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A teacher of a primary 3 student just went on to her Twitter to bash about the student for being ignorant about racially insensitive. Her full thread can be seen in the picture shown above. (see below for enlarged image)

The teacher was angry that the boy shouted out that her favorite food is curry just because she is Indian. Furthermore, he called out beef curry, which is something Hindus can't eat and also questioned why she can eat xiao long bao, which contains pork.

The teacher called the student an uncultured swine in her posts and also said that she wanted to strangle the kid. Don't you think that saying you wanna strangle a Primary 3 kid, even if it's hyperbole, is a little too much? If her first reaction to such things is to rage and take it to social media, maybe she shouldn't be a teacher.

Kids have to be nurtured and taught what's wrong or right. Nobody is born knowing everything in life. We hope that this teacher will come to understand that and try and educate the kids better instead of being angry at them.

If you are planning to travel to/from North East Line (#NEL) and Circle Line (#CCL) HarbourFront station on 2 August, keep a look out for security screening which will take place at this station from 10am – 4pm. #ExStationGuard

This is the 2nd Exercise Station Guard this year - these are part of the efforts to strengthen resilience and security of our public transport network.

#Tip: If you have to travel to HarbourFront station on 2 August, do factor in additional time for security screening!

Don't say you kena target by the Transcom/screening officers hor. 

Change our national animal to this damn bird someone asked?

Funny but it's for real. 

Reason? Because the bird is damn common la.

The Javan Myna, is a common bird that can be spotted everywhere in Singapore. This bird should be the true symbol of Singapore as compared to the lion.

Not to mention Sang Nila Utama probably didn’t see a lion, since lions are not available in Singapore.

The petition can still be found here. 

Only a few have signed le. Come help sia if you like Myna!

PAP MP Zainal Sapari posted on his Facebook asking for employers to give Muslim men time off from 12.30pm to 2.30pm on Fridays to do their obligatory congregational prayers.

Feeling thankful, he said he was approached by fellow non-Muslim colleagues whom sought advice from him about Friday's prayers protocol for Muslim men. Their concern is what happens if the prayer clashses with a planned event or meeting on a Friday.

The MP then asks what should be the company's policy or guidelines when it comes to Fridays' prayers.

According to the MP, "It would be much appreciated by your MM staff if they are allowed to proceed to the nearby mosque from 12.30 pm onwards as the mosques would usually be near full-house about 10 to 15 mins before the offical prayer call or Zohor (actual time varies slightly overtime between 12.50 pm to 1.20 pm)."

He explained that, "Once the Zohor time starts, the sermons delivered by the Imam, followed by the congregational prayers, will take about 45 to 50 mins. Hence, it would be reasonable to expect your MM staff to report back for work between 2.15 pm to 2.30 pm."

"In short, as a rule of thumb, allow your MM staff some time off between 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm would make you a muslim-friendly employer and you will definitely keep their morale at work high. Your MM staff would make up for the loss in company's time by reporting to work earlier or leaving later in the day."

He was confident and assured that Muslim staff would abuse this concession because "we know, trust lost is hard to regain back".

In his full Facebook post he wrote,

#FridayPrayers #MuslimFriendlyEmployer #TagYourBoss#1230hrsto1430hrs

I have been approached by fellow non-muslim colleagues seeking advice about Friday's prayers to help them in their planning for event or meeting on a Friday. I have also been approached by male muslim (MM) workers who had difficulty in getting their company to allow them to go for Friday prayers and they have do it discretely.

If you have male muslim staff, what should be the company's policy or guidelines when it comes to Fridays' prayers?

The congregational Friday prayers are obligatory to all male muslims (unless unable to do so due to sickness, bad/heavy weather, long travel, or caring for someone) and usually performed in the mosque.

It would be much appreciated by your MM staff if they are allowed to proceed to the nearby mosque from 12.30 pm onwards as the mosques would usually be near full-house about 10 to 15 mins before the offical prayer call or Zohor (actual time varies slightly overtime between 12.50 pm to 1.20 pm).

Once the Zohor time starts, the sermons delivered by the Imam, followed by the congregational prayers, will take about 45 to 50 mins. Hence, it would be reasonable to expect your MM staff to report back for work between 2.15 pm to 2.30 pm.

In short, as a rule of thumb, allow your MM staff some time off between 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm would make you a muslim-friendly employer and you will definitely keep their morale at work high. Your MM staff would make up for the loss in company's time by reporting to work earlier or leaving later in the day.

I doubt any of your MM staff would abuse this concession because we know, trust lost is hard to regain back.

BTW, a non-muslim employer asked whether his male muslim staff can pray by himself for Friday prayers - answer is NO. In fact, for a MM to miss the Friday congregational prayers for 3 times consecutively is a serious and grave sin.

What do you think of this gently persuasive request by the MP?

As an employer, what would you do? What is/will be your company's policy or guidelines when it comes to Fridays' prayers?

A former School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCSE) student from NTU went on to NTU Confessions Facebook page to make an anonymous plea for help regarding his marriage.

He mentioned that he was working from home as a remote developer for an European company and earning about 6000sgd a month while his wife is a HR associate who earns about 3500sgd. They birthed a child in late April 2019 and have started arguing ever since about how they can take care of their child after his wife goes back to work in September.

He laid out 4 options for her:

1. We hire a maid to take care of the child. Her reply: Too dangerous, maid might ill-treat her. Also, our HDB (4-room) too small for maid to stay in.
2. We get my parents to take care of the child. Her reply: The child will not grow up to know who's the parents. Furthermore, my parents stay in Bukit Batok while we stay in Punggol.
3. We get her parents to take care of the child. Her reply: Her parents still working, can't do it.
4. Either one of us quit our job and take care of the child full time. Her reply: If I quit my job, who's going to support our family? It will be selfish to ask her to quit her job.

However, his wife has rejected all his ideas and insisted that he take care of the child as he works from home. He also started to rant about how she uses his salary to buy material goods for herself for her male colleagues to see her in while he has to bear her sulking face at the end of each day. 

The wife also calls him selfish and a male chauvinistic pig despite the fact that he would happily quit his job to take care of the baby (which his wife also disagrees with)

The writer is at a loss on what to do and is looking for more ideas/opinions on how to help him with these issues.

Any of you go through the same thing before? What did you do?

Mothers are very protective of their children. In desperate times, desperate mothers take desperate measures to protect their children.

A worried mother, took to Facebook to seek help from her neighbour from hell. She just wants for her children to have normal daily routines like any other families. However, they can't.

She lives in a flat in Pasir Ris. The next door neighbour just moved in about two months ago. Their lives have been badly disrupted since.

According to the mother, the nighbour has been harassing the family, banging on their room walls at odd hours and for no apparent reason. He would even call the police on the family.

Her children have been emotionally, and psychlologically affected by the harassment. She fears for the safety of her children.

They have explored a number of different routes, including reporting the neighbour to the HDB, the MP, and the police, but to no avail. They have initiated legal action against the neighbour but this will take time.

They need an immediate solution for the children.

For now, they have installed a CCTV to record the neighbour's harassment.

But what else can they do? 

You don't get to choose your neighbours. There are inconsiderate people among us. However, this neighbour is outrightly harassing the family. 

Surely, the police can stop the man from harassing the neighbour? If he needs help, then they need to work with other agencies to help the man, in order to help the family.