The Mid-autumn Festival (Oct 6) is a time for all to bask in the moonlight. But Jun Kai, a 17-year-old student who has lived in Bishan for almost 10 years, laments the fact that the island is shrouded in haze: "The turnout at Bishan Park for this year's Lantern Festival has dropped significantly. The picture was taken at 9.10pm. As you can see, the haze is still kinda thick."

The PSI reading has climbed up to 80 on the index as at 4pm today (6 October). While this PSI reading is the highest so far, it is still within the moderate range on the air quality descriptor. The air quality will only be deemed in the unhealthy range when it crosses the 100-mark. Chung Kwong Fatt noted that the air quality and visibility from his home in Boon Tiong Road had drastically dropped at about 5pm. The 34-year old lab technician said: "It was still quite mild at 2pm. But from 5pm onwards, there was a thick smell of smoke in the air."

Ever got caught in rush-hour MRT traffic when it is almost impossible to get a seat? Hong Liat was on board the West-bound train on 4 October when he saw this male passenger who has inspired him somewhat. He says, "the man taught me a fast and innovative way of getting a seat. Just bring your own. Make sure it is aluminium, is light, and is foldable."

Amanda Ng, 41, spotted a potential dengue hotspot along Thomson Road, at the traffic junction in front of Goldhill Centre. According to Ms Ng, an algae-filled container with “super still water and serious water ponding” could be a potential dengue hazard.

A power line dangles dangerously across Bartley Road, posing a danger to larger vehicles that pass by. Eddy Keh, 43, discovered this yesterday (4 October) and is worried that vehicles might get caught in the power line. Trucks that pass by the power line are about half a car length away from the power line, according to Mr Keh. Double-decker buses are in greater danger due to the height of the vehicle.

From afar, this cat looks like any other stray. Upon closer look, Zach Leong, 27, discovered that the cat actually has a blue eye and a yellow eye. Mr Leong had noticed this “big and unusual” cat at his block’s void deck in Pasir Ris Dr 6 for the past few days, but only noticed the cat’s unique eyes yesterday (4 October).

There were just two of them, but they were hogging an area meant for six. These students were at a crowded fast-food outlet in West Coast doing their revision on Sunday (1 October) and irked other customers who could not find seats. A STOMPer, who only wanted to be known as SS, was particularly irritated by these students who had rested their feet on the seats. He said, "There were other students around but they did not do things like putting their legs up on the seats. It's very inconsiderate."


A fire occurred this afternoon (5 October) at Blk 269 Queen Street. The cleaner's room next to the garbage area had caught fire. There were no casualties. Jacky Goh, 31, had noticed smoke and SCDF fire engines opposite his shop and sent in these pictures to STOMP. The SCDF confirmed they received a call at 1.12 pm about the case from an anonymous caller. The fire brigade had arrived at the scene five minutes later and put out the flames. The cause of the fire is yet to be established.

Following a short respite, the haze is back again. Richard Chang sent STOMP these pictures which he took on 5 October at 3.50 pm from his flat in Redhill Close. The 24 hour PSI reading for today (5 Oct) was 52, which is in the moderate range.
Phua Cheng How, 37, a Business Development Manager couldn't believe his eyes when he looked out of his office windows on the 57th storey. He says: " It was still clear blue skies when I got out of the house this morning. Man, this is depressing!"
Dennis Koh, 41, took this from his home at Blk 51 Telok Blangah Drive, when the air quality took a turn for the worse at about 4.30pm this afternoon (5 October). He said: “You could smell smoke in the air and it was quite uncomfortable. The whole estate was very hazy!” Mr Koh said that the air quality has since improved slightly after two hours, although the haze remains.
From Ivy Toh’s home in Taman Jurong, it was not a pretty sight either. The 16-year old student took this picture at 4.45pm today (5 October), and she says that the haze is getting worse. Visiblity has also dropped significantly, as pointed out by Ivy: “Usually I can see the mosque next to these flats, but now I really can’t see it at all!”
Tan Choon Kiang, 31, was in her office at Robinson Road on 5 October afternoon and she looked out into the horizon to see the haze. In her email to STOMP, she says: "The haze has blocked the beautiful scenery of the blue sea which is visible to me when the weather condition is good. However, it has become extremely smoky in the afternoon."
Over in Jurong West, Peter Tan emailed STOMP with this message: "The visibility dropped suddenly at 4pm." He was over at Block 657B Jurong West Street 65.

