Why drink?

I am not a fan of alcohol.
But some people are.

What’s the worst side effect of alcohol consumption?
A hangover? Wrong.

It's SHOCK.

Here are some real-life examples:

Move to curb moonlighting security guards

In a push to raise the professional standards of security firms,
guards are not allowed to work for more than two employers at any one time.

This is because part-time guards who move from one company to another or hop
from one job to another may lead to frequent absenteeism and poor job performance.

Hear vs Listen

One of the many announcements played at our train stations is this:
"Please mind the platform gap."

It is being played so repeatedly that I wonder if we have become numbed to it.

That may explain why there are still instances in which passengers' legs get caught.

You gotta be kidding me

Killed two innocent people with his non-existent driving skill
and got only 10 months' jail.

Singapore's so-called "juristic system" is a joke.

A Beautiful Mind

Mindfulness Singapore, a program which integrates Tai Chi, Qigong and
Mindfulness Meditation to help individuals in their career growth and
development, collected S$1,320 for Thien Nhan during one of its events.

Thank you, members of Mindfulness Singapore, and its trainer and coach,
Mr Colin Koh.

Now you (and I) know!

After the above strip was published, I received this email:

"Thank you for featuring the RENEW (REcycling Nation’s Electronic
Waste) bin, or a facsimile of one, in your comic on e-waste recycling
on 11 October 2015 in The Sunday Times.

Like all other types of waste, electronic waste is a growing problem
and the partners of RENEW -- DHL, StarHub and TES-AMM -- would
certainly like more members of the public to be aware of the need
to recycle their e-waste and to use the RENEW bins for that purpose.

I would like to raise a concern, however. Your comic depicted the father
retrieving a used mobile phone out of the RENEW bin. You would not have
been aware of this, but many site owners have asked us about the dangers
of such theft from RENEW bins, as personal data may still be on those
electronic devices. I suspect there are many others out there who have
the same concerns and I am worried that your comic may now have dissuaded
some from recycling their e-waste with RENEW because of this.

Again, you probably did not know this but each RENEW bin has
an inclined ledge installed just inside the deposit slot.
This makes reaching in and stealing far more difficult as the ledge
makes simply reaching in and down an impossibility.

Is there any way in which this can be communicated,
or any negative effects of your comic be mitigated, in case the public
assume that theft from RENEW bins is easy?

Have a nice GREEN day,
Adam REUTENS-TAN
Corporate Communications & Investor Relations"

So, environmentally-friendly folks: rest assured that your binned
gadgets cannot be easily retrieved from the bins by unscrupulous people.

However, it's still advisable to wipe out all data before getting rid
of your unwanted devices.

Speaking of recycling...

Get rewarded for catching a litterbug?

On 13 October 2015, the newspapers reported that
one Member of the Parliament made a suggestion to the
National Environment Agency to implement a reward system
like that in Taiwan, where people are given a portion of the
summons payment after they submit evidence of litterbugs
caught in the act.

And this was what I drew on 15 February 2015:

Teaching the teachers

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has launched a new centre to boost
the development and training of teachers.

The cartoon above is inspired by a video that has been making its round
on the Internet. It shows a boy hitting two of his classmates repeatedly,
in the presence of a teacher who was "unaware of the bullying".

Apparently, this bullying had been going on for a while and it is
only brought to light recently by the video clip.

To the person who recorded and posted it online: Thank You.

MOE's reply after this incident: "We do not tolerate bullying in any form,
and schools have in place a system and measures to support a safe,
conducive learning environment. Teachers have the responsibility
to maintain discipline in the classrooms and deal with bullying."

Perhaps one particular teacher didn't get the memo.