What’s The Hurry, Singapore?
admin A concerned mother (whose identity I won’t reveal as I don’t have her permission to quote this) wrote: 12-year-olds must sit for the PSLE which determines the track they are…
2018
Parallel Universe
Retired author Ni Kuang was born in communist China, raised as a Shanghainese, recruited into the police force where his endless questioning of draconian, unreasonable procedures got him into trouble,…
Different Abilities Different Dreams
Inequality is not something to be taken lightly. The following video shows a rather uncomfortable conversation going on between a diverse group of teenagers whose educational paths, streams or programmes…
It’s Almost Paradise Here
So what’s new? The creator of popular travel video series Nas Daily, Mr Nuseir Yassin, has hit back at those who have decried his video series on Singapore, one of…
When Will It Be Fashionable For Our Ministers To Do The Same?
Just when we thought that no one can beat the absurd postulation that our elderly collect cardboard boxes to exercise (they can go to the gym for $1.50 now), Mr…
Why Not Practise What You Preach?
Some 30 years ago, when my relatives from China visited us, they were glued to our TV sets. They loved our Chinese drama serials. They remarked that there was nothing…
Progression Or Regression
It’s better late than never, but it’s still with regret that I only managed to visit Indonesia for the first time in 1993. I was already 29 with not that…
Excuse Me, Are You A Mercenary?
Last night, I had a dream. I was climbing Gunung Sindoro in Central Java and I was on the pre-dawn summit assault, scrambling in the dark up a precipitous slope…
Random Thoughts On National Day 2018
There would usually be about 5 or 6 flags displayed on these neighbouring blocks a week or two before National Day, but if displaying the flag has anything to do…
Why It Won’t Happen In Singapore
28th July 2018. At a working lunch hosted by the SDP on this day, several opposition parties (sans WP) came together to explore the possibility of working closer together to…