OJ Simpson Verdict: Not Guilty
When I was reading BBC News on the internet I found out OJ Simpson has been found not guild of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman. The jury took less than four hours to reach a unanimous decision in the trial that has gripped America for an entire year.
Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death outside her Brentwood townhouse on June 12 1994. Former American football star Simpson was arrested soon after the killings but insisted from the start he was “absolutely, 100% not guilty”.
Judge Lance Ito ordered OJ Simpson be released “forthwith” ending 473 days in custody. In a statement, Jason Simpson expressed his father’s relief that “this part of the incredible nightmare that occurred is over”. [BBC News]
Ely Buendia rushed to hospital; Eraserheads reunion concert cut short
I just arrived back home after the ComEx 2008 in Suntec City when I read the news that the Eraserheads reunion concert cut short after Ely suffered from servere emotional stress.
MANILA, Philippines - The Eraserheads reunion concert on Saturday night at the Bonifacio Global City Open Field was cut short after lead singer Ely Buendia suffered “emotional and physical stress.”
Concert organizers and friends rushed Buendia to the Makati Medical Center, where he was reported to be in stable condition.
In a text message to GMANews.TV, Dok Sergio, bassist of Buendia’s new band Pupil, said: “Ely is fine. Don’t worry.”
The Erasherheads opened the concert at 8:15 p.m. with their hit song “Alapaap” and proceeded to play classics such as “Ligaya,” “Wag Mo Nang Itanong,” “Fruitcake,” among others.
More than 10 songs were played to eager fans at The Fort and around 9:30 p.m. the band took a 30-minute break. Forty minutes later, Buendia’s sister went up to the stage to break the sad news.
“We regret to inform you that we have to cut the concert short. My brother had to be rushed to hospital because of emotional and physical stress he is experiencing,” said Buendia’s sister Lali to concert-goers.
Fans said that in the middle of the reunion concert, Buendia stopped playing his guitar. They said the lead singer sat on the floor and bowed his head. Then the stage lights went out.
In 2007, Buendia suffered a heart attack while his new band Pupil was performing in Laguna.
The Eraserheads was a popular Pinoy rock band of the 1990s formed by Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala and Marcus Adoro. - GMANews.TV
Comex 2008 in Singapore
Comex 2008 is Singapore’s biggest IT & Consumer Technology exhibition. It was held at Suntec City Exhibition Centre from from August 28 upto 31st. This event got bigger and more exciting than last year. The exhibition will feature exclusive show offers and great discounts of the latest consumer technology gadgets from digital cameras, cellphones, computers, home entertainment, software, consumer electronics and more.
USA Basketball Gold Medal Game
The Redeem Team has advance to its first USA basketball gold-medal game after 8 years. They defeated Argentina that lead them to the finals.The United States will play against Pau Gasol’s team Spain today at 2:20 PM (Singapore Time) live.
Spanish Basketball Team Photo
Spain’s Olympic basketball team posed for an advertisement prior to the Games which appears to show all its players slanting their eyes, a move that could offend its Olympic hosts in Beijing. The ads, for a Spanish courier company, appeared in the Spanish-language newspaper La Marca. [Yahoo Sports]
Below are the list of Spain Basketball Team players:
- Carlos Jimenez - Forward
- Juan Carlos Navarro - Guard (Memphis Grizzlies)
- Jorge Garbajosa - Forward (Toronto Raptors)
- Raul Lopez - Guard
- Ricky Rubio - Guard
- Jose Manuel Calderon - Guard (Toronto Raptors)
- Pau Gasol - Centre (L.A. Lakers)
- Marc Gasol - Centre
- Berni Rodriguez - Guard
- Alex Mumbru - Forward
- Felipe Reyes - Forward | Guard
- Rudy Fernandez - Guard
Tomorrow they will compete the Redeem Team USA at 10:05 PM (China Time). This will be a good battle between L.A. Lakers teammate Paul Gasol and Kobe Bryant. (Updated: US defeats Spain, 119-82)
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Basketball
Men’s Basketball is my favorite event in Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The venue of the Olympic basketball preliminaries and finals is Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium.
Twelve teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 6 teams each. The top 4 teams from both groups qualify for the knockout stage. Teams who participate on this event are Angola, USA, Argentina, Iran, Russia, Lithuania, Croatia, Greece, Germany, Australi, Spain and China.
USA versus Argentina, Spain versus Lithuania are competing for the semi-finals and who will win between them will meet on the gold medal game
Olympic Weightlifter Breaks Arm
Janos Baranyai from Hungary met a weightlifting accident at Beijing Olympics. Baranyai was trying to lift 148kg in his third turn in the men’s 77kg division when his right elbow was dislocated. He was no longer able to support the weight of the barbell and the right forearm bent backward. The 24 year old Hungarian was shocked and cried when he fell to the floor. Read the full story here.
