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Hypocrisy In Dealing With Muslims Must Be Addressed

Our Mufti questions whether terrorism can solely be attributed to misinterpretation of texts. He then suggests that the reasons could be multi-faceted, and include disenchantment towards the state.

Thanks to our Mufti for saying something that has been ignored for far too long, by far too many people (‘experts’).

If i may add: the hypocrisy in dealing with Muslims must also be addressed. When a Muslim commits a terrorist act, everyone rushes to condemn – Muslim ‘spokesmen’ and leaders included – and words such as ‘lone wolf terrorist’ are used. When Muslims are the victim of such attacks – as in the case of the Chapel Hill shootings – not only do these spokesmen disappear, but the perpetrators are described as people with ‘mental issues’.

There can be no peace without justice.

Source: Walid J Abdullah

April 18, 2015
My Maid Is Trying To Force A Move Back Home

My maid, who is still under her contract, is trying to force a move back. If we were to send her back while under contract with the agency, we will have to pay a sum which I think is unfair considering the way she is behaving to force us to send her back.

Here are some of the things that she does. We have 2 cats, and of course we let them roam free outside the house, she has a habit of closing the door when the cats are still outside. Whether or not purposely, I don’t know, but this is happening around twice a week.

She doesn’t clean the bedroom unless told to. She ‘sleeps’ at 10pm, earliest in the house. As some of the people in this house have school or work in the morning, we don’t expect a buffet breakfast but at least a cup of tea or coffee in the morning might be good. But she sleeps at 10pm and wake up only when she wakes up naturally. My sister who share a room with her then told me that she can’t sleep at night sometimes cause she heard the maid talking on the phone around midnight.

This wasn’t the case previously, when she started out, she was a good domestic working. Making breakfast, doing chores.

Now she takes 30 minutes to go to the grocery shop, which is 1 block away. She sits down for hours ‘reading’ cooking books(using her handphone), but will cook curry 3-4 times a week. Cooking fried rice to her means mixing sambal belacan with rice(no seasoning, no egg or any other ingredients) And worst of all, she doesn’t flush after using the toilet.

Like I said, this isn’t the case when she started off. I think she is trying to force a move back since she is unhappy here, and doing as little as possible in the house is her way of doing it. Any advice on what I can do?

Sick of Curry

TRS Contributor

Source: www.therealsingapore.com

April 17, 2015
My Maid Cooked My Koi!

Dear editor

Just to share a funny incident

We hired a domestic worker from Indonesia recently because we hope she can help us look after our kids and my parents. My wife also needs a little help with housework as she was promoted recently.

Our new helper is polite, diligent and willing to learn. She even has good rapport with our pet dog and take effort to prepare food for it. We guess we are lucky because we have heard tales about maids from hell. She can cook quite well, although not as good as my wife la… but hey, she is willing to learn.

However, on Sunday when I was scrubbing my fish pond, I felt something was amiss about the pond but I was not able to pinpoint what went wrong. I ignored the feeling and went on with my daily routine.

During lunch, I decided to peek at what was cooking – And I saw a weird looking steamed fish in my wok. Then I realised my maid has cooked my Koi fish! I immediately went into my yard and counted the number of Koi fishes. It was short of one!

I asked my maid abouthe Koi fish. She seems a little puzzled. She said it is not uncommon for people in her hometown to eat Koi fishes. Apparantly, she steamed the Koi fish with other dishes for our pet dog.

I have attached the photo of my poor fish. Anyway, we forgave her la. haha. It was quite funny.

Lim

Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

April 17, 2015
IDA Says University Of Mumbai Is Reputable University
Yesterday (16 Apr), TRE published a story about an Indian national turned Singaporean, Nisha Padmanabhan, who is employed by IDA (‘IDA defends staff who obtained MBA from degree mill‘).

As it turns out, the MBA that Ms Padmanabhan obtained was from a degree mill, the Southern Pacific University (SPU).

SPU is not accredited and it was closed in Hawaii by a court order. Subsequently, it started operating from Malaysia [Link]. A blogger also alerted that a group of “students” had made a police complaint against SPU for losing RM18,000 each “for the junk” [Link].

Earlier this year, a Vietnamese News also mentioned SPU [Link]:

[Google Translate of relevant paragraphs]:

“It was bought by domestic and overseas buyers by. Fellows get doctorates abroad but do not learn, do not know a word of English double break. After the University of the South Pacific (Southern Pacific University) was uncovered, it was pouring through a PhD Philippines. PhD but is actually traveling, combined with purchase.

