India 0408 - Jaipur (Pink City) 印度-斋浦尔

One of the Jaipur Gates


Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)

Amer Fort

Kama Sutra on the wall of Amer Fort

Water Palace

Jantar Mantar (Royal Observatory)

Street just outside the Observatory




From the shadow of a structure, it shows the time accurately

City Palace

This pot was used to contain water from Ganges River for the king to drink





Guns




Palace Cafe


Crowded street


Public Toilet

India 0408 - Agra 印度-阿格拉

Taj Mahal

Agra Fort

People lying everywhere on the floor in Agra Fort

Prostitute village

Singlish

We were at the ice cream stall in Little Mermaid Park of Copenhagen.
After taking the orders, a lady queued up to buy ice creams for us. When she got to the front of the queue, the ice cream man asked "are you guys from Singapore ?". Surprised ! we asked "how do you know ?"
He replied "I heard you guys speaking in Singlish".
Wow, Singlish has gone international. So why bother to try to speak like an English ?
Continue to speak Singlish. The world has accepted it.

谋杀70岁老妇 印尼女佣逃过死刑

联合早报 四月十八日：
谋杀70岁老妇 印尼女佣逃过死刑枕头成杀人武器，原本被控在中峇鲁谋杀70岁老妇的印尼女佣，罪名减轻为误杀，逃过死刑判决。

又一启印尼女佣杀人案。同样的逃过死刑。记忆中就从来没有一启印尼女佣杀人案被判死刑。
为什么？新加坡是否在告诉他们，
你们继续杀吧!反正又不会被判死刑？

Macau, Dongguan, ShenZhen April 2008 澳门，东莞，深圳

Budget airline terminal in Hong Kong airport where we took a bus to board a ferry to Macau.


Ferry to Macau

Macau 澳门

Fisherman's Wharf


The Statue of Guan Yin 观音


Bridge joining Macau and Taipa


Venetian Hotel Lobby


Fisherman's Wharf


Empty street in Fisherman's Wharf


Centro


St. Dominic Church Macau




Ruins of St Paul's


Civil Administration Office of Macau


Grand Lisboa Casino and Hotel


Grand Lisboa


Old Lisboa Casino


Party at Fisherman's Wharf


My room in Venetian



Venetian Hotel shopping mall


Man Utd shop at Venetian Hotel shopping mall

ShenZhen 深圳

A very good spa centre. Recommended for ladies and guys.


Restaurant where we took traditional Chinese double boiled soups. A very good restaurant just opposite Queen Spa.


Crowded Walking Street at Dong Men 东门



Crowded overhead bridge we decided not to use


Taxi waiting at Hong Kong airport

Kerby and Rebecca's Wedding 22 March 2008

Went up to Kuala Lumpur from 20 March 2008 to 25 March 2008
Attended Kerby and Rebecca's wedding on 22 March 2008


The wedding couple


Met up with all the long lost friends in KL.

Bicycle

Presently, cyclists are using the roads but we don’t seem to have any control over the use of bicycle on roads. Cyclists do not need to know traffic signs and rules, no minimum age requirement and maximum age limit, no ‘when you drink, don’t cycle’ rule and etc. I think this is not right. I think we should formulate some rules and control over the use of bicycle.

In Tokyo people cycle often. People cycle to train station to take a train to work. People in Tokyo cycle on footpath and pedestrian walks. It was annoying at first but later I got used to it. As compare to Singapore, the cyclists in Tokyo are better protected from road accidents.

I think there is a case for Singapore to consider. We need to see what we can do to help protecting the cyclists from road accidents. As I understand, we are unable to build bicycle lanes as we have limited land in Singapore and maybe the cost too is a factor. In this case, can we allow cyclist to use the footpaths and pedestrian walks? It might be inconvenient for the pedestrians, but won't it be better then lives being killed ?

Can't Singapore do something about it ?

MM blames complacency for JI leader's escape

In today's Straits Times first page headline, it says :

MM blames complacency for JI leader's escape

It is similar to what I have posted on my blog on 28/2/2008.

富裕的老人坐公车吗？

增加年长者乘车优惠？ 林双吉：援助不是根据年龄
联合早报今天的报导：
交通部长林双吉说，提供援助的原则应是针对有需要的对象，而不是根据年龄。他解释，这是因为年长者当中，有富裕的、有贫困的，同时也有贫困的年轻人。而政府的目标明确，即帮助真正需要援助的人。

我说：
为什么给年长者乘车优惠？那不只是因为大多数年长者都没有工作做，也是对他们为国家所做的贡献给以小小的回馈。这个世界上除了逻辑之外我们还需要多一些情多一些爱。关怀老人多一点也是应该的。再说，富裕的老人需要坐公车吗？