And so the general elections came and went. It has been three weeks since the results were announced but this little dot at the southern tip of Peninsula Malaysia is still experiencing the reverberation of this so-called watershed election. We witnessed many exciting events over the past month. The immense publicContinue Reading

With the Singapore General Elections polling day planned for May 7, many Singaporeans are gearing up for the once in a lifetime opportunity to vote. This election may see 82 of the 87 seats contested by Opposition, which means other than Tanjong Pagar, which is MM Lee’s ward, residents ofContinue Reading

Cameron Highlands is one of my favourite getaways in this region. The first time I went up to Cameron was way back when I was six years old and I remember it to be a very pleasant place, open fields atop a hill, colorful flowers, cool air and quaint European cottages.  Continue Reading

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 billion) to boost short term liquidity in face of the earthquake. And then there areContinue Reading

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 thousands Japanese homeless and shifted the country about 2-3 metres from its position. It isContinue Reading