You may want to believe that your pet dog is your best friend and that pebble will never do anything to harm any member of your family, nor any human being. The following story I read reinforced what I have always felt. No matter how close you are to your pet dog, it is after all an animal, no matter how domesticated it is and how much effort you have trained and socialized it with humans, pebble’s behaviour is ruled by basic instinct. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_705046.html

Although in that story a rottweiler had snapped and killed a silky terrier that crossed path with it, it could well been a toddler wobbling towards the 40kg canine, and for unknown reasons, bitten and killed by one bite. The owners of the two dogs may argue over this and push blame on each other, but only the attacking mutt will truly know what provoked the deadly attack.

Never take your pet dog for granted. A canine can and will inflict mortal wounds to any human if provoked at their basic instinct. Never leave your baby unattended and unsupervised with your pet pooch.

Now that we have 4 candidates to choose from, some may find this even more challenging to cast their vote compared to the General Election.

But, it is not that complicated.

First, you should establish your own criteria for a President. The criteria would include both subjective and rational considerations of your choice. Let nobody tell you what they must be. However, I can bet that within your criteria, one of which would be whether a candidate can pass your visual and auditorial criteria for a President. Does he look like a President? Does he sound like a President? There is Chinese saying that a person may be wearing a royal robe, but still looks like a eunuch. Although this may not be politically correct statements to make, we are humans and can be excused for using abit of “discrimination” in our assessment for a future President.

The rational criteria will depend on your personal values and believes of what kind of politics you want to have a hand in shaping. All 4 candidates have made their stand very clear about what they want to bring to the Presidential office. If you want more opposing views and a person who will not bow to the government, you know the candidate whom have stepped up from an opposition party. If you want more consensus building approach in a President, you know the candidate whom have proposed to establish his own Presidential Council comprising people from wide spectrum of the society. If you want a President whom will fight for Singaporeans’ rights and “Singaporeans first” approach, you have seen and heard the candidate whom had headed the first Feedback channel of the PAP government. A candidate whom has no qualms in speaking out in Parliament against some of the policies whom he felt strongly against while being a PAP MP. If you want a time tested politician whom have the personal network and experience in dealing with the Singapore government as well as foreign government, a person whom have the financial literacy and capabilities to undertake one of the key roles of a President in being the custodian of Singapore’s reserves, it seems that there is only ONE.

The choice can be as clear as crystal, if you know what you are looking for. May the force be with you on voting day.

Household chores are a necessary evil for most of us who don’t have a domestic helper at home. Hence, it is a smart investment to get yourself the right tools and equipment that can shorten the time spent on cleaning your home so that you have more time for better things in life.

Top on the list of chores would be vacuuming the floor of your apartment. If you are still using the old vacuume cleaner which you have to drag and pull at the wire to get to areas to clean, perhaps it is time that you invest in the robotics technology by buying an irobot. Check out this link for the wonderful and innovative products of this company, www.irobot.com. Get one that suits your lifestyle. Let your little trusty robot do the unenviable task of sucking up dirt and dust while you enjoy yourself reading a novel at your couch.