Obama calls Eagles owner to congratulate him for signing Vick By Chris Chase

Michael Vick(notes) has been getting support from all sides during his road to redemption. He's now getting it from the leader of the free world.

NBC's Peter King reports that Barack Obama called Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie earlier this week to congratulate him for giving Vick a second chance after his release from prison. According to King, the president said that released prisoners rarely receive a level playing field and that Vick's story could begin to change that.

Forget your political allegiances or feelings about Michael Vick and take a step back to think about this. The sitting president of the United States went out of his way to publicly praise a man who, 3 1/2 years ago, many thought would never play again in the NFL. Even the most ardent believers in Vick couldn't have fathomed a turn-around like this.

In retrospect it seems obvious that Vick would get a second chance in the NFL, but it wasn't so clear-cut back when he was lying to the commissioner, getting sternly admonished in federal court and serving out a sentence at Leavenworth. We tend to take for granted unbelievable events when they slowly unfold before our eyes. The step-by-step nature of these sorts of tales tend to minimize the shock when taken in over a long process. So though it now seems like it was all pre-destined to work out like this, it wasn't: Vick's rise and fall and rise is a truly stunning tale. He went from star to pariah to inmate to backup to MVP candidate to political prop for the leader of the free world all in a span of a couple years.

[Related: Obama and Kobe Bryant talk trash]

For Obama to praise Vick now shows a number of things, namely that uttering the quarterback's name is thought to be a safe political move. He's playing the best football of his life for a playoff team and was the second-leading vote getter for the Pro Bowl. At the moment, he's the model of redemption, someone worthy of praise.

Because, if you think about it, Vick got that "second chance" from Lurie 16 months ago. There was no phone call from the president then. Praising Vick at that time would have been a political third rail. But now that Vick is playing great and most people seem to have either forgiven him or stopped caring about his transgressions, it's a shrewd political move. After what could be termed a rough two years in office, the president is looking for a second chance from the people who have turned against him over the past two years. Supporting a huge star like Vick could help with the president's recent image problems. It may not register much nationally, but it couldn't hurt in Pennsylvania. After all, it's a swing state and 2012 is just around the corner.

Snow at North East of USA

People look over a downed light pole on Broad Street in Downtown Newark, N.J. as gusty winds and heavy snow continued to cover the city, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010.
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Kazu is grown up!

Merry Christmas

at 2pm, My mum made a wonderful lunch for me and herself. She made a tender chicken, potatoes, and carrot. She was making a best sweet potatoes. It made me silvia more at foods! My mom and I had a nice talking... I told her a couples of interesting stories about my life in Singapore. I told her that a lot of Singapoean people are an interesting to do for me to speak for my voice. I told at some of Singapoean people that your first language is speaking by your ear... therefore, my first langauge is Sign language by my eye. I also told my mum that "west Chinese muslim and East Chinese Buddism are doing meeting for business in Shanghai, China. They realized that They dont understand eachother due to different diaglog, so They had to written at Chinese Language, so they would able to understand eachother in Chinese langauge... Do you think, they are stupid?! lah! My mom's repond: smile at me.

Naked man arrested at McDonald’s outlet in Singapore!

A Chinese man in his mid-twenties gave McDonald’s customers and crew alike a nasty shock when he walked in naked. (Yahoo! file photo)

A man was refused service by the McDonald’s crew in Queensway after he walked in stark naked and tried to order breakfast in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The incident occurred at the Rideout Tea Garden McDonald’s outlet along Queensway around 4am.

A witness, media coordinator Aslan Asat, 26, who was sitting in the alfresco area of the restaurant with three of his friends, told The New Paper they were shocked to see the man grinning as he casually walked into the restaurant totally nude.

“The naked guy was holding on to a laptop case, but he did not attempt to cover his private parts with it,” he added. The naked man also did not appear to be intoxicated.

It is understood that the Chinese man, who looked to be in his mid-twenties to early thirties, tried to order a cup of coffee over the counter but was refused service by the McDonald’s crew.

Mr Aslan said, “The McDonald’s staff asked him to leave, but he loitered around in the restaurant for at least 10 minutes before walking out.”

