Haha, I seeme to be raving so much about Singapore. I will look into some hidden truth of SIngapore in the past now.
Btw, sidetrack ait, the channel live telecast of the National Day Rally has been postponed to Monday. First time I heard of this. haha. Guess so many Singaporeans will be in a dilema. Which to watch. SO i suggest you all WATCH the match and plug in your earphones and listen to the Nat Day rally. HAhA!
1. In the early 1920s, Albert Einstein Came to Singapore to give lectures. And a weel later, he won the Nobel Prize for his wrok in Nuclear Physics and his Theory of Relativity. He came back to Singapore on the 11th of Nov.
EDUCATION=MORE CASH ^2 ( E=MC^2)
2. Singapore Sling was created in the year 1915 by a Hainanese bartender, Ngiam Tong Boon.
3. Maria hertogh married a Dutch Restraunteur Johan Wolkerfield and bore ten children. Supposedly accsued oftrying t murder her husband and was last seen In Dallas USA.
4. Lee Kuan Yew was the youngest Prime Minister in the world at the age of 36 years. I wonder if the record has been broken by now.
5. Loke Wan Tho who was the Chairman of Cathay Organisation was educated in Victoria Institution, which is modern day Victoria School. Sidenote: DId u know that if you pay by nets at Cathay from Monday to Thursday, your movie ticket is only $6.
6.Singapore Zoo's oranghutan, Mitra earned US$250,000 for his supporting role in the sequel to BABE.
7. Lee Siew Choh who aslo once studied in Victoria School set a record with a speech in Parliament lasting more than seven hours in 2 days. He was the chairman of Barisan Sosialis, a defected group of PAP peeps who believed in Communist ideology.
8. Singapore held the record for hanging 18 prisoners in one shot with 5 mintues interval in between. These prisoners rioted at the prison without walls, Pulau Senang, and ended up killing prison warden David S. Dutton and another 3 surbodinates.
9. Singapore is the ONLY country to declare independence thrice: First on 5th June 1959, Indpendence form the colonial Rule
Second, Singapore's de facto independence in joining Malaysia.
thrid, Singapore's independence from Malaysia.
10. Remember that2 cale cars in 1983 dropped into the sea when a drillship got entangled with the lines? The rescue team sent by the SAF was led by Brigadier General Lee Hsien Loong, our current Prime Minister. Duh...lol
11. PAP- Pay and Pay. WP- Why Pay? SDP-So don't Pay!
PAP- People's Action Party. WP-Worker's Party. SDP-Singapore Democratic Party.
12. Food Grading System:
A- A Sai Chiak
B- Boey Sai Chiak
C- Chin CHye Chiak
D Dak Hung Too Aye Sai Chiak
Some itneresting Videos I have found . 1 is about a Singapore song by a church pastor if I am not wrong. Another is about Hitler complaining about the ERP woes. LOL. Guess some of you may have watched it already.
Singapore Story
Hitler and his ERP woes
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