The Spy Who Taught Me
admin Like many of the indulgent teens these day, I was politically apathetic during my younger days. Impressionable like wet clay, my world view was very much moulded by Hollywood. During…
2020
Chadramohan’s Open Letter
Below is Chandramohan’s open letter to PM Lee posted on Facebook. Dear Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong, The objective of this article is to highlight the incompetency in handling…
The Meaning of Shengwu
Where there is seawater, you’ll find Chinese people. Where you find Chinese people, you will find Hakka people. To date, Hakka people have called back from nearly 80 different countries…
Cotton Sheep & Rotten Eggs
Some women won’t let you know that they are pissed off until you see a knife or flying saucer coming at you. When great men say things that appear not…
Refuse To Behave: Lam Weng Kee
The forced disappearance of the five shareholders from Mighty Current Publishing and Causeway Bay Books (Hong Kong) formed a complete picture in December 2015 when Lee Po, its owner, was…
Eat Your Shirt
I’ve just finished reading the book The Last Girl by Nadia Murad. It’s an autobiographical book by a young lady who had gone through more than what most people had…
How Taiwan Did It
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Taiwan was only producing 1.8 million pieces of surgical masks a day. They had to depend on imports. From the end of April, Taiwan was able…
Poor Landlords
We’re coming to the end of the first CB period with over 18,000 cases of coronavirus infection and 18 deaths. In view of the easing of community spread, some businesses…
No More Best Of Both Worlds
A wake up call as Malaysia extended its Movement Control Order to 14 April 2020, originally scheduled to end on 31 March 2020. Some employers in Singapore have been housing…
What If It’s Still Raining?
The other day, I woke up to be greeted by the roar of a heavy downpour. An piercing, menacing howl spread like a warning siren. Tree branches were strained by…