When The Massage Lady Is The Only One Who Would Listen To Your Grouses
admin At a pain conference I attended some years ago, a gastroenterologist assured the audience that he is qualified to talk about pain because he had been married for 30 years.…
Grayce Tan Is Back
Yep, Grayce Tan is back! On Instagram she has 239k followers and thousands of likes for every post she made after coming out from hiding. Isn’t that unfair? Shouldn’t someone…
AI Job Losses: But The Damage Has Already Been Done
Why Singapore’s AI Drive Makes Me Wonder: Shouldn’t We Have Built Stronger Human Jobs First? Recently, Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Jasmin Lau said something that made…
Now Then You Say – The Great AI Promise
In February 2026, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong stood in Parliament and painted AI as one of the shining pillars of Singapore’s economic future. Budget 2026 was full of optimism: national…
So You Want To Play Hero?
The Busybody Chicken Rice Auntie Who Thought She Could Play Morality Police Just when we thought hawker feuds were limited to who stole whose secret chili recipe, along comes Enah…
TFR: Singapore’s Baby Drought
Dear seniors, the writing is on the wall. You may not be retiring anytime soon. Singapore just hit a new record low in the total fertility rate TFR: 0.87 babies…
Bedok’s TB Outbreak
Bedok TB Outbreak: “Totally Safe to Eat Here, Folks!” Says the Government (Again) Ah, Singapore where train service is less predictable than election results and tuberculosis apparently just materialises out…
The Sleeping Woke and The Strait of Hormuz
Preemption, Hindsight, and the Strait of Hormuz In August 2001, US intelligence had clear warnings about Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. The now-infamous Presidential Daily Brief titled “Bin Ladin…
Curing Crime With Jail Time
Jail time as medicine for criminals Medicines are supposed to treat illnesses. Contrary to what the cynics might say, it’s only on rare occasions that they do more harm than…
War in Iran, Petrol Pumps and Woke Jihadists
Woke Jihadists busy at work Disclaimer: Geopolitics is a complex subject. The reader is warned that experts are often wrong. Ah, Singaporeans. Our leaders often boast of our world class…