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  • When a Mississippi Grandma goes to Court

    When Grandma Goes to Court:

    Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they aren't prepared for the answer.


    In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know me?' She responded, 'Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a boy, and frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you'll never amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher.
    Yes, I know you.'

    The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know the defence attorney?'

    She again replied, 'Why yes, I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone, and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife.
    Yes, I know him.'

    The defence attorney nearly died.

    The judge asked both counsellors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said, 'If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I'll send you both to the electric chair.'
     

Sunday, 11 May 2008

  • Simple way to understand Marketing

    > What Is Marketing ?
    >
    > 1. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: " I am
    > very rich. Marry me! " - "That's Direct Marketing"
    >
    >
    > 2. You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl. One
    > of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you  says: " He's very
    > rich. "Marry him." – "That's Advertising"
    >
    >
    > 3. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her
    > telephone number. The next day, you call and say: " Hi, I'm very rich.
    > "Marry me - "That's Telemarketing"
    >
    >
    > 4. You're at a party and see gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten your
    > tie, you walk up to her and pour her a drink, you open the door (of the
    > car)for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her ride and then
    > say: "By the way, I'm rich. Will you "Marry Me?" - "That's Public
    > Relations"
    >
    > 5. You're at a party and see gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and
    > says:"You are very rich! "Can you marry ! Me?" - "That's Brand
    > Recognition"
    >
    >
    > 6. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am
    > very rich. Marry me!" She gives you a nice hard slap on your face. - "
    > That's Customer Feedback "
    >
    >
    > 7. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am
    > very rich. Marry me!" And she introduces you to her husband. - "That's
    > demand and supply gap"
    >
    >
    > 8. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you say
    > anything, another person come and tell her: "I'm rich. Will you marry me?"
    > and she goes with him - "That's competition eating into your market share"
    >
    >
    > 9. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you
    > say: "I'm rich, Marry me!" your wife arrives. - " That's restriction for
    > entering new markets "

    Ha ha ha... ... ...

Saturday, 10 May 2008

  • World's Largest Dog

    This dog is REALLY BIG!!!! Hercules - the name of this largest dog, an English Mastiff, weighs 282 pounds and its neck measures 38 inches! But then again, there are some saying it's a hoax - the photo is a digital fraud. I don't know. What do you think?!

    biggest dog 01 biggest dog 02

     

     

Sunday, 04 May 2008

  • Traffic - Speed camera hot spot in S'pore

    Hope you guys who likes to speed will find this useful - Speed Camera Hot Spot in Singapore. Tadaaaaa!

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  • May event: New motor insurance policy framework

    SINGAPORE: The motor insurance sector has reported a hefty loss of S$103.2 million last year, up from just S$625,000 in 2006.

    This "disastrous result" has prompted the General Insurance Association (GIA) to change the motor claims insurance framework.

    From May, motorists are required to report accidents to their insurance companies within 24 hours or by the next working day. This is a change from the current requirement of reporting within a "reasonable time", which is open to interpretation.

    The GIA said compulsory reporting will leave less room for disputes, especially when a motorist chooses not to report the accident but the other party involved decides to file for claims at a later date.

    Derek Teo, President of GIA, said: "If the motorist or policyholder fails to comply then it will be tantamount to a breach in policy conditions. When the policy condition is breached, then the policy holder is put to a disadvantage. He may find that the insurer may not want to honour the liability.

    "The motorists can now go to their insurer to file a claim, and if they are not responsible for the damage themselves and they can attribute the claim to a third party, their insurer will file the claim on their behalf. Currently, this is not done."

    Insurance companies will offer one-stop service from filing of claims to providing a replacement car when the damaged vehicle is being repaired at approved workshops.

    GIA said each insurance company will have a list of approved workshops which meet the required service and technical standards.

    "In the longer term, we will be able to build up credibility and those workshops that receive more than three complaints for poor service or unscrupulous practices may be taken off," Mr Teo said.

    It is hoped that such efforts will help expedite the claiming process and reduce losses from inflated claims.

    Gross insurance premiums in Singapore's general insurance sector rose 8.38 percent last year to about S$2.5 billion, but it was overshadowed by the significant underwriting loss in the business, causing profits to slump by 25 percent year on year in 2007.

    The S$103.2 million deficit incurred last year was the worst for the sector since 2002. This coincided with a sharp rise in accident reports – from 129,428 in 2006 to 151,583 cases last year.

    The association said there are several reasons for the spike in accident reports. Among them is an increase in the vehicle population to an all-time high of over 850,000 vehicles last year – an 8 percent climb from 2006.

    Other reasons cited were greater vehicle usage and a larger number of foreigners who may be unfamiliar with the roads in Singapore.

    Asked if this will translate to higher premiums for motorists, the association said premiums are expected to go up but the quantum will be decided by the companies.

    On average, claims take up about 85 percent of the motor insurance premiums.

    "For this to become a sustainable position, I think we are looking at an overall loss ratio of about 75 percent, which means for every dollar premium they pay, we will pay out 75 cents in claims, leaving the 25 percent for expenses incurred in delivering the product," said Mr Teo.

    In other areas, GIA said Workmen's Compensation cover cut its losses by nearly half from S$13.7 million in 2006 to S$7.8 million last year.

    However, the new Work Injury Compensation Act (WICA) that will be implemented this April will have some impact on the market.

    The WICA Bill will expand the coverage for all employees, including non-manual employees who earn more than S$1,600 per month.

    Mr Teo said: "It's likely to attract a 35 percent increase in claims cost – this is the result of a research that was done by an NTU research team for the association. With such information, it's clear that there will be increases in premiums to cope with the rising claims cost."

    Overall, the association expects other business classes like personal accident, fire, and marine cargo and hull covers to continue to do well this year.


    - CNA/so

Tuesday, 15 April 2008

  • Friction @ Work

    Friction occurs at work all the time and how do you manage yours?

    1. do you blow up and fire emails at each other?
    2. do you call the other party and try to resolve it but end up raising your voices at each other?
    3. do you swallow the frasturation by keeping your mouth shut and go through the same pain every month just because you do not want to make things ugly at work?
    4. do you escalate the issue to higher management first then resolve the issue with the affected parties?

    I just took over my ex-colleague's project this month and there is just 101 problems which makes it difficult to even try to keep up with the problems and changes, not talk about resolving it. 

    There is this biggest problem with the project - the price of finshed goods(FG) quoted to customer, which is done by the pricing analyst doesn't tie to the price which I see in the SAP when I refresh the FGs. I spent 2 days trying to reconcile the problem, finally found out where the problems of each FG part lies, and because this is so time consuming, my other work keeps piling up which I began to feel stressed up. My boss saw me so stressed up and came over to show her concern, and after she learned what's going on, she escalated the issue by firing an email to the pricing analyst, her boss, and my Site Controller.

    This is when things turned ugly and emails containing hostile remarks shoots all over the place. Sigh... I don't know what went over me. I didn't stop my boss from escalating the issue. Perhaps I shouldn't have told my boss anything, so things wouldn't turn out so ugly. With so much work piling up, the last thing I want is more troubles. I need PEACE.

     

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    FILE YOUR TAX RETURN by 18th April 2008 is the deadline for filing your tax returns FY 2007. have you file yours yet?

     

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