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Dewdrop Notes 露语

social commentaries on Singapore and more by Singaporean writer Chan Joon Yee

Dewdrop Notes 露语

social commentaries on Singapore and more by Singaporean writer Chan Joon Yee

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    • Better a Whore Than a Concubine
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    • Worlds Apart
  • Managing Facebook Woke
    • Business Is Always Personal and Political in China.
    • Chinese Patriots
    • Drugs and the PLA
    • Empire & Knowledge
    • Exiled Chinese Author 马健
    • Forensic Pathology
    • Four Legs Good , Two Legs Better
    • Hamas
    • Men Are Neanderthals
    • No Peace Without War?
    • Not Enforcing Laws Because it Would be Inconvenient
    • Nuclear Holocaust Averted by Soviet Soldier
    • Russia + China = Trouble
    • Russia’s Claim On Ukraine
    • Shame On The Woke
    • Start-ups Then and Now
    • State Sponsored Fake News
    • Terrorism Rebranded As Humanitarian
    • The First Heavenly King – 洪秀全
    • The Value of the Useless
    • They Call It “Western Media”
    • Ukraine Fights Back
    • Western and Independent Media
    • Who Represents The Real China?
    • Why Singapore will never have a Richard Branson
    • Winter is Coming by Gary Kasparov
    • You Won’t Know When You’ll End Up on the other side
    • 一千个失败的理由
    • 何谓正能量?
    • 张冠李戴
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    • A Tale of Two Cities – Singapore & JB
    • Asian Ghost Stories and more
    • Journey In Blue
    • Mahadeva, Pioneer Of Journalism In Early Singapore
    • Neither Civil Nor Servant – the Philip Yeo Story
    • Reluctant Editor
    • Saint Jack by Paul Theroux
    • Singapore’s Study Mama
    • The Immolation by Goh Poh Seng
    • The Quah Kim Song Story
  • Chan Joon Yee The Adventurer
  • Singapore’s Ultimate Rebel, Chua Lam 蔡澜
    • A Colourful Life Is A Life Well Lived
    • Chua Lam Love & Sex
    • Chua Lam On Banishing Stress
    • Chua Lam Q&A
    • Chua Lam, Twilight Years
    • Chua Lam’s Biography In Motion
    • Chua Lam’s China Q&A
    • Chua Lam’s Philosophy
    • I Decide To Live Interestingly by Chua Lam 我决定活得有趣
    • Love & Marriage
    • My Inspiration
    • Chua Lam Looking Back
    • Chua Lam On Puer Tea
    • Being Alive And Having Lived
    • Chua Lam’s Views On Morality
    • Farewell To Chuan Lam’s Brother 蔡萱
  • Uniquely Singapore?
    • What Being Kiasu Really Means?
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Did We Know Any Better Than The West?

admin March 30, 2018 No Comments

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…

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Marriage Markets In China & Singapore

admin March 26, 2018 No Comments

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…

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Kee Gay Now Better Than Kee Gay Later

admin March 8, 2018 No Comments

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…

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Painting Over A Problem

admin March 1, 2018 No Comments

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…

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Safe In Singapore But …

admin February 24, 2018 No Comments

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…

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I Want To Join The Daydreaming Club

admin February 18, 2018 No Comments

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,…

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Security, Priorities & VIPs

admin February 8, 2018 No Comments

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…

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Sheltered Walkways & Useless Staircase

admin February 3, 2018 No Comments

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…

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Not Santa Claus? It’s Not Christmas Yet

admin January 26, 2018 No Comments

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…

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Don’t Rock The Boat, We’re In Singapore

admin January 24, 2018 No Comments

On 9 January this year, a national athlete lodged an official complaint with governing body Sport Singapore (SportSG) accusing a former coach of misconduct. The coach has been dismissed and…

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