by She_Gunner_Wales » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:16 pm
by Inchpräctice » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:20 pm
SE13 wrote:10] Where would you most like to live : at Highbury Apartment?
by singaporegooner » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:10 pm
She_Gunner_Wales wrote:Are you into gadgets? if so whats your favourite?
by singaporegooner » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:12 pm
Inchpractice wrote:SE13 wrote:10] Where would you most like to live : at Highbury Apartment?
I was in one of those a couple of days ago.
They aint that great actually. It feels like Legoland in there.
Very close to the Emirates of course but like living in a plastic shoe box in many ways.
by Inchpräctice » Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:04 pm
singaporegooner wrote:Inchpractice wrote:SE13 wrote:10] Where would you most like to live : at Highbury Apartment?
I was in one of those a couple of days ago.
They aint that great actually. It feels like Legoland in there.
Very close to the Emirates of course but like living in a plastic shoe box in many ways.
I'm pretty heavy...will it crumble over me head?
by singaporegooner » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:28 pm
Inchpractice wrote:singaporegooner wrote:Inchpractice wrote:SE13 wrote:10] Where would you most like to live : at Highbury Apartment?
I was in one of those a couple of days ago.
They aint that great actually. It feels like Legoland in there.
Very close to the Emirates of course but like living in a plastic shoe box in many ways.
I'm pretty heavy...will it crumble over me head?
Ha, no it's solidly built it's just in silly colours like bright yellow and blue.
As for the DSLR, I've just bought a Nikon D40 which is supposed to be the best entry level DSLR camera that you can buy.
I've only had it a week or two but I must say it's very easy to use and the pictures are razor sharp.
I'm going to put some up on the forum in the next few days so you'll see.
by StLGooner » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:34 pm
by singaporegooner » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:47 pm
ChVint22 wrote:Is it true that they still cane people there for minor crimes?
I remember an American tourist that got caned there for vandalizing a car. Do they still do that?
by StLGooner » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:59 pm
singaporegooner wrote:ChVint22 wrote:Is it true that they still cane people there for minor crimes?
I remember an American tourist that got caned there for vandalizing a car. Do they still do that?
Yeap..canes are still there...but not minor crimes...
actually...it depends on the interpretation of the term "minor crime"
but generally the caning sentence is meted out to sex crime offenders(molesters, rapists etc etc)
Vandals-wise...doesn't happen too much...
i remember the case you mentioned, the Michael Fay guy i think...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay
It caused a pretty big uproar among the Americans in Singapore when the case was sentenced...
by singaporegooner » Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:03 pm
ChVint22 wrote:singaporegooner wrote:ChVint22 wrote:Is it true that they still cane people there for minor crimes?
I remember an American tourist that got caned there for vandalizing a car. Do they still do that?
Yeap..canes are still there...but not minor crimes...
actually...it depends on the interpretation of the term "minor crime"
but generally the caning sentence is meted out to sex crime offenders(molesters, rapists etc etc)
Vandals-wise...doesn't happen too much...
i remember the case you mentioned, the Michael Fay guy i think...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay
It caused a pretty big uproar among the Americans in Singapore when the case was sentenced...
Oh wow, I just read his story and he is from where I'm from. Good ol St. Louis, hard to imagine any criminals coming from St. Louis though. Labeled the most dangerous city in America.
by StLGooner » Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:08 pm
by singaporegooner » Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:11 pm
ChVint22 wrote:Well it appears he was 19 when it happened, but you would think he should've known better, but what he probably didn't know was that you guys play by a different set of rules over there. He probably would've went to jail for the night and had to pay some court cost and fines, and of course a lawyer to lessen his charge over here. But over there....... he gets caned, I actually think its amusing.
by StLGooner » Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:16 pm
singaporegooner wrote:ChVint22 wrote:Well it appears he was 19 when it happened, but you would think he should've known better, but what he probably didn't know was that you guys play by a different set of rules over there. He probably would've went to jail for the night and had to pay some court cost and fines, and of course a lawyer to lessen his charge over here. But over there....... he gets caned, I actually think its amusing.
Heh...don't worry..you ain't the only one who thinks the caning punishment is funny or barbaric(some countries think its barbaric to cane an offender)