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 Dastardly humans, always reserving the best stuff for themselves CNY's not gone over too well with Mr. Ham, who was okay with the bakkwa, but got extremely miffed after not receiving any red packets yet again, and then discovering that human-grade sunflower seeds were so much larger than his usual fare. Some breaking developments: Stanford researchers have discovered that cooling gloves work "better than steroids", and thereby opened a new chapter in the neverending ice bath debate. This, alas, came too late for those implicated in the Aussie doping scandal - who would have thought that those laid-back mateys would be in on it too? Wasn't drug use supposed to be limited to superpowers vying for ideological supremacy, and individual ultracompetitive mavericks? I suppose our sporting fraternity is at least free of that sort of thing, given how hard just keeping one together is proving to be - even Fandi's kids, who have been offered youth contracts by a Spanish second division club, are now considering representing South Africa (eligible through their mum), a development that has long been brewing. Heck, even South Korea, who actually have a nuclear threat on their doorstep (any day soon) are more accommodating than us. And there might yet be a slap in the face for our grand medal plan - after narrowly surviving being dropped from the SEA Games, table tennis was in danger of being cut from the Olympics. While what was presumably a combined Asian lobby was strong enough to save it, it would have been deliciously ironic, in view of our import-glory policy, had the chop actually come to pass. Then again, we might have just turned to recruiting African marathoners... There could be a no less titanic struggle raging in the background closer to home, most recently expressed in a former CNB director being absolved of corruption, as is only proper - who hasn't carelessly misplaced an organ or two? Far more interesting is the latest development of the CPIB themselves being probed; one might reckon that they could eventually run out of alphabet agencies to investigate each other, at the rate this is going. Lastly, it seems that Volkswagen has discovered the potential of replaceable modular parts. I had always thought that everybody was doing that, but I was mistaken. High marks for Teutonic efficiency here, with DHL delivering my 23andMe package to California within three days via Hong Kong, tracked at every stage, and with signed proof of delivery at the end to top it off. It remains to wait... Ouch  And the pizza tastes the best (Source: Somewhere on the Internet) Seen as an advertisement on Facebook, for the record (and it does link to the bank's page):  The Paper Chase Is it safe to come out yet? One of my former profs has said his piece on the White Paper, which has been well-received by many, including some MPs. Again, while I mostly concur with his views, I will instead zoom in on the disagreements, in this case on the theory that the foreign worker dependency ratio is actually helping unproductive local workers, since employers would be willing to "carry" less-productive locals if they can compensate for them with more-productive foreigners - hence, the admirably low unemployment rate of 2%. Now, it could be noted that in most sectors where the dependency ratio is in force, "productivity" might not be the most apt term to use, unless it is quantified by "per unit cost". Indeed, he himself appears to recognize this conundrum at least partly when he continues by stating that the aim of two-thirds of locals to be white-collar workers in 2030 may be unrealistic in practice. Or, to consider it from another direction: take a country that needs to fill vacancies in honest but not-very-popular blue-collar professions, such as say bricklayers, or bus drivers. There are two broad ways this can be approached; the first is to assume a closed system with minimal immigration, and let wages float - slapping down bricks might not sound too attractive at S$600 a month with few prospects of advancement, but what about S$3000? One could say that it is unfair for blue-collar workers to outearn white-collar ones, but why should this be so? In fact, strictly speaking, most blue-collar jobs in developed countries are probably drastically overpaid, if the criteria is "replaceability at a lower cost from less-developed countries". As pointed out here several times before, how much better can a Swedish driver clearing 2000 Euros a month be, compared to an Indian one earning 3000 rupees? Or an American barber charging twenty dollars for a basic cut, against a Thai one that costs only fifty baht? So, in a purely economic sense, the logical thing to do would be to let plenty of such immigrants in to compete for these jobs - they would probably not be much worse, they could even be better, but they would sure be happy to work for much, much less! It could then be mindboggling why so many developed countries stuck to the second approach, which is to not allow this, and allow blue-collar wages to be bid up, on services at least (lower-skilled workers are still out of luck when their product can be exported, as in manufacturing) We could be missing something here. I'm unsure how much of this status roadblock can be fixed - we have perhaps become overly obsessed with becoming cubicle peons, to the degree that any job involving a shirt, tie and air-conditioning, however meaningless, is largely seen as superior to hands-on occupations like being a good hawker, even if probably far more people directly appreciate the hawker. Ironically, I suspect many of the better hawkers might do quite well elsewhere if they dressed up, fitted out a storefront, played soft muzak and presented themselves as a "chef de cuisine"... and continued cooking as per normal. That said, his point on fixing current problems was experienced first hand on Friday evening, when the train (packed, of course) that I was on decided that it would be cool to stop in between Tiong Bahru and Outram Park. Perhaps more annoying than the breakdown itself was the lack of updates, and I had to take a blind plunge on transferring to the NEL when the train finally pulled into Outram. Given how such incidents are almost routine now, the incoming CEO could be unpleasantly surprised if he's banking on military-style "zero reported incidents"-based auditing. Anyhow, after the cursory rubberstamping, it was perhaps inevitable that the oft-derided online noises have spilled over into real life, with thousands converging on Hong Lim Park for the "Say NO to 6.9M population" protest.  Placards ranged from cute to cheeky (Source: fbcdn.net) Whether events like this will help persuade the incumbents remains to be seen, but they have at least kept up with the sweeteners (duly received by unbecoming mutterings on why they came in the form of vouchers redeemable mostly at GLC outlets, and not cash). Following tightly on this, an MP has suggested that PRs and foreigners be made to cough up an annual national defence tax, which might have missed the point while illustrating just how creative the current administration can get when it comes to raising money. Next: News Of The Week
anonymous said... re: your previous blog post so besides CockStrike 1.6 i thought of another new game SteamCity you have to run around managing brothels and make people steam at the side of the screen got a penis in ranging from flaccid to erect states, that's the steam meter--reflects how well you are running the brothels
Mr. Ham said... Dear Valued Commenter, Despite our game submission policy, I am moved to inform you that your latest idea is both original and publishable. Unfortunately, the part that is original is not publishable, and the part that is publishable is not original.
anonymous said... have you searched in the japanese game market you fool
だんなハム said... 監督が、さらなる調査のために千の謝罪は地元の市場が類似製品で飽和していることが明らかになったので、アイデアはオリジナルでも発行可能でもありません。我々はあなたにこの歌報酬で提供しています。
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