Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad 151st Edition

• fudgester

  14 Dec 11, 08:17

  Apparently there is a service disruption today on the Circle Line between Marymount and one-north.

  As a result, I had to take the bus to school from Buona Vista.

  It's not just the disruption that bugs me; it's how they handled it that bugs me even more. The only notice we had of the disruption was one single scribbled sign at the escalators leading to the Circle Line, and one single SMRT makcik trying to tell everyone not to go down there.

  Otherwise, there was not a single PA system announcement or anything like that, and lots of people still went down to the Circle Line.

  I would like to assemble the entire SMRT leadership and have the Riot Act read to them.

  

• cassie

  14 Dec 11, 09:13

  i'm so glad they took off that silly jingle of "train is coming"....ok that was some time back...

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  14 Dec 11, 09:15

  Hmmm, those situation, when u get into a arguement with a collick and both cannot back down...

• elindra

  14 Dec 11, 09:27

  Originally posted by cassie:

  
  bug your boss. i heard that we may get iPads as well

  What would I want an iPad for?

  For my work a laptop makes more sense for me to work on and my phone replies all the emails >.<"

  And I doubt my boss will agree to that coz ever since he was forced to get an iPad for work from his other company he bitches about it non-stop

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  14 Dec 11, 09:38

  Originally posted by elindra:

  What would I want an iPad for?

  For my work a laptop makes more sense for me to work on and my phone replies all the emails >.<"

  And I doubt my boss will agree to that coz ever since he was forced to get an iPad for work from his other company he bitches about it non-stop

  
  I would agree laptop makes more sense... our company values alot on working on the go and hot-desking... So we can work anywhere, anytime...

  We also have our own company secured wifi (which is why some of us works from food court or starbucks at times )

• av98m

  14 Dec 11, 09:57

  Things I used my iPad for:

  Internet surfing(blogs, forums, special interest, research,etc)

  Facebook

  Twitter

  Presentations (using keynote)

  Email

  To do list and planner

  Take notes of meeting

  Bloomberg businessweek & the New Yorker

  TED

  Ebooks and PDF documents

  Other assorted uses

   

  Now granted I can do all that on a smartphone or laptop but squinting at a phone LCD kills my eyes and laptops are heavy with lousy battery life :lol:

• elindra

  14 Dec 11, 10:14

  Originally posted by av98m:

  Things I used my iPad for:

  Internet surfing(blogs, forums, special interest, research,etc)

  Facebook

  Twitter

  Presentations (using keynote)

  Email

  To do list and planner

  Take notes of meeting

  Bloomberg businessweek & the New Yorker

  TED

  Ebooks and PDF documents

  Other assorted uses

   

  Now granted I can do all that on a smartphone or laptop but squinting at a phone LCD kills my eyes and laptops are heavy with lousy battery life :lol:

  Ok ok we hear ya 

  But on a normal day for  me my phone does everything and I don't wanna carry something extra around :P

• sbst275

  14 Dec 11, 10:16

  To me, either laptop or iPhone will do. Three days on the MRT, off peak dun want to say, got ppl standing play game on iPad de... Aiyo
• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  14 Dec 11, 10:20

  Originally posted by elindra:

  Ok ok we hear ya 

  But on a normal day for  me my phone does everything and I don't wanna carry something extra around :P

  
  My phone does everything too, abit on the slow side though... I can do everything except accessing my company emails...

   

  I do prefer laptop though they are bulkier but they can handle more stress then an ipad..

• cassie

  14 Dec 11, 10:58

  am only using the iPad (my own) for travelling - easier to lug it around than the netbook. am using it for surfing, like 90% of the time

• Hitman Factory 1

  14 Dec 11, 11:03

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  
  I would agree laptop makes more sense... our company values alot on working on the go and hot-desking... So we can work anywhere, anytime...

  We also have our own company secured wifi (which is why some of us works from food court or starbucks at times )

  
  reminds me when i was at bugis junction last time on way to shing shiong.sw one chiobu walking and eating from a styrofoam box...shes on the go too...damn sad ..eating and walking with a box of chai png.too hardworking already.

