66.6?
- First time? -Yes
Wow... for first time 66.6 is very good
Can you score higher next time?
Yes, I will work harder
Daddy...
I love you
What else do you want to eat?
Nothing else... Ma, go back first...
Doesn't she give you allowance?
Why are you doing this?
Hey! Blackjack...
I'd be damned! High grade abalone!
Not fake ones... Original abalone, OK?
Hey Brother... you struck lottery?
30 or 50 thousand?
Look at what you bought... BBQ pork, abalone
and piano
No, I didn't buy 4D, I didn't win 4D
Drop the act
What's wrong with you? We are flatmates...
You can pay us back anytime
Why do you have to send it through the mail?
I sent...
Zui!
How can you spend my money...
on your daughter without my permission?
I'm spending my money for your daughter.
What's wrong?
Excuse me it's my money and your daughter!
I'm sorry, there's only $10 in your account
It's the minimum sum our bank requires
You withdrew $8K,
Are you taking any safety precautions?
People would think this is a bag of BBQ pork
If I get robbed, it only goes to show...
Then you're really unlucky
...that person must really love BBQ pork
Hey, you took out all my savings from my account?
How could you do that?
Don't you know that you get discounts when you pay cash?
You shameless woman!
OK, I'm busy... I'm hanging up
This is your department's taxi claim for last month
$7,325
Overtime, it's welfare. What's wrong?
I know. I got rules to follow...
Rules...
I hate it when you try to talk me down with rules
Times have changed
How can the public service improve with chaps like you?
The money doesn't belong to you
Why are you so anal over this?
You must change the rules and think-out-of-the-box
Waste my breath
I have a out-of-the-box idea
You'd make history if you do it
I'm sure you'd be honored by the government
they'd give you a medal
What's your idea?
You reimburse their fares from your pocket
Are you crazy?!
Seven thousand is a lot of money!
So you feel the pinch if you pay.
Of course!
We got a tip-off
Why the same cabs ferry your staff home
after work everyday?
Your department has been spending mindlessly
Go ahead.
Approved
Get the most expensive on
I'm the approver
You have no budget constraints at all
According to our records...
a company sent you a huge hamper with
8 cans of abalone and 8 boxes of chicken essence
This is all that's left
Public servants have to declare everything
Don't you know that
This is the public service, not your dad's office
Why does the cab fare cost so much this time?
I bought buns at Tiong Bahru on the way home
If I have to pay for the cab fare
I wouldn't have gone so far just for the buns
I brought my Mum to the doctor's
I asked the cabbie to wait
Damn... the meter kept running
Cabbie said he has rules to follow
We have to be dutiful
We can't let them wait
It can be helped, it's our duty
I realized I forgot my keys when I got home
So I went back to office for it
But I forget to my office keys
So I went home for my office keys
Then I realized both keys were at the office
Damn, so I went back to office
Shit, this is also my responsibility?
CEO estimated that if we close down E&P
and outsource all her projects...
we'd really save a lot of money
Looks like E&P is doomed
Of course! Our suggestion is foolproof
Since Tanya's return
She'd been underperforming
Let's end her agony
I'm done. You haven't even started?
I'm advanced in years, it takes effort
You mean everyone's going to lose their jobs?
Yes
I have qualifications, it's easy to get another job
Now I'm worried for you
On upon your present portfolio
You think you can get a good job now?
You'd messed up so many things and your good record
No...
You'd destroyed my good records and career
You and your E&P workers will be retrenched
All thanks to you
In fact, congratulations!
You'd be the first director...
to be retrenched under SOS
SOS?
Skills Obsolete Scheme!
You have abused my job and my body!
Hey, you think I like your body?
Your job sucks! All you do is attend meetings
After this meeting, another meeting...
After another meeting, back to office for meeting
What I do all day is attend meetings
After meeting read email, write email, reply email
I hate it!
I want my life back too!
If not for you and my daughter,
I'll sell myself in Geylang
With your looks, I can charge $200
and still be the hottest girl
If you do that
I will kill you, chop you, cook you, eat you
Shit you like the shit you are
What have I done wrong to deserve this?
OK. I'd be fair. What do you want?
OK... we have to do something really impressive
to save my portfolio and E&P's reputation
There's a large scale year-end job fair?
No, not anymore...
Not anymore?
They're going to scale down this year.
No, it has to be a big bang!
I don't care, you have to go and tell them
I just finished my meeting...
- Sir... wait! -Sorry...
I told you umpteen times...
A small scale job fair will do just fine
You want a big fair? Fat chance!
We have no budget and time
Sorry, where were we?
