Category: Living
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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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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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Your Grandfather’s Mother Tongue Is it?
I had great fun at the last minute pop-up Talkingcock In Parliament 3 organised by Colin, Yen Yen and others on Saturday evening. There was a great variety of speakers anyhowly hum-tumming what Mother Tongue means to us because it’s been anyhowly hum-tummed into our lives. This is what I said: My Hokkien mother spoke…
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Why We Must #SayNo2Ivory
I still see ivory ornaments in shops, and quite often in homes of relatives. I suppose one could say these trinkets were beautiful items because when they were once worn naturally by their original owners, they were a magnificent ensemble of size, might and intelligence. I want to help tell people that elephants MUST die…