Mr Wang, unfortunately I belong to the group whom everyone says work too hard, but enjoys little success. I often feel terrible about being the last girl in office struggling to finish work, while others, high flyers or otherwise, knock off much earlier. But I've come to accept that s...
Singapore has the world's most highly-paid ministers. If I recall correctly, they have held this world record for about the past 20 years. It is a record that has caused a huge amount of public unhappiness. Especially in the past decade, during which the government didn't ever seem to...
Singapore has the world's most highly-paid ministers. If I recall correctly, they have held this world record for about the past 20 years. It is a record that has caused a huge amount of public unhappiness. Especially in the past decade, during which the government didn't ever seem to...
Their reputation is already in tethers, from reducing flood areas under the old guard to having to rely on this point to salvage their credibility after new areas are flooded over the last 2 years. Worse that they are caught lying now, after their earlier "exchange" with Liat Towers m...
Their reputation is already in tethers, from reducing flood areas under the old guard to having to rely on this point to salvage their credibility after new areas are flooded over the last 2 years. Worse that they are caught lying now, after their earlier "exchange" with Liat Towers m...
Mr Wang, unfortunately I belong to the group whom everyone says work too hard, but enjoys little success. I often feel terrible about being the last girl in office struggling to finish work, while others, high flyers or otherwise, knock off much earlier. But I've come to accept that s...
Looking back at the Tony Tan scolds Ong Teng Cheong on the need for an MRT system tells me that there is a very very strong possibility that we have an MRT system that was build on cost cutting priority basis. Hence the fact that our system which was created after HK's is 2 cars less ...
One year ago, I had already written several posts about the falling standards of public transport in Singapore. Of course, those posts attracted a few of the usual criticisms that I was irrationally anti-PAP. Well, as you know by now, the MRT trains broke down very badly a few days ag...
One year ago, I had already written several posts about the falling standards of public transport in Singapore. Of course, those posts attracted a few of the usual criticisms that I was irrationally anti-PAP. Well, as you know by now, the MRT trains broke down very badly a few days ag...
I just got invited to speak at another conference. This one is about commodities and will be held in April next year. The organiser is Marcus Evans . My topic will be something along these lines - "The Global Regulatory Landscape: Developments for OTC Commodity Derivatives ". I'll be ...
I really don't know. I do know that I am not interested in blogging about social issues and political stuff anymore. On the other hand, I'm also not the kind of person who will blog freely about my private life, for anyone in the world to see. I could blog about my various interests. ...
I would like to pay a tribute to a friend who migrated and runs a small shop in Perth. He had many passions including the love of the martial arts and the need to be of some service to the poor. But he could not. He never did and up till today he has not done so. Did he lose his passi...
One year ago, I engaged a financial adviser. We had a review of my portfolio this week. The portfolio has done well. I made about 8% over one year, which is very good, considering how disastrous the year 2011 has generally been, for stock markets around the world. This performance has...
So I did write that poem for the Straits Times (they wanted a children's poem). I still don't know whether they will select it, but chances should be reasonably good. The Straits Times is increasing its fee to $300. This is for wider copyrights to the poem. They want permanent copyrig...
The Singapore Writers Festival has just ended. I was a "Featured Author" (that's the term they use) for an event on the last day. It was a panel discussion at the National Museum. The other panellists were Pat Law and Yu-Mei Balasingamchow , and the moderator was Dr Gwee Li Sui . The ...
Over the past few months, I have received many emails from you readers - firstly, concerning my lack of posts, and secondly, concerning my lack of political posts. Some fans have been shocked that I actually let the entire Presidential Elections go by, without writing a single post ab...
Apart from my exam, I will be speaking at a industry conference sometime next week. It's a highly technical topic - legal issues concerning the central clearing of OTC derivatives, as mandated by the G20 countries. (If this topic isn't actually relevant to your career, you would proba...
I'm taking an exam this coming week. It's one of the papers in the Capital Markets & Financial Advisory Services (CMFAS ) series. There are 13 exams in total, but nobody needs to take all of them. Which exams you take depends on whether you want to work as, say, an insurance agent; a ...
Now that George Yeo is quitting politics, many people are saying that this is such a pity for Singapore's foreign affairs. Personally I am somewhat hazy about what George Yeo actually achieved in this area, but perhaps that's just because Singapore's foreign affairs is not an area to ...
Today is Cooling Off Day and I wasn't going to post anything new. However someone forwarded me an article by one Ong Yi Xin, and it was also indicated that Yi Xin would like his message to be shared with as many Singaporeans as possible. Yi Xin's article was well-written and extremely...
Friends and fellow Singaporeans, I am writing this letter as a concerned citizen, unaffiliated to any political party, to persuade you to vote wisely on May 7. I was and remain motivated by the increasingly large gap between the rhetoric we hear and the reality which all of us feel as...
One point to note is that the Internet is accessible to everyone, regardless of his political inclinations. If you are pro-PAP, you can hop onto the Internet and write pro-PAP comments. If you are anti-PAP, you can also hop onto the Internet and write your anti-PAP comments (albeit wi...
PM says sorry over mistakes, pledges to do better By Yen Feng PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday apologised for the mistakes under his watch in the last five years and pledged to make adjustments to the system and do better. He cited the escape of detained terrorist Mas Selamat...
@ZZ's comment's they do seem heartless. But ask yourself, in your heart. When a person acts violently as such, would you not judge? would you care if he was special need? Ask if you've ever shun someone who looked different from what people deem as normal. Yes, his comments do sound h...
Today I will tell you a story. It is a sad story, so sad that it is almost like a Taiwanese soap opera. Unfortunately, it is not fiction, but a true story. (And here are the links to prove it ). Once upon a time, there was a woman who lived in Aljunied (we don't know her real name, so...
Today I will tell you a story. It is a sad story, so sad that it is almost like a Taiwanese soap opera. Unfortunately, it is not fiction, but a true story. (And here are the links to prove it ). Once upon a time, there was a woman who lived in Aljunied (we don't know her real name, so...
So much of the spotlight has fallen on George Yeo that it's easy to forget that there are other members in the PAP team. Today I decided to check them out. They are Zainal Abidin Rasheed, Lim Hwee Hua, Ong Ye Kung And Cynthia Phua. Zainal Abidin is a new name to me. Upon googling, I w...
When I read about Low Thia Kiang leaving Hougang to run for elections in Aljunied GRC, I felt fear and dismay. Low is well-known and very well-loved in Hougang, and if he had chosen to remain in Hougang, his seat in Parliament would be almost guaranteed. However, when Low comes to Alj...
I am a child of former grassroots leaders and have interacted with various top civil servants and politicians in my personal and professional life. My thoughts are that Mr Lui's behaviour may just be indicative of an entrenched mindset within the PAP/senior Singapore civil servants, i...
