Wow. Talking about getting screwed over. Twice in a week.

I have been blogging ferociously for the past couple of days regarding the Wax In The City scandal in Singapore, a waxing company that has folded and cheated more than 3000 members of their money, including myself. In the midst of researching data online, and finding evidence of their evil tactics to cheat people’s money… I found that Wax In The City’s web domain is owned by Naughty By Nature, another company that has been under investigation for scamming people’s money.

I posted it on various forums, Facebook site, and my blog this picture:

To my horror, I found that The New Paper has published this:

Meanwhile, The New Paper did a domain search to find out who registered the website for Wax in the City. It was a Singapore-based company called BNYN International

HUH WHAT? SERIOUSLY? The New Paper did a domain search? Hello?! Your journalist Mr. Lim Weili called me at least 3 times on my mobile phone to interview me and got this information from me!

He called me yesterday Thursday, 1/4/2010 at 5.35pm from the phone number 63195***, for the last time and the conversation went:

TNP Journalist: What made you go search for their web domain name?

deadpris: I was digging up info of Wax In The City and I’m quite familiar with web related things.

TNP Journalist: So how did you find out the domain name is registered by NBYN?

deadpris: I found it online from the website www.dnsstuff.com (spelt letter by letter out for him some more)

TNP Journalist: Oh, so you can find the owner of any website all over the world?

deadpris: Yeah. But there are services that you can pay to hide the owner’s information.

If I recall correctly, this is our 3rd and last conversation. My boyfriend was wondering why journalist ask such weird questions, shouldn’t they know about such things, like online detective work? In fact, I told Mr Lim Weili that he can feel free to quote from my blog, and I gave him my blog address ON WEDNESDAY 31/3/2010. He told me he saw my username and blog links at various forums pertaining to the Wax In The City topic as well. I DID NOT told him that he could conveniently steal my information without giving me credit and claiming it as TNP’s search.

Yeah well, I’m not making a big fuss because I want justice. No, I don’t wish to get you into trouble either Mr Lim Weili. I am very happy that The News Paper did such an intensive coverage on the Wax In The City scandal in Singapore but I feel that traditional media people have been taking us bloggers for “laughs”.

I try my best to report anything in my blog with integrity, I try my best to give credit back to whom ever I got the information from, be it newspaper or fellow bloggers, and I don’t believe that the traditional media should hold a standard less than “new media” bloggers. Stop treating us like our words don’t matter!

Printed version:

MY FINDINGS WAS POSTED ON MY BLOG ON THE NIGHT OF 30/3/2010 Tuesday

I guess expectations have to be managed. Face it. We might or might not be getting any money back.

There’s already a Facebook group for victims of Wax In The City to gather for victims of the Wax In The City Scam in Singapore

After lodging with CASE, I realised that it was a wasted trip. CASE can’t provide any answers and was only able to advice me to bring it up with Small Claims Tribunal ASAP. I was furious! I asked the guy “you mean people can just set up a company, collect money from people, then close down business and run away with it?!” The CASE person replied that if the company has closed down, then even Small Case Tribunal wouldn’t be able to help!!!

OMG, I never knew that people scam money and get away with it!!

You know what is the worse part of the problem? I am paying this package worth $1000+ with UOB installment plan and UOB refuse to stop the transaction! So I will be forced to pay $88 every month for the next 9 months for a service that I will never be able to receive!

Here is what you can do, as adviced by CASE and other forumers:

1. Purchase a business profile of Wax In The City ($5) from www.bizfile.gov.sg or you can download it from here (not uploaded by me) http://sendbigfile.net/download.php?sid=fP2g8XIv

2. Submit your complaint form (and 3 copies of the form) http://app.subcourts.gov.sg/Data/Files/File/SCT/ClaimForm.pdf, photocopies of your supporting documents (receipts) and the business profile of WITC to Small Claims Tribunals at 1st level, Subordinate Courts, 1 Havelock Square, Singapore 059724

This will cost you $10 to $20

Opens Monday to Friday 8.30am to 12noon and 2pm to 4.30pm, Saturday 9am to 12noon.

3. Sit and wait, or, go online and complain some more!

PLEASE GO FILE THE REPORT WITH SCT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! If the company closes down, there’s even a lesser chance of you claiming the money back!

UPDATE: I just found proof that Wax In The City and Naughty By Nature are some how related! The web domain of www.waxinthecity.com.sg is registered by Naughty By Nature company! They are both unreliable companies that have been receiving hundreds of CASE complaints since last year!

I’m so mad! I’m writing this blog post on my iPhone while queuing up at CASE.

