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    •  Im a long time magic the gathering casual player and looking to buy some cards

      If you are not playing magic the gathering anymore and want to get rid of your old cards(or new ones, any editions, including portal, portal II, 3 kingdoms) you can sell your collections to me as im looking to buy them. =D

      You can contact me by private message or sms me at 97388699. =D

       

       

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    • Originally posted by jojobeach:


      Hmmm ?

       

      Are you so sure the PM is elected by the people ????


      Well, we elected our MP. our MPs will elect the Prime Minister. So indirectly, we elected our prime minister! But all this soon will change when he gets elected as the God Father Emperor of Singapore.

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    • We have no choice but to elect Prime Minister Lee as the God Father Emperor of Singapore. For this is what the dragon desires...

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    • As above. Im selling a brand new sealed R4DS for the NDSL.  And 3 sets of Brand new Hori Screen Protector. These were the extras I bought earlier this year but didnt use them as the screen protectors turned out to be quite lasting and strong.


      The R4 comes with the box packaging, a mini SD card reader and a casing like all brand new ones.

      What is an R4DS?
      Its basically an acessory that allows your NDS to support multimedia files. A great acessory to have for all NDS users! Please do not use it for any other purpose!
      Features:

      -Supports Multimedia files, or Homebrew games of any size

      -Directly Drags and drops all files into the MicroSD(TF) card from Computer

      -Plugs and plays in SLOT-1 without any passcard and supports all version of DS

      -Easy to use interface with fast loading times


      Im selling the R4 at $55. This is a GENUIENE ENGLISH product.


      Im selling the R4 at $55

      The Hori Screen Protector is $7 each (1 set comes with 2 pieces of screen protector)

      Please PM me or SMS me at 97388699 if you wish to buy. First come first served! =D Meet ups done at the east or central area...

      Thanks for looking!

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      Edited by shade343 19 Nov `08, 3:31PM
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    • Originally posted by tarutaru:

      I wonder why nowadays kid expect to stay out once you enter NS, during my times most of us expect to stay in, if u get to stay out then it's previlege....


      During your time, a plate of carrot cake cost $1 too!

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    • Originally posted by gd4u:

      try the hotline again .... u might get another person who might be more commited to help ...


      No luck...

       

      Anyway, the issue is settled for now, my friend got charged with insurbordination for trying to talk things out with the DXO last week. Luckily his RSM helped him abit...

      Sigh...Great Job SAF.

      Edited by shade343 16 Nov `08, 1:15PM
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    • Originally posted by fatone:

      DXO who say no power one? Most of the DXOs are usually retired Officers/WOSPECS. My dept, my boss is a DX11, and he is a retired MAJ. My Head Ops is also a DXO, rank is DX12 and he is a retired LTC. DXO are technically officers still and they have the power to give informal punishments. It all depends on their appointment.

      From your situation I can see that both the SSG and MSG want to play it safe, don't want trouble and stuffs. Highlight this issue to your OC every other day, he/she will get the idea. However if the DXO is still higher in rank comparing to your OC, go to the next line of command which will be your CO. I understand in an office environment we will not see our COs so often as he will most of the time be out of office. Bring this issue to your AO too, he/she also holds a big appointment in your dept. Most importantly, don't keep quiet and get bullied.

      BTW which camp is your friend from?

      Thanks for your adivce...


      Yeah the DXO is higher ranked than the OC...

       

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    • Originally posted by MS:

      I recall being reprimanded when I went to the MP when my unit made massive screw up on my ORD. And really massive screw up which affects my livelihood after I ORD.

       

      When this issue was brought up in camp, the S1 reprimanded me but I told the S1 right in the face, "It is because I have absolutely no confidence in you that I have to resort to such means." Remember, if you don't follow the COC, you can always present your concerns that poised you to skip the COC. But when you face the ultimate consequence, no one will pity you or your friend.

       

      COC? My foot if you know it will not work. Be flexible and work things out intellegently. SAF is never fair. It is a very screw up organisation which people work with multiple standards. This is the culture , face it.

       

      Is your friend depressed? If he is, you'd better help him out by calling the hotline or looking for your MP. If this persists, I don't rule out the possibilities of a suicide case. And based on this concern, you have absolute right to do something drastic in order to prevent something really bad.

