala Harris.

At the event on May 30, LTA Loh received 10 awards from the academy.

The announcement that he was the valedictorian came as a pleasant surprise to the 25-year-old, who said he did not expect it and felt "overwhelmed".

LTA Loh, who completed his studies at Beatty Secondary School and St Andrew's Junior College, said he has "never been number one in anything" like that before.

"All I was obliged to do was to give my best. I'm not obliged to be the valedictorian. I'm not entitled to it," said LTA Loh during an interview with the media on Friday (Jun 7).

He recalled a quote that the principal of the academy used to say: "If you see a turtle on a fencepost, you know it didn't get there by itself."

"I love that quote because I know that in that moment, I got to be the one to raise the flag but I didn't get there by myself," said LTA Loh.

He added that he was "proud and thankful and honoured and humbled" to wave the Singapore flag.

Being associated with retired Colonel Low Chung Guan - the first Singaporean to top his class at the academy in 1995 - and getting to represent the country was also an honour for LTA Loh.

Still, the achievement does not mark the end but rather another milestone in a career he is "excited to live", added LTA Loh, who is a pilot trainee at the Air Force Training Command.

LTA Loh described the academy as a "highly competitive" institution, which sees thousands of applicants a year. LTA Loh's batch had 974 cadets, out of which 15 were international students.

At the academy, the first seven to eight hours of his day were filled with classes followed by another two hours that were set aside for military activities such as training.

Time management was a big challenge for him as there were many "competing priorities".

"Your work is never-ending. You can always find another book to read more in-depth into, you can always find another paper to study a little bit harder on," he added.

But it is important to draw the line and to remind himself that he has done enough and to move on to focus on his friendships, he noted.

MUM DIDN'T GET TO SEE HIM DO WELL

LTA Loh said that he had not always done well in school. He recalled how his mother would buy him many 10-year series books and sign him up for Chinese tuition when he was in primary school.

He knew she wanted him to do well academically and get a good job in the future but she died in 2011 when LTA Loh was in Primary 6.

Though the tide turned for him when his grades began improving in secondary school, she was not around to bear witness.

"I remember thinking to myself during those years if only my biological mum could just see me start to do well," LTA Loh said.

He shared how he wished she was around to celebrate the other significant milestones in his life, from the Scouts Association Chief Commissioner's Award he won when he was 16 to his performance during Basic Military Training.

"She didn't get to see how I was becoming a better leader and a better person."

After his mother's passing, LTA Loh's father remarried. And what his mother did not get to see, his stepmother did, as both his father and stepmother attended his graduation last week.

As for his biological mother, she has not faded away - both from his memory and his wallet, where he keeps a photo of her.

Behind the photo are three phrases: Be kind and caring; be hardworking; and honour God.

"And those are values I hold on to with my dear life," said LTA Loh.

Singapore belongs to the US

The Singaporeans have no real culture, the Singaporeans have no real native population, all Singaporeans are immigrants replaced by another generation of immigrants, the greatest creations of the Singaporeans can easily be beaten by a second tier US city, the Singaporeans have no global influence, the Singaporeans are too small to be a real country, New York is a better planned and built city than Singapore, New Yorkers are on average richer than Singaporeans, New York has a greater population density than Singapore, Singapore is a poor imitation of American greatness when it comes to Urban construction, Singaporeans are on average a bunch of barbarians in suits, Singaporeans have no real freedoms, Singaporeans have no real competence, Singaporeans have brought nothing useful to human civilization, Singapore is a shitty fly over state so that Poor Chinese can also have jobs somewhere. The US a population of 340 million people is well on its way to cross the GDP per capita of Singapore. Singapore is a badly planned country with a higher debt to GDP ratio than the US. Singapore has already peaked and the only direction it can now go is stagnation just like any other developed economy. Singapore will never be a real country, Singapore will never be a real city. Singapore is just the world's most developed village which is clearly visible in their barbaric laws. Singapore is an Islamic nation with a Gucci Belt. Singapore is a part of China just like Hong Kong that likes to pretend it is independent. Singapore is rightful Chinese property. Singaporeans are rightful Chinese vassals. Singapore is a poor man's paradise. Singapore has no civilization. Singapore's IQ is high only because of the immigrants. Singapore has no culture. Singapore has no competency, one would be better trusting an Afghan with a factory than a Singaporean. Singaporeans are one and all a slave race just like the South Koreans and the Japanese. In the totem pole of East Asian races Singaporeans are below the Filipinos and Indonesians and Myanmar people. The Singaporeans have no real language, they can only speak broken English. The Singaporeans have no cuisine they think raw chicken soup is an actual delicacy. The Singaporeans are bug mutants that are living under the mistaken belief that they are actual humans like white people. Singapore has the second worst fertility rate in the world. Singapore is a population sink where people move to die out. Singapore has no legacy. Singapore has no future. Singapore is the downie of the developed world. Nation states laugh behind its back, entertaining themselves with the idea that Singapore thinks that it's growth is based on it's hard work and talent, meanwhile it only survives off of loose change thrown at it by the world's largest economies. Singapore is a pretender trying to be both Western and Eastern at the same time, applying white makeup all over itself but only looking like a clown at the end of the day with chink eyes. The average South Korean is taller than the average Singaporean they are a malnourished people who still haven't figured out how nutrition works. Incapable of change and incapable of greatness even if they were given an instruction manual. Singapore is the home of people who failed to immigrate to Lithuania and Poland. Singapore is a backwater that has been coasting off of being at the right place in the world and constantly falling behind in an ever growing global world order. The last time a Singaporean worked an honest day's work they made him Supreme leader for life. It's all been downhill since his death. Singapore is a failed state that can only go downhill now. Singapore will be taken over by China in another two decades, if the Singaporeans don't sell themselves out first. Singapore is a lost cause.

@X

This post rests on native land

Native land that belongs to the US

Native land unlike Singaporean land that is the land of people who failed to immigrate to the west.

I hope this hole fails just like the Singaporean economy.

!chuds thoughts? whats made singapore so gay???

It's time again for Hong Lim Park to turn into a sea of pink. Pink Dot SG returns to the park for its 16th edition with the theme of “No One Left Behind”. The event this year shines the spotlight on the ways that the LGBTQ+ community continues to face marginalisation and discrimination despite the historic repeal of Section 377A. Expect powerful rally speeches, community tents, and rousing performances by Singapura Drag Royalty (featuring more than 40 drag queens and kings), Kiki HQ, Jean Seizure, RENE, Marian Carmel, and more. And the most iconic aspect of Pink Dot – the illuminated night formation at 7.30pm.

In the lead-up to Pink Dot, watch three videos highlighting queer experiences in Singapore. In the first, four pairs of strangers share what it was like to grow up as LGBTQ+ individuals in Singapore. Keep your eyes on Pink Dot's socials for two more videos which will dive into love and relationship, and ageing and dreams for the future.

!chuds btfo