Thanks u guys for giving your views. Same as mine!


You know my nephew and gf belong to the Y generation, the reaction that they gave me is Nothing Big Deal!

Not surprising the future young generation will be getting so \"open\". The Chinese values, culture etc gets diluted from generation to generation. Really a shame as a Chinese myself ....

I would like to hear your views on this.


Last night I was at my parents house. My brother’s son (25 years old) lives there and his girlfriend (22yrs old) will stay over occasionally. I noted that they showered together in the same common toilet. I was shocked and asked my parents and they too viewed their unhappiness on this matter to me. We are somewhat a traditional based Chinese family, thus personally I couldn’t accept that. I ended up giving them a lecture of being not sparing a thought for the older generation existence in the family and of course my 13year old son was with me last night.

In my mind, I was thinking how would I react if my son has this thinking too. That is, it is okay to shower together with his girlfriend in the common toilet whereby the family members are just sitting outside!

Anyone who DS going to sec3 next year and doesn’t need some of the sec2 textbooks, please PM me. My DS is going sec2, express next year and is looking for second hand mshs’s used textbooks. I can collect from you. Thanks.

Anyone wants to voice out their views on this topic?


SINGAPORE: The police and the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) are investigating a possible case of long-term child abuse on two brothers by their nanny and her family.

The victims -- aged nine and 10 -- live a few floors below the nanny in an HDB unit in Bukit Panjang.

It is alleged that they were caned and made to kneel on stones with backpacks filled with water bottles or rocks.

Their mother said the elder son's lower spine is now curved as a result of the abuse, and he is unable to sit upright for long and sometimes has to lie down while eating.

The boy sought treatment at KK Women and Children's Hospital, where the doctor subsequently filed a police report. He was then transferred to the Institute of Mental Health as he was assessed to be mentally unstable.

The nanny's children were also in charge of giving the boys tuition. They allegedly threw the boys' spectacles on the ground and slapped them if they gave incorrect answers.

The MSF said it will provide necessary assistance to ensure the welfare of the children.

One of the victims, the younger brother, said: \"They'd make us eat chilli. When we eat and spit it out, they'd make us eat it again. They'd rub medicated oil on our face. They'd make us do squats, 1,000 times and walk like a duck. I never said I didn't want to because I was scared they'd scold me.\"

The boys’ mother said: \"When I found out what they did to my children, I felt so sorry towards them… I found the wrong nanny for them.\"

In 2012, investigations were conducted into 248 reports of child abuse. Ninety-four of these cases had evidence of abuse while seven were false complaints. The majority of cases involved physical and sexual abuse.


Channel NewsAsia spoke to psychiatrists, who said that children aged nine and 10 are already mentally mature and may be scarred for life by such incident.

- CNA/gn

Want to make a guess what will be the PSI reading at 5pm?

Yes, any activities to join in?

Does anyone knows what is the requirement of the additional 20marks for higher Chinese (HCL) composition in comparison to normal Chinese (CL) composition? The HCL composition is 70marks and the CL one is 50marks. Thanks.

My DS is taking Higher Chinese. Am I right that one has to sit for Normal Chinese "0" level too? Then after that sit for Higher Chinese "O" Level?

If I am not wrong, the PSLE result slip will indicate your child eligibility to take HCL. My son has a Merit in HCL and A in CL, last year PSLE. Yes, he is taking HCL in Sec1 now. Depending on the school, I assume there is some minimum requirements to continue with HCL in the upper Sec too. Also some requirements are needed too if the student takes only CL and wants to take HCL in the upper Sec. You will need to further check with the sec school to confirm that.

Chez, seems no 1A parents. Any in particular you want to ask?