Violence at Sim Lim Square
One of our kababayan here in Singapore sharing his bad experience at Sim Lim Square, here’s the story:
I just want to warn everyone to AVOID going to unit # 02-76 in Sim Lim Square. They are grotesque scammers that has the tendency to be physically violent to customers. I was one of their unfortunate victims. Their signboad says ‘Evolution Gaming LLP’, but as I was researching on the net, they apparently regularly change their store name. They used to be called MH Electronics, or Mobile House Electronics. And a neighbouring store that’s unit # 02-72 also used to be ‘Evolution Gaming’. They were also called ‘Compact Camera’. I’ve read a lot of complaints from that store too.
Anyway, here’s what happened. My girlfiend and I went to Sim Lim to buy a PSP. I know, it was quite stupid of me to go there for a PSP. It’s all over the net that the last place to buy a PSP is in Sim Lim. I went anyway, thinking it’s “not gonna happen to me” (i was dead wrong). So we went to different shops to ask for prices. The prices we got were 360, and 340.. complete with all the necessary stuff like battery, 4G card, cable, case, and modification. When we got to unit # 02-76 (Evolution Gaming LLP), they quoted us $308. That was too cheap.. but it was almost 9pm and I was just tired and wanted the PSP. So I said I’ll take one. The sales guy was friendly. He’s tall, fat, and had a lot of pimples on his face. He took our money and said he’ll modify it in front of us. After the so-called modification, he showed the PSP to me… and it was lagging! He said the modification took much of the RAM and it needed an upgrade, and that we had to pay $200! Holy sh*t… and while he was selling the upgrade to me, he kept calling me ‘my friend…’. That was just annoying. I said we don’t have that kind of money, and we’d like to get our money back. From here, things got ugly. The store owner (tall, skinny, and also had a lot of pimples) started shouting at us, saying just take the PSP, the we’re wasting his time, etc. And another guy tried to talk to us,this short little guy with glasses, squeaky voice, introduced as the store manager. He tried to explain about the upgrade. But we’ve heard enough. We just wanted our money back, and we were not leaving. Finally they said we could have our money back, but since the PSP has already been modified, we should pay the GST (wtf!). After much debate, I just said fine.. if that’s what it takes to just leave this place, then ok. So they gave us our money, less gst (that’s $21 - not bad, but still hurts). We were so pissed leaving the store. I decided to take a photo of the store premises so I could have a ’souvenir’ for the event. Suddenly, this little guy with glasses (store manager, they say) started to slap me in the face! (I’m not sure if it was a slap or a punch.. looked like a punch, felt like a slap) He also shoulted at me with his small squeaky voice. I prepared to hit back, aiming at his small face.. but suddenly I see this tall lanky guy running from the store carrying a metal stool. And the fat pimply guy who tried to sell the PSP also came out running towards us too. The little guy’s got backup! So now there’s 3 of them, and one of me. I remember thinking, if I fight back, this is going to get ugly for me. But then, the short guy took a plastic chair and continued to hit me, as well as this tall guy with the metal stool! Unit # 02-76 Evolution Gaming LLP is situated at the corner of the floor. The beating continued until we reached the escalator. They hit me on the face, the arms, and body. My girlfriend was just shouting ‘please stop!’. Suddenly they demanded for me to delete the photo.. i had no choice but to comply. After deleting (they continued to hit me by the way), Sim Lim security came in the scene. The little guy gave me one last hit on the body with his reliable plastic chair. After that, security called the police. The police came to talk to me, then went up to talk to the store owner (tall pimply guy). The guys that attacked me where no longer there (of course). We went to the police station, I gave a statement, they gave me a medical form, we went to the hospital to document the scratches I obtained from the attack. The police said that they were going to launch an investigation about it.
So now here I am writing about it. The net has got loads of warning stories like this about the scamming happening in Sim Lim. Let this be an additional story about it. I haven’t actually read about any violence happening, so I think this is the first.
Reading up on the net, here’s a few more stories/complains about unit #02-76 / Evolution Gaming LLP for scamming and bad service.
This one is when they were still called Mobile House Electronics Pte Ltd (signboard MH Electronics): http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1696186
Here’s another one about #02-76 where they have bad attitude: http://talkback.stomp.com.sg/forums/archive/index.php/t-10687.html
Here’s another one about Evolution Gamming LLP:
http://imcomplicatedyetsosimple.blogspot.com/2007/12/scammer-from-sim-lim.htmlAnd another one for Evolution Gaming LLP:
http://forums.gameaxis.com/showthread.php?t=1476878&highlight=Sim+lim+squareAnd another yet one… “Extreme Lousey Service in Sim Lim Sqare”. This time it’s in #02-72 but still called “Evolution Gaming LLP” (it’s either they like exchanging signboards, or its the same owner): http://forums.gameaxis.com/showthread.php?t=1482761
Here’s another on #02-72, but it’s no longer called “Evolution Gaming”.. This time their signboard says “Compact Camera”: http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1793609
And another one on #02-72: http://sgforums.com/forums/2535/topics/313622
So I guess # 02-76 and # 02-72 exchange names, and has the same modus operandi. Everyone beware of these shops!
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