House saw in half after the couple’s divorce!! Strange!

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy.

“Very strange, but this is what my husband wanted,” she said by phone from a village about 62 miles east of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. She said they ended their marriage last month.

“He brought his relatives and used saws to cut the house in half,” she said, adding that she now owns the other half that is still standing. The house is made from wood with a tile roof and propped up on wooden pillars, a typical style for a Cambodian country home.

She said her estranged husband and his relatives, after ripping apart half of the house, carried all the debris to his parents’ house nearby.

She said the divorce was prompted by her husband’s jealousy about her alleged relationship with a policeman in the village. She denied having an extramarital affair.

“He wanted a divorce, and I said, `Let’s divorce,’” she said.

The husband could not be reached for comment.

Bou Bout, a village chief, said local officials and police were present as witnesses the day the couple split their 20-by-24 1/2 foot house into half.

“Local officials tried three times to get them to mend their differences, but the husband would not budge,” Bou Bout said by phone.

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http://www.ap.org/

75 year old retiree loses S$400,000 with Lehman’s collapse!! Oh my gosh!

I cannot imagine that after working over 40 years until you retire, you have save a sum of money over 40 years. You have put the money into a bond which claims to be low risk and now all the money is gone, not even 1 cent you will be getting back. Very very bad, how many nights that you cannot fall asleep. Oh my gosh! My heart pain so much for them, hope the bank could return part of the money for them.

SINGAPORE: Some 10,000 people in Singapore paid out half a billion Singdollars for structured financial products linked to the now bankrupt Lehman Brothers.

75—year—old Mary Kwok is one of them. She lost S$400,000 — money meant for her and her husband’s retirement.

She said they had never made any high—risk investments until two years ago when she was collecting interest from her fixed deposit account. That was when a financial consultant introduced her to Lehman Brothers Minibonds, promising low risks.

The total issue size of the Lehman Brothers Minibonds was S$508 million. Out of this, S$375 million was sold to about 8,000 retail investors through nine distributors in Singapore.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said action will be taken if its investigations uncover misrepresentation from financial institutions to their clients when selling the Lehman Brothers Minibonds.

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/

Faithful see Virgin Mary image in hospital window

I can see it very clearly in the picture. This is unbelievable!!

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Hundreds of people are being drawn to a Catholic hospital in Springfield by what they say looks like an image of the Virgin Mary in a window. Sister Kathleen Sullivan, senior vice president at Mercy Medical Center, said the image in a vacant, second-story office was first noticed Tuesday morning.

As many as 300 people, some weeping, gathered outside the building to take photographs, pray, and say the rosary.

Sullivan said while the cause of the image was not immediately clear, she was humbled by the show of faith. A spokesman for the Springfield Diocese said it could take the church years to investigate.

Deirdre Gogel, who came to see the image, called it comforting at a time of turmoil for the nation.

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Information from: The Springfield Republican, http://www.masslive.com/news/

Singapore economy slips into recession!! Do you feel it?

I dont feel it yet. But indeed spending is a lot higher now. It seems like I need to top up the cash card very regularly and I spend more money for this few months. Do you feel it? Have you stop driving?

SINGAPORE (AFP) - - Singapore’s trade-sensitive economy has declined for a second straight quarter, the government said Friday, meaning the city-state has entered a recession for the first time in six years.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry also revised downwards Singapore’s full-year growth forecast to around three percent, citing a slowdown in the global economy and key domestic sectors.

In a move to confront the downturn, the Monetary Authority of Singapore — its de facto central bank — said it was easing monetary policy for the first time in more than four years.

Singapore is Southeast Asia’s wealthiest economy in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita but is heavily dependent on trade.

This makes it sensitive to hiccups in developed economies, particularly key export markets the United States and Europe.

The data mean that Singapore is the first Asian economy to fall into a technical recession, DBS Group Research said.

The impact of a worsening US financial crisis and deepening credit crunch have weakened US consumer sentiment, which will affect demand from Asia and the rest of the world, Singapore’s trade ministry said.

On a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter annualised basis, real GDP declined by 6.3 percent in the third quarter after contracting 5.7 percent in the previous quarter, the ministry said.

