Monthly Archives: August 2017

Three main themes in PM’s recent National Day Rally speech – Diabetes, Pre-school education and Cashless Payments. It’s about kids – the hope of Singapore, the health of the citizens and the future economy of Singapore. I think he’s the … Continue reading →

Someone forwarded the following anecdote quite some time ago. I’ll reproduce it here. A man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s … Continue reading →

Actually, the principles of operating trains are almost the same anywhere in the world notwithstanding whether the train is driverless or otherwise. I’ll try to clear some misconceptions about trains which most people equate with driving a car on a … Continue reading →

The Lee–Lin rivalry is between two legendary badminton players, Datuk Wira Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and Lin Dan of China. The rivalry is considered to be one of, if not, the greatest rivalry in badminton history. They have played … Continue reading →

In Sep 1982, when I was a student I wrote an article on the 7th month Hungry Ghost Festival. That was more than 35 years ago. Click this link to read. Till today, the same Festival is still observed by … Continue reading →