      Yup, my friend is very depressed over this incidentand so is his subordinate...I asked refered this thread over to him liao, but his whole camp block out sgforums and all the other mini forums.

       Only SG club seems to be on the whitelist.

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    • Originally posted by skythewood:

      than SSG talked to DXO le, so can go higher la


      He says that the higher ups will always side with the DXO, regulars are friends with regulars...if tell mindef means breached CoC.

       

      Just wondering, if lets say, you suspect an officer to be suffering from a mental illness, can we all ignore his commands?

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    • Originally posted by hisoka:

      nope it doesn't breach chain of command. your friend already spoke to the ssg. it didn't work so it entitles your friend to go to the ssg's boss or other higher ups?


      Above the SSG is that DXO lor...

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    • Originally posted by kopiosatu:

      dxo can give extra meh?

      at most they can only suggest and the officer will approve

      go talk to higher up


      Thanks kopi..how to talk to the higher ups? My friend approached the SSG for help, she cant do anything also, the DXO refuse to talk to her....and going further will breach CoC...

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    • Originally posted by Fatum:

      i also heard of corporal as a head of department with subordinates for the first time also ....... 

       


      Yup, its more of a internal communication support department

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    • Originally posted by caleb_chiang:

      Well, if your friend never did anything wrong, then that DXO is unreasonable... but the problem is that your friend did do something wrong wor...


      What wrong did he do? Opening the office earlier so he could HELP the DXO clear his work is wrong? Being hardworking is wrong? If thats the case, everybody should chao keng from now on.

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    • Originally posted by kopiosatu:

      i didn't know there was anything wrong with opening the office earlier


      to quote the DXO "its a clear breach of regimentation duties"

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    • Originally posted by Unknown_X:

      find another person higher ranking than the dxo. what rank is the dxo? i think they can only recommend and not give out the punishments. better double check.


      Oh yeah, forgot to add, he ordered my friend to give out the punishment to his surbordinate since my friend is the department IC.

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    • Posting on behalf of a friend who desperately needs the advice of the lao jiaos here...

      This is what happened: His camp currently has a DXO officer which the entire department hates because this DXO is super F up. He would impose alot of unreasonable punishment on anybody for the slightest thing (confinement for 3 weeks for being 1min late for morning parade ect ect)

      Recently, he ordered a subordinate of my friend to to prepare lots of work documents for him. He gave that poor subordinate 2 days to finish a job in what 4 people would normally require 1 week.

      My friend and his other colleagues tried their best to assist this poor subordinate in accomplishing his task, but it was not enough.

      So that subordinate had no choice but to come back to camp at 5am in the morning and open the office to finish the job on the last day. He did a very good job, but when he handed the work documents over to the DXO later in the morning he was awarded a 1 month confinement in camp.

      Why? Simply because he had breached regimentation by opening the office 2 hours earlier than allowed. My friend tried to reason with the DXO, but the DXO waved him away and told him not to argue.

      My friend tried asking his SSG for help, but she told she cant do anything and didnt believe it because this was the first time she heard something like that.

      The SAF hotline was useless as the person on the phone told him that this is an "informal punishment" and they cant do anything about it.

      My friend is the head of a department with a corporal rank and his subordinate is a very hardworking personnel, it hurts him to see his subrodinate being unfairly punished.

      According to my friend the DXO in camp used to be ok untill 4months ago when his wife died. After that incident, he started behaving in an erratic and wierd manner in camp. Like beinng extremely unreasonable, having strong tempers and to a certain extent, introverted. The MSG , MO and SSG seems to be aware of it but are keeping quiet.

      Is there anyway my friend can help his surbordinate out from his unreasonable punishment without breaking Chain of Command? He pondered going public about this on the new paper but decided against it as DB will be the most likely outcome. Are there any other options? COuld somebody please advise? Any suggestions will be appreciated..

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    • My friends who use CF gyms says he enjoys the hot steamy action in the suana and steam room.

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    • Originally posted by Yuki~!:

      Which would you prefer..

      Carry on sneaking around with her or ending it?


      You forgot to list another option. How about taking this relationship one higher level? Ts can kiss and hold hands in front of her friends. Her friends wouldnt mind or rat on her anyway.