While it did not describe the economy as being in recession, a technical recession is generally defined as two consecutive quarters of contraction in economic output.

Economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast a 0.3 percent quarter-on-quarter rise in GDP, the value of goods and services produced in the economy.

Compared with the third quarter of last year, the ministry said Singapore’s economy contracted by 0.5 percent in real terms, against 0.8 percent expansion foreseen in the Dow Jones poll.

In August the government had revised down its full-year GDP forecast to 4.0-5.0 percent but since then, external economic conditions have deteriorated more than expected and some sectors of the economy have weakened significantly because of industry-specific or domestic factors, the ministry said.

“Singapore’s export-oriented sectors, such as manufacturing, will be affected,” it added.

Analysts said the key drag on third-quarter growth was manufacturing, and the surprise was a sharp decline in growth of what has been a booming construction sector.

Trade ministry data estimated that manufacturing contracted by 11.5 percent year-on-year in the third quarter, more than the 4.9 percent drop in the previous quarter.

Construction growth slowed to 7.8 percent from 19.8 percent, and service industries grew by 6.1 percent, marginally down from 7.0 percent in the second quarter, the data showed.

“Services deceleration should get more severe from here on,” the US bank Morgan Stanley said in a report.

Last year the economy expanded 7.7 percent but after years of growth, signs of a slowdown emerged with recent disappointing trade data and contractions in the manufacturing sector, which includes the export-dependent electronic and pharmaceutical industries.

Morgan Stanley said things will likely only get worse for Singapore.

With external conditions deteriorating and the lack of domestic demand support, Morgan Stanley forecast virtually zero growth of 0.2 percent year-on-year for 2009.

It said Singapore’s recession will likely be more than just a technical one.

In a speech Friday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that although growth is slowing, the financial system is sound and the economy remains competitive.

Singapore’s last technical recession occurred in 2002 while the most recent full-scale recession was in 2001, when the economy contracted 2.4 percent during the year.

The government’s preliminary third-quarter GDP estimates are based largely on data from July and August, and are subject to revision.

40 injured after Qantas flight encountered severe turbulence

PERTH, Australia: Up to 40 people were injured after a mid—air incident forced a Qantas flight — flying from Singapore to Perth — to make an emergency landing on Tuesday, a police officer said

The Airbus A320 (flight QF 72) made a successful emergency landing at an airfield in the Western Australian town of Exmouth after issuing a mayday emergency call, Sergeant Greg Lambert of the West Australian Police said.

The Qantas aircraft was due to land in Perth at 3pm local time, but it encountered severe turbulence.

Qantas confirmed that a number of passengers and crew members were injured, many of them were believed to have sustained fractures and lacerations.

It is unclear yet if there are any Singaporeans on board the Qantas flight.

“It is understood up to 40 people were injured during a mid—air incident,” Lambert told the Australian Associated Press. “The nature of the mid—air incident is unknown.”

Emergency services and medical staff were on standby at the airport, which lies about 1,100 kilometres northeast of the state capital of Perth, he said.

Australia’s national carrier Qantas, which has suffered a spate of incidents in recent months, told AFP it had no information about the incident, but was working to find out more.

Qantas also owns the discount airline Jetstar, which operates around 29 Airbus A320s on domestic routes.

In July, an exploding oxygen bottle punched a huge hole in the side of a Qantas Boeing 747—400, forcing an emergency landing in the Philippines. No passengers were injured in the mid—air drama.

Air safety investigators announced a safety review of Qantas, which has long been known as the world’s safest airline, after two other incidents occurred involving its aircraft within two weeks.

— AFP/CNA/yb/ls

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http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20081007/tap-883-40-injured-qantas-flight-encount-231650b.html

Two shops to be charged with allegedly selling China milk products

SINGAPORE: The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has said it will be prosecuting two retail outlets of minimart chain, I-Tec Supermart, for allegedly persisting in selling imported milk and milk products from China.

It confirmed that it has also given verbal warnings to another ten retail outlets.

AVA said its officers have been conducting daily checks on shops as part of its enforcement action against irresponsible retailers.

