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Is Kampung Spirit dead in Singapore?
What is Kampung spirit to you? Is it simply a matter of knowing your neighbour’s name? Being friends with your neighbours? I mean we know how difficult it is these days for various reasons (or excuse....
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When did puberty hit you?
Remember when you were 13 or probably 14 when life was a lot simplier. Although we did not have as much as now but I swear life was easier. We went to school, did what we were supposed to do, hit the...
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Smith Leong's 100 Days at NTUC
Who wore it better? My colleagues said that I look more like a chef from 18 chefs. For those who are unfamiliar, 100th day is an important milestone for the new secretary general (SG) of National...
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ReUnion - An Exhibition by NTUC.
I told myself to blog about something else out of work for my next blog post. Like my current favourite food or the shows I've been watching on NetFlix, (Stranger Things 3 is reallllly good!!) but as I...
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Quick and Dirty July Updates - I got a new tattoo!
I know July is hardly over but I just wish to pen down some thoughts so far. And also to show off my new tattoo!Nope. The image about is not my new tatt! HAHA. That's actually a rubber stamp from the...
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Time Travel Weekend.
Durian PartyLife works in a strange way. Not too sure about how it works for you guys but very often I feel that my life works in full circles. To quote The Oracle from the movie, "The Matrix", (The...
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Do Good, Do Well, Do More, Do Together.
Me and my mentees monkeying around on HATCH demo day.Life has been good to me. I've been busy. The good kind of busy. I've been talking a lot. (Not like you guys don't already know.)What I have been...
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My First Meet-The-People Session
Me and Minister Ng Chee Meng at my 1st ever Meet-The-People Session.I’ve heard about the whole Meet-The-People Session (MPS) thing for the longest time but it was actually my first timing being part of...
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I choose working late over spending time with my kid, because I choose to.
42: The answer to life, the universe and everything. If you are nerdy enough you will get the reference. However, real life is not as easy as that. There is no “one size fits all” solution. We all have...
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Thailand is not just about Siam Diu
Image from HWZ.So this happened the other day. One of my friends brought his new girlfriend to meet us for dinner. All names have been changed to protect the guilty and also the innocent. Tom,“Hi guys,...
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Do you want to build a snow man?
"Mama. I like Christmas. Got present. Got snow!" "No Seth, we do not have snow in Singapore." That was a conversation between my wife and Seth before they knew about #PSSnowhouse.Part of...
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Kicking the habit of co-sleeping.
One of the biggest pain of be coming a parent is adapting to changes. If it has been such a difficult journey for me, what makes me think that it is going to be easy for my child?Changes kicked in the...
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It is not easy being a cleaner.
"I had to wipe semen off the floor every morning"Recently I bumped into an old acquaintance of sorts (I hope she is not reading this.) and she was telling me about her job as a property manager and all...
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Old School Mama Shop Way of Life.
It has been a while since I have seen one of these old school mama shop. Being the typical "city boy", I do my shopping mostly at malls or my wife would just buy things off online stores.I stumble upon...
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What happened in 2019?
Ask and you shall get. If you guys have been following this space for awhile, you will remember that I do my yearly summary during the last week for each year.I can't believe how long I have been doing...
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Have economic growth and job creation benefited Singaporeans more than...
Some saw the parliament video of Minister Chan Chun Sing's reply to Mr. Pritam Singh and Mr. Liang Eng Hwa and asked me some questions.I am no politician but here I am trying to explain some of the...
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What is Fair Consideration Framework?
After yesterday's post, it appears that many have forgotten or are unsure what Fair Consideration Framework by MOM is. So I decided to do yet another picture explainer about what FCF is.FCF is...
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HEY SETH 2020
Hey Seth,It's your father again!Every time when I sit down and pen down such open letters to you, I try my best to imagine how would it be like for you to be reading this 1 day when I am long gone....
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Wuhan coronavirus Dorscon level changed to Orange in Singapore
Wuhan coronavirus Dorscon level changed to Orange in Singapore and everybody loses their minds. The last weekend was an eye-opening one. Not just because everyone went crazy and started sweeping things...
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If I die young
It has been almost a month since the death of Kobe Bryant but the reality has yet to set in.The fact that more social media outlets have been sharing his greatness makes it even harder to believe. We...
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Hey Luke!
Hey Luke,"I am your father!" - Those were the very first words you heard from me. That voice? That is me, your father. Your mum wanted the name and you can't blame me for doing this right? Long story...
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Repair Nintendo Switch Joycon Singapore
TL;DR - If you've something spoilt, when ya' playin game, who do you call? - LIN YUAN XIAO! Hello everyone! Yes, I have been neglecting this space and in fact most of my social media platforms for 2...
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Covid-19: Migrant Workers' Dormitories in Singapore
I believe that many have received videos, messages, and even images sharing concerns about our migrant workers' dormitories and the covid-19 situation. I hear many of your concerns and I would like to...
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Animal Crossing; Travel Blogger Style
Me taking my OOTD at Urban Lights Los Angeles.It seems like years ago since I last travelled. I could hardly remember those days where my business partner and I travelled so much in a year just to...
View ArticleFrontline workers during Covid-19
Till today, I am still hearing chatters about how Singapore shouldn't have gone into our version of "lockdown" aka circuit breaker. Chatters questioning the effect of it. Especially for individuals who...
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