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THEY laughed at the trishaw uncle as he panted under their weight.

And when they got off, they refused to pay the elderly man the fare he was due.
Thinking it would make a funny video, three British tourists filmed their trishaw ride in Singapore about three months ago, then posted it online on YouTube last week.
The video's title: 'The Slowest Taxi in Southeast Asia'.
But the posting has backfired on them.
Within days, it was widely circulated among local Netizens, who were incensed at the way the trishaw rider was treated.
In the four-minute video, the three medium-built male tourists are seen squeezing onto the elderly rider's trishaw.
Struggling under their weight, he pedals at a snail's pace while his passengers taunt him for going slowly.
When they alight, the rider asks them for the $10 fare. One of the tourists flippantly says to another: 'Just give him $5.'
In the end, they simply hail a taxi and take off without paying the uncle a cent.
Though the original video was removed by the tourist who posted it, another user, likely a Singaporean, re-posted it on YouTube and retitled it: 'B*****ds bullying Singapore senior citizen...'
The video has also made its way to numerous blogs.
Since the video was re-posted on Saturday, it has been viewed more than 16,000 times.
Netizens - most of whom seem to be Singaporean - have posted more than 400 angry comments about the video, as well as directly on the tourist's YouTube profile page.
Many hurled expletives at the three tourists, calling them heartless bullies.
The New Paper tracked down the trishaw rider, Mr Lee Shee Lam, at Clarke Quay last night.
When approached, he said he had forgotten about the incident and was reluctant to talk about it at first.
He brushed it off as bad luck.
'It happened so long ago. Anyway, what could I have done?' said Mr Lee, 67, in Hokkien.
ANGRY
He later said that he was angry and frustrated when the tourists did not pay up.
'They refused to pay, then they flagged a taxi and left,' he said.
Before they got on his trishaw, Mr Lee claimed the three men had agreed to pay $15 for their ride.
'It was the first time it happened to me in my 15 years of riding,' said the burly Mr Lee, who walks with a slight limp.
He picked the men up at Clarke Quay and they got off at the Central Fire Station along Hill Street, about 10 minutes away.
Mr Lee, who does not understand English, said he was not aware they were making fun of him or that they were filming the journey.
He only knew that things had blown up when he was approached by reporters.
How does he feel being made fun of?
'It doesn't matter. I have already forgotten about it,' he said.
The good-natured man works every day from about 5pm to 3am, and sleeps the rest of the day.
On a good day, he earns about $30 but on most days, he pockets much less.
Asked if he has had a hard life, he said: 'There is no need to bring it up to other people. As long as I know, that's enough.
'Whether I am happy or not, I have been doing this for 15 years.'
Mr Lee was born without a right ear, and other than rheumatism in his legs, he does not suffer from other illnesses.
He lives with his wife and grown-up daughter in a Sembawang flat. His son, who is in his 30s, is married and living on his own.
Although his children give him money, he still needs to work.
He bought the trishaw for over $300 when he was 52.
He said: 'I had no choice. No one wants to employ you when you are old.'
Mr Lee was an odd-job labourer when he was younger, and proudly said: 'I also worked in construction sites. I had a lot of strength back then.'
He reckons he has two or three more years left in him as a trishaw rider.
He said: 'You need a lot of strength and I think I won't have enough strength by then.'
Another trishaw rider, Mr Ong Heng Bok, 60, who has known Mr Lee for six years, said he was not aware of the incident.
Said Mr Ong: 'He did not tell me anything. He probably thought it was a small matter.'
The New Paper also managed to track down, through a query sent through YouTube, the tourist who posted the original video.
Responding to our queries, Mr Bo Davis, 26, said he did not feel they were being bullies at all.
'I don't abide bullying,' he said.
UNEXPECTED RESPONSE
Mr Davis said the online responses he received were totally unexpected.
He said he had posted the video on YouTube to display on his personal Facebook account, and didn't think anybody else would look at it.
He said: 'I couldn't believe the comments - I was shocked by the threats.
'People's reactions were shocking but interesting at the same time.'
After the first wave of comments, Mr Davis apologised online for his behaviour and removed the original video.
'I am sorry for the offence caused, and for being disrespectful to the elderly. But I think it's been blown out of proportion,' he said.
On comments that his group had bullied Mr Lee, Mr Davis said: 'Looking back, I think we were insensitive. But bullies, no.'
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long time nv update le... hmm yesterday went to buy BBQ stuffs with Jas n Artz. What a heavy rain, the thunder was even louder. Just like an massive explosion which scared the people at the bustop including me. Anyway we went to Sheng Siong near hougang point there. Actually buying ingridients are a difficult task, so we must realli salute our mother. Not only you need to choose the freshest and nicest ingredients, you also need to estimate the quantity. This really a headache. Moreover, you need to compare the price of the same products in order to cut down your budget. So at Sheng Siong we bought the following items:

3 alluminium trays
2 tongs
1 Charcoal
! wire guaze
1 Aluminium foil
1 sets of spoon n forks
1 stack of paper plates
1 satay sticks
2 magarine
1 honey
2 pairs of corns
2 sweet potatos
2 bee hoon
3 packs of hotdogs
1 prata
1 agar agar strip
err?did i miss out anything?
then went to ken's hse to put some stuffs and artz house. den had dinner at 85 market den to bedok NTUC.
bought 3 packs of wings there and go to roy's house. Watch the 9pm show Dear dear son-in-law? den go home. Was realli dried up at that point of time so bath n sleep.
And i'm trying to make agar agar for the bbq...hope it will turn out nice haha.
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I had a dream...dreamt i went to buy a hamster...quite a weird dream though. In the dream, the seller kept the hamsters in a realli tiny plastic cage.All the hamsters vary in sizes, got small on got big one... and i can see that one of the big one had dead as it was hardened already. As i was really picky...i wanted to choose a not so big one...so carried a few hamsters but was bit by it due to the smell of my hand. So in the end...i chose a hamster...a cross breed hamster with a BEAR. What a stange combi...so it has a sharp head and small body...the head resemble the bear...Strange enough.

So yesterday can't sleep early as had a long afternoon nap...i tuned in to 933 and they was promoting a movie "the last breathe" which is a horror movie. They had a sms contest to give away 3 pairs of tickets, so i tired it out due to boredom...so minutes later i received a message claimming that i;ve won the tickets. hehe, and around 1130 they announced the winner on air... but expected they will mispronounce my name. Which was read as yap don yong in a stylish voice..haha nvm xi guan jiu hao
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haa...did a good deed yesterday. Found a wallet of girl name ChenAnQI...inside contained her bs pass and $20. So i kept till she came to collect till the night...see i so good. She's so happy when she came back to retrieve the wallet. Hmm.... think it's worth it.

And yesterday something really disgusting happen! my belonging dropped into the toilet bowl. When i bent down, it just dropped into the the bowl and when i return to upright the position, the toilet flushed! Luckily it never flush my thing away...so had to use my bare hand to dig for it...yucks! after that i washed it serveral times...as well as my hands...used a lot of soap...but somehow it still smells...eek!
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Now i know why people say motorcycle is dangerous... Had my very first hands on the motorcycle just now. Performance was really bad! keep falling... bruise here n there...1 big patch or Or Che ong my right leg and 1 scratch on my left angle n left foot...pain pain....
My bike flew two times and the later was realli bad which added 2 scratches on me... and yea one of it on my waist there. Now thinking whether should i back out a not... cos riding a bike it's not as easy as it seems to be. Anyway got a private instuctor for my own...with another taking care of the rest of the group. Our group consists of 5 people in total...so due to my slow learning...i earn myself 1 private instructorm Andrew Poh...a nice chap. When i fell down...i tried to tighten my knee and ankle protection...so he asked me if it's the bike more important or myself...den i told him of cos it;s myself. haha
Overall the experience for riding a bike is cool...however there's simply too many controls you need to coordinate at the same time! Sigh...should i continue or what?
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Just saw this email... whether it's real or not...just delete it as safety precaution