The public can call the AVA hotline at 6325-7625 if they see any retailers still selling milk or milk products from China.

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/380389/1/.html

7 famous actress who wants to be andy lau’s wife!!

There must be more than this 7 actress who wants to be a real andy lau wife but 7 of them confess. Andy Lau is so charismatic although he is 47 this year but doesn’t stop everyone to love him so much. If I am a girl I am also attracted to him. So charismatic!!

每个女人都渴望跟着风度翩翩的白马王子共度一生。刘德华，这个集才华、相貌、金钱、地位等诸多女人理想特质于一身的男人，更是在引来杨丽娟这类疯狂粉丝追捧同时，也引得了娱乐圈众女星的青睐。到底是哪些美女明星对刘德华垂涎三尺呢

1。大S

想做刘德华的老婆

大S最近公开坦言想与刘德华、梁朝伟合作，“若能合演夫妇就太完美了”。大S表示会选刘德华 做丈夫，“觉得他会保护太太，伟仔则感觉浪漫，最适合做男友”。她还坦言不知哪类型男士适合她，之前的恋爱都是失败，不能走到结婚阶段，所以现在要多看 看，小心选择，能帅最好，但最紧要个性好。

2。 李冰冰

钟意刘德华赞不绝口

初次跟华仔合作的时候，李冰冰就对华仔赞不绝口，说华仔很好人又可爱，身材、样子、皮 肤都好，能够做足廿年偶像真的不易，所以之前华仔有份演出的《无间道》也看了两、三次。性格主动的李冰冰，每次见到华仔都会向华仔说：“我好钟意你。”无 奈华仔都请她“食柠檬”，答道：“无办法啦，好多人都钟意我。”神女有心，襄王无梦，李冰冰却不介意，她说钟意人是不需要理由的，也不需要有结果。

3。舒淇

公然向华仔示爱想嫁给他

舒淇也曾经在一场影片的宣传活动中公然向华仔示爱说：“戏中华仔好有风度、好细心，令 我好感动，感动到钟意他，想嫁给他。”由于华仔早有拍拖多年的女友朱丽倩，记者遂指她嫁给华仔不可能，舒淇笑道：“所以拍戏时，会享受同他一起的时间。” 对于被舒淇爱上，华仔笑说：“我都爱上她。”记者指不可能时，华仔笑说：“是吗？不怕，以后大把时间，叫她放心。”当华仔被问到有什么追女绝技，他笑言要 向林建岳讨教。

4。 林志玲

一直“暗恋”刘德华

在一次金马奖的颁奖典礼中，作为金马奖主持人的林志玲谈起拥抱刘德华的事情时表示，当 晚的情形仍然让她兴奋，“我非常开心华仔可以拿到影帝，而且当我抱住刘德华三秒钟的时候，我心里真的好怕，我怕他的影迷会骂我、嫉妒我。”林志玲承认自己 一直“暗恋”刘德华，“华仔的每一部片都看过，他未获影帝前已很成功。”和华仔那一抱，林志玲至今回味无穷：“觉得好温柔，感觉他就是大明星。”

5。 李玟

喜欢华仔喜欢得不行，曾发誓要嫁给他

李玟称看过华仔的电影《天若有情》后，喜欢华仔喜欢得不行，发誓要嫁给 他。但她知道华仔喜欢靓女，不是她的类型。李玟称自己好害羞，不敢向华仔示爱，当时还在记者的怂恿下，她跟华仔合照时，便当众跟华仔说曾发誓要想嫁给他， 华仔则只顾微笑。事后华仔被问及李玟的当众示爱要嫁给他？他称对方不过是开玩笑。华仔称如果真正要嫁他，对方便要考虑了。对李玟的印象？他称大家相识甚 浅，李玟是美人，而且唱歌认真又坚持。

6。 袁咏仪

刘德华的资深粉丝

当刘德华遭遇杨丽鹃粉丝门事件的时候，袁咏仪表示，做为一个成功的粉丝，应该让偶像感觉 到支持，而不是危胁。并呼吁偶像和粉丝间能和平共处，“大家要互相鼓励互相支持！”最后，袁咏仪还深情款款地表示自己是刘德华的资深粉丝，“我的偶像是 人，不是神，最近他承受很多压力，我想讲一句，刘德华，我永远支持你！”

