WHAT?! Gold-plated Water Tap?
14th July 2005, Thursday
There had been a furore and an uproar for the past week regarding common folks who was outraged to discover a certain Non-Government Charitable organisation who are always holding fund-raising shows on local TV (from 1 per year years back to about 7-8 shows a year) as they sought as much funds to support the herd of kidney patients under their care...
Unknowingly, the CEO of the organisation sued an established medai company for libels over an article published to reveal the lavatories of the main office well lavished with toilet bowls costing 1K each as well as gold-plated water taps...
As they are a non-profitable organisation, all the money incurred came from our donations...
During cross-examination in court, this particular CEO was been coerced to give accounts of his own pay package and expenditure under the company's account...
The fact that he was paid like 25K per month with 12 months bonus for the last couple of year as well as been ushered on first class flights when attending overseas seminar or business engagements was the time bomb that exploded as donors all over the island was irate about what supposed to be good money to be donated to the financially-crippled patients suddenly became money to pay the CEO and his board of directors..
Disucssions were spread like wildfire in all local forums, letters of complaint been sent to newspaper to voice their dismay.. Some more affected donors who made monthly donation via their bank accounts decided to stop doing so... The worst hit would be a fund-raising concert supposed to the 3rd in line to raise funds for cancer victims...
Over the previous 2 Sundays, our kind-souled Singaporeans had already raised aorund 10 million dollars and they would be hoping for another 2-3 million this evening..but I think would be an uphill task after such a fiasco
Some donors even wanted to cancel their donations over the last 2 weeks...
Some enraged public even went to the extend to vandalise the building circumference walls with "Liars!" in both Chinese and English
The situation worsened when the public was made known that a year of treatment fee for the patients accounted to 31 million but the patients themselves had to to cough out 24 million of it..meaning the organisation only covers 7 million or so and yet their CEO got around 1.2 million with pay plus bonuses...
Personally I was already disenchanted by the non-transparency of the organisation, so I never bothered to do any donations, and eventually my friends and family also distanced from this particular organisation and aligned with a monastery-ran hospital which seems more in need of funds (at least they do not have reserves enough to last 10 years)
In fact I was never a charitable person..because I'm just plain selfish, enough said...
Well seems like the online petition which was signed by close to 30000 local residents (me included) could be the finishing blow to make the government realised the people meant business...
As the CEO and his directors stepped down from pedestal (latest scoop), the government would form an interim management team to tide the organisation through and try to win back the trust of the people...
What timing when there would the 3rd concert tonight which might see prospective donors shunning it altogether...
That aside the 1st official round of "Rock Star: INXS" was simply exhilerating last evening..
Everyone was fabulous with their well rehearsed performance even Susie who forgotten her lyrics the night before did well with a Blondie number and the "seemingly possessed" J.D. hit the jackpot with his own arrangement of the Papas & the Mamas' "Califonia Dreaming"...
Actually there were a few fave been focused on such as Brandon, Jordis and Ty, and I also fancy the only Australian in the competition, Mig who was shamed by the band the night before with Nirvana's "Smell Like Teen Spirits" which is really no his thing...
But among the roses was the only thorn which I felt is time to go:
Wil Seabrook who did Jesus Jones' "Right Here, Right Now", half-heartedly and as the band and Dave Navarro said he was just crooning for the ladies and could not feel for him.. and he was just mundane, standing there motionless with his mike stand, really lack the showmanship as a rock singer...
I'm pretty sure he would be one of the 3 to the one awaiting elimination after public voting...
On a lighter note, I discovered a single nostril hair within my right nostril which grew in a unruly fashion which tends to tickle the circumference of my nostril which is very irritating...
I had zero tolerance for that irritation and would kept fidgetting with my nose...even tempted to scratch my nostrils but not a pleasant scene in the public which looks just like I'm digging for "gold"...
Damn..just got to isolate the "culprit" and remove the root of it all...
