In My Life

I saw (this) article on the CNA website a few days back which I thought was rather interesting.
It says more mid-career professionals seem to be considering teaching as a career.
The first thing that came to my mind was that these mid-career professionals probably view teaching as an “iron rice bowl”, especially in these turbulent economic [...]

Hmm, why do I keep talking about social issues these few days? Must be on some kind of “social issues” streak.
Anyway, today’s headline on CNA that read “MND announces another 10 temporary dorm sites for foreign workers” reminded me about the big hoohah surrounding the proposed building of a large foreign workers’ dorm at Serangoon [...]

Y’know, I usually lunch at what people might consider “lower-end” hawker centres and coffee shops nowadays because of my new job and where I work.
And sometimes when I’m lunching, a frail old lady might come up to me and sit next to me at my table and shove some tissue packets in my face and [...]

I’ve always wanted to weigh in on this issue of Singaporeans using tissue packets to “chope” seats at foodcourts but never really got down to doing it.
But since there has been considerable coverage of this in the Sunday Times recently (here), I think I’ll just say my piece.
To me, the most appalling thing about our [...]

A few weeks back I was at the Esplanade to catch a musical.
On my way out of the theatre, as I walked through the Esplanade’s underground carpark to get to my car, I noticed two building security personnel in earnest discussion with a well-dressed and evidently well-heeled couple.
The four of them were huddled round the [...]