women’s liberation – how far can you go? It’s International Women’s Day today. First and foremost, I need to admit that women are as capable as men and ought to be treated equally. Celebrating the strengths of women, however, should not be about going all out to show that women can excel in men’s roles […]

So what’s new? In the wake of Brice Li’s shocking revelation on Facebook, JTC Corporation announced that the forest in question was “erroneously” cleared. Here’s the story. Facebook user Brice Li shared on Facebook on Sunday (14 February 2021) some photos showing the difference between the forest in 2019 and 2021 – the older photo full of […]

Before I get serious, let me wish everyone who has been following my blog all these years a happy new year. I had my second Covid-19 shot on 4 February 2021. It will take a while before I travel again, but for almost a year, I’ve been climbing stairs and avoiding the parks. I’ve mentioned […]

*important update Samsung now delivers their free gifts to you in a very special way. But free gifts have a very different meaning nowadays. You probably don’t even need to live for as long as I have to realise that the meaning of “free gift” has evolved over the years to mean something very different […]

Singapore is a land of ironies. It is also a place where SOPs and protocols must be followed to the letter, especially in the public sector. I remember an incident some years ago when I was communicating with an officer who gave me two options. I picked Option A and she replied, subtly hinting that […]

I’m passionate about cooking and I’m pretty good at making Singapore’s favourite breakfast – carrot cake. Those who have been following me @ravenous_writer and drchanskitchen.com would be quite familiar with images like this one. While there are some shallow folks who think that cooking is unbecoming of a man of my status – which is […]

When I first installed the TraceTogether app, I was somewhat excited by it. Sitting on a bus, I could tell from the app that there were 14 other active devices around me. After a visit to the mall and a side on the MRT, the app recorded over 900 contacts! Apart for facilitating contact tracing […]

It has been raining non-stop over the weekend, swelling our waterways, toppling trees, triggering mudslide and causing some cars to be submerged in some very big ponds. It’s excellent weather for steamboat and wine, but it’s also good for snuggling in bed or reading. During my primary and secondary school days, the year-end monsoon season […]

It is that time of the year again; to look back in wonder. How did we survive 2020? A pandemic swept across the globe, triggering panic and lockdowns. Our circuit breaker killed many jobs and businesses. Even with gradual opening into Phase 3 now, recovery has been slow. Covid-19 has been devastating and it completely […]