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Allahyarham Adnan bin Saidi
Lieutenant Adnan Bin Saidi,
(? 1915 - February 14, 1942)
was a Malayan hero at the Battle of Singapore
in World War II.
He was born at Kajang, Selangor
and was a Muslim of Minangkabau descent.
Adnan led a 42-strong platoon from the Malay Regiment
in the defense of Singapore against the Japanese invaders.
The soldiers fought bravely
at the Battle of Pasir Panjang, at Pasir Panjang Ridge
in the Bukit Chandu (Opium Hill) area
on February 12-14,1942.
Although heavily outnumbered, Adnan refused to surrender
and urged his men to fight until the end.
They held off the Japanese for two days
amid heavy enemy shelling and shortages of food
and ammunition. Adnan was shot but carried on fighting.
After the battle was lost,
the wounded Adnan was taken prisoner
by Japanese soldiers, who tied him to a cherry tree
and bayoneted him to death.
Kent Ridge Park, close to the site of the battle
now bears a plaque in commemoration of Lt Adnan Bin Saidi.
A museum at Bukit Chandu stands in memory
of the bravery of Malay Regiment soldiers.
This regiment would later become
the Royal Malay Regiment of the Royal Malaysian Army.
Spencer Platt of Getty Images
has won the 50th annual "World Press Photo of the Year".
The color shot by Platt, a U.S. photographer,
shows a group of affluent young Lebanese
driving through a South Beirut neighborhood
devastated by Israeli bombs.
The photo was taken on Aug. 15,
the first day of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire
when thousands of Lebanese
began returning to their homes.
"It's a picture you can keep looking at,"
said a jury. "It has the complexity
and contradiction of real life, amidst chaos."
Platt will receive his award
and a cash prize of 10,000 euros.
A traffic patrol found a bag
containing nearly Dh1 million in a car park
and guarded it until police arrived.
The traffic police investigator with Abu Dhabi Police,
was on his way to Abu Dhabi Municipality when he noticed
currency notes sticking out from a bag lying in the car park.
He notified the police and guarded the bag until they arrived.
He did not touch it as he suspected that the money was stolen
and would need to be finger printed.
The bag had fallen from the car of a businessman.
The company’s representative had withdrawn the cash
to pay employees’ wages. It took him half an hour
to realise the money was not in his car
and he notified the company’s owner and accountant.
He then returned to where he had parked his car
to find the bag being guarded by the traffic.
***
"How was your blind date?"
a college student asked her roommate.
"Teribble!" the roommate answered.
"He showed up in his 1932 Rolls Royce."
"Wow! That's a very expensive car.
What's so bad about that?"
"He is the original owner."
***
Girl:
When we get married,
I want to share all your worries,
troubles and lighten your problem.
Boy:
It's very kind of you, darling.
But I don't have any worries or troubles.
Girl:
Well, that's because we aren't married yet.
***
A newly married man asked his wife,
"Would you have married me
if my father hadn't left me a fortune?"
"Honey," the woman replied sweetly,
"I'd have married you
no matter WHO left you a fortune"
***
Hubby:
You always carry my photo
in your handbag to the office. Why?
Wifey:
When there is a problem,
no matter how impossible,
I look at your picture
and the problem dissapears.
Hubby:
You see, how miraculous
and powerful I am for you?
Wifey:
Yes, I see your picture
and say to myself,
"What other problem
can there be greater than this one?"
***
Before a man is married, he is incomplete.
Then when he is married, he is finished.
***
At the party, one woman said to another,
"Aren't you wearing your wedding ring
on the wrong finger?"
The other replied,
"Yes, I am. I married the wrong man."
***
Young son:
"Is it true, Dad,
I heard that in some parts of Africa,
a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her?
Dad:
"That happens in all countries son."
***
Then there was a man who said,
"I never knew what real happiness was
until I got married, and then it was too late."
***
A happy marriage is a matter of give and take;
the husband gives and the wife takes.
***
A little boy asked his father,
"Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?"
And the father replied,
"I don't know son, I'm still paying for it."
***
After a quarrel, a wife said to her husband,
"You know, I was a fool when I married you."
And the husband replied,
"Yes dear, but I was in love and didn't notice it."
***
When a man opens the door
of his car for his wife,
you can be sure of one thing;
either the car is new or the wife is new.
***
Getting married is like
going to a restaurant with friends.
You order what you want,
then when you see what the other fellow has,
you wish you had ordered that.
***
A man inserted
an advertisement in a newspaper;
"Wife wanted".
The next day,
he received hundreds of letters.
They all said the same thing;
"You can have mine."
***
Married life is very frustrating.
In the first year of marriage,
the man speaks and the woman listens.
In the second year,
the woman speaks and the man listens.
In the third year, they both speak,
and the neighbours listen.
***
