8/29/2018

Singapore National Games – ‘Pian Ah Peh’

Singapore’s masters athletes signed up in full force to run in the Singapore National Games 2018. Everyone was there for a bit of fun and camaraderie. Nothing much was expected except for the individual athletes to try to do their best for a PB or to test their timings.
 

In the course of two weekends at the Home of Athletes in Kallang and Bishan Stadium there were a few pleasant surprises for the ah pehs and the ah mahs participating in the competition.
 

The first surprise came when they were told to open a PayNow account as all winners of individual events would be receiving a cash award. Wow, that’s a nice thought regardless of the amount. All the ah pehs and ah mahs happily gave their names and ICs/mobile numbers and agreed to register for their respective PayNow accounts to await the cash awards. Oh, they knew that no cash awards would be given to individual event winners except for overall winners of the respective age groups. That was stated in the rules and regulation of the Game.
 

The next pleasant surprise was when uncle and team won the 4x100m relay event. Again we were told that we would be receiving a cash award which we knew the rules and regulations said no. Only winners of events with 4 teams or more would be entitled to cash awards. We took it with half belief. The cash award was confirmed during the prize presentation ceremony when a letter stating the cash award in black and white was given to us. Too good to believe but it was a nice feeling.
 

The organizers cannot be so stupid to make such mistakes, to tell us that we would receive cash awards and even presented us a congratulatory letter with the amount stated. We were all very happy for such surprises. No one is complaining for sure. How can a nation going to turn itself into a smart city make blunders by saying one thing and doing another? We went home and registered for our PayNow accounts and very hopeful that we would be richer by a few dollars.
 

We waited and waited but nothing was deposited into our PayNow accounts. Then we received confirmation that all the pleasant surprises were just pleasant surprises and too good to be true. The only thing that we don’t believe is that the organizers could made such elementary mistakes and telling us things that should not be. This could happen in third world countries but not in a first world smart nation. We are going to turn the city into a smart nation. It is not that we were hard up for the few dollars that we knew we were not entitled. But the false hope was unnecessary. Was the false hope a gimmick to con the ah pehs and ah mahs to open PayNow accounts that otherwise they would find no reason to do so? Is this another ‘pain ah peh’ exercise? The mistakes were totally unwarranted. The organizers knew the rules, could not be so blur or so stupid to commit such basic errors right?
 

The ah pehs kena ‘pian’ another time. Or at least the ah pehs in my relay team were. We were presented medals for winning our events. We were at the podium and Kunalan the sprint legend shook our hands and placed the medals over our necks and photographs were taken. After the presentation ceremony we were told to return the medals. Why? Because nothing was inscribed on the medals. The medals were blank, no description of which event they were meant for. They promised to call us to return the medals to us after inscribing the events on them.
 

Three weeks have gone by and we even asked them what had happened to our medals. So far no reply. It seems that no one bothers after the end of the Game. It’s over. Let’s move on. We paid to run in the competition and the least we could expect is our medals. Did we kena conned again a third time? Cannot be lah. I think they are running short of metals and have to return to the mines to get some to mint into medals. And this would take time especially if the metal is coming from Australia or some foreign land. And it would take more time to print the words on the medals before delivering the medals to us. 3 weeks after the event is a short time. Just be patient. The Ah pehs must wait for their medals, hopefully they will arrive before the next National Games in 2019.
 

I think the Indonesians did a better job in Jakarta in organizing the Asian Games. At least the winners got their medals on the same day, after the event. Some, like the case of the swimmers, had their names printed on a certificate on the spot. That’s efficiency. How smart are we as a smart nation? Or is it smart nation but stupid people?

28 comments:

b said...

Under papies, smart people also become stupid people due to their imperialised mindset. Look so many successful ones in ozland. If sinkies grow up in ozland, many would have become doctors and scientists and not driving grab taxis.

Anonymous said...

Rb knn can't believe this thing happened!

Anonymous said...


you dont know meh?

please wake up!

Sg is a "pian" "pian" society

no choice, Sg is like that liao

"pian"! "pian"! "pian"!

Anonymous said...