I went for my online booked appointment for waxing at Wax in the City Orchard Central branch only to be notified by the security guard that the shop has been closed for the past 6 days! I was directed to the management office of Orchard Central and they said they have been trying to contact Wax in the City’s management but they have not been contactable since! The lady told me that I should bring this up with CASE and to file a police report. I even went to UOB to cancel the installment plan for my SG$1000++ package but they told me I couldn’t since they already paid the merchant. I never knew thy installment packages work that way.

BTW ALL OF THEIR BRANCHES HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR 1 week!!!!

Anyway, I’m so pissed that Wax in the City closed down and just disappeared without any form of notice or any explainations! I was under the impression that this was a reputable company that has a few branches, and business looked good!

I WANT MY MONEY BACK YOU ASSHOLES!!! I’m just a hairy student that needed waxing, not scamming!!!

Hopefully CASE can advice me how I’m going to get my money from this evil money cheating companies!!!

Wow Wow. Looks like another women came out to confess she had an affair with Jack Neo a few years ago, Foyce Le Xuan – what kind of name is that ?! It’s like voice but with a V. Strange.

According to AsiaOne’s Shin Min Daily News reported that there have been 11 women Jack Neo has been sleeping with. He really find “women not enough” right? Apparently, some of them slept with him to get bigger roles in the filming industry.

You know what, after this news is leaked, I bet there will be many fame crazy girls trying to sleep with Jack Neo. All these girls, including Jack Neo, should get themselves checked for STDs and HIVs. Once upon a time, we ignorant Singaporeans thought that only the Hong Kong and Hollywood filming industries were covered with so much dirt and sex scandals, apparently it has been happening in Singapore too.

When Edison Chen leaked his sex scandal videos, he had such a negative response that he had to flee the country. I’m wondering now… why Singaporeans are not boycotting Jack Neo’s films?  Previously, his wife said she will close one eye about his affair… My guess is, she has been closing two eyes.

You know those people on the news complaining about “rental flat people” living near them? I really don’t understand what they are complaining about. I read on Straits Times today that they were afraid that these “smokers and drinkers” would lead their children astray. Ridiculous! You mean only people that live in rental flats smokes and drinks? Use your brain la! Well of course “rental flat people” smoke cheaper and drink beer as compared to richer people that smoke cigar and drink wine, big difference! What I’m saying is, if the parents can’t teach them properly, even if they don’t smoke or drink, they’ll still end up scums of the society. On the other hand, if you were brought up in a good environment, even if you smoke and drink, you’ll still become a useful person in the society.

As for the rest of their concerns, if you aren’t happy with the way the blocks are maintained then complain to HDB to be stricter with the rules, you can’t ask HDB to stop building rental flats near your house?! How does that even make sense?

You know in the same way these “HDB people” look down on “rental flat people”, many “Condominium people” also look down on you guys! Shocking news? Things I’ve heard the “Condominium people” say is that HDBs have no facilities, no security guards, dirty, rubbish bin stinks at the lobby, spoilt bicycle and junk littered everywhere. So go ahead “HDB people”, go look down on those “rental flat people”… Just know that you are judged as well by the private property people as well.

Do these people even think before they speak? Do they really want to segregate Singapore’s property into different Socioeconomic classes? If you don’t want to live beside rental flats, then go work harder earn more money and move to “better” neighborhoods! Money can’t buy everything, but if you don’t have money then stop complaining about people that are poorer than you! If you have money, then go hire people to help you complain instead

***PS: if you don’t understand sarcasm, please forget you just read this post thanks.***

I went car shopping at Ubi Singapore Automobile Megamart for a cheap and comfortable 2nd hand car and this is what I found… The prices I found below are for cars about 4 years old… From the cheapest to the most expensive…

I also found that most car companies would give at least 1 year parts and servicing warranty for 3-4year old cars. Insurance for me should be below $2000 a year. Information listed is mainly for my BOSS reading this blog post *hugs*

Opel Combo 1.3 $20000 (running on diesel)

Nissan Sunny 1.6A EX $30000

Mitsubishi Lancer 1.6 $32000 – $35000

Toyota Vios 1.5 $32000 – $35000

Toyota Corolla Altis 1.6 $34000++

Mazda 3 1.6 $34000

I doubted Ris Low’s claim that it was her bipolar disorder that caused her to steal credit cards. However, after reading her interview with RazerTV, I was somewhat less skeptical about her condition. It’s sad that RIs Low decides to stand down from her crown, and it’s sadder that the public don’t support her. Whatever happened to Yellow Ribbon and empathizing with the mentally ill? Isn’t that the government’s stand on both issues, to give them another chance? Must Miss World Singapore be a “perfect” human being?

