AppleInsider | Santa Steve dishes free iPhones, next-gen iPod and Mac hints: "In closing out his speech, which took place at the Apple Town Hall on the company's Cupertino campus, Jobs delighted those in attendance by announcing that all full-time Apple employees would be given a free 8GB iPhone by the end of July -- around the time Apple expects initial demand for the handset to subsided."
"the end result is that it's essentially impossible to become successful or well-off doing a job that is described and measured by someone else."amen... all tech workers... if you are getting measured by workhours... u know where you stand.
"if they breed,
you will bleed"
i'm loving this.... more than the standard 10 year old.
slight citrus on the nose, ... the fullness of the smoky taste, fills up the entire mouth, throat, tongue... now that's laphroaig for me.
smooth taste of wood (oak?)...
Ordered 2 bottles. boys and girls of '76..... this is our drink.
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hmm... this is kinda strange... shouldn't we be investigating why we are UNABLE to provide for our golden years... instead of trying to extend my working years?
root issue... why after working for 55 years, we are unable to retire?
Citing figures, the National Trades Union Congress Secretary General Lim Boon Heng said a high proportion of older workers have dropped out of the job market.
That is why a tripartite committee comprising NTUC, the government and employers is studying how to help older Singaporeans find work and stay on working.
Mr Lim said: "NTUC has long recognised this and therefore pushed for raising the effective retirement age. It is important to focus on the effective retirement age and not on the legislated retirement age. Currently our official retirement age is 62 but many drop out from the age of 55 years."
have been looking around for something like that...
"yeah, i've made mistakes. The biggest was vodka. i never believed the public would want to buy something with no taste to it. my whole life was built on blending flavours."
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What people want
The same thing everyone else is having, but different.
A menu where the prices aren't all the same.
More attention than the person sitting next to them.
A slightly lower price than anyone else.
A new model, just moments before anyone else, but only if everyone else is really going to like it.
A seat at a sold out movie.
Access to the best customer service person in the shop, preferably the owner.
Being treated better, but not too much better.
Being noticed, but not too noticed.
Being right.
DECOMPOSING INFANT'S BODY FOUND IN FAIRPRICE BRANCH
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A HIGHLY-decomposed infant was discovered yesterday at a locker room in
NTUC FairPrice's Bishan Junction 8 branch. The grisly find of the
premature baby was triggered by a stench coming from the staff locker room
of the popular supermarket.
well.. i could say something abt cold rooms... and hot weather... "the fresh food people" would have trained their staff to use the cold room... not the locker.
this beats my dead-rat-in-bag episode... i've been trumped!
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For the first time in the history of the National Day Parade, only four 25-pounder guns will be used in the Presidential Gun Salute compared to the traditional half a dozen guns.
The Presidential Gun Salute has been a mainstay of the National Day Parade: 21 shots fired within 3 minutes as a mark of respect to the President when he inspects the contingents in the stadium.
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took me awhile to do this. for my man. adrian's communal food blog.
http://food.rumspace.com/2006/06/20/maxs-chicken-the-house-that-fried-chicken-built/
i know, i'm usually involved in eating.. rather than writing. and that's one of the longest entry i've written..since...
enjoy!
"Repression, Sir is a habit that grows. I am told it is like making love-it is always easier the second time! The first time there may be pangs of conscience, a sense of guilt. But once embarked on this course with constant repetition you get more and more brazen in the attack. All you have to do is to dissolve organizations and societies and banish and detain the key political workers in these societies. Then miraculously everything is tranquil on the surface. Then an intimidated press and the government-controlled radio together can regularly sing your praises, and slowly and steadily the people are made to forget the evil things that have already been done, or if these things are referred to again they're conveniently distorted and distorted with impunity, because there will be no opposition to contradict."
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just happened to catch this travel programme on channel U, featuring my personal fav fiona xie.
what is it about mediacorp? the longer a person is in there, everyone just seems to subscribe to the following mantra.
http://www.elections.gov.sg/eservices.htm
Are you a qualified elector?