There were six other customers in the fast-food restaurant at the time, and they had the same reaction towards the naked man.

“Everyone was gawking at him initially and started to giggle after a while,” he said.

However, the naked man continued to loiter outside the restaurant even after being asked to leave.

“He took out a phone from the laptop case and started to make a call. I overheard him complaining about the refusal of service by McDonald’s staff in English,” said Mr Aslan.

“He left only after lighting up a cigarette.”

A McDonald’s spokesman confirmed the incident and said the restaurant had to turn the customer away due to the objectionable nature of his behaviour.

“The fast-food restaurant has referred the case to the police and investigations are under way.”

Police said they received a call at 4.35am on Sunday regarding a man appearing naked at a McDonald’s outlet. They arrested the man and referred him to the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for psychiatric assessment.

Lawyer, Foo Cheow Ming, told the paper that appearing naked in public and exposing one’s private parts is regarded as an “obscene” act by Singapore courts.

If found guilty, the man faces a maximum sentence up to three months in jail and a fine of $2,000.

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Thai Hana Resturant

Yesterday and Today, New Thai co worker at Thai hana was shocking that I would able to do work in smart way and she asked me if I am driving my vechicles. I noddled my head. She keeps share at me... ha cos I told her I am Deaf and not mute! I am sure that She realized that Deaf Thai people are not mute/stupid too!!!:)
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My mum's birthday on Dec 6, 2010

My mum and I went to eat at Thai Hana2 resturant, where the pizza hut was helding there on 312. 1)eat at Japanese foods
2)walked at downtown
3)took photos of her birthday cards.

Top 10 ‘cheapest’ homes in Singapore

By Mr. Propwise (courtesy of PropertyGuru)

Based on the comments from my last article on the Top 10 Most Expensive Houses in Singapore, it seems many readers feel it would be useful to look at the most affordable choices instead. I have thus compiled this list of the 10 most affordable homes currently on the market in Singapore. Just like the previous article, I used PropertyGuru to filter these out (the prices below are the asking prices).

My findings? Amongst the top 10, all but one are HDB flats, which no surprise, but they tend to be in the faraway corners of Singapore such as Yishun, Marsiling and Boon Lay, although there are also flats in prime neighbourhoods such as Ang Mo Kio. The cheapest home on the market in Singapore is, surprise surprise, a landed property — but with a fatal flaw (read on to find out more).

Here are the 10 cheapest homes in Singapore in descending order:

10. For $252,000, you get a 721 sqft ($350 psf) 3NG (New Generation) HDB flat at Blk 118, Potong Pasir Avenue 1. It comes with 2 bedrooms and bathrooms and is a windy, bright and unblocked unit that is near to amenities and Saint Andrew’s, an SAP school. The asking price implies a Cash Over Valuation (COV) of around $22,000.

9. For $250,000, you get a 740 sqft ($338 psf) 3I HDB flat at Block 25 Tanglin Halt Road. It comes with 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom, is a corridor unit in “simple move in condition”, and is near to amenities and a school.

8. Also for $250,000, you can get a 721 sqft ($347 psf) 3NG (Modified) HDB flat at Blk 111, Yishun Ring Road. It has 2 bedrooms and bathrooms, is a corner unit on a high floor, and has designer décor. There is no COV payable.

7. In seventh place is a 3NG (Modified) HDB flat at Block 202 Marsiling Drive, also going for $250,000. At 731 sqft ($342 psf), it has 2 bedrooms and bathrooms, has a great unblocked view, and is in move-in condition. You will be minutes away from amenities and within walking distance of the Woodlands checkpoint.

6. In sixth place is a 3NG (New Generation) HDB flat at Blk 565, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, going for $247,000. For that price, you get 2 bedrooms and bathrooms and 743 sqft ($332 psf) of space. The $235,000 valuation implies a COV of $12,000.

5. For just $238,000, you can buy a 3NG (Modified) HDB flat at Block 103 Yishun Ring Road. At 721 sqft ($330 psf), you get a flat which has 2 bedrooms and bathrooms, and is near to the MRT, shops and schools. The apartment is in move-in condition, and is near to amenities and schools.

