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Upbeat 恭喜恭喜恭喜你 Chinese New Year songs quickly displaced Christmas jingles. The crowd moved from Orchard Road to Chinatown, from the neon signs along our famed shopping stretch to red...
The last time Michael met the Prince, they were fighting over Persia. Things have changed. That was millennia ago, in Daniel 10:13. But exactly a week ago, on Jan 20, 2017, Michael (Brown) sat down...
“As you crunch on the delicate sweetness of kueh belanda – that’s the traditional name of love letters – remember that love is more than a feeling. Rather, it is patient and kind, and...
The day after Christmas, the strains of Joy to the World were immediately replaced with qi ge long tong qiang tong qiang in the shopping malls. And if like me, you went to the mall today, you...
From Primary 1 to Primary 6, I failed everything. I failed my PSLE, so I dropped out of school. I started smoking cigarettes, sniffing glue and got involved in a secret society. In 1988, I got...
A week ago, my grandfather – former coolie, former opium addict – was called Home, at the grand old age of 101. Ah Gong has always been very dear to me. Not having him around with me for the rest...
Ahh, appraisal season. Doesn’t matter which end you’re on – whether you’re appraiser or appraisee – there’s one thing we can all agree on: We’re all happy when...
We know them all too well – the thoughts that run through our heads and never make it out of our mouths. She looks so attractive in that dress, I wish I looked like that. He doesn’t deserve...
There’s nothing quite like being a journalist: The thrills of being the first to know, the adrenaline rush of getting an insider scoop, and the best part of all, hearing stories and re-telling them...