A little respite from the haze has come today, courtesy of the rain which fell over parts of Singapore. Koh Kay Wah was at the City Hall area today (4 October), and realised the skies had cleared. She then snapped this picture and sent it to STOMP.
Patrick Sim, a Singaporean working in Kuala Lumpur, sent STOMP these pictures of Kuala Lumpur being shrouded in haze. He describes the situation as being "It is not a cloudy day at all, just haze. Very bad conditions though I am not sure what the current PSI reading is."

Daniel Yiek sent STOMP these before-and-after pictures of Chinese Gardens, taken on December 2004 (before) and 2 October (after). The whole gardens had been shrouded in mist as a result of the haze which had descended on our shores the past few days.
Colin Yeo, 41, sent us this picture of the haze situation as seen from this vantage point in Jurong East MRT station today (3 October) at about 12.30pm. He said: "I didn't experience any discomfort. But you could really smell the smoke in the air."
Over at Bukit Timah Hill, Ng Jian Tong, 14, a student who lives in the area, sent STOMP this picture. He complained that he has had a running nose as a result of the haze, and his eyes are all red.
Koh Kay Wah also responded to STOMP's call for haze pictures, and sent in these shots taken of the Esplanade on 2 October at 4.45 pm.

Subash sent STOMP this picture of the "broadcasting station" at Jalan Gumilang which has been obscured by the "of the severe haze that we have been experiencing over the past two days. Is the tower on the extreme right being demolished or is it the haze that is obscuring the top half? The towers are those on top of Bukit Batok Hill."
Mike Muk called this a "sun sad" as opposed to "sunset." He shot this picture at Yishun of the sun shrouded by the thick haze on 2 October afternoon, which he says "acts as a filter which caused this beautiful sight."
Gerald Yip, 38, a technician, felt uncomfortable the whole day as his eyes hurt because of the air. He was out at Paya Lebar and took the opportunity to snap a picture which he sent to STOMP.
Tay Jia Xi wanted to share a picture of the bad haze which he took of Bukit Timah to the City.
Over at Potong Pasir, Teo Hao Kiat Jerome, 15, a student in St Andrew's School, was walking along the corridors of his home on 2 October at 2.20pm  when he saw how bad the haze was. He says, "this is the first time that that in the day, the Singapore skyline cannot be seen."
Jennifer Chiew, 33, a marcomm manager, has been feeling under the weather for the past 2 days, no thanks to the haze. She has come down with a ear, nose and throat infection, and has tried not to go out so as not to expose herself directly to the smokey air, but that does not seem to have helped. She sent us these pictures of the view from her Thomson View condo, and tells us tongue-in-cheekly that it seems like 'the view from Genting'!
Shannen Kng, 24, a customer service officer, was at the Singapore River and took this picture of a "Haze-d Singapore River :-( even tho its 12noon now."

The PSI reading at 4pm for 2 October was 73, which is in the moderate range. This is the highest reading recorded so far this year. Have you noticed the worsening of the haze? Join the discussion in Talkback »

Mr Neo Pok Quen emailed these photos to STOMP showing his concern for the thick smog around the Simei flyover. The photos were taken at 1.30pm on 30 Sept from his flat at Tampines St 22. He hopes that the NEA will monitor the situation and take necessary precautions to ensure the well-being of all residents around that area.
1 October 2006 - Shahril Muhammad, 21, works as a pizza delivery guy and is shocked to see how severe the haze is becoming. He sent in this MMS to STOMP from the 25th floor outside his customer's flat at 2.30pm.