Would it work if I sleep with them?
Are you tired of living?
Or you can jump the MRT...
Just joking!
Not funny!
Fine, you do the thinking
You're smarter. You're a scholar
I have an idea, but...
What?
We'll go straight to the Minister and...
tell him that they cancelled the big job fair
Make him overwrite their decision
Oh My God...
You are not following the rules!
Aren't you worried for your ass?
"bypass the immediate leadership" (insubordination)
is a taboo in the public service...
It's an strictly-out-of-bounds unwritten rule
The consequences of bypassing the immediate leadership (insubordination)
is hard to estimate
Eric warned everyone in front of the CEO
Not to mention anything about the job fair or
it'd be deem as a challenge against them
You're threatened?
I just don't want to get you into trouble
Minimize problems is part of my job
Fair enough...
- Part of my job... - ...Fair enough...
- My job... - ...Fair enough...
- Job... - ...Fair
- Job fair... -Job fair
Thanks for serving the drinks
It's part of my job...
Fair enough... It's also part of my job...
Fair enough... It's our job...
Fair enough!
Thank you...
Oh yes... I want to ask you about the job fair
Recently, I attended a job fair in Shanghai
It was phenomenal!
I was very impressed
How's the job fair coming along?
Well...
Can you make sure it's a good one?
I think it's a little too rushed
Rushed? What?!
You have one whole year to plan for it
Sir... actually...
Sure... We'll do our best. You have my words
So did you enjoy the exercise?
The theme for the job fair is
"Towards New Horizons"
Most importantly,
in the last item
I want the Minister
to sing-along on stage
I want a lot of smoke and pyrotechnic
Create a lot of smoke, a lot a lot of smoke
You must plant some jobseekers'
they have to look very lost and muddle-headed
You know what I mean?
Luckily they found WAS
we re-illuminated their lives
This is when we reach the high...
everyone is touched
The Minister will be moved to tears
Thinking about it makes me want to cry
OK? This is what I want...
Boss, in order to have the effect that you want
We need a bigger budget.
Finance, any problem?
We don't have the budget
Eric, Chee Hong, you have the budget?
No, Boss...
We all have tight budgets
We have some relevant contacts
They are cheap and good.
We'd arrange a meeting for you
Tanya, you're very lucky
The three of them are so helpful.
Don't mention it... we are colleagues
Tanya,
Don't waste your good looks
Doll yourself up,
be sexy
You'd canvass a lot of sponsors
Then you won't have to worry
about any budget problems
Why did you do that?
Zui, remember the...
What are you wearing?
Are you going for a meeting or soliciting?
Listen, these are mine.
They are not meant for display, OK?
This is not Singapore expo.
What you know?
Here go lower, here go higher...
Budget go even higher...
I'm a man, I know what a man thinks
This is called "man's mathematics"
You didn't shave today...
Enough! You do as I say!
Hello...
What?!
Do you know anything about the girl in Bed 5?
Where did she get knocked down?
The patient in Bed 5...
It was at the traffic light near her school
The traffic light was out of order
It was red for more than half an hour.
but she insisted on following the rules
Instead of crossing the road.
A wayward driver came along and
knocked her down.
See, they teach everything in school...
except what to do
under such circumstances
You'd have to pay
$1000 as deposit for her treatment.
I don't have one thousand
You can pay by NETS
I have NETS.
But I don't have money in my account.
You can also pay by credit card
I used to have one, now I don't
Never mind. I have...
Shameful, right?
As a father
I can't even pay my daughter's deposit
My good friend has to pay for the deposit
Don't you think I, Lim Teng Zui...
am a useless father?
Please.
How many paths are there at the junction
There is no turning back
Can you lend me some money?
I have to pay my daughter's course fees
Cried because of willfulness
OK, I try...
Why fore unwilling to let go?
The first impulse of feeling touched
The first instance of happiness
No matter how hard I strive
This is the last chance for E&P
We have to prove that we're indispensable
No one can replace us.
So we have to fight
Damn, Miss Chew...
Do you think it's worth it?
In Singapore, the bosses decide
and inform those below
there is no room for negotiation
I think, let's not do anything.
Let them redeploy us instead.
We don't know what they want to do.
We don't
What if get into trouble?
How?- How?
I prefer to follow what they say...
Follow...
- It's safer... -safer
Only workers who perform well
will be redeployed
Don't you get it?
Do you think the Management
sees you as good workers?
You think you are a good worker?
Blackjack, how about you?
That's the problem with you...
You don't even want to save yourself
That's why all these years,
you never had any increment or promotion!
Can you all just... wake up?!