ATTENTION:

Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on. This information arrived this morning direct from both Microsoft and Norton.
Please send it to everybody you know who has access to the Internet.
You may receive an apparently harmless email with a P ower Point presentation "Life is beautiful."
If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES , and delete it immediately. If you open this file, a message will appear on your screen saying: "It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful.." Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC and the person who sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail and password.
This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the antivirus software's are not capable of destroying it. The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself "life owner."
PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS and ask them to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY
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Today supposed to be another 4I chalet...can't make it today as we are celebrating Artz birthday. So today celebration includes seoul garden @ tampines then after that is billard session @ safra(how bored...i din noe how to play) and then mahjong session at my house. Hmm....toming till my house think tomorrow morning i guess...

Well anyway just to say that i'm taking bike license...(whether there's if any objection to it) Today at 1.35pm will have our orientation and then followed by the first practical lesson. Kinda scary though....feared that i cropped up the control or even dono how to control it..hah, hope it will go well later.

Today's first activity supposed to be watching Balls of Fury at Bugis which is so called our relac session before our pratical...but roy overslept again. So i proceed to buy my first personal helmet of my life. Kinda wierd when i wore it cos my head is really HUGE with that. The helmet cost $22 which is cheap and bought a helmet bag which cost $5. Gonna but a sling bag version cos my current bag is difficult to carry. So lesson will be until 4.30pm or earlier, after which i will return home for changing then proceed to tampines... gotta be a busy and expensive day...

PRAY* EVERYTHING WILL GO WELL LATER... HOPE IT"S NOT DIFFICULT BA.
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WTH! Waken up by a stupid call from 2 zhong huo ren from XX company. The call goes like this:
(ALL CONVERSATION ARE IN CHINESE, A is the stupid zhong guo ren and B is me)

A: Hi, I'm calling from XX company. We're now doing some market survey for electric products and hope that you could help us with it.

B:OKAY! (out of good will)

A: What is in your considerations whenever you buy a electrical products? The quality or the price?

B:Err.... both i will. (still blurred thinking what she's talking about)

A: Oh...so you will take both into consideration.

B: yea!

A: Then where will you always buy the electrical products from? The speciality store or the megastore?

B: Speciality store.( thinking that speciality store will sell better products even though i never buy such things de.)

A: What brand is your products? Omega?

B: Err....?( not knowing what brand is my tv sets and all as i'm still half asleep, and not knowing what is omega.)

A: Your products are mostly made in japan or japan brand...?

B : Yea...

A: Oh thx for everything. May I know Mr Yap, how old are you.

B: 18....

A: Then are you local Chinese or Malaysia Chinese?

B: Local chinese...

A: ic...cos your chinese are very biao zhun.

B: ty...

A: Our company are giving you a VIP card and this vip card allows you to buy products from our company and you can enjoy XX% discount and not only u can enjoy this discount, your family members can.So May i know your big name?(THE MOST ANNOYING PART OF THE CONVERSATION)

B: my name is dun yong(knowing this is sure a bluff one but i gave them my name anyway)

A:Zhen rong? how do i write your name?

B: NO! it's dun yong.

A: Zhen yong... so what zhen is that...

B:not zhen is dun.. lun dun de dun....yong gan de yong...

A: zhen yong...

B: no.......is DUN!

A: Please give me a minute.(SHE ASK THE 2nd zhong guo ren)...

A: Mr...you gui xing da ming?

B: Yap Dun Yong...

A: yue zheng rong? so which zhen?

B: No..it's Ye...Ye zi de Ye....Lun dun de dun.. yong gan de yong...

A: so is ye zhen rong...zhen is zhen dona what de zhen?

B: no la..my name is ye dun yong... i dun wan alreadi la...
cut offf the telephone line

sigh....wasted 6 mins like this and woke me up like this... aren't they annoying?
I dun wan to cut off the line as i think this is rude...but they forced me...still call themselves a zhong guo ren whereby simple chinese also can't understand.
Idiot sia...



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