If the degree is not worth relating to the appointment, be promoted in the system state agencies, there is no degree trafficking as grocery shopping today.”

Many netizens began to ask IDA if it knew about the matter. After weeks of silence, IDA finally replied.

It said that her Bachelor’s degree is from a reputable university and she was recruited based on the Bachelor degree. Her MBA was “not a relevant certificate for her position in IDA”, it added.

IDA’s full reply on its Facebook page [Link]:

However, netizens are not convinced of IDA’s reply. Many are saying it’s a question of integrity even though she may have been hired based on her bachelor’s degree.

University of Mumbai not in top 500

In its reply, IDA has mentioned that Ms Padmanabhan’s basic degree is from a “reputable university” and she was recruited because of this.

In her LinkedIn information, she said that she had graduated from University of Mumbai with a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunication.

TRE did a check with regard to the world’s ranking of University of Mumbai.

In the Times Higher Education Top 400 World University Rankings 2014-2015 [Link], University of Mumbai was not listed at all.

In fact, only 4 Indian universities were ranked among the World’s top 400:
- 276-300th, Indian Institute of Science
- 276-300th, Panjab University
- 351-400th, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
- 351-400th, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Singapore, a much smaller country than India, had 2 universities ranked among the World’s top 400:
- 25th, NUS
- 61st, NTU
In the QS World University Rankings, another popular ranking commonly cited, the University of Mumbai is ranked 551st in the world [Link].

NUS on the other hand is ranked 22nd while NTU is 39th.

So, do you think that University of Mumbai is a “reputable university” as stated by IDA?

What do you think?

Source: www.tremeritus.com
April 17, 2015
Lim Teck Yin’s Fan Criticism Unfair

Football fans, former internationals, as well as the community, were divided yesterday as they responded to criticism that Singaporeans are fair-weather supporters of the national team.

This came in the wake of comment on Wednesday by Sport Singapore’s chief executive, Lim Teck Yin, who said that the time had come for fans here to show their mettle and come out in force to support them during the SEA Games.

Some felt the comment was too harsh and that they had the right to expect commitment from players, whether they were the Lions or the under-23 side, to win matches.

Both the Lions and the under-23 side have lost a string of matches in the run-up to the World Cup qualifiers and the Games in June.

“I feel that, though he meant well, (Lim) was a little harsh with his words. It is almost as though he feels nobody really supports local football,” said Ian Ding, 24-year-old Lions fan.

Deepanraj Valluvan, 19, said fans had a right to feel disappointed when their sides do not perform to expectations.

“Fans do go through highs and lows in supporting the team, but this doesn’t mean we can’t expect a win,” he said. “As fans, we want our team to go as far as they can succeed.

“The SEA Games are no different and we want to make sure our country performs and we will be cheering for them whether they win or lose. But we do have a certain level of expectations from our national teams and are be disappointed if they don’t meet them.”

Win or lose, Kumaravel Selvom will be behind the team when they kick off their SEA Games campaign. He told TODAY: “Any sport, and especially football, thrives with supporting fans. Whether it’s a team at its best or worst, it will always be good to know that there are people watching and hoping the best for you.”

Former national and S-League footballers whom TODAY spoke to were also divided.

Aleksandar Duric remembered only too well the fickle support from fans. They were solidly behind the Lions in their triumphant years in the Suzuki Cup in 1998, 2004, 2007 and 2012, but he felt the desertion when they were knocked out of the group stages of the 2010 tournament.

This, he said, can have an adverse effect on young athletes, especially the under-23 side heading for the coming SEA Games.

“I agree with Teck Yin totally. I only retired recently from football, and I know our fans very well, and they like it when we are winning. But this is not good, and the mentality of Singapore fans is something we wish we can change.

“If you are a fan, you should follow your team all the way, win or lose, and you share their happiness and sorrows. These are young boys and they need our support. Singaporeans should back our young athletes, because they need it. There is no better chance to do that than at the SEA Games, right here in front of the home crowd.”

However, former S-League player and coach Shasi Kumar said the players needed to improve to get fans back in the stadium. “You cannot blame the fans as well, because we had a really poor run of results,” he said. “How can a fan stand by their team without feeling disappointment or even angry when we cannot even beat a team like Guam, and (we) lose to Syria? It is a chicken and egg situation, because at the moment, the team is not performing, and fans are understandably disillusioned.”

Source: www.todayonline.com

April 17, 2015