Think about your future
I know some of you have qualification like me...
you can go anywhere
But some of you...
...You have nothing!
Just like this guy. No skills. No certs.
No qualification. No future!
What about your family?
Your daughter? Your future?
You can't even afford
her hospital deposit
Remember?
So what do you suggest?
OK, I need all of you to contribute
Let's give it our best one last time, OK?
OK...
Show them that we are the best, OK?
- OK... - OK?!
OK!
I have a goodest plan
Goodest plan?
Good
"Gooder"
"Goodest plan..."
To ensure the job fair succeeds
We need to create awareness.
but what if there's no budget?
Luckily, we have a fantastic idea...
what?
National Rapid Transport
Posters on our train track pillars?
You've come to the wrong department...
Only the trains belong to us.
The tracks don't belong to us.
They belong to Ground Transport Authority.
You have to ask GTA...
Actually, not us
Yes, the tracks belong to us.
But the land on which the tracks are built doesn't.
But you see... we don't need the land.
But the tracks need the land.
No land, no tracks.
You must go to land redevelopment authority.
Land Redevelopment Authority
The LRA must give the approval
Actually, not us.
You have to go to BMA
Building Management Authority
But there is no building involved.
We only want to use the pillars.
Anything that is built on the ground, is a building
Even the toilet is considered a building
The BMA is in charge all billboards, banners and...
neon signs suspended on buildings here.
Actually it's not us.
You have to go to the NRT.
NRT ask us to go to GTA
who asked us to go to LRA,
who told us to come here.
Oh... Is that so? Well...
maybe it's us...
Are you sure it's us?
There's no precedence,
we have no reference.
Before we go further,
we'd call for meetings...
submit a paper, set up a committee
You know la...
Why do you need so many discussions?
What is your concern about hanging them?
Well you see,
what happens if the wind is very strong
Somehow the banner flips on the track
and somehow there is an accident?
We'd need at least 3 months
What?! So long?
Singapore is such an efficient society.
Why do we need 3 months?
We're considered very efficient.
It takes 3 years in other countries.
Sorry, I really have to run.
I have more meetings!
For the future of Tanya Chew
and E&P department
They decided
not to be held back by rules,
they promoted the job fair
in housing estates and crowded areas
using scantily dressed babes and hunks
That got old men hopping exciting
and old ladies hopping mad
When there's something this scandalous
Singaporeans quickly spring into action
This is so low class!
No, this is free!
We got free publicity from this!
Do you know
how many complaints we received?
Tanya,
Have you any idea how serious it is...
for a government service to get complaints
That's right!
I can apologize to the public
Come on, this is not our practice
Are you out of your mind?
Public servants don't usually apologize
What should we do then?
Lie low...
Singapore public is very forgetful
If the media doesn't sensationalize it.
They will forget about it soon.
If the reporters call, you keep quiet
Let the PR department handle it
- But... -No buts...
- However... -No however...
- Boss... -No boss...
Ya... No boss (balls)... You're right.
Damn... no balls...
He doesn't appreciate us.
Now, you know just because you are a man
Doesn't mean you have balls!
Balls is about guts, bravery, courage.
But some higher-ranked persons have no balls
You know why some of them enjoy golf?
Boss...
These balls makes me perform better.
- Want to try? -of course
You know why?
They are looking for something they lost.
What next?
Stick to the original plan
This company specializes in pyrotechnics
It is the cheapest in town
If you can get the best
out of a low budget
you have a bright future
Thanks!
As for the dance item
I know some dancers well
I'll help you contact them
They're cheap and good,
great value for money!
Thank you
Thanks...
We are offer the best price in Singapore
You can't find a better deal
My friend Fatty said
he needs some fireworks
Actually I specialize in building demolition
We're ready, Boss... Is it a go?
You're done? Go ahead...
One... two... three...
Why is the building still standing?
It is not! We laid the explosives...
Obviously it's not enough... top it up
OK...
Are you sure it's the right building?
I think so...
You must pay 50% upfront now
and pay the balance afterwards
How about this?
Can we pay you the full sum afterwards?
Of course!
But I may not turn up that day...
These credit cards are useless
Damn...
The contractor wants 6K upfront
So what if we're from the public service?
But if we don't pay him
we won't achieve the effect CEO wants
This is infuriating!
Sorry, I go wash up...
Why did she get so worked up?
Clean this up
What are you trying to do, Aunty?
Don't let my daughter know that
I transferred money to her account
Or she'd give me a earful
You know how to use a computer?!
Small case!
I even have a blog!
Blog?
www.Laozhabor.blogspot.com
You don't know how to use the computer?
