http://www.sgforums.com/posts en-US 60 <p>to TS&lt;, if money is not a problem, U can go ahead. The expereince u get is worth it.</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:39:41 +0800 www.sgforums.com:8:382392:9494435 ☃® http://www.sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/382392 <h1>DES KELLY: Dishonest Thierry Henry drives us down a road of cameras<br /></h1> <div class=""></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img class="" src= "http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/11/20/article-0-0350D2B00000044D-808_468x274.jpg" height="274" alt="Thierry 'I'm no cheat' Henry" width="468" /></p> <p class=""><em>Taking us all for a ride: Thierry 'I'm no cheat' Henry is trying to salvage his tattered commercial reputation</em></p> <p><a href= "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1229677/DES-KELLY-Dishonest-Thierry-Henry-drives-road-cameras.html" class="" rel="nofollow"></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>What car did Thierry Henry famously advertise? Why a Renault, of course, silly. It couldn’t have been anything else.</strong></p> <p>Maybe he’ll deliberately steer his Clio into a wall at the Stade de France one day just to complete the circle of Gallic cheating.</p> <p>Mr Va-Va-Voom surfaced again on Friday, announcing with exquisite timing that it would be ‘the fairest solution’ to replay the World Cup play-off decider against Ireland.</p> <p>I say exquisite timing because this clarion call for justice came just a few hours after FIFA had announced categorically there was no absolutely no chance - none, nil, nul, nada - that the game would be replayed in the lifetime of this galaxy.</p> <p>The perfect moment, then, for Henry to offer up his plea, in the vain hope that part of his shredded commercial image might be salvaged.</p> <p>‘Yes, I handled the ball but I am not a cheat and never have been,’ he said. How odd. In the aftermath of the game his message was very different.</p> <p>‘Look, I don’t make the rules,’ he shrugged. Oh no, forgive me, that was actually a scripted line from his Renault car advert, although this was pretty much what he was saying anyway after he steered the Republic of Ireland out of the World Cup.</p> <p>Henry can now plan his summer in South Africa, review his agent’s suggestions for a positive publicity campaign and leave everyone else to pick up the pieces.</p> <p>Amid the fuss, people scrabbled for solutions. Most were horribly familiar. But one plan was gaining ground among ex-referees and commentators. It was the suggestion that officials should simply ask players to admit whether they had cheated.</p> <p>After giving this proposal an enormous amount of thought, applying some well-worn logic to the scheme and examining the pros and cons from every angle, my considered reaction is: HAHAHAHA!</p> <p>The idea that the same football players who spend pretty much all their working hours actively trying to con officials, opponents and the public by diving, time-wasting, shirt-pulling, elbowing, appealing for corners and throw-ins, stealing yards at free-kicks, and generally utilising every trick in the book - and some that aren’t - to gain an unfair advantage, would suddenly default to ‘honest mode’ when a referee asked them if they had been a bad boy is truly delightful.</p> <p>The trouble is, most of us know the average player would lie, take a chance on the subsequent video footage being inconclusive, or plot to overturn any subsequent punishment with an expensive lawyer.</p> <p>There is no prevailing sense of honour in the game any more. There is no moral code. Rules are not there to be enforced, but to be flouted. Cheating is routinely described as ‘part of the game’. Cold, hard, cynical professionalism is the order of the day.</p> <p>Henry summed it up when discussing the Irish debacle: ‘Should I stop and tell the referee? No. That is very funny. You are very funny.’</p> <p>Oh, yes, Thierry. We’re all holding our sides. Meanwhile, old pros were loathe to condemn him, repeating the ‘it’s down to the referee’ mantra and boring us all with their ‘I would have done the same’ confessions.</p> <p>David Beckham chipped in: ‘I honestly didn’t think Henry meant it. I don’t think he’s a cheat.’ Yeah, thanks David. Maybe try a little less of that thinking in future.</p> <p>In this instance, Henry certainly is a cheat and, what’s more, he knows it. He just daren’t explicitly say as much. ‘It was necessary to exploit what was exploitable,’ he argued. Which sums up the situation nicely. Jonny Wilkinson, that fine English ambassador, put it in similar terms: ‘You get away with what you can,’ he said.</p> <p>This attitude explains why cricketers claim false catches and batsmen refuse to walk when they have edged the ball. It is why cyclists and track and field athletes are constantly caught in drug stings.</p> <p>When everyone else is doing it, cheating seems a rational choice. Expediency is the law. Being sportsmanlike actually takes an effort of will. It’s more natural today to try to cheat.</p> <p>So if we cannot expect sportsmen - and footballers in particular - to improve their behaviour, we must find better ways of enforcing the laws.</p> <p>For years I’ve argued there is no need for video evidence in football. I’ve said that human error is part of sport and the rules should be the same for all forms of the game, from the local recreation field all the way up to Wembley.