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1st Issue - 13th July 2007

This is a new link segment where we will give you the answer to the 10,000 'whys' that you will never asked! I will post 10 whys every issue until I hit the 10,000th whys. Here are the first 10 whys...

• Why America always wins.
• Why birds always fly in an arrow formation side-by-side.
• Why the Japanese really need serious english lessons.
• Why Legos once ruled the world.
• Why Origami will rule the world in the future.
• Why Legos might rule the world again in the future.
• Why dogs should not drink slurpee.
• Why this store should change their name.
• Why we should ban Segways from our household.
• Why the future Slam Dunk competitions will be held in water.

The fact is, the Internet is not any weirder than what the world already, it just makes these weird shit goes around more easily.

We present to your, the crappiest stuff you see and hear on the internet.

• "Officer, if I don't sell these drugs to these little kids, how can I support my own kid?"
• "I'm brunette, 34C, green eyes, all in proportion and good looking...just pay for my tuition fee in a lump sum and I'm yours"
• This boy's name's Hell. The catholic school doesn't want him but changed their decision. So his father ask them to go to Hell and see if he still wants to go.
• How the Devil hooks up ladies in the onine chatrooms.
• We would gladly beat you up if you do this in Singapore.
  

ok, I've just stumbled upon the coolest website in the world that let's you fight whoever you want! Check it out:

Let's see...we can have a weekly googlefight competition with YOU people submitting your one and only googlefight that you think will make the rest of us burst our guts out and we post the best, let the other users vote.

A brief explanantion on this googlefight. It simply shows the number of search results by Google on the terms you enter. So we are actually comparing the number of search results on both terms to determine who's the winner.

Childish right? That's how things go about here. Anyway, to submit a googlefight, just post a comment or send an email to googlefight @ laikaopeh.com

Just give us the 2 terms and we will do the rest of the work! Prizes might be given to the most consistent contributors and weekly winners! So start compiling your googlefights today!

OMG this is the killer...

The programmes on TV Mobile are either in
English or Mandarin. How about Malay or Tamil progammes? Also, the
sound is too loud. Why cant we have a peaceful bus ride?

SBS
Transit worked with MediaCorp to install TV Mobile in our buses in
2001. MediaCorp looks after the programming and maintenance of the
television sets while SBS Transit provides the space in the buses. The
purpose is to provide infotainment to our commuters so as to enhance
their travel experience. This is also a source of revenue for us to
defray costs.

According to the latest ACNielsen survey, English (71%) is the
preferred language for TV Mobile programmes, followed by Mandarin
(26%). Bearing in mind the language sensitivity in a multi-lingual
country like Singapore, our programming content is 88% in English and
12% in Mandarin (based on a typical week). 76% of the commuters
surveyed agree that TV Mobile make their bus journeys more pleasant.
72% feel that the volume is just right.

Check out all the bus fun.

I laughed at this too...

Some of the air-conditioned buses are
either too cold or too warm. Why cant the Bus Captain adjust the
temperature?

The
Bus Captains are not able to adjust the temperature. The temperature is
automatically adjusted using climatic control. It is a fact that
generally, you will feel colder in the morning and not as cold in the
afternoon in the air-conditioned bus due to the external ambient
temperature although the settings of the air-condition remained
unchanged.
We have rigorous maintenance program for bus air-conditioning. If the
air-conditioning in the bus is found to be faulty, it will be sent for
repair immediately. We welcome our passengers to call our feed back
hotline, 1800-287 2727 should they find the air-conditioning in our
buses to be malfunctioning.

From SBS website:

Why does the Bus Captain drive so slowly?
We
hope commuters can appreciate that traffic conditions on the road can
vary. Our schedules, however, can only be planned to meet what is
usually the expected traffic condition at the various times of the day.
There will be times when the traffic conditions are unusually clear or
congested and this often results in buses being too early or late.

When traffic conditions are especially clear, our Bus Captains are
required to regulate speed if they notice that they are ahead of
schedule. This ensures that the Bus Captains keep the arrival times at
the bus stops as close to the planned schedule as possible to avoid any
disruption like bus bunching.

From the perspective of the passengers on board the bus, the journey
seems slow but to the passengers waiting at the bus stops along the
route, they expect their bus to arrive on time as scheduled.
Nonetheless, we will monitor our buses closely and make appropriate
adjustments to the running time when necessary.

 

I don't know why, the minute i saw the title, I laughed...

Jack is a telemarketer who is persuading Jayson to come down to his office to collect his prizes. Jayson tells him he's a very busy CIO who works in IBM and CISCO and keeps Jack informed of when he will be really free to go down. In the process, they had a few very fulfilling conversations about pajamas day, Shaguars, Donald Trump, MNCs, poppy seeds, IT show, etc and at one point I thought that Jack had fell in love with Jayson. So much so that he keeps calling back.

Here's the first episode, where it all started.

Here's the second episode, where Victor(Jayson) actually hops over to Cisco.

Here's the third episode, where they discussed where to park the Shaguar.

Here's the fourth episode, where to find a fountain for the shaguar.

Here's the fifth episode, where they talked about poppy seeds plantation, Brazil and IT show.

On MRT train...

MRT arh MRT,
take me to town in thirty,
move in quickly coz the doors' closing.
auntie arh u want to take this sit?
fucking bangala don't stand near me,
coz you smell like shit.

***thank you***