Monday, February 21, 2011

Number Seven

SEVEN is the most widely used number.



Christianity say God created the earth in seven days.

And the week has 7 days.

There are seven orifices on the human head.


The chinese celebrate the seventh month.

They believe that seven days after death the soul will return home.

Prayers are offered every seven days for 49 days.



Western movies 'The Magnificient Seven'.

The 1995 movie '7'.

The seven dwarfs.

And of course James Bond licence No. 7.

Patsy Cline and Georgia Gibbs sung 'seven lonely days'




The Seven Wonders of the world.

There are 7 notes in the musical scale.


And yes Jack Daniel's Old Number 7.


Thursday, February 17, 2011

A Walk In History

The Singapore Telephone Board was set up in 1955 the same year election for the Legislative Assembly was held.



Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) was incorporated in March 1992.



sketch by edric hsu

Saturday, February 12, 2011

More Offer of Money

Offer #01
INTERNATIONAL POLICE UNITED STATES SECTION
Region No. 2 New York City
P.O. Box 804 Knickerbockers Station
New York City, New -York 10002-0804 U.S.A.

Attn: Beneficiary
The office of the international police (INTERPOL) hereby write to inform you that we caught a diplomatic lady called Mrs. Dorothy Wallace at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York with parcel box filed with United State dollars.

Meanwhile, base on our interview to the diplomat (Mrs. Dorothy Wallace) she said that the parcel box belongs to you, that she was sent by Ahmadu Giade of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Nigeria to deliver the parcel box to your doorstep, not knowing that the content of the parcel box is money. The diplomat also said that her first transit in the states was at Cincinnati Northern, Kentucky International Airport Ohio.

Now, the diplomat is under detention and we cannot release her until we carry out our proper investigation on how this huge amount of money managed to be yours before we will release her with the box. So, in this regard, you are to re-assure and prove to us that the money you are about to receive is legal by sending us the Award Ownership Certificate showing that the money is not illegal.

Note that the Award Ownership Certificate must to be secured from the office of the Senate president in Nigeria, because that is the only office that will issue you the original Award Ownership Certificate of these funds.

You are advised to forward immediately the Award Ownership Certificate if you have it with you, but if you do not have it, we will urge you as a matter of urgency to contact back the sender of the diplomat to help you secure the Award Ownership Certificate if at all you did not have it.

Below is the contact information of the person that sent the diplomat.
Name: Ahmadu Giade
Email: ahmadugiadeprivateoffice@mail.mn
Direct telephone no: +234-8120672033.

Furthermore, we are giving you only but 5 working business days to forward the requested Award Ownership Certificate.
Please note that we shall get back to you after the 5 working business days, if you didnt come up with the certificate we shall confiscate the funds into World Bank account then charge you for money laundry, but if you forward the Award Ownership Certificate then we will release the diplomat with your parcel box and also gives you every back up till the money arrives your doorstep.

Also note that we are doing this to make sure that any huge amount of money like yours that enters United States is genuine, we regret any inconveniences this might have caused you.
Thanks for your understanding.

Yours Truly,
I.P.A REGION NO: 2
THANKS.DOCTOR DOUGLAS H. KING.
Committee of Police Societies, NYPD

Offer #02
Dear,

I am Barrister Emeka Akoh, a Solicitor and an Advocate of the supreme court; I am the Personal Attorney to Engr. Francisco Hays.

I am contacting you to assist in retrieving His money valued at Millions of Dollars that he left behind with the Spring Bank plc, before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.

Should you be interested please, P.s. furnish me with below information, after which I will provide you with more details of this transaction and how to proceed.

1) Your full name and address
2) Your occupation and age
3) Your private/direct telephone and fax number for easy communication

Please get in touch with me with the below email Address:(eakoh00003@aim.com)

Thanks
Barr. Emeka Akoh

Offer #03
Hello

This is to let the public know we are now hiring mystery shoppers in the United States.
We are registered with the MSPA and we would like to know if you are interested.
No charge or experience is needed.

You will have access to training materials via e-mail, fax or postal mail. You are to shop secretly and invest nothing. Your assignment will take you to several locations where you will make observations as regards to their goods and services.
Information you provide us will be your service to this company.

To sign up for FREE, kindly provide the below information for assessment and registration into the company.

Full Name:
Mailing address:
Zip Code:
City:
State:
Contact numbers:
Email:
Age & Occupation.

We guarantee you will enjoy your job while earning good amounts of money weekly as your services will only be required for 2-3 hours twice a week.

Your response would be highly appreciated.


Regards
Samuelson Stone
Human Resources Manager
Research Process Inc.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Money Money Money

They are called scams. And they are not stoppable.

