Only Pockets Of Kindness
admin The year was 2003 and I was carrying my first-born, barely 5 months old on the streets. We came to a traffic junction. We were standing in the sun, waiting…
2017
Excuse Me, Are You Chinese?
Amid growing competition, and workers hungry to learn in places like Chengdu and even further away such as Russia, Singapore must not only protect its lunch but steal other people’s…
Top Heavy
It was a torrid afternoon in a village in Northern Thailand in 1994. Loud look toong music was blasting away from giant speakers across the padi field. The man who…
Swelling Population, Packed Trains & Collapsing Schools
So what’s new? Eight junior colleges (JC) are set to collapse into four in 2019. This would be the largest school merger exercise in the past decade affecting a total…
Carpets, Markets And Rackets
Recent events brought back memories of a chapter I once read (or rather heard in an audio book) from A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel. First published…
Future Of Singapore – It’s Not Just About Money
I’m a bit surprised. While the new criteria for the elected president were hotly debated in and out of Parliament and Mr Wee Kim Wee was named as Singapore’s first…
Refuse To Behave – Amos Yee
So what’s new? There’s another first for Singapore. Foul-mouthed, arrogant, annoying but incredibly articulate teen rebel Amos Yee has been granted political asylum in the US! As expected, this ground-shaking…
Behind The Smile
It’s not even a month after reports on Joshua Robinson’s apparent slap on the wrist for “sexual assault” had Singaporeans up in arms. Now, we’ve got another case of a…
More Protection Please, We’re Singaporeans
I’m sure there are some youngsters who still don’t know who Joshua Robinson is, but this cool ang moh MMA instructor is now the target of a stoning session which…
Water Bills & Bitter Pills
This morning, I went for a run on the PCN from Punggol Promenade to Tampines Road, a distance of about 5km. As usual, I had to dodge scores of bikes…