A farewell lunch, couple of days ago. We dined at an Indian restaurant, next to the Singapore River. Delicious buffet. And we chatted, on the topic of parenthood. With no real experience from my end, I often find the topic far and distant. Maybe my mind was preoccupied with the drafting of this blog entry. That [...]
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Comic Relief – 5 Ways to Beat Electricity Price Hikes (And You Don’t Have to Sweat About It)
October 8th, 2008 20 Comments
By now, you must have read 101 ways on how to cut back on this and that to save $$. But do we have to go down that path? All we need are some workable innovative ideas. Something sustainable, something … fun. What triggered my thought is probably this. I have done what I can comfortably do [...]
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Singapore Won A Medal, I am Ecstatic
August 17th, 2008 8 Comments
Early this month, I mentioned that Singapore needs more good news. Today, Team Singapore delivers us a silver medal. I don’t know how my fellow citizens feel. I am ecstatic. And in my state of ecstasy, two questions still linger on my mind: What does ‘Singapore will at least get a silver medal’ mean? And how [...]
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Singapore Needs More Good News, Perhaps? Happy National Day, and Others
August 9th, 2008 9 Comments
OK. It’s the first time in my life seeing a Singapore flag sticking up from someone’s head. Cynthia couldn’t resist to take a picture; I can’t resist not to share. One great thing about having your website is that you can almost trace back on what you’ve done the same day last year, the year [...]
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Singapore General Election 2006
May 7th, 2006 No Comments
All along, I thought I belonged to the Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency (YCK SMC) because I am closer to YCK MRT (Mass Railway Transit) than anywhere else. I took my “On Government Service” voting card to Andersen Primary School at late afternoon (voting time was from 8am to 8pm) and surprisingly it was [...]
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Outrages News on Rape
April 14th, 2006 2 Comments
Headline news – Man Raped 5 Daughters with Help from His Wives. What is more than outrages is the defender’s lawyer’s reply. An Islamic man with multiple wives has repeatedly raped his five teenage girls over a period of 18 months. This man even managed to convince his wives that he had ownership over his [...]
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I Support the New Singapore Integrated Resorts
April 19th, 2005 No Comments
Many Singaporeans are against the Integrated Resorts (IR) proposal because IR comes with a casino. In fact, none of my Singaporean friends I have talked to support the idea of having a casino here in Singapore. They feel that it is not necessary and casino will spell social issues. Granted, gambling is a vice on [...]
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Pope Dies At 84
April 2nd, 2005 No Comments
It is a day of saddnes for some of us who remember the Pope as “champion of human freedom”, “tireless advocate of peace”, and “wonderful sense of humour”. He was one of the history’s great moral leaders and will always be remembered of. I have an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see him in person at the [...]
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How the New Police Speed Laser is Going to Affect Me
February 24th, 2005 No Comments
On one hand, it is good to read the list of roads that Singapore traffic police may deploy the speed laser camera (and why do they do that?). On the other hand, it is bad because almost all the roads that I frequently use will have speed traps. The entire list can be found in [...]
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A Path to Reconciliation?
December 13th, 2004 No Comments
Read the news from Reuters today that Singapore Senior Minister and Malaysia Prime Minister resume the path to improve relationship between the two countries. This is indeed good news. I still remember that some point in the past I was very much affected by the deterioration of our relationship with the Malaysian counterpart. There are [...]
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