What are HDB flats for? If HDB is “heavily subsidized” by the government, why are there more people not able to afford one now? If it is meant to “protect” the people by giving a cheaper alternative so that more can afford a home to stay, why made this woman and her children homeless just because of the inflexible policies?

A homeless family..with kids

Just because “someone” works according to the “book” on the other line- “Oh..because the regulations say so….” this poor lady has no one to turn to. I wonder if she has the ground to even appeal.

Read her story here..

I do understand that such policies are in place so that some “bad hats” cannot reap the benefits from these cheap housing. But, is there also regulation to protect a victim like that woman?

Read more cases here…

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During lunchtime, I asked a very random question that actually led to possibly the biggest NOSE HAIR TRIMER sales at Watsons.

Me to Mr. M: How do you men actually remove your nose hair?

Mr. M: I use the little shaver that can place inside the nose. *followed by his action to demonstrate how the device was used*

Ms L: My husband plucks them, one by one. *at this time, all of us cringed and screamed – OUCH!*

Ms N: XX uses scissors to cut them. *WOW!! NOT BIG SCISSORS RIGHT?!* We exclaimed.

Ms N: Of course not lah!! The small one, can be inserted into the nose one.

Mr M to me: So, how does he do?

Me: He refused to tell me. He said it was like telling me how people clean themselves after doing the “business”.

Followed by a 5 sec silence..

Me: Ya ya.. I know. It doesn’t make sense to me too.
*can’t link that metaphor*

Mr M suggested that we could take a look at the device that he mentioned at Watson. And this is what we got.

“Nose trimmer?” FAIL
Check out the changable “heads”!

Very “handy” huh! Runs on one AA battery.

3 of us ended buying one each. And it just went out of stock instantly.

Me: Mm..How do you think he would react when I give him this? You know, it is like buying a deodorant for your friend..what will your friend think of that??!!

Mr M: Huh? It’s just for hair removal. No big deal!
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I passed it to him after our bible study in the evening. “Hey, I bought you something cool.” I grinned.

When he opened the bag, he gave the most sheepish laughter, ever.
“Haha…thanks.”

“I was actually wondering if you would find it weird…cos..you know..”

“Yeah, it is like…having “double meaning” to it. You know, it’s like I bought you a sanitary pad.”

*stunned for 5 seconds, again, trying to understand the metaphor in my head.* “Sanitary pad?!”

“Yeah, it’s ok. I know you didn’t mean that.” He grinned.

“So, are you going to use it?”

“Of course I will.

“Oh, let me know if it’s good.”

“Ha! You can definitely tell if it is working well…”

Frankly, I took almost 10 seconds to understand what he meant by that.

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A few days later, the peeps came together and updated how the trimmer has done the job.

Ms L: DD still prefers plucking leh. He saw the trimmer and said “don’t need lah! I can just pluck! See..!”He then plucked one hair out of his nose just to prove his point.

OUCH!! The same reaction we had before.

Ms N: XX still prefers to use the scissors. I guess it could be of the weird feeling of inserting a foreign vibrating object into your nose.

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A few days later, I asked him how it was and I just “automatically” squinted and gazed at his nostrils. I. SO. didn’t mean to do that.

“Ya, it works.” He said..embarrassly.

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Mr M mentioned that several of his male colleagues saw his trimmer on his desk and went to Watsons to buy, but it was all out of stock…still.

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