You put me up to it
but didn't sign up yourself?
Sign up...
Do you want to order anything else?
- PDA?! -OK!
PDA? Do we have it?
We don't sell that here!
Thanks!
After many trials and tribulations,
E&P got their act together
under the leadership of Zui and Tanya
to ensure the job fair
is a big success!
and to prevent E&P from closing down
The music is wrong! It's too modern!
This is traditional Chinese music.
What if the public write to papers to complain?
I don't know how to answer, you know?
Luckily, I've got this music score at home.
Uncle Tiong, I want you to play it.
Sure!
I'm a child, you are a child.
- Muthu! -Sir!
- I want you to listen carefully... -Yes sir...?
I don't care who he is
As far as these 2 lots are concern
They are reserved for the VIPs, understand?
Yes sir, no one else except the VIP, sir...
Excuse me, sir... how do you spell VIP'?
OK sir... I'll look up the dictionary, sir
OK brother, relax...
Hi, I'm Eric from WAS
There is an unexpected incident
We have to cancel the dance item
You don't have to come
Don't worry, we'll still pay you
Sorry...
Sorry my foot!
How can you come and go as you please?
I'll get my legal adviser to talk to you!
What's wrong?
The dancers are not coming
without any reasons!
- Oh dear! - What?!
So irresponsible!
Miss Chew, come to the backstage
What is this?!
When we came back from lunch
we saw this damaged board lying on the floor
I think someone wants to sabotage us
Call the police!
Forget about the police!
Let's solve this first, this is more important!
How to? See this? There's nothing we can do
No way!
I have to put this up no matter what!
Minister's on his way...
It's too late to change the entire backdrop
- Think hard...! -What can we do?
Masking tape!
Again?
Are you sure? Again?
Minister is on his way. Let's solve this now!
Masking tape! Are the dancers here?
Eric said they can't make it, what should we do?
What?! What is going on?
Is today Black Friday?!
Miss Chew, Aunty's dance classmates...
are nearby, they can stand in for the dancers
Can they dance?
Of course!
It's better than nothing... call them!
OK! I'll call them!
Come! Masking tape!
How's the stage and the exhibition area?
No problem at the exhibition area
What happened?!
Uncle Tiong having heart attack...
Heart attack?!
How? How Uncle Tiong?!
He's OK, I just gave him his medication...
- Give way... -Excuse me...
How's he? It's so serious?
How? Use mouth!
Is he Halal?
Call ambulance...
I've already done so
We'd better make sure
The more ambulances the merrier
Pressurize them, they'd come faster
VIP is here...
That's it! We're done for!
Don't worry, be steady. I am here
Career opportunities
Is everyone OK?
and all our guests for your presence at the exhibition...
I thought you destroyed the backdrop?
I did! How could they fix it so quickly?
WAS was created to address this problem
We retrain the retrenched...
rebuild their confidence...
and reminded them of their value in society
CEO's speech is about to end...
we have to start the program soon
Are we ready?
And so ladies and gentlemen, in this challenging times,
let's all work for those in need,
a better tomorrow!
We can't delay anymore! Quick!
Aunty, are the dancers here?
Welcome to Job Fair 2006...
Keep calm. We must think...
Miss Tanya
Actually, three of us got something to perform
We have?
Please give a big round of applause for very first performance
Dancers! Thank you!
Miss Chew, the replacement dancers are here...
but we don't have music
Why no music?
Uncle Tiong was the pianist, but he...
Now I'm having a heart attack...
Daddy, I can play the song
You can?
Yes... this is a very good theme for this job fair
We are very concerned about older workers.
They are still useful members of the society
Well done, Lui. Well done...
I deliberately asked for senior citizens to perform
Good.
More smoke in the center...
More smoke...
Smoke symbolizes the predicament of retrenched workers
We've now come to the end of the programme
Let's invite the Minister onstage for a sing-a-long session
A worthy person
Who doesn't want to be smart
Who doesn't want to be perfect in everything
Who wishes to be dumb and silly?
Who wants to hear, you're really stupid
Some things in life are cruel
Some roads are not so straightforward
Some games do not end in victory
Sometimes it's the process that matters
So now the smoke symbolizes whose loss of direction?
I think the stagehands, they lost their direction
We shall applaud ourselves
Man U against Liverpool...
- Do not fire! -OK...
I repeat, do not fire!
Oh, fire? Sure!
Run! Help!
Be careful! Everybody, get out!
Quick! Everybody out!
Quick! Everybody run!
Daddy...
Girl...
Daddy...
Help her...
Excuse me, have you seen my daughter?