4. In fourth place is a $238,000 721 sqft ($330 psf) 3NG (Modified) HDB flat at Block 24 Marsiling Drive. It has 2 bedrooms and bathrooms, is on a high floor, and is near to Admiralty MRT station and the Woodlands checkpoint.

3. On another end of the island, you can pick up a 3I (Improved) HDB flat in Blk 185, Boon Lay Drive for $235,000. Space will be a bit tighter as it is only 624 sqft ($377 psf), but still has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. The asking price implies a COV of $20,000. It is near to the market, schools and Boon Lay MRT.

2. For $215,000, you can buy a 3I (Improved) HDB flat at Block 187 Boon Lay Avenue. The ad claims that you get 2 bedrooms and bathrooms in 635 sqft ($339 psf) of space. The apartment is next to Boon Lay MRT and Boon Lay Shopping Centre, and can achieve a potential rental yield of 5 percent.

1. And the cheapest property currently being marketed on PropertyGuru is, unexpectedly, a landed property. How much would you pay for a 3+1 double-storied terrace house at Geylang Lorong 3 with 1,100 sqft of built-in area and sitting on 725 sqft of land? At an asking price of $188,000 you are paying just $171 psf (built-in) and $259 psf (land). You are located just minutes away from Kallang MRT and town, and have amenities and a community centre nearby. Sounds too good to be true? Well, this property does have a fatal flaw – it has only 9+ years of lease left. So if you buy it, you’ll be house hunting again before the decade is up…

Mr. Propwise is the founder of Singapore property blog www.propwise.sg, which aims to help people make better real estate buying, selling, renting and investing decisions.

Find HDB properties for sale and rent at PropertyGuru: (www.propertyguru.com.sg/singapore-property-listing/hdb)

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Hui Zhang

He is best photography than I do. He is my good friend of mine... He is ABC and stays in Shanghai, China now. I met him in Gallaudet University in 1996.

Life comes at me so fast, that i dont even have the time to stand and think…

Light on in oldest town at two weeks ago

Shoppers walk in front for on Black Friday

Shoppers walk in front of a tour bus with an Express clothing store ad on the side Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 in Chicago. Nationwide, early signs pointed to a solid turnout for the traditional start to the holiday shopping season. In an encouraging sign for retailers and for the economy, more shoppers appeared to be buying for themselves than last year, when such indulgences were limited.… Read more »
(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

this morning, I drove from My house to GAP outlet. I saw a lot of people to do shopping and full parking! but I am not worrying about parking, I know where to park... I was perfect parking and perfect time. I walked to ahead to GAP. I saw a lot of people to shopping from 1 30am to 3am. I worked from 2am to 730am. I should have taken photos this morning at my hometown. oh, well!

Deaf basketball player for bigger university.

I was watching Espn tv and saw an interpreter on the court about score, I saw deaf man on tv. his name is Michael Lizarraga
http://gomatadors.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/lizarraga_michael00.html

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I will explain for rest of my day on Happy Thanksgiving. smile

NDP of the Kazu

I will add up for Kazu's photo sooner

’1,000 foreigners invested S$1.5 billion to be S’pore PRs’

I am really surpised to hear this.

Call it the price to pay for wanting to live in Singapore.

Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang has revealed that some 1,000 foreign investors have invested over $1.5 billion under the Global Investor Programme (GIP) to become permanent residents of the city-state.

These investors come mostly from North-East Asia and South-East Asia and they have either poured money into an approved investment fund or directly in a business in Singapore.

Close to 100 have invested directly in businesses ranging from engineering, R&D, shipping, asset management and services and trading, thereby creating some 1,500 jobs.

Minister Lim was replying to a question from West Coast GRC MP Ho Geok Choo in Parliament on Monday.

The GIP is aimed at attracting wealthy businessmen to set up business or invest in Singapore and to settle on the island. Mr Lim said from Jan 1, a minimum investment of $2.5 million is required to qualify for the GIP.

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Last night at Mari Gras with Darvin s friends.

Micheal Vick was really good games last Monday night

I ate my pizza yummmy! it was 5.99 USD and watch football games.