Wow Lau A!
Just for photo shoot PR & Piah Ah Peh...feel so sorry for you gallant sportsmen & women.
This Administration continues to write the "Sorry Singapore" chapter...1st World to 3rd World for Sinkies and for them from Mediocres to Crazy Rich Asians without taking any risk via PAP system of ownself pay ownself type of ministers, top civil servants & GLCs executives kaki lang lobang. Replace Sinkies with 3rd World new citizens operation continues, NS for Sinkie boys & PMET jobs for FT. You die your business.

Anonymous said...

The Papies have been transformed to become Decepticons.

Anonymous said...

Perm Sec in Singapore basic pay is $1.7mln, Lau Goh lau chwee kong ju lia. Ownself pay ownself as Pubic Serpents.

Anonymous said...

Ai yo this is not pain pain, they call it marketing, they do it with cosmetic dress up. This culture has been solidly etched into people' brain, and subconsciously people responded like a FISH, blur blur not knowing the hidden hook. The same analogue can be applied to the larger pool of brain washed blur king.

Anonymous said...

Singaporeans must be transformed into Autobots to fight against the Decepticons. Time is running out as more and more innocent voters are being deceived and conned.

jjgg said...

Oi RB.. kunalan give medal sure like that.. lhl give medal all the ah laus will be treated like war heroes .. ..))) sack the organising committee la

Anonymous said...

Do you think we are becoming a country of "Con Yews" ??

Are we only good at bluffing Ah Kong and Ah Ma with empty promises?

Anonymous said...

Con Yew is dead.
Now you have Version 3.
It is called Hsien Tow King.

Anonymous said...

To be Smart nation must have stupid sheeple.

Uncle RB ... welcome to the sheeple group! Hahaha!!!

Relak lah Uncle .... Just take this as S'pore version of candid camera or just for laughs gags.

Anonymous said...

Version 2 was called Swiss Standards Bullshitter!

Anonymous said...


Re: Anonymous 9:57

You are right daft Sinkies, "subconsciously have been responding to PAP's propaganda like a fish,blur, blur not knowing the hidden hook."

It is the duty and responsibility of every citizen to expose the inefficiencies and incompetence of the PAPies. Go to every street and corner, every market place, every food court or hawker centre, every HDB or housing estate and every office to expose the chicanery of the dishonourable party by talking to as many people as possible and explain to them why we need to throw out this PAP for the good and survival of everyone of us in this little island.

We can no longer tolerate the bluff and nonsense of this bunch of self interest and self serving despicable characters any more. Time to throw them out.

Cheated and Downtrodden Singaporean

Anonymous said...


They organise activities to get the people distracted from their dire inefficiencies and incompetence and non-performance of their duties and responsibilities to the people. These activities act like a short term medication to numb their pain and suffering resulting from the party's poor governance.

Virgo49 said...

Their VERs Hai Kow Yew to von the Dafts for the next twenty years.

By the time, you must vote them the next four or five GEs to collect their million dollar salaries.

They, in the past been conning the Dafts that their flats are gold mines and they paid a premium for them.

The Dafts believeing that they will get new flats in replacements in SERs.

As the first few thousand old flats are reaching their lease end, they have a Low Ran Wong to tell you that your flats has zero value when the leases expired.

The Dafts were shock. So now the daft fishes bite their hooks.

They tell you, no worry,we have VERs instead of SERs.

First, vote us for next twenty years. We buy back your balance lease tali end at fifty thousand.

You get a new replacement flat at 500K. That's as good as you buying a new flat.

The Government straight away cover their ploy of saying your flat is long term investment value and now become valueless offer you a new VERs flat at their market value.

Old folks, most already penniless in most case s by then can afford another flat at 500K whereas they compensated you 50K.

So, they tarik the bait.Say you can vote for and against. Then they said Well you voted No as most cannot afford to move and stay on to complete your lease.

So, don't say we bluff you. You have a choice to choose only the Death Road.

Actually, for political cause, they would not allow yourestates to be slums and have to revenjuate at their costs.

Now, the easy and con way to reposses your flats and your thoughts that they are helping you.

Anonymous said...


Vers or SERs or whatever is no choice at all. They con you and force you to make between two evil choices which end up similarly with you the loser and they the beneficial cow. Just get rid of these bastards.

Virgo49 said...

Right Anon 6.36

Now they benevolent you can have S$20K in your OA CPF for interests.

No need use all foe your balance down payment.

They should announce no need any down payment for Singaporeans future installments payments

On the other hand, try to pay more and lessen your interests payments.