What do you do when you’re waiting for your food to arrive? For some, cutting your fingernails seems to be the choice activity. Kew Kai Jing was studying at a fast-food restaurant at Admiralty this morning (5 October) when he was distracted by the clicking sound of the fingernail clipper. The 22-year old student was appalled when he saw this lady cutting her and her child’s fingernails while waiting for her husband to arrive with their food. He said: “The nails were flying all about the place, and she didn’t bother cleaning up after that. It’s quite disgusting.”

Dr Au Kah Kay, 43, spotted this traffic police officer on the overhead bridge on Adam Road, next to the Japanese Association taking pictures of traffic offenders on the road. This is a common occurrence especially in the mornings, according to Dr Au, who takes this route to work everyday. Said Dr Au: “I’ve read about these various ‘entrapment tactics’ by the traffic police and wanted to show and share some proof of it.” A check with the police revealed that this is indeed a common practice.

Fang Zhirong came across this signboard near Punggol (or is it Ponggol?) which showed two versions of the streetname. He was puzzled enough to send this query in. STOMP did a check, and dug up this Straits Times article on the spelling of the town name. May 8, 2001 For instance, few in Punggol or Ponggol, as it is sometimes spelt, can recall the activity of "hurling sticks into trees to bring fruit down", that could have prompted the area's Malay name. However, there is another possible meaning of the word - a "place where fruit and produce are offered wholesale." It appears that both are correct.

This area at Bukit Batok St 25 has been plagued with cars illegally parked for some months, according to Sentosa Gani, 26. Mr Gani often frequents coffeeshop right next to the pictured area. He thinks that these vehicles belong to people who might be parking for a short while to have their meal at the coffeeshop.

Many cyclists have ignored the 'No cycling' signs placed at both ends of the overhead bridge over the PIE. This has raised the concern of David Foong, who observed that many still insist on cycling on this bridge that links Jurong East and Bukit Batok, instead of pushing their bicycles across. The 56-year old sales executive is worried that the cycling on the bridge might pose dangers for other pedestrians. He said: "There are times when I'm walking there and suddenly a cyclist will just whisk past very close. It's inconsiderate of them to do this and it could be dangerous for old people and kids who are crossing the bridge."

Jeen Tiang, 50, a teacher, takes a walk down Guillemard Crescent on school days to get to work. She has never noticed out anything out of the ordinary, until today (5 October). She "saw this bicycle "parked" in a unique way, cleverly conserving floor space," in front of a private home in the estate. Jeen was so amused by the sight that she sent in this picture to STOMP.

Rotten eggs, egg containers, and even remainders of bak kwa. Patrick Lee, 43, a photographer, is getting frustrated. He has no idea who has been throwing all these down Block 322, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, in which he resides. In his email to STOMP, Patrick laments, "This is what I get to see every now and then by my kitchen window." He has tried to catch the culprit(s) in action, but has so far met with failure. This morning (5 October), Patrick woke up to see the sight of a toilet roll wrapper having landed on his mop and decided he has had enough. He told STOMP,"I really want these inconsiderate people to stop doing this!"

Regular STOMP contributor, Mike Muk sent us this picture of the Singapore flag hung in the southbound train early this morning (Oct 4) while on his way to work. He noticed a man with sunglasses, who seemed about 40, chanting in his section of the train after the train had left Yio Chu Kang station. The man proceeded to put on a pair of black gloves and hung the Singapore flag on the railing. He then walked to another section and apparently alighted the train at Bishan station. According to Mr Muk, "The other passengers were giving him weird glances as he was hanging up the flag." Mr Muk and other passengers were too surprised to do anything about the flag, and the flag was still left hanging on the railing when Mr Muk alighted the train at City Hall station. STOMP has contacted SMRT and this is their reply: "We did not receive any reports regarding the hanging of the state flag in the train. Our station staff conducted checks on some trains but the flag was not found. It may have been removed by other passengers in the train. We would like to remind passengers that no one should hang anything in the train. In this instance, the state flag should be treated with respect."

