Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Never Talk to Strangers

Saw this article on The Electric New Paper, Singapore this morning

Facebook face-off
Man: Woman & friends left me with big bill at bar Woman: We did it because he was a show-off

In summary, Mr Ong Jian Zhao, 21, was browsing through some facebook profiles and decided to sent a message Miss Chloe Yoong, 21.

After some time, Miss Chloe Yoong arrange a meeting session with Mr Ong with some of her friends.

Mr Ong turn up and at the end of the meeting session, Miss Chloe Yoong left the session and subsequently her friends left too. Mr Ong was the last man standing in the bar and has to foot the big bill of $213 on behalf of the people he hardly knew.

Click on the link above to read the full aticle.


From my perspective,

I still remember when we were young, our parents would tell us not to speak to any stangers. Although it is good to socialize, but isn't it better to meet up with someone alone rather then a big group of people who you hardly knew?

It was also stated in the article that

"Mr Lim said they had decided to leave Mr Ong to settle the bill because he had implied that he wanted to pay for the drinks.

He said: 'When he came over, he kept bragging about how well he was doing and how well-off he was.

'It is ridiculous that he is asking us for the money back.'

Miss Yoong added that in their exchanges on Facebook, Mr Ong said he had planned to treat her to a drinking or clubbing session."

This is a lesson for everyone out there not to meet up with strangers and not to brag around about how good you are. You will never know what kind of people you will actually meet.

Nothing is free in this world, do not expect something in return for something you did.

Microsoft put up a bounty of $250,000!!!

Microsoft put up a bounty of $250,000 to anyone who could help identify those behind Conficker.

Click here for the whole news.

Conficker Virus

Saw this article this morning.

Conficker: What Happens After April 1?

The article is a summary of what the Conficker virus does as well as a speculations of what is going to happen in the upcoming future.

For users who are infected with the virus, there is a post by me (CIT Virus Alert - Conficker Virus on April 1) on how to remove the virus as well as how to protect your system.

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS' DAY

Wishing Happy April Fools' Day to everyone out there reading this blog.