They think many Singaporeans can have the luxury of 20K for interests earnings even struggling to pay their monthly instalment of their garantuan prices???

Anonymous said...

Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanAugust 29, 2018 8:48 am
//Home United got walloped 9-1 by North Korea in the AFC Cup. The aggregate score for two games was 11-1. Is this the standard of Singapore football?//


Red Bean://‘Pian Ah Peh’//



Not "Ah Pek" lah ...

Goal 2010 was to "pian and pull wool over" 3-yo's eyes?

At the start of Cha Tau's Goal 2010 in 1998, the FIFA ranking was at all time HIGH of #91.

The more $$$ spent each passing year cumulatively, the nearer to the bottom the ranking races towards to?

Maciam at the Games athletic track events the official fire the starting gun, everyboLEE else run forward towards finishing line but ..... But SHAMbolee ran anti-clockwise round the track and every metre ran ia getting further and further from GOAL 2010 and the finishing line?

"More good years" is sama sama as "GOAL 2010"?

Drifting further and further away from the target ...?

Each passing year is FURTHER AND FURTHER away from "MORE GOOD YEARS"?

That sums up the legacy of:

LOAGOANOMICS AKA CHATAONOMICS AKA BLOCKHEADNOMICS?

The "easiest" ah peks to "pian" are the sinkingland "3-YOs"?

Cha Tao simply cannot "believe his luck"?

To be dealt such an "easy hand" of "3-YOs" (ah peks)?

So easy to "pian"?

Even a Cha Tao can "pian" all these 3-YOs" (ah peks) for so long... Cha Tao must be "smiling" and cannot control his "laughter" every night .....?

When yew get a 11-1 score in "GOAL 2010", the KPI even eyes paste 1 gazillion stamps also can tell ...?

But when the score is also "11-1" in "MORE GOOD YEARS", the 3-YOs (ah peks) have no clue what "hit" them?

Lastly, "Swiss Std of Living" is picking cardboard at 90-yo under the hot sun and heavy downpour for EXERCISE?

What to say about 3-YOs (ah pek)?

So easy to "pian"?

Cha Tao simply cannot believe his good luck?

Anonymous said...

The cheating game has gone too long and too far.

The cheating is not just about money.

The cheating is about deceiving the public, both locals and foreigners, through deceptive communication, through propaganda, through fake news and worst of all, through confidence-trickster type of selling the new policies, new laws, new taxes and new schemes.

It is time to put a stop to all these seemingly "for your own good" confidence-trickings, before Singapore goes to the dogs!

It is time to sack all the incompetent self-serving professional cheaters.

It is time to take definitive action.

It is time for a shake-up - a total revamp of the disfunctional, inefficient and incompetant systen, that has caused insurmountable and irreparable damages to our livelihoods and our lives.

We must make sure our future generations will not suffer the same fate.

We must be courageous and United to ensure those responsible cannot be left to continue eating good food while we have to tighten our belts.

Let us all VOTE FOR CHANGE!

Anonymous said...

Anonymous August 29, 2018 12:02 pm
//Are we only good at bluffing Ah Kong and Ah Ma with empty promises?//




Adam Smith might be so ashamed of his existence if he found out about "pianahpeknomics"?

Anonymous said...

@ 11.47pm
//Let us all VOTE FOR CHANGE!//



Never hear BEFORE about "Too liTTle toO lAte"?

"TLLM"? (Teach Less Learn More - arguably the most damaging, irreversible and irreparable junk, highly sugared toxic empty hot air RHETORIC under the chronically obese diabetic epidemic BOTAKNOMICS?)?

The "mental obesity" and ensuing mental chronic "diabetic" DISORDER is fatally "terminal"?

"SMS"? ("SIMISAI")

Adam Smith taught free market price mechanism?

Mao Tze Tong peasant turned "economist" practised communalism and also had his version of GOAL 2010, MORE GOOD YEARS, SWISS STANDARD OF LIVING and "TLLM" jn the form of "GREAT LEAP FORWARD" ...?

30 million died bcos of his Maonomics sama sama Botaknomics "TLLM"?

In other words, "TLLM" is sinkingland version of Mao's Great Leap Forward?

The worst (man-made) disaster in modern PRC history?

