2015 Singapore’s election may be the most interesting



Singapore’s ruling party appears set to keep an unbroken 56-year grip on power, but Friday’s general elections could be the most interesting yet.

For one, all of Singapore’s Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs), essentially the election districts, will be contested for the first time in the country’s history. Historically, if a district wasn’t contested, its residents didn’t vote, meaning many Singaporeans will be getting their first chance to vote.

“I didn’t get a chance to vote in the last election,” said one 33-year-old Singaporean who declined to be named. “I didn’t want to miss the opportunity again,” he added, noting that he delayed a pre-planned trip at the cost of 150 Singapore dollars (around $106) so that he could vote.

The latest elections will also be the first polls since the death of Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, who oversaw the country’s shift away from export manufacturing to a high-value services and investment-driven growth model crucial to Singapore’s transformation into one of the region’s few first-world nations.

The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) is widely expected to win the polls, driven partly by the wave of nostalgia that followed Lee’s death as well as grand celebrations that accompanied the 50th anniversary of Singapore’s independence. But PAP will be battling a reinvigorated opposition that has used social media to bring their messages directly to Singaporeans, rather than have them filtered through largely state-controlled media outlets.

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Singapore will help Indonesia fight haze



SINGAPORE: Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen on Friday (Sep 11) said that Indonesia has accepted Singapore’s help to deal with the haze situation.

He had contacted Indonesia’s Defence Minister on Thursday (Sep 10) about the Singapore government’s offer to assist Indonesia to fight the ongoing forest fires in Sumatra.

“We’ve offered our Charlies (C-130s) for cloud seeding, and helicopters, Chinooks, for large water buckets to douse the fires in Sumatra,” said Dr Ng. “Thankfully the winds shifted this morning and the haze has come down. We have to find some way of bringing down the problem and I’m glad the Indonesian authorities are looking at it.”

Indonesia said on Friday it will send more than 10,000 troops to fight the fire as well.

The National Environment Agency said that the number of hotspots detected in Sumatra increased to 328 on Thursday, up from 140 on Wednesday (Sep 9). Prevailing winds blow smoke into Malaysia and Singapore, shrouding these countries in haze.

Haze levels rose to unhealthy levels in Singapore on Thursday, with the 3-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hitting a high of 248 at 3am on Friday.

Taiwan’s ‘Prettiest Waitress In The World’

Meet Wei Han Xu. She is an employee at McDonald’s in Taiwan. She is currently breaking the internet. Why?

Because this is how she looks:



Isn’t she drop-dead-gorgeous? Men are thronging this McDonald’s joint from all across Taiwan, just to take in her stunning good looks, and to gawk at her stints in maid/sailor costumes. A young college student, Wei is also a model. But now she’s also a “McGoddess”.



Netizens have been very kind to women whose beauty falls nothing short of exotic. Not long ago, these two women had men reaching for the tissues.

Yanet Garcia, the Mexican weather-woman

Garcia had “people on their thirst behaviour” on Reddit where her subreddit became the fastest growing one in just 24 hours. It featured her photographs, weather report videos and GIFs. The woman who took the internet by ‘storm’, we’d like you all to meet Yanet Garcia:



Breathtaking, isn’t she?



Her popularity grew in spades where she gained 400,000 new followers on Instagram, 100,000 on Twitter and 300,000 fresh likes on her Facebook page.

Korean model proves her breasts are natural with CT scan



Yoo Seung Ok is a fitness model with an impressive body, and she plays a fitness trainer in the new web drama Girls’ Love Story.

So why did the beautiful model-turned-actress get CT scans of her breasts?

With an enviable 36-24-36 measurement, the fitness model’s curvy and fit body is so impressive that it has even earned her fifth place in a Musclemania’s “Fitness America Weekend 2014″ competition. Yoo Seung Ok is the first Korean woman to have won honors in this competition.

According to recent news, there have been viewers who wondered about some shadows on her chest underneath her bra line, when she appeared on a TV program.

Her agency explained that it was dark body lotion that appeared to look like scars on her body.

To refute the doubters, Yoo Seung Ok even went to the hospital to get CT scans and X-rays along with a doctor’s letter to show absolute proof, reported Drama Fever.

Not Only Humans, Birds Fall in Love Too



Not just humans but birds too fall in love and females choose mates if they find them stimulating in some way that is not necessarily obvious to an outside observer.

