Warning From ESM Goh Chok Tong
admin ESM Goh ESM Goh Chok Tong has emerged from retirement to tell us that we must be grateful and worried. Without record-high ministerial salaries, Singapore’s finest minds might actually have…
We First?
The Enchanting Echoes of ‘We First’: Singapore’s Verbal Balm for a Widening Chasm Ah, Singapore, the gleaming city-state where efficiency reigns supreme, meritocracy is the national religion, and inequality? Well,…
Instant Doctors
Instant doctors, digital notes. The CNA article can be found here. If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it. That doesn’t apply in Singapore where everything must be modernised, digitised and…
Desperately Seeking Grayce Tan
Just a day ago, “Grayce Tan” became a top search term. And look at all that preaching! Ah, Singapore – that gleaming city-state where efficiency reigns supreme, family values are…
When Brain Rot Becomes Multi-Generational
Brain Rot and the future of human intelligence Imagine a scene in a town devastated by aerial bombing. A feisty journalist finds the body of a woman and her 12-year-old…
Looking Back In Wonder 2025
2025 draws to an end and can you believe it, we’re almost 6 years from the start of the devastating pandemic. I remember practically celebrating with “revenge travel” in 2022.…
Bondi Beach Shooting
I first visited Bondi Beach on my first visit to Australia. It was winter during the June holidays, so I didn’t get into the water. Never in my wildest dreams…
Is Facebook Pro-China?
It seems to me that Facebook is pro-China Not long after Singapore PM Lawrence Wong made a statement about Southeast Asian countries trusting Japan to maintain security in the region,…
I’m A New Fan of Ayumi Hamasaki
I’m not into J-pop but I’m a new fan of Ayumi Hamasaki! “They have offended the feelings of 1.4 billion Chinese people!” Who are they? Doesn’t matter. That’s the cry…
English Educated Chinese People Make Better 五毛
Closing down Chinese schools turned out to be counterproductive. English Educated Chinese people make better 五毛. At the Bloomberg New Economy Forum Gala Dinner PM Wong was asked: do you…