Was Thaksin really in Singapore? Nope! Wilson Wee, 23, an NTU undergraduate, was tickled pink when he came across this store in Harbourfront City level one bearing the ex-Thai Prime Minister's name. Wilson feels it has "definitely a catchy store name and slogan - 'We are bullish in beefing you!'


After dinner at the Ang Mo Kio Food Centre on Tuesday 3 October, Sally Lau, 31, a senior business analyst, returned to her car to see it badly scratched. She described the scratch as being "new as we (they) can still see spits of paint dropped out from the scratch and it was deep and long, all the way from the rear door to the driver's door." She links this case of vandalism to a nasty experience with what she calls a "road bully". She explained, in her email to STOMP: "When entering the carpark (right opposite the Yio Chu Kang CC and temple), a black car in front of us stopped abruptly to let a passenger alight. We were forced to brake sharply as we were caught by surprise because he did not turn on his hazard light. My husband gently sounded a courtesy horn to alert the car so that he's aware that there are vehicles waiting behind him. In the carpark, we noticed that the driver (a big sized middle age man) of the black car was not happy with us. He was staring at us with a very hostile and threatening look. When my husband was queuing for food in the hawker center, he came over and knock into my husband with his body. Although, legally, we've no evidence at that time to say that the culprit is that driver, he is still the main suspect." Sally is looking for witnesses to come forward to help her in her case. Were you there on Tuesday afternoon at about 4.30 pm?

So says Mr Wong who was on board bus service 75 yesterday when he saw this lady munching on her curry puff throughout the entire 20-minute journey yesterday (4 October) at about 5pm. The 24-year old graphic designer said: "The 'No eating' sign was right in front of her, and there was also a surveillance camera. She's either ignoring all these, or is just ignorant of the fact that you're not supposed to eat on buses."

Eddie Goh, 45, owner of a modelling agency, MMSed us these pictures of a bicycle barrier which he says is located "opposite Quality Hotel near to Block 101 Whampoa View beside an exercise area." He had recalled reading a newspaper article about a cyclist who was paralysed after he crashed into a similar "dangerous inverted A rail" placed on a pedestrian bridge in Tampines. Mr Goh is worried. He says: "This cannot be clearly seen in the dark by the the cyclist. Also, it is located on top of a slope. The cyclist might hit it and get injured if they are peddling quickly and crash into it." Flashback: Straits Times Jul 16, 2005 - A 40-YEAR-OLD father of two who cycled into a metal barrier has been left paralysed from the neck down. At least two others have rammed into the grey inverted U-shaped frames put up on a pedestrian bridge in Tampines earlier this week. This prompted Tampines GRC MP Ong Kian Min, who is also chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Transport, to call for the removal of the 'stupidest device I've ever seen'. After waiting in vain for a day for the Land Transport Authority to get rid of the barriers or put up warnings, he took matters into his own hands. Yesterday evening he got contractors to saw them off. 'The place is not brightly lit. We can't afford any more accidents,' he said. The LTA did not tell the Tampines transport committee it was putting up the barriers, he said, or the installation could have been publicised. 'It seems from this case that safety is not a criterion in their planning.' The LTA said the barrier was to discourage cyclists from riding on the pedestrian bridge over Tampines Expressway, near Tampines Street 43. It had installed it at one end of the bridge. Another was to be put in at the other end the next day. But before that went up, the father of a two-year-old girl and a seven-year-old boy rode into the first. The accident happened around 6.45am, as the Pasir Ris resident cycled to the Tampines Soka Centre. He is in intensive care and does not know how badly injured he is. His wife has asked that he remain anonymous. His brother-in-law said: 'He is confirmed permanently paralysed from the neck down.' He added: 'If they'd installed both barriers at the same time at least people would be aware of them when they used the bridge. There were also no warning signs.' When Mr Ong heard of the accident, he got contractors to place plywood across the metal frames so cyclists can see them, and if they do run into them will not be badly hurt. Have 'some form of obstacle' to encourage cyclists to dismount or slow down, he said, but it should not cause injury. The LTA said it has installed seven of these barriers on pedestrian bridges since 1997, with 'no incident or adverse feedback'. It blamed the contractor for the accident, saying it did not submit a 'method statement' on how it planned to install the barriers, and did not put up both on the same day. Fast Forward: Update from Jalan Besar Town Council 3 October These barriers were put up more than ten years ago to deter motorcyclists -- rather than cyclists -- from taking shortcuts on pedestrian paths, according to Jalan Besar Town Council. Mr Chua Chong Tee, property manager at Jalan Besar Town Council, said: "Motorcyclists rode onto the walkways for convenience sake, and it was quite dangerous for the pedestrians. This was the sitaution then and the barriers were put up to discourage this." The barriers were not removed, even after the Tampines incident last July. However, Mr Chua says that the barriers were painted a brighter colour to make them more prominent to cyclists.