This stimulation “turns on” the females to increase the likelihood of successful copulation and encourages paternal commitment for the time needed to raise the young.

Sounds familiar? This is presumably what the human dating game is about, say researchers from Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen, Germany.

In the study, the team focused on a socially monogamous bird – the zebra finch – and put male and female birds in a room.

Low Milk Supply? Don’t Give Up Breastfeeding Just Yet



If you’re breastfeeding a baby and worried that you aren’t making enough milk, there’s something you need to know: You may not actually have a problem with your milk supply—and if you do, there are better solutions out there than the quick fixes that friends and family might offer.

According to a study in Pediatrics, 60% of women give up breastfeeding earlier than they want to. The most common reason named by the moms in that study: “I didn’t have enough milk.”

There are two reasons that’s sad: one is that we (as human beings) aren’t good at telling whether we’re making enough milk or not; and the other is that if you do have a low milk supply, it’s usually fixable, as long as you catch it early.

Indonesia arrests executives of ‘haze-causing’ companies



Indonesia has arrested executives from seven companies accused of being behind illegal fires causing air pollution in the region.

Correspondents say such arrests are rare, but could result in fines and prison sentences of up to 15 years.

Haze caused by forest fires is an annual problem but this year has been one of the worst in Indonesia.

Indonesia has declared a state of emergency in Riau province, and nearby countries are also affected.

Malaysia and Singapore have seen deteriorating air quality from the haze, which stretches hundreds of kilometres across South East Asia.

The fires are said to be caused by corporations as well as small-scale farmers who use the illegal slash-and-burn method to clear vegetation for palm oil, pulp and paper plantations.

The problem has accelerated in recent years as more land has been cleared for expanding plantations for the lucrative trade.

Sex robots should be BANNED



A leading robot ethicist has warned that ‘sexbots’ could seriously damage human relationships.

Experts hope to use artificial intelligence to create lifelike machines that can talk and have sex like a human.

However, Dr Kathleen Richardson told the BBC the technology is ‘unnecessary and undesirable’.

‘Sex robots seem to be a growing focus in the robotics industry and the models that they draw on – how they will look, what roles they would play – are very disturbing indeed,’ she told the BBC.

She believes that they reinforce traditional stereotypes of women and the view that a relationship need be nothing more than physical.

‘We think that the creation of such robots will contribute to detrimental relationships between men and women, adults and children, men and men and women and women,’ she said.

World’s sexiest hacker uses boobs to unleash computer viruses

CHINESE hacker distracts targets with her ample assets before installing crippling cyber infections.

If you’re the head of the IT department and you meet this young lady in a bar, be warned.

Going by the name of SexyCyborg this ruthless hacker is using her boobs, and a pair of high heeled shoes, to wreak havoc on the web.

Showing off her weapons on photo site Imgur, the Chinese beauty admits to using her curves to gain access to corporate computers, saying: “I think there’s a reasonable chance that a guy might invite me back to their office after a few drinks in the neighborhood, but a handbag would be suspicious and leaving cell phones at the gate would be standard practice in any reasonably secure facility.

“My typical clothing does not leave room to hide anything – which is all the more reason they would not be suspicious of me.”

Fishing for partners? There’s always a catch



Hi. My name is Charlie.

I have black hair and brown eyes, and I look a little like a demented serial killer (in a charming kind of way).

More importantly, I’m looking to hook up with a girl. Any girl.

Oh, did I mention that I’m married? Even better, you say?

Obviously, none of the above is true apart from me being married. That was my story when I signed up for an Ashley Madison account.

For research purposes, of course.

I found out quickly why so many men have apparently been lured to the site by the promise of easy liaisons with women.

Registration is free and it took me about the same amount of time to set up as my fake e-mail account on Gmail.

You are asked to key in some physical attributes (height, hair and eye colour, etc) and upload a profile picture (I used a stock photo).

The site even gives you an option to digitally mask your face with an actual digital mask, like a kinky Lone Ranger.

Less than an hour after I registered, I had a lovely lady (allegedly) who wanted to get to know me.

Her name was 1babe4you. She’s 41, 1.68m tall, of medium build, and is also married.

At this point, I was thinking: “Wow. I’m a cyberstud muffin. There must be a catch somewhere.”

