Author: Mr Miyagi
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My Paperless Pledge
Not too long ago, I instituted a paperless policy for my office – I have another hat I wear as a start-up and company consultant – where, as far as possible, Iād force my clients to go paperless as well. There is no reason to get something printed out on paper when the electronic version…
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My Birthday Wish? A Sea Of Tranquility
When I was in kindergarten, I told my friends I was born on the moon, because I was confused by what my mother and relatives told me. The Apollo 11 mission had landed on the moon about three hours after I was born, and the excitement was such that my mother said she was asked…
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And Tango Makes A Fascist Chief Librarian
And Tango Makes Three and The White Swan Express were taken off the shelves by The Chief Librarian Tay Ai Cheng because they were not “pro-family”, which is now the same thing as anti-gay and anti anything other than “1 father + 1 mother + 3 or more children (if you can afford it)”, as…
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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…