Hail storm in Singapore - Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Past few days, it was pure heat and haze in the air in Singapore.

Today, it finally rained, and a Hail Storm !
And it happened in the west area of Singapore, the area where i am staying. (But i was in office, and did not witness it with my own eyes.)

However along the way home, i did saw trees of the whole road, actually fell. And in turn, causing a little traffic jam.

I took a picture when i alighted at my bus stop. A block signature was found hanging at the opposite block too !



Anyway, check out the pictures people caught over at Stomp.

What is a hail storm ?
Hail is a form of solid precipitation. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone Sounds like "raining ice" =P

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Since the hail storm happened in the west area of Singapore, ( the area where i am staying ), of course the rain and wind was strong.
Believe it or not, Mum called and informed me that my room got kinda flooded as i did not really shut the windows, and "locking" it.

Yes, i took about 2 hours, to shift my study table, and clean... It could have been longer, luckily mum and dad, helped out!

It was a chance to clear the dirty room. HAHA!

Friends in Singapore, did you witness the Hail Storm today? =)

Hope you are doing good!

Hi Michael,

Hope you are doing good. It's been 4 years since your departure.

Your music still stay. Not to worry.

The Haze, back with a vengeance.

Every year, the haze will come back to us. 
The wind blowing towards us... The lack of rain... 

After a few days of breathing in dust, and itchy eyes.. this time around, it got really terrible, with the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hitting a new record of 400, on 21 Jun 2013.
Anything above 300 is considered, Hazardous.

The following picture, cheered me up a little.



Anyway, forecast for 23 Jun 2013, was predicted to be in the very unhealthy range of 200 to 300.
 
Source: NEA

 
Source: NEA

Got myself a mask (not the better N95) but just to prevent myself from breathing in too much of the unwanted particles.


I think i looked more handsome with half the face covered up. (Haha!)

Hazardous

Hazardous

Hazardous

Let's hope it rains, or the fire in Indonesia gets better.

Meanwhile, to all, tons of water, take care!

Note: Air quality based on PSI is as follows:

PSI Value	Air Quality Descriptor
0 - 50	Good
51 - 100	Moderate
101 - 200	Unhealthy
201 - 300	Very unhealthy
Above 300	Hazardous

- See more at: http://app2.nea.gov.sg/anti-pollution-radiation-protection/air-pollution/psi#sthash.ZuASwIpF.dpuf

Note: Air quality based on PSI is as follows:

PSI Value	Air Quality Descriptor
0 - 50	Good
51 - 100	Moderate
101 - 200	Unhealthy
201 - 300	Very unhealthy
Above 300	Hazardous

- See more at: http://app2.nea.gov.sg/anti-pollution-radiation-protection/air-pollution/psi#sthash.ZuASwIpF.dpuf

Note: Air quality based on PSI is as follows:

PSI Value	Air Quality Descriptor
0 - 50	Good
51 - 100	Moderate
101 - 200	Unhealthy
201 - 300	Very unhealthy
Above 300	Hazardous

- See more at: http://app2.nea.gov.sg/anti-pollution-radiation-protection/air-pollution/psi#sthash.ZuASwIpF.dpuf

IOS 7, Android, 傻傻分不清楚。

News back dated few days ago..
Apple got this new IOS 7 that is coming out..



First look, nice !
New colours !!
More features !!!

I want to download NOW ! =P

But then, a deeper look, it looks familiar....... (with me, as an ex-Samsung SII user.)



So no new iphone, but a new IOS 7. 

How do you find this IOS 7?

Now should i wait for other new iphones, or try to locate my previous SII...?
Hmm Hmm...

Still in Youth Club ?

Few days back, i received a letter from People's Association (PA).

It was a letter of notice, asking me to a Youth Club meeting. My first thought : since when i was in the Youth Club? And at my age, can i still considered a Youth? (HAHA!!)

According to Wikipedia, "Youth Club" refers to a youth social club, a place where young people can meet and participate in activities such as football, soccer, basketball, table tennis, or video games, or religious activities.




It was the first time, in my 20+ years staying in this area, and the very first time i got this invite.

Now the next question: will i get fined if i did not attend? =x

Have you received such letter before ??

Anyway, i should not be attending it, or....
Maybe i should start practicing the YMCA song.....

Oh, Y... M... C... A....

Bend it like Beckham

Watch this movie before?



At age 38, Beckham retires. 
He was in tears in his final, last match few days back..
PSG was the Ligue 1 champions already.



Thank you Beckham !

I not his hardcore fan, but still feel sad for him to retire.
The many amazing golas, and free kicks he took. Sigh.

A chinese saying : 长江后浪推前浪 ( cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng ).
"The analogy of things to continue moving forward. New things to replace the old. "

Let's take a look at his goals, one more time. 

Next movie to watch ?

After Iron Man, there seems to be quite a few good movies coming up !

Man of Steel



Thor: The Dark World



So exciting !
Which on do you think it is more worth it to watch? =P

Man hitting worker in office

Reported in Yahoo.

