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Another day in Singapore entails another day of complaints. A Singaporean man took to Facebook to share about his unpleasant experience with a rude Grab driver. 

He booked a Grab and was less than 5 minutes late but told the driver to wait. After a while, he got into the car and apologised for the inconvenience. Instead of brushing it off, the driver answered: "Please don’t book your grab when you cannot make it on time."

The man continued apologising despite being startled by the driver's attitude. Again, the driver retorted: "讲 sorry 没有用。这边不可以停，你讲sorry 我等一下还是中200块summon (You say sorry no use, here cannot wait, you say sorry i also will kena $200 summon)."

As if that wasn't enough, the driver almost knocked onto an e-scooter rider after he failed to stop at a zebra crossing. 

The man was frustrated that he met a dangerous and unpleasant driver so much so that he did not bother to thank him for the ride. But here's what's funny: "To make it a joke, I even accidentally rated him 5 stars because it’s my habit to rate drivers 5 stars and then close my app."

Turns out the man is also a joke.

He mentioned that it was not his first time being late and most of the time, drivers will wait. In the first place, he shouldn't take it for granted that all drivers will wait. Some don't, so it wasn't as if the driver's anger was unfounded. 

Granted, the driver may have been quite attitude but hey, too bad for accidentally giving him 5 stars when you're not so 5-star yourself?

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Police have managed to track down and arrested an 18 year old e-scooter rider who was involved in a hit-and-run accident at Pasir Ris on Saturday night. A pedestrian, Mr Xie Zhi Hao, 27, was crossing the road when the green man was in his favour, when he was hit by the e-scooter.

This accident happened at Pasir Ris Drive 1 towards Pasir Ris Drive 8, and he ended up with a cracked shoulder blade, two broke toes as well as other injuries. Mr Xie was taken to Sengkang Hospital, and was discharged on Sunday. Mr Xie said that he had to spend $3,000 for his treatment, and was also given 8 weeks of MC. The e-scooterist immediately fled the scene after the accident, despite attempts by another pedestrian to keep him there. 

Police have not released any statement regarding the 18 year old who was arrested, nor how he was identified for his part in the accident. 

Nas Daily aka Nuseir Yassin, might be moving to Singapore soon - according to Alyne Tamir, fellow content creator and Nas's girlfriend. Nas will be bringing along his company here as well. Nas has previously received flak for being overly enthusiastic about Singapore and being a brand new mouthpiece for PM Lee. PM Lee even appeared in one of his videos.

Singaporean netters also bashed him for overhyping Singapore as it is not as great a place as he thinks it is. Netizens commented that he should try staying in Singapore and dealing with the high prices before making his comments.

In Alyne Tamir's Instagram post, she mentioned that she will be able to not going through traffic which netizens scoffed at. They also wondered if Nas and his company are sponsored to be here. She thinks that it's going to be "sick". Little does she know that most of us here are indeed "sick". "Sick" of living here under this government that is.

You can read her full post here:

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A 62 year old taxi driver has been arrested by the police for suspected drink-driving after he crashed into a car and two other lorries at a carpark in Bedok Reservoir. The incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning, March 19.

Police said they were alerted to the incident at about 1:15 am at the carpark of Blk 631 Bedok Reservoir Road. According to eye-witnesses, they heard loud bangs and tyres screeching, and were greeted by a scene of the taxi that had mounted the pavement behind some shops. The taxi then reversed twice into a wall, and subsequently hot a parked black car. The taxi then tried to squeeze between a lorry and a white car, damaging the lorry in the process. It then reversed again, surged forward and hit another lorry and then came to a stop near a tree. 

Police are currently investigating, while the operator of the Silvercab taxi, are also assisting the police in the investigations. 

What is your stance on the death penalty? Singapore is among other countries that continue to use the death penalty, but is it an appropriate way to punish convicts or should it be re-examined?

Sarawakian Michael Anak Garing is scheduled to hang at dawn this Friday. He was sentenced to death in 2015 and appealed unsuccessfully in 2017. 

Michael did not act alone but was the only one among the perpetrators who was given the death penalty. He had intended to rob his victim but landed a fatal blow on him. 

Michael will see the end of his life towards the end of this week. He turns 30 this year. 

"Just like any other executions anywhere else in the world, a new set of victims is created. Michael, a migrant worker from Sarawak who came to seek low waged work in Singapore in his 20s, has a family who loves him dearly.

So while we empathise with the family of Shanmuganathan for their loss, perhaps we should have more than a little think on whether we want the perpetrator's family to suffer the same."

While he deserved to be punished, it remains debatable if the death sentence is appropriate as a form of punishment. Is this "an eye for an eye" culture doing any good? Does capital punishment solve anything? If so, why are violent crimes still prevalent in the world today? If it does not present a solution, why keep it in the first place? 

Death penalty does not reduce crime rate or make the victim's family any happier. As society progresses, people have to ask themselves if the death penalty is reflective of how we want our society to be or if it should be rid of entirely. If we never change the way we perceive or do things, we cannot say for sure that our nation has actually progressed.

In the words of an anti-death penalty activist:

"The anti death penalty movement is not calling for convicted criminals to go scot free. Rather, we are calling for the re-examination and reform of the judicial system into one that is restorative rather than retributive."

Are we after all, so low? Is what we see now representative of us? Or can we afford to be a little better, a little higher?

Singapore is slowly becoming a country with faults. Besides train fault and lift faults, we now have tunnel ceiling faults. 

Just this morning, a Facebook user posted a video showing water leaking from the ceiling of the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) tunnel. Some motorists were seen stopping at the side to put on their waterproof jackets. Other cars drove past and got a free car wash. 

The Facebook user guessed that the water leakage resulted from a burst water pipe in the tunnel. Nothing has been confirmed yet but it is not a surprise even if it is true, as the MCE experienced a burst water pipe last year. 

What then, is causing it to burst again? More importantly, what is not done to prevent future leaks? Singaporeans can do without a free car wash, you know.