Evening rush hour crowds at the Orchard Boulevard bus-stop yesterday (2 October) were alarmed by an SBS bus that caught fire at about 6.20pm. 26-year old Kalidas Chandran was passing by on another bus when he saw the SCDF team putting out the fire, leaving only smoke emitting from the vents at the side of the bus. There were more than 20 passengers who were evacuated from the affected bus who were waiting around the bus-stop, according to Mr Chandran.

Monique Belinda, 22, a customer service assistant, was shocked to see this motorcyclist on the road as she was returning from Johor Bahru on 30 September at 8pm. He had three passengers with him, two of whom are young children, and the other, a female adult passenger. Not only was he carrying one more passenger than the law permitted, Monique saw him cutting into the lanes of other motorists in order to get to the front of the queue. However, she does concede that the 'rider was riding on the bike steadily.'

Jerald, a student living in Pasir Ris, is "tickled" by this sight which has greeted him "for a long time." He had taken this picture of cars parked in the Loading and Unloading Bay at the front of his block, and the drivers had disregarded the traffic signs denoting its use on 30 January 2005. Jerald says: "No wonder drivers can't unload here. This picture drove home the government's point that we need to be better educated."

Whatever happened to this old man? Patrick Lee, 45, worries about him after spotting him "sleeping on the ground at the bus-bay fronting Block 157 Mei Ling Street." He had taken these pictures of him on 3 October at 9 am. Patrick suspected the old man was intoxicated after he observed the latter getting up to check on his trolley. Patrick left to attend to something, but returned to the scene later at 9.20 am, and saw that the old man was still there. In his email to STOMP, Patrick says: "It started to drizzle and the man got up, took up a canvas sheet and covered himself from the light shower." Patrick then called the neighbourhood police to report the incident before he left. STOMP did a check with the police, who said the man was all right, and had explained to the police he was just taking a rest and shelter from the rain.

A collision between two cars resulted in this mangled mess by the roadside at Tampines Avenue 10. Jusco Tan witnessed the accident at about 10.50am today (3 October). According to the 17-year old student, the driver of the black Honda Civic was lying injured on the ground, and is seen in the picture being sheltered with an umbrella. His front of his car was badly smashed up. Mr Tan said the Honda Civic had failed to stop in time, after the car in front of it braked suddenly. Both cars spun out of control and landed up on the grass patch next to the road. The ambulance had arrived just as Mr Tan left the scene. STOMP checked with the Police and found out that the collision was actually between that of the black car and a lamppost. The police said a call from the public was received at 10.35 am. The driver of the black car had been conveyed to the hospital before the arrival of the police.

Daniel Ng, 22, an undergraduate, took these pictures of motorists making the best of a bad parking situation. He says the lots at the carpark in Block 367, Yishun Ring Road, are often fully occupied and motorists often have to make do with the situation and park on the double-yellow lined areas. He candidly tells STOMP: "so far i don see any cars being booked for parking on double yellow, of cos they must be understanding =)."

