YouTube - PAUL ANKA - TIMES OF YOUR LIFE (1975)

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Paul Anka - Times of Your Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4CIBHLPjBI

We can barely stay afloat, say low-income folk

We can barely stay afloat, say low-income folk

ADMINISTRATIVE assistant Noor Zeen earns $1,350 a month and has not paid her utility bills for the past four months.

Prices of everyday goods have gone up and she finds that she no longer earns enough to cover household expenses.

The 28-year-old divorcee said her monthly utility bill alone has gone up by at least $20. The breadwinner in her family, she lives in a four-room flat in Hougang with her mother, her eight-year-old son and her late aunt's two children.

Cash-strapped and with unpaid utility bills of about $600, Madam Noor asked her MP, Madam Cynthia Phua (Aljunied GRC), for financial help last week.

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Most Embarrassing Feminine Moments

> >A contest was organized by "New Woman Magazine" on"Most Embarrassing
> >moments" topic. The following are few good embarrassing moments that
> >magazine received from several women.
> >
> >----------------- Curl Up and Die ------------------ I walked into a
> >hair salon with my husband and three kids in town and asked loudly,
> >"How much do you charge for a shampoo and a blow job?"
> >
> >Melinda Lowe, 39,
> >Seguin, TX
> >
> >
> >----------------------- Pad, please! --------------- An insurance man
> >visited me at home to talk about our mortgage insurance. He was
> >throwing a lot of facts and figures at me, and I wanted to follow as
> >best as I could, so I told my 6-year-old son to run and get me a pad.
> >
> >He came back and handed me a Kotex right in front of our guest.
> >
> >Kathy Newman, 46,
> >Winston-Salem, NC
> >
> >
> >----------------------- Ho, Ho, Ho ---------------- I was taking a
> >shower when my 2-year-old son came into the bathroom and wrapped
> >himself in toilet paper. Although he made a mess, he looked adorable,
> >so I ran for my camera and took a few shots. They came out so well
> >that I had copies made and included one with each of our Christmas
> >cards.
> >
> >Days later, a relative called about the picture, laughing
> >hysterically, and suggesting I take a closer look.
> >
> >Puzzled, I stared at the photo and was shocked to discover that in
> >addition to my son, I had captured my reflection in the mirror
> >wearing nothing but a camera!
> >
> >
> >----------------------- Lady Golfer------------------ I was at the
> >golf store comparing different kinds of golf balls. I was unhappy
> >with the women's type I had been using. After browsing for several
> >minutes, I was approached by one of the good-looking gentlemen who
> >works at the store.
> >
> >He asked if he could help me. Without thinking, I looked at him and
> >said, "I think I like playing with men's balls."
> >
> >Colleen Collins, 31,
> >Ferndale, MI
> >
> >
> >--------------------- Nuts about You---------------- My sister and I
> >were at the mall and passed by a store that sold a variety of nuts.
> >As we were looking at the display case, the boy behind the counter
> >asked if we needed any help.
> >
> >I replied, "No, I'm just looking at your nuts." My sister started to
> >laugh hysterically, the boy grinned, and I turned beet-red and walked
> >away.
> >
> >To this day, my sister has never let me forget.
> >
> >Faye Emerick, 34,
> >Ellerslie, MD
> >
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >--- The following are the top four winners of a Most Embarrassing
> >Moments Contest in the "New Woman Magazine":
> >
> >
> >----------------- Na-na na-na na-nah! ------------ While in line at
> >the bank one afternoon, my toddler decided to release some pent-up
> >energy and ran amok. I was finally able to grab hold of her after
> >receiving looks of disgust and annoyance from other patrons. I told
> >her that if she did not start behaving "right now" she would be
> >punished.
> >
> >To my horror, she looked me in the eye and said in a voice just as
> >threatening, "If you don't let me go right now, I will tell Grandma
> >that I saw you kissing Daddy's pee-pee last night!"
> >
> >The silence was deafening after this enlightening exchange. Even the
> >tellers stopped what they were doing. I mustered up the last of my
> >dignity and walked out of the bank with my daughter in tow.
> >
> >The last thing I heard when the door closed behind me were screams of
> >laughter.
> >
> >Amy Richardson;
> >Stafford, Virginia
> >
> >
> >------------------- Surprise! ---------------------- It was the day
> >before my eighteenth birthday. I was living at home, but my parents
> >had gone out for the evening, so I invited my girlfriend over for a
> >romantic night alone. As we lay in bed after making love, we heard
> >the telephone ring downstairs. I suggested to my girlfriend that I
> >give her a nude piggyback ride to the phone. Since we didn't want to
> >miss the call, we didn't have time to get dressed.
> >
> >When we got to the bottom of the stairs, the lights suddenly came on
> >and a whole crowd of people yelled, "SURPRISE!"
> >
> >My entire family: aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins and all my
> >friends were standing there. My girlfriend and I were frozen in a
> >state of shock and embarrassment for what seemed like an eternity.
> >
> >Since then, no one in my family has planned a surprise party again.
> >
> >Tim Cahill,
> >Poughkeepsie, New York
> >
> >
> >------------------ Priceless ---------------------- One of the
> >funniest "most-embarrassing-moments stories I've come upon in a long
> >time was about a lady who picked up several items at a discount
> >store. When she finally got up to the checker, she learned that one
> >of her items had no price tag.
> >
> >Imagine her embarrassment when the checker got on the intercom and
> >boomed out for all the store to hear, "PRICE CHECK ON LANE THIRTEEN,
> >TAMPAX, SUPER SIZE."
> >
> >That was bad enough, but somebody at the rear of the store apparently
> >misunderstood the word "Tampax" for THUMBTACKS."
> >
> >In a business-like tone, a voice boomed back over the intercom. "DO
> >YOU WANT THE KIND YOU PUSH IN WITH YOUR THUMB OR THE KIND YOU POUND
> >IN WITH A HAMMER?"
> >
> >
> >----------------- Mom's Advice----------------------- A teacher
> >noticed that a little boy at the back of the class was squirming
> >around, scratching his crotch and not paying attention.
> >
> >She went back to find out what was going on. He was quite embarrassed
> >and whispered that he had just recently been circumcised and he was
> >quite itchy.
> >
> >The teacher told him to go down to the principal's office. He was to
> >phone his mother and ask her what he should do about it. He did it
> >and returned to his class.
> >
> >Suddenly, there was a commotion at the back of the room. She went
> >back to investigate only to find him sitting at his desk with his
> >penis hanging out.
> >
> >"I thought I told you to call your mom." she screamed.
> >
> >"I did," he said, "And she told me that if I could stick it out till
> >noon, she'd come and pick me up from school.