</p> <p>Sod that. Not any more. Not when one cheat can deny a country £1billion in revenue and a summer of unforgettable sporting history. Bring in the cameras.</p> <p>Clubs and national federations already have to comply with basic standards of stadium facilities and security.</p> <p>There is no reason why the same criteria cannot be applied to simple review technology.</p> <p>The gadgetry is cheap, referees already wear earpieces and every match of consequence is televised these days, anyway. So it wouldn’t take much to double-check key moments. Britain has 4.2 million surveillance cameras. Point all of them at the pitch.</p> <p>Its time has come.</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:38:36 +0800 www.sgforums.com:2497:382482:9494434 zocoss http://www.sgforums.com/forums/2497/topics/382482 <p>Nov 21<br /> <br /> SBS7331A sv14[BN SP]<br /> SBS7391B sv196[BB 198]<br /> SBS588Y sv40[BN SP]<br /> SBS736L sv32[BN 3]</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:38:23 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1279:380473:9494433 Acx1688 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1279/topics/380473 <p>Nov 20</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:37:21 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1279:380473:9494432 Acx1688 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1279/topics/380473 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by carbikebus:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>SBS9818A is correct by saying deploying more WAB buses make more senses.Lots of standing area.Who give a darn care about more seats.This aint a coach nor private buses.This is about profit comfortable come second.Get real,We pay among the lowest bus fare by rate somemore expect comfort?It is already good that both bus companies struggle to provide one of the world if not in Asia bus frequencies...I say one of you try to run your own public bus services then you'll get what i mean.It aint easy with emails from complain kings and queens,accident rate,bus deployment etc..</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>I agree with you but we must also have the infirmed, elderly in mind when there are more standing room than seats in a bus.<br /> HK has even lower bus fares&nbsp;from point to point [flat rate] but they have a world class transport, more DDs more seats and wheelchair safety buckle for WAB buses unlike SBST...</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:36:39 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1279:376102:9494431 Acx1688 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1279/topics/376102 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by Hitman3:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>spore companies are partly to blame due to greed.</p> <p>company human resource officer n managers keep accpting foreigners like as if the foreigners pay them plenty money for that job in company.</p> <p>so u see...tis not simple just blaming government,,,the private compoanies themselves play a 50% or 60% role in destroying your future or whatever is left of it in singapore.</p> <p>SAD.</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>first time u talk something logical.</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:36:15 +0800 www.sgforums.com:10:382331:9494430 ☃® http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/382331 <p>did u all watch the show i post here?</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:34:49 +0800 www.sgforums.com:2388:382453:9494429 ☃® http://www.sgforums.com/forums/2388/topics/382453 <p>i am guy, but i am curious as how they do it and how much it cost for ladies. Do lot of Singapore ladies do it ?</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:33:33 +0800 www.sgforums.com:8:382488:9494428 ☃® http://www.sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/382488 <p>Bro, its due to our humid climate, our fashion is limited, we have to wear less and less to the bare minimum if we dont want to become roast chicken. we cannot match people fashion sense in Europe because they have a cold climate</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:28:12 +0800 www.sgforums.com:8:382446:9494427 ☃® http://www.sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/382446 <p>i go bathe then go dental</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:26:46 +0800 www.sgforums.com:8:381122:9494426 laurence82 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/381122 <p>backache<br /> sians</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:25:32 +0800 www.sgforums.com:8:381122:9494425 noopi http://www.sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/381122 <p><span style="color: #000000;">开封有个包青天<br /></span><span style= "color: #000000;">铁面无私辩忠奸</span></p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:24:44 +0800 www.sgforums.com:8:381122:9494424 noopi http://www.sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/381122 <p>Sorry, I am with Gedanken on this.</p> <p>1. It was a military establishment you are attempting to enter, not some shopping centre or restaurant. All military camps have restricted access to those who have no valid reason to enter, due to the sensitive nature of work and armed conduct being carried out inside.