3 books appear time and again on reading lists: 1) Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking 2) Viktor Frankl: Man's Search for Meaning 3) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The Gulag Archipelago So, some time back, I decided that I had to start reading them. If not then, then when? I finished the...
Citizens worldwide are experiencing a biological event like no other. Termed Covid-19, this coronavirus claimed over ten million lives worldwide. Well before the World Health Organisation classed Covid-19 as a pandemic, scientists were already racing to triangulate its symptoms and determine its transmissibility (World Health Organization, 2020). Today, science and...
As I get ready to study gender issues this term, psychologist Susan Pinker is on hand to inform us that males are fragile. If the slides and data are any indication, men are on track to being extinct in some far future.
Amirah is my colleague at The Singapore Association for the Deaf. I've known her since March 2015. This video from OGS briefly showcases the work that she does.
This is not a paid or sponsored advertisement (TINAPOSA). I suffered from regular whiteheads around my lips and chin for many years. They rear their little white bumps at night and grow up to be full white heads in the morning. Seeing them in the mirror after I wake up...
After writing a piece, I often eliminate words and restructure passages. I believe everyone should cultivate a habit of relentlessly removing redundant words. If you think that you write too much, you just might. This is regardless of how skilled of a wordsmith you are. Over time, I compiled a...
Ever since Man discovered fire, Man discovered coffee. And for as long as Man lived, rituals existed. Subsequently, Man discovered the ritualistic art of hot coffee over a smouldering fire. And like his ancestors of centuries past, the modern Man of today engages in the same rituals. For many, including...
Today is Cooling Off Day. Singaporeans will go to vote tomorrow, on 10 July 2020. I believe that the Singapore National Pledge functions as an unsinkable ballast to steer the nation. It's been nearly two decades since I last recited the Pledge in school. I still remember it by heart.
Scissors paper stone Politics no place for games Say no to blank cheque