The mental "INJURY, DESTRUCTION, DEVASTATION, DEPRIVATION" done by "TLLM" to one whole generation of students is utter heart pain, blood vomitting agony that is not dissimilar to entrusting an academic pauper to lead a system to enrich sound and healthy minds with mental "alcohol, cigar, junk fast food, highly sugared drinks, repetitive torture" ...?

Kids in this generation are suffering (immensely) in silence?

As they go about this morning to celebrate the "tormentor's" day courtesy of Botaknomics "GLF" (GREAT LEAP FORWARD) aka "TLLM", the kids are mostly "confused, lost" and more importantly the most SLEEP deprived generation in the last 5,000 years since recorded history?

The "Pian Ah Peks" in "TLLM" is the most heart wrenching agonising pain maciam the "30 million death" of the disastrous Maonomics "Great Leap Forward"?

But done "mentally to a whole generation of students"?

JC students and undergrads are most bz in their 2 years in jc and 4 years in uni learning so many things but if yew ask them 1,000 things, most may not be able to answer even 5 or what yew can count by the fingers of one or both hands?

The highly effective education instituted by our founding fathers such as GKS, HSS has been totally uprooted by Botaknomics "Great Leap Forward"?

Wan dan le?

The worst "PainAhPeknomics" that can happen?

The most kiasi, kiasu kongcum has been dealt the worst cards?

At "4th stage of terminal cancer" and "300 kg" of "mental obesity" (per student), no change can "save" one whole generation of "our poor innocent victimised youth" who entrusted their parents to give them the best?

Botaknomics "Great Leap Forward" has dealt the most painful, heart wrenching blow and irreversible damage in "every parent's worst nightmare"?

Waking up to a "300 kg mentally obese" kid after 16 years of Botaknomics "GREAT LEAP FORWARD"?

How would you feel?

No amount of change can salvage and cure "their children's mental obesity" le

A "mental obesity epidemic" waiting to "detonate" in a parent's worst nightmare?

Anonymous said...

Ah Pek // Or is it smart nation but stupid people? //



All thanks to Botaknomics and his "TLLM" - "GREAT LEAP FORWARD"?

Anonymous said...

LaoAhPek // I think the Indonesians did a better job in Jakarta in organizing the Asian Games//




During sch days in rarefast correge in mind teens, told the cher and the a-le -eye boys in the class right in their faces that soon after it is going to the dogs even during those hay days when old man and dragon lady were still alive and kicking ...

Their jaws dropped and "all ganged up against" mee for mind courage to speak openly in the "lions den" and not being one of them cos not from their sec sch but another "atas" sekolah... Ha ha ha ... See what is happening now ...?

Even at the age of a teen, already said openly in class "it is not going to work given the circumstances" ...

So many ah Peks took decades to realise what as a small boy already seen through ...

Any surprise even "a few $$$" and a "破铜烂铁" medal also kena "pian"?

More to come ...

MoTakTeng "PianAhPeknomics"?

Ha ha ha ha ha ...

Pappy "Tormentor's" Day (all thks to Botaknomics "TLLM" version of Great Leap Forward") ...

WAY TO GO!!!

The "pain" is not severe enough (and a lo(ooooooooooo) way more to go ... Ha ha ha ha ha) for the lao ah peks?

PS In olden days in China, the chers would likely be so ashamed of themselves and their master sifu "TLLM" pugilistic champion aka Botaknomics and dig a deep bottomless pit to jump in?

Anonymous said...

ever hear BEFORE about "Too liTTle toO lAte"?

Have you heard of
CHARGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT?

Have you heard of ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN?

Have you heard of NOTHING LAST FOREVER?

Have you heard of TEMPERATURE BOILING POINT?

Have you heard of BUBBLE BURST?

Have you heard of ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?

Have you heard of A HUNGRY MAN IS AN ANGRY MAN?

In a filthy rich Singapore, with at least ONE TRILLION RESERVES, if the people are told to tighten their belts and change life-style to that of the third world, something is very wrong with the Leadership and Administration. Period.

If that is the case, if Singaporeans have to tighten their belts, what good is left to support this Administration?

Are we in war time now?

Virgo49 said...

Heading in New Paper.

New Scheme to help Seniors Go Cashless.

Most Seniors and for that matter most Sinkies had went CASH-LESS long time ago due to their Scheming money grabbing policies.

Anonymous said...

Many seniors are already cashless, boh lui leow. No need any help.

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