Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th

How bloody unlucky! I thought I had escaped the 'curse' of Friday the 13th but it actually stretched past midnight. I accidentally dropped my company's laptop and damaged the screen. Now I may have to pay for the repair which is S$600+...

Civil Servants and Ministers Pay Rise

Dear Prime Minister,

I understand your concern in retaining talents for the public sector for the benefit of serving fellow citizens. Hence there is a need to peg the wages of civil servants and ministers to the professionals of the private sector.

However, how can we know that these civil servants and ministers (apart from you, of course) are actually performing at the same level as their private sector counterparts to justify the pay increment? I feel that there is a need to demonstrate that the very civil servants we are trying to retain are displaying high work attitudes.

Sorry for being so negative but I simply have heard so many examples of inefficient, inflexible and sometimes even ignorant civil servants that often hinder than help us.

Your Concerned Citizen

Taipei - Final Note

Taiwan is really a beautiful place. Taipei City is vibrant, albeit more chaotic in terms of the traffic. The people are friendly and helpful. Youths are generally trendy and fair. Pardon me for not taking any pictures of those pretty girls that you guys want to see ;p There are plenty of them but you don't expect me to use my camera like a pervert or something right?

Anyway, I sure will like to visit Taiwan again, a different city each time. If anyone don't mind having me as a traveling companion, can I tag along? :p