Offer #01
Wemyss House
6-8 Wemyss Place
Edinburgh EH3 6DH,
London E14 5HP
United Kingdom.

Dear Customer,
I am Dr. Mcfadden Philip, Group Chairman, UBS Bank London . I am officially writing this email message to detail you that my office has taken over all the uncompleted money Transaction originated from any part Of Europe and African Countries been Contract Payment,Fund Inheritance due to evil intention of some banks and security companies' officers as revealed by the International Community.

Subsequently,the World Bank Group has mandated this Bank via my office to release funds to approved Fund beneficiaries through Bank to Bank wire transfer.

Your Name/Email address appeared as one of the approved fund beneficiaries who has not received even part payment of huge amount of money owed to you.

Therefore your fund was Successfully cleared recently from Terrorists and Money Laundry and resolved to be Released to you through Bank to Bank Wire Transfer on your contact to this office. On this process you are advised to provide your direct telephone numbers,complete names and full contact address for immediate processing and release of your money to you.

For your knowledge,be aware that Eighteen Million US Dollars Only (US$18,000,000.00) was allocated to you. Be also informed that the Fund Approvals and authorization documents Including Clearance Certificate was made available in your name for eligible transfer of this fund to your nominated bank account as a legitimate acquisition.

Finally,you are requested to provide your receiving bank account details for a Bank to Bank wire transfer. On the receipt of your response with above mentioned requirements we shall not hesitate to forward copies of your fund approved documents to you for your perusal.

Yours truly,
Dr. Mcfadden Philip
Group Chairman, UBS Bank London.

Offer #02
Attention Beneficiary,
Your winning Price of Eight hundred and fifty thousand usd.($850,000USD)has been forwarded to Western Union for immediate transfer to you as soon as you meet up with the demands of the renewal and reconfirmation fee of your payment file so please waste no time to call the management so that they will start transfering your fund +229 988 24009.

Contact: Mr.Mark John
Director Western Union Payment Office
Benin Republic Tel: +229 988 24009
EMAIL: w.unionpaymentoffice@globomail.com

Send to him your full contact informations such as:Your name; Your phone number; Your country; Take note that as soon as you send to him this information he will be able to transfer your $5000 usd to the name you are going to send to him as instructed.

NOTE; This payment is directed to be made available in your name as soon as you meet up with the demands of the renewal and reconfirmation fee of your payment file with the transfer charge of $105 Usd only he will let you have the information on how the fee will be sent to them for easy pickup of your fund as soon as the transfer is done in your name.

Best Regards,
Mr.Fred Ibee

Offer #03
Hello,
My name is Adira,i found your email after a tedious search on the internet and decided to contact you, I will like to have a good relationship with you. I am deemed an outgoing person, i can be very romantic and i love a good romantic challenge. True love they say never dies for it is lust that fades away.love can bond for a life time but lust just fades away. If true love,kindly write me for i have an important thing to discuss with you.

I Cherish You,
Adira

Offer #04
Dearest one.
I am Miss Caroline Obah young medical student from Cote d'Ivoire West Africa.
I would like to go into a partnership with you; it is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country.

Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk confident in succeed sometimes in life. There is this huge amount ($10,000,000.00 Dollars) Ten Million United State Dollars which my late Father deposited on my name in the suspense account with one Bank here in Abidjan cote west africa before his Death.

Now I have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons. I want you to help me claim and retrieve these fund from the Bank and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes, since the money is deposited in the suspense account I can not have access to the fund until it is transferred out from the account that is why I am contacting you to assists me and see that the Bank transfer the money into your personal account so that i can leave this country and meet you over there. I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways: 1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to and your home address , photos so that i will full know you To serve as a guardian of this fund. (2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

If you can be of assistance to me I will be pleased to offer you 20% of the total fund, and again we are going to invest the money together and share what ever profit we make together, I want you to get back to me as soon as possible so that I will tell you what next step to take to enable us conclude this transfer. I am waiting for your soonest response.

Yours Sincerely,
Miss. Caroline Obah


Monday, February 7, 2011

About The Heartlands

A 29-YEAR-OLD lorry driver died after his vehicle collided with a pedestrian in Pasir Ris on 6 February 2011, the 4th day of the Chinese New Year.

Mr Mohammad Faizal Kamsani's lorry, is believed to have mounted a kerb before hitting the pedestrian, a woman in her 50s.

The woman was conscious when she was taken to Changi General Hospital with hip and leg injuries while the driver was pronounced dead at about 9.20am.


The closure of the kopitiam at Queenstown MRT station will be missed by many who have used this landmark as a meeting point.


Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Around The Heartlands

Keeping dogs as pets is supposed to be fun.

Not when it become a contention for neighbourly friction.




Has the famous actor changed his trade ?