The electoral boundary map never fails to amuse me. Next time when you say you are going to East Coast or Aljunied or Marine Parade or Tanjong Pagar, make sure you say clearly which part of that place you are going. Hey, Pulau Ubin is part of East Coast! Whole new meaning to cycling in East Coast... And oh my goodness, shopping in Serangoon = shopping in Marine Parade!

I was on the train ride back when I saw something not very right. It was a crowded train. Knock-off timing. A very old man was seated at the "Reserved Seat". Very old man, in his 80s or even higher. He was like skin over skeleton. So at one station, this old man suddenly stood up, put his bible/dictionary-lik e book on the seat, stumbled over to the next train door to offer …

colleague: are you aware that scholars during school holidays have to come back to work? me: so President's Scholars must come back and work as President for a month or two?

We went to catch the preview of the movie Limitless. Starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro, Limitless is a thriller that provoke thoughts in many aspects. Ok, the title itself doesn't leave many clues. The movie starts somewhere in the middle of the story and brings audience back in time. The centre of attraction is this small little translucent pill which may not have …

In fire chemistry there is something known as the "fire triangle". It describes the basic 3 components require to have a fire, viz heat, fuel and oxygen. You need all 3 to have a fire. Short of any one of them, a fire would not start. That's why in some cases, firefighters choose not to do anything but just starve the fire dead. I see a parallel with public relations, in …

With the recent crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, people living thousands of kilometre away are raising their concerns over the safety of nuclear energy. Some of these concerns were shown in the form of rushing for salt at the supermarket, or grabbing sushi made with the last "safe", "uncontaminated" shipment of ingredients from Japan. Nevermind. Let's …

I was having dinner with a group of mechanical engineers from the oil and gas industry. One of them shared a very interesting story: A big oil company deployed an FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) for operation off the coast of this African country. It was shallow water, so by right it would be cheaper to deploy a platform instead of a vessel. But it was out …

After the result for the Joint Admission Exercise was out, a few of my ex-students wanted to treat me to dinner to thank me for coaching them in their final year. They got into the course of their choice and I was happy for them. Well, ok. So when we met, the first thing one of them asked was "you earn a lot in your current job hor?" Ok, that was the first sign of my wallet …

"行動黨越強, 人民越幸苦"? 人民越幸福? 人民越辛苦? 人民越性福? 人民越信佛? 這個標語一個禮拜見報兩次. 反對黨, 你們到底想說什麼? 是不是反對到連正統中文也反? 現在連華社也該慎重考慮考慮, 要不要把神聖的一票投給中文程度那樣的人.

Do you know the difference between drafting a letter and crafting a letter? Anyway... In one of my previous companies, I always saw the boss standing behind one of the colleagues, and saying out word by word while the chap typed on the keyboard word for word. That's an over-qualified (BSc) typist, I suppose. Reminds me of spelling test during primary school days. The boss …