Learnathon 2013 – Part 3

November 14, 2013

My friends and I are rolling up our sleeves. We’re going to do our part for victims of the typhoon. In the span of three days, we have achieved the following: 1. A working and proven model to raise funds, 2. A tie-up with Mercy Relief, an IPC-registered charity providing crisis relief efforts on the […]

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Learnathon 2013 – Part 2

November 14, 2013

I read the following tragic story in the Los Angeles Times. ‘A 44-year-old Tacloban high school teacher told local reporters how she abandoned her dying  daughter in their house, which was razed by the storm. ” ‘Ma, just let go. Save yourself,’ ” Bernadette Tenegra quoted her daughter as telling her. “I was holding her, […]

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Learnathon 2013 – Part 1

November 13, 2013

Since Typhoon Haiyan (or Typhoon Yolanda by Filipino Authorities) started its path of destruction, I have not been feeling good. I have not been sleeping well. I read about the “absolute bedlam,” affecting more than 9 million people. Death toll has been estimated to be about 10,000 people and it’s still on the rise. About […]

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Keep Singapore Clean.

November 11, 2013

Cleanliness should be a way of life. It should be practiced at home or in whatever places we love as well as in all other places. I believe that if we don’t help to keep the place around us clean, it is unlikely we will be motivated to keep our  mind and spirit clean too. […]

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The High Road Of Entrepreneurship.

November 10, 2013

Over the years I’ve had the honour to play a major role in many business competitions. At different points, I’ve been an organizer, a judge, a facilitator, and a mentor or a tor-mentor. These events were organized for a wide range of people. They involved young and old, new and experienced, and local and international entrepreneurs. […]

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I Love Trees And Plants

November 10, 2013

I enjoy looking at trees. They leave me in awe with every twirl of a branch, and rustle of a leaf. When I drive, I can’t help savoring the magnificence of trees. I imagine them smiling at me, waving me on to a beautiful journey. They can play a mesmerizing symphony. I can only hear […]

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Memories In An Old Building.

November 4, 2013

Monday, 4 November 2013, 12.46pm. I happened to drive by Joo Avenue School, my good old primary school this afternoon. The school is no longer in operation but the old building is still standing. Every brick and mortar carry beautiful memories of my childhood days. Sitting at a coffee shop nearby and looking at the […]

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Keep Our Country Clean.

November 4, 2013

“Please leave your food tray on the table. I’ll come around and collect it,” the cleaner told me in a, shall I say less than friendly way. I had finished taking my lunch, a delicious bowl of Bak Kut Teh. Like a good Singaporean, I had  walked quite a distance to return the food tray. […]

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They Cyber Bullied An Uncle – Me.

November 4, 2013

I read with interest the series of reports about cyber bullying on The Sunday Paper, 3 November 2013, page 3-6. I was interested because I, too, was a victim of cyber bullying. Perhaps, I should say that I could have been a potential victim. The perpetuators wanted to hurt me. However, I was not that easily beaten. […]

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Dying To Live.

November 2, 2013

‘One cold and dark stormy night’ – these are words that my English teacher Mrs Khosa once told me not to use to start a story. But my story did begin on one cold and dark stormy night. It should not be a night to be remembered but neither was it a night that could […]

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