Michael Vick's record-breaking performance against the Redskins proved he's once again one of the most dangerous players in the NFL.

wave two to five feet

I surfed for 16 times in two hours from 1045am to 1pm.

Jurong Bird (awesome place)

Kazu's favourite kid spaghetti with sausages.Yummy...

Karen's fish burger...Nice! potatoes are also nice.

Kenichi's beef burger-not bad...Overally,the food at Bongo restaurant is nice despite of expensive prices.We spent food about $36 only exclude drinks!After lunch,we went home happily though tired esp.Kazu.

We were tired and took a rest for a while before going back for lunch.

Kazu is born in year of Rooster...


Excuse me,I did not know what kind of bird but it suddenly appear in front of us.It was quite beautiful and harmless but I think it's quite vain and smart.It walked and stopped,it knows how to pose nicely in front of us when I took photo :)

Thank God for the good weather that we could be able to bring Kazu out the next morning (6 June,Sunday).Thankfully,Kenichi had 2 off days-sat and sun.Kazu had a good time at Jurong Bird Park.Thank God again that we don't have to pay admission fees except Kazu who is hearing.We can pay child admission fee-$12.90 only :) I use my handphone to take photo because Kenichi was too tired/lazy to bring his SLR camera.Reaching there,he realised that there are many nice places/birds to take photo so he will bring us there again this month so that he can bring his camera and take many photos later.

last June for father day

We had pizza and bee hoon at my parents's house for father's celebration.I am grateful to my father who always helped us alot whenever we need his help.We appreciate his love for us despite being too strict with us :) He's great father and grandpa!
By the way,my brother in law,Patrick "complained" that all the fathers never receive nice handmade gifts by their children and not fair to them but mothers always receive nice handmade crafts by their kids.Well,Father's day falls on wrong date/month which starts on school holiday concidentally.That's why all the children did not have any chance to make father's day cards for their fathers when their teachers usually ask them to.


helped Kazu to make small gift for his daddy to cut colour papers only while he pasted them and then drew it himself.


Wow,I did not know my elder niece,Jiselle quickly grabbed her favourite strawberry and ate it once cut the cake.ha...


Finally,my brother became a father already for 4 months now-Welcome to father's club.His baby son was sleeping at wrong time :)

FSDB's anniversary for 125 years.

I was doing volunteer at FSDB on Oct 22nd.

North East s weather

I hopeully that Wave will be good tmw!!! and more warmer!

Kelly Slater wins Puerto Rico

Kenichi Wrightis happy that Kelly Slater wins Puerto Rico! The 10x ASP World Champ finishes off the day by winning the Puerto Rico event!

Miami Heat

Kenichi Wright is planning to watch NBA at Miami Heat regular-season home opener tonight on the T.V. and see Lebron James too. smile

ERP rates increase from next month

Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges at four areas will increase by S$1 from November 1.

The increase is part of the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) quarterly review of ERP-priced roads and expressways.

Motorists will have to pay S$4 from 8.30am to 9am at the gantries at the East Coast Parkway (ECP) at Fort Road and the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway slip road.

Those travelling westbound on the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) near Kallang Bahru from 7.30am to 8am will have to pay S$1.

Charges at the Central Business District and Bugis-Marina Centre cordon on weekdays from 6.30pm to 7pm will be S$3.

At the Orchard cordon, charges for weekdays from 6.30pm to 7pm and Saturdays from 6.30pm to 8pm will increase by S$1 to S$2.

Motorists Yahoo! Singapore spoke to were shocked by the sudden increase.

“I don’t think increasing the ERP charges will help ease congestion on the road. LTA should get feedback from motorists before deciding to raise the rates,” said HR executive Karen Ng, 28.

Added delivery driver Mohd Ismail, 57, “The traffic isn’t very heavy in the morning at the KPE slip road so I am puzzled as to why they increase it to S$4 there.”

According to LTA, the next ERP review will take place next month for the December school holidays.

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Seoul Incheon International Airport on Oct 14 2010

I left Manila, Philiphine to Seoul Korea for changed the airplane, So I took some of photos.