Borderline Personality Disorder, Personal Encounters
admin I was struck by a sense of deja vu after reading the book, Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias by Jane Velez Mitchell. The concluding chapter includes the opinion…
2018
Did We Know Any Better Than The West?
When few Singaporeans were on the internet and when our newsPAPers and TV stations were our primary source of news, it was not surprising to come across ignorant Singaporeans who…
Marriage Markets In China & Singapore
Watch the video below. It’s quite interesting. z35W7z4v9z8w There is something about this little experiment that resonates with certain widespread stereotypes and generalisations. 1. Women over 30 are “expired” goods…
Kee Gay Now Better Than Kee Gay Later
It was dinner time at Kovan 209. This is only part of the crowd milling around the famous rojak stall. There were more customers waiting behind me. The minimum waiting…
Painting Over A Problem
Some 30 years ago in Bangkok, the authorities found out that many of their old bridges spanning the obsolescent canals were approaching the limit of their lifespan. In the name…
Safe In Singapore But …
A week after 17 people were horribly gunned down in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, teenagers across South Florida and many others in…
I Want To Join The Daydreaming Club
While visiting my parents for reunion lunch this year, I met P and L. They are sisters and had been my neighbours for many years. Back in the early 1980s,…
Security, Priorities & VIPs
It was a beautiful Sunday at Bedok. A Chinese orchestra was in position and about to perform on stage at the swank new Heartbeat@Bedok – a community hub incorporating a…
Sheltered Walkways & Useless Staircase
Ever since man first started building upwards, the staircase has been an integral part of every multi-storey building. You need to have them before lifts were invented. You need to…
Not Santa Claus? It’s Not Christmas Yet
This is a public service announcement. Watsons Singapore is having a “scratch & win” promotion. If you happen to “win” a discount coupon like this, don’t rush off to buy…