article from today's straits times ...
on avg, each sgrean ate in 2009
vege - 83.8kg ---- 1.14m per day per country
fruits - 69.1kg ---- 946k per day per country
chicken - 31.6kg ---- 432k
fish - 24.6kg ---- 337k
pork - 19.1kg ---- 261k
hen eggs- 18kg / 300 eggs ---- 246k/4.1m eggs !!!
Daily ridership
total for bus and MRT - 5037000 pple --- lets say avg fare is 85 cents so per day --- $4.281m and per year --- $15.62b ...
No of houses ---- 1133385 ... % of household having cars --- 38% ... and that is a total of 430k cars ...
next is bus fare ... avg is 67cents in 2009 ... now thats wierd ... if my memory serve me correct, the fare in 2009 is 63 cents cheapest for adults and most expensive is $1+ ... so how in any sense can 69 cents be achieved ? ... maybe with the inclusion of child and senior citizen but 69 cents is still too low ... if that is the average, lets say 4 trips a day $2.76 for 6 days $16.56 and for 1 mth $66.24 and 1 year $794.88 ... go compare ...
Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
something ...
something that i saw ...
A philosophy professor stood before his class and wordlessly picked up a large empty jar and started to fill it with rocks 2" in size. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They all agree that it was.
So the professor picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar and shook the jar lighty. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full They agreed it was.
Next, the professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course the sand filled up the rest of the space. "Now," the professor said, "I want you to recognise that this s your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner, your health, your children - anything that is so important to you that if it were lost, you would be devastated. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. THe sand is everything else. The small stuff.
"If you put the sand into the jar first, there will be no room for the pebbles or the rocks. Same goes for your life. If you spend all the energy and the time on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children.Take time to get medical check-ups. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal."
"Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand"
A philosophy professor stood before his class and wordlessly picked up a large empty jar and started to fill it with rocks 2" in size. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They all agree that it was.
So the professor picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar and shook the jar lighty. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full They agreed it was.
Next, the professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course the sand filled up the rest of the space. "Now," the professor said, "I want you to recognise that this s your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner, your health, your children - anything that is so important to you that if it were lost, you would be devastated. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. THe sand is everything else. The small stuff.
"If you put the sand into the jar first, there will be no room for the pebbles or the rocks. Same goes for your life. If you spend all the energy and the time on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children.Take time to get medical check-ups. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal."
"Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand"
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
words of wisdom no. 1
Bernard's daily words of wisdom no. 1 : live as yourself, not as others ...
this basically means to live to do what you want, who you want to be, what you want to be, things you want to do etc ... and not live the way others want you to live ... don't be a puppet and let others control you ...
how to do it is to be free from others thoughts and actions ... only by really thinking through what others are doing and saying and then taking your own action will really let you live as yourself ... of course ppl can influence you but its up to you to decide how much they will influence you ... so don't let others determine how you will live ...
this basically means to live to do what you want, who you want to be, what you want to be, things you want to do etc ... and not live the way others want you to live ... don't be a puppet and let others control you ...
how to do it is to be free from others thoughts and actions ... only by really thinking through what others are doing and saying and then taking your own action will really let you live as yourself ... of course ppl can influence you but its up to you to decide how much they will influence you ... so don't let others determine how you will live ...
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