A staff member at a restaurant,Yoshinoya told her that she only deserved to have a half-filled cup of Coke, because she had ordered the drink without ice.
"I ordered four meals and two large cups of Coke without ice at the Yoshinoya outlet at Compass Point yesterday (July 24).
"I was shocked to see the cup was only half-filled.
"However, the crew insisted that that was what I should get as I had requested the drinks without ice.
2,400 Singaporeans from all of life will take part in the first-ever Youth Olympic torch relay to be held in Singapore on Friday.
Aged between 11 and 82, they come from a wide spectrum across Singapore - from students and soldiers to entertainers, social activists and business leaders. The group is also strongly represented by athletes young and old and participants from the coming Youth Olympic Games.
The torchbearers were picked after a three month-long, island-wide search for people who embody the Olympic Values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect. An open call was made for public applications and more than 500 organisations nominated representatives to take part in the run in the Singapore leg of the Journey of the Youth Olympic Flame.
Also taking part in the relay are torchbearers from 39 different countries, reflecting Singapore's cosmopolitan city and the high level of international participation in the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Some of the more well-known torchbearers include Khoo Swee Chiow, pop star JJ Lin, international athletes Yelena Isinbayeva, and pole vault legend Sergey Bubka. Bubka is also the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission Chairman for the first Summer Youth Olympic Games.
Friday's flame arrival ceremony will be held at the National University of Singapore . More than 750 performers are putting on a spectacular show with a float parade and choreographed mass formations to welcome the Youth Olympic Flame to Singapore after its journey to five cities across the globe.
Singaporeans are encouraged to cheer the torchbearers on as they pass their schools, offices and homes Members of the public can view the entire torch relay route and the list of torchbearers at the Singapore 2010 website www.singapore2010.sg/jyof, where they will also be able to track the movements of the Youth Olympic Flame 'live' via GPS.
Each morning, the Flame will be officially launched and at the end of the relay day, a school will play host to a community celebration, where the public is invited to witness the lighting of the cauldron and enjoy an evening of festivities.
For the grand finale of the flame journey, which will take place on Aug 13 at the Promontory @ Marina Bay, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew will light the cauldron and officially open Celebration @ Marina Bay.
i saw tis article in the yahoo webside.i found that it is intersting cause it's a close topic to me,so i just hv a look on it.
People who get less than six hours sleep per night have an increased risk of dying prematurely.Those who slumbered for less than that amount of time were 12 percent more likely to die early, though researchers also found a link between sleeping more than nine hours and premature death.
If you sleep little, you can develop diabetes, obesity, hypertension and high cholesterol .The study, conducted with the Federico II University in Naples, Italy, aggregated decade-long studies from around the world involving more than 1.3 million people and found "unequivocal evidence of the direct link" between lack of sleep and premature death.
they think that the relation between little sleep and illness is due to a series of hormonal and metabolical mechanisms.
The findings of the study were published in the Sleep journal.
the duration of sleep is a public health issue and should be considered as a behavioural risk factor by doctors.
Sleeping less than six hours is "more common amongst full-time workers, suggesting that it may be due to societal pressures for longer working hours and more shift work".
The study also found a link between sleeping more than nine hours per night and premature death, but oversleeping is more likely to be an effect of illness, rather than a cause.
Research showed no adverse effects for those sleeping between six and eight hours per day.
wow~the feeling of going to school is so great~
long time dint go to school since end of last year,having my SPM exam~while waiting for my SPM results in the past three months(January to march),i have a part time job.i am a promoter in selling handbag n school beg.frankly,working days is boring compare to school time~although i can earn some pocket money while working but I preferred to study~
study in Singapore is my dream when i am still young.now,my dream have come true.thks for my parents to allow and support me to study here.it is rather a difficult decision to be make after taking my result.
I wonder where should I go. study in Singapore is good anyway but I am going to waste my parents' money.sigh.
most of my friends are decided not study here although they are qualified to do so.without the accompany of my best friends,i decide to come here alone.
i kw i should be independent and brave enough to make my dream come true.so,i juz take the risk and come here.
an unfamiliar environment but all my friendly classmates make me have the courage to continue my study here.i kw i need to work hard and hard to be as good as you all.But, trust me,i will try my best to do so.for the sake of my parents and myself.i don want them to be disappointed.
hope that all my classmates can have a wonderful time in nyp.