Little girl about this...
I have to find my daughter, she's up there!
I must find her!
it's OK...
Girl...
Sir, I'd do a thorough investigation...
and I'll give you a full report...
Sir, are you OK?
Don't worry about me
you better make sure everyone's safe
Everybody has run down. I don't think there is any causalities
Everything should be under control, sir!
Girl...
Do you know that we are very lucky,
because of masking tapes!
I want to know whose idea is this.
Partially it was my idea. I did it because, I...
Cover your backside!
Eric, how can you say I'm trying to...
cover my backside right in front of the minister?
I'm the CEO...
It's my responsibility to protect everybody.
How can you say I'm covering my backside?
Sir...? Sir...!
Eric...!
I mean you burnt your trousers
Oh my god...
Now I really need to cover my backside!
Hello, you!
Who give you permission to park here?!
This lot is reserved for VIP only
no label cannot park, OK?
Where's everyone?
Die...
Excuse me, can you move your vehicle
It's a VIP lot
no label cannot park, OK?
Can't you see there's a fire?
I don't care about the fire
If you park here, I'd get fired
Can you please move?
Can you understand English or not?
Can you understand Tamil or not?
We are putting out the fire!
I don't care about that!
Don't regret it!
You OK?
You guys OK?
Daddy!
Daddy... I thought you were in there...
I'm OK... I'm OK
Daughter, are you all right?!
I was worried sick...
It's OK...
I was so worried about you...
Don't blame me. I'm just doing my job.
I was following instructions
All I did was do as I was told
Was that wrong?
The smoke effect is not an accident
it was a stupid idea from the boss
I'm a technician, not a magician
I was just passing my CEO's instructions
My CEO wanted them to give moresshh'...
So I asked them to give more sshh'...
OK, I admit, I suggested using the sshh'...
But I didn't ask them to use up all
Until there is none left to save the fire
You know I never give wrong instructions
In fact I'm so upset about this accusation
Yes... I ran out first, but that doesn't mean
I was afraid of becoming bbq pork
Furthermore, I was acting according to fire regulations:
Evacuate immediately
According to the public servants guidebook
We must take care of the public's safety
I was following the rules. What's wrong?
I got scolded for not following rules the last time
Now I follow the rules, I get scolding too
Black and white says nobody allowed to park in VIP lot
So what if it's a fire engine?
It's my duty to clamp it, If it breaks the rules
I get a scolding for doing this?
I do this wrong, I do that also wrong
I think I better go back to India
I do mistake they scold me
I don't do mistake they also scold me
What did I do!
I don't know anything.
I had a heart attack
Because he used masking tapes,
he saved 53 lives
His initiative led us
to invent a fire escape wall
Ladies and gentlemen,
this creative man is none other than...
Lim Teng Zui!
Whose stupid idea was it?
to use masking tapes instead of nails?
The right way is to nail the boards together
Not use masking tape to tape them
From working in the government sector,
I have learnt we can break the rules!
As long as we do it at the right time
Two months later, WAS was shut down
Retired voluntarily on grounds of bad health
Sacked immediately after plot was uncovered Pension forfeited.
First Director in local history to be given the pink slip for "skills obsolete"
He is blacklisted for making too many mistakes
Founded Minced Pork Organization'
this closed down after 3 months
Damn, the market's bad,
This is my fifth interview
Never mind... good luck
- Uncle Tiong? -Bamboo?
You found a job so fast?
This is my company.
It has been around for 20 years.
I'm the boss here
How can public servants set up companies?
Use my wife's name. Everyone is doing it.
That's smart... Since we are good friends,
I think you can offer me a job right?
I cannot employ you.
Because there are two things you don't know.
Uncle, two things only what...
What are the two things?
You don't know this'; you don't know that'
How can I employ you?
I've decided to go study abroad...
You're still very ambitious
You will need qualifications
That's the rule. I have to follow it.
There's a rule
which many fail to follow including me
What's that?
- Filial piety -Filial piety? Is it edible?
I only know kueh pie ti (local food)
Filial piety... P-i-e-t-y
When I was me, I couldn't see myself.
Only when I wasn't me, I could see myself
Yes. I also learnt a lot when I became you.
Now my mother is your mother
How can I fulfill my duties as a daughter now?
Now my daughter is your daughter
How can I fulfill my duties as a father?
I want my body back.
Me too.
There is a way if we dare to try it.
OK, let's do the same thing again.
Same time, same place,
same cars, same collision...
Are you ready?
Let's go!
Bye... Daddy Mummy...
Can you please don't do that?
Tanya's mother: Lunch is ready!