I didn't expect the abrupt end to Linkin Park's lead vocalist Chester Bennington's life to affect me. But it did and I was brought to recognise a part of me that I was and probably
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Thank You Chester
22 July 17 Memories, School, Values Bennington, Chester, Faint, Growing, Linkin, Music, Not Alone, One More Light, Park, Sorry for Now
Lee Kuan Yew’s analytical prowess and leadership skills
28 March 15 Current Affairs, Values Analysis, Clarity, Commitment, Conviction, Effectiveness, Leadership, Lee Kuan Yew, Self improvement, Singapore, Thinking
Lee Kuan Yew's passing and the subsequent week of national mourning caused many Singaporeans to revisit the achievements of one of the most important figures in Singapore's history. Lee's absence will be felt but more
Read MoreThe Boston Twitter Blasts
17 April 13 Current Affairs, Values
[caption id="attachment_4619" align="aligncenter" width="615"] The runners came from many nations, so were the tweets.[/caption] I was asleep when the Boston bombs went off. I woke still hazy with flu to see my daily news feeds
Read MoreKeeping a Free Press Honest
10 March 13 Current Affairs, Values Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, Journalism, Newspapers, Press, Singapore, Straits Times
[caption id="attachment_4070" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Multiple viewpoints all right and wrong at the same time.[/caption] I have been fascinated with mass media for the past eight years or so. Mass media is such an important facet of life
Read MoreSingapore Badly Needs Her Soul
12 February 13 Current Affairs, Values Arts, Identity, Khaw Boon Wan, MP, PAP, Politics, Population, Singapore, Sports, WP
[caption id="attachment_3664" align="aligncenter" width="615"] What lies beneath glass, concrete and steel. (Credit: Woon Tai Ho)[/caption] Soaring housing and car ownership prices, diminishing personal space and intensely cramp public transport services have led to a series
Read MoreThe Internet: Freedom & Neutrality
29 November 12 Current Affairs, Tech, Values
[caption id="attachment_2637" align="aligncenter" width="615"] What freedom do we exactly want?[/caption] Ever since SOPA and PIPA blared across the internet early this year, there has been consistent discussions about free speech on the internet. Over the
Read MoreManagement: The Balance of Character and Characters
15 November 12 Memories, Values Apple, Forstall, iOS, Maps, Microsoft, Sinofsky, Windows
[caption id="attachment_2544" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Forstall & Sinofsky: Iron fisted leaders disposed.[/caption] Sinofsky's departure from Microsoft nearly mirrors Forstall's move away from Apple. Both of them played key roles in Windows (7 & 8) and iOS
Read More[caption id="attachment_2381" align="aligncenter" width="615"] This site has gone through many changes in the past 8 years.[/caption] I bought my domain 8 years ago and its main purpose was host sites that I created ever since
Read MorePersuade, Not Punch
23 October 12 Current Affairs, Values
[caption id="attachment_2179" align="aligncenter" width="615"] The end of WW1 saw a suppressed Germany and Hitler (leftmost). Both were key motivators of WW2.[/caption] Wars are like heated arguments, a disagreement that turns into a clash of egos.
Read MoreThe Necessary Bell Curve: Why & How
4 October 12 Current Affairs, Updates, Values
Singaporeans face the bell curve from the age of 12 and this may continue all the way till we retire. It is used in nearly all national exams including the PSLE and also in firms
Read MoreThis might sound strange to most Singaporeans. For decades, everything Singapore was tied to its economy. Incredible growth, one of the four proud Asian Tigers / Dragons, an economy that weathered the Asian Financial Crisis
Read MoreIt is easy to criticize. Easy to call for change. Easy to mock the system. How about fixing it? Every time a conversation on Singapore's politics pops up, almost everyone will agree that our press is
Read MoreKong Hee – A Christian’s POV
30 June 12 Current Affairs, Memories, Values
This post is on religion which is a very subjective. Everyone interpretes religion differently. You see that in the vast numbers of religions, the vast denominations within religions (e.g. Methodist, Protestants, etc for Christians and Sunni, Aqidah,
Read MoreHit the Ground Running [caption id="attachment_260" align="alignnone" width="293" caption="No False Starts"][/caption] Registration is done. Laptop is set (HP ProBook 4310s as decided earlier). So what's left is bidding for my modules and prepping myself to
Read More[caption id="attachment_220" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Hold, Don't Squeeze"][/caption] I have to say that the last few days at home has been anything but pleasant. I don't understand how he has to be in so much control
Read MoreThis state of nirvana is hard to attain yet everyone craves for it and do countless things to achieve it. Some believe that a financial windfall would trigger this out-of-the-world feeling, some even look to
Read MoreHow Far Would You Bend?
12 May 09 Values
How much would you accept and take after? There are only two options out of this. Accomodate or influence. That's what things are. Life is a continual struggle between influences. Even though we might fool
Read MoreHoly hell, here's my first go at posting about love. This is gonna be written in stream of consciousness (at least what my stream of consciousness is like) You know the teenage years when your
Read MoreAt some point you have to choose, to take one and leave the other. To weigh the options at hand and to pick the better one. It's always hard to have to drop the second
Read More1. They think they can swim 2. They think they can float, thus pretending to swim 3. They think they are deficient if they cannot swim at the deep end. 4. They wanted to try
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