And as soon as I clicked on her message, there it was – The Catch.

To see her e-mail, I needed credits, five to be exact.

And it just so happened that Ashley Madison had loads of it to sell to me. I could purchase 100 credits for just $99. Or, if I were the kind of guy who loves deals (I am), I could pay $479 for 1,000 credits.

Luckily, another user, kelly0105, sent me an e-mail I could read for free.

It read: “kelly0105 has indicated she is interested in someone just like you. You should send her a custom message to connect.”

Hmm, maybe I should.

I ponder for 10 minutes about what I should send before settling on a sexy but dignified “Hi there.”

I click “send”. And there it is again – The Catch.

To send a message, I needed five credits as well.

The Rich may soon own the world



According to a recent study by Oxfam the richest 1% of the world would soon own more than half of the world’s population. The rich have gone from owning 44% of the world’s wealth in 2009 to 48% last year. If this continues, by the end of 2015 they would own more than 50% of the total money.

If that scares you, hang on, there’s more. The 85 richest people on the face of the Earth have the same money as the poorest 50%. That means 85 well-offs have the same money as 3.5 billion destitutes. This income inequality is going to become even starker very soon – the 80 richest people would be worth the same as the poorest 50%.

What about the rest of the dough?
52% of global wealth that’s not owned by the richest 1% is owned by the richest 20%. The remaining population accounts for a mere 5.5% of global wealth.

But everyone can’t earn the same, duh!
While no one is arguing for perfect equality, the combined trends of income inequality and decreased mobility pose a fundamental threat to the world as we know it.

It’s a defining challenge of our time.

Why should I care?
Income inequality can actually hinder overall economic growth. Also, the poor are hurt twice by soaring inequality. It means they earn little and there is lesser money going around. The result – they grow poorer.

They can always take a loan!
People with lower incomes are increasingly encouraged to take bigger loans to sustain their aspirations.

If these loans aren’t repaid on time (which is often the case), the economy can swing from boom to bust like the 2009 Credit Crunch.

2.3 million people respond to job ad for 368 positions in India



LUCKNOW, India — When a northern Indian state announced a few hundred job openings for low-level office workers who run errands and make tea, the response was staggering.

About 2.3 million people applied for the 368 jobs with the government of Uttar Pradesh. Hundreds of candidates with doctorates and other advanced degrees applied for the jobs that pay about 16,000 rupees ($240) a month and require a fifth-grade education.

The massive number seeking the menial jobs reflects high unemployment levels in the state — India’s most populous — and across much of the country.

Senior administrative officer Prabhat Mittal said Friday that the state government will conduct a written exam to screen the applicants because interviewing all of them would take four years.

“This is astoundingly high number of applicants,” senior government officer Alok Ranjan said.

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The houseguest: ‘I need sex, two, three times a day’



My first thought is that he is a supermodel and she must be his poor assistant. Hans and Rita have come from Düsseldorf to visit a sick friend and want to stay for a week. Hans immediately removes his shirt and jumper, kicks off his shoes, vaults over the back of the sofa and plonks his feet on the coffee table. Rita looks embarrassed. We drink wine together and make small talk.

The following morning I ask if everything is OK in their room. A silence descends. “No, it was awful. I try to sleep in your living room but she say no, I must ask you first.”

My heart sinks. Is the bed uncomfortable?

Rita, who has just had a shower, gathers her towel around herself. “No. I cannot sleep with this man. All night he wants sex. I have told him again and again that because of his philandering I have nearly killed myself with sorrow. I spent two years crying and not eating. All I could do was read Proust and weep on the couch.

Who are the men behind the weird fashion viral

Several months ago, social media is filled with weird fashion collections styled a teenage boy using natural materials such as webs, twigs, flowers, sports and various other materials.



Apichet (Madaew) Atilanttana, 16, high school students from Khon Kaen, Thailand produces innovative design, using materials such as plants, animals and other organic elements.


Quoting the website Upworthy, unique clothing designs of this invention will be worn by him.

Although considered a ‘crazy’ by netizens, but interest Apichet the full support of his family.

In fact, the same family also helped enrich each creation.

Couple ‘had rowdy sex on kitchen floor in front of their crying children’



A randy couple have been hauled in front of a court after allegedly having loud sex on the kitchen floor – as their crying children looked on.

