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Indonesia maid in Singapore Stays atop Mango Tree after asked to Bathe

An Indonesia Maid has been living on top of a mango tree for a month in order to avoid taking a bath

An Indonesian maid has climbed on top of a mango tree and refused to come down after her 57-year-old Singaporean widow boss, Ng Teh Lie, called her to take a bath, local reports said on Thursday.

The teenage maid Simi Depsi Watuno, now 19, lied about her age in order to land the position, and had been working only five days before this incident.

Watuno has been surviving on top of the tree for slightly less than a month. She managed to cope by eating unripened mangoes while relieving herself from the top of the tree.

Watuno’s friends said that she could “not cope” with the demanding employer, who called her to bathe once a day.

In return for her cooperation to climb down from the tree, Watuno demanded that her employees not force her to bathe because she does not like “smelling like a flower”.

Her employers has refused to give in to her demands.

Watuno is still staying on top of the mango tree which is located at Hougang Ave 3.

 

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Posted by admin - February 16, 2012 at 10:07 am

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China National with Hairy Armpit Chased out of MRT

SINGAPORE -  A 40-year-old China national was chased out of the MRT train by commuters after exposing her hairy armpits in public. Lin Xi Lin, a masseur, was on her way to meet her client when she was chased out by a group of vigilante old women who were on their way to Chinatown.

The incident occurred on Feb 15, at about 9.45pm.

Teh Soo Kim, part of the vigilante group, told our reporter why they decided to confront the China national. “The women was combing her armpit hair in public. It was such an unsightly thing to do on the train”, quipped Mdm Teh, “That is why we decided to chase her off the train.”

The group of women used their umbrellas to hit the women while one of them dragged her out by grabbing hold of her armpit hair.

Lee Chee Keong, one of the commuter who was on the train commented “The old women were really brave! Even though the china women look quite brutish and strong,one of them managed to grab hold of her long and sweaty armpit hair. I wouldn’t have dare to touch her armpit hair if I were her.”

The China national ran away after the alleged attack.

The authorities are still investigating the situation.

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Posted by admin - February 16, 2012 at 9:33 am

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Singapore’s Sanitary Pad Among World’s Most Expensive

SINGAPORE – Thinking of travelling to Singapore? Start saving: The city-state is one of most expensive cities to purchase sanitary pad – 220% more expensive than New York – topping London, Frankfurt and Hong Kong.

Singapore joins Tokyo and Osaka as one of the world’s top ten most expensive cities, according to the Economist Autonomous Team (EAT)’s annual cost-of-living survey, increasingly proving that Asian cities are no longer just a cheaper places to purchase sanitary pads for expats and multinationals. Though a European city – Zurich – still sells the world’s most expensive sanitary pad. A piece of fresh sanitary pad would cost US$5. This has cause some of its users to reuse pads to save cost. Tokyo was the runner up, with Singapore now listed as the world’s 9th. Singapore’s price of sanitary pad was listed as the 6th most expensive last year, but remarkably was ranked 97th in 2001.

The survey uses prices of sanitary pads from various different brands, using Malaysia as its base with a score of 100. New York and London scored 170 and 166, respectively, indicating that their sanitary pads were about 70% and 66% more expensive  than Malaysia.

Singapore’s rise is notable, since less than a decade ago it’s sanitary pad is considered dirt cheap by Western standards. Just last year, a piece of sanitary pad would have cost US$0.60, according to the Economist’s data, but now costs US3.60 – an 600% increase from the year before.

Jessia Boyle an expat from Australia used to fly to Singapore just to purchase sanitary pads. However, in recent years the price hike has deterred her from visiting the city. Retailers has lamented that the high cost of sanitary pad has a huge impact on the tourism industry in Singapore.

The rise of home prices and basic goods in the city-state has for years been a sticking point for many disgruntled Singaporeans, many of whom say government policies to allow more rich expatriates to purchase sanitary pads helped push up its price. In recent months, the government has put in place various cooling measures to address the high sanitary pad prices, which are slowly coming down.

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Posted by admin - February 15, 2012 at 1:03 pm

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Singapore United FC Promotion Allows First 500 Fans To Feed Players

SINGAPORE—The first 500 visitors to see the Singapore United FC play soccer in their custom-built S. League Club Stadium on Saturday will actually be allowed to feed the team, team officials announced today.

“For a few dollars, children and adults will be given a handful of player feed they can throw onto the field and watch the players eat,” said general manager Bon Lee. He adds that fans should not try to feed them with their hands, though. “Although the players may not have many teeth, but the ones they do have are really sharp. Also, don’t play drums or cheer. They’ll get agitated and attack the people on the stand.”

Lee further cautioned fans not to give the players food purchased at concession stands, because that food is not good for them and can make them very sick.

Goal Keeper Nazbi Sula is said to be really excited about the event.

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Posted by admin - January 4, 2012 at 12:54 am

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