Maid asks: My employer is shifting house, so can I temporarily work at my employer’s friend’s house and sometimes at my employer’s house as well?
In a post to Facebook group FDW in Singapore (working conditions forum), a helper by the name of Lucy Damayanti wrote that since her employer was shifting houses, and would live in a service apartment for a while until they left Singapore, she would be temporarily staying at her employer’s friend’s house.
After her employer leaves Singapore, Ms Damayanti wrote that she would then be transferred to her employer’s friend, as the latter’s current helper was leaving Singapore as well. She added that her work permit was still under her current employer’s name, as they had not yet left Singapore. “but if my employer needs my help I have to come and help them ( that’s mean I have to work for 2 place[s])”, Ms Damayanti wrote, asking if this practice was allowed.
45-year-old S’pore man says that his family is unable to save any money monthly, says “it’s not right”
A 45-year-old man whose family was not able to save any money monthly wrote that he felt it was “not right”.
In an anonymous post to popular confessions page SGWhispers on Sunday (Jun 12), the man wrote that he had a 40-year-old wife and three children between the ages of three to ten. The man explained that they were living in a fully paid-up resale five-room HDB flat in Clementi, and that they owned a Japanese car. He added that they each had less than S$30,000 in their Ordinary Accounts (OA).
31-year-old netizen says says they earn $3K a month but have debts worth $23K, survives on $200 a month
A 31-year-old netizen who has racked up quite the sum in debts took to social media to ask others for advice on what to do.
In an anonymous post to popular confessions page SGWhispers, the netizen said that they were in so much debt “because of someone else”. In their post on Saturday (Jun 11), the netizen wrote that they owe banks about S$18,000 and telco companies about S$5,000.
VIDEO | Men brutally attacking women at China restaurant sparks calls to address misogyny & gender violence
Shocking footage of several men attacking a group of women at a restaurant in China has gone viral worldwide. Whatsonweibo.com reported that the footage from surveillance video from the BBQ restaurant has set Chinese social media abuzz. It shows a group of three women eating at a table when they are approached by a man, who then touches the back of one of the women.
She reacted by pushing him away and raising her voice at him. After he tries to touch her again, she slaps his hand away. The man, angered, hits her face. One of the woman’s friends then grabs a beer bottle and smashes him over the head with it. The man, together with two other men, proceed to pull her away and begin to beat her up. The third woman then tries to help, but ends up getting kicked by one of the men.
‘Durian with benefits’ — Man brings only durians & water to first date, but woman falls for him anyway
A woman took to the NUS Whispers Facebook page to tell a rather unconventional love story, saying that the man she met on a dating app said he would bring all the food for their first date. When he told her he’d settle the food and that she didn’t need to bring “anything except for myself,” she found this “sweet.”
“And you know i was expecting picnics food like sandwiches, snacks, drinks? i was also expecting a cute picnic first date but i got a shock when he appeared, he brought only 4 full boxes of durians and 2 bottles of water.”