The teacher parking hoo ha
A few thought about the teacher parking hoo ha.First, the reason why parking was such a big issue in the first place is because land policies have driven up the cost of parking so much that it's...
View Article20 things I learnt in Snowy Hill part 1
It’s been more than 10 years since I graduated from Snowy Hill, and for some reason, it still manages to be one of the most exciting things about my life. What a shame about that huh. I suppose a lot...
View Article20 Things I learned from Snowy Hill part 2
11. Seeing life from another country’s perspective There are a few things that you always assume as a Singaporean. First is that there’s nothing strange about an Asian who speaks English. That’s not...
View ArticleMcDonald's
When I was younger McDonald’s was the big new thing in Singapore, a glimpse of a brighter, shinier, more Westernised future. 10 years after the first McDonald’s was opened in Singapore, there was a...
View ArticleDonald Trump
There’s a disturbing trend in the US presidential elections. Let’s look at the elections of the years past, since 1960, when there was television. In many of those elections, the guy who was more...
View ArticleImposter Syndrome
When my sis and I were teenagers (and it seems like yesterday, but it was actually eons ago) we once had a conversation. This was back in the day when we were still philosophically curious. I told her...
View ArticleFootball Superstition and Whither Arsenal?
Football and SuperstitionI’ve probably mentioned it before on this blog, that I’m a little bit superstitious about the football leagues and how they influenced my life. I usually look at two...
View ArticleFootball Superstition 2 Year of the Monkey Edition
What is it about the year of the monkey that turns up so many weird stories in football? In 1980, Nottingham Forest defended its European Cup, shock winners 2 years in a row. They are the only former...
View ArticleTrump and the spirit of 2011
Sometimes I look at the appeal that Trump has for the common people – for rank and file White Americans. I wonder this came about. Then I think back on 2011. When I came to the University of Mexico, I...
View ArticleTermination (again)
So another person just got fired from my company. She was a marketing person. Truth be told, I never really understood what she did, and eventually she had to leave. Marketing people get told to leave...
View ArticleLee Wei Ling
There is something curious and fairly unexpected that happened since I last blogged about our prime minister. I said that he wasn’t a man of the people, and in some ways, I still stand by that. But...
View ArticleEast Coast Park
There is something special about a beach. I probably wouldn't be kidding if I were to say that East Coast Park during the 80s was one of the most special beaches of all. Of course everybody thinks...
View ArticleDeath Penalty and Kho Jabing
It's pretty difficult to have a discussion about the death penalty in Singapore. You could say that the death penalty being draconian has something to do with there being law and order in Singapore...
View ArticleWorkplace
What is it like to work at my workplace? Well, it's a little hard to talk, without naming my city. Some of you can guess it, and I'll only say it's near to Mexico. For the second full time job in a...
View ArticleFreedom
Incredibly I’ve not really talked about the time when I was in secondary school. I led a bit of an aimless life. I used to be a top student in primary school but after I got into secondary school my...
View ArticleUnfinished business
There is a certain breed of shock winners for major football competitions: they are the ones who have had victories “owed” to them. The AC Milan team who inexplicably lost the champion's league final...
View ArticleJoseph Schooling and the Singapore Gahment set ups for sporting excellence.
So this thing about Joseph Schooling: what did the government do right, and what did it do wrong? The simple answer to this is, neither. It didn't do anything for Joseph Schooling. This has produced a...
View ArticleThe NUS Orientation scandal
I had typed up a response to the NUS Orientation scandal a few weeks ago but didn't really get out. The story is a few weeks old and probably over already, but it's still interesting, so I'll put it up...
View ArticleThree stages of technological advancement
I have a theory about why our human race is doomed. Basically there are 3 stages of human advancement, in ascending order: The first stage, we're too dumb to harness technology. The second stage, we're...
View ArticleAvoidant Dismissive
One of the strangest memories I've had was watching into my mother's room. She was crying. I knew why she was crying, but I didn't really talk to her about it. I looked inside, just caught a glimpse,...
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