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  • Typically Singaporean way :P
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    • anyone gonna start a thread on if a charbo can have a face of Li Hon and a 10-in ku ku for 24 hours.........sad.pngsad.png

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    •  

       

      ...the last time kids drown in condo pools, they blamed no lifeguards, poor pool designs.

      Then people drown like nobody business @ sentosa, they also blamed no lifeguards and the under currents despite all the signs already telling so.

      ...then who they blamed for the cambodia incdent....the parents blamed the cambodian organisers, rite???

      Now, for this who they gonna blame?? sad.png

      We, sinkaporeans jus dun learn!! APA life jackets only necessary if the conditions are bad??? What blardy HUMBUG!!

      Life jackets should be doned the moment one enters the waters!!

      It's the same blardy excuse we are facing at our workplace when getting people to don safety vests....the weather too hot lar, it is too cumbersome lar, it's would obstruct our movement lar.....such blardy complacencies!!!

      Despite deaths after deaths after deaths.....it's still the same blardy mentalities that IT WUD NEVER HAPPEN TO ME sad.pngsad.pngsad.pngsad.png

       

      Body of missing SMU undergraduate found off Raffles Marina
      By Patwant Singh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 05 July 2008 1225 hrs

      SINGAPORE: The body of the undergraduate who went missing at sea after a sailing training session on Thursday, was found on Saturday.

      The body of 22-year-old Levin Angsana was recovered about 300 metres off Raffles Marina - a short distance from where the accident happened - at about 7.30am.

      The SMU student and four other sailors were returning to the marina after their training when the accident happened.

      The five were on board a 24-foot keel boat when Levin fell into the sea. According to a crew member, Levin was at the front of the boat trying to bring down the spinnaker - a sail which catches the wind.

      In the process, the spinnaker got hooked under the boat and he lost his balance and fell into the sea when he got down to a prone position to release it. Levin then tried to climb back into the boat, but was unsuccessful.

      Levin's family members were distraught and upset by the way things unfolded.

      Hannah Angsana, Levin's sister, said: "More precautions could have been taken. Further, rescue measures that could have been done in time were not. The Singapore naval divers were not activated fast enough. They arrived after dark. The fact that my brother could not swim and was not wearing a life vest at the point of the accident showed safety was not a priority."

      But according to the International Sailing Federation or ISAF, keel boat sailors do not need to wear life jackets while training or even racing. Singapore Sailing Federation had also told Channel NewsAsia on Friday that life jackets are only necessary if there are strong wind conditions and treacherous waters.

      Levin had obtained a Class 1 sailing licence last year, a requirement before he could sail.

      This showed he could sail solo and swim for up to 50 metres in open water while wearing a life jacket.

      The family is considering taking further action, but declined to elaborate on what this may be and against who.

      Meanwhile, the Singapore Management University (SMU) says that it will continue to give the family its full support.

      Professor Howard Hunter, president of SMU, said: "We are also trying to help the family in any other way we could....in connecting with the church and other arrangements that they want to make."

      The SMU's counsellor is also in touch with Levin's team mates to provide counselling and help them cope with the tragedy.

      Following the tragedy, SMU has suspended all sailing activities. It will also, together with a third party, review all its water-based activities.

      With the tragedy coming less than a year after the dragon boat tragedy in Cambodia where five Singaporean rowers drowned, some feel safety cannot be compromised.

      Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development, Youth and Sports, said: "If wearing a life jacket is necessary for safety precautions, we do that. I think that's the most important reminder we should give to every administrator and every athlete who has to train or perform activities at sea or in dangerous conditions..."

      Mr Teo added: "I believe Low Teo Ping, president of the Sailing Association, he's taking this very seriously. I believe he is looking into all of the SOPs and he's trying to understand.

      "This is such a painful lesson for every one of us. So we just have to take note of what we have to do now, close all the gaps possible. But we can only do so much with the rules. The system is there. Compliance is important."

      A wake will be held for Levin Angsana at the St Joseph's Church in Queen Street and the funeral will take place on Monday. - CNA/so/ir

      Edited by Cowbaycowboo 06 Jul `08, 11:48AM
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    • be it japan or our system or in actual fact any fast paced countries would face this problem.

      That is the bane of growing too fast. those who cannot cope ultimately loses out or in this case....paid with his life. sad.png

      yes, we do have system in place to help this people. But the trouble is it's more NATO than anything...jus like all our welfare system.

      the very fact the safety nets would never catch those who really really really needed help......that also explained why about 300,000 people out there never came forward to claim their FOC $$$ dished out by the gahmen.....even our so-called super efficient gahmen also do not know where these people are.....that perhaps also explained why they also cannot locate that Mas fella sad.pngsad.png. All know how to tok only!!

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    • sad.png...some choose to heartache over tv dramas.....sighhhh...when the same feelings could have be exercised on real live ones surrounding us...wasted...wasted sad.pngsad.png

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    • Originally posted by angel7030:

      Are u a p member?


      sad.png u r wondering why i still not banned ahhh ?

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    • "Number 1564! calling Number 1564!".........*exercise opened leg since ytd* sad.png..."oooeiii...24hr up anot ahhhh?"

      Edited by Cowbaycowboo 06 Jul `08, 10:55AM
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    • if the particpants dun have what it takes, they simply dun have it....not the weather, the poor grounds or everybody around sad.png

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    • oeeii...boy...u sound so......*look at clock*...shouldn't u be in bed now *look fiercely* sad.png

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    • Originally posted by gunner77:

      for a change

      bet football.. smile.png


      sighhh......*looking at crumpled euro bets in basket* sad.png

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    • oooeiii....not i wan to see hor...they wan to show me one...ok!!....whole lotsa of diff ok! sad.png

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    • Originally posted by Beautiful951:


      Don't worry about the claws.

      "Now with super ultra declawing company, we declaw all claws. From ferrets to elephants. And we deliver them to your doorstep to let you claw."

      *gasp*....u so inno.....wanna pray pray wif this furry one.....*shivers* sad.png...better hide

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    • Originally posted by Beautiful951:

      What does kenna big big mean?


      ooeiii...*whisper quietly*...u wan to die isit *show back to reveal deep ferret claw marks* sad.png

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    • Originally posted by Ferret:

      smart boy.

       

      beautiful now u know why u gotch ignored ?

      u see lar....he only small boy lar sad.png u made me like tiko liddat *sob*

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    • Originally posted by Master -_-:

      dun say i never share..

      i will be placing $50 Big on 3824 next week..

      It has been recurring in my dream..for two weeks, i have been thinking of 3824...went to my cousin's son's 8 year old birthday... the first guests were 3 8-year old kids and their 24 year old brother...then the most peculiar thing during the party...the invited kids were asked to fill up an ice breaker thingy and one of the questions was what you hate the most..3 of the kids hate to fall down...then i thought about it 3824 (3 hate to fall) icon_eek.gif Then, the next day went to Fish and Co and the bill was $38.24..another weird shit..but yesterday takes the cake..my brother bought a new hp and his new number was..u guessed it.. 93824XXXX..icon_eek.gificon_eek.gificon_eek.gif

      why wait until nxt week?  sad.png full moon?

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    • Originally posted by Ferret:

      people tell u str8 in ur face she tioed ignored.

       

      better reply her leh.


      i reply u 1st mah if not i kenna big big mah sad.png