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 to put the event together. This has been well captured by the comments to Brian Koh’sContinue Reading

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 on 26th August. I am anxious because I have no idea if we are capableContinue Reading

I realised that blogging about your travels is best done while the memory and emotions are fresh. I have several trips I would really like to share on my blog but as time passes, so does the emotive appeal in writing such that it comes down to more mundane matters of what I  sawContinue Reading

This is the Singapore National Day theme 2010. Having just attended an observance ceremony to commemorate our nation’s 45th year of independence, I am filled with mixed emotions.  Even though it has never been cool to show patriotism among the people of my generation, watching the video of Singapore’s pastContinue Reading

I just signed a SGD890 credit charge for a 5-day accommodation located on Railay Beach. Railay is located to the west of Krabi town, a stretch of beach that juts out into the Andaman Sea and sealed from road access by limestone karsts. It is supposedly one of the most beautifulContinue Reading

Spurred by an interesting dialogue between two members of the Parliament about the adequacy of using GDP as a measure of a country’s well-being, I posted the following comment on Facebook – Quality of life is not purely determined by wealth. In less than an hour, I received a slewContinue Reading