Residents need not worry if lift breaks down (only applicable for PAP wards?)

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Sometimes, you got to learn to read between the lines. This comes from years living in an opposition ward in a PAP-dominated Singapore. Are residents of Potong Pasir and Hougang not Singaporeans too? Do we deserve to be trapped longer in lifts because we chose to exercise our voting rights? Sigh.

Forum letter taken from Straits Times Interactive:

Residents need not worry if lift breaks down (June 30, 2008)

I REFER to last Wednesday’s letter by Mr Lim Keng Hian, ‘No help if HDB lift breaks down’.

First, we would like to assure Mr Lim that he need not worry if he is trapped in an HDB lift as the PAP town councils have an efficient and comprehensive lift rescue practice and system in place.

All HDB lifts maintained by the PAP town councils are connected to a tele-monitoring system which monitors the operation of the lifts 24 hours daily.

The system will detect any passenger trapped in the lift once an alarm is raised by passengers pressing the alarm in the lift. This alarm message would be sent to the Essential Maintenance Service Unit (EMSU) which will deploy the lift rescue team to site to release the trapped passengers.

In addition, the sounding of the alarm will have alerted residents who can also lend a hand by calling the EMSU whose telephone number is displayed in the lift lobby.

Residents trapped in the lifts will be rescued within 25 minutes from the time lift breakdown is registered, a lift rescue performance standard set by the PAP town councils.

In the event of power failure, each lift which is equipped with an emergency backup battery will continue to supply power to the alarm, ventilation fan and lights. In addition, when power failure takes place, the lift will move to the nearest landing and open to release passengers. These are some of the safety features in HDB lifts which may not be present in lifts in commercial buildings and private estates.

We advise passengers who are trapped in the lift to stay calm, press the alarm and wait for our lift rescue team to arrive. It is important that trapped passengers do not try to force open the lift door as it may delay the rescue operation.

We would also like to assure Mr Lim that the maintenance and servicing of lifts are carried out regularly to minimise incidence of lift breakdowns.

Albert Teng
Coordinating Secretary for PAP Town Councils

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Do the David Gan

Inspired by the recent Do the Karen Cheng photo phenomenon on the Internet, the gang of us ex-Youth.SG staff decided to start a Do the David Gan copycat.

Here’s a picture of the gang posing normally while I took a picture of them:

Here’s a picture of the gang doing the David Gan:

Confused?

Check out these two pictures of famous local stylist, David Gan, taken from his blog:

It appears he likes to pose with one arm resting on his shoulder, probably to flaunt his expensive designer watches.

It’s a very stylish looking pose and we thought we can help him spread this around since he’s such a charm.

Should you decide to help spread this along, do email me your pictures (alvinologist@gmail.com) to have a laugh! Alternatively, you can also post the URL to the picture or your blog in the comment box below.

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Photos Galore! Singapore Toy & Comic Convention 2008

WARNING: Long entries ahead with loads of photos!

Rachel and I went to the Singapore Toy & Comic Convention yesterday at Suntec Convention Centre. It was an otaku’s paradise! There were toys, collectibles and comics everywhere. As Friday was the preview night, the exhibition hall was not too crowded and it was easy to move around as well as take photos. Not too sure about today and tomorrow once it’s open to public though.

Here are some pictures I took to share with everywhere.

Dooodolls!

Monsters and cutesy dolls.

LEGO! Both Rachel and I grew up playing LEGO bricks. I used to have a few cupboards full of LEGO sets. They were my favourite childhood toys.

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) in LEGO. I wonder why there’s only one miserable staff – could it be the rest got fired because of the recent ICA passport blunder?

Hillbilly vinyl figurine for hippies?

Hippies inspired artworks.

The artist behind all the hippy designs.

More hippies’ vinyl figurines.

Bumped into my friend, Lai Chow at the convention. She looks pissed because I caught her by surprise on the camera, hahaha

Nintendo Wii inspired China console set.

Wedding bears?

Gary Erskine’s booth.

Nice colourful frames and graphics.

Vile looking bunnies and a giant evil turtle.

Close-up of the evil turtle.

Evil looking bunnies and dogs plush toys.

Trexi – from Singapore!

Furi-furi designed by Aiko.

Rachel trying to blend into a Old Master Q mural.

Look who I am standing next to!

Rachel doing the E.T. thing.

Blythe princess who just won a beauty pageant for horrific looking giant-eyed dolls.

Prettier looking Blythe dolls.

Oriental looking vinyl collectibles.

More cutesy vinyl collectibles on display

Manga inspired merchandises.

Artworks by Zemotion and Noah.

The old ironman helmets. On the right is the head of Ultimus Prime from Transformer

omg! They killed Ironman and made him into a bust!

Life-size figurine of Yoda.

Close-up of Yoda. Check out his hair

Gempak Starz from Malaysia. They are the one who brought in the Old Master Q stuff.

Old Master Q comic crossovers.

Star Wars figurines. I used to have loads of these till my mom forced me to donate them to charity.

Me posing with the Star Wars figurines that I wish belong to me.

Cutesy looking Star Wars figurines.

Tellytubbies inspired Star Wars figurines.

Troopers face-off.

Special storm troopers.

That bunny from Happy Tree Friends!

Dooperdoo booth.

Stickfas – from Singapore!

Guest-of-Honour, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. I didn’t know he was a covet otaku. :

Local artist, Sonny Liew’s version of Astroboy.

Nintendo Wii try-out station.

Tokidoki stickers – kawaii!

Yes, that motion blur is the Tokidoki artist. He’s busy runnning around as many people wants his autograph.

Tokidoki merchandises.

Tokidoki caps.

Which Thor do you like better?

Gloomy – the naughty grizzly.

To-fu cushion pillows.

Hand-drawn To-fu heads.

Vinyl collectibles.

Manga wigs at the Domuya booth.

Gundam robot guarding their booth.

The other Gundam security guard.

Gundam figurines on display.

Association of Comic Artists (Singapore)

Jerry Hinds, the head of the Association of Comic Artists, doing a live digital drawing demo.

Kamen Rider cosplayer.

UPDATE: Check out my newer entry on Day 2 of STC. More pictures ahead – CLICK HERE!

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Singapore’s Heartland Superstar Beatbox Uncle

Move over Steven Lim, uncle is here to kick your ass as the funniest Singaporean youtube superstar!

The two videos were posted by different people, one in 2006 and one in 2007. Nevertheless, it should be the same cool uncle doing the beatboxing.

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The Torture Game 1 and 2

Gosh! These two must be the sickest flash games I have played so far!

There’s no motivational behind the game except to torture and mutilate the poor tied-up character in the screen. There’s a variety of torture instruments to choose from – ranging from knives, ropes to chainsaws.

If you are curious, you can click on the images below to access the games.

WARNING: Please do not click if you are under 18 or are easily disturbed by violence content

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