Behind that well oiled machinery
It is election season again. Four years just came and went and now we are all off to the polls. Four years ago I supported the Opposition’s vision for a First World Parliament. Though I ...
Learning life lessons on-the-job
My simple analysis of world affairs
It is election season again. Four years just came and went and now we are all off to the polls. Four years ago I supported the Opposition’s vision for a First World Parliament. Though I ...
A turn of the eye and one quarter of 2014 is almost over. I met with my gynaecologist last week to confirm the pregnancy and experienced a sudden realisation about this ever growing bump before me. ...
Sometimes we can become so overwhelmed by man made systems that we forget our own humanity. It struck me when I read that the central bank in Japan has pumped in 40 trillion yen (S$624 ...
On March 11, an earthquake measuring 8.9 on the richter scale rocked the very foundations of the northern coast of Japan. The tremors and ensuing 10m high tsunami wiped out coastal towns, made hundreds of ...
I was just talking to my brother last week about his honeymoon to United States. He spent two week traveling from Los Angeles, to Las Vegas and San Francisco. He had a really enjoyable trip ...
The movie opens in Singapore next week and I completed the book in time to catch it. I realised that most movies based on books never really cut it. I find myself wondering why I ...
September 27 is World Tourism Day. It is the day when nations around the world observe the importance of tourism in our economies and its social impact on our culture and environment. This year’s theme ...
YOG is well underway in Singapore and instead of being caught up in the spirit of sportsmanship, there has been mainly negative publicity about the event management and the emphasis on the waste of money ...
Tomorrow marks the start of the inaugural Youth Olympics Games in tiny host nation Singapore. As a Singaporean, I feel both proud and anxious as the games progress over the next 12 days to end ...
The recent publicity of 40 billionaires in the US who have come forward to pledge half their wealth worth about 150 billion dollars to charity have raised many eyebrows. Some welcome the gesture to help ...