Boredom Strikes! 07 (Oct 20 - Nov 23)

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Former foreign minister of Singapore mentioned "forming a confederation between Taiwan and China".
Former US official: Singapore is more suitable!
Promoting the Chinese Confederation, the former AIT Director said bitterly: Singapore should take the lead in joining
星前外長提"台.中組邦聯" 美前官員：星國更適合！推銷中華邦聯 前AIT處長狠酸：新加坡應帶頭加入｜記者 姚懷真｜【國際大現場】20231007｜三立新聞台
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fVE9bcYjm3U

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The fantasy drifting of the pumpkin boat!
An American man rowed 63 kilometers in 11 hours and set a record.
He knelt the whole way without going to the toilet. The man laughed at himself afterwards: It was like a joke

南瓜船的奇幻漂流! 美國男子11小時划63公里創紀錄 全程跪姿.不上廁所 男子事後自嘲: 笑話般壯舉│記者 陳姵如│【國際大現場】20231013│三立新聞台

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cbOjHwnUapM

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President Joe Biden had a long walk to get to the podium at the facility in Philadelphia. He tripped on his way up the stairs at the end of his walk.
https://twitter.com/EdwardLawrence/stat ... 5957021784

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Jay Chou started singing in Shanghai with a super real-name system. Scalpers actually forced people into the venue. Tickets were collectively refunded and huge compensation was paid.

周杰倫上海開唱超強實名制 黃牛竟硬塞人進場 集體退票慘賠｜TVBS新聞

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rk7SpC5_smA

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What's the point of breaking down when someone speaks "Cantonese" when chatting?
Eason Chan was interrupted while chatting in Cantonese during a concert in Macau and was asked to "speak Mandarin".
Eason Chan replied: Forget it if you don't understand.

人家聊天講個"粵語"有什麼好崩潰? 陳奕迅澳門開唱用粵語聊天被打斷還被要求"講國語" 陳奕迅回:聽不懂就算了｜記者 廖研堡 黃彥傑｜【國際大現場】20231016｜三立新聞台

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VWiYi9FzX94

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JB fatal stabbing: S'porean man, 26, charged with taking meth & murdering M'sian man, 25
https://mothership.sg/2023/11/man-charg ... ia-murder/


https://m.youtube.com/shorts/cQrbQp-KBQs


20 hours ago
Carmen, you call XXX, You say your sister will handle, tomorrow we will go court. Anything faster settle. Once they write the charges on papers then it will become finalised. What he actually means is try to use money to reduce his sentences. Once Malaysia police write the charges on the form then too late already. This is a fact. He sounds so much like my elder aunt when she was caught owning ecstasy pills in KL disco. And yes paying the police officers a huge sum actually get her few weeks jail only.

@wargaming5699​
13 hours ago
In short, he asked that person to resolve any issues quickly before the charges are confirmed in court tomorrow. The contextual meaning is that he is planning to get the Public Prosecutor to drop his existing murder charge (regardless of whether the charge(s) are finalized). Suggesting to bribe the public prosecutor to change their charging decision.

Some interpretations from Youtube..

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People insist on comparing other cities to NY. It’s a fool’s errand, especially around Halloween.
https://twitter.com/TBPInvictus/status/ ... 3468492105

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The best-selling author in China is Xi Jinping?
Xi Jinping's 140 books may collect "sky-high royalties" of about NT$2.5 billion.
Xi claims to be "well-read" but uses state media to write books and brainwash them.

全中國最暢銷作家是習大大? 習近平140本書恐收"天價版稅"約25億台幣 習稱"博覽群書" 卻用官媒打書兼洗腦│記者 向敦維│【國際大現場】20231109│三立新聞台

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LPfdfndVL1Y

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This unnecessary move is devastating!
A 1,400-year-old cliff Buddha statue in Sichuan was disfigured and the Bodhisattvas turned into cartoon characters.
The believers even offered to put makeup on the Buddha statue.

多此一舉令人崩潰！四川逾1400年歷史摩崖佛像遭毀容 菩薩們慘變卡通人物 信眾還願給佛像上彩妝│【國際大現場】20231115│三立新聞台

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f_6kRVMURCE