Abuse in office.
Man hits office worker.



First saw this video on Facebook..
It sure looked painful !!

Does that poor guy deserved such a treatment of hitting him repeatedly on the head ?
Even with a major mistake in work, at most we get a serious scolding or at most a warning letter from the Human Resource Department.

Will you be sounding it out, if you are that guy ?


Wondering which company is this, and of how Ministry of Manpower and the NTUC, will be replying to this incident.

Terrible incident.

Have you got these app ?

Recently there has been few advertisement on mobile apps, for chatting, did you notice ?

Firstly, i saw Line.



Yes the one, with handsome guy, Siwon. (Scream, ladies!)

The one one that i saw on television recently is Wechat.

For this advertisement, they managed to find Rainie Yang, and  Show Luo...



I have both applications on my phone.
Personally i like Line more, due to its cute pictures of Rabbits, and Bears.. haha! And of course, the "free call" function !!
With this function, we can use the internet to chat with the other party, who is also having the app. ^^

However, i think more people are using Wechat this few days, as i already got quite a few friends, doing so.

Which one do you like?

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Anyway, ending this post with another version of Wechat advertisement.
And a touching one.



Cheers !

The past week, full of events.

Credits for a Facebook Page called Welcome the World for the round up happenings in the week, with a picture.

 

BOSTON, US: 2 explosions were heard when runners were reaching the finishing line of the Boston Marathon 2013. Three people were killed in the terror act and resulted in more than 175 injured. The FBI then released photos of the two suspects a few days later. Shortly after the FBI released a few updated photos of the suspects, a shootout was reported at the MIT campus - a security policeman was shot dead at the scene. The suspects then hijacked a car and was involved in a car chase with the local police force. Gunfire was exchanged, but at that point of time, the police didn't think that the two suspects were actually the two mastermind behind the Boston Marathon bombing. They were soon found out to be brothers and 1 was shot dead during the car chase. Another however managed to escape which then prompted the police to shut down the entire town of Boston for the manhunt. 24 hours into the manhunt, the suspect - 19 years old, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was caught after a resident informed the police that they have seen blood stains near his boat at the backyard.

TEXAS, US: A day after the bombing at the Boston Marathon, a huge explosion went off at a plant in Texas. As of date, 14 people were confirmed dead, with some others still uncounted for. The explosion other injured 200 others.

DELHI, INDIA: Protesters shouted and demonstrated anti-government banners and posters after a 5 years old girl was gang raped. This was the latest news followed by the few gang-raped incidents reported in India in the past 4 months. The girl's condition is currently stable and the suspect was caught.

CHINA: H7N9 Bird Flu has increased to 96 cases (as of date). Major China cities have too closed their live poultry farms to limit the spread of the new virus. New deaths have been reported this week which thus brought the total to 18 deaths. There was however no evidence of human-to-human transmission yet.

HONG KONG: Uprising Hong Kong singer, Sita Chan, died in a car crash on early hours of Wednesday. She has recently won the TVB best new female singer award in January this year. Hong Kong celebrities also took to social media on Wednesday to express grief and shock.

SINGAPORE: Veteran actor, Huang Wen Yong, passed away in early evening on Saturday. He has been in and out of hospital over the past few months after viewers have noticed him becoming skinnier during a ceremony late last year. He has recently appeared on Toggle to reassure fans that he is recovering and hope to return to the industry soon. The sudden news caught many by surprise, with many local celebrities describing his death as a great loss to the Singapore television industry.

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Just to comment on a few of them....

Prayers for the people of Boston, good thing, the suspects are already being caught.
The bomb seems to just come out of nowhere, without any alerts or warnings..


Terrible.

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China, has 96 cases of H7N9 and death of 18.
Although there is still no proven evidence of human-to-human transmission, i think we all should be careful too.

Harmless looking they are, but deadly viruses they spread. 


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So many happenings.
The one that was so close to us was of passing away of Huang Wen Yong.

He was the Veteran MediaCorp artiste that people like myself, will know him.
There was just so many dramas that he acted in..



He was also the Fortune God too..



The drama i remembered him as, was The Awakening (雾锁南洋)
 Huang Wenyong as "Ah Shui" and Xiang Yun as "Ah Mei"



He was 60.


R.I.P.   Huang Wen Yong

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Let's hope for a better week ahead.
Prayers.

What is Gwiyomi ?

Gwiyomi.

What is this anyway ?
According to Wikipedia, The Gwiyomi song, or Kiyomi song (귀요미송), is a K-pop single by the South Korean indie musician Hari.[1] The song was released on February 18, 2013 and is based on an Internet meme known as the Gwiyomi Player, which was invented in October 2012 by the K-pop idol Jung Il Hoon and has inspired many similar versions uploaded onto the Internet by Asian netizens.

The song goes like this..



Like the previous Gangnam Style, many people also started their own version of this song.



A girl tried to speed up the process...



And for someone, it was a nightmare !!




So, are you doing your own version of it, soon? =P