National Education
The months of October and November went by in a blast. It was my busiest period this year chasing deadlines, preparing papers and presentations, organising events and attending numerous thank you meals. And it sucks ...
Art of War
I am feeling extremely euphoric now. It has been more than a year since I had the sudden dreadful realisation that so many things about my department is wrong especially in the area of management. ...
Downtown Singapore in 30 minutes
I was inspired. So I plugged in my earphones, passed the commuting crowd of Tanjong Pagar and started a stroll down Singapore CBD. The streets of Singapore CBD are very different at night. As I ...
What’s in a destination?
The recent family trip to Australia triggered another thought which has taken me this long to pen down due to mounting work commitment. Many of the places we visited were recommended by Lonely Planet. Apart ...
Graduating from childhood
Yesterday I attended Joel’s kindergarten graduation ceremony. It was the first time I have attended such a ceremony as a parent and turned out to be such a tears provoking experience. Right from the onset ...
Back from Down Under
It has been five days since I returned to my mundane life and I am still recovering from jet lag and travel fatigue. I must be getting old! We landed back in Singapore at 9pm ...
Day 12 & 13 Around Sydney
One full day left for us in this part of Down Under. As highlighted earlier, we were already beginning to feel the rigour of travelling by Day 9 so I was actually glad that this ...
Day 11 Blue Mountains to Sydney
The power came back on sometime in the middle of the night and we were once against warmed by the small tiny heater which we are grateful for. The morning came and despite everything, we ...
Day 10 Newcastle to Blue Mountains
We woke to a start this morning. It felt like the roof of our house was caving in. And then we realised what it was, it was raining torrentially and sound of the raindrops hitting ...
Day 9 Port Stephens
We took our time getting ready this morning since we didn’t have to check out. After breakfast, we packed our day bag and headed towards Port Stephens. Point of destination is Worimi Conservation Park where ...