Advert Sham

You surf your company’s intranet job-search portal, finds an attractive opening, sends in your application, waits for a favourable response, 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks.. Then you hear yourself saying, there’s no more hope. You know that for highly competitive positions, in the supply-exceeds-demand landscape, your chances are pretty low. That’s fair game, but to have to face the fact (hear from a reliable source) that you have practically no chance at all because the hirer has already picked his choice, thereby dispensing with any shortlisting formalities is more than a tad hard to swallow.

“I already know who I want to hire” smacks of downright discrimination at the highest order.
Then why bother to even advertise the position. Formalities, internal procedures. HR whitewash, I say. All the talk about cost-cutting. Here it is for you, the powers-that-be to walk the talk, but no, you wanna show that you abide by rules and regulations, and yet ironically not follow the rules.

All these rampant and blatant “I’ve already in mind who to hire” games under the guise of formal recruitment rigmarole is wasting not just every applicant’s time, but also your HR’s time. And you think only family-run companies are bias like that. No, the Fortune 500 listees too. Corporate shit-heads.

So all you aspiring job searchers, the sure-fire way to clinching that job within your current or ex-company is to up your ante on that company’s internal networking circuit.
Yes, the god-fathers/mothers ought to know who you are. That impeccably-written resume & accompanying professionally-shot photo won’t see light of day anymore, unless you’ve been personally invited to submit them.

Meet the new-age corporate honcho-cum-headhunter. Your challenge is in hearing him say “You are hired. Send me your resume and my HR will see to all the formalities.” And to you alone, no less.

P/S I’ve known all along that this kind of acts are as natural and pervasive to a fault.
It happens right under our noses, or rather to those in the know.
Nobody complains, no one shouts foul, no one heck care. Afterall, you ain’t after that job. But when you finally see that much-sought-after job in the “positions-vacant” recruitment portal, cajoling all suitable candidates to apply, you unwittingly fall prey to yet another oxymoronic “we are hiring” but “we're not hiring you” ad sham. Duh.

Oh, and I must mention too this requirement for internal job applicants to inform their immediate Manager whenever they apply for any job posting. Why the need to do so at the application stage? Can’t we wait till we’re being offered the job, or at least till the hiring manager shows an interest in you (which in all probability is close to nil, considering the prevalent “I know who I want to hire” practice).

Hear HR’s reply:
“The normal process is that you have to tell your current manager that you are applying for an internal role. This is because the hiring manager can approach your current manager to get some feedback if he is interested to interview or talk to you. We do not want your current manager to get a shock.”
Well, I would indeed be shocked if he gets shocked just like that

This SBS Bus No Need to Flag Early

if every SBS driver is like this uncle who drives Bus 57.

I was running superduper late on the 1st work day of 2007 and this super slow and patient uncle took his own sweet time and stopped at every bus-stop along the way even though it was crystal clear no one was flagging the bus down.

There was this particular bus-stop where all waiting commuters were comfortably seated at the bus-stand and no-one stood up when the bus was nearing the stop, and yet he non-chalantly drove into the driveway and out again without anyone boarding his bus. For the rest of the journey to my office, the bus literally crawled.....

Give me a younger SBS driver anytime, no need F1 standard, but spare me the uncle or grandpa type (and this coming from a not-so-young aunty who won't suffer slow public transport drivers).