</p> <p>2. All military personnel are trained to be aggressive, espacially those on guard duty. In this day and age of terrorism, where even bespectacled plumb pettite ladies can carry bombs strapped on their bodies, such as what happened in India, guards have a special responsibility to be suspicious. Hundreds of our boys lives inside the camp are dependant on his performance.</p> <p>3. NRIC is the best form of identification, for it is tamper proof, unlike other identification papers. If you did not bring such along, it is only correct our guards deny your request and even interogate your intentions. You had made a mistake and you are in the wrong.</p> <p>4. It is our responsibility to carry our NRIC everday. To forget is not excusable. In Malaysia, you would be rudely hauled to the police station, treated as an alien, &nbsp;and you will have to&nbsp;call someone who knows you to come forward and identify you before letting you go. Similarly, police here can do and would do&nbsp;the same, but without the corruption and seldom with rudeness. Again, you are at fault.</p> <p>5. In our attempts to be a gracious society, be glad that you had a reply from SAF. But our guard must never be let down. Lives are dependant on it. Infact, from this incident, I will promote the guard if i had the power to do so. He did the right thing, at the right place and at the right time - stopping an entry for one with no identification and aggresively&nbsp;interogating her intentions. A military camp is not a restaurant.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:24:15 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1390:382483:9494423 xtreyier http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1390/topics/382483 <p>any job stay more than 10 years must be damn sian….esp if you omo…</p> <p>so i keep taxi for my retirement job….</p> <p>otherwise, no fun liao… haha</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:24:07 +0800 www.sgforums.com:3426:382437:9494422 ALN http://www.sgforums.com/forums/3426/topics/382437 <p>last nite sms david chong 4am…. he was at marina south… when he is there, he will sms more… beri free mah…</p> <p>told him that pool is looking to have kopi with him…. he says comfort dont mix with red gangsters…. haha</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:22:25 +0800 www.sgforums.com:3426:378851:9494421 ALN http://www.sgforums.com/forums/3426/topics/378851 <p>Australian Unis are too passe imo...try going to American Uni or Ah Tiong Unis...</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:22:00 +0800 www.sgforums.com:8:382392:9494420 Master -_- http://www.sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/382392 <p><img src="/images/emoticons/kde-3.5.8/redones/angel.png" alt= "angel.png" /></p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:20:25 +0800 www.sgforums.com:2388:382453:9494419 ☃® http://www.sgforums.com/forums/2388/topics/382453 <p>another bad news… my sunday hirer sacked me!!!... knn… best relief he also dun want….</p> <p>because i said i drive sun day shift again instead of 24hr…. he prefer me drive 24hr or sun night shift…. so we divorced each other…</p> <p>back to 2 days a week liao…. more rest…. but hungrier… haha…</p> <p>like that loh….</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:18:33 +0800 www.sgforums.com:3426:378851:9494418 ALN http://www.sgforums.com/forums/3426/topics/378851 <p>today actually i shd go and check my cholesterol level<br /> do flu vaccination<br /> and see my&nbsp;miu mius</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:18:14 +0800 www.sgforums.com:8:381122:9494417 noopi http://www.sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/381122 <p>sururban area in melbourne cost $100-150 per week.</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:17:26 +0800 www.sgforums.com:8:382392:9494416 ☃® http://www.sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/382392 <p>ok gao dim</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:16:54 +0800 www.sgforums.com:8:381122:9494415 noopi http://www.sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/381122 <p>this is still available</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:16:52 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1501:382214:9494414 Duran Duran http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1501/topics/382214 <p>Or u can considered HTC snap, non camera version.</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:16:29 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1390:382479:9494413 tarutaru http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1390/topics/382479 <p>pinky got go see doctor again?</p> <p>best not ltr peng san end up in hospital</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:16:27 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1769:380801:9494412 sbst275 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1769/topics/380801 <p>TS, what's is so important that you must handover to the guy in camp. If you cannot get in surely you can leave it in the guard room and ask the guy to pick it up later. The guard is right not to let you in with only some clubs ID. Surely you can used your driving license? Anyway did not let u in also complained&nbsp; but if let u in, wait you go complained our Army camp security so lax.....then more problem</p> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:15:27 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1390:382483:9494411 tarutaru http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1390/topics/382483