Year: 2014
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SAF Day
The last major training exercise I was part of was held in Shoalwater Bay, Queensland. On the night before the end of the exercise, (which was also an assessment known as ATEC that determines whether a combat unit is fit for operations) the communications radio in my armoured fighting vehicle crackled with a higher than…
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Pink Dot 2014
I am honoured to have been invited to speak at this year’s Pink Dot as part of a new segment called “Community Voices”. This is what I said: When I was in secondary school I was among the fortunate few to have friends who were gay. Some of whom I knew were gay before they…
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I Am Not A Food Blogger: Some Food In Our Hood
Our Food Patriot K.F. Seetoh still hasn’t wiped the foam from his mouth from ranting about food bloggers, which is why I’m telling you now, I’m not a food blogger. I don’t know how to write about food except to tell you I like it or not. But there’s a chance I might like a…
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The CPF And How To Pronounce Roy Ngerng’s Surname
No I’m not going to teach you how to pronounce Roy’s surname. The title is just written in the style of Roy Ngerng’s attention-seeking blog post titles. Now that Roy has ‘been Davindered‘ and taken down the alleged offending blog post, applied to be an NMP, and raised questions from dozens of my friends who are…
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Good Things Must Share: StarHub Rewards New Site
Redemption is a difficult thing. You know when you’ve done something wrong and you’re thinking of what you can do to make things right and it never seems to be adequate? Well, no, I’m not talking about that kind of redemption. In our uniquely Singapore parlance, “redemption” usually means you get rewarded for your loyalty…