7。 王祖贤

苦追华仔知难而退

王祖贤也是一位明确向刘德华示爱的明星。敢爱敢恨的王祖贤，曾经公开对外坦言，刘德华是她很喜欢的那一类型的男人，只是，刘德华身边已有“传闻中的女友”，自己只得“知难而退”。她也曾自怨自艾地叹道：刘德华是她惟一想追而没有追上的男人。

哎 刘德华女人缘如此旺，看来朱丽倩要小小咯

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http://xk.cn.yahoo.com/articles/080930/1/dnkl_8.html

I want to go to malaysia next week!!

I am intending to go to malaysia next week with my girlfriend to have some relax and rest for next week. I took some information from five star travel wondering where to go? Why do I want to choose malaysia. As china now not very safe with food, thailand not safe with riots. Maybe neighbouring countries malaysia will be a good choice.

Can bloggers or vistors tell me where to go?

Genting? Penang? KL? headache now looking at the places……please do not tell me johre, i went almost every week.

7 food that u cannot eat if you want to go for a diet!

1.油条 You Tiao

You Tiao have a very high fat level which is equal to fries. It is equal to 220 Cal.

油条的脂肪十分高，就好像中式薯条，其每根油条有220卡路里，大部分亦是来自脂肪

2.西点  Western Desserts

Desserts has a very high Cal level, everyone likes to eat sweet stuff with lots of whipped cream. Try to only eat once in a month.

西点含十分高的热量，而且大部分来自脂肪。此外，大家都喜欢把奶油与糖胶涂在西点上吃，这样热量又要增加了。要看看自己有没有喝下午茶的需要，刚吃过午饭就不必了，倒不如吃一个水果吧。

3.腊肠 Hot Dog

This one is very shocking as I love to eat hot dog. I will stop to eat so much hot dog now. One hot dog is equal to 1 bowl of rice. This is very shocking.

1条腊肠中的热量会造成一定的脂肪。其实250卡路里已相当于一个汉堡包或一碗米饭，腊肉的脂肪也一样高。

4.烤肉肠 BBQ hotdog

BBQ hotdog is even more high in Cal as hotdog is equal to one bbowl of rice so bbq ones will be a lot higher.

肉肠脂肪高，钠质(盐的一部分)高，还含硝酸盐(多吃会致癌)。上班族吃肉肠居多，以油来煎所含的脂肪便更高。有些人爱吃烧烤肉肠，烤得焦黄的肉肠虽然美味却含有致癌物。

5.加糖鲜榨橙汁 Orange Juice

This kind of orange juice will seems to be very healthy, but most of the “orange juice” selling adds a lot of sugar to them. So stop drinking can drinks now.

别以为饮橙汁比饮汽水有益许多，单看热量，这些加了糖的橙汁比汽水的热量还要高，糖分也比汽水多。就算是纯鲜橙汁，一杯用3只橙榨水，则有150 卡路里的热量，但却吃不到橙的纤维素及白色橙衣中的维生素B，故此还是吃原只水果好。

6.方便面 Instant Noodle

方便面不但方便快捷，而且好吃。但方便面的脂肪高(因为制造时经过油炸)，而且汤粉多含味精，故此还是少吃为妙。贪吃方便面的人可以选吃不经油炸的方便面，如方便米粉、通心粉或粉丝，只用一半分量的汤粉便可减少味精的摄人量。

7.薯条 French Fries

薯条本身是碳水化合物的食物，只有很少脂肪，但一经油炸成薯条便是另一回事。一小包薯条含220卡路里及12克脂肪，热量差不多相等于一个汉堡包 到汉堡包店买东西吃，可选汽水一杯加一个汉堡包即可，这样的价钱比一个套餐还便宜。

Source from:

http://xk.cn.yahoo.com/articles/081004/1/dobw_7.html

Li Jia Wei is engaged last friday at Beijing!! So fast?

like everything happens so fast. she just have the conflict with her ex-husband ronald badminton player. Now she is married with a beijing businessman. Everything goes so smoothly for her. That good for her then.