Saturday, July 16, 2005

nkf torch'd

Might as well do something useful while waiting for my hair to dry. Just came back from my (near-)midnight show of Fantastic 4. Actually not bad lah. Good entertainment. At least my friend who went in all sleepy and tired did not fall asleep at all. Quite funny at times though not much action. Well F4 is not known for their action anyway. Though i found the human torch aka johnny a bit of an a**hole (probably more of a attention-seeker). But he was very funny. Like the part he tickled ben's face causing ben to slam a pie into his own face. Haha. A few more funny moments. Seeing the 4 reminds me of people i know. Think more and stop acting like a kid. Think too much but don't know how to act. Yeah sounds familiar. Maybe it's myself i'm talking about here. Took my nian rong bao (NR8) back. Seems longer the journey this time compared to the last time. Maybe because of the rain. Have to endure with the terrible singing of the couple that sat behind me for 80% of the journey. Buay ta han.

Before that though, went around visiting friends who are working. Haha. Got a friend who rented a stall space at Chinatown Point selling milo otah and mango juice. Called his store M/O/M and said he's very creative. Well....ok quite. Haha. Wanted to experience this so he went ahead and did it. Think i don't have the guts and energy and drive to do what he did. Continue to be the loser i am. Quite impressed actually. Well wouldn't have expected less of him. Then saw another one working at wisma isetan and he was shocked to see me. Only remembered he's working there as i walked past wisma. A few more are also selling sausages at the food fest at taka square. They managed to sneak a portion out for us to eat. Told us it cost around 10 bucks. Free. Haha. Very good. And very full. Waited for them to finish work to catch the film thus the lateness. While waiting for them ate at the Galilee n Friends at cineleisure. Was previously Lips. Don't know why change. Thought business was quite brisk for them. Yah and the service was damn slow. Very slow. No activities for the past couple of days then a very tired day.

Yah and my friend is selling otah and milo and whatever at Chinatown Point till Sunday so if you pass by might want to go try.

And now to the no.1 hot topic in town.... the nkf saga. I need to ask why this issue has escalated to the degree it is at now?? Haha. Don't quite get it. Ok 1.8 million over 3 years for a CEO of a charity organisation might be a bit too much . And yes they bluff us on the reserves that they hold. So we fell cheated and so buay song. And a lot of people who all along do not like the way nkf does thing found this a very convenient time to jump onto the bandwagon. But are we to judge when what we know is in patches and not even verified?? Maybe it's good the entire board decided to step down. People don't trust them anymore and if they stay on then all the donations might stop. But like the health minister says let's wait for the full investigation before making full judgement. If they're in the wrong and does illegal things then they'll of course be punished. Now that this issue has reached this level they also no where to run. But if it's not entirely true then Mr Khaw says it's only right it be mentioned to clear (maybe part of) their name.

Yes i don't like their too aggressive style sometimes as well. I don't normally watch the charity shows on tv unless my mother is watching. And i absolutely cannot take the last part where all the stars come together and cry and call out the number pleading us to call. A bit over. But read somewhere that the another purpose of the show is to raise awareness of the situations of patients and of the illness to us ignorant singaporeans. And it has succeeded to a certain extent i feel. Like Dr Vivian said maybe because they're a public funded organisation thus they have to bear the full blunt of the public's expectations and in this case they've failed. A sad and unfortunate episode like Mrs Goh said. I am also a monthly donar to nkf of a few dollars. I don't think i will stop now. Maybe because i'm too lazy. But maybe also because this is the only good deed that i'm doing and i don't want to stop. Like so many have said the patients still need us. But think about it, the number of praises and recognition and sadness fired at Durai... is he that bad and unsculpurous a man as a lot of people paint him out to be?? I don't think so. But he got to pay now for a couple of mistakes he made. Like my friend said don't go and sue people when your cupboard is filled with skeletons. And the health minister sealed their fate when asked if they should step down and he relied it would be very helpful. Still think it's funny. Let's wait and see yah. And now because of this no one cares about the huang na murder and a few more army personnel who died.

Wow... very tired. Yah that's it. Actually also don't know what i'm thinking. Shagged.

It's not complicated, no variables, no math. Just feelings.

1 Comments:

Blogger engteck said...

thanks for visiting!

really shocked to see u cos i was so busy that time!

17/7/05 9:48 AM  

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