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1010365/1/.html

Speaking to Channel NewsAsia in an exclusive interview, Ms Low said her actions were the result of her bipolar disorder.

The beauty queen gave up her crown last month after it was revealed that she was convicted of credit card fraud.

If we want someone to represent Singapore, wouldn’t it be representative of Singaporeans to support the person who is going instead of showing the world how “ugly” we are?  Singapore has represented itself today, not Ris Low, that we are a bunch of unforgiving and cruel hypocrites that can’t accept people for who they are. Many people, people around you and me, suffers from mental disorders. If you don’t agree to that sentence, then those people were probably too ashamed to tell you of it since you’re such an unforgiving asswipe.

Her bipolar and criminal behavior aside, I have to agree though that her English was atrocious. In my opinion, Ris Low looks like just another pretty faced ahlian and Pilar Arland definitely looks more sophisticated and classy. Pilar Arland came in second runner-up and she will be representing Singapore instead. Just remember though, Pilar Arland is not perfect as well. Well, simply because no one is.

Why are Facebook games so popular? I’ve started to play Restaurant City and Mafia Wars on Facebook when I was overseas, since I didn’t had my computer with me to play any other games. I gave up on Restaurant City after a few days, but I’m continuing to play Mafia Wars, and in some ways, I am addicted to Mafia Wars.

The simplicity of Facebook games, them being casual games, allow for students and working adults to mindlessly click on their little sanctuary and to grow them. Like traditional MMORPGs, these games are basically farming games. By farming, we mean clicking and clicking, doing repeated actions in the game, to level up and achieve certain items or game money. I’ve always wondered why farming in MMORPGs are so addictive even though it can be so tedious, and I even wrote a blog post on how MMORPGs is a reflection of life.

I guess in casual games, it doesn’t matter if you’re smart or stupid, pretty or ugly etc., so as long as you are willing to click in the game, a few times a day, you will be rewarded. That doesn’t always happen in life. It doesn’t mean if we work hard enough, we’ll all be millionaires someday.

The reason why I stopped playing Restaurant City was, it was simply too easy and too mindless. By clicking on your restaurant, making your workers work or rest, and earning money to renovate your restaurant, just doesn’t make sense to me. In the end, all you get is lots of money to renovate your restaurant. If you’re one that is easily contended, the most basic restaurant given to you will suffice. Boring. Next.

Mafia Wars, on the other hand, farming mafia jobs gives you money and skill points to build your mafia. The stronger your mafia, the more power you have to fight other players and “beat” them. I guess the addictive factor of Mafia Wars is that it appeals to our competitive nature. We want to be stronger and better than other players. We want to win. The only thing that is stopping you from becoming a multi-millionaire with the sickest mafia crew is the risk that your manager might catch you clicking away on Facebook during work hours!

I got this from a friend’s facebook comment. I hope she doesn’t mind me posting it here… but basically, she is running high fever and all the other H1N1 symptoms. However, she was told that she would be treated as a normal flu case so as long as she did not come into contact with any known H1N1 patient.

Am I safe to say that many people can be suffering from H1N1 without realizing it, and since the doctors are going to treat most cases like a normal flu case, there is no big difference between H1N1 and other strains of influenza? How serious is this H1N1 virus exactly? Alarm is raised all over the world, but seems like concern for this flu is dying down. Does that mean we don’t have to be worried anymore?

I just want to know this: do we or do we not have to be worried about H1N1?

My friend have been tested positive of H1N1 swine flu virus.

I am quite worried that I might get it myself, but it has been 4 days since I came in contact with him, so I have decided to self quarantine myself at home for the next 3 days to monitor my health. This means I won’t be able to go out shopping or dinners for the next few days!

The previous post where I questioned Singapore government’s move of not quarantining people and stop counting the number of infected patients drawn a few response siding the government’s decisions. I understand that it is not practical for the government to quarantine a large number of people, but I do hope that employers are lenient enough to excuse some people to self-quarantine. Afterall, from past experience working in an air-conditioned office, viruses are VERY easily spread in the office place. There have been occasions in my previous job, whereby half the department have to take medical leave because of some nasty virus that spread in the office.

My heart goes out to those working in the healthcare and educational industry, where the nature of their job is to deal with huge number of people on a daily basis, making them at higher risk of getting the virus.

I just hope that I don’t have H1N1 and didn’t spread to anyone in the last few days. Thank goodness that my family went on a short trip to Malaysia today, so it would lessen the risk of them getting infected from me.