You are heading up the summit of Everest. You have spent years getting all the funding and training for the climb. You fly to Nepal. You endure weeks of cold, bad food and exhausting practice climbs and you are ready. You set off from base camp. You survive the icefall. You survive the Lhotse face. […]
Borobudur – Buddhism rediscovered 1993 Though Indonesia is the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, Islam is relatively new to Java. While Muslim territories had existed on the north coast since the first Arab traders arrived, it’s not till the 1360s that the Javanese rulers started embracing Islam while abandoning Hinduism and […]
A pre-election survey conducted between 30 April to 3 May 2016 by Blackbox Research showed that Bukit Batok voters found SDP candidate Dr Chee Soon Juan to be the better candidate than his PAP rival Mr Murali Pillai. However, residents rated the PAP as the preferred party (67%) to SDP (28%). The survey had predicted […]
The ability to defer gratification has been taught to us by our parents since we were young. Living in Singapore, it needs no mention that our leaders further this concept by being very selective in allowing the use of CPF, imposing minimum sum and repeatedly pushing back the withdrawal/retirement age. Just recently in Parliament, Workers […]
While having lunch in town with a couple of friends one day, my friend C was lamenting his singlehood. He is in his early 40s and a professional earning a very comfortable income. He is also a very decent, down-to-earth kind of guy, albeit not very eloquent. Apart from that little shortcoming, he’s also rather […]