Groundhog Day
I don’t know why but it seems that punks don’t age very well. Johnny Lydon had two great bands - Sex Pistols and Public Image Limited. But after that he struggled a bit. No members of the clash ever...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on the Fall of Great Britain
Great Britain was like a startup. In the beginning, it did a few things right. After the renaissance, it was one of the few European powers who had superior organisation. Coupled with its geographical...
View ArticleStomach Flu
I'm trying to figure out what caused this bout of food poisoning. On Friday morning, I had woken up with a bit of a tummyache, and I didn't think much of it. I went to work. It wasn't a good day at...
View ArticleSecond Chance
I still remember a friend looking at a butterfly caught out in a rainstorm. It was stuck in a puddle that was directly below where the water from the runoff was pouring down on it, and it was taking a...
View ArticleLiverpool Reaches the Final
Here are the greatest stories in English Football over the last 10 years 1. Leicester winning the league in 20162. Man City vs QPR3. Chelsea vs Bayern Munich (and the comebacks)4. Fulham reaching...
View ArticleAscendency of the English Premier League
Tottenham, the Chelsea and the Arsenal games, we have 4 English teams in Europeans finals. Contrary to what a few of my friends might say, English teams are on the up. English football is marketed...
View ArticleIs Football Truly Broken
There was this very intriguing article about Man City's dominance of football demonstrating how and why European domestic leagues are broken. Jonathan Wilson, usually one of the best pundits when...
View ArticleGender Roles
There was a kerfuffle about Tosh Zhang, a “personality” who was a brand ambassador for Pink Dot. He once made some discriminatory remarks about gay people. Maybe called them ah kuas or whatever. And...
View ArticleSaving My Weekends
I had a plan to go visit a park out in the countryside, but it got scuppered. I certainly did not feel like waking up in the morning. One reason was that the previous night, I received a mail from the...
View ArticleSaving My Weekend 2
Today I made my second, ultimately abortive attempt to go up to the countryside to cycle. Last time I was thwarted by leaving my camera in the office, and by having to wait for a parcel to arrive at my...
View ArticleEarly Adolescence
I sometimes think about the good and bad times during my earlier years. It's funny but there are always parts of my life that I'd say were good years and others I'd say were not great years, although...
View ArticleKhiam Pak
A few days ago I went down to my storage locker, and for some reason I wanted to see if my collection of the Sopranos was still intact. Unfortunately it was missing. It was getting late, and I didn't...
View ArticleWeeds
If I had to choose a birth flower or whatever I'd choose the humble weed. I feel like I have some form of hardiness. As for having an aim in life and getting myself together to achieve something real,...
View ArticleHow is the Women's World Cup great?
I'm actually not the best person to be writing this, because this is the tail end of my days as a football fan. But there are some things that have forced me to talk about how and why the World Cup is...
View ArticleDeath of Local Football
It's always been a little disturbing to me. During the 1990s, the most popular sports team in Singapore by far was the Singapore Lions. Whoever was representing Singapore in the Malaysian League and...
View ArticleThis Will be Our Year?
Less than a third of the matches played so far. But an interesting premier league table. 1. Yes, Liverpool was in pole position last Christmas and threw it away. But they have an 8 point lead, and...
View ArticleSpurious 4 year pattern
Here's another series of spurious patterns. Every 4 years, there will be an incredible, unbelievable football result. Actually for some of these examples, I'm straining a little bit, because I think...
View Article1995
I liked the idea of 1995 being an extremely important year in world history. It was also the time when I was making the JC to NS transition, which is a big thing in a guy's life. You have 12 years of...
View ArticleBernie Sanders
After the first few primaries, it seems that the best placed person to win the Democratic nomination is Bernie Sanders. It could have been Joe Biden, but he's missed his opportunity. Any one of the...
View ArticleParag Khanna vs Joseph Nye
One interesting conversation took place between Parag Khanna and Joseph Nye. Joseph Nye seemed to think that “the future is not Asian”. Both agree, though, that the center of gravity is shifting...
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