Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
There was an article in The Sunday Times over the weekend about a Singaporean woman who married a Frenchman aristocrat, and was asked to sign a pre-nuptial agreement by her in-laws. Until recently, one didn’t see much news or articles
If you followed the news here, you’d be forgiven in thinking that the cab services in Singapore are a huge mess. I mean, you get reports of drivers who drive like their adrenaline button is stuck on high, drivers who
The bush fires occurring in Victoria, Australia right now has been a horrific tragedy resulting in the deaths of hundreds. But one heartwarming story that’s been circulating around media involves firefighters and rescue workers finding an injured Koala, now nicknamed
30 years ago while the three of us were growing up at our old place at Sembawang Hill Estate, we had a lot of Lego bricks. And we had huge tubs and boxes of those things. They must have cost
A couple of months ago when we were with our small group, our discussions for the night got into races. I remarked then that many a time I’m really not proud to be Chinese. How’s that? OK, so the Chinese
Here’s one of the most thought-provoking, if unintentionally hilarious to some readers, letter to the forum page in the last few days: Sep 20, 2008 Baby’s birth cert reverses parental joy THE arrival of my newborn daughter was a source
Easy; if you want to be one, just move to Zimbabwe.:) If you thought inflation in Singapore was bad, check out what’s happening in Zimbabwe. Inflation there has hit 11,200,200%…!! Apparently, a loaf of breadcost less than $200,000 Zimbabwe dollars
I was humming along while the American national anthem was played during the awards presentation for another gold medal win at the Olympics the other night. Ling then turned and asked if I knew the words to the anthem, and
Of the lot of sporting events in the Olympics this fortnight, the event that Ling seems most interested in is the woman’s gymnastics. How’s that? Well, she was a school gymnast herself you see. As for myself, I’ve run a
The two of us have been watching more TV in the last couple of evenings than the whole of a typical month put together. Yep you’ve guessed it; it’s been the Beijing Olympics and just prior to that, we both
There’s been no shortage of hot debates on issues at The Straits Times discussion forum. There was the en-bloc debate I blogged about recently, and there’s another current one on an age-old debate: abortion in Singapore. Yep, it’s a tough
Faster, higher, stronger—or so the Olympic Games motto goes. It doesn’t feel so long ago when I wrote an entry here about the 2004 Summer Olympic games in Athens. This was during my doctoral program in Perth, and I followed
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