A Place for Singles

how about bak kut teh?

u bunch of clowns have fun with the trotters..

I won't be in SG for that week..

Maybe I go myself this weekend..
 


For ice-cream, my eldest daughter recommended

Island Creamery at Serene Centre (Bukit Timah)

she said got a lot of local flavors

Anyone tried before?
 
Please lor...look at those things that those buggers said about me!...

Who's the naughty one! Not me...I'm so naive and innocent...what mischief can I get up to...
 
hahah.. cos you around to create havoc mah, that's why thread so busy. at least got someone to suan. ok give you this credit.... you are just so suan-able (if there is such a word) lol
 
AIG execs splurge on pricey retreat after US$85b loan

WASHINGTON: AIG executives escaped to a pricey California beach resort to unwind just days after the insurance giant was rescued by an unprecedented US$85-billion US government loan, lawmakers said Tuesday.

"Less than one week after the taxpayers rescued AIG, company executives could be found wining and dining at one of the most exclusive resorts in the nation," Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

The US Federal Reserve stepped in to save American International Group from imminent collapse on September 16, with a loan that gave the US government a stake of 79.9 per cent in the insurance behemoth in the deal.

"Less than one week later, AIG held a week-long retreat for company executives at the exclusive St. Regis resort in Monarch Beach, California," Waxman said.

Invoices showed that AIG paid the Pacific Ocean getaway resort more than US$440,000, Waxman told the committee on its second day of hearings on the Wall Street economic crisis.

The charges included close to US$200,000 for rooms - which cost between US$425 and US$1,200 per night - over US$150,000 for meals and US$23,000 in spa charges, he said.

"Well, average Americans are suffering economically. They're losing their jobs, their homes and their health insurance," Waxman said, "We'll ask whether any of this makes sense."

Without the government loan, analysts had argued that an AIG collapse, fuelled by problems with complex derivatives known as credit default swaps, could trigger a wave of failures in the global financial system and deepen the credit crunch.

"AIG spent - listen to this one – US$23,000 at the hotel spa and another US$1,400 at the salon," said Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings of Maryland.

"They were getting their manicures, their facials, their pedicures and their massages while the American people were footing the bill."

Cummings pointed out that AIG spend US$7,000 in green fees at the golf course and US$10,000 on bar tabs as he turned his questions on former AIG chief executive officers Robert Willumstad and Martin Sullivan.

"I do find it interesting that Mr. Willumstad knows nothing about it, but this came just a week after - after you left. Did you know that, Mr. Willumstad?" Cummings asked.

Willumstad answered: "I heard you say that, but I was totally unaware that there was any plan for any conference."

"And, Mr. Sullivan, I'm curious, what were your views on this?" Cummings asked.

"You know, obviously, I left the company many months earlier prior to Mr. Willumstad. But if I'd have seen bills like that, I can assure you, as the CEO, I would have been asking questions," Sullivan said.

Waxman noted that longtime former CEO of AIG, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, "told the committee he is too ill to appear today to answer questions."

"Mr. Greenberg blames Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Willumstad for the downfall of AIG," Waxman noted. "Many others think it is Mr. Greenberg who sowed the seeds that led to AIG's failure."

Cummings later told CNN that revelations of the resort spree "upset my constituents, many of whom are losing their houses and losing money in the 401(k)s (retirement savings plans). They are upset and rightfully so."

- AFP/yb
 
Thanks siao! im reaching 30 very soon.

powder, "Pacific Ocean getaway resort more than US$440,000...US$23,000 at the hotel spa and another US$1,400 at the salon..US$7,000 in green fees at the golf course and US$10,000.."!!! Holy shit!!!

Luckily, i never had any plans/insurance with this company.
 
Geez... So much for ang moh worship & learning from Uncle Sam.

Powderful, I'm sure it's not ur ears tat are itching. Hor? Hor? Skylar? Still sleeping??
 
wah sunny, reach another stage in life liao...but u still young lar..lol

pls lor, u think those ang moh top executives are holy meh??..they're the worst blood suckers of all time..just tat they package in a way tat u dun see nia
 
its like tat one..if u ever worked ina giant MNC, u will experienced tat..

the lower n mid class are the one who worked their ass off to come up with gd profits..when given a get away, their budget is always not tat big cos top executives will not wanna approve, say spend too much. But when top executive time for get away, they will aprrove big budget for themselves, sighting gd profit, can afford to spend..Its always the top pple who enjoy gd things but they usually do nothing during their day works
 
yawn...

yesss... laundry, u have just awoken the beauty from my sleep. whahahahah... mai tor ah..

haiz.. so much for the AIG thingy..

SM,
u 24 ok bor? in town?
 
Tor leh 24th jia buey lo liao hahahaha

Yeah. Round 2 of the BKT party. Lai Lai how many pax I ask the boss to reserve the require amount of trotters. Maybe I should just reserve a pig from him.
 
whahaaha... HBH,

for powderful himself ah, already can finish 1 pig by himself liao.. so for us all then u gotta call in to reserve a farm liao!
whahahaa
 
ohhh.. SM, u in US ah..
then nvm.. after u r back then we go again lor.. i guess by that time we shd be planning on our round 3 liao..
ding~~~ ding~~~~ding~~~~
 
Well...I'm renewing my car insurance with AIG next month...but seeing that, I'm having second thoughts...but on third thoughts...I'm still holding AIG stocks...haiz...

How arh?
 
i also hv a public liability insurance with AIG and probably buying a professional liability insurance soon.

damn, those ang mohs went on a spa spree. luckily not CEO of AIG SG, if not we sure cow pey...
 
powderful,

now then u ask... how ah?

stocks.. can hold lah.. if not you wanna sell now?

insurance.. just change to another company
 
But must support AIG mah...if not how they bounce back...

But reading that report yesterday as well as reading the hearing with AIG top executives, my blood boil a little when I heard they were compensated with millions while the company lost billions...

Getting a little bit sick and tired of the world we live in...greed seems be to ruling us all...

PS : Laundree...I sell you loh...7 dollars? Ai boh?
 
1 cent a lot is my best price.

Tis weekend got Wakeboarding World Cup at Marina Bay floating platform leh. Anyone going? Hunks & babes alert.
 
I rejected the invitation...can't stand babes leering at me anymore...there's only so much hero worship a person can take...I feel that it's better to let someone other than hog the limelight for once...
 
well not only AIG, i believe there're many giant MNCs doing those thing...just need evident then u see news leaking out..

maybe our emperor can go wakeboarding too..
 
Wah lau, disappointing leh...
I not around and you people cant even fill one page...

Sunny, you havent seen me yet mah...that's why you said I'm shameless...

If you had the priviledge to bask in my majestic aura then you would have wished you didnt said those impudent words...

I shall grant you a royal pardon since it's your first time making such a mistake...

***gestures to Eunuch Lee***
Call off the Imperial Blood Saucer Assasins...
 

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