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  1. gonna be busy tomorrow, so i thought i'll post tomorrow's matches here first New Zealand V Slovakia 0-3 Ivory Coast V Portugal 1-1 Brazil V North Korea 5-0
  2. i'm really bad at this.. haha.. next up! Netherlands 2 Denmark 0 Japan 1 Cameroon 1 Italy 1 Paraguay 0
  3. not sure where the FA from LCK are from, but their colours are nice! quite alot to choose from.. most of them i saw carry thick black bars when i was there last friday..
  4. bro.. i think you have to state clearly if your rics are for sale or for bid.. your post states its for bidding but ur title states that its for sale..
  5. some updates... quoted from Yahoo! News http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/06/02/what-next-for-city-harvest/ Pastor Kong Hee accused of plagiarism By Angela Lim – June 2nd, 2010Email Facebook Twitter Print The hits just keep on coming for City Harvest founder, Pastor Kong Hee. Two weeks after it was revealed that the 46-year-old is among a group of 17 church members being investigated for misuse of funds, Kong Hee is now being accused of plagiarism in his books and website. The Straits Times reports that two American authors of a Christian study book have accused him of using their work without proper credit or permission. Although Professor Sid Buzzell and Dr Kenneth Boa say they will take no legal action on Kong Hee, both have asked the Pastor to stop using their material immediately. Otherwise, Professor Buzzell would “threaten him with exposure to his church”. Kong Hee had copied the authors’ work without due credit in two books he published entitled ‘Renewing Your Spiritual Enegery in 90 Days’ Volumes I and II. Both books are still available at major Christian bookstores from $15 to $18.90. Apart from the two books, Kong Hee had also been using the American authors’ material for daily posts on his personal website. His last entry in his blog ‘Daily Devotion’ was posted last Monday and it included a note which said, “We could have been more careful to credit any source of inspiration used.” News of Kong Hee’s plagiarism was first exposed by Singaporean blogger Tee Kay Hetch, who then alerted the American authors. The latest news comes after the recent announcement by City Harvest that its leader and founder was taking a “well-needed break”. He has so far refrained from making any public appearance since news broke of the investigation regarding the misuse of church funds. Reaction to the investigation has sparked a huge debate, with many Singaporeans weighing in on the issue. Close to a staggering 7,500 comments can be found at the end of this post alone. Some have defended the church while proclaiming their faith in its leadership while others applaud the move to audit the church’s finances. It is obvious the probe has touched a raw nerve, and rightly so, because religion is and always will be a touchy and delicate subject in the multi-racial, multi-faith context of Singapore. And while we must not jump to conclusions – Pastor Kong Hee and his staff are innocent until proven otherwise – it’s clear something is amiss. Reports of the largest mega-church in Singapore (over 32,000 members) having amassed millions of dollars in reserves started to raise eyebrows years ago. From a small church which started in 1989, City Harvest now boasts a 14,000 sq foot office in Suntec and its own $47 million building in Jurong West. It has 45 affiliate churches in Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and Australia with a total of 48,000 members. It employs 154 full-time staff and has 15 committees overseeing all its operations. $40 million alone was spent in the last financial year. Despite the much publicised fact that Kong Hee, 46, hasn’t been paid a salary by the church since 2005, the Pastor and his pop-star wife Sun Ho continue to attract their fair share of detractors. In particular, many others have criticised his wife for her celebrity lifestyle, raunchy music videos and daring dress sense. She has also made no comment since the investigation started. But what the startlingly similar scandals involving the NKF, Ren Ci and Youth Challenge have taught us is that excess often leads to temptation. By all accounts, the leaders of all three non-profit organisations started off humbly and upheld genuinely noble ideals, until money — more than they knew what to do with — quickly led them down the path of greed, materalism and corruption. In July 2005, CEO of the National Kidney Foundation, T. T. Durai, was arrested for making false declarations on NKF’s accounts. Lurid details of first-class air travel, a fleet of luxury cars at his beck and call, a $600,000 annual salary and even a golden tap in his private office suite emerged. During a much publicised trial, it was revealed in court that NKF had amassed $262 million in reserves. A year later in 2006, Youth Challenge, which sends students overseas to do humanitarian work, came under fire for poor management practices and was subsequently voted for closure. Its leader, Vincent Lam – a former police officer who set it up in 1985 to keep aimless youths off the streets — was found to have an extravagant annual pay package of nearly $250,000 - 56 % of the charity’s total income. He resigned a year later. In March this year, Youth Challenge folded. In 2008, Reverend Ming Yi, the chairman of Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre, was charged with forgery, conspiracy and misuse of funds. He allegedly approved million-dollar investments for Ren Ci, but the funds included loans for himself. Stories of BMW cars, lavish condos and excessive splurging were revealed in court with the monk defending his lifestyle as that of “a modern monk”. Just last week, his jail sentence was reduced from 10 months in jail to just six. And now, City Harvest Church, which recently invested in a whopping S$310 million stake in Suntec City Convention Centre. In its 2009 audit, it was found to have S$103 million in reserves. From March next year, CHC will be renting a convention hall from Suntec Convention Centre which will include a 12,000-seat main auditorium, 10 meeting rooms, a multi-purpose hall, theatre and concourse on the top floors.
  6. hi FuEl, just got this tube anemone from a reefer that decommed... can i ask is this dyed??
  7. Slovenia vs Algeria 1-1 Serbia vs Ghana 1-1 Germany vs Australia 2-0
  8. yea.. ball is round.. 2nd half starts.. back to TV
  9. oooo.. ok.. got it.. i've an idea of creating a sun coral garden at a corner of my tank.. i believe it'll look quite nice.. haha.. anyway, you wanna try out henry food? i bought quite alot last time.. if u happen to pass by bishan let me know, i can give you some to last you about one month.. try it out.. but one thing about his food have to becareful not to overfeed, if not NO3 can shoot up very fast.. just drop me a call/sms.. i dont feed everyday, so my one container can last me about 6months or more.. haha...
  10. light session only half open.. lights off fully open... still need to train it more.. responds very well to henry's food.. maybe you can try that on your supersun? the one that you got "conned".. haha...
  11. Greece vs Korea Republic 1-2 Argentina vs Nigeria 3-0 England vs USA 3-0
  12. i believe my scape would look different if its filled up with frags.. shall try to see what i can add to improve the "look" tomorrow.. now... still have about an hour before i go to bed.. go Uruguay!
  13. really so bad ah.. looks ok to me here leh.. hmmm....
  14. your tank is beautifully completed already... p.s: i think you should clear up your sandbed abit.. it'll look neater
  15. u guys damn on.. how i wish next time when i work i can still chiong LFS like you guys.. haha.. i always cant seem to join you guys cos i only decide to go LFS only at the very last min.. cos i do help out my parents with delivery in the day, so timing very inconsistent.. haha.. actually planned on heading down to the East today, but last min couldnt.. and i could only make time for one LFS.. so i chose LCK cos i heard there were nice FA there..
  16. true... i've to add some LRs in front to not make it so wierd... thanks for the comment! keep it coming...
  17. cannot lah.. first round ALL IN already.. haha... i use LR as stakes.. i've alot of spare now! haha...
  18. new addition i got from LCK today.. couldnt resist.. met a young kid with his dad.. very noisy boy who knows quite abit about marine fishes.. issit you 91Litres?
  19. a very messy FTS with my new scape.. abit wierd, but one thing i like about this new scape is it makes my tank look bigger.. has abit more depth, more space on the sandbed... currently all the LR in my sump.. not sure what to do with it..
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