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A prime example of what not to do when driving someone else’s car — a woman allegedly lost control of the vehicle, crashed into a playground and abandoned the wreck, leaving her passenger at the scene.

The 24-year-old woman was arrested for driving the car without the consent of the owner, police said. The accident happened near Block 25 Jalan Berseh at 11.42am on Sept 17.

Speaking to Shin Min Daily News, an eyewitness said he had heard the sound of the car engine before he saw it travel towards the playground at a high speed.

The vehicle only came to a stop when it hit a stone bench, he said.

“After the female driver opened the door, she quickly ran upstairs [to the HDB block], leaving the female passenger behind.

“She only came back about half an hour later and even changed her clothes.”

The driver and her passenger had apparently been in a motorcycle accident just two days ago, said the eyewitness, who overheard their family members berating them for getting involved in another crash.

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Like oil and water, a pair of neighbours just can’t seem to see eye to eye over their differences in smoking habits.

Annoyed that the neighbour living in the unit below below her refused to stop smoking by his window every day, a 68-year-old lady lost her patience and poured water out her window and onto him four times in the past two months, Lianhe Wanbao reported. 

The woman lives on the third floor of an HDB flat along Bedok Reservoir Road.

In an interview with Lianhe Wanbao, the neighbour, a 64-year-old man, said that he initially thought the lady was washing her windows. It was only after the fourth instance where she yelled at him did he realise she had poured water on him on purpose.

“She’s so unreasonable, my hands were all wet!” he exclaimed. “I smoke in my own home, it’s none of her business.”

According to the elderly lady, the smell of secondhand smoke would regularly waft into the house, especially if the wind was blowing in.

She revealed that the man was a chain smoker to begin with, but had started smoking more frequently this year.

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The past comes back to haunt you when you least expect it. On a government e-service platform, nonetheless.

Since the launch of the SingPass app, not only has accessing government-related services been made a lot easier, but all your personal information have been made available at your fingertips.

While it’s great for helping to prove your identity when you don’t have your identification card on you, eagle-eyed netizens have recently noticed that the ‘profile’ section of the app contains a wee bit more personal information than it used to.

In particular, their national school examination results.

To be fair, the results of your ‘O’, ‘N’ and ‘A’ level exams were always available but accessing it required another layer of verification for the Singpass app to pull the information from the MyInfo service.

Now, with their grades laid bare for themselves to see, netizens on Twitter had a field day last night (Sept 17) reminiscing about their academic past, resulting in a couple of amazing gems.

For some, seeing their grades were a great reminder of their past accomplishments.

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SINGAPORE – Children in Singapore are more anxious about examinations than they are about Covid-19, a survey has found.

Seven in 10 children feel negatively about upcoming school exams – “angry”, “worried” or “sad” – with more than three in five feeling “worried”.

In comparison, six in 10 feel positive – “calm”, “secure” or “hopeful” – about the Covid-19 situation in Singapore , said local charity Focus on the Family Singapore, which conducted the online survey.

Over 1,050 schoolchildren here aged between 10 and 15 were surveyed, and the results were released on Friday (Sept 18).

Focus on the Family Singapore said the findings suggest that exams and grades are “of high importance” for the general population of students here.

“While it is natural that examinations cause some anxiety, high levels of worry can lead to test anxiety if left unchecked. This may in turn affect students’ academic performance and lead to other forms of anxiety, depression or mental health issues,” the charity said.

Parental support can mitigate the negative effects of test anxiety on students, it added.

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SINGAPORE – The Republic has topped the Smart City Index for the second year running, with the team behind the ranking saying the smart cities heading the list had handled the Covid-19 pandemic better.

This year’s rankings took into account how 109 cities tapped technology in a lasting way to manage the coronavirus outbreak.

Singapore’s response to the crisis was noteworthy, said Swiss business school Institute of Management Development (IMD) on Thursday (Sept 17).

Professor Arturo Bris, director of the World Competitiveness Centre at IMD, added in a statement: “We have watched Singapore’s performance over the last 12 months and have directly correlated Singapore’s continued success as this prompt response to an unexpected challenge where other cities have faltered.”

The city-state, said Prof Bris, had acted quickly and decisively.

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The James Dyson Award (JDA) seeks to help celebrate, encourage and inspire the next generation of young design engineers to create novel and inventive solutions to solve various issues.

Previous years have seen winners creating solutions to help the visually impaired cook safer with Folks, a line of kitchenware for the blind, and Wheelson, a versatile bicycle attachment to help make it safer for cyclists to carry heavy loads.

The National Winners for this year’s James Dyson Award in Singapore are Aaron Ramzeen and Ricky Guo, recent graduates of the National University of Singapore, who invented the KIMIA Rehab Kit, designed to help patients undergoing rehabilitation following Total Knee Replacement surgery to treat their Knee Osteoarthritis. 

The KIMIA is a wearable device powered by patented flexible sensor technology that provides a comprehensive solution for remote rehabilitation monitoring.

Patients undergoing rehabilitation at home can follow guided exercise at home and have their process shared with their therapist in real-time.

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