Year: 2014
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What’s Made Me Feel Better After A Very, Very Long Week
Tonight, our son, who hasn’t asked for one in ages, asks for a ‘goodnight song’ to put him to bed. I scramble because I haven’t sung in a while, and manage ‘Rockabye Baby’, hoping he’ll fall asleep fast if I sang mournfully. After I sing it twice, he mumbles, ‘Papa I think that you are one…
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Thank You Paul La Grua, And See You Next Time
In 2003, a strange situation arose and led to my business partner and I helping to salvage a business that cultivated a love for children that I previously never possessed. The two people I met while fixing up this business became fast friends, and they taught me the joys of teaching gymnastics to kids, and for the next…
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To Every Teacher That Taught Me
To every teacher who taught me, including: The one who said the school’s chemistry lab was so old, the pipette was donated by Sir Stamford Raffles; The principal who asked if the Head Prefect enjoyed his trip after the latter tripped and fell while walking to the microphone during morning assembly; The economics teacher who…
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In All Seriousness, The National Day Rally
There will always be things to poke a fishball stick at, and it’s become a tradition for mrbrown and myself to watch the National Day Rally speech with intent. For those who haven’t, here’s what you should take note of: Honoring Yusof bin Ishak Not least because he was the country’s first Yang di Pertuan…
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One Shy Of Fifty: 49th National Day
It’s National Day, not quite the big one, which is next year (good luck Dick Lee). But knowing us, this year’s NDP will be a spoil market spectacle. If there’s a lesser known Singaporean trait, it is this: We are good at shooting ourselves in the foot. Just look at our Singapore Airlines – ever…