30 September 2006 – Hui Rong, a 17 year old student was on her way to Outram MRT station when she noticed this Indian woman in a torn purple dress behaving peculiarly on the train. The Indian lady who is in her late twenties approached another commuter and started talking to him about religion, stating that she believed in Confucianism. As a young female Indian student walked past them, the eccentric lady asked the man if the young girl was his daughter. After he replied "no", she asked him the same question less than five seconds later. Hui Rong exchanged confused glances with the student but chose not to speak for fear the eccentric lady might hear them. Hui Rong and the female student alighted at Outram, both declaring, "She is so weird!" 1 October 2006 – Cherlynn Wu, 22, an admin officer was at Bugis outside OG at 4pm when she noticed this middle-aged cross-dresser belting out Mandarin and Hokkien songs to a bemused crowd of mostly elderly men. Cherlynn believes this man to be busking for donations from the curious onlookers.

Khairulharis Karem, 18, a student, sent STOMP this picture of a police patrol car taken from his apartment at Bedok North Road at 11.30 pm on 30 September. In his email to STOMP, he says: "The police patrol car seen was attending to an earlier accident involving three cars. Two of the cars are not pictured as they have moved away from the scene to deal the problem at a nearby carpark.It can be seen from the picture that the patrol car is clearly blocking traffic flow from the carpark towards the main road and also from vehicles making a U-turn. It was observed that there had been vehicles having trouble making a u-turn due to space constraint that had been caused by the patrol car. also, vehicles turning out left to the main road would have to make a sharp left turn once they drove out. My concern here is that, should an inexperienced driver hit the patrol car causing worse accident to happen, who is to be blamed?" STOMP contacted the Police, and we were assured that the car was not obstructing traffic in any way as the blinkers were switched on, so drivers could see where the car was at all times. Drivers who had to make U-turns could do so safely because of the flashing lights which could be seen in the distance. The car had been parked there to attend to a case, and the police officers had taken the necessary actions of making sure no obstruction or danger would be caused.

Ricky, 36, a freelance photographer, feels that such practices of people burning offerings to deceased loved ones are "dangerous" as they are usually done so "very near to the (HDB) blocks." He had taken these pictures in Block 262, Sengkang, a few months ago. In his email to STOMP, he says: "When you have a huge volume of offering to burn,most cases it will lead to towering flames & this what I witness on most occasions. Imagine the consequences,a flat with open windows & curtains,well it can just catch fire. Also I am quite sure these occupants will feel the searing heat radiating from the fire." He wonders if the HDB or NEA have any guidelines on such practices as they are usually done at night.

Lim, 32, a civil servant, was driving along Still Road on 30 September when he noticed that the driver of the silver Toyata next to him had left her wing mirror folded. He then tried to high-beam her, to catch her attention and alert her to the situation, but to no avail. Thank goodness it was still relatively early in the morning, and the traffic was still light, though Lim wonders when she would finally realise her error.

Manimaran, 37, a weapons engineer, contacted us last week about the irresponsible parking taking place at the bus stop near Marsiling Drive Block 23. Evidently, the situation has not improved since then. Cars and taxis continued to park along the bus stop this weekend, making it difficult for buses to stop for their passengers to board and alight. Manimaran is disturbed that these car owners seem to think that they own the road, even parking along the double yellow line. "Cars are always being parked there...I don't even understand why."

Tan Lee Chye, 54, an engineer, was admiring the beautiful beach at the bridge along Bedok Jetty yesterday morning, when he chanced upon this 'pitiful' sight. The mixture of seaweed, timber, plastic bottles, and other human rubbish was 'a sight for sore eyes'. Lee Chye goes to this stretch of the beach quite regularly, and notes that there used to be people who were in charge of cleaning the beach, but now it seems that they have neglected the area.

Eddie Shim, 30, a QA engineer, sent us this picture of inconsiderate Singaporeans at work once again. Drivers have been parking their cars at the loading and unloading bay, as it is more convenient for them, despite the fact that there is a multi-storey carpark nearby. This occurs almost everyday, but the situation worsens on Sundays, when there are more visitors to the area. Their actions have made it impossible for the garbage truck to reverse into the rubbish dump, thus forcing the cleaners to manually carry the rubbish into the dump.