Police were called to a disturbance at the family’s home in Springfield, Massachusetts, before finding it was less of a routine call than they were used to.

Officers said there were three visibly upset children, distressed at what was happening in front of their eyes.

The couple, Adis A. Negron, 30, and Elias Alicea, 38, were arrested and have since appeared in court, where they denied charges of open and gross lewdness.

A police report filed in the court revealed cops heard children crying and shouting inside the Haumont Terrace apartment on June 13.

Jangan melakukan hubungan seks dengan robot kami, syarikat Jepun memberi amaran kepada pengguna



Syarikat Jepun, robot humanoid Pepper telah memberitahu pemiliknya untuk tidak lincah dengannya. Dalam perjanjian pengguna dengan android, firma telefon mudah alih SoftBank menyatakan: “Pemilik polisi tidak boleh melakukan apa-apa perbuatan seksual atau kelakuan tidak senonoh dan lain-lain” pada mesin, yang direka untuk hidup dengan manusia.

Pepper telah dihasilkan dengan kerjasama syarikat robotik Perancis Aldebaran SA dan mula dijual pada bulan Jun untuk $ 1,640 (£ 1,078). Apa yang dipanggil “sahabat sosial” telah menyambut dan berinteraksi dengan pelanggan di 74 kedai SoftBank di Jepun. Nestle juga menggunakan Pepper untuk menjual mesin kopi di negara ini. Disebut-sebut sebagai robot peribadi yang pertama di dunia dengan “emosi” sendiri, Lada begitu popular bahawa 1,000 unit yang dikeluarkan bagi September habis dijual dalam masa satu minit, menurut kenyataan yang dikeluarkan oleh SoftBank. Kumpulan yang akan datang bakal mula dijual pada 31 Oktober.

Frebriani wakili Indonesia dalam “Miss Global Beauty Queen” di Korea



Gianyar, Bali – Ni Luh Frebriani Dewi, salah seorang remaja putri dari perkampungan Seniman Ubud, Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali mewakili Indonesia mengikuti ajang Miss Global Beauty Queen di Seoul, Korea Selatan, 5-19 Oktober 2015.

Sekretaris Daerah Kabupaten Gianyar, Ida Bagus Gaga Adi Saputra menerima kunjungan Luh Frebriani Dewi di ruang kerjanya sekaligus berpamitan untuk mengikuti lomba tersebut di Korea, Jumat.

Ni Luh Frebriani Dewi menjelaskan, keberangkatannya mewakili Indonesia setelah memenangkan seleksi dengan utusan dari 23 provinsi di Tanah Air.

“Saat mengikuti ajang Miss Earth Indonesia 2015 di Jakarta, berhasil menyabet dua special award yakni, Miss Earth Indonesia Best Talent 2015 dan Miss Earth Indonesia Hospitality 2015,” ujarnya.

Prestasi yang diraihnya itu berkat dukungan Pemkab Gianyar. Predikat Kota Layak Anak yang disandang Kabupaten Gianyar, sangat memberi ruang kepada anak-anak Gianyar untuk mengembangkan potensi diri, baik akademik maupun non akademik.

Kedai-kedai kopi Bikini mendapat sambutan di beberapa bandar Orange County



STANTON – Kopi dan bogel adalah campuran sukar di Little Saigon dan seterusnya.

Malam ini, Majlis Bandaraya Stanton dijangka mengikuti jejak langkah Garden Grove dan bandar-bandar lain yang cuba untuk menghadkan bar kopi bikini daripada menjadi sesuatu yang lebih dekat dengan kelab jalur berkafein, mengundi pada peraturan-peraturan-terhadap bogel dan merokok. Undi akan kelihatan pada menjangkakan satu atau lebih bikini bar kopi dibuka di Stanton.

“Kita lihat trend menuju cara kita,” kata Omar Dadabhoy, pengarah pembangunan masyarakat Stanton. “Terdapat kedai-kedai kopi di negara sekitarnya, dan ada yang mempunyai kepentingan dalam datang ke sini. Kami mahu bersedia. “

Peraturan baru: tidak mewarna atau meliputi tingkap, tiada hiburan secara langsung, tidak merokok, tidak ada pendedahan “kemaluan lelaki atau perempuan, kawasan dubur, atau punggung.”