Author: Mr Miyagi

  • Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas #3: Xiao Ming (Chinese Compo) T-Shirt

    The perfect gift for those who struggled with CL2 essays: A t-shirt with pre-filled first sentence. Repost from @zansg magazine who wrote some Chinese caption that we can't quite read. #banana We've just stocked some Xiao Mings at the @naiise Christmas pop up. Come get 'em! — ?????“??”T-shirt~ ??????????????? A photo posted by Lim Edition…

  • Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas #2: A Great Singapore Novel

    OK, this one’s too easy – you just point your friends to the link on iTunes to download the latest from Singapore’s best-selling novelist. Really good if you’re looking to send someone living overseas something for Christmas, and especially when you’re looking for something really Singaporean. Download it here. Follow on Facebook.

  • Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas #1: Ang Ku Kueh

    A photo posted by Benjamin "Mr Miyagi" Lee (@miyagisan) on Dec 12, 2014 at 7:20pm PST The colors make you want to sing Christmas songs, only you can’t if you stuff one of these in your mouth. They are by far the best roasted peanut filled Ang Ku Kuehs ever. Buy a dozen and put…

  • 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…

  • 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…