Hendy Shi, 35, an engineer, has been perturbed by the sight of this industrial truck parking in this HDB carpark at Yishun St 81 for around two to three months now, and the driver sometimes parks there overnight. The large truck occupies more than one lot whenever it is parked there, taking up the already limited space. Hendy is particularly peeved as there is a carpark about 10-15 minutes away that has spaces allocated for large vehicles, but the driver is obviously too lazy to park all the way there. He has reported the situation to various parking attendants already, but has yet to see any postive action undertaken by the authorities. 'I can understand if it is just a normal lorry, but this one is too heavy and is a container, not a truck already!'

Wilson Wee, 23, an NTU undergraduate, was at Great World City recently shopping and he was appalled to see such pens being sold in a stationery store. He wonders if " any parents buy one for their kids as these items are either too harmful or 'bad' for the kids!"

Razit, 28, a driver, was driving from North Buona Vista road to Dover road, near Buona Vista MRT station, when he received an unwanted 'car wash'. Razit was driving behind another car, and heading towards what he thought was merely puddles of water, but, next thing he knew, his entire car was bathed in a shower of mud and soil! Even his windscreen was not spared, and he had to hastily remove the mud with his wiper, before he could even see anything outside of his car.

Kevin was at Kallang on 28 September at 3.40 pm when he saw this very "creative" Hello Kitty car on the road and decided to send it in to STOMP.

Shaik Mohd, 51, an Operations Officer who lives in Woodlands Avenue 6, sent an email to STOMP about this recycling bin which he says "has been full to the brim for the past three days, and no one has taken notice of it." He wonders why nothing has been done to clear the rubbish. He also wants to know who is in charge of clearing it.


These MMS photos of a young couple were sent in by Ng Zhi Yuan who was disgusted to see what he deems 'immoral acts' at a public library. "They are disgracing their school. Their parents will feel humiliated upon knowing they do such a thing. Furthermore, it was in the library!" Why do it at the library? Join the discussion in Talkback »

Yezdi Darukjanawalla spotted these two black Mercedes Benz cars with identical number plates. They were spotted parked almost next to each other at the Tan Cheong Motors car park on Friday 29 September at 2.45pm. Check back soon for LTA's update on the matter.

Lee Pei Qi, 20, an NTU Communcation Studies student was baffled to see these two signs pointing her in opposite directions for Braddell MRT station's public toilet. In the end she decided to go with the newer looking sign at the bottom and eventually found her way to relief!

Ivor Ho, 38, a flight crew, was shocked to see this sight at the Blk 450 Tampines St 41 car park, at around 7.15pm on 30 September. There were no drivers in both cars, but the red KIA had obviously been hit by someone driving out of the car park.
The taxi parked next to it was also damaged, due to the severe impact made on the KIA. Ivor surmises that the car must have been badly hit, as both cars were almost entirely out of their lots, and moving into the adjacent ones. Ivor appeals for any witnesses to come forward, as he feels sorry for the drivers of the KIA and the taxi, as they were both innocent parties who parked in the lots, only to return to find their vehicles badly damaged.

William Sim, 26, in shipping operations, was driving along Eunos Ave 5A when he had to do a double-take upon noticing the confusing road and street signs. While the sign painted on the road itself indicated that he could turn both left and right, the street sign said 'one way'. Thankfully, William is familiar with this stretch, and knew that the road had recently been changed, and it was that the street sign that had yet to be updated. Time to update your signs, LTA!

Jimmy Ng, 28, in sales, sent us this picture of a lorry and car colliding at the AYE Tiong Bahru exit, taken on Saturday 30 September at 2.30pm. According to Jimmy, the car in front of the lorry braked suddenly, and the lorry skidded, hit the kerb, and ended up at the grass patch on the right. It was a wet and rainy afternoon, and the accident, as well as all the people who stopped to gawk at it, added to the already massive jam on the road.