There had been a furore and an uproar for the past week regarding common folks who was outraged to discover a certain Non-Government Charitable organisation who are always holding fund-raising shows on local TV (from 1 per year years back to about 7-8 shows a year) as they sought as much funds to support the herd of kidney patients under their care...
Unknowingly, the CEO of the organisation sued an established medai company for libels over an article published to reveal the lavatories of the main office well lavished with toilet bowls costing 1K each as well as gold-plated water taps...
As they are a non-profitable organisation, all the money incurred came from our donations...
During cross-examination in court, this particular CEO was been coerced to give accounts of his own pay package and expenditure under the company's account...
The fact that he was paid like 25K per month with 12 months bonus for the last couple of year as well as been ushered on first class flights when attending overseas seminar or business engagements was the time bomb that exploded as donors all over the island was irate about what supposed to be good money to be donated to the financially-crippled patients suddenly became money to pay the CEO and his board of directors..
Disucssions were spread like wildfire in all local forums, letters of complaint been sent to newspaper to voice their dismay.. Some more affected donors who made monthly donation via their bank accounts decided to stop doing so... The worst hit would be a fund-raising concert supposed to the 3rd in line to raise funds for cancer victims...
Over the previous 2 Sundays, our kind-souled Singaporeans had already raised aorund 10 million dollars and they would be hoping for another 2-3 million this evening..but I think would be an uphill task after such a fiasco
Some donors even wanted to cancel their donations over the last 2 weeks...
Some enraged public even went to the extend to vandalise the building circumference walls with "Liars!" in both Chinese and English
The situation worsened when the public was made known that a year of treatment fee for the patients accounted to 31 million but the patients themselves had to to cough out 24 million of it..meaning the organisation only covers 7 million or so and yet their CEO got around 1.2 million with pay plus bonuses...
Personally I was already disenchanted by the non-transparency of the organisation, so I never bothered to do any donations, and eventually my friends and family also distanced from this particular organisation and aligned with a monastery-ran hospital which seems more in need of funds (at least they do not have reserves enough to last 10 years)
In fact I was never a charitable person..because I'm just plain selfish, enough said...
Well seems like the online petition which was signed by close to 30000 local residents (me included) could be the finishing blow to make the government realised the people meant business...
As the CEO and his directors stepped down from pedestal (latest scoop), the government would form an interim management team to tide the organisation through and try to win back the trust of the people...
What timing when there would the 3rd concert tonight which might see prospective donors shunning it altogether...
That aside the 1st official round of "Rock Star: INXS" was simply exhilerating last evening..
Everyone was fabulous with their well rehearsed performance even Susie who forgotten her lyrics the night before did well with a Blondie number and the "seemingly possessed" J.D. hit the jackpot with his own arrangement of the Papas & the Mamas' "Califonia Dreaming"...
Actually there were a few fave been focused on such as Brandon, Jordis and Ty, and I also fancy the only Australian in the competition, Mig who was shamed by the band the night before with Nirvana's "Smell Like Teen Spirits" which is really no his thing...
But among the roses was the only thorn which I felt is time to go:
Wil Seabrook who did Jesus Jones' "Right Here, Right Now", half-heartedly and as the band and Dave Navarro said he was just crooning for the ladies and could not feel for him.. and he was just mundane, standing there motionless with his mike stand, really lack the showmanship as a rock singer...
I'm pretty sure he would be one of the 3 to the one awaiting elimination after public voting...
On a lighter note, I discovered a single nostril hair within my right nostril which grew in a unruly fashion which tends to tickle the circumference of my nostril which is very irritating...
I had zero tolerance for that irritation and would kept fidgetting with my nose...even tempted to scratch my nostrils but not a pleasant scene in the public which looks just like I'm digging for "gold"...
Damn..just got to isolate the "culprit" and remove the root of it all...
Japanese word of the day: わがままな~wa-ga-ma-ma-na~ (Selfish) yes I am one selfish guy, so bite me MONKEYBOY...
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