private static final int CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 10000;

	private Connection connection;
	private Properties connectionProps;

	private DBSingleton() {}

	public static DBSingleton get()
	{
		return DB;
	}

	private boolean initialize()
	{
		connectionProps = new Properties();
	    connectionProps.put("user", USERNAME);
	    connectionProps.put("password", PASSWORD);

	    try
	    {
			refreshConnection();
	    	return connection.isValid(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);
	    }
	    catch(SQLException e)
	    {
	    	e.printStackTrace();
	    }

	    return false;
	}

	private void refreshConnection()
	{
		try
		{
			Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
			connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://"+IP+":"+PORT+"/"+DB_NAME,connectionProps);
		}
		catch(SQLException e)
		{
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		catch(ClassNotFoundException e)
		{
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

	public Statement stmnt()
	{
		try
		{
			if(connection == null && !initialize()) //connection has not been established yet
				throw new RuntimeException();

			if(!connection.isValid(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT))
				refreshConnection();

			return connection.createStatement();
		}
		catch(SQLException e)
		{
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		return null;
	}