There is so much fuss about the MCs thing in cabin crew following the death of a leading stewardess while stopping in SFO. Some cabin crew and ex cabin crew placed the blame on the lss's death due her reluctance to report sick for her flight due to fear of being penalized by SIA.
SIA does not penalize its crew for reporting sick unless it is excessive like more than 28 days per year. Each crew are allowed up to 28 days of MCs per year without being penalized (without pay deduction). But for promotion, one who has lesser days of MC has a better chance of promotion if all things being equal. I hope this would clear any doubt about whether SIA penalizes it crew due to MCs.

Cabin crew MCs or medical leave

A reporter got in touch with me regarding the MCs thing in cabin crew. If you may recall a leading stewardess of 16 years with the airline died in her SFO hotel room recently and many believe she was sick but too scared to resort to taking MC due to the company's policy. Ever since her death, there has been a spate of talks and discussions in the social media regarding SIA's attitude towards crew who report sick for work. The reporter wanted to verify whether all that had been said about SIA regarding the MCs were true or not. Please visit the other blog for more information.

A sumptuous meal in Johor Bahru with my friends

Stewardess's cabin bag was taken by her passengers when disembarking at Changi Airport Terminal 3

Had lunch with my school cohorts and teacher

Had lunch with my RI cohorts at City Square Mall this afternoon. On the right hand side is our ex-school teacher. He has been living in Canada for a couple of years.

Below average hawker food in Ang Mo Kio, SG

Both the braised duck rice and fried kway teow are sub-standard. The duck dish was $12 and kway teow was $4. The stalls are at block 409 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10. The name of the duck stall is something like Leng Kee and the kway teow is Bendeemer Road (side by side to each other).
I will not recommend anyone eating from those 2 stalls.

Simple meal = weight loss

Due to eating of CNY treats and heavy meals, I put on almost a kilo in my weight. However, after slowing down on the heavy intake and having a simple meal yesterday like the one above, I lost all the weight that I picked up. Now it is back to 72.6 kg for me.

Good and cheap,relatively speaking

My friend in Sydney bought this Australian made Holden 1.6 for S$16,000. It was a demo car,6 month old and clocked 1,000 km. A brand new one cost S$19,000. It was sold at a discount of $3,000. In Singapore, a similar Japanese car would have cost $120,000 which includes a coe of about $60,000. Ridiculous is the word. Cars,houses and apartments are so costly here that one have to work a life time to pay for these 2 necessities.

CNY greetings

CNY Eve's dinner on video