Looking Back In Wonder
admin It’s finally 2019 and as a custom, I’m writing another installment of Looking Back in Wonder. There is always something to say when we bid farewell to one year and…
2018
Old Queenstown
Blk 39A in 2009 NTUC behind Blk 39A By then, most of the shops at Blk 39A have been removed. A void deck remained. The provision shop facing NTUC was…
Amos Yee & His Bullshit
I was one of those who sympathised with Amos Yee when he was taken to task for “insulting Christians” in that first video that brought him worldwide fame. I was…
Bigshot Bloggers & Their Bullshit
Images like this are still captured for advertising purposes, but the ones who are driving the advertising industry nowadays are young ladies who document their spending sprees and share their…
Enshrining Legends
The Mughals were originally Central Asians who migrated to northern India where they defeated the Delhi Sultanate in 1526. Once settled in India, they adopted Islam and Persian culture. The…
Heng Ah!
I’m not sure what they call this in psychology, but if unmet expectations are the biggest cause of disappointment, then exceeded expectation must bring about something close to elation. I…
Excuse Me, Which Escalator Are You On?
As someone who doesn’t read newsPAPers, I’m often slow to react to what’s new, trendy and stupid, but thanks to all the sharing from my Facebook friends, some of the…
Roti Prata Or Cognitive Dissonance
20 December 1954. Chicago, USA. A group of devotees gathered at the home of their prophet, Dorothy Martin. They sang fervently and they waited for the arrival of aliens in…
Squeezing While Sitting On Abundance
With elitism and inequality being hot topics these days, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing cautioned that a distinction must be made between “elites who give back to society”…
Olive Or Pear
At the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)’s 30th anniversary conference, Diversities: New and Old, Ambassador-at-large Prof Tommy Koh challenged the government’s idea that it has made strides in lifting the…