• Hitman Factory 1

  14 Dec 11, 11:05

  i used my computer 24 hrs 7 days a week back in spore many winters ago.i doubt a ipad or laptop can do that job.

• cassie

  14 Dec 11, 13:47

  they should give us 2 monitors - one isn't just enough

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  14 Dec 11, 15:03

  Originally posted by cassie:

  they should give us 2 monitors - one isn't just enough

  
  we have 2, including laptop = 3...

   

  we prefer to have smaller screen so Bosses cant see us surfing net

• SBS2601D

  14 Dec 11, 15:48

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Apparently there is a service disruption today on the Circle Line between Marymount and one-north.

  As a result, I had to take the bus to school from Buona Vista.

  It's not just the disruption that bugs me; it's how they handled it that bugs me even more. The only notice we had of the disruption was one single scribbled sign at the escalators leading to the Circle Line, and one single SMRT makcik trying to tell everyone not to go down there.

  Otherwise, there was not a single PA system announcement or anything like that, and lots of people still went down to the Circle Line.

  I would like to assemble the entire SMRT leadership and have the Riot Act read to them.

  

  

  So I can either have a train disruption or a bus that hollands for 2 hours.

  Which do I choose?

• SBS2601D

  14 Dec 11, 15:53

  Hossan Leong, a Singapore radio personality for The Gold Breakfast Show on Gold 90.5, was censured today for reporting on train delays on the Circle Line because he based the information on Tweets, rather than waiting for the official reports from the Circle Line operator, SMRT. 

  Wait for SMRT????

• LOTUSfairy

  14 Dec 11, 17:20

  busssy :) you've got PM :D

• the Bear

  14 Dec 11, 17:20

  Originally posted by SBS2601D:

  Hossan Leong, a Singapore radio personality for The Gold Breakfast Show on Gold 90.5, was censured today for reporting on train delays on the Circle Line because he based the information on Tweets, rather than waiting for the official reports from the Circle Line operator, SMRT. 

  Wait for SMRT????

  censured by MediaCorpse?

  over something inconsequential as that?

  or hell, it's good because people listen in and not go to the stations...

  next they will have to censure the DJs who take calls from people who report traffic jams because they are not official reports...

   

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  14 Dec 11, 17:21

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  censured by MediaCorpse?

  over something inconsequential as that?

  or hell, it's good because people listen in and not go to the stations...

  next they will have to censure the DJs who take calls from people who report traffic jams because they are not official reports...

   

  
  ehhhh, radio is "live"... so how did they censor on the spot???

• the Bear

  14 Dec 11, 17:24

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  
  ehhhh, radio is "live"... so how did they censor on the spot???

  censure, not censor

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  14 Dec 11, 17:31

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  censure, not censor

  
  oh okay... I went to dictionary tat word...

   

  I think it's dumb... at this era of internet and mobility, everyone can access information easily...

  Or maybe they fear ppl will troll using information (yes, we have ppl trolling such as the hwz incident where some troll spread false info on planes crashing into ubi and the guy was arrested)???

• the Bear

  14 Dec 11, 17:49

  now they try to censor live shows too.... there is a lag between the show and the broadcast.. especially contest things...

  this after the Victor & Charlie Saturday Morning Show many many years ago 

• fudgester

  14 Dec 11, 18:07

  Originally posted by SBS2601D:

  Hossan Leong, a Singapore radio personality for The Gold Breakfast Show on Gold 90.5, was censured today for reporting on train delays on the Circle Line because he based the information on Tweets, rather than waiting for the official reports from the Circle Line operator, SMRT. 

  Wait for SMRT????

  Wait for SMRT to give official announcements? 

  Pui. They couldn't even disseminate the announcements properly to the passengers at the stations!

  Knowing them, they'll use this as an excuse to raise their fares.

• cassie

  14 Dec 11, 18:08

  i wonder who are they kidding, apart from themselves

• elindra

  14 Dec 11, 18:22

  They should just blame themselves for their slow reaction times