Dog

Not my dog.

A fellow forumer of Findsingapore.net Forum

After one of our forumers posted an annoucement in our forum, about our forumer, EAGLE. I went to visit EAGLE in Dover Park Hospice in Tan Tock Seng Road.

When I entered the room, I was quite shocked to see him in such a stage. Very skinny, face very pale, in fact was yellowish.

He seemed conscious, but his eyes were like quite blank. When I asked him whether he could recognise me, he just nodded lightly.

He was so difference from the last time I met him during one of our makan sessions at Esplanate.

Ai.... understand from his brother, he was having stomach and gastric pain. He went to polyclinic, but illness not cured.

Scan revealed that he was in the final stage of stomach cancer. It was in January 2007.

Now, he is not on any treatment, he is given painkiller. Seem that his days are numbered.

Ai............ life is so unpredictable.

105 Hougang Ave 1/Lor Ah Soo Food Centre (Singapore)

Location : Blk 105 Hougang Ave 1/Lor Ah Soo

The followings are the recommended and must-try food stalls in this market.

The popular ones are :

Kuay Chap
Nasi Lemak
Lor Mee
Prawn Mee
Coffee O

Business Hours - Most stalls operate in the morning only.

The nasi lemak stall closes on Mon & Thurs (always has the longest queue in the market.)

Most stalls also close on Monday.


Teochew style kuay chap. A bit salty. Those who likes traditional Teochew kuay chap, this is the stall.

Must prepare to wait at least 1/2hrs during Saturdays & Sundays
Patgoh's Rating : 4/5 Stars



Cold & Hot Dessert
Patgoh's Rating : 3/5 stars


Lor Ah Soo Lor Mee. Cheap and Good
Patgoh's Rating : 4/5 Stars


The popular food in this stall is Carrot Finger (I call it Chinese French Fries) - 11 pcs for $1.00
Rating : 3.5/5 stars




Prawn Mee with a different style
Patgoh's Rating : 4/5 stars


Best Nasi Lemak, cheap & good. $2.00

The fish is crispy on outside and juicy inside. The ikan bilis (spelling ?) is crispy and nice. Rice is fragrant. I would prefer this stall to Ponggol Nasi Lemak.
Closes on Mons & Thurs.
Patgoh's Rating : 4/5 stars



Best coffee stall, always change coffee powder, thick and good. But always long queue. More than 10 persons in the queue is a common sight.

Patgoh's Rating : 4/5 stars

Tiong Bahru Food Centre

Location : Seng Poh Road

comeback

It has been long time since I last posted in this blog.

Think it is time to continue my blog.

patgoh

6 Steps Structure of a Face-to-tace Mediation Meeting - by Pofessional Mediation Resolutions (PMR) Ltd

PMR: SIX STEP STRUCTURE OF A FACE-TO-FACE MEDIATION MEETING
(After mediator has had individual meetings with the parties involved)
I. INTRODUCTIONS/GROUNDRULES

• Positive welcome and affirming
• Confirm the purpose of the mediation and their wish to resolve
• Agree groundrules ie no interrupting, respect for each other
• Any questions
II. HEARING THE STORY
(Communication through the mediator)

• 'What is the issue from your point of view ?'
• Mediator listens and summarises back

III. IDENTIFYING THE ISSUES
(Communication through the mediator and together)

• Clarifying the underlying issues
• Summarise and prioritise

IV. COMMUNICATING FEELINGS
(Through the mediator and with each other)

• 'How does this make you feel ?'
• Encouraging mutual understanding and honest communication

V. BRAINSTORMING AND IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS
(Together)

• 'What are you willing to offer towards a solution?'
• ‘What needs to happen for things to improve between you?’
• Brainstorming all kinds of possible win/win solutions
• Clarifying mutually agreed solutions
• Checking the details of the agreements

VI. SIGNING THE AGREEMENT

• Mediator writes up the voluntary agreements for parties to sign
(more unusually, agreements may be verbal only if agreed beforehand)
• A follow-up meeting is agreed at a future date with the
mediator to see how the agreements are working out

MAIN PRINCIPLES OF WORKPLACE MEDIATION

• voluntary

• solution/agreement focused

• mediator is impartial and does not take sides

• the parties themselves come up with the agreements

• confidential

• if unsuccessful, formal or legal procedures may be invoked

Advantages & Disadvantages of Mediation

Hi,

I found the following from Specialist Mediators and found it interesting. Quoted herewith for all to read. For more, please visit :

[http://www.specialistmediators.org/]

Advantages of Mediation

Advantages

There are many good reasons for taking your dispute to Mediation, not least because the courts now encourage you to, or insist that you do.

If you have no option but to submit to Mediation, why not do so at an early stage, once the facts are known and the relative strengths and weaknesses of each side's case are capable of being assessed by the legal teams?

Depending upon the point at which the Mediator is brought in, the savings on costs can be considerable. The savings are then for the Parties to share.

During the Mediation the principals meet across the table, when previously the dispute had been aired between the lawyers. That in itself might break the logjam.

A Mediator's questioning might bring out new facts, or a new way of looking at the facts.

Mediation allows the Parties to stand back and reassess their respective positions.

Time spent at Mediation by the participating executives is but one day (usually), whereas a trial is likely to take much longer. There is every reason to settle so as to avoid any further loss of management time.

As the Mediation process is both confidential and without prejudice, it would be almost as if nothing had happened if, uncharacteristically, no settlement were reached and a trial had to be held.

Any offer tabled can be withdrawn without explanation: there is almost nothing to lose in trying to reach a solution by making offers.

The Mediator is entirely neutral; so you know that at least he isn't against you.

Mediators might eventually form a view as to the correct weighting in the "who's right and who's wrong" argument; but they know better than to rely on their own judgment, particularly as it is irrelevant to their role.

The Mediator can see the strengths and weakness on both sides. The position will not be clear cut, the dispute would have settled had that been so.

The Mediator's role is not to make a judgement at all, but to apply his knowledge and experience and produce some new ideas to help the Parties reach a settlement.

A Mediator's interest is only in getting Parties to agree, he doesn't mind on what terms you do it.

An alternative is to submit one's position to a judge, but who knows what he would conclude? Is the gamble worth it?


Disadvantages

Hardly any; but it is unlikely that you will win the case outright with all costs paid. Mediation is all about compromise and usually this means settling on less than perfect terms.

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Bogus University

I had 6 undergradutes who registered and studied in a university supposed to be accedited, but turn out the the "university" does not even have a campus in the US. What it has is only a mail box address.

I pited the undergrads, what I can do was to claim back some unused portion of school fees they paid in advance. Each got back about S$6,000 - S$7,000.

The "agent" maintained that he was also a victim.

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I m going to another mediation session. It is about a consumer buying a travel share and later found the benefits of being a member is not as claimed and promised by the travel company.